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imeem inks music and video deal with EMI MUSIC

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emi.pngimeem and EMI Music announced a comprehensive music and video content partnership that will give fans free, on-demand access to stream EMI Music’s available global digital catalog on imeem’s ad-supported online service. Starting today, imeem’s 18 million users will be able to enjoy music and video from artists such as Radiohead, Coldplay, The Rolling Stones, The Beach Boys, 30 Seconds to Mars, Norah Jones, Interpol, KT Tunstall, Daft Punk, Joss Stone, the Beastie Boys and more.

Originally posted on October 29, 2007 @ 10:32 am

WWE treats fans to weekly ECW streaming video at WWE.com

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ecw.pngFresh off a recent renewal with the SCI FI Channel that will keep WWE Extreme Championship Wrestling on the network through 2008, World Wrestling Entertainment has begun streaming the weekly program on its highly trafficked website, WWE.com, which currently receives 17 million unique visitors each month.

WWE offers visitors to its website the chance to view ECW’s most recently televised episode free of charge. The program, which airs Tuesday evenings on SCI FI, is made available as a video stream each week on Wednesday afternoons, and is shown through the following Monday. Viewers are able to see each show in its entirety and have the ability to fast-forward, rewind and pause the digital content.

In addition to the televised ECW programming, online viewers are also treated to additional WWE action each week in the form of “After the Bell,” a special feature already available to AT&T mobile customers as part of WWE’s exclusive partnership with the mobile provider. Mobile customers still receive the extra content soon after the televised broadcast, but WWE.com visitors are now also privy to the footage the following day as they stream the ECW video on WWE.com.

Originally posted on October 26, 2007 @ 11:09 am

Jack Bauer is Back at 24trailer.com

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In case you don’t know, Jack Bauer is back! Yes, Mr. Quickie is out once again to finish another impossible mission and save the entire universe in just 24 hours.

The extended trailer for the upcoming Season 7 of “24” is now available at 24trailer.com. This action series will return with a two-night premiere on Jan. 13 and 14 2008.

However, Fox did not get the much needed hype for this worldwide trailer premiere because some geeks already uploaded it in YouTube and other video-sharing networks earlier.

What to expect this time? Well Fox has this preview:

Set in Washington, DC, “Day 7” opens with CTU dismantled and JACK BAUER (Kiefer Sutherland) on trial. Bauer’s day takes an unexpected turn when former colleague TONY ALMEIDA (Carlos Bernard) returns. Meanwhile, President ALLISON TAYLOR (Cherry Jones) leads the country alongside White House Chief of Staff ETHAN KANIN (Bob Gunton) and First Gentleman HENRY TAYLOR (Colm Feore).

A national security crisis prompts an investigation by a team of FBI agents including Agent JANIS GOLD (Janeane Garofalo), Agent RENEE WALKER (Annie Wersching), Agent LARRY MOSS (Jeffrey Nordling), Agent SEAN HILLINGER (Rhys Coiro) and security specialist MICHAEL LATHAM (John Billingsley). Although CTU is no longer, CHLOE O’BRIAN (Mary Lynn Rajskub) and BILL BUCHANAN (James Morrison) are back for another momentous day of shocking events.

Originally posted on October 26, 2007 @ 5:30 am

Britney Spears’ Blackout album now available exclusively through MTV.com, VH1.com, and LOGOonline.com

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britney.pngMTV Networks’ Music & Logo Group and Jive Records announced that Britney Spears’ new album, Blackout, will be streamed exclusively through The Leak on MTV.com, VH1.com and LOGOonline.com beginning today– a full week in advance of its official release date. The Leak is the only online destination where fans can listen to Blackout in its entirety prior to Oct. 30. MTV Networks will drive further interest in Blackout by promoting it on-air on MTV, MTV Hits, MTV Tr3s, VH1 and Logo.

Originally posted on October 23, 2007 @ 11:44 am

NinjaTickets.com combines online event ticketing and comparison shopping

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ninjatickets1.gifNinjaTickets is a ticket search engine and comparison shopping tool that helps you find the best prices for sports, concert, and theater tickets.

It also offers industry exclusive Live Results so that every ticket at the time of search will be available to purchase. Cliff Mark, CEO of NinjaTickets developer Quiktix, believes this is an important feature “because it’s not unusual for most ticket search engines to be comparing or selling tickets which have already been sold particularly for the big events.”

Ninja Tickets is a work in progress; new functionality is added to NinjaTickets.com daily whether it’s an improvement of the ticket comparison search engine, an enhancement to comparing ticket prices, or adding a new ticket source.

Originally posted on October 24, 2007 @ 3:01 am