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Sony to buy video game streaming company Gaikai for $380 million
NEW YORK, N.Y. – Sony is buying the video game-streaming company Gaikai for about $380 million in a bid to establish a new cloud-based gaming service.
Netflix subscribers’ monthly viewing of video surpasses 1B hours for 1st time
SAN FRANCISCO – Netflix says its subscribers watched more than 1 billion hours of online video last month as the advent of high-speed Internet connections and high-powered mobile devices change people’s viewing patterns.
Shaquille O’Neal looking for what’s funny online in new truTV series featuring videos, pranks
LOS ANGELES, Calif. – Cable channel truTV is putting Shaquille O’Neal on its team with a new series.
NPD says ‘Lego Batman 2’ tops video games titles in June, sales down 29 per cent
NEW YORK, N.Y. – U.S. retail sales of video game hardware, software and accessories fell 29 per cent in June, marking the seventh consecutive month of decline.
French party to file a complaint against Madonna for video showing its leader with swastika
PARIS – France’s far-right National Front plans to file a complaint against Madonna after the singer showed a video at a Paris concert that contained an image of the party’s leader with a swastika on her forehead.
Study finds viewers turning to YouTube for news video, disaster footage
NEW YORK, N.Y. – A new study has found that YouTube is emerging as a major platform for news, one to which viewers increasingly turn for eyewitness videos in times of major events and natural disasters.
Study finds viewers turning to YouTube for news video, disaster footage
NEW YORK, N.Y. – A new study has found that YouTube has become a major platform for news, one where viewers are turning for eyewitness videos in times of major events and natural disasters.
Ethics watchdog clears but cautions Clement’s appearance in video
OTTAWA – Treasury Board President Tony Clement has been cleared of allegations of unethical conduct in his dealings with two constituents.
News Corp buys stake in Web video player Roku as part of $45 million capital injection
LOS ANGELES, Calif. – News Corp. is taking a stake in Internet video streaming set-top box maker Roku Inc. and putting one of its senior executives on Roku’s board of directors as it seeks a greater role in distributing video over the Web.
First Mister Rogers, now Bob Ross: PBS video mashup honours late ‘Joy of Painting’ teacher
LOS ANGELES, Calif. – On the heels of PBS’ hit Mister Rogers video mashup, a second public TV favourite is getting the star treatment.
Rihanna, Drake lead with 5 MTV Video Music Award nominations each; Katy Perry has 4 nods
NEW YORK, N.Y. – The MTV Video Music Award nominations are out, and Rihanna and Drake are leading the pack with five nominations each.
NASA rover transmits los-resolution video of final minutes of descent, touchdown on Mars
PASADENA, Calif. – NASA’s Curiosity rover has transmitted a low-resolution video showing the last 2 1/2 minutes of its white-knuckle dive through the Martian atmosphere, giving earthlings a sneak peek of a spacecraft landing on another world.
Toronto police investigate video appearing to show urination on homeless man
TORONTO – Police are investigating a graphic video posted online that appears to show a man urinating on a sleeping homeless person outside Toronto’s Eaton Centre.
US video game sales drop for 8th straight month in July
LOS ANGELES, Calif. – U.S. retail sales of new video game hardware, software and accessories fell for the eighth straight month in July as the industry continued to look ahead toward the release of new equipment to cure its woes.
NJ mom sues Iowa company after instructional breast-feeding video is turned into pornography
FAIR LAWN, N.J. – A New Jersey mother is suing a production company after an instructional breast-feeding video she appeared in was taken by a third party and used to create pornography.
Carlyle Group to buy photo, video distributor Getty Images in $3.3 billion deal
WASHINGTON – The Carlyle Group says it will buy a controlling stake in the photo and video distributor Getty Images from private equity firm Hellman & Friedman in a $3.3 billion deal.
Pussy Riot: 5 songs and videos that shook and polarized Russia
MOSCOW – Given how world famous Pussy Riot has become, people are sometimes surprised to learn that the entire oeuvre of the women’s punk band is made up of six songs and five videos.
Man charged after allegedly videotaping himself torturing kitten
VANCOUVER – A Vancouver man who allegedly used a cellphone to videotape himself torturing a kitten has been charged with animal cruelty.
Forget the scalpel, med schools use robots, video games to train new doctors
TORONTO – During a medical emergency, every second counts.
Is it art or is it just cute? Film festival showcases online cat videos
MINNEAPOLIS – Warning: This is a story about online cat videos. If you’re among the seemingly tiny minority of the general population not interested in watching a 1-minute clip of a cat in a T-shirt pounding on a keyboard, then move along.
Soldier’s mother wonders whether showing suicide video was worth it
OTTAWA – Sheila Fynes couldn’t sleep most nights this summer, wondering whether she made the right decision in allowing a public inquiry to view a 34-minute military police video of her son’s lifeless body hanging from a chin-up bar in his barracks.
Rihanna, Taylor, Lil Wayne – all the pieces in place for another memorable Video Music Awards
There may be no baby bump to talk about this year, but given its track record, the MTV Video Music Awards in Los Angeles will surely provide some water cooler moments Thursday.
Winners of the 29th annual MTV Video Music Awards
Here are the winners of Thursday night’s 29th annual MTV Video Music Awards in Los Angeles:
US police release videos showing firefights with Sikh temple gunman
OAK CREEK, Wis. – A white supremacist who killed a half-dozen people at a Sikh temple in the U.S. last month chased down the first police officer on the scene, pumping round after round into him as he lay wounded behind a parked car, video released Monday showed.