ORF.at Is Austria’s Leading Online Information Medium
According to the Austrian Web Analysis (ÖWA) for June 2008, the broadcaster’s ORF.at website achieved an all-time high of 207 million page impressions for editorial content.
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Corel Opens Interactive Café
Online platform connects Corel Painter Essentials artists around the world
Online Video Complements Traditional Television Viewing
The internet is more important than television for young people.
Searching Is a Thing of the Past
The "International Online Library for Manuals and Operating Instructions" makes another 5,000 files available for free download.
Sevenload Doubles Its Reach
AGOF "internet facts 2008-I" confirms sevenload as the reach-growth winner with an 82% increase / Omniture measures reach of more than 8 million unique users.
sevenload Launches “Living Together in Europe” Initiative
Initiative strengthens intercultural exchange between Turkey and Germany / sevenload launches video channel for German-Turkish friendship.
The NewsMarket and Akamai Accelerate Olympics Coverage
Media companies worldwide benefit from accelerated dynamic content and applications through Akamai's Web Application Accelerator service.
German Multimedia Award Nominees Announced
Jury praises the high standard of entries in twelve competition categories; awards ceremony takes place in Berlin on 18 June.
EMI Offers a New Solution for Soundtracking Private Videos
Working with GEMA, the music publisher enables legal soundtracking.
Google Launches Online Medical Records
"Service Allows Users to Find Information in a Targeted Way".
Fraunhofer SIT: Photopatrol Goes Online
Copyright Research Instead of Image Theft on the Internet.
Frogster: Online Only
After losses in 2007, the game publisher is cutting jobs substantially and will distribute its games online only in future.
re:publica’08 Talks Online
The Organisers of the Bloggers' Conference Have Put All the Event's Talks Online in Cooperation with the Hobnox Portal
USA: Google Overtakes Yahoo as Most Popular Website
Results demonstrate the search-engine operator’s market dominance.
Legend Online Now at Gameforge
Gameforge takes over exclusive worldwide distribution of the successful fantasy browser game.
iStockphoto Calls for Submissions to New Audio Offering
In the future, every media type from the leading online image portal will be available—uniquely in the industry—through a single account.
Record Deals Were Yesterday; Today Music Is Uploaded
Music-download portal and community DJTUNES.COM opens a new distribution channel for artists and labels. At www.djtunes.com, users can upload and sell their own tracks directly.
Adobe Flash Player 10 Beta Available in Adobe Labs
Numerous new features enable developers and web designers to create richer, more impressive internet applications.
Public Beta Version of Adobe Photoshop Express Now Supports Flickr
New “Save As” function and embedded player added in response to community feedback.
Mobile-Content Provider LemonQuest Establishes US Subsidiary
LemonQuest is expanding its international presence. The provider of content for mobile devices has established its US subsidiary LemonQuest Inc., bringing its presence to 90 countries with 120 employees.
TOMORROW FOCUS Technologies Expands Portfolio with a New Video Solution
With the relaunch of the video platform on FOCUS Online, TOMORROW FOCUS Technologies has brought its new integrated video solution online for the first time.
TÜV SÜD Awards audible.de the “s@fer-shopping” Quality Seal
Audiobook-download provider audible.de has received TÜV SÜD’s “s@fer-shopping” certification, which is awarded to online services meeting high technical and organizational reliability, quality, and safety standards.
ZDFmediathek Nominated for the Grimme Online Award
ZDFmediathek has been nominated for the Grimme Online Award in the newly created Special category.
Internet Above the Clouds Takes Off Again in 2009
Panasonic plans to provide high-speed web access on aircraft beginning in early 2009.
Adobe Announces New Version of Acrobat Connect Pro
Adobe Systems has announced a new version of its web-conferencing and e-learning solution Adobe Acrobat Connect Pro, adding features for online communication, collaboration, rapid e-learning, virtual classrooms and meetings.
Adobe Launches the Open Screen Project with Industry Partners
Adobe Systems has announced the Open Screen Project, backed by a wide range of industry companies including ARM, Cisco, Intel, LG, Motorola, Nokia, Qualcomm, Samsung, Sony Ericsson, Toshiba and Verizon Wireless.
Universal EWMS Set-Top Box Presented to the Public for the First Time
At Medientreffpunkt Mitteldeutschland, Hit-TV.eu is presenting the prototype of the universal EWMS HT 100 / EWMS HT 50 set-top box to the public for the first time.
