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“World is Flat” author partners with MSNBC

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flat.png Thomas L. Friedman, New York Times columnist and author of best-selling book The World Is Flat: A Brief History of the Twenty-first Century, has inked a deal with MSNBC for a new online program anchored on his book’s theme. Launch date is on September.

To quote from his personal site, The World is Flat is “is the timely and essential update on globalization, its successes and discontents, powerfully illuminated by one of our most respected journalists.”

This news site highlights video interviews about newsmakers of globalization. Friedman’s first guest is Bill Gates and MSNBC will supplement these interviews with related articles and social networking feature to enable avid readers to share their opinions and raise their questions.

MSNBC.com vp advertising sales Kyoo Kim expects this program to provide compelling attraction during peak hours.

“We felt we needed a strong branded content experience targeted at a sophisticated, business-minded audience,” he said.

Originally posted on June 16, 2007 @ 2:33 pm

Fox inks deal with Brightcove

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Fox signs up a deal with BrightcoveFox Entertainment Group signed a deal with Brightcove, making its various internet TV services available to all FOX websites.

The deal allows each Fox network and studio to host ad-supported Internet video channels through Brightcove’s network, using this to distribute and syndicate video online. Also, Brightcove will let Fox manage syndication to promote content using their social networking features, and manage syndication to web affiliates.

“When you look at the Big Four broadcast networks, none of them have singularly adopted an Internet TV platform — Fox is the first,” said Adam Berry, VP of marketing and advertising at Brightcove. “This signifies the way Internet TV is moving into the mainstream.”

Currently, the Fox broadcast net, FX and Speed have already started programming and hosting ad-supported Internet video channels with Brightcove technology.

Originally posted on June 18, 2007 @ 4:12 am

Sivoo adds more Bollywood entertainment video content

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sivoo.jpgSivoo, an Internet TV network of multicultural on-demand entertainment programming, announced today it was adding a large amount of Bollywood films and music videos to its line up. This content is coming from agreements with Opus Media Ltd, Madhu Entertainment and Media Pvt. Ltd., a producer and distributor of Indian-language content.

Sivoo said it will be adding over 300 Bollywood and 1,500 music videos to its catalog as part of its deal with Opus Media. These offerings from India and Pakistan will appear on Sivoo as a co-branded Bollywood.TV channel and includes 83 Bollywood films not currently available on any other Web site. Many of the movies will offer English sub-titles.

In addition, Madhu Entertainment and Media Pvt. Ltd. will provide Sivoo with popular Bollywood films in both Hindi and Gujarati as part of its arraignment. All of this joins Sivoo’s existing library of Bollywood video entertainment.

Originally posted on June 15, 2007 @ 2:17 pm

PassAlong Networks to feature EMI Muic’s DRM-free catalog

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tn-343279_emi_screenshot_home.jpgPassAlong Networks announced that the network of online music stores powered by its StoreBlocks technology will feature EMI Music’s entire digital catalog in EMI’s premium download offering that is free of digital rights management (DRM) technology and available in a higher-quality bit rate. M

“We applaud EMI Music’s bold decision to test the DRM-free waters,” said PassAlong Networks’ co-founder and CEO Dave Jaworski. “Music consumers have demanded interoperability and ease of use and we hope that by offering EMI Music’s DRM-free music files, we will simplify and improve their digital music experience.”

StoreBlocks includes one of the industry’s largest music catalogs of nearly 3 million songs, innovative viral marketing tools and extensive store-building options. Included in its music catalog are 2 million independent songs in MP3 format. EMI Music’s premium download offering will add more than 100,000 MP3 tracks to this catalog.

Originally posted on June 13, 2007 @ 8:25 am

Your Truman Show brings your story to the web

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343366_yourtrumanshow.gifYour Truman Show, Inc. today launched the beta version of its online broadcast network dedicated to publishing, rating and reviewing the drama and comedy of personal video stories. YourTrumanShow.com combines on one platform the power of personal blogging, user-generated video and social networking.

YourTrumanShow.com extends the fiction of life-on-camera into a network of tomorrow’s online reality stars, migrating user-generated content from single videos to multi-episode series. With its innovative V-link interface for visually connecting related storylines, YourTrumanShow.com makes it easy and entertaining for users to find and follow their favorite stories as they develop over time. By submitting their ratings, viewers vote for the best content in each category, collectively choosing the most compelling stories to be highlighted. In doing so, viewers determine which producers get featured on traditional and online media networks.

“Your Truman Show is providing the masses with a platform to broadcast their lives online,” said Arturo Artom, Your Truman Show’s President and CEO. “It finally allows anyone and everyone to create their own destiny, giving them the medium and opportunity to generate their fame and fan base.”

Originally posted on June 13, 2007 @ 10:20 am