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Universal Music Group has sued video sharing site Veoh for “massive copyright infringement”. You’ll remember that UMG threatened Veoh with a lawsuit in August, and Veoh pre-emptively filed against the music label claiming that it hadn’t infringed
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NBBC, the ambitious video syndication venture launched by NBC Universal, is closing down even before it officially launched and will merge into its new broadband co-venture (NewCo, as we’re calling it for lack of a better name, literally) with News Corp
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Comstock said the GE unit will meet its digital revenue goal of $1 billion this year and will increase that by 50 percent in 2008, one year ahead of schedule.
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The company, in an effort to bring up money for this, has sold itself to video search and aggregation site GoFish, for about $30 million in stock (GoFish is traded on OTC board). UMG sued video sharing sites Grouper and Bolt.com for allowing users to swa
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In an obvious reaction to the YouTube copyright problems plaguing traditional media companies NBC Universal has decided to tackle it head-on by creating their own site. It has everything from NBC television content like the amazing “Lazy Sunday” clip,
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Universal Pictures Australia and ReelTime Media have launched the major movie download-to-own service that includes secure burn technology. It is also the first major movie download service in Australia and New Zealand, asserts an official release.
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Universal Music has filed a lawsuit against MySpace, accusing the popular social-networking site of copyright infringement. At issue are the thousands of music videos uploaded by MySpace users. In its complaint filed in the US District Court for the Centr
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The deal is only with Universal Pictures, and is an expansion of its previous library-titles-only deal. “The Fast and the Furious: The day-and-date digital version will include the DVD menu and bonus features in the $9.99 price point.
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His remarks strongly suggested the company was planning to take legal action in the near-term to either prevent the illegal use of their content on these websites or to ensure the company is compensated for the use of its content.
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Doug Morris has said that YouTube and MySpace are “copyright infringers and owe us tens of millions of dollars”. He added, “How we deal with these companies will be revealed shortly” - suggesting that the world’s biggest record company could be
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MTV is breaking some important ground by empowering individuals to create personalized video blogs within the MTV Network. It's called "The Pod, Broadcast Yourself."
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Universal Pictures could lose as much as $30 Mio on Miami Vice. Aber der Regisseur erhält $6 Mio, plus a percentage of the box-office receipts, before Universal makes a dime. Krankes Geschäftsmodell.
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AOLs Lovefilm zusammen mit Universal bietet in UK Download-to.own an, beim Kauf erhalten die Kunden jedoch auch eine DVD mit der Post.US Start evtl. geplant. 35 Filme, Neue Strategie, Experiment soll zeigen ob Konsumenten mehr Zahlen für verschieden Form
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Universal und AOL starten ein Donwload-to-Own programm. Dabei werden für 20Pfund Download+DVD permanent erworben. Das System Nutzt den WMP und umfasst eine PC Version und eine für Mobile geräte. Zum Start werden 35 Filme angeboten (King Kong).
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Mananger von Universal teilt seine sichtweise von digital Cinema mit. Langsamer wechsel 5-10 Jahre. Schwierig mit einsparungen zu rechnen. Alternativer Content.
