Broadband Content Bits: April 17: MTV Europe; Motherload; Masters

MTV Overdrive To Launch in Europe: MTV’s broadband video service Overdrive will be made available in Britain and Ireland beginning Sunday and will be rolled out in other European countries beginning with Germany in a few months.
Seven to trial hit TV shows over net: The Australian broadcaster is preparing to make hit shows such as Dancing With The Stars and All Saints available online for free. Seven is also eager to strike a deal with Disney to enable US hits to be able to be downloaded through Seven’s joint-venture online portal, Yahoo!7.
Filmmakers flock to the Net: A mass migration of storytelling talent could someday put the Internet in a position to compete with TV and theaters for the public’s entertainment dollars.

Masters Bags 3.4 Mil. Streams on cbs.sportsline: Over 3.4 million video streams of live Masters Tournament action were served over cbs.sportsline and masters.org during the four days of the 2006 Masters Tournament, April 6-9.
About Embarks on Web Video Mission through TV Partnership: About.com video clips will be a part of Expo TV’s “expert buying guide” television programming focusing on product categories that are often researched by consumers before making purchases, such as “House and Home,” “Beauty and Health” and “Travel.”
Comedy Central widens Motherload: Will partner with sibling iFilm.com to create an online competition for amusing shorts. People can send submissions from May 22-Aug. 24. Network staffers will choose three test pilots a week from all of the submissions for four weeks, streaming them onto the Comedycentral.com.
Paramount Pictures teams up with Xbox Live: Paramount Pictures’ content will be integrated into Xbox Live service…
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