Vid-Biz: Mywaves, iCarly, MPAA

MTV Expands Mobility with Mywaves; marks the first time video from the Viacom brand will be available on the free, ad-supported mobile site. (Hollywood Reporter)

iCarly a Hit Both Offline and On; show about a tween who creates her own web show accounted for 20 percent of Nick.com’s traffic in January and received 100,000 pieces of user-contributed content. (MediaWeek)

MPAA Calls on ISPs to Police Piracy; motion picture association’s CTO says pirates are clogging up bandwidth. (CNET)

What is Mobile Jeopardy? Service under development would let people play along with the popular game show, in real time, via handheld devices. (Broadcasting & Cable)

Hockey Doc Bypasses Theatrical Release and Thrives Through Web; In the Crease has grossed more than $500,000 through Amazon’s CreateSpace and made all its money back — and then some. (Variety)

Mini Projectors Coming Soon; LED-lit portable media projectors could be a boon for traveling business folks, or an irritant as people display their video anywhere they please. (The New York Times)

Warner Bros. Taps Digitalsmiths; company to provide video search for a new WB web site launching in April. (TVWeek)

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