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Copy of "Avatar" Leaked to File-Sharing Networks

Authored by Mark Hefflinger on February 5, 2010 - 9:54am.
Los Angeles - A copy of Academy Award-nominated movie "Avatar" has been uploaded to file-sharing networks, TorrentFreak reported. Nominees were announced earlier this week, and one of the "screener" DVDs typically sent to Academy members who vote on the Oscars is thought to have been posted online.
tags: Law | Piracy | Movies | Copyright | Screeners | Avatar | Academy Awards |

Aussie Court: ISPs Not Liable for Users' Copyright Infringement

Authored by Mark Hefflinger on February 4, 2010 - 9:37am.
Sydney - A federal judge in Australia has ruled that Internet service providers cannot be held liable for copyright infringements committed by their subscribers, dealing a blow in a closely-watched lawsuit filed by U.S. movie studios against Aussie ISP iiNet, according to published reports. Justice Dennis Conroy found that, while it was shown that iiNet had knowledge that its customers were committing copyright infringement, this knowledge did not equate to "authorizing" the activities.
tags: Video | Law | Lawsuits | P2P | Movies | Sony Pictures | Disney | Warner Bros. | Copyright | Paramount | Universal Studios | 20th Century Fox | Safe Harbor | iiNet |

Google Debuts "Buzz" Social Features in Gmail

Authored by Mark Hefflinger on February 9, 2010 - 11:32am.
Mountain View, Calif. - Google (NASD: GOOG) on Tuesday introduced Buzz, a new set of social networking features it will roll out to its 176 million Gmail users in a bid to compete with similar offerings from Facebook, Twitter and others.
tags: Video | Social Networking | Google | Images | Google Buzz |

TiVo: Super Bowl More Engaging than Ads; Doritos is Top Spot

Authored by Mark Hefflinger on February 9, 2010 - 10:30am.
Alviso, Calif. - TiVo (NASD: TIVO) reports that the top five moments during Sunday's Super Bowl broadcast that users of its digital video recorders rewound to watch again were all from the game itself, as opposed to the commercials.
tags: Sports | Advertising | TV | Reports | TiVo | DVR | Research | Super Bowl | User-Generated |

Italian Court Reinstates ISP Block on The Pirate Bay

Authored by Mark Hefflinger on February 8, 2010 - 11:25am.
Los Angeles - An Italian court has ruled that ISPs in the country must block access to file-sharing hub The Pirate Bay, reinstating a ban that had been previously overruled, then reaffirmed by Italy's Supreme Court, TorrentFreak reported.
tags: Video | Law | Lawsuits | P2P | Music | Copyright | The Pirate Bay |

Video Caption Transcriber 3Play Media Raises Funding

Authored by Mark Hefflinger on February 8, 2010 - 10:40am.
Somerville, Mass. - 3Play Media, a developer of video caption transcription technology, announced that it has raised $450,000 in funding from angel investors.
tags: Deals | VC | Video | 3Play Media |

Swedish Web Movie Service Voddler Gets $3.5 Million

Authored by Mark Hefflinger on February 8, 2010 - 9:44am.
Stockholm, Sweden - Voddler, a provider of streaming video services, has raised $3.5 million in new funding from Eqvitec Partners.
tags: Deals | VC | Video | P2P | Movies | Voddler | Eqvitec Partners |

HBO Plans Series on Female Showbiz Blogger; Nikki Finke?

Authored by Mark Hefflinger on February 5, 2010 - 11:54am.
Los Angeles - Time Warner's (NYSE: TWX) HBO has announced plans to develop a series about "a powerful female online showbiz journalist with a no-holds barred style," leading many to speculate the subject is Nikki Finke, the one-time LA Weekly columnist who started her own successful blog before being hired by Mail.com Media Corp. to run Deadline.com. Gawker contacted Finke for comment, who said she would be posting on the news on her own site shortly. The Hollywood Reporter, meanwhile, said HBO did not obtain Finke's life rights before moving forward with the project, and does not plan to work with her on the show.

tags: Blogs | TV | Publishing | Time Warner | HBO | Nikki Finke | Deadline.com | Mail.com Media Corporation |

H.264 Video Codec to Remain Free to Websites Through 2015

Authored by Mark Hefflinger on February 4, 2010 - 12:42pm.
Los Angeles - The widely-used H.264 video codec will remain free to utilize by Web publishers through at least 2015, following a five-year extension of the freebie by the licensing group MPEG LA, CNET News.com reported. The current policy dictated that websites like YouTube could offer video encoded using the format without having to pay the patent holders license fees, so long as the video itself was free to viewers.

tags: Video | H.264 | MPEG LA |

Epix Movie Channel Signs Carriage Deal With Charter

Authored by Mark Hefflinger on February 4, 2010 - 11:30am.
New York - Epix, the pay-TV movie channel joint venture between Viacom (NYSE: VIA), its Paramount Pictures unit, MGM and Lionsgate, announced on Thursday that it has signed a carriage deal with Charter Communications, the nation's fourth-largest cable TV provider.
tags: Video | TV | Movies | Viacom | MGM | Paramount | Lionsgate | Charter Communications | Epix |

