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News / Analysis Written by Aditya Kishore

Friday, May 9. 2008 at 01:00 PM EDT Post a comment

Sprint Nextel Corp. (NYSE: S) and Clearwire LLC (Nasdaq: CLWR) recently created a media storm, when they announced that they are resurrecting a venture they had called off last November. But what does this mean for owners and distributors of digital content? Read More

Tags: Advertising, AT&T, Comcast, Google, Mobile, Time Warner, Verizon

News / Analysis Written by Frank Smith

Friday, May 9. 2008 at 11:45 AM EDT 1 comment

Circuit City Stores Inc. has retained Goldman Sachs & Co. to explore ways to enhance shareholder value for a proposed merger with Blockbuster Inc. , fueling the fire of Blockbuster's bid to create a one-stop shop for digital content and tools. Read More
Most recent post: Pete Baldwin... I'm surprised by two elements here - 1. circuit city is only worth a billion dollars & 2. blockbuster may not be able to afford it!

Tags: Acquistions, Blockbuster, Business, Funding, Imeem, Microsoft, Warner Brothers, Yahoo

News / Analysis Written by Ryan Lawler

Friday, May 9. 2008 at 11:20 AM EDT Post a comment

With the purchase of content distribution firm Hit Pops, content delivery network (CDN) CDNetworks Co. Ltd. reaffirmed its commitment to the Japanese market and picked up some blue-chip customers along the way. Read More

Tags: Acquistions, Akamai, Content Delivery Network (CDN)

News / Analysis Written by Ryan Lawler

Thursday, May 8. 2008 at 06:00 PM EDT Post a comment

In the same quarter that archrival Akamai Technologies Inc. (Nasdaq: AKAM) posted record revenues, content delivery network (CDN) Limelight Networks Inc. (Nasdaq: LLNW) missed analyst expectations due to a "large customer shutdown" and aggressive pricing in the media and entertainment space. Read More

Tags: Akamai, DivX, Limelight

News / Analysis Written by Nicole Ferraro

Thursday, May 8. 2008 at 02:45 PM EDT Post a comment

MySpace announced its "Data Availability" initiative this morning -- a service the company says is the first stepping stone toward its larger data portability plan. Read More

Tags: Facebook, MySpace, Social Networks, Yahoo

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Pete Baldwin

1 billlllion dollars: I'm surprised by two elements here - 1. circuit city is only worth a billion dollars & 2. blockbuster may not be able to afford it!
Pete Baldwin on News Bits: Circuit City Explores Blockbuster Bid

doncarlos

mp3 downloads: If you have to keep iphones alive, you need a steady stream of music. Even with 10,000 tracks a day of downloads this may not be possible if more artists are not encouraged. http://allemusik.net">http://allemusik.n...
doncarlos on News Bits: 30 Rock Streams on iPhones

donaldleegraham

Re: greed and lies: ha... good times! i didnt even think of the vc community... them greedy bastards! good one to add to the list!
donaldleegraham on News Bits: SAG Negotiations Hit Digital Snag

J.Dowland

Re: greed and lies: i'm not sure i agree with everything i said either though good job getting in your MS shots in where you can- your comparison was a little emotively loaded and lacked the real creativity or connection with the subject...
J.Dowland on News Bits: SAG Negotiations Hit Digital Snag

seandarwish

highwinds: Funny you mention this - we tried them the other day - VERY limited product portfolio - no caching, no APAC coverage, performance in US was ok (not great) performance in ASIA SUCKED..... I am not impressed - yet another...
seandarwish on CDN Wrap: Internap Expands, Mirror Image Cooks

donaldleegraham

Re: greed and lies: im not sure i totally agree with everything you said, but it is for certain both sides are ALL about GREED! personally, i'm almost to the point i say screw the whole guild and major networks and...
donaldleegraham on News Bits: SAG Negotiations Hit Digital Snag

J.Dowland

Re: yang needs to find his yin: 25.77 +0.13 (0.51%) May 8 2:27pm ET Open: 25.66 High: 29.60 Low: 25.51 ...
J.Dowland on Microsoft/Yahoo: Stop the Pathetic Headlines!

J.Dowland

HighWinds?: i read that they got 55MM and a rainy day chunk on the back burner and that because they own their backbone are able to beat out Akamai, INAP, LLNW and MI by a $ignificant amount. 08 will be an interesting time for some...
J.Dowland on CDN Wrap: Internap Expands, Mirror Image Cooks

J.Dowland

how to pay for it: maybe i don't understand the economies of scale or current broadcasting methods well enough but it seems strange that if all media is converging on the web and we are emulating tv ad based models to interact with...
J.Dowland on CBS's Syndication Strategy: 'Extend & Embrace'

J.Dowland

smart move: smart folk over at NBC UNI- why punish the public for Apples lack of vision, understanding/ incompetance. with the host of new devices coming out and the interoperability of the new media technologies, it' won't be long...
J.Dowland on News Bits: 30 Rock Streams on iPhones

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