TOMORROW FOCUS Technologies and Omniture Announce Strategic Partnership
By partnering with Omniture, online-business optimization software provider, TOMORROW FOCUS Technologies expands its portfolio with web-analysis and statistics services.
Changes to the made for mobile AWARD 2008
For the first time, awards will recognize not only “made for mobile” short films, but also the best mobile websites and campaigns.
GVU Calls for More Initiative Against Pirated Copies on the Internet
"It must not be acceptable for some IT companies to derive substantial portions of their economic success from mass copyright infringements by their customers." With a view to tomorrow's Intellectual Property Day, Christian Sommer, chairman of the Society for the Prosecution of Copyright Infringements, appeals to politicians' and Internet service providers' (ISPs) sense of responsibility.
Sonic Acquires Simple Star
The provider of digital-media software and online services expands Roxio's consumer product line with a web community for multimedia applications and sharing services.
Big Brother Moves into the sMeet 3D World
Germany’s most famous TV shared apartment is moving into sMeet’s 3D worlds. Starting today, two additional rooms will provide even more variety. In classic Big Brother style, one room will represent the poor area and the other the rich area.
Racist Warner Cartoons Surface on YouTube
Eleven racist cartoons by Warner Brothers have surfaced on the video platform YouTube; they have not been officially shown in public since 1968.
eBay Considers Separating from Skype
Online auction company eBay is considering a sale of internet-telephony provider Skype.
Microsoft’s Ultimatum to Yahoo! Expires
In the multibillion-dollar takeover battle for Internet corporation Yahoo!, software giant Microsoft's ultimatum for an amicable agreement expired yesterday evening. Microsoft is threatening a hostile takeover if no purchase agreement is reached with Yahoo!'s management. However, the software corporation recently also did not rule out withdrawing its offer altogether. What happens after the deadline is therefore unclear.
Pixelpark Reports 2007 Financial Results
Berlin-based Pixelpark AG has reported financial results for 2007, with group revenue rising by €13.5 million, or 39.7 percent, to €47.4 million from €33.9 million in 2006.
Golden WebSpatz for ZDF tivi Online Pages
At the German children’s-media festival “Golden Sparrow” in Gera and Erfurt, the ZDF tivi online pages at http://www.tivi.de received the Golden WebSpatz award.
New Marketplace for Royalty-Free Stock-Footage Clips
Clipdealer.de has launched a new online marketplace intended to connect producers of clips up to 60 seconds long with buyers.
Evisco: Video Streams from the BMW Open
The Munich agency has developed a new, convenient media pool for the BMW Open 2008 tennis tournament.
“Gustloff” in Canada
ZDFonline production "Die Gustloff in 3-D" nominated for the Banff TV Festival in the "Interactive Programme Support" category
Goodbye GoLive
Adobe is discontinuing sales of GoLive while support continues and its developers work on new projects.
16:9 Europe Opens HDV Online Shop
The Band Pro Munich subsidiary intends to address the growing HDV market online.
Multimedia Service Providers Continue to Grow and Hire
Revenues at German Internet and multimedia service providers rose by an average of 19 percent in 2007. This is the most important finding of the survey for the New Media Service Ranking 2008, presented by the Bundesverband Digitale Wirtschaft (BVDW) e.V., Hightext iBusiness and the trade magazines Horizont and Werben & Verkaufen.
Corporations Jump on the Web 2.0 Bandwagon
Large companies are increasingly discovering the worlds of Web 2.0 and trying to use the possibilities of social networks for their own purposes. Managers at leading corporations are particularly interested in social networking software, as US market research company Forrester Research shows.
“Generation Google” Suffers from a Lack of Information
Young people of the so-called "Generation Google" have catching up to do when it comes to using search engines and information sources on the Internet. A new study on this is available.
Indie Magazine Pitchfork Launches Alternative to MTV
Online magazine Pitchfork, well known and popular among indie fans, has launched a new internet music television channel.
GVU Annual Report 2007: Focus on Networked Structures and Technical Solutions
Last year, the Gesellschaft zur Verfolgung von Urheberrechtsverletzungen e.V. (GVU) successfully took action against intellectual property theft. By concentrating on labour-intensive proceedings against interconnected groups of offenders at the top of the illegal distribution pyramid that enable the illegal mass distribution of pirated copies, the organisation was able to initiate more than 1,900 qualified proceedings.
