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Economist.com | Articles by Subject | Mobile telecoms : "Out of Africa From The Economist print editionA new kind of telecoms operator is evolving in Africa and the Middle East"

Scotsman.com Sport - Football - Football's new Bosman : ""

G-14 to discuss division in group at board meeting on Thursday - Sports - International Herald Tribune : "'We have never been looking for a victory in court,' he said. 'We have always been looking at resolving existing problems. And at the moment these problems are not resolved.' "

Football looks to cash in with broadband | News | Guardian Unlimited Football : "The high-speed internet provides broadcasters with their biggest challenge yet, writes Owen Gibson Thursday November 16, 2006 The Guardian If the defining moment in televised football in the 1980s was the introduction of regular live coverage, and Sky's millions defined the 1990s, the next quantum leap in armchair viewing is likely to take place via the broadband-enabled internet. This month alone the Premier League has trained its sights on the Google-owned video-sharing phenomenon YouTube, and Uefa has unveiled a broadband service making live and archived Champions League matches available around the world. Even a decade ago, the idea of being able to watch any European match from the past at will would have been filed under science fiction. "

European law has no place in English game - Sport - Times Online : "Richard Caborn wrote in this newspaper that he cares passionately about football. I do not doubt that; however the irony of one politician telling us about another politician’s report on how the game should be run should not be lost on anyone. Yet again, the Beautiful Game is in danger of becoming Europe’s latest political football. Ask any fan who their main rivals are or which match they care most about and the answer is local. The structure of our club football, including FA and League cups and right down through the Football League and into the Conference, is the envy of European football and no other country gets close to replicating it in terms of strength and depth or passion and participation. It is domestic club football that is the driving force behind European competition and not the other way round. When it comes to how the game should govern itself we don’t need special treatment. We have...

Switzerland rejects UEFA demand for law against rogue advertising - Sports - International Herald Tribune : "ZURICH, Switzerland: The Swiss government has rejected calls from UEFA to tighten laws against so-called "ambush marketing" by companies who aren't official sponsors of the 2008 European Championship. Swiss daily Tages-Anzeiger reported that Switzerland will stick with its existing laws banning misleading advertising during the tournament, which the Alpine country is co-hosting with Austria, and not establish an outright ban on unlicensed advertising that refers to soccer or the 16-team competition. UEFA, according to the paper, had been lobbying the government to tighten controls on how companies can use the championship for marketing purposes. "We take note of this decision, but that's all, as far as we are concerned," UEFA spokesman Wolfgang Eichler told The Associated Press."

uefa.com : "The chairman of the Independent European Sports Review (IR), José Luis Arnaut, is featured in the latest edition of the official UEFA Champions League magazine Champions. Popularity in jeopardy In an interview with Paul Simpson, the Portuguese political figure talks about salary caps, club ownership and corruption – and insists that football's popularity will be put in jeopardy if certain steps are not taken. Review a step forward The IR was published in its final version recently, and includes a series of recommendations for football's future good health. UEFA has fully endorsed the report as an important step forward in European dialogue on sport, as well as in efforts to solve many of football's difficulties. Tribute to strength Mr Arnaut says that problem areas currently affecting European football are actually a tribute to the game's strength. "There are two industries in which Europe has about 60 per cent of the world market: football and lux...

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It is supposed to be the iPod killer but based on all of the early news, Zune may be well on its way to shoot itself in a foot. Few times. Here is why: The form factor It is way too big. iPod comes in 3 unique form factors and the bestselling models of iPods are the Nano's (ex mini) with super small wearable recently available Shuffle making a splash as we speak according to Apple. Therefore, in terms of shear box size Zune is "attacking" only one out of many models - premium and the most expensive "iPod with video" and without success - it is bigger and carries less capacity. Zune is heavier, taller and wider than the biggest iPod. It is 14.7 mm thick which makes it closer to Pocket PC than personal media player. Check the real life comparison photos here or here . It may sound trivial, but can you imagine women and girls carrying this huge device in their purses and pockets when there is a smaller, colorful, cooler and cheaper solution already on the market...

News - Press service - Info - Football in Europe: creating a level playing field? : "Should EU internal market rules apply to football clubs? Is there fair competition for TV football rights? Did the Bosman ruling do more harm than good? Does football offer a model for social integration? These and other issues were tackled by MEPs on Wednesday, at a hearing asking Professional Football Market or Society?

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EUROPA - Sport- What's up : "" (Via .)

Playing away : The Journal Magazine : The Journal of the Law Society of Scotland : "" (Via .)

