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June 25, 2010  | | Connecting People & Knowledge Since May 2000 | | | | | May 27, 2010 · Today's Sponsor: | | |  | Top Stories New York - While Viacom has received support from fellow media conglomerates Disney, Warner Bros. and NBC Universal in its $1 billion copyright suit against YouTube, four Internet giants -- eBay, Facebook, IAC and Yahoo -- have now filed friend of the court briefs in support of YouTube. [more..] Washington - Sen. Herb Kohl (D-Wisc.) has petitioned the Justice Department and Federal Communications Commission (FCC) to place conditions on their prospective approval of Comcast and NBC Universal's proposed venture, including requiring Comcast to divest its stake in video portal Hulu within a year, Broadcasting & Cable reported. [more..] Los Angeles - A convicted file-swapper is appealing her case to the U.S. Supreme Court, arguing that her defense of being an "innocent infringer" should have been accepted by an appeals court, and the damages amount reduced, according to the Copyrights & Campaigns blog. [more..] Los Angeles - File-sharing service LimeWire, which earlier this month was found guilty in federal court of copyright infringement, has asked the court to reconsider its decision, arguing that it flawed in its legal analysis of the case, according to The Hollywood Reporter. [more..] New York - Time Warner Cable is fighting requests to turn over the identities of some 1,000 subscribers alleged to have illegally downloaded films from BitTorrent, arguing mainly that the task is too burdensome and could hamper its efforts to comply with law enforcement requests, according to published reports. [more..] San Jose, Calif. - ActiveVideo Networks, a developer of cloud-based interactive TV services, announced on Thursday that it has filed patent claims in federal court against Verizon, alleging its FiOS TV service infringes on five ActiveVideo patents. [more..] Los Angeles - News Corp.'s (NYSE: NWS) Fox Mobile unit on Thursday launched a beta version of Bitbop, a new streaming video application that will offer streaming TV content from 25 partners, according to reports. [more..] Silver Spring, Md. - Discovery Communications, the cable programmer behind networks such as the Discovery Channel, TLC and Animal Planet, said that it plans to raise $3 billion through a massive notes offering. [more..] Seoul, South Korea - Korean online game publisher Nexon has paid $59.8 million for a controlling stake in local developer GameHi from the company's largest shareholder, GunIl Kim, VentureBeat reported. [more..] New York - Invidi Technologies, a provider of targeted ad technology for television, announced on Thursday that it has received an investment from Experian, the global services information firm. [more..] Malmo, Sweden - Saplo, a developer of semantic text analysis technology, has raised $500,000 in seed funding, TechCrunch reports. [more..]
DMW Notice Board International Game & Film Lounge, Los Angeles, June 14, 2010Update: Garry Schyman, Transmedia Composer, to deliver Keynote Presentation. New speakers announced from Tokyo Pop, Imagination Studios, Team 17, Starbreeze Studios and many more!
Together with our friends at Variety and Nordic Game, we are pleased to announce the agenda for our second annual pre-E3 transmedia event. This year's event features two keynotes, demos and a showcase as well as 6 panels and bustling after-party by the pool! We invite you to join an exclusive group of decision-makers at the event and take part in the discussion with executives, investors, analysts, press, filmmakers and gamers who will be instrumental in shaping the future of the game and film business. We are accepting speaker submissions and offering sponsor/exhibit opportunities now. Please contact Event Director Jay Baage via email ( jay@digitalmediawire.com) for more information.
Register now for only $249. Limited number of tickets available.
Briefly Noted San Francisco - Conde Nast's iPad edition of Wired magazine, released yesterday with a $4.99 price tag, has racked up 24,000 downloads in the past 24 hours, according to a tweet from the magazine's New York bureau chief, John C. Abell. [more..] Los Angeles - The domain and source code for Newzbin, the Usenet media file indexer that was ordered shut down on copyright charges earlier this year, has been sold to a Seychelles-based company called WCIS Limited, TorrentFreak reports. [more..] Los Angeles - Robin Kent, the former CEO of ad-supported music download service SpiralFrog and current consultant to ad-supported peer-to-peer download service Qtrax, has ended his relationship with Qtrax after three years, Digital Music News reported. [more..] New York - Barnes & Noble on Thursday announced the release of a free BN eReader app for Apple's iPad, which the company says is the only such application that allows users to share e-books with friends. [more..] San Diego - Sony announced on Thursday that it plans to release its Reader e-book reader device in several new markets, including Asia/Pacific nations Japan, China and Australia this year. [more..] Littleton, Mass. - LiveWire Mobile, a provider of content management and delivery services, on Thursday announced plans to introduce a new DRM-free mobile music download service it says will offer songs from all four major labels. [more..] Extras Job/Event/Marketplace Classifieds - Gannett Digital - McLean - VMIX MEDIA INC - San Diego, CA - Socialcast - San Francisco, CA - Zynga - San Francisco - Synacor - Buffalo, NY - Live365 - Foster City - Amazon.com - Seattle, WA
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