Yahoo, Reveille Partner on Daily Webisode News Show

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Mark Hefflinger
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Sunnyvale,
Calif. – Yahoo (NASD: YHOO) and production
company Reveille on Monday debuted a new original, daily news Web series,
"Who Knew?" The series features "easy-to-digest commentaries on
current events" in 90-second webisodes, based on the most-clicked news
story of the day on Yahoo News. The companies said the series was designed
collaboratively with Toyota,
which is sponsoring it for the launch of its redesigned Avalon.


 

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

http://whoknew.news.yahoo.com

MTV, Electus Team on "Pedro & Maria" Interactive Telenovela

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Mark Hefflinger
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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, with executive
producers to include "Ugly Betty" actress America Ferrera and her
production company, Take Fountain. Developed for both television and the Web,
"Pedro & Maria" will partner and utilize Facebook, Twitter and
other social media sites in both English and Spanish. Procter & Gamble
Productions will also create original commercials and branded entertainment
opportunities for its products.


 

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

http://www.iac.com/Our-Businesses/Electus

Netflix Switches On Nintendo Wii Streaming

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Mark Hefflinger
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Los Gatos,
Calif. – Netflix (NASD: NFLX) said on Monday
that subscribers do the DVD rental service can now download thousands of movies
and TV episodes through their Nintendo Wii game consoles. The two companies
first announced partnership plans in January, and now have officially launched
the service. Streaming is provided at no additional cost to Netflix members who
have a plan starting at $8.99 a month, a Wii console and a broadband Internet
connection.


 

Related Links:
http://snipurl.com/vfu8o

http://www.netflix.com/NRD/Wii

MySpace, PRS for Music Ink Promotional Partnership

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Mark Hefflinger
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London – U.K. performing
rights organization PRS for Music on Monday announced a marketing partnership
with News Corp.’s (NYSE: NWS) MySpace online social network. Under the terms, MySpace will
promote PRS for Music’s services to the one million U.K. bands with MySpace profiles,
while PRS for Music will promote MySpace as a promotional tool to its 65,000
members.


 

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

"Call of Duty" Developers Form Respawn Entertainment

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Mark Hefflinger
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Los Angeles
– The creators of the multi-billion dollar "Call of Duty" game
franchise, Jason West and Vince Zampella, announced on Monday the formation of
a new game development studio, Respawn Entertainment. The pair, who also
co-founded development studio Infinity Ward, also said they signed a publishing
and distribution deal with Electronic Arts (NASD:  ERTS) for Respawn. The Call of Duty franchise has to date been published by Activision (NASD: ATVI).

Related Links:
http://snipurl.com/vfuj6

http://www.respawn.com

Microsoft "Pink" Project to Include KIN Mobile Phone

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Mark Hefflinger
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San Francisco – Microsoft (NASD: MSFT)
provided some additional details about its mobile project codenamed
"Pink" at a press event at a night club in San Francisco on Monday, PaidContent
reported.

The mobile device to come out of the project, which is based on the
Sidekick from Danger — which Microsoft acquired two years ago — is the KIN, a series of two
slider phones made by Sharp that will be distributed by Verizon and Vodafone.

The KIN is targeted at the teen and young adult demographic, and will come
loaded with Zune music services.

"We saw how you talk, text, tweet and
post in real life. Then we designed KIN to communicate as naturally as you. So
KIN is everything you love, everyone you love, all together, in one
place," reads the marketing messaging on the KIN website.

 

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

http://kin.com

Mobile TV Demonstration to Launch in D.C. Next Month

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Mark Hefflinger
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Washington
– Hundreds of D.C.-area residents soon will be able to watch local digital TV
broadcasts on a variety of mobile devices through a special demonstration of
the technology coordinated by the Open Mobile Video Coalition (OMVC).

The
organization said that it will launch its Mobile DTV Consumer Showcase on May
3, continuing throughout the summer.

For the first time, viewers will be able
to watch local digital TV broadcasts on specially-equipped cell phones,
netbooks and portable media players, as well as through an adapter that can
send the signals to laptops, iPhones and iPads.

The demonstration also will
feature interactive voting and polling, interactive advertising, electronic
program guides and the transmission of emergency alerts and closed captioning.

In all, nine local stations will transmit more than 20 programs, with mobile
signals controlled from a new network operations center located at WUSA-TV.

Event
organizers will distribute a limited number of specially equipped cell phones
and netbooks beginning next month, with consumer focus groups planning to
distribute other equipment this summer.

 

Related Links:
http://www.omvc.org/media-relations/press-releases

http://www.omvc.org/about-omvc/initiatives/dc-showcase

Bill Gross Raises $3.5 Million for TweetUp Twitter Search

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Mark Hefflinger
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Pasadena,
Calif. – TweetUp, a start-up
founded by Goto.com and Overture creator Bill Gross that has developed a Twitter
search service, has raised $3.5 million in funding, led by Index Ventures.

Other investors included Betaworks, Revolution, First Round Capital and
individual investors Jason Calcanis and Jeff Jarvis.

Pasadena,
Calif.-based TweetUp uses both an algorithm to determine the most-relevant
tweets, and a bidding marketplace where Twitter users can receive more
prominent placement by sharing their ad revenue with TweetUp.

"Twitter has
such tremendous potential as a real-time information network far beyond what
has been realized to date," said Bill Gross, founder and CEO of TweetUp.

"For most people, though, 80% or more of the tweets that fly by them when
they’re searching for something are useless noise. For serious tweeters, the
task of attracting interested and relevant followers is equally daunting.
TweetUp will change all of that."

 

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

http://snipurl.com/vfoym
(All Things D)

http://www.tweetup.com

MobiTV Releases Live TV iPhone Application

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Mark Hefflinger
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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 device over
both Wi-Fi and 3G networks.

At launch, the free app offers eight channels of
live programming — including ABC, CNBC, Disney Channel, ESPN and MSNBC — and
over 30 channels of on-demand TV.

Content packages are priced at $9.99 for one
month; $24.99 for three months; and $44.99 for six months.

 

Related Links:
http://mobitv.com/products/apps/iphone/tour5

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=A_qQrDDcuHo
(demo)

N.Y. Times: Google Expected to Release Tablet PC

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Mark Hefflinger
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New York
– Heating up the market further after the release of Apple’s (NASD: AAPL) iPad, Google (NASD: GOOG) is
"soon expected" to begin selling a tablet PC of its own, The New York
Times reported.

Google CEO Eric Schmidt reportedly divulged some details about
the device to friends at a recent party in Los Angeles, while people with knowledge of
the project told The Times that "the company has been experimenting in
‘stealth mode’ with a few publishers to explore delivery of books, magazines
and other content on a tablet."

The company is also reportedly considering
an apps marketplace for tablet PCs.

The Times report notes that Nokia (NYSE: NOK) also plans
to release a multifunctional e-book reader device, while Microsoft (NASD: MSFT) "is
flirting with the idea" of releasing a slate. HP is expected to release
its tablet PC by midyear.

 

Related Links:
http://www.nytimes.com/2010/04/12/technology/12slate.html

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