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Broadcasters' Joint Venture to Create Mobile TV Network
Las Vegas - A dozen U.S.
broadcasters on Tuesday announced the formation of a standalone joint venture
to develop a new national mobile video content service....
Report: 800,000 Households Ditched Pay-TV Services Last Year
Los Angeles - An estimated
800,000 U.S.
households ditched their cable, satellite or telco TV subscription services
last year, a number that could double to 1.6 million...
GAO Piracy Report Questions Entertainment Industry's Data
Washington - A new report from the Government Accountability
Office (GAO) requested by Congress last year found that piracy and counterfeiting
have a negative effect on...
MTV, Electus Team on "Pedro & Maria" Interactive Telenovela
New York
- Digital entertainment studio Electus, a unit of IAC (NASD: IACI), and Viacom's (NYSE: VIA) MTV on
Monday announced a partnership to develop an interactive telenovela,...
MobiTV Releases Live TV iPhone Application
Emeryville,
Calif. - MobiTV on Monday
announced the release of an iPhone application, which will deliver live and
on-demand sports, news and entertainment television content to the...
Mark Burnett, VIMBY Team on Branded Digital Content
Los Angeles - Reality TV producer Mark Burnett
("Survivor," "The Apprentice") has partnered with crowdsourced
digital video production firm VIMBY, to form a co-venture that will...
U.K. ISP Talk Talk Vows to Challenge New Antipiracy Law
London - Following the
approval of a Digital Economy bill in Britain that would implement a "three-strikes"
policy where repeat file-swappers see their Internet connections suspended,...
The Filter to Provide Video Recommendations on NBC.com
New York
- The Filter, a provider of media recommendation services founded by musician
Peter Gabriel, announced on Thursday that it has signed a deal to...
U.K. Digital Economy Bill Approved With 3-Strikes Provision
London - Britain's lower
house of Parliament has passed a controversial Digital Economy bill with
provisions intact that will potentially suspend the Internet connections of
repeat file-swappers....
Liberty Media's Malone to Step Down as DirecTV Chairman
El Segundo,
Calif. - Liberty Media (NASD: LINTA) head John
Malone will step down as chairman of satellite TV provider DirecTV (NYSE: DTV) as part of
an agreement that...
