Fox, MSN stream news
FoxNews.com and Microsoft's MSN portal have both launched new streaming video services on their Web sites.
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Songs go offline after MP3.com sale
In the wake of CNET Networks' acquisition of MP3.com from Vivendi Universal, indie music fans have been buzzing about what will happen to the 1.5 million-song library accumulated by the Web site over…
Ticketer Fandango joins Yahoo! Movies
Online movie-ticketing company Fandango has gained direct access to the Web's biggest destination for filmgoers, signing a deal with Yahoo! to sell tickets directly to users of the Yahoo! Movies site.
Hi-def a high priority for Adelphia
Mark Cuban's HDNet has added another cable distribution platform, this time with Adelphia Communications. Cabler, which is trying to emerge from bankruptcy protection, has agreed to carry HDNet and…
Hi-tech TV tuning in
A new document released by EU executive arm the European Commission paints a positive future for wide-screen and high-definition TV (HDTV) in Europe.
Egmont game for Pinkfloor stake
Danish media giant Egmont has acquired what it is calling a substantial, but undisclosed, stake in Pinkfloor, the local company behind online game "PowerBabe" that has become a hit sensation among…
Directors yak about DVDs at ‘Dance panel
"The Butterfly Effect" co-directors Eric Bress and J. Mackeye Gruber have already completed the bonus features for the DVD version of their movie, which opens this weekend. New Line says the…
Atom goes hi-def online
Online film provider Atom Films debuted a new program at Sundance Monday night that will download three pics a week, including some in high-definition, directly to users' computers.
Edgy Web series find new life on homevid
The Web sites on which they first appeared may be long gone, but programming created during Hollywood's obsession with online entertainment has found a new life on homevideo.
Pirate fleet grows
Bad news for the RIAA: Illegal downloads are up since the music org started its legal campaign against pirates in September. That's according to a new study by analysts at the NPD Group, which found…
Gaul set to get Eiffel of gay TV
French TV was slow to latch on to reality programming and the same goes for gay shows, which are practically non-existent on terrestrial webs.
