Digital Media News

• Anti-piracy Strategies - Digital Media Stocks in the News: Digimarc Corporation (NASDAQ:DMRC), Virgin Media (Nasdaq:VMED), USA Video Interactive Corporation (NasdaqOTCBB: USVO) - click here
• Digital Media Investor News - Virgin Media and Universal Music to Launch World's First Unlimited Music Download Subscription Service - Click Here
• Digital Media Investor Podcasts on Watermarking Technology, Anti-Piracy Technology and Digital Media Trends to Look for in the Future - click here
• USA Video Adapts Its Proprietary Technologies to New Industry and Markets -- IPTV and Pay TV Vertical Markets - click here
• Entertainment Industry Leader Joins USA Video - click here
• Digital Media Stock Profile for USA Video Interactive Corporation (OTCBB: USVO) (CDNX: US.V) (Berlin: USF.BE) (Frankfurt: USF.F) - click here

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Digital Media Research and Articles

• Forrester: Digital Music To Surpass CD Sales By 2012 - click here
• LAUNCH OF NEW ELODA PROTOCOL 2.0 TOOL By ELODA CORPORATION(TSX-V: ELA) - RECENT DEVELOPMENT - click here
• RNCOS Releases Report on DRM Market Analysis - click here
• India and China Providing Escape Velocity to Global Aerospace - click here
• Best software solution for DVD Presentation - click here

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• Nielsen, Digital Watermarking Firm Digimarc Form Two Joint Ventures (Mon, 15 Jun 2009 08:10:00 -0800)  Digimarc, a provider of digital watermarking and other technologies, announced on Monday that it has partnered with ratings provider Nielsen on two new joint ventures, which the companies say will "leverage the intellectual property assets of Digimarc and the wealth of consumer and business data amassed by Nielsen..."
• Digital Watermarking Helps Law Enforcement Nab 'The Complete Film Pirate' (Fri, 12 Jun 2009 17:00:00 -0800)  When South Barrington police accused a man of recording a film at the AMC 30 movie theater last April, they thought it was a fairly routine, straightforward case. They soon learned he's suspected of being one of the top three members of the world's largest movie piracy operation...
• "Watermarks, a Friendlier DRM?" the Los Angeles Times Asks Raj Samtani from the Digital Watermarking Alliance (Thu, 28 May 2009 09:00:00 -0800)  The Digital Watermarking Alliance, a group that encourages content owners to embed unique identifiers in media as a way to combat piracy and promote new distribution models online, released a study this morning on the prevalence of illegal downloading and the motives behind it...

• Digital Televisions Info - Sponsored Link (Fri, 3 Jul 2009 22:30:00 GMT)  Ad - Get Info On Digital Televisions from 14 search engines in 1.
• SA likely to only fully migrate to digital broadcasting by 2013 ? Icasa (Fri, 3 Jul 2009 22:30:00 GMT)  The dual illumination of digital and analogue television signals would most likely not end by November 2011, as previously expected, but perhaps only by 2013, the Independent Communications Authority of South Africa (Icasa) said on Friday. Icasa
• NEW Latvia plans July DTT launch (Fri, 3 Jul 2009 22:30:00 GMT)  Extract not available.

