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‘Replay Five’ Case Could Chill DVR Designs That Skip Commercials

Eylül 9, 2025 • technewsworld.com

Digital video recorders that allow consumers to skip commercials in television programs they record might be more difficult to find in the future due to the “chilling effect” of a court case ended by a federal judge last Friday. Judge Florence-Marie Cooper dismissed a lawsuit filed against 28 entertainment companies by five owners of a…

FCC: Broadband Television on the Way

Eylül 9, 2025 • technewsworld.com

Just as Voice over Internet Protocol (VoIP) has emerged as a significant competitor to traditional telephone services and has grown more pervasive in U.S. homes and businesses, television via high-speed Internet is becoming a reality as both broadband and competition grow. Evidence of the broadband TV steps that both telecommunications and content providers are taking…

XM Partners with Audible in Satellite Content Deal

Eylül 9, 2025 • technewsworld.com

XM Satellite Radio today announced an exclusive strategic relationship with Audible through which it will introduce portable, handheld satellite radio devices capable of providing content from both companies in 2006. XM offers more than 150 digital radio channels of commercial-free music and talk radio content for the vehicle, home, and portable use. Audible offers more…

Blinkx Seeks IPTV Spark With Video Blog, Search Service

Eylül 9, 2025 • technewsworld.com

Further honing its focus on video search and making a play to become a hub of Internet Protocol TV (IPTV), Blinkx has launched a service that lets users upload video blogs that can then be searched by the public and gives users the ability to control video they find through online searches. My Blinkx.tv also…

Viacom Planning to Take on MySpace.com

Eylül 9, 2025 • technewsworld.com

Viacom is planning to get into the social networking game, the company announced this week, with CEO Tom Freston telling attendees at an industry event in New York that the company has designs on a portal of its own to compete with the likes of News Corp.-owned MySpace.com, the personal Web page service that has…

MTV Enters Social Networking Fray

Eylül 9, 2025 • technewsworld.com

Viacom is giving a new meaning to the adage, “I want my MTV.” MTV Networks UK & Ireland — which Viacom owns — on Tuesday unveiled MTV Flux, an interactive online community that lets audience members control their own television channel. Flux members can upload their own content and be part of the online interactive…

UC System Joins Google’s Controversial Library Project

Eylül 9, 2025 • technewsworld.com

In a deal that adds credibility to Google’s controversial library project, the search giant on Wednesday said the University of California (UC) has agreed to allow the company to digitize and make searchable books from collections housed at its more than 100 libraries across its 10 campuses. Specifically, the relationship between the Internet company and…

Viacom-Joost Deal: New Media Era?

Eylül 9, 2025 • technewsworld.com

Less than two weeks have passed since Viacom demanded that YouTube take down 100,000 clips of its copyrighted content. Yet, the media giant is now providing Joost with basically the same content through an agreement announced Tuesday. Neither Joost nor Viacom is revealing financial details about the deal; however, it is widely believed that Joost…

YouTube and BBC: YouTelly?

Eylül 9, 2025 • technewsworld.com

The British Broadcasting Corporation (BBC) and YouTube announced Friday the addition of three BBC-centric channels to the mainly user-generated content video site. The non-exclusive deal will bring YouTube viewers video clips and news from the venerable English broadcaster’s store of popular television series and documentaries. The BBC is the first international broadcaster to partner with…

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