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Moviemakers split on anti-piracy standard

News Two major film studios--Sony and Warner Bros--have agreed to license a technology standard that protects copyrighted movies from being digitally copied en masse for illegal distribution. But Disney and Viacom are still not sold on it.

Wednesday, July 18 2001 10:00 AM

Sony, Warner license anti-piracy standard

News Two major film studios have agreed to license a technology standard that protects copyrighted movies from being digitally copied en masse for illegal distribution.

Wednesday, July 18 2001 04:31 PM

Sony, Warner license anti-piracy standard

News The two major film studios agree to license a technology standard that protects copyrighted movies from being digitally copied en masse for illegal distribution.

Wednesday, July 18 2001 05:05 AM

YouTube wants to offer film rentals

News This would be a natural progression for YouTube, which has for the past year attempted to become a hub for feature films, but has not inked any deals.

Thursday, September 03 2009 10:14 AM

Tags: Business applications, Data Management, Sony Pictures, Video, Comcast Corp., YouTube Inc., movie, Wall Street Journal, Data Management

Sony open sources digital effects software

News Sony Pictures Imageworks releases five digital image-manipulation software tools under open source licenses, and says more may follow.

Tuesday, August 04 2009 10:39 AM

Tags: Business applications, Digital media, Open source, Sony Pictures, Animation, Tool, computer, animation company, Digital media, computer graphics

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...

Friday, November 06 2009 04:11 AM

Sony's Crackle expands movie lineup

News The site, which competes with Hulu, is targeting men aged 18 to 34 with a now-heftier list of full-length films. What's unclear is whether the same flicks will head to YouTube.

Thursday, April 30 2009 11:58 AM

Tags: Video, TV, Sony Pictures, digital content, News Corp., YouTube Inc., movie, senior vice president, NBC Universal Inc., Video

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.

Friday, April 17 2009 10:07 AM

Tags: Video, TV, Sony Pictures, Google Inc., Video Site, video player, Advertisement, YouTube Inc., Eric Schmidt, Hollywood

YouTube, Warner Music feud nearing an end

News Two companies have reached terms on most of the major issues and it appears Warner Music's videos will return to YouTube within weeks.

Monday, September 21 2009 04:27 AM

Tags: Digital rights management (DRM), Music, Video, Universal Music Group, EMI Group Plc., Sony Pictures, Warner Music Group Corp., Sony BMG Music Entertainment, YouTube Inc., content company

Google bringing pay-per-view to YouTube

News Professional content producers rejoice: Google plans to sell YouTube videos with micropayments and subscription services, CEO Eric Schmidt said Thursday.

Friday, April 17 2009 09:14 AM

Tags: Budgeting/cost control, Video, Sony Pictures, Google Inc., micropayment, Advertisement, YouTube Inc., payment, CEO, financial

Joost bows to YouTube, gives up consumer video

News It's the first bust for Niklas Zennstrom and Janus Friis, the duo that gave us Skype and Kazaa. Joost is dropping consumer service to focus on video platforms.

Wednesday, July 01 2009 09:39 AM

Tags: Business plans, Content management, Web services, Skype Technologies S.A., Telecommunications, Video, P2P, Cable, Kazaa, YouTube Inc.