• Akamai brings variable bit rate streaming support on iPhone (Fri, 03 Jul 2009 12:23:00 +0200)  (Telecompaper) Content services provider Akamai Technologies has introduced its variable bit rate streaming support feature for live and high-quality video content on the iPhone and iPod touch. Akamai HTTP Streaming for the iPhone is available as part of Akamai's Media Delivery service. Akamai has also launched of the iPhone 3.0 Video Showcase, iphone.akamai.com, to demonstrate this new service. Content owners and publishers including Canadian Broadcasting, Discovery, Fox News, Martha Stewart Living Omnimedia, MTV, NPR, Turner Sports and USA Today are participating in the showcase site. Inlet Technologies' Armada and Spinnaker services are being used to encode the VoD and live experiences on the showcase site.
• Telekom Austria to invest EUR 1.5 bln in broadband upgrades (Fri, 03 Jul 2009 12:17:00 +0200)  (Telecompaper) Telekom Austria has announced plans to invest EUR 1.5 billion over the next four years to modernise the country's telecommunications infrastructure, including EUR 1 billion on a next-generation fixed-line network and EUR 500 million to meet growing demand for mobile internet access. The first phase of the Next Generation Network (NGN) project will establish pilot 'Fibre City' projects to test fibre-optic broadband connections with speeds of up to 1 Gbps for 150,000 households. It is currently installing FTTH in Klagenfurt and two districts in Vienna to test 100 Mbps broadband services from 2010. Villach will become the first 'Fibre City' from end-September. Telekom Austria is installing fibre-to-the-curb (FTTC) technology in Villach to provide homes with up to 30 Mbps connections. In addition to the Fibre Cities, it will provide over 750,00 homes and businesses in rural areas with VDSL2 high-speed broadband at up to 30 Mbps. The NGN project will also see the existing copper phone network upgraded into an all-IP service platform, with all 2.3 million customers connected to the new system in phases. It will start upgrading exchanges to IP in Salzburg and Lower Austria by end-2009. Subsidiary Mobilkom will invest EUR 500 million over the next four years to expand and upgrade its network. The operator currently has 440,900 mobile broadband customers.
• FCC opens consultation for US broadband for all plan (Fri, 03 Jul 2009 09:41:00 +0200)  (Telecompaper) The FCC has published the results of its Commission Meeting, outlining the goals of its national broadband plan to promoting access for all at an affordable price and inviting comments from all parties to establish the benchmarks for promoting that plan. The FCC said it wants have a plan for 17 February next year. The commission aims to integrate work streams so that everyone can look at the same data and create an Omnibus Broadband Initiative, gathering institutional knowledge to inform policy deliberations. The FCC will conduct a series of workshops with different groups to get input on the future plan and has launched a new beta broadband.gov website, requesting feedback from the public. The FCC has been put in charge of the broadband plan, which in turn was enabled by the Recovery and Reinvestment Act, which has released in a first stage USD 4 billion in loans and grants to expand broadband access across the country. The Recovery Act will provide a total of USD 7.2 billion to the Commerce Department's National Telecommunications and Information Administration (NTIA) and the US Department of Agriculture's Rural Utilities Service (RUS) to accelerate broadband deployment.

• USVO is at the center of the universe- ok the world maybe.…. ()  Yesterday presented another set of circumstances that suggest, if you will indulge us for the moment, that USVO is part and parcel of what is happening in the world. You might not have noticed that The US Open began play at Bethpage in New York. Rain shortened the day, ...
• Good and bad in Wolverine theft and opening…. ()  Events of the last week prevented my posting a more timely comment upon what has become the most visible violation of copyright in some time- the online availability of the Fox film “Wolverine”. As CNN noted in their article “In digital age, can movie piracy be stopped?” this ...
• Pirates convicted! ()  Although Jon Stewart of The Daily Show, asserts that copyright infringers will have to give up the word to those modern seafaring criminals off the Horn of Africa, today's news can still assert that copyright Pirates have been convicted. Four people associated with the site The Pirate Bay, were found ...

Digital Media News and Research Resources

• Digital Bulletin
• Digital Edge
• Digital Media news for Europe
• Digital Media Wire - Daily email newsletter about the convergence of entertainment, the Internet, and technology.
• DigitalMediaBuzz.com's mission is to inform, educate, share ideas and promote discussion about the latest developments in digital media and the future direction of the industry. Follow the top digital media news, get questions answered by industry experts, discover the newest products, services and technologies, read feature articles from industry leaders and learn about the hottest interactive agencies.
• Digital Music News: Technology News for Music Industry Professionals
• Digital Tech News
• Paid Content
• Success Network - Online Content News

Digital Media Blogs

• China Digital Times (CDT) is a collaborative news weblog
• Digital Downloads
• Digital Media Minute
• Digital media News - Digital media, Industry News
• Inside Digital Media interviews with thought leaders in the Digital Media Industry, also includes research reports
• Paid Content
• PVR Blog - Tivo, Replay and DVR's
• Roxidizer Blog - Feature news and commentary on MP3 files, podcasts, web sound recording, software, file management, different audio formats, and music in general
• The Media Stock Blog
• Tech Blogs on ZDNet  - blogs.ZDNet.com ,Blogs on technology, for business and IT professionals

Mobile Gaming News

• Blue's News: regular updates and article format news on the latest mods and developments in the gaming world. www.bluesnews.com
• Classic Gaming: http://www.classicgaming.com/
• CNET News.com: daily technology news from CNet, including enterprise, e-business, communications, media, science, and personal technology stories. http://news.com.com/
• GameDev.net - Gamedev.net is the leading resource for game developers, featuring daily news updates www.gamedev.net
• GeekExtreme - Tech News and Reviews - www.geekextreme.com
• I4U News: The Technology News Magazine and Gadget Shopping Guide www.i4u.com
• Mobile Gaming News: The mobile gaming industry is generating lots of momentum and here is some recent news on the market: click here
• Mobile Content News: http://www.moconews.net/index.php?cat=11
• Mobile Mag http://mobilemag.com/content/100/345/
• Phone Game Review: http://www.phonegamereview.com/
• Warp2Search - Daily Tech News http://www.warp2search.net
• Wireless Gaming Review: http://www.wgamer.com/
• Wireless Developer Network: leading provider of daily news & commentary for the wireless economy & mobile Internet! www.wirelessdevnet.com
• ZDNet :product reviews, computing news, downloads, how-tos, developer guides, columns, and more. www.zdnet.com   

