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Change in Russian copyright law promotes investment in digital music storeFebruary 04, 2008Russian media holding company RBC paid $8.5m for 51 per cent stake in digital music store Fidel.ru. The store offers DRM-protected music tracks and audio books in wma format, PC games, and mobile content....Subscribers Only
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Online retail giant Amazon acquires digital audiobook provider Audible.comFebruary 04, 2008Online retail gaint Amazon will acquire digital audiobook provider Audible.com for $300m in stock, or $11.50 per share. The deal, subject to regulatory approval, is expected to close in 2Q 2008. Audible.com...Subscribers Only
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Court rules that Italy's broadcasting system is illegalFebruary 01, 2008Europe's highest court has ruled that Italy's broadcasting system, in its allocation of frequencies, is in breach of European Union law. The European Court of Justice released its judgment on 31 January in...Subscribers Only
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German incumbent telco's preliminary year-end 2007 results reveal continued growth and dominance in home broadband marketJanuary 31, 2008German incumbent telco Deutsche Telekom (DT) reported 12.5m DSL connections on its network. Of these 8.7m were retail connections – excluding customers billed by third parties - under the T-Home brand....Subscribers Only
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Sonic cuts HD DVD authoring to focus on Blu-ray and digitalJanuary 31, 2008Sonic Solutions has shut down the HD DVD product line for its authoring tool Scenarist, and is to focus the resources of its commercial division Professional Products Group (PPG) on the development of...Subscribers Only
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Tender for DTT multiplex operator to begin in MarchJanuary 31, 2008The Hungarian National Communications Authority announced that bidding for the national digital terrestrial television (DTT) multiplex operator would start in March 2008. The bidding concerns five TV...Subscribers Only
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SK Telecom and Sony Pictures to offer Mobile MoviesJanuary 30, 2008South Korean mobile operator SK Telecom inked a four-year deal with Sony Pictures Entertainment to offer its subscribers a selection of over 200 feature films and series from the studio, including blockbusters...
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Sonic cuts HD DVD authoring to focus on Blu-ray and digitalJanuary 30, 2008Sonic Solutions has shut down the HD DVD product line for its authoring tool Scenarist, and is to focus the resources of its commercial division Professional Products Group (PPG) on the development of...Subscribers Only
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Government orders BSkyB to reduce ITV stakeJanuary 29, 2008The UK Government has ordered BSkyB to divest most of its shareholding in ITV plc, the country's leading commercial free to air broadcaster. The order from the industry minister – the Secretary of State...Subscribers Only
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Sunrise relaunches music download serviceJanuary 29, 2008Swiss mobile company, Sunrise, has relaunched its over the air mobile music download service musicworld. Powered by 24-7 Entertainment, it now offers dual downloads from its catalogue of over 2 million tracks....
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Two new countries added to mobile media intelligenceJanuary 29, 2008Data relating to mobile markets in China and India have been added to the Mobile Media Intelligence service. Tables available for those countries includes subscriptions, revenues and 3G forecasts as well as...Subscribers Only
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Virgin Media to upgrade mid-tier cable broadband package from 4Mbit/s to 10Mbit/sJanuary 29, 2008Cable operator Virgin Media will begin upgrading those on its 4Mbit/s cable broadband packages to 10Mbit/s connection speed. The upgrade will be free of charge to customers, rolling out by region from late...Subscribers Only
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Napster Mobile enters Italian marketJanuary 28, 2008Ericsson and Napster announced today that Napster Mobile has been launched with Telecom Italia's mobile service TIM. Napster Mobile offers full tracks from a catalogue of over 5 million songs, ringtones,...
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Sony Ericsson signs deals with 10 record labelsJanuary 28, 2008Sony Ericsson has announced content deals with 10 record labels in anticipation of the launch of PlayNow Arena. Sony Ericsson's PlayNow service was first introduced in 2004 offering the preview and download of...
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Mobile 3.0 gets German DVB-H licenceJanuary 25, 2008Mobile 3.0, a joint venture between German mobile TV wholesaler MFD and publishing house venture Neva Media, has been awarded a licence to operate the upcoming DVB-H platform in Germany. T-Systems...
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Music retail in 2007: surge in digital did not compensate for decline in physical retailJanuary 25, 2008The International Federation of the Phonographic Industry (IFPI) revealed a 10 per cent decline in global music retail revenues in 2007. In its Digital Music Report 2008 IFPI points out a 40 per cent surge in...Subscribers Only
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French broadcasters convinced by mobile TV potentialJanuary 24, 2008The French media regulator Conseil Supérieur de l'Audiovisuel (CSA) has received 36 mobile TV project applications for the the future 13 mobile TV channels supposed to launch by the end of 2008. The candidates...
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Glu offers $36m for 3D mobile games developer SuperscapeJanuary 24, 2008US-based mobile games publisher Glu has offered 10p per share for UK's AIM-listed Superscape. Superscape specialises in 3D mobile games development. The deal represents a 29 per cent premium on Superscape's...
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Last.fm launches free-to-listen streaming on demand musicJanuary 24, 2008Last.fm, the online radio and music focused social network owned by CBS, has launched a free-to-listen streaming on demand music (ODM) service. The service allows users to listen in full to 3.5m tracks –...Subscribers Only
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NEW online television forecastsJanuary 23, 2008Tables forecasting the online television markets in France and Germany have been added to the Broadband Media Intelligence service. Revenue and transaction forecasts are available by business model and by...Subscribers Only
