Wednesday Media Digest

P2P:
* plan intro legal service by Bertelsmann in Germany late 2005, label ‘GNAB’, also wholesale, license deal with Sony BMG
* intr iMesh (relaunch as legal
* restraining order against MP3downloadcity.com

TV:
* transition analogue-digital US as of April 7, 2009, subsidy $3 bn for converters for 21m terrestrial households, spectrum sales expected at $10 bn

Film:
* Netflix delays download service because of lack of titles
* Weinsteins raise 490m from private equity

VoD:
* alliance of Akimbo (5200 titles from 80 channels) with Blinkx
* alliance of TWC with NBC Universal (‘Start Over’)

Books:
* plan scanning by 100 German publishers (1st phase April 2006), planned alliance with Google (search), costs per publisher 3000 EUR/yr (server) + 10 EUR/book

CATV:
* Comcast/Cox/TWC near reseller deal with Sprint Nextel

IPO:
* plan for Endemol (= Telefonica; excludes Endemol France): 20-30% for EUR 800m, November 2005 in Amsterdam