Mobile Music News

• Cellular-news - a leading wireless telecoms news and information portal
• Digital Music News: Technology News for Music Industry Professionals
• Mobile Music News:  Recent news on the mobile music market
• The Mobile Music section is sponsored by MobZilla:
• Billboard: news, current charts, artist information, tour finder, and the latest headlines from Billboard Magazine.
• Mobile Phone News and Reviews (MobileBurn) -Mobile Phone News and Reviews.
• MusicDish LLC: Music Industry News Network
• Music Industry Resources - New Music Releases - Latest Music News - The Hollywood Reporter  

Wireless News and Research Resources

• 123Tech.com is a technology consulting company whose mission is to help small businesses to implement new technologies. Their services include software/hardware installation, troubleshooting, maintenance, network installations, web page design & hosting, domain name registration, and web-based website editors.
• ACM Tech News is a major force in advancing the skills of information technology professionals and students worldwide. ACM provides Portal to Computing Literature, authoritative publications and pioneering conference technology.
• Budde.com is an independent global telecommunications research and consultancy company, which includes 45 national and international researchers in 15 countries. The subscription based website specializes in the strategic planning of interactive services such as video media, internet, multimedia and intelligent and value-added networks based on telecommunications, broadband and satellite networks.
• Cable Datacom News is the only news source that exclusively tracks the cable IP infrastructure, applications and services market. Coverage areas include cable IP data, cable IP telephony, cable OSS, metro optical, broadband content, and home networking.
• Cell Phones Talk - Provides daily updated cell phone news and reviews as well as tips/glossary.
• Cellular News
• Cellular Phone News
• CNet is a tech news portal news that caters to enterprise decision makers, IT professionals, small business decision makers, developers, tech enthusiasts, and resellers.

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Digital Media Additional News

• MP3Musicgrams.com Enters into Partnership with MusicGorilla.com to Mutually Help New Indie Artists and Bands Promote their Music Online - Delta, and B.C. � October 11, 2006, www.MP3Musicgrams.com, a free music promotion site featuring MP3 music uploads and Musicgrams, has entered into an online artist promotion and revenue sharing partnership with MusicGorilla.com. Both sites offer unique services for new unsigned artists to promote their music. MP3MusicGrams.com artists will get 10% off of memberships with MusicGorilla.com as part of the partnership. click here
• Calling on Indie Bands and New Artists � Upload your Music for Free and Win a Guitar for Christmas for Most Sent MP3 Musicgrams. Music Fans: Spread Your Music Around and Become the Featured Fan and/or Win Great Prizes. click here
• MP3Musicgrams.com Announces Upcoming Contest for Music Fans and Artists for Most Downloaded MP3 Musicgrams - Unique Free Music Promotional Musicgram Lets Artist in Rock, Indie, Hip Hop , Blues and all Genres Upload Promo MP3�s and Spread their Music Around. dated Sept 26th, 2006 click here
• Music Fans Get Involved in Free Indie Band / Artist Music Promotion Service for Sharing Online Music dated Sept 13, 2006 click here
• MP3 MUSICGRAMS.COM Launches Free Indie Artist Interactive Marketing Tool for Sharing Online Music - Munch Music, MP3Musicgrams.com, Delta, B.C. - September 6, 2006, Munch Music, Inc. and MP3Musicgrams.com launch their new online MP3 digital music Musicgrams. The new interactive and viral artist promotion tool for indie musicians and fans lets new artists spread their music around online in a new format. The site monitors the most recent and popular downloaded MP3�s and users can search by genre, song or artist. click here

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Audio Interviews Exclusive Articles