- IOC and FIFA in row with UEFA over EU intervention in sport : "" (Via .)

Interactive Television Networks, Inc. Announces Successful Launch of New IPTV Platform Nationwide: Financial News - Yahoo! Finance : "New TV Platform Adds Movies From Universal Pictures, Starz and Encore With More Than 150 Titles on Demand per Month IRVINE, Calif., Nov. 9 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- Interactive Television Networks, Inc. (OTC Bulletin Board: ITTV - News; ITVN), a leader in Internet Protocol Television (IPTV), today announced an agreement that will make Universal Pictures movies available to ITVN subscribers through their proprietary and award-winning IPTV set-top box beginning in December. On demand titles will be available for a 24-hour viewing period after rental"

The Sun Online - Football: Euro law threat to football : "EUROPE%u2019S major clubs will get the green light to form breakaway leagues if radical plans being discussed by the EU become law. Franchising would also be given the thumbs-up, Celtic and Rangers would be free to join the Premiership and the Champions League could collapse. All this could be the outcome of a legal shake-up which threatens to rip apart professional football. A furious debate is raging in the European parliament over a working document, to be voted on early next year, which has been put forward by Dutch MEP Toine Manders and has sent shockwaves through the game. Manders%u2019 document is one of four submitted by different EU departments concerning the future of the game, and is by far the most revolutionary. It argues that under European legislation clubs, just like players, should be allowed complete freedom of movement. That means Celtic and Rangers would be able to join the Premiership and there is nothi...

Glasgow's Uefa Cup final logo is unveiled - Evening Times : "GLASGOW'S new logo to promote the prestigious Uefa Cup Final coming to the city next May was unveiled today. The emblem, inspired by the work of Charles Rennie Mackintosh, will be seen by tens of millions of football fans around the world.

FA to probe betting bosses - Evening Times : "The FA are probing allegations that several Premiership managers placed bets on English games - and one boss bet £12m in a year"

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Independent Online Edition > European : "Uefa studies video after Terry blames 'card waving' Barcelona By Sam Wallace, Football Correspondent Published: 02 November 2006 The aftermath to the Battle of Barcelona proved no less explosive than the match itself when John Terry yesterday accused the Barcelona players of successfully intimidating the referee, Stefano Farina, into booking six Chelsea players. The Chelsea captain said that the Italian official was swayed by the constant "waving cards" mime of the European champions."

Uefa to make all football coverage available online - Media Bulletin - Media news by Email - Brand Republic : "Uefa to make all football coverage available online LONDON - Uefa, European football's governing body, is to allow live coverage of Championship League and Uefa Cup matches to be screened via the internet.

UEFA Delivers Live Online Video Solution to Broadcasters : "UEFA Delivers Live Online Video Solution to Broadcasters

Innovative Online Video Service Provides Live UEFA Champions League Football to Fans Globally : "Innovative Online Video Service Provides Live UEFA Champions League Football to Fans Globally

Microsoft Strikes Deal for Music - New York Times : "In a rare move, Microsoft said yesterday that it had agreed to pay a percentage of the sales of its new portable media player to the Universal Music Group.

Brands Produce Their Own Shows - New York Times : "Marketers have found a new way to try to keep viewers from tuning out: offer them TV shows, movies and online programming created by the marketers themselves, often with help from their advertising agencies."

from heise.de If you enter "Bundesliga" or "Werder Bremen" in YouTube, you find a number of hits for video clips with scenes from games apparently shot by football fans using their own cell phone cameras in the stadiums, generally in miserable quality. According to Deutsche Fußball Liga GmbH (DFL), the reason you do not find more material from Germany's premiere league is that the association is currently conducting a campaign to combat violations of copyright on the Internet. "The DFL cannot and will not simply stand by and watch its content being misused," the DFL's communications director Tom Bender told German daily Berliner Zeitung. In the past few weeks, the DFL has been keeping a close eye on copyright violations on the Internet. Bender told the paper, "We have discovered that the dimensions are shocking." Apparently, even live broadcasts of Bundesliga games are being offered, some even for a fee. "And downloads of game recaps...

YouTube, a popular video sharing site is all over the news. After youtube.com has been purchased by google.com setting up a record milestone of $1.65 billion in stock in the developing saga of Bubble 2.0, the real issues started emerging, with a line of rights-holders ready to sue forming in front of the doors of video sharing site. From the early jokes made on Comedy Central's Colbert report, the cue of potential suers includes Universal Music, Bayern Munich , FA Premier League , TimeWarner and even individuals . Most of these are still in phase of verbal threats being laid out in public and can be seen as a tactic to cash in the best deal - with expectations and claims ranging in tens of millions. Universal chief executive Doug Morris, is most recent quoted executive threating YouTube. "The poster child for (user-generated media) sites are MySpace and YouTube," said Morris, according to a transcript obtained by Reuters . "We believe these new businesses are ...

