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Breaking Digital Video NewsVideo Service Joost Sells Assets to Adconion Media GroupAuthored by Mark Hefflinger on November 24, 2009 - 8:26am.
 Santa Monica,
Calif. - Adconion Media Group,
the operator of an online ad and content network, announced on Tuesday that it
has acquired Joost, the streaming TV service founded by the creators of Kazaa
and Skype. Financial terms of the transaction were not disclosed. Founded in
2007 by Niklas Zennstrom and Janus Friis, Joost has raised about $50 million in
funding for its peer-to-peer-based video distribution service.
tags: Deals | Video | Advertising | P2P | Acquisitions | Joost | Adconion Media Group | Janus Friis | Niklas Zennstrom |
Sony to Launch Online Entertainment Store in 2010Authored by Mark Hefflinger on November 20, 2009 - 11:23am.
 Tokyo
- Sony (NYSE: SNE) announced plans on Friday to launch a new online store next year that will sell books, music and movies next year, and deliver content to
networked televisions and other devices. The company did not provide many
details about the "Sony Online Service," as it is tentatively being
called, but is expected to be positioned as a competitor to Apple's iTunes
Store.
tags: Games | Video | TV | Sony | Apple | Movies | Publishing | Books | iTunes Store | Sony Online Service |
Microsoft: 2 Million Xbox Live Users Accessing FacebookAuthored by Mark Hefflinger on November 24, 2009 - 10:23am.
Redmond,
Wash. - Microsoft (NASD: MSFT) said that at
least 2 million Xbox Live users have logged into Facebook over the past week,
taking advantage of new integration of social media sites into the online game
service, CNET News.com reported. Xbox Live claims 20 million total users. While
no similar figures were given for Twitter logins, Microsoft spokesman David
Dennis also told CNET that 1.7 million Xbox Live users had visited the
company's new Zune marketplace to watch video.
Google Adds TiVo Viewing Data to Google TV Ads PlatformAuthored by Mark Hefflinger on November 24, 2009 - 10:15am.
Alviso, Calif. - TiVo (NASD: TIVO) announced on Tuesday that it
has entered into an audience research agreement with Google (NASD: GOOG), which will see
Google integrate TiVo television viewing data into its measurement of audiences
for ads sold through the Google TV Ads platform.
Live Nation to Sell Live Concert Recordings, Videos on iTunesAuthored by Mark Hefflinger on November 24, 2009 - 9:42am.
Los Angeles
- Concert promoter and venue owner Live Nation (NYSE: LYV) announced on Tuesday that it has
partnered with Apple's (NASD: AAPL) iTunes Store on a new live music program, that will see
Live Nation Studios offer exclusive recorded and filmed concerts for purchase
and download on iTunes.
Nintendo Debuts Wii Pay-per-View Service in JapanAuthored by Mark Hefflinger on November 23, 2009 - 11:39am.
Los Angeles - Nintendo has
launched a pay-per-view programming service for its Wii video game console in Japan, Variety
reports. The "Wii's Room" service launches with 12 content partners
and around 120 titles, including episodes of "Sesame Street," which range in price
from 33 cents to $5.60 each. Partners initially include Toei, TV Asahi, NHK
Enterprises, NTV and Yoshimoto Kogyo, with Disney Japan slated to join by year's end.
Roku TV Set-top Service Adds 10 New Content PartnersAuthored by Mark Hefflinger on November 23, 2009 - 11:38am.
Saratoga,
Calif. - Roku, a maker of
network-connected TV set-top boxes, said on Monday that it has added content
from ten new partners to its "Channel Store," including Blip.tv,
Facebook, Flickr, Pandora and Revision3. The set-top also offers television
access to streaming content from Netflix, Amazon Video On Demand and MLB.TV.
Mobile TV Chipmaker Telegent to Raise Up to $250M in IPOAuthored by Mark Hefflinger on November 23, 2009 - 11:14am.
Sunnyvale,
Calif. - Telegent Systems, a developer
of semiconductors that enable mobile TV services, on Monday filed with the
Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) to raise up to $250 million in its
initial public offering (IPO).
Study: Online Video Ads Less Effective on Social NetworksAuthored by Mark Hefflinger on November 23, 2009 - 9:36am.
Los Angeles
- Online video advertising is more effective on content sites and within email
than it is when place on social networking and video game-related sites,
according to a report from Eyeblaster, a provider of third-party online ad
distribution.
EPIX to Premiere Pilot of First Original Series in 2010Authored by Mark Hefflinger on November 20, 2009 - 11:44am.
New York - EPIX, the pay-TV
and online video joint venture from Viacom (NYSE: NWS), Paramount, MGM and Lionsgate, announced on
Friday that actor Sam Shepard will star in Lionsgate's "Tough Trade,"
the first original series pilot destined for the EPIX service. Production on
the pilot, which is slated to debut on EPIX in 2010, begins next month.
