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Music Choice Debuts SWRV Interactive Music Video Network

New York - Music Choice, a multi-platform video and music network found mainly on cable TV services, on Wednesday announced the launch of SWRV, an interactive...

European Court of Justice to Hear File-Sharing Filtering Case

Brussels - A Belgian court has referred a case set to determine whether ISPs can be compelled to filter file-sharing traffic on their networks to the...

Norwegian Court Rules ISP Need Not Block The Pirate Bay

Oslo, Norway - A Norwegian court has ruled that Internet service provider Telenor does not have to block access to file-sharing hub The Pirate Bay, according...

YouTube Introduces 'Safety Mode' Parental Control Setting

San Bruno, Calif. - Google's (NASD: GOOG) YouTube on Wednesday introduced a new parental control feature called Safety Mode, which will help parents and others screen out potentially...

Encoding.com Gets $1.25 Million for Cloud-based Video Services

San Francisco - Encoding.com, a provider of online video encoding services, announced on Wednesday that it has closed a $1.25 million first round of financing, led...

Google Debuts "Buzz" Social Features in Gmail

Mountain View, Calif. - Google (NASD:  GOOG) on Tuesday introduced Buzz, a new set of social networking features it will roll out to its 176 million Gmail...

Italian Court Reinstates ISP Block on The Pirate Bay

Los Angeles - An Italian court has ruled that ISPs in the country must block access to file-sharing hub The Pirate Bay, reinstating a ban that...

Video Caption Transcriber 3Play Media Raises Funding

Somerville, Mass. - 3Play Media, a developer of video caption transcription technology, announced that it has raised $450,000 in funding from angel investors. Massachusetts-based 3Play specializes in time synchronization,...

Swedish Web Movie Service Voddler Gets $3.5 Million

Stockholm, Sweden - Voddler, a provider of streaming video services, has raised $3.5 million in new funding from Eqvitec Partners. Founded in 2005, Stockholm, Sweden-based Voddler is still beta...

H.264 Video Codec to Remain Free to Websites Through 2015

Los Angeles - The widely-used H.264 video codec will remain free to utilize by Web publishers through at least 2015, following a five-year extension of the freebie...