YouTube, a popular video sharing site is all over the news. After youtube.com has been purchased by google.com setting up a record milestone of $1.65 billion in stock in the developing saga of Bubble 2.0, the real issues started emerging, with a line of rights-holders ready to sue forming in front of the doors of video sharing site. From the early jokes made on Comedy Central's Colbert report, the cue of potential suers includes Universal Music, Bayern Munich , FA Premier League , TimeWarner and even individuals . Most of these are still in phase of verbal threats being laid out in public and can be seen as a tactic to cash in the best deal - with expectations and claims ranging in tens of millions. Universal chief executive Doug Morris, is most recent quoted executive threating YouTube. "The poster child for (user-generated media) sites are MySpace and YouTube," said Morris, according to a transcript obtained by Reuters . "We believe these new businesses are ...

Just kidding. Seems that the software is FINALLY written and ready to be distributed. Let's see Windows Vista and Office 2007...

Fancy the latest news from Iraq on your personal homepage? Reuters is advertising their content affiliation/syndication of video news branded as Reuters Video Player. This sounds like a smart move in building the market share or competing for eyeballs, an approach opposite to YouTube's. Hmm who will be faster... Is this another Bubble 2.o - eyeballs before profits?

Akamai and JupiterResearch Identify ‘4 Seconds’ as the New Threshold of Acceptability for Retail Web Page Response Times says the press release. The result is based on a study of 1058 online shoppers. If you are selling online make sure it shows up in less than 4! For a full report fill in the form. Another usefull bit from this release is the insights in "Net Usage Index for Retail" , which clearly shows where the internet shoppers are coming from.

52-Page Data Guide on Engines, Keywords, Sites and Studies. More info on AdAge.com "...About 80% of internet traffic begins at a search engine, according to Harris Interactive, and DoubleClick reports 41% of web users use search for simple navigation, typing a query to find a brand rather than typing a URL directly into their browser. And how the business has grown: the latest figures from Forrester indicate search marketing will be a $7 billion business this year. While it may not be as flashy as TV, search is one of the best ways to extend the life of a 30-second spot. Ignoring it is a stumble few marketers can afford, which is why Advertising Age has compiled its first comprehensive Fact Pack devoted to search marketing."

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From the top sellers in Electronics category on amazon.com. Canon digital cameras, Apple iPod and Sandisk dominate this broad selection followed by Garmin and Logitech and Sony followed by a long tail. Will be interesting to see how the category going to be shaped this Christmas, especially after Zune player is launched. The list is compiled by counting the top 100 items without discrimination between hardware or accessories. Checked on 2 Nov 2006.

From the top sellers in Computers & PC hardware on amazon.com . The list is compiled by counting the top 100 items without discrimination between hardware or accessories. Checked on 2 Nov 2006.

From the top 100 sellers in computer and video games on amazon.com shows a roughly equal share between the 4 platforms: PC, Playstations, Xbox-es and Nintendos. The list is compiled by counting the top 100 items without discrimination between consoles, games and/or accessories. Checked on 2 Nov 2006, 2 weeks before PS3 launch.

The Finnish manufacturer said in an interview with Reuters that it was selling "huge amounts" of MP3 phones and predicted it will sell around 80 million of the devices this year, up from 46.5 million in 2005. The figures will make interesting reading for Apple which sold 8.7 million of its iPods in Q3, lagging well behind the total figure for MP3 phones. Although Apple is still by far the most popular dedicated player choice, MP3 phones are, according to Nokia, catching up. Tommi Mustonen, director at Nokia's multimedia unit told Reuters that "the technology is completely ready, and the change in consumers' habits has started". Paul Jackson, principal analyst at Forrester Research thinks Mustonen's comments are "aggressive... but definitely not hot air". He explained: "Yes it is true that Nokia may well have more music players than Apple at some point but it's the classic single function versus multi-function device. Nokia may have mor...

