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'Whale Wars' controversy continues in Watchitoo event [with video]

Animal Planet is inviting all viewers to a live discussion after its new mini-series "Whale Wars: Viking Shores" airs on May 4, in an HD video event powered by Watchitoo.

Jay Park Wins Mashables Best Web Video Award

Las Vegas - Jay Park has been named winner of the Best Web Video category for the Mashable Awards. The announcement was made moments ago...

Zynga powers up social gaming network, mobile and more

Zynga today outlined its plans to retain its market dominating position by releasing its unified Zynga With Friends network and by unveiling some of the new titles it has in the works.

Guest Post: Which Reality: Are VR & AR over-hyped? Or inevitable...

Scherlis reports, "Even if you’re not certain what’s meant by the buzzwords “Virtual Reality” and “Augmented Reality”, you have surely heard their growing buzz. This year’s Game Developers Conference includes a two-day VR Developers Conference, and GDC’s Expo will feature at least 4 VR headsets and 70 VR games. While the game industry is consistently an early adopter of new interactive technologies, VR is already a multi-media phenomenon: a "virtual reality experience within Amazon Video" is in development, film festivals are featuring VR movies, and there’s a VR broadcast of the Coachella Music Festival. VR & AR are enjoying rapt attention from both industry press and general news media."

Roblox joins Stardoll Media for global advertising clout [with infographic]

Roblox has signed up to make Stardoll Media its exclusive global commercial advertising representative, bringing millions of boys and girls toegther – at least as far as marketers are concerned.

5 Questions With: Mikko Setälä of Rovio

Mikko Joined the Rovio Entertainment team in 2006 as chairman of the board and bounced around as CFO and EVP of corporate development before settling into his current role. Mikko’s background is in the software industry where he has served as a leader, founder and investor at multiple companies throughout his career. Digital Media Wire had the pleasure of conducting an interview with Mikko. We talked about his leadership philosophy, the start of his career, what Rovio brings to the entertainment table, and, of course, Angry Birds.

Tagged Acquires Social Network Competitor hi5

Tagged has purchased hi5, a transaction that brings together two companies that each have a different spin on social networking: Tagged is designed for meeting new people based on shared interests, while hi5 integrates games and highlights premium content.

Guest column: Don't clone my indie game, bro

The annual Game Developers Conference (GDC) showcases the industry’s hottest trends, from its most innovative game-play experiences, to its top-trending peeves and squabbles. I am prepared to ‘call’ the 26th GDC’s Peeve of the Year.

Red Bull Media Network CEO to Keynote DEW 2019

Digital Entertainment World (DEW) is excited to announce the first keynote speaker for the event on Feb. 4-5, 2019 in Marina del Rey. Gerrit Meier,...

Less Accessiblity Equals More Piracy for Fox

Fox Broadcasting pushed its TV Anywhere pay wall into place a week ago, and now piracy of its programs has apparently increased. Fox’s decision required...