VentureBeat:
Intel said today that it has invested $25 million in seven new startups as part of its goal of advanced the interests of increasing demand for the company’s products.The investments were led by Intel Capital, which is the inv (Read More)
Ars Technica:
As the wireless industry makes its case for more spectrum licenses, it's facing stiff opposition from television broadcasters who warn that any reallocation of the band would be " (Read More)
VentureBeat:
Rumors surfaced this week that Apple is in the process of putting together a $30-a-month iTunes TV offering. This rumored iTunes TV is supposedly something altogether different from the currently available Apple TV.Apple TV (Read More)
Engadget:
Can you live without physical media? Are you ready to buy into owning a license without any physical property to show for your purchase? We hope so 'cause that's the future. Today Best Buy will announce confirmation of its r (Read More)
VentureBeat:
Epix is launching its premium movie channel this weekend in a bid to go toe-to-toe with HBO. As we noted in an earlier story, the company hopes to outdo HBO with better shows as well as a modern digital viewing experience ena (Read More)
BBC:
It's got thousands of football fans enraged, and set off countless pub conversations about our changing national game and the attitudes of those who run it. But the decision to allow live viewing of Saturday's Ukraine v Engla (Read More)
VentureBeat:
EPIX, a brand new movie channel currently in private beta, is about to begin rollout with Verizon’s broadband TV network in a big challenge to established paid movie channels such as HBO.On top of that, the company is announc (Read More)
VentureBeat:
Tremor Media, the large online video advertising network, announced that it brought in an undisclosed amount from SAP Ventures, SAP’s investment arm, among others, in a strategic round of funding. According to the regulatory (Read More)
ZDNet UK Network management Toolkit:
The prime minister's office has confirmed that Stephen Timms will add work on extending the use of digital technologies to his portfolioTimms will remain as financial secretary to the Treasury, but will also become a parliame (Read More)
MediaFuturist:
In the past 5 years I came up with - or more to the point - collected, co-created, PFE'd and remixed quite a few memes and phrases that end up surfacing in my work all the time, and therefore must have some sort of value, I r (Read More)
Ars Technica:
The UK's Department for Culture, Media, and Sport has tackled the first of those two items by preparing a report called "Digital Britain," in which it takes a sprawling view of the nation's prospects for remaini (Read More)
feeds.reuters.com:
The UK government’s grand reworking of digital policy, due out Tuesday, has something for every one to chatter about — from funding for a further broadband buildout to reworking television licensing fees to how the country fa (Read More)
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from blog:
For years TDG has been discussing the inevitability of web video finding its way from the “small screen” PC to the” big screen” TV. ...(read more). (Read More)
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The following is a summary of Elastic Path’s webinar Multichannel 2.0: Are You Ready for the Next Generation of Commerce Channels? The webinar is also available for replay or download.What is Multichannel 2.0?Traditional, Mu (Read More)
paidContent:UK:
A government-proposed scheme to make ISPs collect details of phone calls, emails, VoIP calls, social-networking content and instant messages will cost an estimated £2 billion pounds. Under plans released today, Home secretary (Read More)
paidContent:UK:
—Bebo Originals: Having blazed a trail long-narrative dramas like KateModern and Sofia's Diary, Bebo is branching out to community-generated, short-form, reality-based formats. Original productions head Kelly Brett says (via (Read More)
Online Journalism Blog:
Dan Thornton, Community Marketing Manager at Bauer Media, reposting from his blog, TheWayoftheWeb.Although hardly newspaper/print apologists, both John Duncan and Martin Langeveld have posted interesting articles trying to co (Read More)
Silicon Alley Insider:
Steve Brill is sick of the airport security business, and he's going back to journalism. Specifically, he's saving it, with a new company called Journalism Online, which is co-founded by two other media luminaries: Gordon Cr (Read More)
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from blog:
One of the most powerful brands in home video and a stalwart industry player once capable of bending the will of Hollywood studios may be on its last breath. The language could not have been clearer, with auditors stating tha (Read More)