– mtvU Mulls More Broadband Distribution: MTV’s college network, mtvU, is edging toward a distribution model that emphasizes broadband distribution over the service’s on-campus presence. Bolstering its online offering is particularly important given the cyclical nature of the academic year, which finds students away from campus for a significant chunk of December and for much of the summer.
– AT&T chief warns on internet costs: Ed Whitacre, AT&TCEO, warned that internet content providers that wanted to use broadband networks to deliver high-quality services such as movie downloads to their customers would have to pay for the service or face the prospect that new investment in high speed networks “will dry up.”
– iTunes adds “SpongeBob,” “Punk’d,” other MTV shows: MTV shows on iTunes…
– ABC News To Use Viewer Video Online: ABC News Digital Media is launching Seen and Heard in America, an online service that will incorporate viewers’ video footage from cellphones into ABC News coverage on multiple platforms (Disclaimer: being enabled by one of our sponsors, Neighborhood America).
– The N to Launch Degrassi Minis: Teen-centric network The N will launch original, short-form episodes of its hit series Degrassi, online.
– CSTV.com Adds 2 NCAA Basketball Leagues: CSTV has signed deals with two new NCAA basketball conferences, the America East and the Patriot League, to broadcast those league’s games online.
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