DIRECTV Launches a New 24/7 Russian News Channel
January 30, 2008
Vesti Now Available on DIRECTV WorldDirect™ Programming Platform. DIRECTV is growing its WorldDirect™ programming platform with the addition of Vesti, a Russian-language news channel covering major national and international news and events 24 hours-a-day seven days-a-week. Vesti is part of Russian Television and Radio (RTR), one of Russia’s leading broadcasters and content providers.
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PermissionTV Redefines Online Video With SmartPlayer™
January 29, 2008
PermissionTV Redefines Online Video With SmartPlayer. Intelligent Platform Responds to Viewer Preferences to Deliver High-Impact Online Video Experiences Read more
New Trend for 2008: Viral Marketing of Mobile Content Driving Profits in Europe; Coming to America
January 29, 2008
MoConDi’s MeYou Platform Reaches 1.6 Million Subscribers that Interact With and Share Content, Increase Publisher Revenue and Reduce Marketing Costs.
Viral marketing continues to grow in popularity as new services such as MoConDi’s MeYou platform continues to expand its worldwide reach in Europe and the U.S. MeYou allows and encourages content purchases to be shared with friends and social networks for incentives via mobile devices and is one to watch in 2008.
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Tomb Raider: Legend Mobile Wins Best Action Game at VGA
January 29, 2008
Eidos Interactive, one of the world’s leading publishers and developers of entertainment software, announced that the groundbreaking mobile game Tomb Raider: Legend was recognized at the Best Mobile Action Game of 2007 at the Spike Video Game Awards.
The game was also nominated for Mobile Game of the Year. Read more
Cybermovies: Michael Eisner’s Vuguru and Cyber Group Animation produce Prequel Live Action Web Series
January 28, 2008
Michael Eisner’s Vuguru and Cyber Group Animation to Co-Produce Groundbreaking Prequel Live Action Web Series in Collaboration with G.P. Putnam’s Sons, Based on New Novel from #1 New York Times- Best Selling Author Robin Cook Read more
Zodigo: Zodiac announces First Mobile Content Search Engine for TV and Browsers
January 28, 2008
First Mobile Content Search and Discovery Engine for TVs and Browsers. Zodigo Debuts at the Famous DEMO 08 Conference for Emerging Technology, January 28-30 in Palm Desert, Calif. Zodiac Interactive, a multiple Emmy-nominated and Emmy award-winning developer of software for interactive television, today launched a new mobile content search engine, Zodigo(TM). Much like a Movies-On-Demand service from cable operators, Zodigo is navigated either by remote control or by keyboard and mouse and includes revolutionary features that make it easy for consumers to discover and download mobile content instantly to their mobile phones.
Los Angeles Times Unveils Online ‘Entertainment’ Redesign
January 28, 2008
Los Angeles Times Unveils Online ‘Entertainment’ Redesign latimes.com Section Offers Exclusive Hollywood A-Z and The Biz Features With Easier Access to In-depth Coverage and Intuitive, Third-Party Linkage LOS ANGELES, Jan. 28 /PRNewswire/ — The Los Angeles Times has unveiled a high profile redesign of its online Entertainment destination, with new features, integrated multimedia and cleaner, hub-oriented navigation.
Webradio: Major Music Labels start Streaming Free Music on Last.fm
January 24, 2008
According to Wired, Last.fm, the social media site acquired by CBS last May, now lets users play any song from the Big Four record labels and thousands of indie labels and artists up to three times, for free. more
Twentieth Century Fox: Digital Copy For iTunes
January 21, 2008
In addition to today’s release of BLUE HARVEST, Fox is planning to deliver many more Special Edition DVDs with Digital Copy for iTunes this year including the March 11 release of HITMAN, the stylish, edgy action film starring Timothy Olyphant and Dougray Scott.
“The industry has sold nearly 12 billion DVDs to date and the release of BLUE HARVEST is the first one that allows consumers to move their content to an iPod,” noted Mike Dunn, President Worldwide, Twentieth Century Fox Home Entertainment. “Given Apple’s dominance in the portable entertainment market and our rapidly evolving digital world, a DVD with digital copy for Apple, offers a simple way for consumers to satisfy their growing desire to watch what they want, when they want and importantly, how and where they want.”
The new iTunes Digital Copy provides a consumer friendly way to transfer a DVD purchase to a user’s iTunes library. Once a customer buys the DVD, they insert into their computer, enter a unique code into iTunes and iTunes automatically copies the movie to their iTunes library within minutes. Customers own the iTunes Digital Copy of the movies and it has all of the same great viewing options as other iTunes Store video content, including the ability to be viewed on a computer, iPod, iPhone and Apple TV. Each DVD will only transfer its iTunes Digital Copy to one iTunes library.
One of the world’s largest producers and distributors of motion pictures, Fox Filmed Entertainment produces, acquires and distributes motion pictures throughout the world. These motion pictures are produced or acquired by the following units of FFE: Twentieth Century Fox, Fox 2000 Pictures, Fox Searchlight Pictures, Fox Atomic, and Twentieth Century Fox Animation. FFE also includes Twentieth Century Fox Home Entertainment, the worldwide marketing, sales and distribution company for all Fox film and television programming on VHS, DVD, Blu-ray Disc (BD) and Digital Copy as well as acquisitions and original productions.
Twentieth Century Fox Home Entertainment Steve Feldstein, 310-369-5369
