Lionsgate, Saban Capital Form Tiger Gate Joint Venture

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Mark Hefflinger
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Los Angeles – Canadian film
studio Lionsgate (NYSE: LGF) announced on Tuesday that it has partnered with private
investment firm Saban Capital Group to form Tiger Gate, a joint venture pay-TV
channel and distributor of TV shows and action and horror films across Asia. Established in 2008, Tiger Gate currently operates
the Thrill and Kix channels in Indonesia,
and plans to expand to Hong Kong and Singapore
later this month, and elsewhere in Asia this
year.


 

Related Links:
http://snipurl.com/vaitp

http://www.saban.com

http://www.lionsgate.com

Netflix to Offer iPhone Instant Streaming Application

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Mark Hefflinger
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Los Gatos,
Calif. – Netflix (NASD: NFLX) has announced in
a blog post that, following the release of an application for Apple’s iPad that
allows instant streaming of movies and TV shows, the company will offer a
similar application for the iPhone. "For those of you asking whether
Netflix will be on the iPhone and iPod Touch: We wouldn’t invite you to dinner
without planning to serve dessert. In other words, we’re working on it so stay
tuned," wrote Netflix vice president of corporate communications Steve
Swasey.


 

Related Links:
http://blog.netflix.com/2010/04/netflix-on-iphone.html

March Madness on Demand Player Streams 11.7 Million Hours

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Mark Hefflinger
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New York – CBSsports.com announced that its March Madness on
Demand player streamed more than 11.7 million hours of live audio and video
during the NCAA men’s basketball tournament, up from 8.6 million last year and
4.92 million in 2008. The player also attracted 8.3 million unique visitors,
compared with 7.52 million in 2009.


 

Related Links:
http://snipurl.com/vame6
(PaidContent)

Electronic Arts Releases "Tiger Woods PGA Tour Online"

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Mark Hefflinger
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Redwood City,
Calif. – Electronic Arts on
Tuesday announced the launch of Tiger "Woods PGA Tour Online," a
browser-based golf game that requires no game installation, no disc and no
additional peripherals. The basic game is free to play, with users also able to
pay monthly or yearly memberships, at $9.99 and $59.99 respectively, for
premium features.


 

Related Links:
http://tigerwoodsonline.ea.com

WaTunes Releases Music Store Facebook Application

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Mark Hefflinger
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Detroit
– WaTunes, a social music discovery service and digital music store, announced
on Tuesday announced that it has released a Music Store application for
Facebook. The application lets users browse a catalog of millions of songs,
share them with friends, rate and review music, and suggest albums on friends’
Walls. Facebook users buying song downloads will be able to so via Music Store
without having to sign up for WaTunes.


 

Related Links:
http://www.watunes.com

http://www.facebook.com/apps/application.php?id=107940119224416

Philly.com Taps FanDuel to Power Fantasy Sports

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Mark Hefflinger
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Philadelphia – The
Philadelphia Inquirer’s Philly.com has partnered with U.K. social
games developer HubHub, which will provide its FanDuel fantasy sports offering
on the site, TechCrunch reported. FanDuel users play for real money, and can
challenge each other to daily or weekly fantasy games, with Philly.com
receiving a commission on revenues generated.


 

Related Links:
http://snipurl.com/vamuk
(TechCrunch)

http://hubdub.com

http://www.fanduel.com

http://www.philly.com

Universal Licenses Songs for Conduit Labs Social Music Games

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Mark Hefflinger
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New York – Universal Music Group announced on Tuesday that
it partnered with social music gaming firm Conduit Labs, to provide players of
games like "Music Pets," "Super Dance" and
"Loudcrowd" to access Universal songs. The 1 million players of
Conduit titles will be able to purchase music within them using the company’s
virtual goods model.


 

Related Links:
http://conduitlabs.presslift.com/universal

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Isohunt Debuts 'Lite' U.S. Version of Site to Appease Court

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Los Angeles – Following a federal
judge’s order last month to removing all infringing content from its site, Torrent
search engine Isohunt has opted to block its main site from U.S. users,
instead pointing them to a bare bones search page.

The company hopes that by
launching the "Isohunt Lite" search engine for U.S. users, it
can potentially avoid the judge’s proposed order to install a keyword filter
that would actively block the appearance of links to copyrighted content.

The
Lite site will "demonstrate the similarity to certain other popular search
engine [sic] also required to censor in China."

"Requiring any
internet search engine to filter broad keyword searches is absurd. The DMCA
mandates with reason that copyright notice and takedown requested by copyright
holders be done under penalty of perjury with accurate identifcation, with
standard practice of URLs, not broad mucking with the dictionary," the
company said in a note on the new site.

 

Related Links:
http://snipurl.com/valqj
(TorrentFreak)

http://snipurl.com/valty
(DMW previous coverage)

http://isohunt.hk/lite

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