Dove advertising is one of the rare examples of the 2.0 model working in the real life. The demystifying our idea of beauty and glamour while reaching out to your audiences (consumers) and creating the communities makes this an excellent example of the brand building campaign that connects to the potential customers. The inversion of the glamour formula is done extremely intelligent. Column by adage.com. Website dove.com and campaignforrealbeauty.com Dove is the brand of Unilever . No information of dove market share but her eis a quote from their annual report: "Vitality is now central to our HomeandPersonal Carebusiness. The Dove Campaign for Real Beauty, the OmoDirt is Good campaign and the Lifebuoy Handwashing campaigns in Asia are tangible programmes that bring Unilever’s vitality mission to life in our Home and Personal Carebrands. The new Dove Cool Moisturerange was launched in North America while the Dovefirming range was rolled out globally. We also extended the DoveCam...

heise online - Bundesliga shows YouTube the red card : "" (Via .)

Ok Sony and Playstation had their share of the weird advertising in the past- but this one goes straight to the top. This is their premier ad for American market where PS3 has just been launched. Is this some kind of subliminal thing? Selling by confusing. Btw the baby character could have been rendered better. But what do we know?

"You can pick any one as long as it is black" is the famous quote... Ford revolutionized automotive industry and created it

What do you use your computer for? Seriously. Email is the top applicaiton followed by web end then what. So, why do we need the complex operating systems eating In the next generation IS the good old fashion computer.

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A selection of the best of the best in commecials from Animation World Magazine. http://mag.awn.com/issue11.05/11.05images/A52-Honda-Fit-320.jpg A52’s Honda Fit Food Chain

Quantcast - Open Internet Ratings Service : "Quantcast, which has been available to publishers and advertisers for less than a month at www.quantcast.com, enables publishers to embed measurement tags on every page of their sites through a quantified publisher program that can be accessed online."

Caboodle.hu - Hungary's bid for football cup would cost over Ft 250 billion : "" (Via .)

Webcasting is next frontier for sports | The Register : "" (Via .)

Asian markets will surpass US and Europe - EA exec - News /// MobileIndustry.biz : "" (Via .)

Digital Media Europe: News - Incumbents rule EU telecom market : " "

"We understand now that piracy is a business model " at Mipcom , Disney co-chair Anne Sweeney has broken with studio convention and recognised piracy as a business model to compete with, as opposed to simply an illegal threat to be battled. Sweeney's pragmatic conversion came after seing - within 15 minutes of the ABC network premiere of Despearate Housewives - a high-quality, ad-free version that had appeared on P2P networks. “We understand now that piracy is a business model. Reported on paidcontent.org and netribution.co.uk More on Sweeney's view from the recent interview on Jack Meyer's Media village : "One challenge is we need to sort out business models as we go. It's up to each company to sit back and take a deep breath and decide to take a risk. You have a creative vision and there's a fine line between success and failure." Anne believes the cable industry has matured in distribution and "is now ready for its second act. The fi...

“You have spent a lot of time worrying about piracy, but the biggest threat you face is the falling cost of producing and distributing digital content.” by By HAL R. VARIAN - published in NYT

EContentMag.com: Universal Music Sues Two Web Video Sites : "" (Via .)

Telecoms.com %u2013 News, Events and research for the telecoms industry : "" (Via .)

NETRIBUTION - Disney Co-Chair recognises 'piracy is a business model' : "Finally someone realizes that the only way to compete with free is to offer something worth paying for. The way the market works right now is totally flawed. Nobody wants to download a 640x480 version of a show from iTunes when a high res HD ac3-5.1 version is available through the torrent networks for free, with no DRM. " (Via .)

Seth Godin is the author of six bestsellers, including Permission Marketing, an Amazon Top 100 bestseller for a year and a Fortune Best Business Book. His newest book, All Marketers are Liars , has already made the Amazon Top 100 and has inspired its own blog. Seth is also a renowned speaker, and was recently chosen as one of "21 Speakers for the Next Century" by Successful Meetings Magazine and is consistently rated among the best speakers by the audiences he addresses. Seth was founder and CEO of Yoyodyne, an interactive direct marketing company, which Yahoo! acquired in late 1998. He holds an MBA from Stanford, is a contributing editor to Fast Company magazine, and was called "the Ultimate Entrepreneur for the Information Age" by Business Week. This video is part of the Authors@Google series.

Economist.com | Articles by Subject | Internet video : " comfortable environment, at considerable expense, so that people will buy overpriced coffee. Th" (Via .)

Convergence of media technologies and the resulting impact on the business models of how what we know today as "Media" and "content" is produced, marketed, distributed and consumed. The raising internet ' mind share ' in developed world countries with high internet penetration is showing how the 'old media' namely TV and Print is loosing ground to the 'new', Internet based media and new channels like gaming. This process is going to take a while and the generations of new citizens are already raised with entirely new habits and expectations, fully imersed in the digital culture of the future...

Tech companies oppose WIPO treaty on TV rights | The Register : "" (Via .)

