Broadband Content Bits: Movielink Numbers; NBA Broadband; Digital Audio Books; French IPTV

Movielink’s Selling 100K Movies A Month: So says this post by Scott…Movielink gets a million unique visitors a month, and sells about 100,000 downloads each month. Of the current movies available, Jim said the split was about 10/90 between new releases and archival content. But the 10 percent of new releases generate 60 percent of the buys.
NBA’s Broadband Ambitions: A good profile of NBA’s effort on the broadband side…Brenda Spoonemore claims that the clips, with embedded short ads, are already making money for the league. How much, she won’t say, but she insists that short-term the cash is almost incidental. “Nobody knows what the next big thing is going to be. But if the fans want something, we want to be there.”
AtomFilms’ Four Original Shorts: It has funded and launched the first four original shorts coming out of its newly launched studio. They are here
Disney Developing Online Games In China, With Shanda: Walt Disneygained a foothold in China’s growing online-games market by striking a deal with Shanda to create a game featuring Disney characters, even as it faces hurdles in developing its presence in more-traditional Chinese media.
Book Downloads Have Publishers Singing a New Tune: At Random House, senior VP and publisher Madeline McIntosh noted that digital sales represent about 10% of the audio group’s total business, and growth is expected to continue at a rapid clip. For Hachette Books AudioBooks, downloadable audio was 10% of total business in 2004, but digital audio director Karen Cera said that the digital portion of the business grew more than 200% in 2005. And digital audio revenue doubled at Simon & Schuster last year.
France Telecom Launches IPTV In Spain: Wanadoo TV‘s offerings includes some 40 channels, interactive services, a programming guide and video-on-demand content.
IPTV Ruckus in France: Ruckus Wireless said that leading French electronics retailer Darty will sell its WiFi system to IPTV subscribers who want to ditch TV cables in their homes…Darty will offer Ruckus’ system as an add-on to a variety of IPTV services such Wanadoo, France Telecom, Alice, Neuf Cegetel, Dutch Telecom, and AOL.

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