Yahoo Teams With Washington Post, IAC's Electus on Video Series

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Mark Hefflinger
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Sunnyvale, Calif. – Yahoo (NASD: YHOO) has announced the launch of two
new original, branded Web video series, the result of partnerships with The
Washington Post and IAC’s (NASD: IACI) Electus digital studio, respectively. The Washington
Post and Yahoo News launched "The Fast Fix," a daily original video
series featuring political news and analysis. Yahoo and Electus debuted
"Ready, Set, Dance!", a 12-episode candid camera-like series that
will challenge contestants to perform dance routines.

 

Related Links:
http://tinyurl.com/2abqfgh

http://tinyurl.com/258cxu8

http://news.yahoo.com/fast-fix

http://readysetdance.yahoo.com

Kobo Releases $139 Wireless eReader

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Mark Hefflinger
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Toronto – Kobo on Wednesday introduced its $139 Kobo
Wireless eReader, which adds Wi-Fi connectivity, upgraded hardware, a longer
battery life and sharper screen. Scheduled to ship in October, the device is
available for pre-order today from Kobobooks.com and retail partner Borders (NYSE: BGP),
which will stock the device in its stores. Indigo Books & Music and Walmart
will sell the device in Canada.

 

Related Links:
http://tinyurl.com/2axyv8d

http://www.koboereader.com

http://www.borders.com/kobowifi

Pandora to Stream Ads to Connected In-Home Devices

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Mark Hefflinger
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Oakland, Calif. – Streaming radio service Pandora said on
Wednesday that it will now begin offering advertisers the ability to reach
Pandora listeners on connected in-home devices like TVs, Blu-ray players,
table-top digital radios and digital media players. Pandora, which already
serves ads on streams to PCs, smartphones and the iPad, said it will offer the
new sponsorship opportunity to only six advertisers per month.

 

Related Links:
http://tinyurl.com/2e6r367

http://www.pandora.com

RIAA Moves to Shutter Mulve Music Download Service

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Mark Hefflinger
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Los Angeles – Mulve, a free music download service that has been compared to the original Napster, has received a Digital Millennium
Copyright Act takedown request from the Recording Industry Association of
America (RIAA), TorrentFreak reported. While the site itself hosts no content
— songs are reportedly stored on overseas servers — the RIAA targeted a part
of the site operated by U.S.-based Hostgator. TorrentFreak reports that the
site was downed temporarily but is now back online.

 

Related Links:
http://tinyurl.com/37ek786
(TorrentFreak)

http://www.mulve.com

Reverb Nation, APM Offer Bands Licensing Opportunities

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Mark Hefflinger
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New York – Reverb Nation, an online marketing and promotion
platform used by 850,000 artists, managers and venues, said on Wednesday that
it has partnered with APM Music to offer artists access to licensing
opportunities in TV, film, video games and other productions. The company said it
has qualified "tens of thousands" of artists for the service, based
on data about fanbases, song plays and other factors. APM is a joint venture
between EMI Music Publishing and Universal Music Publishing.

 

Related Links:
http://tinyurl.com/328b35y

http://www.reverbnation.com

China Unicom: iPhone 4 Sold Out; 100,000 in Four Days

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Mark Hefflinger
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Beijing – Apple’s (NASD: AAPL) iPhone 4 has sold out in China, four days
after going on sale in the country, All Things D reported, citing the local
People’s Daily.

Apple’s wireless network partner there, China Unicom, reported
that it has sold 100,000 iPhone 4s, including 40,000 on day one — and has
100,000 units on back order.

China Unicom has also temporarily suspended online
reservations for the device.

"The sales of previous versions of iPhones
created a solid foundation for the explosive performance of the iPhone 4 this
year," China Unicom senior vice president Li Gang told the People’s Daily.

The company is also currently waiting for approval from the Chinese government to
begin selling Apple’s iPad in the country.

 

Related Links:
http://tinyurl.com/24yggj7
(All Things D)

http://tinyurl.com/29qcgww
(People’s Daily)

Ivi

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Mark Hefflinger
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Streaming TV Start-up Ivi Sued by Broadcasters, MLB

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Mark Hefflinger
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Seattle – Streaming TV start-up Ivi has been sued for
copyright infringement by a number of broadcasters and major sports leagues,
including Disney’s (NYSE:  DIS) ABC, CBS (NYSE:  CBS), News Corp.’s (NYSE:  NWS) Fox, NBC (NYSE:  GE) and Major League Baseball.
The company, which argues its service is legal because it plans to pay standard
re-transmission fees to broadcasters, previously filed a pre-emptive lawsuit
asking a federal court to clarify the legality of its service.

Seattle-based Ivi
says it will charge $4.99 a month for "all major network
programming," with pause/rewind/fast-forward functionality available for
an extra 99 cents per month.

"Ivi is not another Pirate Bay or Napster
trying to gain from others’ works. Rather, Ivi wishes to work with content
owners in helping them to realize new revenue streams and reach more viewers
from around the globe," said Ivi founder Todd Weaver, who is also named as
a defendant in the copyright infringement lawsuit.

 

 

Related Links:
http://newteevee.com/2010/09/29/can-ivi-beat-the-big-broadcasters

http://tinyurl.com/2crel6f
(VentureBeat)

http://tinyurl.com/25x9hdj
(DMW previous coverage)

http://www.ivi.com

Skype

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Mark Hefflinger
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Report: Facebook, Skype Plan Tight Integration

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Mark Hefflinger
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New York – Facebook is in talks with Internet telephone
service Skype on a partnership that would see a tight integration of the
service on the social network, All Things D reported, citing sources. The deal
would see Skype deploy Facebook Connect, allowing Facebook users to send SMS
messages and make voice and video calls to Facebook friends via Skype.

While
Facebook counts over 500 million users, Skype claims 124 million active users
and 560 million registered accounts.

The Skype integration is expected to come
with the release of Skype 5.0 in coming weeks.

 

 

Related Links:
http://tinyurl.com/2fpx76a
(All Things D)

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