Break.com, the online video site based in Beverly Hills, has received an undisclosed amount of investment from Lionsgate, the major independent film and TV studio. As part of the deal,…

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-- Chivas Launches Video Channel: The Pernod Ricard Scotch whisky brand and MSN recently announced the launch of “This Is The Life,” an online channel dedicated to extending the spirits…

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-- The National Academy of Television Arts & Sciences has announced nominees for broadband Emmys to be given out at the News & Documentary Emmy Awards Sept. 24 in New…

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Glowria, a European Netflix clone, has raised $8.3 million, NetEco reports (in French). (via Alarm Clock Euro.) The company received the investment from existing investors Seventure (Groupe Natixis), Crédit Agricole…

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Movie and video game rental chain operator Movie Gallery, which also earlier this year bought VOD service Moviebeam, is evaluating its strategic options, including a possible sale, after being unable…

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In UK, ITV is to begin offering movies from its ITV DVD and Rank Film subsidiaries for sale via British Internet Broadcasting Company (BIBC) online retail sites. Some 500 hours…

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As it continues to struggle with rival video renter Netflix, Blockbuster has chosen James Keyes, who spent most of the past two decades at convenience chain 7-Eleven, to be its…

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THe Motion Picture Association of America (MPAA) filed the suits in U.S. District Court in Los Angeles against YouTVpc.com and Peekvid.com on behalf of the studios, the first such case…

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-- Hellmann’s Spreads Marketing On Yahoo’s Food Channel: Hellmann’s mayonnaise is sponsoring an entertainment video series on Yahoo’s Food section called In Search of Real Food. The 12-week series is…

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TinselVision, a South Asian-community focused online video portal, based out of Washington, DC, has received $3 million in first round funding. The round was led by Innovative Entertainment, a Geneva-based…

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-- YouTube And CNN Sponsor Debates: CNN and YouTube are sponsoring two presidential debates. The two forums will feature video questions submitted to YouTube which will be broadcast and answered…

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Updated below: This is bound to happen sooner than later, as Apple consider pushing more content through its AppleTV conduit to the TV: FT reports that the company is in…

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An interesting rumor, which makes logical sense if you think about it: Jackson Securities analyst Brian Bolan said in a note today that he has heard buyout speculation of Amazon.com…

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Some interesting results from the test releasing movies on video-on-demand and DVD on the same day (that is, doing away with PPV window): it boosts sales of both significantly but…

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Here’s another company vying to be a digital American Idol… Online talent show FameCast has secured a $4.5 million financing from Austin Ventures, the Austin-American Statesman reported. The funds will…

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An unusually large financing for a video gamer… Brash Entertainment, a video game company that creates titles based on movies and TV shows, is launching with $400 million in funding…

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Someone needs to tell Lionsgate not to pre-announce its deals before the partners want it done (good for us journalists, though): in its earnings call today, CEO Jon Feltheimer listed…

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George Lucas, speaking at the D conference, spoke about online video sharing sites like YouTube, vs making movies and professional shows: “There are two sorts of entertainment: circus and art.…

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-- News Corp. and NBC Universal Add Content: News Corp. and NBC Universal have signed up FUEL TV, Oxygen, SPEED, Sundance Channel and TV Guide to their video JV’s roster…

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Vivendi plans to launch a multimedia website which will offer music, video, film and games content both from Vivendi and partners, reports Forbes quoting French daily Les Echos. It’s described…

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Happy anniversary to us. Lucasfilm is putting up some 250 clips from the six Star Wars movies on starwars.com Friday to celebrate the 30th anniversary of the first film’s release.…

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With so many new media channels down which to push (or even pull) content, more and more private equity groups and others are gathering up content via what might have…

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Last week Comcast COO Stephen Burke spoke at the Cable Show in Vegas, and said his company had held talks with studios to show movies on cable on the same…

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A la carte paid video downloads, such as those offered at Apple’s iTunes and Amazon’s Unbox, will peak in 2007, generating $279 million in revenue, up from $98 million last…

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Some technical approvals are delaying the launch services related to on-demand burning of DVDs, reports VideoBusiness. Earlier this year Hollywood studios approved the CSS lock on DVDs burned on a…

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