Tag archive: Chili

Mullet-wearing—or mullet-aspiring—customers of Verizon Wireless may have received an early holiday present from their mobile phone operator today: a mobile version of Guitar Hero III is now available to Verizon Wireless customers. The mobile version of the game is priced at $4.49 a month or $11.99 for unlimited use, and features 15 tracks from the Guitar Hero franchise, including “Suck My Kiss” by the Red Hot Chili… Read More

Joining a growing trend, Warner, the US music giant, has signed a deal that will make its entire video catalogue available online for free.   It’s part of Warner’s new strategy to redefine itself as a “music-based content company” following the sharp decline in music sales. The company, which has artists like the Red Hot Chili Peppers and Madonna on its roster, has inked a deal with Premium TV to create a number of… Read More

Online video darling YouTube has signed its first commercial partnership with Warner Music Group which will enable YouTube to distribute music videos from Warner Music's enormous artist roster (which includes stalwarts like Madonna and the Red Hot Chili Peppers and newcomers like Sean Paul) as well as artist interviews, behind-the-scenes footage, special content, and original Warner Music Group programming. And, in what might be the… Read More

Broadcast television network CBS has launched innertube, a free ad-supported online video site which features some of the network's broadcast programming along with new, online-only shows. CBS is billing innertube as a “broadband channel” which will offer new programing five days a week. CBS's move comes as broadcast networks move more aggressively into online video CBS's innertube will feature new shows… Read More

VoIP operator Skype, now a division of mighty eBay, has announced deals with major music publishers to provide audio clips from leading music artists to Skype customers as ringtones beginning today. Skype's deals include publishers EMI Music, Warner/Chappell Music, Sony/ATV Music Publishing, and the U.K. artists' rights association MCPS-PRS Alliance, and includes artists like Madonna, Green Day, and the Red Hot Chili Peppers.… Read More

Pioneer Electronics yesterday said they were planning to show off a new state of the art in-car navigation system at the 2006 Consumer Electronics Show in Las Vegas in January. Called the AVIC-Z1, this system will be available in early spring 2006. The AVIC-Z1 is what Pioneer is calling the most advanced in-car navigation system ever. Its on board, 30GB hard drive is capable of holding a large amount of information and stores the entire… Read More

Metallica is claiming that they want to sell their entire album not just the individual songs. This decision comes after Metallica's public opposition to Napster and other peer to peer file sharingsystems that allow people to swap copywritten music files without paying per download. Apple allows users to buy a limited amount of albums on its iTunes 4 system but representatives from Metallica'smanagement company tell CNN that… Read More