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Feb 7, 2012 4:52 AM
Demand Media (NYSE: DMD) rival Populis is continuing to build up its non-English blog network and publishing business through acquisition, this time expanding out of Europe in to Latin America.
Posted In: Money, M&A & Venture Capital, Mergers & Acquisitions, Social Media, Weblogs, Countries, Europe, Italy, Ireland, Latin America
Jan 10, 2012 8:03 AM
Today we know a bit more about how Groupon (NSDQ: GRPN) plans to extend its business opportunities in the years ahead: mobile services will be playing a key role, and so, it seems, will carriers.
Posted In: Advertising, Daily Deals, Local, Apps, Marketing, Mobile, Companies, Groupon, O2, T-Mobile, Yahoo, Countries, Europe, UK, Ireland, Germany, deutsche telekom
Dec 23, 2011 6:04 PM
Some more detail appears to be emerging in the lead-up to Netflix (NSDQ: NFLX) launching in the UK next year: in the midst of signing a series of key content deals, the streaming service looks like it could also be missing out on some of the most popular local TV…
Posted In: Advertising, Local, Media & Publishing, TV, Broadcast, Cable & Telecom, IPTV, VOD, Companies, Amazon, BBC, ITV, Netflix, Sony, Time Warner, Countries, Europe, UK, Italy, Ireland
Dec 21, 2011 8:21 PM
Facebook is no stranger to accusations about how it treats users’ privacy—something that has come under increased public scrutiny in the last several months. Today we have the latest chapter in that story: those who are on the social network outside the U.S.—more than 500 million people, by one estimate—will…
Posted In: Advertising, Apps, Legal, Privacy, Regulatory, FTC, Companies, Facebook, Countries, Europe, Ireland
Dec 16, 2011 5:03 AM
If print book costs major on distributing boxes of dead trees, what price the e-book fulfilment sector?
Posted In: Media & Publishing, Books, e-books, e-readers, Money, M&A & Venture Capital, Venture Capital, Companies, Amazon, Kindle, Countries, Europe, Ireland
Dec 7, 2011 11:35 AM
Amazon’s Kindle Fire today is only on sale in the U.S., but according to one report that Fire could be spreading to the UK as soon as January of next year.
Posted In: Gadgets, Tablets, Mobile, Companies, Amazon, Kindle, Apple, iPad, iPhone, Netflix, Countries, Europe, Ireland, Italy, Spain, UK, kindle fire
Nov 24, 2011 7:40 AM
As the Black Friday shopping opportunities continue to pile up, the mentions of mobile payment services get ever more frequent, too: in just the last two days, no less than four major mobile players have been linked with new initiatives around NFC technology, the wave-and-pay system that its supporters hope…
Posted In: Mobile, Companies, Apple, iPhone, iTunes, Google, Microsoft, Windows Phone, Nokia, O2, RIM, BlackBerry, Samsung, Countries, Latin America, Europe, Germany, Ireland, Spain, UK, mobile payments, nfc, windows phone 7
Nov 16, 2011 6:14 PM
Big funding round for the digital content subscription and billing specialist Zuora: the company has raised $36 million in a Series D round that it will use to expand internationally and commercialize new products.
Posted In: Money, M&A & Venture Capital, Venture Capital, Companies, Apple, iPad, Countries, Europe, France, Germany, Ireland, UK, in-app purchases, subscriptions, zuora
Nov 16, 2011 3:00 AM
Netflix (NSDQ: NFLX) is picking up some more momentum for its UK and Ireland launch, scheduled for early next year. The streaming video company has now added film studio Miramax to its list of content partners, joining Lionsgate and MGM in providing films for the service. But unlike the other…
Posted In: Apps, Entertainment, Movies, Social Media, Video, Companies, Disney, Facebook, Hulu, Netflix, News Corp., STAR, Countries, Europe, UK, Ireland, Latin America
Nov 11, 2011 7:06 AM
Telefonica (NYSE: TEF) has put its digital eggs into one basket—centralizing all its global digital operations into one new unit—and with today’s results it’s easy to see why: the company today released some dismal results for some of its legacy businesses—namely in its home market of Spain—which have resulted in…
Posted In: Advertising, Media & Publishing, TV, IPTV, VOD, Mobile, Money, Earnings, Technologies / Formats, Broadband, Companies, Apple, iPhone, O2, Vodafone, Countries, Europe, UK, Spain, Ireland, Germany, Latin America, telefonica, telefonica digital
Nov 7, 2011 7:44 AM
Netflix (NSDQ: NFLX) is laying some content groundwork for its launch in the UK and Ireland, expected in early 2012: today it announced a deal with MGM to stream first-run feature films in the two countries. The deal, exclusive to Netflix for new releases, will mean that more established players…
Posted In: Entertainment, Movies, Gadgets, Tablets, Mobile, Companies, Amazon, Netflix, News Corp., BSkyB, Countries, Europe, UK, Ireland, mgm
Nov 4, 2011 8:05 AM
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 main music trade body, the BPI, has today teamed up others in the creative industries to request BT (NYSE: BT), the UK’s leading broadband provider, to…
Posted In: Entertainment, Music, Legal, Technologies / Formats, Broadband, Companies, BT, Countries, Europe, UK, Sweden, Italy, Ireland, Denmark, Belgium, bittorrent, newzbin2, pirate bay
Oct 27, 2011 12:44 PM
Warner Bros. (NYSE: TWX) has refused to give DVD rentals chain Blockbuster (NSDQ: DISH) its latest films, including The Hangover Part II and the final Harry Potter movie, in a row over the 28-day DVD sales window.
