SoundExchange has announced that it had reached agreement with several large webcasters on SoundExchange‚Äôs proposed cap on the minimum fees charged for playing traditionally-licensed sound recordings on Internet Radio.¬† Recently-enacted regulations by the Copyright Royalty Board (CRB) require each webcasting service to pay a $500 minimum fee “per station or channel”, regardless of the overall […]

The New York Times has an interesting article today that looks at how disputes over Internet gambling in the tiny country of Antiqua could lead to free digital music downloads. Antigua is best known to Americans for its pristine beaches and tourist attractions like historic English Harbor. But the dozens of online casinos based there […]

Music industry group SoundExchange said Tuesday that small Internet radio broadcasters could pay royalty rates from 10-12% to stream traditionally-licensed music online through 2010. Qualified Webcasters ‚Äî those earning $1.25 million or less in annual revenue ‚Äî have until Sept. 14 to accept SoundExchange’s offer. The agreement covers streaming recordings of SoundExchange members. SoundExchange represents […]

Logitech today announced its Pure-Fi Dream Premium Bedroom Music System for iPod, which, according to the company, establishes a new category of iPod speakers for the bedroom. Here’s what Logitech’s Jef Holove has to say about their new bedroom system: “Though people use their iPods in the bedroom more than anywhere else, until today, a […]

New company Bexy Corporation today announced its iMirror Wireless Remote Control Docking Station for iPod that remotely displays content data while it controls and plays music and video connected to entertainment systems. The iMirror is designed to put your iPod at the center if a music and video home entertainment system. With the iMirror‚Äôs wireless […]

Sony today announced the Go! branded Video Download Service for PSPs. The service is a joint venture with British Sky Broadcasting (Sky) to offer PSP (PlayStation Portable) owners in the UK and Ireland the ability to watch video on demand and on the move. The service will not be a direct competitor to open Internet […]

Movavi today announced that it had added new tools to Movavi Online, a web-based service that lets users download and convert video from one format to another for use with iPods, mobile phones and other devices. Where the first version of Movavi Online gave users the ability to upload video stored on a PC, the […]

A new IBM survey of consumer digital media and entertainment habits shows that audiences increasingly replacing time spent with traditional media with Internet time. “The Internet is becoming consumers’ primary entertainment source,” said Saul Berman, IBM Media & Entertainment Strategy and Change practice leader. “The TV is increasingly taking a back seat to the cell […]

Dave Winer, one of the fathers of podcasting, is calling out video podcasters and vloggers for becoming “everyday papparazzi”: The video cameras are so cheap and so are Internet connections, we’re heading to a place where even the most casual of encounters may be captured and broadcast.I want to just be a normal schlub, sitting […]

It looks breaking Apple’s lock on digital music downloads is so important to the music industry that¬† record companies are willing to not only offer DRM-free tracks, but offer them at lower prices. Wal-Mart announced today the launch of DRM-free MP3 music downloads. At 94 cents per track and $9.22 per album, they are undercutting […]