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RIM Jumps on Spotify Bandwagon, Reportedly Looking at Streaming Music Service for BlackBerry

RIM Jumps on Spotify Bandwagon, Reportedly Looking at Streaming Music Service for BlackBerry

With the July launch of music streaming service Spotify, it looks like the newly-available handset streaming functionality portion of the service for iPhone and Android could be kicking off a wave of competition among other providers. Yesterday it was announced […]

Chinese Video Site Tudou Announces IPO Pricing

Chinese Video Site Tudou Announces IPO Pricing

Leading Chinese video site Tudou Holdings Limited has today announced the price of its initial public offering (IPO) of 6 million American depositary shares (ADSs) on the NASDAQ. The depositary shares (the equivalent to four Class B ordinary shares,) will […]

Rhapsody, MetroPCS Announce Partnership

Rhapsody, MetroPCS Announce Partnership

If Spotify is anything to go by, streaming music may finally have gotten a significant foothold in the as-of-yet hard to crack US market. The service arrived to much fanfare and glowing reviews in the US last month after a […]

YouTube, Music Publishers Group Settle Copyright Lawsuit

YouTube, Music Publishers Group Settle Copyright Lawsuit

A legal battle between YouTube and the National Music Publishers Association that began in United States District Court in Manhattan in 2007 over copyright infringement has finally been settled. The suit was brought by the NMPA and several other parties- […]

Infographic: YouTube Town Hall By The Numbers

Infographic: YouTube Town Hall By The Numbers

YouTube launched YouTube Town Hall a couple of months ago and have released the first data from its ongoing political experiment. (via YouTube Blog)

38% of YouTube Visitors Watched Vevo Content in July

38% of YouTube Visitors Watched Vevo Content in July

Analysis of traffic on YouTube in July reveals that music videos are a big driver of visits for the video site, with one provider’s content watched by nearly 40% of visitors last month. Vevo, a joint venture between Sony, Universal […]

Netflix Launches Kids Section For Streaming Video on the Web

Netflix Launches Kids Section For Streaming Video on the Web

Netflix streaming is a really kid (and, let’s face it, parent) friendly feature, allowing children to select and stream a ton of child-friendly content to laptops, iPods and via devices like the Wii. However, littler kids especially could have difficulty […]

Yahoo! India Announces Free Advertiser Supported Bollywood Movies From Movieplex

Yahoo! India Announces Free Advertiser Supported Bollywood Movies From Movieplex

Forget streaming movies to your Netflix account, if you’re a fan of Bollywood movies you can now log into Yahoo! India’s Movieplex service and watch your favorite full-length Bollywood movies from leading studios and you can do it for free! […]

71% of Americans Now Use Online Video

71% of Americans Now Use Online Video

A survey from the Pew Research Center has found that 71% of adult American’s watch online video in May 2011. YouTube remains the most popular online video destination, receiving some 3 billion views a day, with 200 milliom views coming […]

Disney Pairs With Target For Back-to-School Web Series

Disney Pairs With Target For Back-to-School Web Series

Disney focused heavily on money to be made from streaming video content on its sites during an earnings call last week, and the company is now pairing with retail giant Target to produce a web series aimed at families preparing […]

Spotify Addresses Indie Label Complaints of Measly Payouts

Spotify Addresses Indie Label Complaints of Measly Payouts

Spotify, as you have probably noticed, is everybody’s new boyfriend since it arrived stateside last month. iPhone user adoption of the popular European music streaming service is through the roof, and articles are popping up left, right and center on […]

MAX Go App Mirrors HBO Go, Streams Premium Content to Mobile Devices

MAX Go App Mirrors HBO Go, Streams Premium Content to Mobile Devices

In May, HBO launched an app to extend popular content streaming service HBO Go to mobile devices such as the iPhone and iPod touch. With exclusive content released to HBO Go (I recall crowding around a tiny screen after a […]

Hulu Bidding Expected to Start at $1.5B

Hulu Bidding Expected to Start at $1.5B

Initial bids on video streaming service Hulu are expected to be in by the end of next week, with a price tag of around $1.5 billion being batted around as a starting point. Earlier estimates placed a possible sale price […]

Viacom, Cablevision Settle iPad Streaming Suit

Viacom, Cablevision Settle iPad Streaming Suit

A lawsuit filed in Manhattan federal court in late June instigated by Viacom against Northeast regional cable provider Cablevision over iPad streaming permissions has been resolved today outside of court, and neither party disclosed the terms of the settlement. Earlier this […]