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MTV Contest Will Select Network's First "Twitter Jockey"

New York - Viacom's (NYSE: VIA) MTV on Monday announced a nationwide competition to hire the first-ever MTV "TJ," or "Twitter Jockey." The winner of the contest, sponsored...

Boxee Delays Release of Set-top Box Until November

Los Angeles - Boxee, a developer of Web-to-TV video distribution software, announced on Monday that its Boxee Box set-top box, previously scheduled for release this month,...

AOL, Jonas Bros.' Handlers Team on Cambio Music Video Site

New York - Hoping to give a significant boost to its Web content strategy, AOL (NYSE: AOL) on Tuesday will debut its new online music video network,...

U.S. Public Radio, TV Groups to Develop Digital Media Platform

Washington - The nation's public television and radio entities have partnered to form a new common digital platform, the Public Media Platform, with the Corporation for Public...

Will Arnett and Jason Bateman, IAC Team on Branded Shorts

New York - IAC's (NASD: IACI) Electus multimedia studio announced on Friday that it has partnered with DumbDumb, actors Will Arnett and Jason Bateman's production company, to produce...

Denmark's Octoshape Gets $4.8 Million for Video Delivery

Copenhagen, Denmark - Octoshape, a provider of video delivery technology for fixed and mobile networks, has raised $4.8 million in new financing from Nexit Ventures. Denmark-based Octoshape's Infinite...

Report: Global Web Video to Top P2P Web Traffic This Year

San Jose, Calif. - Global traffic on peer-to-peer file-sharing networks now totals 3.5 exabytes per month, and is expected to grow at a moderate pace with a...

Spanish Court Acquits File-Sharing Forum Operators

Madrid - A federal court in Spain has acquitted the operators of a Web forum that offered links to download music and videos from file-sharing networks, comparing...

Sonic, RealD to Develop Home 3D Video Products

Novato, Calif. - Sonic Solutions (NASD: SNIC) on Wednesday announced a partnership with digital 3D cinema firm RealD. Under the terms, Sonic will integrate the RealD format...

Copyright Group Asked to Defend Multi-Defendant P2P Lawsuits

Washington - A federal judge has given attorneys for the U.S. Copyright Group, which is in the process of filing suit against thousands of alleged illegal...