Airside: Sony Bravia idents : "" (Via .)

New Service From Amazon Offers Downloadable Films - New York Times : "" (Via .)

Next Generation - PS3 Delayed in Europe : "The revision of the launch date in the SCEE territories is caused by the delay in the mass production schedule of the blue laser diode within the Sony Group, thus affecting the timely procurement of key components to be utilised in PlayStation 3." (Via .)

Advertising Age - MySpace Moves Into E-commerce : "" (Via .)

New York Times Digital Case Study | Managing the Digital Enterprise : "New York Times Digital is the digital business unit of The New York Times Company and includes market leaders NYTimes.com and Boston.com, and an archive distribution business. NYTD's mission is to provide a high-quality, worldwide online audience with trusted editorial content from The New York Times and The Boston Globe. " (Via .)

Advertising Age - YouTube Success Rockets Band to Fame : "" (Via .)

Telecoms.com %u2013 News, Events and research for the telecoms industry : "" (Via .)

Telecoms.com %u2013 News, Events and research for the telecoms industry : "" (Via .)

Telecoms.com %u2013 News, Events and research for the telecoms industry : "" (Via .)

Telecoms.com %u2013 News, Events and research for the telecoms industry : "" (Via .)

The Plot Is the Pitch - New York Times : "" (Via .)

Street Stunts On The Digital Highway : "" (Via .)

Executive: Google Growth Driven by Users : "" (Via .)

Google to TV execs: Have no fear, you'll survive : "" (Via .)

ksl.com - Utah's Online Source for Local News & Information BYU Launches Live Internet Broadcasts : "" (Via .)

Madden Video Game Posts Record Sales : "" (Via .)

PDAStreet: News: Live College Football Games In Play At Mobile ESPN : "" (Via .)

Internet video traffic is doubling every 3 to 4 months : "" (Via .)

FOXNews.com - CBS Unit Launches Web Sports Channels - Technology News | News On Technology : "" (Via .)

BBC - iMP - About : "" (Via .)

What is the iPlayer? | ukfree.tv - get free UK television : "" (Via .)

Google Distribution Deals Don't Matter Much to Marketers : "Google Distribution Deals Don't Matter Much to Marketers " (Via .)

Global VoIP Market Takes Hold : "" (Via .)

FT.com / Companies / Media & internet - Apple's sound strategy can keep the iPod at number one : "" (Via .)

MediaGuardian.co.uk | Media | Moyes to sue Rooney : "" (Via .)

MySpace to enable members to sell music (MySpace + Music + Snocap + Chris DeWolfe) : "" (Via .)

YouTube Stats Revealed (YouTube + Stats + Lee Gomes + Wall Street Journal) : "" (Via .)

UK Round-Up: London Olympics New Media; BBC iPlayer; Five; Newspaper Society | paidContent.org : "" (Via .)

In-Game Ads: Working With Developers : "" (Via .)

MediaGuardian.co.uk | Advertising | Gaming giant strikes online advertising deal : "" (Via .)

MarketResearch.com - HDTV Service Expands: Over 15 Million Households Now Watch High-Def TV(1327001) - 800-298-5699 : "" (Via .)

FT.com / World / UK - Digital sales boost classical music : "" (Via .)

Next Generation - Xbox Live Downloads Surpass 50 mln : "" (Via .)

FT.com / Companies / Media & internet - Interest in mobile music downloads wanes : "" (Via .)

[itvt] Bloggit: CNN Launches Site Devoted to User-Generated Content : "" (Via .)

Next Generation - Madden 07 Sacks Retail Records : "" (Via .)

CBS Unit Launches Web Sports Channels - New York Times : "" (Via .)

Meanwhile: Air safety is a state of mind : "Air travel, a fundamentally hazardous endeavor, is the safest, most reliable mass transport ever devised."

In-Game Ads: Working With Developers : "Integrating with a game? It's about more than buying media. You'll need to work with developers, too."

Next Generation - EA Strikes Multiple In-Game Ad Deals : "" (Via .)

Lunch over IP: Oldthink vs Newthink : "" (Via .)

Google to Offer Services for Businesses - New York Times : "" (Via .)

FT.com / Technology - Grand alliances shaping Web 2.0 : "" (Via .)

FT.com / World / UK - TV archives predicted to boost broadcasters' revenues : "" (Via .)

FT.com / Companies / Media & internet - Universal backs free music rival to iTunes : "" (Via .)

MediaGuardian.co.uk | Advertising | Google and eBay form alliance to tailor ads to every customer : "" (Via .)

WSJ Discovers MTV Online | paidContent.org : "" (Via .)

