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A front-row seat for media's meltdown
Insight newsmaker Big Champagne CEO Eric Garland, who tracks file sharing for media companies, says studios will fare better in the Digital Age and Hulu should not charge fees.
Tags: Web sites, Web 2.0, downsizing, Mom, Hulu, Web sites, Web 2.0, TV, Music, Napster Inc.
Net pioneer GeoCities finally laid to rest
News With Yahoo's closure of GeoCities, Internet community bids farewell to one of earliest Web startups, but several efforts underway to save its content.
Tags: Web sites, GeoCities, Yahoo! Inc., Web sites, Portal, dot-com, Hollywood, Internet, Web Site, WWW
What Y2K can teach us about 2012
Blogs Dec. 21, 2012. It's a big day on the calendar, particularly because some believe it marks the last day of the world as w...
Playdom exec: Social gaming to look 'a lot more like Hollywood'
News After raising US$43 million in venture funding and acquiring two smaller companies, it's no surprise that Playdom's days of running like a Web start-up are numbered.
Tags: Games, Networking technology, Facebook, Green Patch, CBS Interactive Inc., game company, entertainment, Electronic Arts Inc., valuation, Hollywood
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Product Reviews Windows XP Professional Edition
Tags: Security, Microsoft Windows XP Professional, Microsoft Windows 2000, Microsoft Windows XP, network, Microsoft Windows, Hollywood, Microsoft Windows 95
Tech tales and images of a great flood
Blogs As I write this blog post, a large swathe of Metro Manila is still submerged in flood waters. In other areas of the metr...
An intelligent alternative to the idiot-box
Blogs I am not exactly a TV buff. In fact, I hardly watch TV. But, when my television conked-off last month, I was the most di...
YouTube signs Sony, preps site for studio content
News Video site continues to strike important deals with major entertainment companies and plans a redesign of its site to showcase professional movies and TV shows.
Tags: Video, TV, Sony Pictures, Google Inc., Video Site, video player, Advertisement, YouTube Inc., Eric Schmidt, Hollywood
RealNetworks continues to develop DVD-copying device
News Though a judge made decide to retain a ban on sales of Real's DVD-copying technology, the company continues to develop film-copying device.
Tags: DVD, RealNetworks Inc., DVD-copying, Sales, DVD, MPAA, job posting, job, Hollywood, industry
RealNetworks accuses MPAA of antitrust violations
News In court filing, Real claims that six largest film studios violated Sherman Act by conspiring against the software maker.
Tags: Piracy, Antitrust, Lawsuits, Viacom Inc., RealNetworks Inc., DVD, MPAA, software, copyright law, Hollywood
Real CEO acknowledges RealDVD will copy rentals
News During RealDVD hearing, Rob Glaser says studios could help prevent the illegal copying of rented DVDs by helping devices recognize those discs as rentals.
Tags: Piracy, Video, RealNetworks Inc., DVD, copyright violation, Associated Press, MPAA, movie, hard drive, America
Ex-Facebook executive as MySpace CEO, 'effective immediately'
News Former Facebook executive Owen Van Natta takes over from outgoing CEO Chris DeWolfe. John Sykes will take over his old role at Project Playlist.
Tags: Web 2.0, MySpace, Van Natta, News Corp., entertainment, Amazon.com Inc., Facebook, CEO, Hollywood, revenue
Satyam spices up silver screen with latest effects
News Indian outsourcer tries its hand on film making particularly in animation.
Tags: Business plans, Animation, Outsourcing Company, BPO, 3D, VP, Animation Division, Chennai, 2D, Hollywood
Apple losing money in new movie deal
News Films that Apple will offer the same day the DVDs come out will be sold for at least 50 cents less than what Apple paid.
Tags: Video, Business applications, Apple Inc., Apple iTunes, Sales, movie, retail company, News.com, Hollywood, Wall Street Journal
Hollywood hunts The Pirate Bay; site down again
News Sources say lawyers in Sweden working for copyright owners are tracking down whoever provides bandwidth to The Pirate Bay and then forcing them to cut off service.
Tags: Web 2.0, Web sites, Digital rights management (DRM), Site, Blackout, Web 2.0, Web sites, BitTorrent, attorney, Ukraine