 Audio Interviews

• Corporate Update for USA Video Interactive Corp. (OTCBB: USVO) (CDNX: US.V); Updates Twentieth Century Fox Implementation of Watermarking Content Protection Technology MediaEscort, and New Business in Pipeline . - click here
• Digital Media and Technology Investor Podcast with Gerry Kaufhold, Founder and Analyst at In-Stat's Converging Markets and Technologies Information Research Service click here
• Investor Podcast with Patrick Gregston of USA Video Interactive Corp. (OTCBB: USVO) (CDNX: US.V) Discusses Watermarking Content Protection Technology MediaEscort, Deployed by Twentieth Century Fox - click here
• Digital Media Stock Infosmart Group, Inc (OTCBB: IFSG) Positioned to Take Advantage of the China Miracle and Brazil's Economic Explosion - click here
• Video-on-Demand Patent Infringement Lawsuit Continues against Various Cable Companies Including Time Warner, Comcast Cable - Investor podcast with Andrew Huffman, in-house patent counsel for USA Video Interactive Corp. click here

 Exclusive Articles

• Creating Business Opportunities in Digital Music and Movies through Digital Watermarking Technology - Viable Business Models are being Created by Companies such as Philips, USA Video Interactive Corp., Thomson, and Verimatrix, through Innovations in Content Protection. click here
• Internet File-sharing, Illegal Movie Downloads and In-Theatre Camcording Continue to Plague Film Producers - Hollywood and the digital media industry turns to technology to help reduce global movie piracy. click here
• DVD Growth in Brazil, Advances in Streaming Video and High Definition Formats Create Digital Media Market Opportunities - Industry participants Toshiba, Internap (NASDAQ: INAP), Netflix (NASDAQ: NFLX). Infosmart Group (OTCBB: IFSG) and USA Video Interactive (OTCBB: USVO) positioned for continued market penetration across hardware, content, and storage segments. The market has found itself at a crossroads as the existing media format (DVD), which continues to be the industry standard as a simple and high quality means of viewing and storing digital media content, meets the next generation of digital home entertainment through advances in streaming video and the growing level of high definition technology and content. click here
• South America Continues to Reveal Opportunities in Technology, Digital Media, Renewable Energy and Mining - Strong exports, high commodity prices and increased investments have been contributing factors to growth within many of the Latin American markets. As a result, many companies are working to capitalize across a variety of sectors such as DVD manufacturer Infosmart Group, Inc. (OTC BB: IFSG) in the digital media and tech market, ZAP (OTC BB: ZAAP) and Rotoblock Corporation (OTC BB: ROTB) taking advantage of the growing demand for alternative and renewable transportation, as well as GoldenPeaks Resources Ltd. (TSX: GL) and other mining companies pursuing resource plays within Argentina and surrounding areas. click here
• HD DVD and Blu-ray Transforming Media Market as High-Definition Content Becomes Key for the Consumer Electronic, Gaming, Entertainment, and PC Industries - A look at the ongoing format battle between Blu-ray and HD DVD and its impact on market participants. Despite the uncertainty surrounding the next generation DVD format, the growing consumer demand for high-density media continues to strengthen the existing DVD/DVDR market, which has become the storage medium of choice for digital entertainment. Participants such as DVDR manufacturer Infosmart Group, Inc. (OTC BB: IFSG), chip makers Broadcom Corp and NECElectronics, as well as industry giants Sony, Toshiba and others within the consumer electronics industry, continue to take advantage of current DVD and DVDR demand with the flexibility to evolve and benefit from future directions surrounding high density technology. click here

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 Featured Articles By Industry Participants

• Global Rise in PDA Market - For staying connected to personal/corporate information via Internet and email, increasing number of consumers & businesses are turning towards the Personal Digital Assistant, or PDA as we call it. Mainly, companies use PDAs for vertical specific applications including supply chain, CRM, sales force & field productivity etc. click here
• Video-Enabled MP3: GenNext Technology - GenNext seems to be more enthusiastic for sophisticated & miniature products. The current fervor will result in a favorable growth in the sales of hi-fi devices such as video enabled MP3 players. Reduced prices enhanced flash memory capacity and accessibility to digital music will further stimulate this growth. Its anticipated that the worldwide sales of portable digital media devices such as MP3 players & PMPs shall rise 24%, making it to $27.9Mn by the end of 2006. click here

Digital Media Industry Experts and Analysts

• DeSilva & Phillips, an investment bank specializing in the media and digital media industries. To Download the Recent White Paper entitled Digital Media�s Killer App? Click Here
• The Enderle Group Rob Enderle, Principal Analyst, provides an unparalleled look underneath breaking technology events to identify the core reasons that buyers and builders of this technology should care. Enderle Group strives "to bring diverse and challenging views into technology advisory services and consulting". Built on a rapid response model and focusing on emerging personal technologies, the Enderle Group remains a unique and critical resource in the personal technology market. 
• Richi Jennings, Analyst, Ferris Research, Inc

