A California appeals court yesterday rejected Universal Music’s claim that video-sharing service Veoh didn’t do enough to protect content owners. All eyes now turn to New York where another influential court is set to rule on the same issue—who should be responsible for copyright enforcement.

The third movie in the Transformers franchise helped boost Viacom’s revenues in its FY Q4 results both at the box office as digital distribution dollars contributed “ancillary” growth to the filmed entertainment segment’s 46 percent quarterly revenue rise. Meanwhile, the Media Networks segment, which includes MTV and Comedy Central, grew…

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In the latest twist in the epic feud between Viacom (NYSE: VIA) and YouTube (NSDQ: GOOG), an appeals court has zeroed in on a narrow question: how to define the ‘red flag’ that indicates someone should have known about copyright infringement.

More than a year after a federal judge threw out Viacom’s $1 billion claim against YouTube (NSDQ: GOOG), the parties were back at it today before an appeals court. The court will decide whether one of the largest copyright cases in history can be put to rest or if 63,000…

Remember the epic $1 billion copy-fight that pitted Viacom (NYSE: VIA), the English Premier League and a gang of others against Google/YouTube? (NSDQ: GOOG) Well, it’s back (sort of). The sides are appearing before an appeals court today to open old wounds and learn whether they will get to fight…

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It seemed like a no brainer back in November. If Bob Pittman was willing to return to radio after forays at MTV, AOL (NYSE: AOL), Time Warner (NYSE: TWX) and his investment group, why stop at chairman of media and entertainment platforms for Clear Channel? (OTCBB: CCMO) Mark Mays was…

The continuing migration of audiences and ad dollars to digital has helped serve as a balm against growing economic fears that have resulted in downward revisions for total spending forecasts. But one other thing may be helping online: better, clearer relationships between the sell side and the buy side, according…

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“I’d studied your cartoons, radio, music, TV, movies, magazines,” Michael Stipe once sang, vicariously, as though channelling Dan Rather. R.E.M. mirrored the fortunes of the media business - a band that found its own audience through toil on the road, rode the MTV wave, benefitted from what major labels could…

Bitbop, the mobile video service once owned by News Corp. (NSDQ: NWS) and then sold in a whirr of a divestment strategy, looks like it is finding its feet again under new owner Jesta Digital. It’s now live with a mobile and PC-based mobile internet service in Germany, its first…

The “party line” from pay TV companies about iPad apps is clear now—it’s another television screen, not a new internet-based form of distribution. Some TV networks don’t care for that theory. Viacom (NYSE: VIA) has sued both Cablevision (NYSE: CVC) and Time Warner Cable (NYSE: TWC) over the issue. Cablevision’s…

Although Viacom’s stock, along with most everyone else’s, has been battered in recent days by the market declines the past few days, it might get a boost this morning, as its fiscal year Q3 results showed continued success, especially on the cable advertising front. Revenues rose 15 percent to $3.77…

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The phone-hacking and police bribery scandal swirling around News Corporation (NSDQ: NWS) has revived long-simmering questions about Rupert Murdoch’s leadership of the U.S.-based conglomerate. To his critics, Murdoch is guilty of rampant nepotism, mismanagement, and even breach of fiduciary duty, as an ongoing shareholder lawsuit claims.

New York Times (NYSE: NYT) media writer and David Carr, appearing now in theaters via documentary Page One, hit the big time on TV Tuesday night: The Colbert Report. Worth watching for many reasons, including Stephen Colbert “defending” Rupert Murdoch and News Corp (NSDQ: NWS). as only he can do.…

Wonder what the angst over this week’s Netflix (NSDQ: NFLX) price increase—60 percent for those who want both streaming and DVDS—would look like as a video? Dan Schneider, producer of iCarly, offers a glimpse in this brief encounter with Jerry Trainor, who plays Carly’s idiosyncratic brother Spencer on the popular…

MagnaGlobal president and CEO Elizabeth Herbst-Brady is exiting her role after three years to join MTV Networks (NYSE: VIA) as EVP of ad sales strategy for the Viacom unit’s Music & Logo and Entertainment Groups, Adweek reported. She’ll report to Jeff Lucas, the head of sales for both cable network…

Rhapsody hopes to move in to the black in the final two quarters of this year, after turning around subscriber decline following its spinout from RealNetworks (NSDQ: RNWK) and Viacom (NYSE: VIA) largely thanks to uptake of its mobile service, the company’s chief product office Brendan Benzing tells paidContent.

Just one day after Viacom (NYSE: VIA) and Time Warner (NYSE: TWX) agreed to put their litigation over iPad streaming on “hold,” Viacom has filed a fresh lawsuit over iPad streaming—this one against Cablevision (NYSE: CVC).