Apple TV users in Germany got some content of their own Friday: Watchever, the new streaming video subscription service from Vivendi. The move could open the door to more region-specific content deals for Apple TV.…
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Call Of Duty Subscriptions Helped Fuel Vivendi
Activision (NSDQ: ATVI) Blizzard says it will launch further direct consumer premium digital channels after the success of its Call Of Duty……
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G-cluster plans to enter the U.S. market with an on-demand gaming service. The company has secured an unnamed amount of funding from Intel and French mobile carrier SFR to expand its reach beyond home casual gaming and movie streaming into high-end gaming for tablets and smartphones.…
Read MoreMegaupload Case Grows Bigger, Stranger
A New Zealand court today delayed its decision over whether to grant bail to the founder of Megaupload after prosecutors argued that Kim Dot……
Read MorePublisher Says No Duty To Reveal Grooveshark Source, Law Unclear
Can a music site sue to find out which of its employees used a blog post to accuse the company of piracy? The blog's publisher says the anon……
Read MoreUpdated: Day After Piracy Bill Collapses, Feds Shut Down Megaupload
The FBI today unsealed an indictment that charges file-sharing site Megaupload and its executives with a list of criminal charges, including……
Read MoreAll Eyes on Viacom/YouTube Case After Court Rules For Veoh
A California appeals court yesterday rejected Universal Music's claim that video-sharing service Veoh didn't do enough to protect content ow……
Read MoreMegaupload Sues Universal For Pulling Down Celebrity Endorsement Video
The entertainment world is buzzing about a viral video that shows A-list artists like Kanye West and Alicia Keyes singing the praises of fil……
Read MoreCall Of Duty Maker Booms As Vivendi Sells A Stake To Buy EMI
When Vivendi (EPA: VIV) announced it was buying EMI's recorded music division last week, it cryptically said the deal would see it sell "500……
Read MoreReport: Google To Put A Piece Into Its Music Puzzle With Universal Deal
On the heels of news last week that it has secured EMI's recorded music division for nearly $2 billion, Universal Music is again in the news……
Read MoreEMI Group Split Between UMG And Sony
Four years after the whole label sold to Terra Firma for £4.2 ($6.69) billion, now one half of EMI Group - the record music division, EMI M……
Read MoreIntel Looks For Revenue From Location Services, Buys Telmap
Intel (NSDQ: INTC) has made no secret of its interest to be a more central player in the mobile space and now it's showing us the money, too……
Read MoreCanal+ Buying Broadcaster To Defend Against Online Upstarts
Vivendi's pay TV arm Canal+ is to acquire Vincent Bollore's free-to-air television business in a €465m (£404m) deal, a move the company s……
Read MoreWar Games Offset Music Decline For Vivendi
French entertainment and telecoms company Vivendi (EPA: VIV) has reported a strong first half, with record sales of its Activision (NSDQ: AT……
Read MoreBaidu Signs Label Deal For Ting Music But Still Links To Pirated MP3s
While everyone's attention was focused on Spotify finally launching services in the U.S., another online music milestone has been reached on……
Read MoreUniversal Said To Ink Music Deal With Apple Ahead Of iCloud Debut
Apple (NSDQ: AAPL) is said to have secured the services of the music industry's "gang of four," signing the remaining holdout, Universal Mus……
Read MoreEMusic Reaches A Deal With EMI
eMusic, the online music "club" that offers members discounts on tracks in exchange for a monthly subscription fee, has struck a deal with a……
Read MoreMobile Lowdown 5-19-11: Apple Cloud, EMI; VZW Sues FCC; Latest Gartner Figs
Our look at some of the big stories in mobile today: Apple's apparently getting closer to a cloud music product after signing a deal with EM……
Read MoreUMG Faces An Uphill Battle Against Veoh On Appeal
Universal Music Group argued one of the most closely watched copyright cases in digital media on Friday-and the panel of appeals judges who……
Read MoreVodafone Sells 44 Percent SFR Stake To Vivendi For £6.8 Billion. VZW Next?
At last, an end to Vodafone's French saga, and another chapter in the mobile operator's continuing sell-off of assets that it does not contr……
Read MoreISP Music Deals Coming This Summer
UK ISPs may be about to embark on bundled music offerings again, according to industry execs I asked whilst facilitating a panel discussion……
Read MoreMobile Lowdown: Apple’s Cloud; Motorola And HTML5 Gaming; Twitter; Samsung
Our rundown of mobile news to start your day. Today we look at the newest reports around Apple (NSDQ: AAPL) and cloud services; Motorola's n……
Read MoreWar Games Make Up For Music Losses At Vivendi
Vivendi (EPA: VIV) has reported a strong performance in 2010 with huge sales of Call of Duty boosting earnings in its games division by more……
Read MoreNokia’s ‘Comes With Music’ Disappears In 27 Markets
Nokia's struggle to compete against Apple (NSDQ: AAPL), and drive more sales of its own smartphones, hit a new low today, as the Finnish com……
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