ACT ANNUAL CONFERENCE – BRUSSELS. Industry figures yesterday expressed their concerns regarding the uneven application of state aid rules across Europe, the struggle to deal with piracy and strengthen copyright protection and convergence issues.
Eric Schmidt delivers closing IFA Keynote
IFA 2010 – BERLIN. Eric Schmidt, Google chairman of the board and CEO, will deliver the closing International Keynote on Tuesday, September 7 at the consumer electronics and home appliances tradeshow IFA in Berlin, which takes place September 3 – 8 at the Berlin Exhibition Site.
Google’s YouTube plans Apple ITV spoiler
Google’s YouTube is said to be negotiating with Hollywood’s top movie studios to launch a pay-per-view movie service by the end of this year, according to the Financial Times. This would create a direct competitor to the the yet-to-be announced PPV service from Apple’s planned ITV.
Google putting Android into set-tops
Google is reportedly working with Intel and Sony on the extension of its Android smartphone operating system into the set-top box environment.
TiVo data to help Google sell TV ads
TiVo has announced that it has entered into an audience research agreement with Google in which second-by-second PVR viewing data from TiVo’s stand-alone subscribers will help Google TV Ads to better target advertising.
Google sites reach over 10 billion video views
A record 161 million US internet users watched online video in August. Together they watched more than 25 billion videos, Google taking the lion’s share with more than 10 billion, according to comScore research.
Google looks to reinvest in content
RTS Cambridge. Google chairman and CEO Eric Schmidt has defended the company against charges that it takes video content for free without giving anything back to its creators.