Belgian media planning shared digital content passport
Despite a new agreement with Google, Belgian media will launch their own shared user management and payment system, reducing the amount of free content on their sites. Read more »
Did Google pay Belgian newspapers a $6M copyright fee? Sure looks like it
photo: Sergey Mironov
Google and Belgian news publishers announced a deal that will put an end to their copyright dispute. Google says it is not paying the papers for content — so then why is money changing hands? Read more »
Buying another classified site, Axel Springer sees digital filling print gap
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German publisher Axel Springer is buying heavily in to European classified sites to court digital and international growth. Snapping up Belgian property service Immoweb, it says the move will make up for a weakening print ad sector. Read more »
Google News wars are here again: Schmidt vs France on ‘news tax’
What happens in Belgium doesn’t necessarily stay in Belgium. Now Google News is facing a Brazilian boycott and France is threatening to copy a German-style tax on excerpting its newspapers. What’s an aggregator to do? Read more »
GoPress digital kiosk bundles Belgian newspapers, magazines
Belgian newspaper publishers are the latest to hope a joint digital news kiosk can prove profitable. Read more »
Update: BPI Asks BT To Block BitTorrent Site Pirate Bay, Or It's Court Time
A new twist today in the battle of media companies trying to stop their content from being distributed by illegal means online: the UK’s mai… Read more »
Microsoft Shifts Strategies To Expand Xbox Live TV, Go Global
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After years of effort and speculation, Microsoft (NSDQ: MSFT) has pieced together nearly 40 broadcast services from around the world to boos… Read more »
Update: Google Buys Groupon Clone And Launches Wallet In Quest For Commerce
Google (NSDQ: GOOG) at the moment gets the vast majority of its revenues from its huge advertising business, but today we saw two examples o… Read more »
Sony Kisses Qriocity Branding Goodbye, Forms Sony Entertainment Network
photo: Flickr / Ian Muttoo
Many consumers were never completely sure of the correct way to pronounce it, and it has had mixed success as a household name synonymous wi… Read more »
Mobile Lowdown 8-31-11: Amazon Tablet; China iOS; Apple/Wikileaks; FilmOn
A look at some of the big stories in mobile today:
» Amazon could have two sizes of tablet in mind for a launch: a seven-inch mod… Read more »
In Belgium, Google Ponders A $215,000 Fine Over Street View
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Federal regulators in the U.S. are over it, but Google’s Street View privacy gaffe continues to produce headaches in the Europe. The long jo… Read more »
Mobile Lowdown 8-18-11: Microsoft vs. Motorola; iPad; Symbian Anna
A look at some of the top stories in mobile today:
» Motorola/Microsoft: Motorola (NYSE: MMI) Mobility gets a setback in a paten… Read more »
Netlog Pulls A Facebook, Signs Music Partnership With We7
The idea of social networks as a place to listen to and share music is one that MySpace (NSDQ: NWS) should have owned. But its gradual decli… Read more »
The iPad Abroad: Apple Holds Firm On March 25 Ship Date
photo: Tom Krazit
Despite the big stories about the iPad 2 selling out in the U.S., and the question marks over how events in Japan might affect consumer elec… Read more »
Mobile Interactive Group Buys Golden Bytes To Extend Marketing Footprint
Another chapter in the continuing consolidation mobile service agencies, and the growth of one agency in particular, the Mobile Interactive… Read more »
Apple’s In-App Rules: ‘Betrayed’ European Publishers Convene A Summit
Publishers in Europe are up in arms over Apple’s decision to reject Sony’s Reader app. They say Apple (NSDQ: AAPL) has left them “confused”… Read more »
Publishers’ iPad Subs’ Grumbles Earn Apple Antitrust Attention
What is Apple’s preferred big idea for iPad news and magazine subscriptions? We don’t know – a possible newsstand announcement may have been… Read more »
Jinni Raises $5 Million For Its Video ‘Discovery Engine’
Jinni, a website which offers visitors movie and TV show recommendations, has raised $5 million in a new funding round led by two strategic… Read more »
Social Media Analytics Tracker Attentio Wins
The price of knowing what people are saying about your brand or company right now is high right now. Which would explain why Brussels-based… Read more »
Spotify Restricts Access In Some European Countries
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As its hype curve rises and grows around the world, music service Spotify is locking out eager, enterprising users from outside the six coun… Read more »
PayPal Brings Billing To BlackBerry's App World In 10 New Countries; Four Languages
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We knew that Research In Motion was rolling out its BlackBerry App World in new countries, but now PayPal — which is the exclusive billing… Read more »
Broadband Content Bits: The Filter’s DVD Deal; Spanish DTT; Virgin Trains Wi-Fi
– The Filter: Peter Gabriel-backed music recommendation technology developer The Filter is moving into the DVD market. The company has sign… Read more »
Startups Specle, BraveNewTalent.com Get New Financing
A couple of small deals to prove that funding still goes on despite the crunch: Belgian ad creation software developer Specle has won fundin… Read more »
Google's Brittin Replaces Woodside As UK MD; Benelux, Ireland Get Own Managers
Less than 24 hours after Google (NSDQ: GOOG) announced the departure of UK, Benelux and Ireland MD Dennis Woodside to become the company’s V… Read more »
Belgian Carrier Belgacom Takes 40 Percent Stake In Tunz
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