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GEMA Ends YouTube Licensing Talks; Wants Videos Removed
Berlin
- Licensing talks between Google's (NASD: GOOG) YouTube and GEMA have broken down, leading the
German music rightsholder group to demand that 600 videos be removed...
ASCAP, BMI File Brief Supporting Viacom's YouTube Lawsuit
Los Angeles - Performing rights organizations ASCAP, BMI and
SESAC have signed on to an amicus brief in support of Viacom's (NYSE: VIA) $1 billion
copyright infringement...
Reuters to Launch New Online Video News Service
Los Angeles
- Thomson Reuters plans to introduce a customizable video-on-demand news service,
primarily for its paying subscribers, PaidContent reported. Slated to launch on
Tuesday, Reuters Insider...
Report: Showtime Developing Online TV Show Service
New York
- CBS's (NYSE: CBS) Showtime pay-TV network is developing an online video service for its
subscribers, BusinessWeek reported. The broadcaster, which counts 18 million
subscribers, has...
Wi-Fi Alliance to Promote Faster WiGig Technology
Austin
- The Wi-Fi Alliance, a standards group for the wireless technology, announced
on Monday that it has partnered with the Wireless Gigabit Alliance to promote
WiGig,...
SESAC Taps TuneSat for Music Monitoring Services
New York
- TuneSat, a provider of music monitoring services, on Monday announced a deal
to provide its services to performing rights organization SESAC. SESAC will...
Pirate Bay Bidder Pandeya Taps Ted Cohen to Facilitate Deal
San Francisco - Hans Pandeya, whose latest attempt to
acquire file-sharing hub The Pirate Bay comes in the form of a bid launched by
a public...
FCC Allows MPAA, Pay-TV Services to Block Analog Outputs
Washington
- The Federal Communications Commission (FCC) has moved to allow cable and
satellite TV service providers to block consumers from viewing new release
films on analog...
Video Firm Harmonic to Acquire Omneon for $274 Million
Sunnyvale, Calif. - Harmonic, a developer of technology used
to deliver video to TVs, PCs and mobile devices, said on Thursday that it will
pay approximately...
Google Asks Judge to Declare RapidShare Search Links Legal
Los Angeles
- Google (NASD: GOOG) has asked a federal judge to declare that its search engine does not
infringe copyrights when its search results provide...
