 11th Annual Digital Music Forum - February 24, 2011 - New York City, NY We are pleased to announce the addition of Dermot McCormack, EVP of Digital Media, MTV Networks Music & Logo Group as a keynoter for the event. McCormack will speak on the topic of "More Than Music Videos: Why today’s music fan wants a 360 curated music experience that includes a diversity of music content and digital products". We are currently offering sponsor/exhibit opportunities. Please contact Event Director Jay Baage via email jay@digitalmediawire.com for more information. To submit a speaker, please click here. Don't miss the chance to register at the special New Year rate - ends on Jan 5! Register Now! Extras
| | | New York - U.S. music sales fell 2.4% in 2010 to $1.5 billion, as CD sales plummeted nearly 20% while digital track sales were up just 1%, according to a report from Nielsen and Billboard. [more..] New York - Goldman Sachs has been "inundated" with demand for its special allocation of shares in social network Facebook, and plans to stop seeking investors for the oversubscribed fund, The Wall Street Journal reported. [more..] Cupertino, Calif. - Apple on Thursday officially opened its Mac App Store, featuring more than 1,000 free and paid apps specifically designed for the Mac. [more..] Las Vegas - Internet telephone service Skype has acquired live streaming video service Qik, in a deal thought to be valued at $150 million, Business Insider reported, citing sources. [more..] Los Angeles - A German court has ruled that Swiss file-hosting service RapidShare is making sufficient efforts to combat copyright infringement, dismissing claims from game publisher Atari, TorrentFreak reported. [more..] London - After holiday sales fell 10%, U.K.-based media retail store chain HMV said it will shutter 60 of its stores over the next year, the BBC reports. [more..] Las Vegas - The Digital Entertainment Content Ecosystem (DECE), a consortium of over 60 firms that includes Hollywood movies studios and tech firms, said on Thursday that it will begin rolling out its UltraViolet digital rights management system in mid-2011. [more..] Los Angeles - Game developers Activision Blizzard and Zynga have been sued for patent infringement by Walker Digital, a firm launched by Priceline.com founder Jay Walker, TechCrunch reported. [more..] San Francisco - Social games publisher Zynga ("Mafia Wars," "FarmVille") has acquired Flock, the developer of a social Web browser. [more..] Burlingame, Calif. - BitGravity, a provider of content delivery network (CDN) services, is set to be acquired by Tata Communications, which already owns some 15% of the company, StreamingMedia.com reported. [more..] Englewood, Colo. - EchoStar, the satellite TV company affiliated with DISH Network, announced on Thursday that it has acquired Move Networks, a provider of large-scale streaming video services. [more..] New York - OMGPOP, an online game developer, has raised $10.1 million in its second round of funding, led by new investors Rho Capital and Softbank. [more..] Stockholm, Sweden - X5 Music, a digital-only record label based in Sweden, has received a $9.1 million investment from Northzone Ventures, TechCrunch reported. [more..] Tel Aviv, Israel - Jinni, the developer of a video discovery engine, announced on Thursday that it has closed a $5 million second round of funding, led by Belgacom and an undisclosed "tier-1 consumer electronics manufacturer." [more..] Concord, Mass. - KnowledgeVision Systems, a developer of tools and services for creating online, on-demand and live multimedia presentations, has raised $2 million in its first round of venture capital, which was led by GrandBanks Capital. [more..] Plano, Texas - ViewCast, a provider of digital media delivery services over enterprise, broadband and mobile networks, announced on Thursday that it has raised $745,000 in a private placement of its shares. [more..] | Technology Council of Southern California: Digital Media Society Event - January 12, 2011 - Los Angeles, CA
Content World Turned Upside Down: Can Traditional Media Adapt? To register: www.tcosc.org.
January 12, 2011 from 6-9pm Sheraton 4 Points, Culver City, CA: Dinner Included
Panelists: Richard Berger, SVP Global Digital Strategy: SONY; Scott Brovsky: Director Global Marketing: DISNEY Interactive; Eric Garland: CEO Big Champagne; Richard Neff, Neff Law Firm. Moderator: Ned Sherman: CEO: DigitalMediaWire.
Traditional media is under assault by disruptive business models. From GoogleTV to iTunes and YouTube to the rise of social networks to e-book readers to cloud computing and free software, the worlds of newspapers, books, music, games, film, television and even software have seen revenues plummet. Can they survive and thrive?
Register TODAY! |
| | Briefly Noted | San Francisco - Facebook said in a Twitter post that its users uploaded a record 750 million photos over the New Year's holiday weekend. [more..] Las Vegas - Microsoft said on Thursday that an upcoming software update for its Kinect motion-sensing game controller will enable users to navigate Web services such as Netflix, Hulu Plus and the company's own Zune Marketplace using hand gestures and voice commands. [more..] Englewood, Colo. - Satellite TV provider DISH Network announced on Thursday that its DISH Remote Access free application now gives subscribers the ability to watch live streaming and recorded TV on Android-powered tablets. [more..] Las Vegas - Skype on Thursday announced the launch of a group video calling feature for consumers and enterprises. [more..] Las Vegas - Motorola on Thursday introduced a new tablet computer, the Motorola Xoom, which will run Google's Android 3.0 Honeycomb -- designed from the ground up for use on tablets. [more..] Las Vegas - CBS has announced plans to make full-length episodes of its TV programs available for purchase on Boxee, the Web TV software and complementary set-top box. [more..] Las Vegas - RealNetworks on Thursday previewed a new personal media cloud service, called Unifi, at the Consumer Electronics Show in Las Vegas. [more..] Las Vegas - Streaming radio service Slacker on Thursday introduced a number of new features, including a premium paid tier and an iPad application. [more..] Washington - SnagFilms, the documentary film site founded by former AOL vice chairman Ted Leonsis, said it has launched a free iPad app, for the first time offering 50 of its most popular documentaries to mobile users. [more..] |
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