Guiding Theme for MEDIENTAGE MÜNCHEN 2008 Announced
MEDIENTAGE MÜNCHEN will address the theme “Advertising in Transition—Value and Effectiveness in the Flood of Digital Media.”
Wikipedia Goes to Print: Bertelsmann Lexikon Institut Publishes Wikipedia Encyclopedia
Bertelsmann Lexikon Institut, an imprint of Wissen Media Verlag, is publishing the one-volume “Wikipedia Encyclopedia,” based on the online encyclopedia. The printed reference work will be available in bookstores from September 2008 for €19.95.
ProSiebenSat.1 Group and IBM Build the First Pan-European Digital Platform
IBM and ProSiebenSat.1 Group Sign a 200 Million Euro Outsourcing Agreement
Internet Radio and Web 2.0 Work Well Together
Internet radio already reaches 33 million US listeners, while social-network use creates new opportunities for advertisers.
Japanese Graves Connect to the Internet
2D Code as the Interface Between Gravestone and Mobile Phone
Netbiscuits and DeviceAnywhere Form Partnership
The Netbiscuits mobile-internet platform and DeviceAnywhere combine development and real-device testing tools for mobile applications.
IPTV Project Aims to Set New Standards
“The convergence of film and the internet offers unimagined possibilities”
MySpace Lifts the Lid on Its Own Music Service
iTunes Competitor Set to Launch in the Coming Months.
Do Not Allow a Step Backwards in Youth Media Protection
ZDF Rejects Statements by the Commission for the Protection of Minors in the Media.
MyVideo Special for BE KIND REWIND Sparks ‘Sweding’ Trend
‘Sweded’ versions of Scary Movie, Titanic and others have already been watched more than 380,000 times.
Microsoft Wins Case Against Pornography Spammer
Federal Court of Justice Upholds Ruling over Spam Emails Sent with Forged Microsoft Hotmail Addresses.
Reiner Calmund as Football Manager at Bigpoint. Calli’s Tips & Tricks Exclusively in Bigpoint’s Soccermanager Game
Hamburg-based Bigpoint GmbH, a leading provider of browser-based online games (browser games), has pulled off a very special coup: Bigpoint is now cooperating with Calli.tv, Reiner Calmund's video blog covering all topics relating to current football events. At www.calli.tv real Calli fans can enter Bigpoint's successful football management game Soccermanager with one click. This is because Reiner Calmund is embedding the browser game directly on his website.
US Election Campaign Triggers an Avalanche of Cyberattacks
The US presidential candidates' election campaign has triggered a veritable avalanche of cybersquatting attacks on the Internet. According to a current study by domain management service NetNames, there are now already 1,900 registered domain names connected with the leading candidates in the 2008 US election.
WordPress 2.5 in a New Widget Outfit
Features Include an Image Galllery Function and Greater Security.
Yahoo Deal: Microsoft Continues to Play for Time
Analyst: "Impression of a Hostile Takeover Would Be Completely Counterproductive".
Games on Facebook and Co Are Right on Trend
Social Gaming Increasingly Relevant to Major Game Publishers Too
TV Series Arrive on Germany’s iTunes Store
Apple announces the availability of television series in Germany's iTunes Store, including popular German productions and US series.
FDP: Schächter’s Censorship Accusation Is Absurd
Responding to ZDF Director-General Markus Schächter's criticism of the limits on public-service broadcasters' online activities in the 12th Interstate Broadcasting Amendment Treaty, the FDP parliamentary group's media expert Hans-Joachim Otto states::
VDZ Welcomes Restrictions on ARD and ZDF’s Online Press
The VDZ Association of German Magazine Publishers regards the criticism voiced yesterday in Mainz by ZDF Director-General Prof. Markus Schächter of a single provision in the draft redefining ARD and ZDF's functional remit under broadcasting law as unobjective and misleading.
41st Mainz Television Criticism Days on “Commodity or Value?“ Open
ZDF Director-General Markus Schächter: Public-Service Broadcasters' Online Prospects Must Match the Development Guarantee
Red Box 2008 Published
Red Box 2008, the advertising and communications-industry handbook, has been published with 824 pages of German industry contacts.
