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Skype founders to launch Web TV Service


Reuters is reporting that Janus Friis one of the cofounders of Skype and before that KaZaA has announced intentions to launch advertiser funded internet TV shortly. Code named ‘Venice’ Friis says the launch is only a couple of months away.
Apparently it will be free for anybody who has a broadband connection. Very interesting to watch […]

UK TV Company creates social networking site….by accident!


It seems you can’t even try and make a TV program these days without the wannabe contestants turning the audition site into a fully fledged social networking experience.
European TV Production company RDF Media have found themselves in the curious position of creating an internet presence in the most unlikely way. It created a website Islandoo.com […]

Second Life gets virtual newsroom


A couple of weeks ago we blogged about how some forward thinking advertisers were getting into Second Life. Well Reuters has announced that it has established a virtual newsroom for all residents. Reuters media correspondent Adam Pasick will report on the daily goings on within the virtual world via an avatar called Adam Reuters read […]

Has the dotcom boom returned?


If you remember the hysterical late ’90s and subsequent meltdown in 2000 you could be forgiven for having some deja vu right now…YouTube, Skype, MySpace etc. all sold for huge sums. But is it history repeating itself check this interesting article from the BBC.
For an assessment of Google’s position on the YouTube purchase check out […]

Songbird gets $1million and launches cross platform


As mentioned back in February Songbird is an interesting music player from the Firefox guys. So interesting in fact that they have just secured additional funding from a couple of seasoned VC’s who obviously see the potential.
In other music related news we mentioned a couple of months ago really innovative DRM free music site called […]

BBH launch virtual agency


Bartle Bogle Hegarty (BBH) a UK advertising agency have launched a virtual agency within Second Life. Second Life is an amazing and growing 3D online virtual reality world, not sure what it is then check out this useful video intro from PR Agency Text 100. Adidas opened a virtual store in September and joined American […]