MediaGuardian.co.uk | New media | CD piracy equivalent to 10% of sales, says survey : "Phonographic" (Via .)

MediaGuardian.co.uk | New media | CD piracy equivalent to 10% of sales, says survey : "" (Via .)

In-Game Ads: Working With Developers : "Advertisements can add authenticity to the worlds developed in games. Without billboards or branded products integrated into the game, such as a cell phone or bottle of soda, game designers must spend resources to create fictitious products and brand messages. " (Via .)

Online Video Television Gets Cool And Personal: Neave.tv - Robin Good's Latest News : "" (Via .) Technorati Tags: Sponsorship

Is football still above the law? - Sport - Times Online : "and" (Via .)

Seven Predictions for the Future of Gaming : "Interrupted halfway through his keynote by a false fire alarm, EA's David Gardner described such issues as attracting more female gamers and facilitating more user-created content as a couple of prime objectives in the years ahead." (Via .)

Advertising Age : "LOS ANGELES (AdAge.com) -- If you want to communicate with California, you may need to try a language other than English or even Spanish. A full 42% of The Census Bureau's latest American Community Survey data shows broadening immigration and new language trends across the U.S. Related Resources: AUDIO: American Demographics editor discusses latest findings. Chart: Brief Summary of New Census Findings Full Spread Sheet of New Census Findings in Six Categories Californians speak a language other than English at home, with two-thirds of that group (28%) speaking Spanish and the rest speaking some other tongue. Not coincidentally, 27% of Californians are foreign-born, the highest in the nation. Flip side On the flip side, West Virginia has the lowest percentage of foreign-born residents (1%) and highest share of English speakers (99%). Some 95% of West Virginia residents are white and non-Hispanic (vs. 43% in California). But West Virginia has the lowest shar...

Seth Godin's Web 2.0 Traffic Watch List on Alexaholic.com : "Seth Godin's Web 2.0 Traffic Watch List There are literally thousands of 'web 2.0' companies, and until now, there's been no easy way to compare which ones are getting traffic. The list of 937 sites below was inspired by the list started by Bob Stumpel and then added to by many others. For our purposes, my definition is that most of these companies are, as the wikipedia says, sites that 'let people collaborate and share information online in a new way.' So, Google doesn't make the cut, because most of their traffic comes to their search engine. eBay is an 'old' company, but the many-to-many nature of the site means that they do. If you have a site you'd like to add, please visit Chris Mayaud's All Things Web 2.0 site and leave your ideas there. We'll do at least one update to this traffic rank list, in October. Many thanks to Ron Hornbaker at PropSmart for creating Ale...

Telecoms.com %u2013 News, Events and research for the telecoms industry : "The European Commission fired a broadside at German incumbent Deutsche Telekom Monday, endorsing a regulatory measure that will give new market entrants access to the carrier's new broadband network. This measure, proposed by German telecom regulator Bundesnetzagentur (BNetzA) in accordance with EU regulations, is meant to remedy Deutsche Telekom's position of dominance in the German broadband market. The proposal requires bitstream access for competitors regardless of the technology used - be it ADSL2, ADSL2+, SDSL or the forthcoming VDSL network. " (Via .)

Advertising Age - Anheuser-Busch Moves Into Content Creation Business : "" (Via .)

Watching TV sports on the cheap - Technology - International Herald Tribune Watching TV sports on the cheap PARIS With the much-heralded Al Jazeera English news channel bogged down in delays, the Qatar-based broadcaster's most unlikely draw for global viewers is a fast-growing satellite sports channel that offers Formula One auto races and British soccer matches, among other fare. The commentary is strictly Arabic, but the cut-rate service, and other foreign satellite channels, are gaining a broad following in British pubs, where customers are getting accustomed to toasting their favorite soccer teams while watching the occasional ad for a Greek supermarket or Czech car dealer. Britain's powerful Premier League is not cheering. In fact, the league has been pressing copyright violation lawsuits against dozens of English pub owners, with mixed results. The Premier League argues that the only legal way to watch its matches in a local commercial setting is through British Sky Broad...

Google wants $74 billion TV ad market (finally) (Google + Eric Schmidt + TV + AV) : "Google CEO Eric Schmidt believes television viewers should not have to stand for tv commercials that are %u201Ca waste of your time.%u201D Schmidt is frustrated that %u201CWhen you watch the television you see ads that are clearly not targeted for you.%u201D What does he plan to do about it? Google is preparing to deliver %u201Ctargeted measurable television ads%u201D and Schmidt says Google has %u201Ca good shot at it.%u201D %u201Cwe are in the search business, so we need all of the information. We want to partner with people to get information so our search end users can see it. We're also in the advertising business, and we'd like to provide advertising services to people who have their own proprietary content. So depending on where we are in that spectrum, we either do an advertising deal or a content deal or a hybrid deal. But ultimately our goal at Google is to have the strongest adv...

