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ESPN’s Digital Rights Hail Mary

Disney unit negotiates rights for yet-to-be invented distribution technologies, executive says.
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Computers, Media, Internet

Blu-Ray Zaps Toshiba

The high-def DVD war ends with a rare win for Sony.
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General news, Media, Internet

Where's Google in Media Giants' Pact?

The search king is noticeably absent from an agreement put forth by Microsoft, Walt Disney, Viacom, News Corp, CBS, NBC Universal and others pushing a set of guidelines to protect copyrights online.
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Media

Booking Indie Films Digitally

System matches moviemakers with art houses and digitally delivers the film.
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Media

iTunes Delivers Lionsgate

Deal follows a brigade of announcements last week of movie download services.
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Media

Sundance Goes on iTunes

Can Apple boost movie sales for independent moviemakers?
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Media

Disney Buys Mobile2Win China

Online advertising startup helps open new markets for Mouse House.
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Media, Internet

Disney Inks Web Movie Deal

Company tests the web distribution method with new DVD releases.
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Media, Communications

Disney Rejects à la Carte

The movement against menu-driven TV programming picks up a heavyweight tag team partner in Disney.
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Media

Starz, HP Sign Video Deal

New HP and Compaq notebooks will offer free, unlimited downloads of movies and videos for a month.
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General news, Media

India Animation to Reach $950M

Tenfold growth is expected in India’s mobile gaming sector, according to industry group.
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Communications, Finance

Visage Mobile Snags $30M

Fourth round of funding for wireless technology provider brings total investment to $80 million.
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Media

MGM Backs Blu-ray DVD Format

The independent studio, partially owned by Sony, surprises no one by siding with DVD format championed by Sony.
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Computers, Media

Disney’s Not Chicken

Chicken Little takes a bold step in digitizing Hollywood movies.
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Media

Microsoft, Intel Vote HD-DVD

PC heavyweights restore HD-DVD’s credibility, just when Blu-ray seemed headed for a landslide victory.
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Media, Internet

Comcast Strikes Out

With its desire to grow in China, baseball picks ESPN’s global distribution over Comcast’s desire for unique content.
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Media

Blu-ray Hoping for Standard

Toshiba says talks with Sony for a single DVD format are over, but Blu-ray still sees a ray of hope.
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Computers, General news, Media

MS, Toshiba Team on HD DVDs

The software maker and consumer electronics firm join forces on DVDs.