Entertainment

Google nemesis Viacom has struck a deal to have rival search engine Yahoo deliver advertising to its broadband-friendly Web sites. Yahoo will become the exclusive provider of sponsored search and contextual ads on 33 Viacom sites, including MTV.com, VH1.com, Nickelodeon.com and ComedyCentral.com. Th...

The United States has filed two complaints with the World Trade Organization over China's trade policies, claiming the country is not doing enough to protect the intellectual property of American companies, including software makers, movie studios and music labels. The office of U.S. Trade Represent...

Welcome to the new frontier of Web 2.0. Imagine sitting in your living room and pulling up a favorite TV show to watch online. Easily distracted -- who isn't these days -- you simultaneously begin a chat with dear friends you've never met in person who live across the country. One tells you about a ...

Right now, music fans around the world can choose from some 10,000 Internet radio stations, each one streaming a unique mix of music. Some of those stations are operated by industry titans; others are the Internet arms of traditional terrestrial radio; and many more are tiny operations feeding their...

The user who posted a video on YouTube poking fun at Thailand's king apparently has removed the video. However, the country's government says a ban on using Google's viral video site remains in place until all evidence of the offending clip is gone. The YouTube ban is staying in place because remain...

Best Buy edged further ahead of rival Circuit City in the battle for consumer electronics and entertainment spending in the fourth quarter, with high-end TVs and other devices helping drive Best Buy's gains and costs associated with a restructuring plan dragging down Circuit City's. Best Buy's profi...

Cable giant Comcast extended its regional reach Tuesday with its announcement that it will buy privately held Patriot Media & Communications for around $483 million in cash. The deal gives Comcast control of a tightly focused regional network with about 81,000 video subscribers mainly focused in...

Continuing its drive to expand its reach beyond the Web, Google reached a deal to partner with satellite TV provider EchoStar to deliver television spots for its advertising clients. Together, the companies will create what they called the first automated system for buying, selling, distributing and...

Digital television broadcasts targeted for children will soon be available in Chrysler, Jeep and Dodge vehicles, starting with the 2008 Chrysler and Dodge minivans. The service, coming from Sirius Satellite Radio, will be called "Sirius Backseat TV." While the name implies it will be available only ...

The art of copying and stealing other people's content and ideas has settled comfortably into the mainstream across the globe. What formerly would have constituted an act of piracy is now a commonplace occurrence. Isn't it time to give these "borrowers" a tribute, host a gala dinner and hand out awa...

Over-the-air music downloads just got less expensive, at least for Sprint customers. As part of a number of moves to boost its music download business, Sprint announced it will charge 99 cents for all songs purchased from its Sprint Music Store. The price cut, slated to begin early next month, will ...

NBC and News Corp. plan to take on Google's YouTube by forming their own Web-based video outlet to gain exposure for their deep wells of content and partnering with a host of Google competitors to make it happen. The two media giants say their site will instantly be the largest Internet video distri...

In its latest move to promote its plan to merge with XM Satellite Radio, Sirius Satellite Radio says it will offer lower-priced packages to consumers if the companies are allowed to join. The goal, Sirius noted in a federal filing, would be to offer customers fewer channels at a price less than the ...

Blockbuster on Tuesday said it had settled its long-simmering pay dispute with Chairman and CEO John Antioco, striking a deal that calls for him to step down later this year with a reduced pay and bonus package. Under the deal, the company will pay Antioco a bonus of $3.05 million for calendar year ...

Several radio broadcasters and online media companies are challenging a ruling this week that sets a higher royalty fee structure for music played over the Internet. The Copyright Royalty Board, a body created by Congress to settle royalty disputes in the music industry, has decided on a higher fee ...