Vid-Biz: TIOTI, IBM, ShareTV
Tape it Off the Internet Gets Funding; Pond Venture Capital leads the Series A round with a “seven-figure” investment in the social TV site. (TechCrunch, emailed release)
New IBM Chip Speeds Up Wireless Video Transmission; Big Blue’s new initiative with MediaTek claims its use of 60 gigahertz spectrum makes data transmission 100 times faster than Wi-Fi. (Network World)
ManiaTV Dumps UGC; video aggregator sticks with pro content, evidently this is “news” even though they announced it a while back. (BusinessWeek)
ShareTV Morphs into a TV Community; TV torrent evolves from just show downloads to include ratings, voting for favorite characters and editing of show listings. (TorrentFreak)
Dove’s Onslaught Attracts Big Audience; short film that rails against beauty industry pulls in 600,000 views in its first week on YouTube. (The Huffington Post)
NBC and MSN Create New Online Series; Celebrity Pet Dish to cover lifestyles of the rich and famous…pets. (release)
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