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Olympics trains for Net challenge
News The upcoming Winter Olympics is struggling to balance event programming in the Internet age.
New licensing structure takes effect tomorrow, ends one year freeze
News The new licensing regime for the communications and multimedia industry introduced by the Communications and Multimedia Act 1998 (CMA 1998) will come into effect tomorrow, thus ending the one-year freeze on new licence applications.
Iglesias, other Latin celebrities get hip to Net
News There are at least two reasons why a couple of Latin music Web ventures were launched this week: Ricky Martin and Jennifer Lopez.
Ad disputes tune Web radio out
News Hundreds of Web radio stations in the United States have gone silent, as radio broadcasters find themselves caught in a pair of disputes over online rights.
Turner Group may invest US$300m in Russian TV
News CNN founder Ted Turner and a group of investors are ready to spend more than US$300 million for a stake in Media Most, Russia's biggest private media company, if Russia's president guarantees its independence, Media Most said.
NBC to take NBCi back in-house
News The network giant says it will acquire all of Web portal NBCi for about US$85 million and pull the unit back into its offline operations.
Korea's secret tech weapon--soap operas?
News The Korea IT International Cooperation Agency wants to promote technology standards such as WiBro and digital TV internationally.
Tags: Mobile/Wireless, Games, International governments
NBC to take NBCi back in-house
News Network giant NBC on Monday said it has entered an agreement to acquire all of NBC Internet, a Web portal and media company, for about US$85 million in cash.
No Olympic gold for Net, yet
News As the torch heads closer to Salt Lake City for the 2002 Winter Olympic Games, organizers and broadcasters once again fear they will be burned by the Net.
MarketWatch president resigns
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Sony invests in Net broadcaster
News Sony Corporation of America has taken an undisclosed stake in satellite Internet broadcaster iBeam Broadcasting, the company announced this week.
NBCi agrees to acquire AllBusiness.com
News NBCi, the broadcasting company's Internet venture, has agreed to acquire AllBusiness.com in a stock deal valued at roughly US$225 million.
Singapore's NCS looks to content, takes on Hong Kong
News National Computer Systems Pte Ltd (NCS), the IT services subsidiary of telecom giant Singapore Telecommunications Ltd, is continuing its focus on e-commerce with a move into digital content distribution, as well as launching new operations in Hong Kong.
Securities Commission reviews MEASAT dual listing proposal
News The Securities Commission confirmed today it has received the proposal from MEASAT Broadcast Network Systems Sdn Bhd (MBNS) to go on a dual listing in MESDAQ and NASDAQ and is currently reviewing it.
Court blocks Streambox from distributing products
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