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Entries from December 2005

AOL and Google in Exclusive Deal?

December 16th, 2005 · No Comments

The Wall Street Journal reports that a deal between AOL and Google Inc. is imminent.  Google Inc. is taking a 5 percent stake in AOL for US $1 billion in cash.  That would give AOL a valuation of US $20 billion and alleviate some pressure on AOL’s parent Time Warner by parties including former AOL [...]

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The Long Tail: Content Aggregation and Filtering

December 16th, 2005 · 1 Comment

Venture  Blog as an interesting article about the economics of the Long Tail curve and how it relates to content aggregation and filtering.  Content aggregators amass as much content as possible, regardless of its mass market popularity or niche focus, in order to establish “one stop” online shop.

The value to consumers from these content aggregators [...]

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Siemens: US likely to shift to GSM mobile standard

December 16th, 2005 · No Comments

HELSINKI (Source: Reuters) - Siemens believes North American telecoms operators could shift to the GSM mobile standard from the rival CDMA system, a senior company executive said in an interview published on Thursday.  Christoph Catselitz, the head of Siemens AG’s mobile networks business told Finnish business daily Taloussanomat.

“Latin America is already moving from CDMA technologies [...]

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Tags: Mobile

Major Domain Transaction in Escrow

December 15th, 2005 · No Comments

A major internet domain purchase and sale agreement is set to close. A one word generic dot com is in the final stages of escrow. The purchase price for the domain, in the high six figures USD, will make this deal one of the highest recorded sales of the year. More details [...]

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Cingular Wireless and HBO in 3 year pact

December 15th, 2005 · No Comments

Cingular Wireless, a venture of AT&T Inc. and BellSouth Corp., which has 25 percent of the US market for wireless subscribers, has entered into an exclusive three year deal with HBO.  Cingular’s share of the market was a factor in HBO’s decision to grant the company a three year exclusive.  The subscription service is expected to launch within the next several weeks with HBO’s top rated shows such as the “Sopranos” along with content developed by HBO specifically for mobile phones.  Cingular will offer short clips,  of up to four minutes in duration, from HBO shows for adults and children.  Cingular executives indicated that two companies can expand the agreement to allow for full length shows on a pay per view basis.  Initially, the content will play on phones by LG Electronics and Samsung.  Reuters reports that the deal’s exclusivity is will not prevent HBO from providing content to Apple’s iTunes Video service.  HBO’s Chief Executive, Chris Albrecht, indicated that a HBO hoped to enter into an agreement with Apple in the future.

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Tags: Mobile