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Was Google’s Disastrous January A Passing Storm Or Sign Of Things To Come?

Feb 4, 2012 5:00 AM

It’s a little stunning to contemplate how wrong things have gone for Google (NSDQ: GOOG) in just the first month of 2012, as the company hopes to put a disastrous January in the rear-view mirror with perhaps another tear-jerking Super Bowl ad this Sunday. Larry Page and Sergey Brin haven’t…

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Posted In: Advertising, Apps, Gadgets, Legal, Regulatory, Mobile, Search, Social Media, Companies, Google, Android

Europe Wants Google To Freeze Its New Privacy Policy

Feb 3, 2012 7:06 AM

An influential European privacy body has urged Google (NSDQ: GOOG) to “pause” its new privacy policy due to be implemented in March. The Article 29 Data Protection Working Party wrote a letter to Larry Page…

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Posted In: Legal, Privacy, Regulatory, EC, Companies, Google

Apple v. Moto In Germany: One iPhone Injunction Ordered, Another One Lifted

Feb 3, 2012 5:16 AM

Apple (NSDQ: AAPL) in the last 24 hours has been dealt not one but two blows in court cases involving Motorola (NYSE: MMI) and patents in Germany, one involving IP licensing on older iPhone models (not the 4S) and one involving iCloud. However, as the day progressed, an injunction on…

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Posted In: Legal, Patents, Regulatory, EC, Mobile, Companies, Apple, iPad, iPhone, Google, Motorola, Qualcomm, Samsung, Countries, Europe, Germany

Videoplaza Raises $12 Million For Its Multiscreen Video Ad Platform

Feb 1, 2012 3:00 AM

The rising popularity of streaming video services is causing a knock-on effect for companies serving ads around that content. And here’s another example of that in action: today UK-based video ad platform Videoplaza is announcing a new $12 million round of funding.

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Posted In: Advertising, Gadgets, Tablets, Legal, Regulatory, EC, Media & Publishing, TV, Broadcast, Mobile, Social Media, Video, Companies, CBS, Five, HTC, Hulu, Qualcomm, Countries, Europe, France, creandum, innovacom venture capital, northzone ventures, qualcomm ventures, videoplaza

Apple/Samsung Legal Skirmishes Have A New Player: The European Commission

Jan 31, 2012 8:00 AM

The ongoing, back-and-forth legal fight that is the Apple/Samsung patent dispute today took on a new dimension in one of its key battlegrounds, when the European Commission launched an antitrust inquiry into Samsung’s technology licensing practices.

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Posted In: Gadgets, Tablets, Legal, Patents, Regulatory, EC, Companies, Apple, iPad, iPhone, Google, Android, Samsung, Countries, Asia, Japan, Korea, Europe, Germany, galaxy tab, galaxy tab 10.1n

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AT&T: The iPhone Was Good, But Not Good Enough To Hold Off A Q4 Loss

Jan 26, 2012 10:30 AM

A set of quarterly results today from AT&T (NYSE: T) that underscored some of the aftershocks the carrier is feeling in the wake of its failed bid to buy T-Mobile USA. The carrier swung to a loss and failed to meet analysts’ estimates on earnings, partly down to a $4…

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Posted In: Gadgets, Tablets, Legal, Regulatory, Media & Publishing, TV, Mobile, Money, Earnings, Technologies / Formats, Broadband, Companies, Apple, iPhone, AT&T, Sprint, T-Mobile, Verizon

Update 2: Privacy Alert: O2 Fixes Hole That Shared Users’ Phone Numbers

Jan 25, 2012 10:36 AM

Update: Mobile operator O2 says that as of 2pm Wednesday, it has fixed the part of its mobile web browsing service that was reporting mobile phone users’ telephone numbers to websites they visited via O2’s mobile data network.

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Posted In: Advertising, Legal, Privacy, Regulatory, EC, Mobile, Companies, Apple, iPhone, Facebook, Google, Android, Microsoft, O2, T-Mobile, Twitter, Countries, Europe, UK

Europe Says It Won’t Adopt ‘Bad’ Digital Policy Like SOPA

Jan 20, 2012 9:06 AM

Don’t expect the European Commission to introduce its own version of America’s Stop Online Piracy Act (SOPA).

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Posted In: Legal, Copyright, Piracy, Regulatory, EC

YouTube Fails To Convince Ad Regulator The Web Safeguards Kids Like TV Does

Jan 18, 2012 12:39 AM

Two contrary advertising watchdog rulings against the same movie company highlight how video advertising to children is handled differently on TV and the web.

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Posted In: Advertising, Entertainment, Movies, Legal, Regulatory, Companies, Google, YouTube

Yee-ha! Domain Name Cash Grab Officially Under Way

Jan 12, 2012 7:27 PM

It’s a wonder they pulled this off. An obscure agency and a number of its former officials are about to get rich by selling new internet names that few want or need.

