Posts Tagged with ‘viacom’

In the news yesterday YouTube announced they plan to test new fingerprinting technology that will address the copyright issues that are causing them huge legal woes. This new software will identify unique attributes in video clips that may allow for the prevention of uploading copyrighted clips without permission.
YouTube executive Chris Macy told Reuters that [...]

Sometimes I feel like the official reporter of Internet TV leader Joost because their news always seems to gravitate in my direction. Today Joost announced former Cisco Systems executive and expert deal maker Mike Volpi as their CEO.
Volpi was the senior VP and General Manager of Cisco's routing and service provider group, and he helped acquire more than [...]

What do Sequoia Capital, Index Ventures, CBS Corp, Viacom, and Li Ka-shing (a really rich Chinaman) have in common? They all bet their pants on Joost. $45 million in slacks, as of early May.
Actually, high-priced fabrics weren’t part of the bargain. (I’m not so sure that’s the right word to use in this context, but [...]

The plot thickens every day in the battle between various entities and the tag team of Google and YouTube. The yesterday's news is that NBC Universal has taken sides with Viacom in their piracy lawsuit. This lawsuit, and the most recent one by the English Premier Soccer League we reported on a couple of days ago, [...]

Two months ago, a big disturbance was detected in the world of online media. Viacom, an old media giant, stated that it was suing Google, a company also worth billions upon billions of dollars, for allowing copyright infringement to go unchecked on the $1.65 billion dollar video site it picked up. For the most part, [...]

Joost keeps hitting the content jackpot prior to their wildly anticipated launch late this month. The latest news is that Joost has just signed deals with Turner Broadcasting and Sony Pictures adding still more quality content for their online TV network.
We have tested and covered Joost from the beginning and still get requests for [...]

An all out gold rush is on between prospectors Google and Yahoo! The news today reveals another small victory for "old war horse" Yahoo!, as Viacom pens a deal to utilize the Yahoo Panama marketing system. With MTV, VH1, Nickelodeon, ComedyCentral.com and BET.com in tow Viacom has clearly entered the Yahoo! camp.
Viacom and Yahoo! also [...]

Yahoo! China just launched a new blogging and networking aspect in their continued efforts to diversify. The effort, termed "Yahoo Space" includes blogging, networking, a photo gallery and other interactive services.
In actuality Yahoo! has always been more diverse that Google, but got passed because of several factors including Google's superior search and raking capability back [...]

What should the prevalent geek community view as evil? I read a thought provoking Mashable article today by Pete Cashmore, and I knew I should share and comment on it.
The Viacom versus YouTube case is in the forefront of Web 2.0 news, and rightly so. A billion of anything is something to notice and [...]