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Royalties sought for iPods, recorders 7 May 08, 22:08 ET The Agency for Cultural Affairs plans to force manufacturers of portable music players, such as Apple Inc.'s iPod, and digital video recorders with built-in hard drives to pay royalties to copyright holders. more DirecTV profit rises 10 pct on US subscriber growth 7 May 08, 16:20 ET AP - Satellite television company DirecTV Group Inc. said Wednesday its first-quarter earnings rose 10.4 percent after acquiring a surprising number of new U.S. subscribers amid a major housing meltdown. more DirecTV 1Q profits climb 10% 7 May 08, 14:06 ET Subscriber growth and increased demand for high-definition and digital-video-recorder services help DirecTV Group Inc. post a 10 percent jump in first-quarter earnings. (DTV) more Microsoft Adds Sociability to its Zune Brand 7 May 08, 13:04 ET NewsFactor - Microsoft placed a bigger bet on Zune this week, as it announced enhancements it hopes will solidify Zune as "the company's all-in-one digital entertainment brand." The Zune brand includes digital audio players, software, and an online music store. more DCH, Inc. & Cantone Research, Inc. Agree to Purchase Number two Provider of Hotel Video, Internet 7 May 08, 12:58 ET The DCH Group & Cantone Research, Inc. have agreed to purchase SVI Media. The Company will be retooled and re-branded as Maximus Multimedia International and is preparing to aggressively pursue greater market share with new digital video-on-demand system. (PRWeb May 7, 2008) Read the full story at http://www.prweb.com/releases/2008/05/prweb926034.htm more Digital Video Ad Guidelines Released (Association of Alternative Newsweeklies 7 May 08, 12:11 ET The Interactive Advertising Bureau this week announced the release of guidelines to the most widely used in-stream ad products, including linear video ads, non-linear video ads and companion ads. A committee of 145 leading interactive companies contributed to the guidelines, which aim to simplify video ad buying across multiple sites and make it more efficient. more Hacker Kept On NDS Payroll After Accused Of Piracy 7 May 08, 10:19 ET TechWeb - InformationWeek - A high-ranking News Corp. official testified Tuesday that he kept two hackers on the payroll for years after one of them was accused of infiltrating the security system of rival satellite television company Dish Network. more Vimicro Launches Surveillance Camera SoC and ePTZ Solution to Meet Design Needs of ... 7 May 08, 08:45 ET (Beijing, China)-April 14, 2008-Vimicro International Corporation (Nasdaq: VIMC), a leading fabless semiconductor company that designs advanced mixed-signal multimedia products and solutions, today announced the launch of VC0706, a digital video processing SoC (System on Chip) for surveillance cameras. In addition, Vimicro announced its new ePTZ (Electronic Pan/Tilt/Zoom) surveillance camera ... more BigBand Networks to Unveil Switched Digital Video Innovations at ... 7 May 08, 08:35 ET REDWOOD CITY, CA--(Marketwire - May 7, 2008) - BigBand Networks, Inc. ( NASDAQ : BBND) today announced that it will demonstrate new switched digital video ... more BigBand Networks to Unveil Switched Digital Video Innovations at the Cable Show '08, Booth #2013 7 May 08, 08:30 ET BigBand Networks, Inc. today announced that it will demonstrate new switched digital video innovations at the National Cable & Telecommunications Association's Cable Show '08, May 18-20, 2008, Booth #2013. more Imagine to Demonstrate Superior Video Quality Across All Cable ... 7 May 08, 08:02 ET SAN DIEGO--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Imagine Communications, the leading innovator in advanced digital video processing and multiplexing solutions, today announced ... more Imagine to Demonstrate Superior Video Quality Across All Cable Digital Video Applications at The Cable Show '08 7 May 08, 08:00 ET SAN DIEGO----Imagine Communications, the leading innovator in advanced digital video processing and multiplexing solutions, today announced plans to demonstrate its powerful ICE™ Video Platform across all cable digital video applications at The Cable Show '08, May 18-20 in New Orleans. more Sony details PS3 DVR pricing, launch date 7 May 08, 07:52 ET PlayTV incoming Sony has confirmed that the PlayStation 3’s PlayTV digital video recorder (DVR) add-on will be available in four months' time.… more DirecTV posts higher profit 7 May 08, 07:10 ET Reuters - U.S. satellite television service provider DirecTV Group Inc posted a higher quarterly profit on Wednesday as it added more subscribers than expected. more 'It's the Wild West' now for Web video 7 May 08, 06:40 ET USATODAY.com - HOLLYWOOD - - What's the best way to seduce a star into joining your online venture? "Leave your lawyer at home," says Chuck D, founding member of seminal rap group Public Enemy and guiding force behind the all-things-hip-hop site RapStation.com. "Too often I'm approached by people who don't really try to understand what we're aiming for." more YouTube Launches Site for India 7 May 08, 04:40 ET PC World - Google's video sharing subsidiary YouTube launched an Indian version of its site YouTube on Wednesday. more Victoria police nab prolific peeping tom 7 May 08, 02:52 ET Victoria-area police are sifting through a huge stash of videotapes after arresting a man suspected of peeping at women through windows over more than 14 years. The 46-year-old was arrested by Saanich police last week after an apparent bungled break and enter. He had a digital video camera and two tapes, which contained 23 separate acts of alleged voyeurism, police said. A search of a home ... more Venice History Committee releases DVD of memories 7 May 08, 01:49 ET When former Venice residents Jim Jeffries and Donn Hornberger created a digital video disk on the history of the city, they wanted the viewer to experience something special. more Exeter creates video policy 7 May 08, 01:39 ET Action: The Exeter Township supervisors have voted 4-1 to create a policy for handling the digital video recordings of township meetings. The supervisors agreed Monday that those video files will be treated the same as the township’s audio tapes of the meetings. more Government to impose copyright fees on iPods, digital recorders 7 May 08, 01:29 ET The Agency for Cultural Affairs plans to force manufacturers of portable music players, such as Apple Inc.'s iPod, and digital video recorders with built-in hard drives to pay royalties to copyright holders. more

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