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23
FEB
2012

Grooveshark under attack despite recent deal on royalties with Sabam

The free music streaming service Grooveshark is under fire. Critics say that Grooveshark provides music tracks without the consent of the right holders, whereby it infringes intellectual property law. Since a couple of weeks, Grooveshark is blocked in Germany. However in Belgium, the Belgian collecting society for authors, composers and publishers Sabam entered into an agreement with Grooveshark....
13
FEB
2012

Warner Music: streaming services generated turnover of $15 million in 2011

Driven by the rising popularity of download and streaming, Warner Music experienced a growth of 36,4% in digital revenue by the end of 2011. The total turnover generated by digital services was $205 million. Interestingly, streaming services accounted for a turnover of $15 million. This information is published on the website of WMG, in the ‘Reports Results for the Fiscal First Quarter Ended...
09
NOV
2011

Music streaming service Deezer launched in Belgium

Last September, Deezer started its music streaming service in England and now the service will also be launched in Belgium. This is the the music streaming service's first step in the expansion to 130 countries, including the Benelux.The French music streaming service offers two different subscriptions. For five euros per month, consumers can listen to all songs from the database, without being...
26
SEP
2011

Founder NinjaVideo site pleads guilty after ‘Operation In Our Sites’ investigation

Last Friday, the U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) announced Matthew Smith, founder of the video streaming and download site NinjaVideo.net, plead guilty of conspiracy and copyright infringement before the U.S. District judge in the Eastern District of Virginia. Smith also admitted that he made agreements with online advertising organizations to generate income for the website, and...
30
JUL
2011

Forty percent of mobile internet traffic is video streaming

According to American researchers at Alliot Communications, about forty percent of the mobile internet data traffic currently consists of video streaming.The Alliot Mobile Trends Report, a global survey, also shows the remarkable shift from phone calls and SMS messages to VoIP and web-based messaging on smartphones, which directly impacts the income of the (mobile) telecom providers.Allot...