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June 14, 2010  | | Connecting People & Knowledge Since May 2000 | | | | | June 2, 2010 · Today's Sponsor: | | |  | Top Stories Dallas - AT&T on Wednesday announced plans to finally enable tethering to the iPhone, along with new data plans for its new smartphone and iPad-owning customers. [more..] Mountain View, Calif. - Google has acquired online advertising technology firm Invite Media, All Things D reported, citing sources. [more..] Novato, Calif. - Sonic Solutions announced on Wednesday that it has acquired DivX, the developer of a video codec and distribution service, in a deal valued at about $323 million. [more..] McLean, Va. - Google, Microsoft, and a number of social media sharing services announced on Wednesday that they have teamed to develop a new protocol that aims to define how an ever-growing array of content sharing tools interact with various social Web services. [more..] Seaside, Calif. - Listening to online and mobile music services is expected to grow by 15% this year, to 8.3 billion hours, and are forecast to expand another 22% in 2011, according to a report from market research firm AccuStream Research. [more..] San Francisco - Streaming music service Pandora has closed a fifth round of venture capital financing, PaidContent reports, citing a statement from the company. [more..] Santa Monica, Calif. - Transpera, the provider of a mobile video ad platform, announced on Wednesday that it has closed a $9 million third round of funding, led by BlackBerry Partners. [more..] San Francisco - Bazaar Labs, the developer of an application that lets users share real-time film and TV viewing statuses, has revealed that Google Ventures was an investor in its seed funding round, VentureBeat reports. [more..] New York - Pop culture email newsletter GeekChicDaily said on Wednesday that it has received an investment from Robert Pittman, the former COO of AOL Time Warner. [more..] New York - Independent sports blog The Big Lead has been acquired by Fantasy Sports Ventures in a deal pegged in the low seven figures by The New York Times. [more..]
DMW Notice Board UPDATE: Matias Myllyrinne, Managing Director, Remedy Entertainment, to give special presentation about developing the top selling Alan Wake Xbox game . Dan Winters, VP, Developer Relations and Acquisitions, Activision Blizzard, will be featured in a keynote interview with Marty Poulin, CEO at ShadyLogic Studios. Ronald Azuma, Research Leader, Nokia Research Center Hollywood to deliver Keynote Presentation on augmented reality, location-based services for media and entertainment . New speakers announced from Mandalay Pictures, Lionsgate, NBC Interactive, 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 speakers for our second annual pre-E3 transmedia event. This year's event features three keynotes, special presentations as well as 6 panels and bustling after-party by the pool! Don't miss this opportunity for top notch networking. Please contact Event Director Jay Baage via email ( jay@digitalmediawire.com) for more information.
Digital Media Conference East - June 25, 2010 - Washington D.C.
Join over 500 of the most influential decision-makers in the media, entertainment and technology industries will gather in Washington, DC / Tysons Corner for the 7th Annual Digital Media Conference East. This year's event features 3 keynotes and 15 panels divided across 5 Tracks: Mobile • Social Media • Television/Video • Marketing • Law & Tech. Keynoters include Boxee CEO & Co-Founder Avner Ronen and Kelly Day, EVP and General Manager, Digital Media and Commerce, Discovery Communications. New speakers announced from National Geographic Global Media, CBS Interactive/TV.com, Yahoo! News, MTV Networks, WeatherBug, Consumer Electronics Association (CEA), Cisco Media Solutions Group and many more!
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.
LAST WEEK to register for only $399. Reserve your seat now!
Featured Advertisements  www.mobilexawards.comThe Mobile Excellence Awards is now open for submissions! The MEA honors and celebrates the best of the best, and recognizes the Who's Who in mobile entertainment and will take place at the legendary Paramount Studios on Monday, December 6th in Hollywood CA. . The Mobile Excellence Awards are one of the most influential and prestigious in the industry, honoring the best of the best in mobile entertainment, technology, marketing & media. These coveted awards include execs from all walks of the mobile ecosystem to include major studios, start –ups, brands, agencies, carriers and content providers alike. For more information, please visit www.mobileXawards.com Briefly Noted Los Angeles - Internet telephony service Skype says that it will not charge U.S. customers for calls made over 3G networks through the end of 2010, although it intends to charge a "small monthly fee" beginning next year, Wired.com reports. [more..] Los Angeles - Microsoft is rumored to be preparing to announce Hulu support for the Xbox 360 at the E3 Expo in Los Angeles later this month, a source tells the blog Gear Live. [more..] Washington - SoundExchange, the entity set up by the recording industry to collect and distribute royalties from music webcasting services, announced on Wednesday a project with the American Federation of Television and Radio Artists (AFTRA) to identify some 6,000 artists owed royalty payments. [more..] New York - Publisher Conde Nast's Glamour magazine has partnered with IAC's Match.com to create a co-branded dating service, The Wall Street Journal reported. [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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