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March 10, 2010  | | Connecting People & Knowledge Since May 2000 | | | | | March 9, 2010 · Today's Sponsor: | | |  | Top Stories London - Veteran rock band Pink Floyd has filed suit against major record label EMI over the way in which royalties have been paid to the band for digital music sold online. [more..] Palo Alto, Calif. - Facebook plans to enter the location-based service sector next month, when it will launch a feature that lets users chime in with their current location, The New York Times reported, citing people briefed on the project. [more..] New York - The National Football League (NFL) announced on Tuesday that it has signed a new four-year agreement with Verizon Wireless to handle its mobile services, replacing former partner Sprint, which had held the contract for the past five years. [more..] Reston, Va. - Online video viewing in the U.S. was down 2.5% in January, to 32.4 billion views, according to a report from Internet audience measurement firm comScore. [more..] Boston - iPhone owners are most active in using applications at 9 p.m. on weeknights, with nights and weekends serving as peak times of activity, according to a report from mobile analytics firm Localytics, VentureBeat reported. [more..] Tewksbury, Mass. - Avid, the developer of digital audio and video postproduction technology, announced that it has acquired Blue Order, a product that transforms Avid's production asset management technology into a full media asset management product. [more..] Tel Aviv, Israel - Todacell, the provider of a mobile display ad network, announced on Tuesday that it has raised $1 million in a new round of funding, from existing investor AfterDox. [more..]
DMW Notice Board Digital Strategies Conference - March 10, 2010, Toronto, Canada
Digital Strategies Conference is a one day event, co-located with Canadian Music Week, focused on what you need to know to effectively market your products and services in the Digital Age. This is an event that you can't afford to miss. Confirmed speakers include Louise Clements
Head of Sales, Facebook in Canada, Bob Garfield, Author, The Chaos Scenario, Co-Host, NPR's On The Media, Columnist, Advertising Age, Richard Sussman, Director, Media & Entertainment, Nielsen Online, Phil Miano, National Sales Director, Mobile Advertising, AOL, Paul Cormack, Consumer Marketing Manager , Family + Playhouse Disney, Astral Television Networks and many more.
To register for the event, please click here.
(Early Bird Rate $499 - reserve your seat now!)
LA Games Conference - April 29, 2010, Los Angeles
Over 300 of the most influential decision-makers in the games industry gather for the LA Games Conference to network, do deals, and share ideas about the future of console, PC, online and mobile games. LA Games Conference – now in its 4rd year – features a lively and fun debate on timely cutting-edge business topics, demos as well unrivaled access to some of the most progressive companies in Hollywood, Silicon Valley and beyond. New speakers added: Bill Young, Director, Global Media Sales, Electronic Arts, John Hayase, Executive Director of Development, Sony Online Entertainment, Chris Petrovic, General Manager , GameStop Digital Ventures, Peter Wanat, Executive Producer, Universal Studios Interactive Group, Dave Ulmer, Senior Director, Entertainment Products, Motorola Media Solutions, Kenny Rosenblatt, CEO and Co-Founder, Arkadium, Alex St. John, President and Chief Technology Officer, hi5, Gene Hoffman, CEO, Vindicia and many more!
To register for the event, please click here.
(Economy Discount Rate $499 - reserve your seat now!)
Briefly Noted Foster City, Calif. - Sony Computer Entertainment America said on Tuesday that its PlayStation Network online service for the PlayStation 3 is now the first such service to offer HD movies from all six major Hollywood movie studios for purchase and rental. [more..] San Mateo, Calif. - Jelli, the provider of "crowdsourced" radio programming platform, and partner Triton Media on Tuesday announced that their "Rock Jelli" and "Pop Jelli" programs have launched into national syndication. [more..] Boston - Seven45 Studios on Tuesday announced plans to release a music-based video game for the PlayStation 3 and Xbox 360 that utilizes an actual six-string electric guitar as a controller. [more..] Palo Alto, Calif. - Auditude, a provider of video ad management and monetization services, announced on Tuesday that it will provide its services to Dailymotion, the France-based video site that counts 66 million monthly visitors. [more..] San Francisco - NBC Universal has tapped publishers Bigpoint and Unity to create a massively multiplayer online game based on its "Battlestar Galactica" series on the Syfy network. [more..] Austin, Texas - Portalarium, the game studio launched by veteran designer Richard Garriott, on Tuesday announced the release of its Portalarium Player, which it says lets games developed on a wide variety of game engines and technologies -- not just Adobe Flash -- run inside of the major social networks. [more..] Amsterdam - File-sharing service operator LimeWire announced on Tuesday that it has added anti-virus protection from security firm AVG to its premium LimeWire Pro service. [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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