Digital Media Indices

• S&P Sector Indices Brochure

Digital Media Industry Associations

• American Business Media is the industry association for b-to-b information providers. Its 290 member companies reach an audience of more than 100 million professionals and represent nearly 5000 print and online titles and 1000 Trade Shows.
• American Independent Media Manufacturers Association � Focused on North American manufacturers of media such as CDs, video and DVDs.
• Consumer Electronics Association - the preeminent trade association promoting growth in the consumer technology industry through technology policy, events, research, promotion and the fostering of business and strategic relationships.
• Digital Imaging Marketing Association - concentrates on how to find customers in the digital imaging market and how to sell to them.
• The Digital Watermarking Alliance was launched in September 2006 to build awareness of the value of digital watermarking to content owners, industry, policy makers and consumers.
• DiMA is a national trade organization devoted primarily to the online audio and video industries, and more generally to commercially innovative digital media opportunities  
• Digital Content Industry Action Agenda (DCIAA) dciaa@dcita.gov.au
• Entertainment Software Association (ESA) business and public affairs interests of companies that publish video and computer games
• Internet Industry Association - Australia's national industry body for Internet commerce, content, and connectivity.
• Online Publishers Association
• The Recording Industry Association of America (RIAA) is the trade group that represents the U.S. recording industry.
• Software and Information Industry Association (SIIA) -Trade association for the software and digital content industry
• TechTechnology - industry trade association for Washington state - WSA

Digital Media Funds and Venture Capital Investing

• Accel www.accel.com
• AdMedia Partners, Inc. www.admediapartners.com
• Allen & Co.
• America's Growth Capital www.americasgc.com
• Apax Partners www.apax.com
• Banc of America Securities www.bofasecurities.com
• Battery Ventures www.battery.com
• Bear, Stearns & Co. Inc. www.bearstearns.com
• Benchmark Capital www.benchmark.com
• Calyon Securities (USA) Inc. www.calyonamericas.com
• Canaan Partners www.canaanpartners.com
• Charles River Ventures www.crv.com
• Columbia Capital www.colcap.com
• ComVentures www.comventures.com
• Credit Suisse First Boston www.csfb.com
• DeSilva & Phillips, LLC www.mediabankers.com
• Deutsche Bank Alex. Brown www.alexbrown.db.com
• Draper Fisher Jurvetson www.dfj.com
• East Peak Advisors LLC www.eastpeakadvisors.com
• Goldman Sachs Group, Inc., The www.goldmansachs.com
• Greycroft Partners is a venture capital partnership with approximately $50 million under management, whose participants are leading corporate executives from around the world. The Fund was formed for the purpose of primarily investing in new media in all its forms with particular emphasis on the Internet and wireless space, but it will also focus on the broader consumer sector. http://www.greycroftpartners.com/
• Greylock Ventures www.greylock.com
• Highland Capital Partners www.hcp.com
• Hummer Winblad Venture Partners www.humwin.com
• Idealab www.idealab.com
• Insight Venture Partners www.insightpartners.com
• Jefferies Broadview www.broadview.com
• Jefferies Group, Inc. www.jefco.com
• Jordan, Edmiston Group, Inc., The www.jegi.com
• Kaufman Bros., LP www.kbro.com
• Kleiner, Perkins, Caufield & Byers www.kpcb.com
• Lehman Brothers www.lehman.com
• Mayfield www.mayfield.com
• Menlo Ventures www.menloventures.com
• Merrill Lynch www.merrilllynch.com
• Montgomery & Co. www.monty.com
• Morgan Stanley www.morganstanley.com
• New Enterprise Associates www.nea.com
• North Haven Partners www.northhavenpartners.com
• Norwest Venture Partners www.norwestvc.com
• OVP Venture Partners www.ovp.com
• Piper Jaffray www.piperjaffray.com
• Redpoint Ventures www.redpoint.com
• Roth Capital Partners, LLC www.rothcp.com
• Rutberg & Co., LLC www.rutbergco.com
• Sequoia Capital www.sequoiacap.com
• SG Cowen & Co., LLC www.sgcowen.com
• Shelter Capital Partners www.sheltercap.com
• SoftBank Capital www.sbcap.com
• Spark Capital www.sparkcapital.com
• ThinkEquity Partners, LLC www.thinkequity.com
• Thomas Weisel Partners www.tweisel.com
• Trident Capital www.tridentcapital.com
• U.S. Venture Partners www.usvp.com
• UBS Investment Bank www.ubs.com
• VantagePoint Venture Partners www.vpvp.com
• Voyager Capital www.voyagercapital.com
• WR Hambrecht + Co www.wrhambrecht.com