TV Networks, Online Video Services Sign Copyright Pact
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The parent companies of the four largest US broadcast networks plus cable content giant Viacom joined with MySpace, Microsoft, and online video providers Veoh and Dailymotion in signing a standards and practices document they hope will become the "Television Code" of online copyright protection.
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BitTorrent Inc., developer of a popular online file-sharing tool, said Tuesday it has reached licensing deals that will boost the number of movies and TV shows it can offer as part of a video download service launching next year.
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A Los Angeles Times story published yesterday revealed that the new Copyright Alliance, made up of content and recording industry leaders and supported by Rep. Howard Berman (D - Calif.), has as its key mission the establishment of a system of rates which both terrestrial and Internet-based radio stations would pay as performance royalties.
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Several large broadcasting and Web companies came out in favor of filtering software and procedures for addressing copyright concerns in a set of guidelines released Thursday.
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MTV Networks owners Viacom Inc. said  it &quot;welcomes&quot; the opportunity to license its content to Apple  Inc. after the iPod maker signed a deal with top online video  distributor YouTube.
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An alliance of technology and media companies releases a set of principles for promoting user-generated content while protecting copyright online.
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Hoping to reclaim some ground won by Internet sites, NBC Universal launched a venture with its affiliated TV stations on Tuesday aimed at providing a legal and profitable way to distribute video online.
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The TV networks have begun to put programs on the Web. The selections are crisp, clear, legal and free. But there arenât many choices, and they donât stay on the Web long enough.
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An impressive coalition of media companies on Thursday will release a list of guidelines for protecting copyrights online, according to The Journal.
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Two former network heads signed a deal to provide programs across all the companyâs television channels.
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The Wall Street Journal reports that later on Thursday an impressive coalition of major media companies will release a list of guidelines for protecting copyrights online.
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Rupert Murdoch's News Corp. said on  Thursday it struck a deal with its U.S. television affiliates  not owned by the company to offer Fox TV shows to local  broadcasters' Web sites for streaming or for sale.
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Microsoft reached some new agreements to allow delivery of new movie and television content over the Xbox Live Service and MSN online.
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YouTube said on Sunday it has reached a revenue-sharing deal with Hearst-Argyle Television Inc. in which local TV stations will be paid when users of the video-sharing site watch their programming.
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Online DVD rental service Netflix Inc. and television recording technology company TiVo Inc. on Thursday said that they had agreed to develop a joint entertainment offering.
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Macrovision said Tuesday that it had signed agreements with several online providers to employ the company's Analog Copy Protection (ACP) system in Internet movie and video distribution. Deals have been struck with Netflix, BitTorrent, Movielink, and Instant Media.
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A revenue-sharing deal between video startup YouTube Inc. and Warner Music Group Corp. is likely to be the first of a spate of content distribution partnerships between Web sites and music companies, industry officials say.