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Entertainment sector growth in September 2008

Name Aug-08 Sep-08 Growth Online Games 30,267 50,814 68 Events 3,132 5,094 63 Books 1,179 1,902 61 Music 107,461 161,369 50 Broadcast Media 180,171 269,798 50 Source: Nielsen by NB

Tags: Growth, Entertainment, Advertising & Promotion, Marketing, NB

Blog posts 2008-11-30

Go Toury (cab)

In Go Toury you can create your own attractive Toury avatar, change clothes & accessories in Your Room, view the other user's Toury avatar, talk in different public Chatrooms depending on your interests, express what you feel using Toury Emoticons, enjoy exotic views of Chatroom locations, explore new locations and...

Tags: Avatar, Entertainment, Advertising & Promotion, Marketing

Software downloads 2008-11-07

Auditude could transform entertainment - but it won't

Auditude could transform entertainment - but it won'tA huge vote for theftThis is like Bonnie and Clyde renting out advertising space on the door panels of their getaway car.Uh, no.It's about subverting infringement into a business model that pays the content producers.

Tags: Advertising & Promotion, Auditude, entertainment

Discussion threads 2008-11-03

Auditude could transform entertainment - but it won't

Auditude's deal with MTV and MySpace PR is a huge vote of confidence in a business model that transforms today's copyright morass into a win-win-win for all involved. Auditude looks at this huge world of illegal filesharing and sees an untapped resource, just like grid computing sees...

Tags: Distribution, Entertainment, Auditude, Advertising & Promotion, Sales Strategy, Public Relations, Strategy, Marketing, Sales, Corporate Communications, Management, Richard Koman

Blog posts 2008-11-03

Who's buying the iPhone and why

A market report on iPhone purchase demographics points to rapid growth by lower-income consumers and that customers are convergence minded and buying a single device for both communication and digital entertainment. It also shows something new about the place of Apple in the market, especially during tough economic times. by...

Tags: Apple iPhone, VOIP, Advertising & Promotion, Telecommunications, Networking, Marketing, David Morgenstern, Mobile, ComScore Networks Inc., Entertainment

Blog posts 2008-10-30

Dolly doesn't want to share white space

Dolly Parton joins the chorus of entertainment type fighting against white spaces, even though research shows Internet devices would not interfere with wireless mics. Does the entertainment business's opposition have to do with something other than tech concerns? Perhaps there's a reason TV and music don't want there to be...

Tags: Entertainment, Dolly Parton, Advertising & Promotion, Marketing, Richard Koman, FCC, Space, Commission, Federal Government, Sales Force Management, Wi-Fi, Wireless, Government, Sales

Blog posts 2008-10-28

Sony AW series: The best laptop display?

With expansive 16:9 displays and Blu-ray drives, the new crop of desktop replacements with 18.4-inch displays are geared toward mobile entertainment. Though its design is nothing special, the Sony VAIO AW series stands out from this group, according to reviews at PCMag.com and LaptopMag.com, thanks to its high-quality, LED-backlit 1,920-by-1,080...

Tags: Sony Corp., Sony Vaio, Desktop Replacement, Laptop Computer, Entertainment, Display, Desktops, Advertising & Promotion, Hardware, Marketing, John Morris

Blog posts 2008-10-06

MediaMan (msi)

MediaMan is the ideal software to manage your media collection. It is not only a tool to keep a digital catalog of all your books, videos, music, and games, but also an interactive jukebox that can enrich your digital entertainment life. Version 3 includes unspecified updates.

Tags: Entertainment, MediaMan, Advertising & Promotion, Marketing

Software downloads 2008-09-24

Americans Hate Flying - Consultants Must Really Loathe It

Can't We Have a More Civilized Flying World? c Several media outlets picked up on a study released by the Travel Industry Association last week that indicated that 41 million Americans are forgoing air travel due to the hassles involved in doing so today....

Tags: Security, Southwest Airlines Co., Beverage, Entertainment, Carrier, Food & Beverage, Advertising & Promotion, Manufacturing, Marketing, Brian Sommer

Blog posts 2008-09-23

Let's meet at Oracle OpenWorld!

I'm in San Francisco attending Oracle OpenWorld, the company's annual user conference. I'd love to meet readers of this blog to discuss your experiences with IT projects. Shoot me an email or get in touch with Twitter. With 43,000 attendees, this event is a big deal indeed....

Tags: Tent, Oracle Open World, Entertainment, Advertising & Promotion, Marketing, Michael Krigsman

Blog posts 2008-09-22

0.5% of Americans’ entertainment budgets designated for online video buys

Just 0.5% of Americans’ movie budget is spent downloading or streaming movies and TV shows from the Web, NPD reports. 41% of dollars budgeted for movies and video was spent on DVD movie purchases, 11% for purchases of TV programs on DVD, and 29% on DVD rentals, 18% was spent...

