Los Angeles - Time Warner's (NYSE: TWX) Warner Bros. Digital Distribution unit plans to try to curb piracy of its films in South Korea by making them available on video-on-demand systems two weeks before they are released on DVD in the country, Variety reports. "According to the Korean Film Council, more than 47% of people surveyed said they had downloaded movies from the Internet at least once," Harrison Lee, managing director of Warner Home Video Korea, told Variety.

Mountain View, Calif. - Google (NASD: GOOG) has acquired Korea-based blogging software platform company TNC for an undisclosed sum.

El Segundo, Calif. - OGPlanet, a publisher of multiplayer online games, announced on Wednesday that it has received an undisclosed sum of new funding from DFJ Athena, which the company said will be used for continued growth.

Shanghai, China - Chinese online game operator The9 Limited announced on Monday that it will establish a joint venture with Korean game developer T3 Entertainment -- creators of the "Audition" massively multiplayer online game -- to further strengthen their partnerships in the areas of game development and publishing. Through the joint venture, The9 will be more proactively involved in the development of "Audition 2" and other titles, both for China and other international markets.

Redwood City, Calif. - Video game developer and publisher Electronic Arts (NASD: ERTS) announced on Thursday that it will acquire the assets of Hands-On Mobile Korea, the Korean mobile game development unit of the U.S.-based company.

Seoul, Korea - Korean electronics makers LG and Samsung announced on Wednesday that they have partnered to develop a new mobile TV delivery standard for the North American market, as the standards body for the region prepares to adopt a technology in early 2009.

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San Francisco - Outspark, a publisher of casual, multiplayer online games, announced on Tuesday that it has raised an undisclosed sum in its first round of financing, led by Altos Ventures and DCM.

Redwood City, Calif. - Video game developer and publisher Electronic Arts announced on Tuesday that it will invest $105 million for a 19% stake in Korean online game developer Neowiz.

Seoul, South Korea - Korean online game developer Webzen announced on Tuesday an agreement with The9, to publish its massively multiplayer game "Huxley" in China. Webzen expects to gain an estimated $35 million from the deal, which it says is the largest for a Korean game developer for a single game in a single country. "Huxley" is slated to launch in Korea later this year; no launch date for China was announced.

Irvine, Calif. - Online game publisher K2 Network said on Tuesday that it will launch Korea's most popular massively multiplayer online game in the U.S. "Granado Espada" was developed by imcGames, which also created "Ragnarok Online," and licensed to K2 from Hanbitsoft. The game will be re-titled "Sword of the New World" for the U.S. and European markets, where it is set for release in the summer.

Seoul, South Korea - Korean online game developer and publisher Gravity announced on Wednesday that it has signed an agreement with China's The9, to license its massively multiplayer game "Emil Chronicle Online" for play in mainland China. Gravity also recently signed an agreement with Infocomm Asia Holdings, to license the game in Southeast Asia and Oceania. Gravity expects total revenue from "Emil Chronicle Online" in the territories to amount to over $6.8 million over the terms of the agreements.

Seoul, South Korea - Korean online game developer and publisher Gravity announced on Wednesday that it has signed agreements to distribute its "Ragnarok Online 2" massively multiplayer online title in China, Taiwan, Macau and Hong Kong. Gravity said the deals, reached with a subsidiary of The9 in China and Gamania Digital Entertainment in the other territories, will generate at least $31.5 million for the term of the contracts.

Las Vegas - Korea's LG Electronics on Monday introduced the first device that offers playback of both next-generation DVD formats -- Sony's Blu-ray and Toshiba's HD DVD.

Seoul - South Korea's Daum Communications announced on Wednesday that it has signed an agreement with Google to use the company's AdSense system to serve search ads on its Internet portal. Daum claims 38 million registered users, and collects more than one-third of its revenues from online advertising. The company also owns Lycos, which it acquired from Terra in 2004, but has recently fallen into second place among Korean portals behind NHN Corp.