Report: Video Viewing on Social Media Sites Doubles in YearAuthored by Mark Hefflinger on November 20, 2009 - 9:56am.
New York - Internet users now spend nearly double the amount
of time watching videos on social networking sites than they did just one year
ago, according to newly released figures from Nielsen.
YouTube Debuts Automated Closed CaptioningAuthored by Mark Hefflinger on November 19, 2009 - 12:01pm.
Mountain View,
Calif. - Google (NASD: GOOG) announced on
Thursday that it has combined its automatic speech recognition technology with
the YouTube close captioning system, to offer automatic captioning of YouTube
videos. The company acknowledged that the automatic captions "will not
always be perfect," but can improve accessibility and help translate
videos into other languages. YouTube also added automatic caption timing, so
that users captioning videos by hand can simply create a text file, and let
Google's automatic speech recognition sync their captions to the video.
In-Game Video Ad Firm NeoEdge Merges With OffspringAuthored by Mark Hefflinger on November 19, 2009 - 10:22am.
Mountain View,
Calif. - NeoEdge, a provider of
in-game video ad insertion services, announced on Thursday that it will merge
with Offspring, a developer of casual online games.
Vevo to Debut Music Video Portal on Dec. 8Authored by Mark Hefflinger on November 18, 2009 - 1:23pm.
New York
- Vevo, the music video joint venture between Sony Music and Universal Music
that will use technology from Google's (NASD: GOOG) YouTube, is set to launch on Dec. 8, the
company announced via its Twitter feed. The labels hope the standalone site will
help them further monetize their music videos -- which are the most-watched
content on all of YouTube.
EMI First Record Label to Bring Music Videos to HuluAuthored by Mark Hefflinger on November 18, 2009 - 1:03pm.
London
- U.K.-based EMI has signed a deal to become the first major record label to
feature its music videos on Hulu, the video portal joint venture between NBC
Universal (NYSE: GE), News Corp. (NYSE: NWS) and Disney (NYSE: DIS).
Studios Sue Swedish ISP, Demand Closure of OpenBitTorrentAuthored by Mark Hefflinger on November 18, 2009 - 11:54am.
 Los Angeles - Several Hollywood movie studios have filed suit against a Swedish
ISP that is hosting OpenBitTorrent, an independent BitTorrent file-sharing
tracker site that was launched in the wake of the The Pirate Bay's announced
sale to Global Gaming Factory, TorrentFreak reported. The studios sued hosting
provider Portlane, demanding that it shutter the OpenBitTorrent website.
tags: Video | Law | Lawsuits | P2P | Music | Copyright | The Pirate Bay | OpenBitTorrent | Portlane |
YouTube Direct Aims to Connect Citizens, JournalistsAuthored by Mark Hefflinger on November 17, 2009 - 12:28pm.
San Bruno,
Calif. - Google's (NASD: GOOG) YouTube on
Tuesday introduced YouTube Direct, a new application that aims to place citizen
journalism videos in front of media organizations for potential rebroadcast. Users
can upload newsworthy videos directly to the application. YouTube said outlets
including ABC News, Huffington Post, NPR, Politico and the Washington Post are
already using the application to source news video.
PBS, NPR Stations Debut Forum Network Lecture SiteAuthored by Mark Hefflinger on November 17, 2009 - 12:26pm.
Boston - PBS, NPR and WGBH on Tuesday re-launched the Forum
Network, a national digital media lecture service and website that provides
free educational content featuring thinkers, scientists, policymakers, artists,
authors and community leaders. The site began as part of Boston's WGBH, but through funding from PBS,
NPR, CPB and the Lowell Institute, was re-launched as a national platform.
The Pirate Bay Permanently Shutters File-Sharing TrackerAuthored by Mark Hefflinger on November 17, 2009 - 8:41am.
 Stockholm, Sweden - Marking "the end of an era,"
the operators of file-sharing hub The Pirate Bay on Tuesday shut down their
BitTorrent tracker, which grew over six years to become the largest hub for
finding copyrighted materials for download in the world, TorrentFreak reported. "Now that the
decentralized system for finding peers is so well developed, TPB has decided
that there is no need to run a tracker anymore, so it will remain down! It's
the end of an era, but the era is no longer up2date," the Pirate Bay
wrote on its blog. "We have put a server in a museum already, and now the
tracking can be put there as well."
YouTube Inks Deal to Add Univision Spanish-language ContentAuthored by Mark Hefflinger on November 16, 2009 - 1:20pm.
San Bruno, Calif.
- Google's (NASD: GOOG) YouTube on Monday announced an agreement to add content from U.S.
Spanish-language broadcaster Univision to its site. The deal includes
full-length content from Univision's three networks -- Univision, TeleFutura
and Galavision -- as well as footage from celebrity interviews and special
events.
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