The mobile adult content market is forecast to grow from its 2006 level of $1.4 billion to over $3.3 billion by 2011, according to new study by Juniper Research.

Over the whole 2006 to 2011 period, Juniper estimates that mobile adult entertainment services will generate a $14.5 billion in revenues, with Europe contributing 39% and Asia Pacific 33%.

Bruce Gibson, Research Director at Juniper Research said: “Adult content business models have succeeded in other major delivery media: print, cinema, DVD, PPV TV etc. There is no reason why the mobile channel should not be equally profitable for adult content industry players.”

The podcast Grammar Girl’s Quick and Dirty Tips for Better Writing has gone from zero to over a million downloads since launching in late July, according to its creators at the QDnow Network.

Show host and creator Mignon Fogarty says the key to the show’s success has been making it fun. Fogarty uses humorous examples to answer listener questions about the English language.

“Listeners say they are amazed that grammar can be so much fun,” says Fogarty. “As a child, I loved the Saturday morning Schoolhouse Rock grammar cartoons. I can’t sing, but I strive to bring that same sense of fun to each Grammar Girl podcast.”

A recent episode took a look into the colon (MP3).

Satellite radio operators XM and Sirius face a 20 percent decline in fourth-quarter retail sales that is likely to put pressure on their respective stock prices, according to a Bank of America investment note.

On Monday, their stocks started declined in reaction to the note, shedding most of the gains notched in November following third-quarter earnings reports. XM shares fell 80 cents, or 5.3 percent, to $14.47 on the Nasdaq, where it has ranged from $9.63 to $30.99 in the past year. Sirius shed 14 cents, or 3.3 percent, to $4.12 on the Nasdaq. Its 52-week range is $3.60 to $7.98.

iPods and podcasting threaten the future of satellite radio. A large portion of both companies subscribers has come from people that purchase cars with pre-installed satellite radio. More and more cars have iPod support, which cuts into XM and Sirius subscriber growth. Internet audio in the form of podcasts and streaming audio also offers a free alternative to the services.

Earlier in the year, Bridge Ratings questioned the long-term viability of satellite radio.

Fox Reality has partnered with Apple to deliver the first episode of all of its upcoming series to iTunes for free, one week prior to their premieres.

The first series to premiere on iTunes, Fox’s My Bare Lady, promises to be controversial. The series follows U.S. adult film stars Kirsten Price, Nautica Thorn, Sasha Knox, and Chanel St. James in a competition to become stage actresses in the West End.

“Things heat up when four American adult film stars are sent to London‚Äôs most prestigious theatrical school to prove they can really act,” according to Fox. “When the curtain goes up, someone‚Äôs going down.”

An executive at Google is predicting that an iPod will hold all the world’s TV in 12 years.

Speaking at the FT World Communications Conference, Nikesh Arora, Google’s VP of European operations, told delegates that, in the coming years, the plummeting price of storage and its increasing volume-to-size ratio will give iPods almost unlimited potential to hold music and video.
Arora said, by 2012, iPods could launch at similar prices to those on sale now and yet be capable of holding a whole year’s worth of video releases. Around 10 years down the line that could be expanded, creating iPods that can hold all the music ever sold commercially.

“In 12 years, why not an iPod that can carry any video ever produced?” said Arora.

Lonelygirl15 and the Numa-Numa kid may soon be on your cell phone.

YouTube is working with Verizon Wireless to bring a slice of YouTube to mobile phones.YouTube’s phone-based version will require a $15-a-month subscription to a Verizon Wireless service called VCast. VCast users will be able to view a selected number of videos approved by the companies.

“Everybody carries a phone with them, but they may not have a computer,” said Steve Chen, chief technology officer and a co-founder of YouTube. People can “take the phone out of their pocket while waiting for the bus” and watch a video, he added.

The Creative Commons licenses provide a way for content creators to allow free distribution of their work, while also protecting the works commercial value. A key concept of the licenses is that, if you decide to share your music, videos or other creations with a CC license, other people and companies will respect that decision, and not redistribute your creations with added limitations.

Microsoft’s Zune player lets users share copies of work shared with Creative Commons licenses, but places limits on how the copies are used. For example, a free podcast downloaded to a Zune would have limits placed on it when it was shared with other Zunes.
“The Zune … does not violate the letter of the CC license but it certainly violates the spirit of the license and of free culture generally,” says Creative Commons general counsel Mia Garlick.

StreetIQ.com today announced the official launch of its newly redesigned website and expanded its coverage of business podcasts to include over 250 channels and access to more than 30,000 shows.

“We have…refined our editorial focus in light of the increase in the amount of content created by professionals in corporate communications, public relations and investor relations,” said Stephen Malaster, founder and director of programming of StreetIQ.com.

“The new website represents the first of many initiatives here at StreetIQ.com to help marketers engage their customers while enabling content publishers to reach the widest audience possible,” added Wing Yu, editor-in-chief of StreetIQ.com.

After years of legal battles with Apple Records over the right to use the name Apple in connection with music, Apple Computer is reported to be close to bringing the Beatles’ catalog into the digital age.

“We certainly will do everything we can to get them on iTunes,” said Apple iTunes VP Eddy Cue earlier in the year. “The Beatles aren‚Äôt available in any digital format today but they are going to be one day. We certainly hope that happens on iTunes.’‚Äô

David Munns, head of EMI North America, recently said that the Beatles would be available online soon. Apple & Apple reportedly were hoping to make an announcement to coincide with the Nov. 21 release of “Love,” a mashup of Beatles songs that serves as a soundtrack to a Las Vegas Cirque du Soleil production.

The world of iPod vibrators just got a bit more complicated.

Lovehoney has introduced the iBuzz Two, described as “the world’s first music-activated sex toy for couples.”

Video below – not work-safe – involves simulated rabbits…..