AT&T Allows Live TV Streaming on iPhone via SlingPlayer

Authored by Mark Hefflinger on February 4, 2010 - 11:03am.
Dallas - AT&T (NYSE: T) has reversed its stance and will allow live TV streaming over its 3G network to iPhones using Sling Media's streaming service.
tags: Mobile | Video | TV | Apple | AT&T | Sling Media | iPhone |

Sony PSP App to Stream Live Football to Arsenal Fans

Authored by Mark Hefflinger on February 3, 2010 - 10:46am.
London - Sony (NYSE: SNE) Computer Entertainment has released a new application that will provide live streaming video of English Premier League football team Arsenal to PSP handheld game devices, The Register reported. The Arsenal TV Matchday application, set to become available for download in coming weeks, will let fans attending games at Arsenal's Emirates Stadium watch goal replays during matches. Video will be delivered over a secure Wi-Fi network within the stadium.

tags: Games | Sports | Video | PSP | English Premier League | Sony Computer Entertainment | Arsenal |

College Lecture Podcast Firm Echo360 Raises Funds

Authored by Mark Hefflinger on February 3, 2010 - 8:43am.
Dulles, Va. - Echo360, a provider of Internet audio and video technology used by universities, has raised $6.8 million in an extension of its second round of funding, which initially closed in Oct. 2008, according to a filing with the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC).
tags: Deals | VC | Video | Softbank Capital | SCP Partners | Echo360 | Court Square Ventures |

Movie Gallery Files for Bankruptcy; Will Close 760 Stores

Authored by Mark Hefflinger on February 3, 2010 - 7:58am.
Wilsonville, Ore. - Movie Gallery, the operator of some 1,900 movie and video game rental stores in the U.S., announced on Wednesday that it has filed for Ch. 11 bankruptcy protections, and will immediately liquidate and close 760 of its locations. Oregon-based Movie Gallery "cited the economic and competitive realities facing its business" in the Ch. 11 filing, recounting how its closure of several hundred underperforming stores over the past two years was insufficient.
tags: Games | Movies | Layoffs | Retail | Movie Gallery | Bankruptcies |

Online Video Ad Network BrightRoll Raises $10 Million

Authored by Mark Hefflinger on February 3, 2010 - 7:11am.
San Francisco - BrightRoll, an online video advertising network, announced on Wednesday that it has raised $10 million in third round financing, led by Scale Venture Partners.
tags: Deals | VC | Video | Advertising | BrightRoll | Scale Venture Partners | True Ventures | KPG Ventures | Adams Street Capital |

YouTube Posts Video Interview with President Obama

Authored by Mark Hefflinger on February 2, 2010 - 12:13pm.
San Bruno, Calif. - Google's (NASD: GOOG) YouTube has posted its video interview with President Barack Obama, taking questions submitted by YouTube users after his State of the Union address last week. YouTube said over 11,000 questions for Obama were submitted, and it received over 55,000 votes on which questions its users wanted posed to the president. "We hope this interview brings us one step closer to creating better access to your government through YouTube," Steve Grove, YouTube's head of news and politics, wrote on the company's blog. "We had many more questions on hand than we had time to deliver, so we're pleased that the White House has agreed to respond to more of the top-voted questions in their blog soon, at whitehouse.gov."

tags: Video | Google | YouTube | Washington | Politics | Barack Obama |

Reuters, News Distribution Network Offer Video News Service

Authored by Mark Hefflinger on February 2, 2010 - 12:12pm.
New York - Newsgathering agency Reuters announced on Tuesday that it has partnered with News Distribution Network on a video news platform for U.S. newspapers, magazines and radio stations. The service will deliver licensed news video from partners including CBS News and E! Entertainment to Reuters customers at no extra charge. Revenue from advertising will be shared between Reuters, NDN and the content providers.

tags: Video | Advertising | Newspapers | News | Publishing | Reuters | News Distribution Network |

Clicker Launches Web Video Program Guide with UCLA

Authored by Mark Hefflinger on February 2, 2010 - 12:11pm.
Los Angeles - Clicker Media, the provider of an online video programming guide that includes more than 600,000 episodes from over 10,000 shows, on Wednesday announced a collaboration with UCLA. UCLA on Clicker is a co-branded service designed for UCLA students that combines Clicker's catalog with original videos from the school itself, such as lectures and symposiums.

tags: Video | TV | UCLA | Clicker |

Open Mobile Video Coalition to Study Mobile TV Viewing

Authored by Mark Hefflinger on February 2, 2010 - 12:10pm.
Washington - The Open Mobile Video Coalition, a trade group looking to accelerate adoption of over-the-air mobile TV, announced on Wednesday that it has partnered with Harris Interactive and Rentrak to measure consumer viewing habits with mobile TV. During a consumer test in Washington, D.C., viewers will be able to receive up to 20 channels of free mobile TV from eight local area stations. OMVC will work with Harris and Rentrak over the spring and summer to measure viewing patterns.

tags: Mobile | Video | Mobile TV | TV | Rentrak | Research | Harris Interactive | Open Mobile Video Coalition |

Univision Launches YouTube Channel

Authored by Mark Hefflinger on February 2, 2010 - 11:30am.
San Bruno, Calif. - Spanish-language broadcaster Univision has launched its own channel on YouTube, offering both full-length TV episodes and other content from Univision, TeleFutura and Galavision. Programs to be offered include "Despierta America," "Escandalo TV" and "Decorando Contigo."

tags: Video | TV | Univision | Google | YouTube |
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