Music Video
423 Stories
Thai flag on porn Website makes Thai gov't see red
News A Thai woman living in Britain faces possible extradition and imprisonment for displaying the Thai national flag on her pornographic Web site. The Web site also described Bangkok as a "city of sex", the Thai government complained.
The secrets of a teen's Internet success
Insight MyYearbook.com, co-founded by 17-year-old Catherine Cook, is making millions in annual revenue after just two years.
Tags: Web sites
Sony, Time Warner face the music on CD pricing
News
YouTube finds new place for ad spots
News The click-to-buy overlays that typically have enabled users to buy a song from iTunes or Amazon now will feature ads.
Tags: Web 2.0, Sales/revenue, Music Video, Apple iTunes, Google Inc., Real Estate, Video, Advertisement, Amazon.com Inc., YouTube Inc.
Universal Music, YouTube near deal on music video site
News Vevo would be the name of a new Web site jointly run by Universal Music Group and YouTube, according to sources.
Tags: Copyright, Music, Music Video, Universal Music Group, EMI Group Plc., Video, digital music, Sony BMG Music Entertainment, MTV, Talks
YouTube unplugs music videos in UK
News In an unexpected move, 'premium' music videos on the Google-owned video-sharing site will no longer be accessible in the United Kingdom.
Tags: Music, Video, Copyright, Music Video, Apple iTunes, Google Inc., PRS, YouTube Inc., digital-rights management, U.K.
Google, Universal Music partner on new music video site
News A standalone site called Vevo will feature videos and music from Universal Music and be operated by YouTube.
Tags: Music, Web sites, Video, TV, Universal Music Group, Google Inc., entertainment, Advertisement, YouTube Inc., CEO
Thai Internet users to log on in phone booths
News Internet users in Thailand will soon be able to simultaneously surf the Web, watch music videos, make phone calls and play games on the RITS multimedia public telephone and Internet booth.
Brits don't do VoIP or IPTV
News Only 0.4 percent subscribe to either IPTV or voice over IP. China is tops in watching TV over broadband, despite having only 12 percent of Chinese homes fitted with broadband.
Tags: VoIP/IP telephony, VoIP
Alloy recharges Web site with multimedia
News
Warner, MP3.com both cut music deals
News Millions of copies of songs are already freely circulating on the Internet in the unauthorized MP3 format. By forming partnerships, the record labels hope to streamline the process of converting content into formats that can be sold online.
Australian ISP raided in BitTorrent crackdown
News Music industry investigators target a company accused of using BitTorrent technology to link copyright infringers.
Tags: Peer to peer
Apple patent covers wireless iTunes distribution
News 2004 application, published this week, covers buying or reserving a song on an online store with a mobile device.
Tags: Mobile/Wireless, Music, Patents
Alloy recharges Web site with multimedia
News
LAVA issues 3D music video software
News LAVA.com, a Creative Labs venture, has released new software to generate and play 3D music videos, which it hopes will be used as a marketing tool by Net sites that promote digital tracks.
