Sony Online Entertainment and Live Gamer Expand Transaction-Based Game Play to Additional Titles
Live Gamer, the premier operator of a publisher-supported marketplace for real money trading of virtual items, has announced it has entered into an agreement with Sony Online Entertainment (SOE) to offer real money trading (RMT) in the upcoming titles published by SOE — The Agency(TM) and Free Realms(TM).
HBO & Apple Bring Critically Acclaimed Television Programming to the iTunes Store
NEW YORK and CUPERTINO, Calif., May 13 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ — HBO
and Apple(R) today announced that programming from HBO is now available for
purchase and download on the iTunes(R) Store (http://www.itunes.com). New
HBO programs on iTunes include the Emmy Award-winning programs “The
Sopranos,” “Sex and the City,” “Deadwood” and “Rome,” as well as the
critically acclaimed hits “Flight of the Conchords” and “The Wire.” The
iTunes Store is the world’s most popular online TV store with over 150
million episodes sold and features the world’s largest catalog with over
800 shows (over 20,000 episodes).
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Number of Online Videos Viewed in the U.S. Jumps 13 Percent in March to 11.5 Billion
Google Sites Extends Online Video Market Share Lead to 38 Percent on Surge
in Viewing at YouTube.com
RESTON, Va., May 12 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ — comScore (Nasdaq: SCOR),
a leader in measuring the digital world, today released March 2008 data
from the comScore Video Metrix service, indicating that U.S. Internet users
viewed 11.5 billion online videos during the month, representing a
13-percent gain versus February and a 64-percent gain versus March 2007.
(Logo: http://www.newscom.com/cgi-bin/prnh/20080115/COMSCORELOGO)
Google Sites Extends Lead in Online Video Market Share
In March, Google Sites once again ranked as the top U.S. video property
with more than 4.3 billion videos viewed (38 percent share of all videos),
gaining 2.6 share points versus the previous month. YouTube.com accounted
for 98 percent of all videos viewed at Google Sites. Fox Interactive Media
ranked second with 477 million videos (4.2 percent), followed by Yahoo!
Sites with 328 million (2.9 percent) and Viacom Digital with 249 million
(2.2 percent).
Top U.S. Online Video Properties* by Videos Viewed
March 2008
Total U.S. - Home/Work/University Locations
Source: comScore Video Metrix
Property Videos Share (%) of
(000) Videos
Total Internet 11,476,886 100.0
Google Sites 4,358,306 38.0
Fox Interactive Media 477,621 4.2
Yahoo! Sites 328,087 2.9
Viacom Digital 249,285 2.2
Microsoft Sites 245,453 2.1
Time Warner - Excl. AOL 159,009 1.4
Disney Online 108,055 0.9
ABC.COM 100,051 0.9
AOL LLC 100,044 0.9
ESPN 89,760 0.8
*Rankings based on video content sites; excludes video server networks.
Online video includes both streaming and progressive download video.
Nearly 139 million U.S. Internet users watched an average of 83 videos
per viewer in March. Google Sites also attracted the most viewers (85.7
million), where they watched an average of 51 videos per person. Fox
Interactive attracted the second most viewers (54.3 million), followed by
Yahoo! Sites (37.5 million) and Viacom Digital (26.6 million).
Top U.S. Online Video Properties* by Unique Viewers
March 2008
Total U.S. - Home/Work/University Locations
Source: comScore Video Metrix
Property Unique Viewers Average Videos
(000) per Viewer
Total Internet 138,576 82.8
Google Sites 85,670 50.9
Fox Interactive Media 54,294 8.8
Yahoo! Sites 37,536 8.7
Viacom Digital 26,642 9.4
Microsoft Sites 25,194 9.7
Time Warner - Excl. AOL 22,366 7.1
AOL LLC 21,860 4.6
Disney Online 12,249 8.8
ESPN 10,053 8.9
CBS Corporation 9,486 6.6
*Rankings based on video content sites; excludes video server networks.
Online video includes both streaming and progressive download video.
Other notable findings from March 2008 include:
— 73.7 percent of the total U.S. Internet audience viewed online video.
— 84.8 million viewers watched 4.3 billion videos on YouTube.com
(50.4 videos per viewer).
— 47.7 million viewers watched 400 million videos on MySpace.com
(8.4 videos per viewer).
— The average online video duration was 2.8 minutes.
— The average online video viewer watched 235 minutes of video.
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Qualcomm Demonstrates MediaFLO and International ISDB-T Mobile TV Standards on Multi-mode Handset
MediaFLO Platform Complements International ISDB-T Services to Enable Optimum Mobile TV Business Model and User Experience for Japan and Brazil. Read more
Actor, Writer, Director, Comic Harland Williams Inks Internet TV Deal With KoldCast TV
IRVINE, Calif., May 6 /PRNewswire/ — Best known for his roles in
Employee of the Month, Dumb & Dumber, Something About Mary, Half Baked, and
Rocketman, the genuinely multi-talented actor, writer, director and comic
Harland Williams, veteran of nearly 30 feature films and countless
television roles and appearances, has signed on with new media and Internet
Television Network, KoldCast TV, to write and produce 21 installments of
Unscrewed with Harland Williams — a 3x weekly comedy micro-short that will
air on-demand on the KoldCast TV Comedy Network beginning this month.
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NBC News Launches iCue
NEW YORK, May 5 /PRNewswire/ — NBC News today unveiled iCue
(http://www.icue.com), a free, online, collaborative learning community
informed by MIT research that incorporates gaming, discussion and video
resources in a fun and safe environment. Read more
Activision to Cast ‘Rapala Fishing Frenzy’ Into Consoles This Summer
Bait your hook this summer to catch “Rapala Fishing Frenzy,” the newest edition of the popular angling game from Activision, Inc. (Nasdaq: ATVI). Developed by Fun Labs in close collaboration with Rapala, the world’s largest manufacturer of fishing lures and #1 fishing brand in the world, the title will supply heart-pounding fishing action in over 20 tournament events.
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Retirement Living TV Partners with Maryland Public Television to Address the Issue of Healthcare in America Through Its Series Healthcare ‘08: Search for Solutions
BALTIMORE, April 30 /PRNewswire/ — Retirement Living TV (RLTV) and
Maryland Public Television (MPT) are working together to bring a compelling
dialogue on the healthcare system in America to the Maryland, Washington,
Northern Virginia and Southern Delaware television markets through RLTV’s
original series, Healthcare ‘08: Search for Solutions. The nation’s leading
political and public leaders present their position on the present and
future state of healthcare through this series of in-depth conversations
with Bill Brody, MD, President of Johns Hopkins University. Healthcare ‘08
is produced in association with Johns Hopkins University and the National
Coalition on Health Care (NCHC). Read more
The Sports Network Rebounds from ‘Hack Attack’ Directed at CNN Over Editorial Commentary
The Sports Network, the nation’s
premiere real-time sports wire service and content source, was victimized
this past week following an orchestrated attack by hackers apparently
located in China. They were, as has been reported internationally, seeking
retribution and revenge foisted upon their primary target, CNN, for
comments made on air concerning the China/Tibet political situation, the
Chinese governmental and public response to same.
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Duke Realty Selects B2B-TV to Provide Satellite TV to Commercial Office Tenants
LOS ANGELES, April 29 /PRNewswire/ — B2B-TV, a leading provider of
television distribution systems to commercial properties, announced today
that it has formed a strategic partnership with Duke Realty Corporation,
one of the nation’s largest commercial real estate companies, to bring
satellite TV programming to tenants in Duke buildings throughout the US.
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