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YouTube Fails To Convince Ad Regulator The Web Safeguards Kids Like TV Does
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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Updated: In-App Purchases To Overtake Sales From Paid Apps By 2013
The consumer draw of free apps over paid apps has been well-documented, and so has the rise of in-app payments as a route to making money from those free apps. New research out today predicts that in-app purchases will, in fact, become the most dominant way that app developers will make money in years ahead.
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HMV Sees Physical Content Crash Slowing Down, Despite Christmas Crunch
HMV’s CEO says the slowdown in plastic music and movie sales is itself slowing down – even though its Christmas was nearly a tenth worse than the previous year.
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Netflix Has Launched In UK, Price War With Amazon’s Lovefilm
Netflix (NSDQ: NFLX) executives launched the service in the UK and Ireland on Monday morning with a £5.99 ($7.79) monthly pricepoint for unlimited online movie and TV subscription streaming – £1 more than Lovefilm’s equivalent offering.
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What To Expect At CES: Tablets, TVs, And Transition
The biggest spectacle in the tech industry kicks off Sunday evening, when an estimated 150,000 people will flood into Las Vegas not to place a wager on Monday night’s national championship game between LSU and Alabama (I’m taking LSU +1) but to gear up for the 2012 International Consumer Electronics Show. Next week’s show will set expectations for 2012: can anyone catch the iPad? Are Microsoft (NSDQ: MSFT) and Nokia (NYSE: NOK) capable of providing the third leg of the mobile operating system stool? And are we finally ready to embrace Internet TVs en masse? Here’s a look what we expect will be the major themes of the week:
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Report: Sony’s Hirai Promoted To President, Stringer Still Chairman And CEO
In a move that further sets up Kazuo Hirai as the heir apparent at Sony (NYSE: SNE), the company has promoted him to president, taking that title away from Howard Stringer but keeping Stringer in place as CEO and chairman of the board, according to a report.
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Netflix Faces Higher Prices For HBO, Agrees To Doubled DVD Delays From WB
Netflix (NSDQ: NFLX) is facing changes to its DVD business with two Time Warner (NYSE: TWX) programmers after months of CEO back-and-forth about the competition perceived and real between the subscription service and HBO.
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Disney, Comcast And Why TV Everywhere Alone Is Not Enough
Yesterday’s press release from Disney (NYSE: DIS) and Comcast (NSDQ: CMCSA), announcing a comprehensive new ten-year distribution agreement covering over 70 different services is a testament to the idea that improved access to programming is key to maintaining the appeal of the traditional multichannel pay-TV business model.
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Game On Or Game Over? Zynga Opens Above IPO Price But Then Drops
The long-awaited IPO of social games giant Zynga has finally arrived, but those hoping for quick, early flips of the stock may end up having their bubble burst today: its shares opened above its initial offer price range, before quickly dipping down again.
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Perform Buying Soccerway.com And WatchandTrade Sport Sites
Digital sports rights company Perform has bought out two online sports firms in deals worth almost £10 ($15.55)m.
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