: "The biggest business news from the Second Life Community Convention here in San Francisco this weekend comes in the form of two reputed brands entering the 3D online world as immersive, interactive objects. First out the gate was an announcement from UK branding agency Rivers Run Red that they%u2019d be creating a permanent presence for Adidas, with more than a couple dozen shoe models for your avatar to wear. (More details here. ) Not to be outdone, new metaverse developer Millions of Us (a sponsor of my SL blog, so take with a rock of sodium) announced they had an agreement with Toyota to offer an official, virtual edition of the Scion xB to Second Life residents." (Via .) http://games.gigaom.com/2006/08/20/adidas-toyota-come-to-second-life/

The Long Tail: What do people really want in music? : "" (Via .)

FT.com / World / UK - Biggest Olympic contract due to be decided : "Olympic planners will this week make their choice of the consortium which will become the first winner of the 2012 games by scooping the single biggest contract, worth 'hundreds of millions' of pounds.The Olympic Delivery Authority, responsible for the construction of Olympic projects, will tell Tessa Jowell, culture secretary, the consortium it wants as 'delivery partner' to manage the construction programme for the London games" (Via .)

Windows Live Contacts Beta Launched : "Today George Moore, GM of Windows Live, announced the Windows Live Contacts Gadget beta at the Microsoft TechEd 2006 conference, in Auckland New Zealand (I'm here at the conference courtesy of Microsoft NZ). Live Contacts provides programmatic access to a user's contact list, providing secure access to 400+ M active users with 12B contact records. The user is in full control over their personal data, George said. Here's the official word: 'Learn how, with nothing more than a little JavaScript, you can allow customers to use their Windows Live Contacts (Hotmail/Windows Live Mail and Messenger contacts) directly from your Web site.' For more, check out the developer info and two working samples." (Via .)

business2blog: B2Day : Scoop: More Details On Amazon's Unbox Video Service We have some more details about Amazon's expected upcoming video service, dubbed Unbox. Kevin Kelleher, a frequent contributor to Business 2.0 was able to actually download the Unbox software when it was up briefly on the Web. Although he wasn't able to try it out because Amazon's server was not responding, he was able to copy the software's terms of service, which he e-mailed to me. I've posted the terms in full after the break. But here are the key takeaways: —The Unbox Video Service will allow consumers to both rent or buy digital videos (movies, TV shows, sports events, etc.), which will be transferred to their computers. In the case of buying, they will be able to keep the videos. In the case of renting, the videos will expire. —You must download the videos within 24 hours of purchasing them. —It appears that the Unbox Video Service will be based on Microsoft's Windows Medi...

Fast Company Now : "Geo-Coupons Land On Google Maps It's only been a few months since Fast Company last charted the course of online mapping, though ongoing developments in mapping technology and added features are beginning to make 2006 look like the Year of The Map. Last week, Google opened the doors for businesses to begin adding coupons inside the company's map service. In partnership with Valpak Direct Marketing Systems (those friendly mailers of 528 million packets of coupons a year) Google's software allows companies to embed links within the maps and serve up printable coupons (for, say, businesses without an online presence)." (Via .)

Audio Interview: MTV%u2019s New User-Gen TV Service Flux | paidContent.org : "Audio Interview: MTV's New User-Gen TV Service Flux [by Rafat] Ed%u2019s Note: Peggy is our European contributing writer, covering mobile search & discovery, and conducting interviews for MocoNews.net. Below is her latest, also relevant to paidContent.org readers. [by Peggy Anne Salz] Hot on the heels of its August 1 launch, I caught up with Matthew Kershaw, head of digital for MTV UK & Ireland, to talk about Flux, a new TV channel that allows members to upload their own content on to TV and ultimately control their own TV channel. This is a UK-only launch, with similar channels operating in couple of other countries in Europe. So far, Kershaw reports %u201Chealthy numbers%u201D and only a few glitches. To encourage self-expression MTV %u2014 together with DA Group %u2014 has created 3D avatars for Flux, giving members Manga-like digital identities on any screen. A...

