Posted by Simon Perry on 15 August 2008 | Tagged as: Business, Copy Protection, Investments, News Corp., Platforms
NDS, a DRM, PVR and interactive TV company, will be taken private, away from its current public listed status. News Corporation currently owns approximately 72% of the equity and a stunning 96% of the voting power of NDS through its ownership of 100% of the outstanding Series B shares.
Posted by Simon Perry on 10 April 2008 | Tagged as: Advertising, Google, Investments, Microsoft, MySpace, News Corp., Search, USA, Yahoo
The tussle between Yahoo and Microsoft has gone through a couple of extra rounds of late. We thought we’d bring you up to date with the current state of play. Back in Feb Microsoft offered Yahoo $44Bn. Yahoo said no thanks.
Posted by Simon Perry on 14 February 2008 | Tagged as: Investments, MySpace, News Corp., Yahoo
It’s being reported that there’s ‘secret’ discussion going on between Rupert Murdoch’s News Corp and Yahoo, apparently in an attempt to find an alternative route to Microsoft buying it.
Posted by Simon Perry on 2 August 2007 | Tagged as: Cellular, Content, Football, Mobile, News Corp., Sky, Sports, UK
As we’re not fans of football, we’re constantly amazed at how keen people are to watch the game that involves people kicking a pig’s bladder around an oblong section of grass. Ho, Hmm. Never one to not take the opportunity of cramming more football into people lives, Sky TV has teamed up with a load [...]
Posted by Simon Perry on 18 July 2007 | Tagged as: Business, Investments, News Corp., News In Brief, USA
It’s in the balance as to whether Rupert Murdoch’s News Corp. will gain control over Dow Jones and the WSJ.
Posted by Mike Slocombe on 14 May 2007 | Tagged as: Content, Legal, MySpace, News Corp., USA
New ‘Take Down Stay Down’ technology aims to keep dodgy content of members’ profiles.
Posted by Simon Perry on 19 April 2007 | Tagged as: Content Indexing & Navigation, MySpace, News Corp., News In Brief, Services
Where did they get that idea from? Will it fly?
Posted by Huw Leslie on 7 March 2007 | Tagged as: Content, Content Indexing & Navigation, News Corp., User Generated Content (UGC)
In the wake of US newspaper USA Today recently unveiling a new version of their site with more cutting edge ‘new media’ features than any other, I thought it might be a good time to have a look at the challenges posed to newspapers by the onslaught of new media, what they are be doing [...]
Posted by Tim Bourne on 11 October 2006 | Tagged as: Content, DVB-H, News Corp., Ofcom (UK super-regulator), Sky
How much longer will Murdoch’s Sky force channels to use it’s own DVB-CA?
Posted by Simon Perry on 12 September 2006 | Tagged as: Business, Cellular, Mobile, News Corp.
Will the seemingly crazy purchase of ringtone company Jamba turn out to be another MySpace for Murdoch?
