Blue-ray is now set to become the industry standard for High Definition DVDs after Toshiba withdrew its HD-DVD format following decisions by the majority of the Hollywood studios to back Sony's format. The industry hopes this will lead to a surge in...
19 February 2008
The Major record labels are struggling with fundamental changes in the music industry. Music Publishing revenues are holding up and growing slowly but Recorded Music revenues are in decline, with growth in Digital revenues failing to compensate for...
14 January 2008
The Recorded Music industry is in decline despite the rise in Digital Revenues. Music publishing revenues have continued to grow slowly year on year, but recorded music revenues continue to fall as the rise in digital music fails to compensate for the...
15 January 2008
Reevoo, which was founded in 2005 and raised its Series A funding in 2006, has just announced an undisclosed amount of additional funding to support international expansion, before its Series B round later this year. The bulk of the new funding came...
14 April 2008
Cuill, a technology company based in Menlo Park California, which claims to be developing a new approach to search, has just raised $25m in Series B funding. The funding round was led by Madrone Capital Partners and follows previous $8 million funding...
17 April 2008
Google has befriended Salesforce.com and co-opted the company to battle Microsoft. Salesforce's customer relationship management software and Google's suite of office productivity applications, which includes e-mail, word processing and spreadsheets...
08 June 2008
Microsoft has acquired Farecast, the Seattle-based online travel search start-up for a price tag estimated at $115m. Farecast is already a partner on MSN Travel, but the relatively high purchase price suggests that Microsoft has a broader interest in...
23 April 2008
Ning, the social networks player has quietly raised another $60m from private institutions, led by Allen & Company, to fund its expansion plans. The investment values Ning at around $500m. Ning aims to compete with the large social sites such as...
24 April 2008
Complinet, which provides online regulatory solutions for the global financial services industry, has raised £18.5m from Fidelity Equity Partners, which has acquired a significant minority stake in the Company.
25 April 2008
Velocix, previously known as CacheLogic, has raised $27m funding from a combination of venture capital firms 3i, Amadeus Capital Partners and Pentech Ventures. The company intends to use the investment to deploy its Content Delivery Network for...
25 April 2008