With a long list of credits for blockbuster movies and hit TV shows under his belt, Hollywood producer Jerry Bruckheimer is branching into video games. Bruckheimer, whose movies and TV shows include the "Pirates of the Caribbean" trilogy and the "C.S.I." franchise, will set up a gaming lab with MTV ...
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Viacom, which has invested heavily to expand its footprint on the Web, said its "Transformers" movie franchise and the sale of its music publishing business helped it record an 80 percent jump in third-quarter earnings. Viacom earned $641.6 million, up 80 percent when compared with $356.8 million a ...
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NBC Universal will purchase Oxygen Media, the operator of a cable channel aimed at women, for $925 million, a move that dovetails with its 2006 purchase of the iVillage online network for $600 million. The acquisition gives NBC a cable channel that reaches 74 million homes and offers advertisers a f...
It's no secret that an awful lot of TV shows and movies can be found on file-sharing networks like BitTorrent and Kazaa. It's also no secret that the producers of those shows really, really hate it when people share them without permission. Is there a way for content makers to cash in on what is a c...
Enigmatic artist Prince says the Internet has allowed third parties to steal his works and may sue sites such as YouTube that benefit from the unauthorized use of his music. The bone of contention with the artist who once changed his name to a symbol is unreliable or insufficient filtering of conten...
In the latest report from the front lines in the high-definition format wars, Paramount Pictures and DreamWorks Pictures have both jumped with both feet into the HD DVD camp, the companies announced Monday. The commitment by the companies, both of which are owned by Viacom, will include all movies d...
Google's YouTube is seeking to depose high-profile comedians Jon Stewart and Stephen Colbert as part of its defense of a $1 billion copyright infringement suit filed by Viacom, parent company of the Comedy Central network where they serve up their fake news and political digs. Stewart, who hosts "Th...
Google and YouTube are planning to unveil copyright protection technology that goes above and beyond what some observers think is even possible. A Google lawyer told a judge that Google it is creating a database of video "fingerprints" and a system that will match them against uploaded clips to scre...
With the dust still settling from the abrupt departure of CEO Terry Semel, Yahoo said Sunday it would revamp its advertising sales unit, merging its search and display operations into a single team. The company announced the changes along with news of the departure of its longtime advertising displa...
Regulators in Europe have given the green light to a planned Internet joint venture between NBC Universal and News Corp.: a Web video repository seen as a competitor to Google's YouTube. The yet-to-be-named venture -- first announced in March following weeks of speculation -- is expected to launch s...
Google has struck a deal with Hearst-Argyle Television to have local news content from the company's local TV affiliates made available on YouTube, with the TV stations sharing in the revenue generated when video clips are viewed online. The deal covers five Hearst-Argyle stations in Sacramento, Cal...
Joost, an Internet television service that promises high-quality streaming of licensed TV content, got a big hand Thursday from industry heavyweights CBS and Viacom. The two companies, along with three other venture capital firms, have invested a collective $45 million, Joost reported. Joost, which ...
The billion-dollar lawsuit between Viacom and YouTube feels like a rerun. Haven't we seen this show before? New technology from an upstart company is rapidly adopted by millions of users, transforms traditional media distribution and stretches the legacy copyright framework to its limits. Maybe thes...
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