Posts Tagged ‘ MTV ’

BitTorrent Signs Deals With Fox, Paramount, Warner Brothers

Nov 30th, 2006 | By | Category: Digital Video Downloads

BitTorrent has announced a slate of partnerships with a variety of leading film and television companies, including 20th Century Fox, G4, Kadokawa Pictures USA, Lionsgate, MTV Networks, Palm Pictures, Paramount Pictures and Starz Media. BitTorrent is a peer-to-peer (P2P) file distribution protocol that lets users share large files , while minimizing bandwidth charges for distributors. [...]



Forget the Zune Hype; Xbox Bigger Threat To iPod/iTunes

Nov 7th, 2006 | By | Category: Digital Video Downloads

While Microsoft’s soon-to-be-released Zune portable media player has generated a lot more hype, it looks like the Xbox 360 may prove to be an even bigger threat to Apple’s iPod/iTunes juggernaut. The move promises to put digital video downloads where people want them most – on their TV’s. Microsoft today announced agreements with CBS, MTV [...]



PodShow Gets $15 Million Venture Capital Investment

Sep 28th, 2006 | By | Category: Audio Podcasting, Making Money with Podcasts, Podcasting Networks

PodShow, a startup podcasting network co-founded by former MTV VJ Adam Curry, reportedly is getting an additional $15 million venture capital investment. According to Thomson Financial: PodShow inc., which recently raised $15 million in Series B funding. This follows up on an $8.85 million Series A deal from last summer, from Kleiner Perkins, Sequoia Capital, [...]



Adam Curry Tries Out Perversion for Profit

Aug 16th, 2006 | By | Category: Strange, Video Podcasts

Podfather Adam Curry is trying out Perversion for Profit, a new video podcast.The rough video demo is ‚Äúthe first test episode of my new video show” according to Curry. Curry first came to fame as an early MTV VJ, and is considered to be one of the fathers of audio podcasting, and is one of [...]