MediaGuardian.co.uk | Media | The soft soaps in the press box : "Sports journalism often receives a bad press. It has been characterised as the quintessential 'toy department' of journalism, a bastion of sloppy and lazy practice that is divorced from the rigorous constraints applied to other areas of the trade. Often this critique has been well merited. Yet what constitutes sports journalism or, more accurately, journalism about sports, is changing. In the past decade there has been a substantial expansion across print, broadcasting and online media." (Via .)

Social Shopping with ThisNext Crowd : "Now in beta, shopping site ThisNext plans to go a step beyond price and spec comparisons by having its users review products and create 'shopcasts,' lists of recommended products they share with the community. Some users will emerge as influencers and play a role in the site's marketing relationships. 'The genesis behind ThisNext is to enable product discovery,' said ThisNext CEO and Co-Founder Gordon Gould. 'Traditional search engines are terrific if you know what you're looking for, but you can't ask Google what product to buy.' Users posting reviews will be able to create shopcasts in the same way they create a playlist on iTunes or other music site. Users will gain reputation as they review more products, and as their product profiles are viewed and acted upon. These users with good reputations will be seen as influencers, and ThisNext expects to be able to provide the group with a sampling program wher...

MasterCard Hopes to Engage With Mini-Drama : "MasterCard's new short film, produced by Turner Network Television (TNT), aims to engage consumers with the company's brand both online and off. 'Late: A MasterCard Mini-Drama' will premiere Saturday night, when it will also be made available on TNT.tv, TNT on AOL, and MasterCard's Priceless.com community site. After the premiere presentation, Late will air again on TNT the following four weekends, during the TNT Drama Lounge featured film. Beginning in October, it will also be available to viewers as a standalone offering on TNT on Demand, and embedded in two featured TNT films. 'This is part of our strategy around emerging media, and we continue to look for ways to deliver unique and compelling content through our new media extensions,' Michael Lao, VP of global media for MasterCard Worldwide, told ClickZ. 'Much like many of our other programs, our primary objective is to engage and interest consumers,...

EA Invents New Holiday for Madden Release : "Each year Electronic Arts takes 'truths' gleaned from fans of its Madden franchise to fuel the launch campaign for its new release. This year, the publisher has declared August 22, the release date for Madden NFL 07, a new holiday. 'We picked up on a consumer truth that people really do treat the Madden launch day as a holiday,' said Dana Glazer, senior manager of advertising at Electronic Arts. People call in sick, create fake jury summons and some break up with their girlfriends to free their schedule on launch day, Glazer said. It might not be recognized by the government or employers yet, but for the gaming community, EA's agencies Weiden & Kennedy and Freestyle Interactive worked jointly to create Maddenoliday, which includes a TV, radio and online campaign. All ads lead to a Maddenoliday microsite, which is separate from the Web site for the game itself. Emphasis will shift from the microsite to the offici...

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The Underground World of Private P2P Networks : "While the pros and cons of P2P networks on the Web are still being debated, there are a number of private invite-only P2P networks (aka darknets) out there which enable users to get quality-approved media and software. They are decentralized, secret and almost certainly not very legal in their media-sharing activities. Many of them use the Bittorrent service. A reader who goes by the name The Rub of Clubs let me in on a few of the secrets... " (Via .)

No Big Demand for Small Screen - Los Angeles Times : "The survey, which asked a wide range of questions about entertainment consumption, highlighted the pervasive influence of television particularly on tween girls, a majority of whom reported that TV shows affected their dress, speech, music preferences or social activities. In addition, it found that a surprisingly high number of teenagers and young adults gleaned news from traditional media sources such as local television and network newscasts %u2014 for many through a sort of information osmosis as they absorbed news from programs their parents were watching. Perhaps most intriguing, however, was the indication of a widespread indifference toward small-screen viewing among teenagers and young adults. While many in the industry expect the demand for such content to rise dramatically in the coming years, the poll offered clues to a consumer reluctance that first must be overcome."

WSJ.com - Pop Mix: MTV's Awards Show Goes Multimedia : "MTV's Video Music Awards show has never shied from pushing the envelope in edgy programming, such as the moment when Madonna and Britney Spears kissed in the center of the stage. This year, the VMA is breaking new ground in a different way. Anxious to connect with as many young people as possible, MTV is going further than ever before in offering multiple versions of the event on several different venues. Not only will the Aug. 31 awards show be broadcast on MTV, as in the past, but for the first time MTV2, a sibling cable channel, will air its own version -- complete with live performances of hit songs. At the same time, visitors to MTV's broadband Web site MTV Overdrive will be able to watch a backstage view of the show. Separately, mtvU, a cable channel available only on college campuses, will air a college-themed VMA program. MTV will even send updates of the show to cellphone users who have signed up for wire...