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Briefly NotedDell, China Mobile to Launch Mini 3i Smartphone This MonthAuthored by Mark Hefflinger on November 23, 2009 - 11:42am.
Beijing, China - PC maker Dell (NASD: DELL) said on Monday that China
Mobile will be the first operator to sell its new Mini 3i smartphone, set to
launch in China
later this month. The device features a 3.5-inch multi-touch display,
3-megapixel camera, Bluetooth, GPS and up to 32GB of memory. Dell said the Mini
3i is "the result of a year-long collaboration with China Mobile,"
which counts over 500 million subscribers.
MOG to Launch Music Subscription Service Next WeekAuthored by Mark Hefflinger on November 23, 2009 - 11:40am.
Berkeley,
Calif. - MOG, a network of
user-created music blogs that counts 10 million monthly visitors, said on
Monday that it will launch its previously announced subscription-based music
streaming service on Wednesday, Dec. 2. The unlimited streaming service, which
has secured licensing from all four major record labels, will cost $5 per month.
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.
Smashwords to Distribute E-books on Amazon Kindle StoreAuthored by Mark Hefflinger on November 23, 2009 - 11:37am.
Los Gatos,
Calif. - Smashwords, a publisher
and distributor of independently-published e-books, announced on Monday that it
will supply its catalog to Amazon.com's (NASD: AMZN) Kindle Store. Smashwords says it will
pay authors and publishers 42.5% of the digital list price set by the author
for e-book sales through Amazon. The company, which distributes over 4,800
titles from 2,200 authors and 80 small publishers, also recently signed
distribution deals with Barnes & Noble and Sony.
Twitter Introduces Geo-tagging FeatureAuthored by Mark Hefflinger on November 20, 2009 - 11:46am.
San Francisco
- Twitter on Friday announced the launch of a new geo-tagging feature for its
API, which will allow users of third-party applications like Seesmic, Birdfeed and Twindroid
to opt-in to include their location information when they tweet. "The added
information provides valuable context when reading your friends tweets and
allows you to better focus in on local conversations," the company wrote
on its blog.
tags: Publishing | Twitter |
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.
IFC Inks Deal to Distribute Indie Films on NetflixAuthored by Mark Hefflinger on November 20, 2009 - 11:42am.
New York
- IFC Entertainment has signed a deal with online DVD rental service Netflix (NASD: NFLX),
to distribute 53 independent films on the service, Variety reports. The deal
includes "The Thin Blue Line," "Return of the Secaucus
Seven" and "Following." IFC's
catalog is also available via iTunes, Blockbuster and Amazon.
Digital Media Association Head Jon Potter ResignsAuthored by Mark Hefflinger on November 19, 2009 - 12:09pm.
Washington
- Jonathan Potter has resigned as executive director of the Digital Media
Association (DiMA), a trade group representing the interests of larger
webcasters and technology firms that he founded in 1998. "I am grateful to
DiMA's member companies for allowing me to serve them -- and their innovative
technologies and services and their passionate people -- for so long and in so
many exciting ways. I hope that my next adventure is as challenging and
rewarding," said Potter. DiMA general counsel Lee Knife will serve as
interim executive director while the organization searches for a replacement.
Report: U.S. Labels Concerned on Spotify Premium ConversionsAuthored by Mark Hefflinger on November 19, 2009 - 12:02pm.
London - The major record
labels are reportedly concerned about the percentage of U.S. users
likely to pay for ad-supported streaming music service Spotify's for-pay
premium version, the Financial Times reported. Spotify, which is available in
several European countries, had planned to launch in the U.S. in the
fall, but recently said it would delay the launch to 2010. "We think
Spotify is a great service but they're going to have to convince us they can
convert enough people from free to paid subscriptions to make it worth our
while," one label executive told FT.
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.
Wall Street Journal Counts 30,000 Kindle SubscribersAuthored by Mark Hefflinger on November 19, 2009 - 12:00pm.
New York
- News Corp.'s (NYSE: NWS) The Wall Street Journal currently counts around 30,000
subscribers via Amazon's (NASD: AMZN) Kindle e-book reader, PaidContent reported, citing
comments made by Down Jones head Les Hinton on Thursday. With a subscription
fee of $15 per month, that translates to about $5.4 million in annual revenues
-- although PaidContent notes that Dow Jones's cut would be less than half that
figure.
tags: Newspapers | E-Books | News Corp. | Publishing | Amazon.com | Kindle | The Wall Street Journal |
Susan Boyle CD Breaks Amazon.com Pre-Order RecordAuthored by Mark Hefflinger on November 19, 2009 - 11:58am.
Seattle
- Amazon.com (NASD: AMZN) said on Thursday that reality TV singing star Susan Boyle's
forthcoming album, "I Dreamed a Dream," has become the largest global
pre-order CD in the company's history. Boyle racked up millions of views on
YouTube for her performances on "Britain's Got Talent."
Movie Gallery to Test Digiboo Digital Download KiosksAuthored by Mark Hefflinger on November 19, 2009 - 11:57am.
Los Angeles
- Digiboo, a new digital media firm that is developing digital movie kiosks, on
Thursday announced a distribution deal with Movie Gallery, the parent company
of Hollywood Video and Movie Gallery stores. A pilot program will see Digiboo
kiosks placed in up to 100 of Movie Gallery's stores. The kiosks allow
consumers to plug in a portable flash drive, and select from 1,000 titles to
rent or purchase, which are then downloaded to the drive in under 30 seconds.
BBC to Launch All-U.K. Radio Station Streamer Next YearAuthored by Mark Hefflinger on November 19, 2009 - 11:55am.
London - The BBC announced on Thursday that it has partnered
with a number of U.K. radio broadcasters to launch an online radio player
application that includes streams from every licensed station in the U.K. Set
to launch early next year, the UK Radioplayer will offered live and on-demand
content from more than 400 stations. Partners in the venture include
RadioCentre, Global Radio and Guardian Media Group.
MySpace Debuts Music ChartsAuthored by Mark Hefflinger on November 19, 2009 - 11:54am.
Los Angeles
- News Corp.'s (NYSE: NWS) MySpace on Thursday introduced its own MySpace Music Charts,
which will provide data on the most popular music amongst MySpace Music users.
The charts will run across all genres, and include real-time data on current
trends.
Facebook Alters Privacy PolicyAuthored by Mark Hefflinger on November 18, 2009 - 1:24pm.
Palo Alto,
Calif. - Facebook has instituted
a new privacy policy, following a comment period during which some 7,000 of the
service's 300 million users provided feedback on the proposed changes. The company
simplified the language of the policy, and plans to add definitions of key
terms, screen shots of important pages, and informational "learn
more" videos.
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.
Universal Music Licenses Ad-Supported Download Site GuveraAuthored by Mark Hefflinger on November 18, 2009 - 1:21pm.
New York - Universal Music Group
on Wednesday announced a deal to provide free, legal downloads to Guvera, an
Australia-based, ad-supported download site that plans to launch in the U.S. in
February. Launched in 2008, Guvera asks users to fill out demographic profiles
and brand preferences, and in turn receive free downloads accompanied by
targeted advertisements.
RealNetworks to Power Mobile Music for France's SFRAuthored by Mark Hefflinger on November 18, 2009 - 1:20pm.
Seattle
- RealNetworks (NASD: RNWK) announced on Wednesday that it has signed a three-year deal to
power the mobile music service for France-based mobile network operator SFR. Real
said its mobile music services are now deployed with 15 providers in 14
countries, including 11 in Europe.
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