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Posted In: Legal, Regulatory, cash grab, domain names, gtld, icann, land grab

Let’s Try This Again: UK Regulator Revises 4G Auction Terms For Q4 2012

Jan 12, 2012 7:13 AM

While some operators in some countries (like the U.S. and Japan) have already celebrated birthdays for their LTE services, 4G in the UK hasn’t even been born yet. But now at least it looks like we might have a due date. UK regulator Ofcom today set out new proposals for…

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Posted In: Legal, Regulatory, EC, Ofcom, Mobile, Technologies / Formats, 3G, 4G, Broadband, Companies, BT, France Telecom, Orange, Hutchison Whampoa, O2, T-Mobile, Vodafone, Countries, Europe, UK

Hollywood Lambasts Sky Movies Ruling, But Open Access Gains Favour

Jan 12, 2012 6:11 AM

Six Hollywood studios have urged the UK’s competition watchdog to throw out its assertion their Sky Movies deals are anti-competitive. But some of them are warming to its suggestion BSkyB (NYSE: BSY) should offer rival services like Netflix (NSDQ: NFLX) over its own set top boxes.

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Posted In: Entertainment, Movies, Legal, Regulatory, Companies, Disney, ABC, NBC Universal, News Corp., BSkyB, Fox, Sony

Is It Legal For Google To Shut Competitors Out Of Social Search?

Jan 11, 2012 6:37 PM

Twitter and some pundits are crying foul over Google’s decision to exclude certain competitors from its new search and social networking hybrid. But what law says the company has to help its competitors in the first place?

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Posted In: Legal, Regulatory, Search, Social Media, Companies, Facebook, Google, Twitter, antitrust, mark lemley, search plus your world

F-bombs And Bare Bottoms At The Supreme Court

Jan 10, 2012 8:39 AM

The Supreme Court will hear today whether the FCC can punish broadcast networks for airing one-off cuss words and an actress’s derriere. The case has tawdry tidbits but also carries significant financial and creative implications for the broadcasters. Here’s a primer.

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Posted In: Legal, Regulatory, FCC, Media & Publishing, TV, Broadcast, Companies, News Corp., Fox, fleeting expletives, indecency

Apple E-book Conspiracy Case To Turn On ‘Most Favored Nation’ Clause

Jan 6, 2012 8:36 AM

Recent interviews shed light on how the antitrust cases against Apple (NSDQ: AAPL) and book publishers will unfold. The e-book controversy will not turn directly on commission-style pricing, but instead on a form of contract that allows a retailer to get preferential treatment.

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Posted In: Legal, Regulatory, Media & Publishing, Books, e-books, Companies, Apple, andre doyle, antitrust, babies r us, conspiracy, justice department, kindle, leegin, most favored nation, price fixing

BBC World Service To Run Ads On Some Websites And Radio Stations

Jan 5, 2012 11:35 AM

The BBC Trust has approved plans to run advertising on a number of BBC World Service websites as well as in radio broadcasts for the first time in the corporation’s history.

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Posted In: Advertising, Legal, Regulatory, Companies, BBC

Real Name Checks On Weibo Won’t Come Cheap For Sina, Tencent

Jan 5, 2012 10:31 AM

With it now certain that China’s popular Weibo (microblogging) services – prime among them being Sina’s (NASDAQ:SINA) and Tencent’s (HKG:0700) – will have to implement real-name ID checks in the coming months, it appears that the system will not come cheap.

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Posted In: Legal, Regulatory, Social Media, Nanopublishing, Countries, Asia, China

Why The Canadian Government Wouldn’t Block A RIM Takeover

Jan 3, 2012 10:00 AM

Investors have been praying that an outside company will step in to catch the falling knife known as Research In Motion. But last week an influential publication threw cold water on those hopes, citing high hurdles to any potential takeover of the fading BlackBerry-maker.

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Posted In: Legal, Regulatory, Mobile, Companies, RIM, canada, dealbook, net benefit, takeover

What’s Coming In 2012

Jan 3, 2012 1:23 AM

Last week, the paidContent staff analyzed the sectors we cover most, highlighting the key people, companies and trends to watch in 2012. Some key topics: Apple (NSDQ: AAPL), internet TVs, publishing, advertising, legal and the age of ubiquity. Below, links to our coverage:

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Posted In: Advertising, Entertainment, Features, Legal, Regulatory, EC, Media & Publishing, ContentNext Announcements, Companies, Apple, coming in 2012

Linear TV Consumption Is Growing, But Is Ad Spend?

Dec 29, 2011 10:01 AM

When you consider the internet, on-demand services, games consoles, mobiles, apps and [fill in your personal favorite here], we have more ways than ever before to watch TV content whenever and however we want. But despite the growth of services like Hulu, YouTube (NSDQ: GOOG) and Netflix (NSDQ: NFLX), it…

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Posted In: Advertising, Apps, Legal, Regulatory, Ofcom, Media & Publishing, TV, Broadcast, Research & Metrics, Research, Social Media, Video, Companies, BBC, Google, YouTube, Hulu, Netflix, Countries, Europe, UK, Russia, Asia, India, oliver and ohlbaum

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