Video-on-Demand Ad Platform BlackArrow Gets $27 Million
San Jose, Calif. - BlackArrow, the provider of an ad platform for video-on-demand systems, announced on Tuesday that it has received a strategic investment...
DISH Names Ex-Sirius Head Joseph Clayton as President, CEO
Englewood, Colo. - Satellite TV operator DISH Network (NASD: DISH) said on Monday that it has named former Sirius Satellite Radio chairman and CEO Joseph...
AOL Huff Post Names Neil Katz Executive News Editor
New York - AOL Huffington Post Media Group said on Monday that it has named former CBSNews.com executive editor Neil Katz as its new...
Lady Gaga First to Reach 10 Million Twitter Followers
San Francisco - Recording artist Lady Gaga announced over the weekend that she now counts ten million followers on Twitter, becoming the first person...
HADOPI Conducts Survey on French "Three-Strikes" File-Sharing Law
Paris - A new survey, conducted by the organization set up in France to administer its "three-strikes" file-sharing law, found that 50% of citizens...
New AOL Media Unit to Target Energy, Govt. and Defense Sectors
New York - AOL (NYSE: AOL) on Monday launched a new trade media unit called AOL Industry, which the company said will aim to bring...
Netflix Inks Multi-Year Streaming Deal With Miramax
Beverly Hills, Calif. - Netflix (NASD: NFLX) on Monday announced that it has signed a new multi-year deal with film studio Miramax, providing
"Instant Streaming" access...
Samsung Already Announces iPad 3 Competitor
Los Angeles - Samsung will demonstrate an all-new 10.1-inch display at the SID Display Week 2011 International Symposium next week, according to recent press...
Report: U.S. Video Game Sales Up 20% in April to $961.2 Million
Port Washington, N.Y. - U.S. video game sales rebounded in
April, up 20% to $961.2 million from $802.4 million a year ago, according to a
report...
Retail E-Commerce Spending Grows 12% from Year Ago
Reston, Va. - E-commerce spending in the U.S. rose 12% last
quarter, compared with the year before, marking the sixth straight quarter of
positive growth, according...
Playdom to Pay FTC $3 Million for Disclosing Children's Data
Washington - Virtual worlds and online games publisher
Playdom has agreed to pay $3 million to settle charges from the U.S. Federal
Trade Commission (FTC), that...
Emerging Markets Drive Software Piracy to Record $59B in 2010
Washington - Theft of software for personal computers leapt
14% globally last year to a record commercial value of $59 billion, according
to new figures from...
LimeWire to Pay Labels $105 Million to Settle Copyright Suit
New York - File-sharing service LimeWire will pay $105
million to settle copyright infringement claims from the four major record
labels, avoiding the $1.4 billion in...
WSJ: Google, Justice Dept. Near Settlement Over Pharmacy Ads
Washington - Google is nearing a settlement with the U.S.
Justice Department over allegations the company illegally accepted ads from foreign
online pharmacies, and is expected...
Report: Mobile "Check-in" Services Gaining Popularity
Reston, Va. - Though still in its relative infancy, mobile
device "check-in" services like Facebook Places, Foursquare and
Gowalla are now attracting 7.1% of all mobile...
Game Publisher We R Intetractive Scores $5 Million
London - Online games publisher We R Interactive announced
on Friday that it has raised $5 million in a second round of funding.
Investors
included Paul Fitzsimons,...
Google, Danger Mouse Team on 3D Interactive Music Video
Mountain View, Calif. - Google has teamed with musician and
producer Danger Mouse, and director Chris Milk on a new interactive 3D music
video, similar in...
Simulmedia Lands $9.25 Million for TV Ad Targeting
New York - Simulmedia, the developer of a targeted ad
platform for television, has raised $9.25 in new funding from existing
investors, GigaOM reported.
The firm's previous...
Myspace Music Offers to Port Artist Profiles to Facebook
Los Angeles - Myspace Music, the joint venture between News
Corp.'s (NYSE: NWS) social network and the major record labels, has released a new program
that lets...
Visa to Launch Digital Wallet Service
San Francisco - Credit card firm Visa on Wednesday announced
plans to launch a new digital wallet service in the U.S. and Canada in the
fall,...
