Friday, November 21, 2014

11.21.14

Entertainment:      
·         Aereo has filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy
·         Vimeo has partnered with Chilling Effects to publicly track copyright complaints
·         Turner Networks, including CNN, will return to Dish Network
·         CBS agreed to a short term extension with Dish Network
·         James Murdoch has been re-elected to the Sky board
·         Hunger Games Mockingjay has opened at $17MM
·         As EuropaCorp's Luc Besson and Christophe Lambert keep building toward the opening of their Red distribution pipeline, they've added a new film to the slate and promoted Lisa Ellzey to be president of their U.S. film operation
·         The $250MM American Idol racism lawsuit is over, and has been ruled in Fox’s favor
·         TodayTix, a new ticket sales startup, has closed a $6.1MM it its Series A funding round led by New York-based SF Capital Group
·         Wooden Wisdom, a DJ duo made up of Elijah Wood and Zach Cowie, will embark on a short North American tour in January
·         Please see below for an interested article that details HP’s $20MM ad campaign with Meghan Trainor
Tech:
·         Miegakure is a new 4-D video game that has taken over 5 years to build
·         Google has launched Google Contributor, a subscription based service which currently blocks ads across ten online publishers, including The Onion, ScienceDaily, Urban Dictionary, and Mashable
·         Livefyre Studio allows online publishers (whether they’re news organizations or brand marketers) to gather user generated content from anywhere online, and then to republish it anywhere in turn
·         Assembly, a platform upon which developers, designers, and engineers can come together to work on projects in an open, collaborative setting, has raised $2.9MM
·         Famed turntable brand Technics plans to launch a high-resolution music download service
·         Amazon is poised to launch its own travel service, featuring booking at independent hotels and resorts near major cities
·         Google has agreed to settle litigation with patent consortium Rockstar, though terms of the deal were not disclosed in a court filing made public this week
·         Mobile video to account for 65% of wireless traffic by 2019
·         German media group ProSiebenSat.1 has selected Level 3 Communications to provide content delivery services across four business units.
Deals:
·         Fab, the e-commerce site which has raised $150MM in the past, is about to sell for $15MM
·         Telecom Italia will likely sell the mobile phone towers of its Brazilian unit TIM Participacoes to American Tower for almost $1.1B
Business:
·         SolarCity has struck a deal with existing client Wal-Mart that covers "the installation of new solar projects at facilities in up to 36 states over the next four years."
·         Six years after Bernard Madoff’s fraud collapsed, the cost of liquidating his defunct investment advisory firm to repay thousands of victims has topped $1B
Exec Moves:
·         Sarah Barnett, the SundanceTV chief, will run BBC America early next year
Retail:
Startups:
·         FastPay, a startup offering credit to digital media companies, is announcing that it has raised $15MM
·         Prizm is a neat little pyramid add-on for your sound system to transform your living room into this coffee shop you like
Government:
·         President Obama has outlined plans to use executive authority to help millions of illegal immigrants, granting them the chance to apply for work permits and a temporary reprieve from deportation
·         The House GOP has sued the Obama administration over Obamacare
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