Vid-Biz: YouTube, Dish, Ziering
Rape Victim Posts Plea to YouTube; young girl part of a growing trend of victims reaching out for help online. (CNN)
Dish Wins (but Kinda Loses) Five-Year-Long Piracy Case; jury finds DirecTV and NDS Group did steal satellite signals and engage in piracy — but only awards Dish $1,500 instead of the $1 billion it was aiming for. (The Wall Street Journal)
Ian Ziering to Star in MySpace TV Web Series; social network expands original content roster with Man vs. Monday, which the former Steve Sanders will co-produce — nuh-nuh-nuh-nuh, nuh-nuh-nuh-nuh (clap, clap). (The Hollywood Reporter)
SAG to Renew Negotiations, AFTRA “Making Progress”; SAG talks with studios to resume by May 28; AFTRA bargaining still under media blackout but says will provide update soon. (SAG: The New York Times; AFTRA: The Hollywood Reporter)
TiVo Brings Back Product Lifetime Service; will cost new customers $399, existing multiple service customers to pay $299. (emailed release)
The CW Could Be on Its Last Legs; part of the network’ struggles are with a young audience that spends more leisure time online — and yanking Gossip Girl off the web didn’t help. (The Wall Street Journal)
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GigaOM Network
- Brad Neely Revises History in the Name of Comedy [NewTeeVee Station]
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- Countdown to Blog Action Day - October 15, 2008 [WebWorkerDaily]
- AT&T outs first 3G Walkman phone: Sony Ericsson W760a [jkOnTheRun]
- Microsoft to Release Silverlight 2 Tuesday [NewTeeVee]
GigaOM Jobs Feed
- Jr. Software Engineer at LOLapps Media, Inc. (San Francisco, California)
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- Senior Writer at Zivity (San Francisco, California)
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