Tags: Movie, Online Video, Video, Entertainment, Corporate Communications, DVD, Consumer Electronics, Marketing, Personal Technology, Home Entertainment, AM

Blog posts 2008-09-16

Move over Generations X and Y - Grandma's on MySpace

Don't be surprised if Grandma sends you a Facebook gift for Christmas this year instead of a package of socks. The NPD Group, a market research firm, reported yesterday that its "Entertainment Trends in America" report shows that in the U.S., 41 percent of baby boomer...

Tags: NPD Group Inc., Baby Boomer, Entertainment, MySpace, Social Networking, Advertising & Promotion, Online Communications, Marketing, Jennifer Leggio

Blog posts 2008-09-10

20% of US households watch online TV

Online TV viewing has been gaining in popularity. 20% of American households who use the internet watch television broadcasts online, double the viewership from 2006, The Conference Board reports. The top two destinations for online broadcasts are the official TV channel homepage and YouTube.com. Being able to watch broadcasts on...

Tags: Broadcast, Entertainment, TVs, Tv & Home Theater, Advertising & Promotion, Internet, Personal Technology, Home Entertainment, Marketing, AM

Blog posts 2008-09-04

Family entertainment act

Family entertainment actGnR"...from aperformance of such work in a motion picture exhibition facility,shall–..."My understanding was that the works in question were not aquired from a "peroformance"Am I wrong?I Didn't say that he wasn't guiltyHey Rich,While I'm glad one of my comments is sufficient to become a blog entry itself, apparently...

Tags: Sales strategy, marketing, sales, Family Entertainment, lawsuit, entertainment

Discussion threads 2008-09-04

Family entertainment act

There was an assertionin the comments on the story Guns 'n' Roses that the prosecution would have to prove some economic damages. How do they plan on proving financial impact in court? Piracy rates are calculated by comparing ESTIMATED demand for a product...

Tags: Entertainment, Title, Piracy Rate, Sales Strategy, Performance Management, Advertising & Promotion, Sales, Human Resources, Workforce Management, Marketing, Richard Koman

Blog posts 2008-09-04

What Web sites people visit on mobile phones

Brazil Russia India China US Europe 1 Email (57%) Entertainment (34%) Games (38%) Entertainment (55%) Email (65%) Email (46%) 2 Music (27%) Search (29%) Email (33%) Games (36%) Weather (41%) Search (25%) 3 Entertainment (25%) Email (24%) Entertainment (21%) Music (31%) Search (29%) News/Politics...

Tags: Web, Phone, Mobile, Cell Phone, Web Site, Entertainment, Music, E-mail, Games, Advertising & Promotion, Online Communications, Personal Technology, Marketing, NB

Blog posts 2008-08-23

What Web sites people visit on mobile phones

Brazil Russia India China US Europe 1 Email (57%) Entertainment (34%) Games (38%) Entertainment (55%) Email (65%) Email (46%) 2 Music (27%) Search (29%) Email (33%) Games (36%) Weather (41%) Search (25%) 3 Entertainment (25%) Email (24%) Entertainment (21%) Music (31%) Search (29%) News/Politics...

Tags: Web, Phone, Mobile, Cell Phone, Web Site, Entertainment, Music, E-mail, Games, Advertising & Promotion, Online Communications, Personal Technology, Marketing, NB

Blog posts 2008-08-23

Live from IDF: Entertainment, WiMax and a sense of security.

When you're talking tech, it never hurts to have a convertible BMW on stage with you. The afternoon keynote speeches at the Intel Developer Forum covered a lot of ground and some eye candy to keep us focused on what a couple of hours of geek speak can morph into,...

Tags: Security, Laptop Computer, Entertainment, Computer, Intel Corp., WiMAX, Advertising & Promotion, Productivity, Wireless, Wi-Fi, Notebooks, Marketing, Hardware, Notebooks & Tablets, Sam Diaz

Blog posts 2008-08-19

Halo (zip)

You are the last of your kind. Bred for combat, built for war. You will fight on foot, in vehicles, in the air and beneath the surface of a mysterious alien ring orbiting in the depths of space. Recognized as one of the greatest achievements in video game entertainment, the...

Tags: Entertainment, MacSoft, Macintosh Version, Advertising & Promotion, Keyboards, Games, Mice, Marketing, Hardware, Peripherals, Personal Technology

Software downloads 2008-08-14

Social browser Flock wants to be fashionable

It's actually a pretty clever strategy by Flock: Build customized versions of the company's social browser, populated with vertically-targeted content from an array of partners -- and in return expose Flock to those sites' communities. by Steve O'Hear

Tags: Web Browser, Entertainment, Flock, RSS, Web Browsers, Advertising & Promotion, Internet, Marketing, Steve O\'Hear

Blog posts 2008-07-23