Posted In: Entertainment, Movies, DVD, Media & Publishing, TV, Broadcast, VOD, Companies, Netflix, Time Warner, Warner Bros., Countries, Europe, UK, Ireland, blockbuster
Oct 25, 2011 12:33 PM
Netflix (NSDQ: NFLX) is on the road to profitability in Canada, but costs for its global roll-out are set to turn the company loss-making next year. So, after its next launches in the new year, Netflix will freeze international expansion.
Posted In: Entertainment, Movies, DVD, Media & Publishing, TV, VOD, Companies, Netflix, Countries, Europe, UK, Ireland, Latin America, Canada
Oct 10, 2011 4:01 PM
New initiatives from Open Road Integrated Media and Wattpad hope to draw teen readers in with webisodes, music videos, “triggered events” and other digital goodies. The strategy for Open Road’s project: Everything is new. The strategy for Wattpad’s project: We’re taking something old and making it new and free.
Posted In: Entertainment, Media & Publishing, Books, e-readers, Kids & Teen Content, Social Media, Community, Countries, Europe, Ireland, aisling's diary, andrea buchanan, open road integrated media, wattpad
Oct 7, 2011 2:37 PM
Here’s an acquisition that has come unexpectedly, but not surprisingly: BlackBerry and PlayBook maker RIM (NSDQ: RIMM) has bought New Bay, an Ireland-based mobile social networking and cloud-services specialist NewBay for a sum believed to be in the region of $100 million.
Posted In: Entertainment, Music, Mobile, Money, M&A & Venture Capital, Mergers & Acquisitions, Companies, Apple, AT&T, France Telecom, Orange, HP, LG, RIM, BlackBerry, T-Mobile, Verizon, Countries, Europe, UK, Scandinavia, Ireland, newbay
Oct 6, 2011 3:00 AM
After years of effort and speculation, Microsoft (NSDQ: MSFT) has pieced together nearly 40 broadcast services from around the world to boost the on-demand programming available through Xbox Live. It took a shift in strategy to make room for broadcasters like the BBC, the trend toward authentication to bring on…
Posted In: Entertainment, Media & Publishing, TV, VOD, Companies, BBC, Channel 4, Comcast, Google, YouTube, Microsoft, xBox, NBC Universal, NBC, Verizon, Countries, Europe, UK, Sweden, Spain, Russia, Norway, Italy, Ireland, Germany, France, Finland, Denmark, Belgium, Canada, Asia, Japan, xbox live
Mar 22, 2011 9:22 AM
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 electronics supplies, Apple (NSDQ: AAPL) is going ahead with its scheduled launch of the iPad 2 outside the U.S.
Posted In: Mobile, Companies, Apple, iPad, France Telecom, Orange, T-Mobile, Countries, Europe, UK, Sweden, Spain, Norway, Luxembourg, Italy, Ireland, Germany, France, Finland, Denmark, Belgium, Canada, Asia, Korea, Japan
Mar 15, 2011 5:30 PM
Google (NSDQ: GOOG) has purchased Green Parrot Pictures, a small Irish company that has built video quality technology used in big films, such as Lord of the Rings and Spider-Man. In a blog post, Google says it hopes to use Green Parrot’s technology to improve the quality of amateur clips…
Posted In: Money, M&A & Venture Capital, Mergers & Acquisitions, Companies, Google, YouTube, Countries, Europe, Ireland, green parrot pictures
Feb 17, 2011 5:00 AM
Sony (NYSE: SNE) subscription service Music Unlimited launched in the United States, New Zealand and Australia on Thursday, entering a competitive sphere already cluttered by the likes of Apple’s iTunes and Microsoft’s Zune.
Posted In: Entertainment, Music, Mobile, Events, Mobile World Congress, Companies, Apple, Google, Microsoft, Motorola, Sony, Countries, Europe, UK, Ireland
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