A Good Digital Reputation Is Essential for a Successful Job Application
Web 2.0 Has Greatly Changed Application Procedures. Career Networks Such as Xing Are Becoming Increasingly Important. This Also Places Entirely New Demands on Applicants.
Illegal Domain Registrations Explode
The World Intellectual Property Organization (WIPO) http://www.wipo.int Reports That the Unlawful Registration of Domains Using Brand Names Has Reached Unprecedented Proportions.
Internet Piracy Threatens Book Authors
If Nothing Changes in the Current Situation of Increasing Internet Piracy, Book Authors Will Sooner or Later Be Forced to Stop Writing.
Wikipedia Reaches 10 Million Articles
The Wikipedia community has created ten million articles in more than 250 languages.
heise online Launches Photography Channel
Heise Zeitschriften Verlag has expanded its online service with heise Foto, an online magazine covering digital imaging.
Ikariam – Antiquity Takes Off
Gameforge's new online game already records one million players after just two months
Mobile Internet Becomes More Affordable
What consumers should consider when choosing a mobile-data tariff.
ZDF Yearbook 2007 Published
Under the title "The Course Is Set", Markus Schächter outlines the course being set for public-service broadcasting in the report volume of the ZDF Yearbook 07.
Skype Use Grows Among Businesses
A Skype survey indicates that European small and medium-sized businesses are increasingly using free voice and videoconferencing.
Gomez Offers Performance Tests for Google AdWords
Solution helps companies avoid low quality ratings caused by slow landing pages
R.E.M. Put New Album Online for Free Ahead of Release
US band takes a new approach to online marketing
In-Game Advertising Needs a Cross-Media Mix
About 68 million Europeans play computer games, but in-game advertising performs best when integrated into a wider media mix.
YouTube Alternative Lets Users Experiment with Hollywood Content
BlinkBox integrates personal messages into films and series
New Games Portal Aims to Shake Up the Market
Playchannel combines news, reviews, previews, videos, screenshots and community features for gamers in German-speaking Europe.
WhatsYourPlace.de Sells the World
Owning real places virtually – more than 1,000 hectares of land already sold
Seite 4 TV Completes Live-Streaming Pilot
VVA Networks, nacamar and filmstrom complete the first online live-TV event for book-news platform Seite 4.
GamingXP Launches Print Magazine
German-language online games magazine GamingXP launches its first print edition on 28 March 2008.
We Tell Stories Uses Web 2.0 for Fiction
The first We Tell Stories episode tracks its protagonist through a Google Maps mashup.
on3radio Opens €3,000 Sound-Logo Competition
A jury will select the winning on3radio sound logo by 14 April 2008, with €3,000 awarded to the winner.
Adobe Releases Flash Media Rights Server
Adobe releases a server for protecting dynamic content distributed through Adobe Media Player and Adobe AIR.
TV Movie and equinux Add Advertised Mac EPG
TV Movie enters a strategic partnership with Munich-based equinux to add an advertising-supported EPG to The Tube for Mac.
MediaCentral 2.7 Rebuilds TV Engine
equinux updates the TV engine in MediaCentral 2.7, promising improved image quality, faster channel changes and archive access.
New Footage from Bond Filming Available Shortly
The next featurette from the 22nd Bond film will be made available online from 7:00 p.m. tomorrow, Thursday.
Free Audiobook Download from audible.de. Still Valid Until March 25, 2008
In cooperation with audible.de, DIGITAL PRODUCTION is offering a free audiobook download of John Katzenbach's psychological thriller "Die Anstalt". The regular retail price is 15 euros. The audiobook is read by the German dubbing voices of John Travolta and Matt Damon.
Interactive Television Opens New Commercial Models
Interactive television extends the connection between broadcast programming, online services and direct viewer response.
Avid Improves Online Customer Support
Avid Technology today launched its improved online customer support website and presents the site for media professionals.
DMMA Organisers Extend Application Period
The organisers of the German Multimedia Award have extended the deadline for project submissions to April 1, 2008.
Staff Changes at ZDF
On June 1, 2008, Robert Amlung will take over as head of ZDF's newly created Digital Strategies unit within the Director-General's office.
Another Success in the Fight Against the Pay-FTP Server Scene
Following the operation reported in February by Essen criminal police against two closed pay-server rings, law enforcement authorities dismantled another network of such download servers.