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Lobbyists Brace for Battle Over Corporate Taxes and Privacy Regulation (ADWeek)

With the re-election of President Obama and a stronger Democratic majority in the Senate, industry lobbyists are gearing up for battle to protect advertising as a business expense ... More

Fox Broadcasting Sued for Allegedly ‘Scaring’ Tech Giants From Digital TV Company (THR)

FilmOn's Alki David strikes back at Fox, alleging the TV network is making libelous statements to Apple, Google and Microsoft and interfering with his efforts to deliver a streamin... More

Ofcom Outlines 4G Mobile Auction Timetable (BBC News)

New fourth generation (4G) mobile services in the UK could be launched by next June, under a timetable set out by the UK communications regulator...... More

Google Play Goes UK, Germany and France (Broadband TV News)

Google has said that starting November 13, Google Play music and movies will now be available on Google TV in the UK, Germany and France...... More

YouTube Will Pull the Plug on at Least 60 Percent of Its Programming Deals (All Things D)

This week, Google’s video site will start offering new contracts to some of the channel programmers/creators it signed up in the last year. But not all of them: YouTube figures i... More

CODcasting Could Finally Popularize Gamer TV (Paid Content)

Live TV about gaming has all but disappeared since I was an Amiga and Nintendo kid. But now Call Of Duty’s live-streaming connection out of YouTube could point the way back to th... More

Pivotal Patent Case Heads to Court (WSJ)

The long-running lawsuit, the largest of seven overlapping suits the two companies have filed against one another, focuses on how much a patent holder can charge for technology con... More

Lionsgate’s Steve Beeks: ‘We’ve Seen Retailers Re-Embrace the Packaged Media Business’ (HMM)

Lionsgate Nov. 9 said retail revenue for The Hunger Games is buttressing the packaged media business, underscored by strong sales of Blu-ray Disc and UltraViolet for the popular te... More

Ahead of Holidays, Video Game Sales Down 25 Percent (Seattle Times)

Another month, another dreary video-game sales report from NPD. But sales are expected to finally revive as the blockbuster-filled holiday season begins...... More

Xbox Still Holds Console Lead, But Here Comes the Next Generation (AllThingsD)

Microsoft said yesterday that the Xbox 360 has now been the best-selling videogame console for 22 straight months, but can that winning streak continue?...... More

Fox Plans ‘Ice Age’ Push In Shopping Malls (Variety)

Twentieth Century Fox has pacted with high-end mall operator Taubman Shopping Centers to build holiday-themed ice palaces at 16 of its properties to promote the homevid release of ... More

EC: Cable Key In Achieving Digital Agenda (Advanced TV)

Cable Europe, the trade body for Europe’s broadband cable sector, has noted the European Commission’s recognition of the industry’s contribution to the progress in achieving ... More

In China Video Wars, Giants Battle, Upstart Rides Android to Homes (PaidContent)

Months after China’s largest online video site was formed through merger, Tencent claims its own video site has already overtaken its rival thanks to its incredible diversified d... More

The Social TV Race (B&T)

The TV networks are under starters orders, bidding to be the living room winner with the millions of Australians who are now ‘second screening’ every day...... More

MetaWeb is Coming to Add A Social Overlay to Any Web Page (The Next Web)

Being social online is not hard anymore given the ubiquity of social networks. You might think the Web is saturated, but one London-based startup is launching a new service on Mond... More

AMC Defends Programming Migration to Netflix (HMM)

AMC Networks Nov. 8 defended the premium television platform’s decision to license programming to Netflix, calling the subscription video-on-demand service integral to luring and... More

This American Life Takes A Page From Louis CK, Sells Movie Directly To Fans (GigaOm)

There are few shows on public radio that have a fan base as devoted as the listeners of This American Life. So it makes only sense that the show would circumvent the middlemen and ... More

Red Bee Media Creates Virgin TV Anywhere Online Interface (Design Week)

The service, which launched yesterday, allows used to access the Virgin TV service through a web browser or mobile and tablet app for iPad, iPhone and iPod. Red Bee Media designed ... More

BuddyTV Guide Launches New All-Inclusive Sports Quicklist, Streamlining Sports TV Discovery (Buddy TV)

Finding sports on TV has been a tough challenge for fans, scrolling through an old TV guide to the sports channels and many times missing non-traditional channels carrying live spo... More