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NeuStar To Acquire On-Demand Customer Insight Provider TARGUSinfo For $650 Million (TechCrunch)
NeuStar, the company that specializes in providing data insights and intelligence for web, telecommunications, entertainment, advertising and marketing companies, today announced t... More
Zynga, Looking Beyond Facebook, to Launch Its Own Game Platform (Los Angeles Times)
In its first major announcement since declaring in July its intent to go public, the San Francisco company said Tuesday that it plans to launch a site separate from Facebook where ... More
eBay Set to Outline Its Future and It Looks Nothing Like Amazon (All Things Digital)
In essence, eBay is looking to partner with physical retailers to generate more sales online or by driving more foot traffic to their stores. That’s in steep contrast to Amazon, ... More
More Theaters Threaten to Hold Up Universal Movie ‘Tower Heist’ (Los Angeles Times)
On Monday, a number of independent theater chains including Sherman Oaks-based Galaxy Theatres, Regency Theatres in Calabasas and Emagine Theatres of Detroit, vowed not to play the... More
Amazon to Offer Preorders of Digital PC Games (CNET)
Amazon’s entry joins a crowded space that includes EA’s Origin, Steam, direct2drive, GameStop, and many other PC game download providers. However, it is Amazon that has the pop... More
Richard Fisher Joins Related Content Database Board of Directors; Gerard Kunkel Joins Advisory Board (RCDb)
Related Content Database, Inc. (RCDb) announced that media industry innovator Richard Fisher has joined its board of directors. For the past four years, Fisher has served as presid... More
Spotify’s Big Losses in 2010 Are Evidence Freemium Models Need Time to Grow (Billboard)
Spotify’s 2010 financial statements show a company with huge growth and far more expenses than profit. The losses are to be expected - the company is most concerned with changing... More
Roku Introduces the $49.99 Roku LT Streamer, Adds HBO Go to Channel Offerings (TechCrunch)
Back in 2008, the Roku media player was simply a way to watch Netflix streaming video on your TV. Now just a few years later, the service offers over 300 different media channels a... More
Hulu Sale Is Debated (The Wall Street Journal)
Dish Network Corp., Amazon.com Inc. and Google Inc. remain in the mix but have all proposed different arrangements, the people said. Yahoo Inc., which made the initial approach to ... More
Hollywood Post Alliance to Honor EFILM’s Steven J. Scott and Testronic Labs (The Hollywood Reporter)
The Hollywood Post Alliance will honor Testronic Labs and Steven J. Scott of EFILM with its Judges Award for Creativity and Innovation in Post Production at its HPA Awards Ceremony... More
Technicolor Strengthens Digital Production Team (Technicolor)
Technicolor announces the addition of three key staff to strengthen its animated content development and production team. Robert Winthrop assumes the role of Vice President of Anim... More
Time to Shine for UltraViolet? (Home Media Magazine)
On Oct. 11 Warner Home Video streets "Horrible Bosses," the first title enabled with the digital movie storage and retrieval system....... More
Netflix To Offer Streaming For AMC’s ‘Walking Dead’ Show (The Wall Street Journal)
Neflix Inc. said it will offer exclusive viewing of prior seasons of the AMC Networks Inc. TV show “The Walking Dead” starting Friday. Future seasons of the TV show as well as ... More
Death of Jobs Leaves Hollywood Chiefs Without Trusted Silicon Valley Envoy (Bloomberg)
Steve Jobs’s death leaves Hollywood without the trusted technology envoy who helped push the film, TV and music industries into the digital age....... More
Supreme Court Hears Arguments Over Whether To Restore Many Copyrighted Works To Public Domain (The Hollywood Reporter)
The United States Supreme Court today (Oct. 5) considered arguments in Golan v. Holder, one of the most important copyright cases in the country's history and a case that will deci... More
MPAA Taps Henry Hoberman To Oversee Global Legal Affairs And Intellectual Property Protection (MPAA)
Senator Chris Dodd, Chairman and CEO of the Motion Picture Association of America, Inc. (MPAA), today named Henry Hoberman, a veteran entertainment industry attorney, as the associ... More
‘Tower Heist’ to Hit Video-on-Demand Three Weeks After Theatrical Debut (Los Angeles Times)
In an audacious move that could shake up the way Hollywood has done business for decades, Universal Pictures plans to make its upcoming Eddie Murphy action comedy film “Tower Hei... More
Phones Fuel and Frustrate Film Auds (Variety)
Cell phones can both be a nuisance and a helpful way to get more moviegoers into theaters, ticket sellers and exhibitors said at Variety and Stradella's Film Marketing Summit on Tu... More
BBC Cuts: Digital To Get £40 Million Annual ‘Innovation Fund’ (paidContent)
Today’s big round of cuts announced by the BBC — it will cut some 2,000 jobs, order relocations for others, and make big changes to the programming schedule in order to cut 20 ... More
Universal and Cinram Share Logistics Award (Cinram)
The Golden Pallet Award, which recognizes excellence in the field of logistics, was presented by internet retailer Amazon to Cinram’s client, Universal Pictures GAS during Amazon... More
