Comcast proposes 'P2P Bill of Rights'
APRIL 16 | FROM MULTICHANNEL NEWS: Comcast is looking to further position itself as proactively—and responsibly—addressing the issue of managing peer-to-peer traffic that traverses its network, announcing Tuesday it will lead an industry-wide effort to create a “P2P Bill of Rights and Responsibilities” for users and Internet service providers.
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Users: I want my Web TV
MARCH 19 | FROM MULTICHANNEL NEWS: Even if it’s been years in coming, video on the Web seems to have become an overnight media sensation.
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TiVo to tote YouTube to TVs
MARCH 12 | FROM MULTICHANNEL NEWS: TiVo inked a deal with Google's YouTube that will let its digital video recorder customers watch soccer bloopers, Japanese music videos, something called "Vampire Robot Nazis Strike Back!" and thousands of other user-uploaded clips on their TVs.
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Wal-Mart's digital chief heads to Apple
FEB. 4 | FROM MULTICHANNEL NEWS: Kevin Swint, previously Wal-Mart Stores divisional manager for digital media, will join Apple this week as general manager of international video for iTunes.
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Wal-Mart looking at net video do-over
JAN. 14 | FROM MULTICHANNEL NEWS: Wal-Mart Stores, after shuttering its initial paid video-download service in December after less than a year in business, appears to be actively looking to restart a similar service on its own.
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Online video startup Vuze pockets $20 million
DEC. 20 | FROM MULTICHANNEL NEWS: Vuze, a startup that runs a peer-to-peer Internet video distribution service, said it has raised $20 million in third-round funding and named TiVo co-founder Mike Ramsay to its board of directors.
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Mojo inks deal for Amazon Unbox
NOV. 14 | FROM MULTICHANNEL NEWS: In Demand Networks’ male-targeted HD channel Mojo signed a deal to sell its original programming through Amazon.com’s Unbox digital video download service.
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Lulu v. Hulu: Web publisher sues NBC/Fox venture
SEPT. 6 | FROM MULTICHANNEL NEWS: Lulu, a privately held digital-media publishing firm, filed a federal lawsuit Wednesday against Hulu – the yet-to-be-launched Internet-video joint venture of NBC Universal and News Corp. – alleging trademark infringement, unfair and deceptive trade practices and cyberpiracy.
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