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Electronic Arts‘ latest update to its football franchise, Madden NFL 09, lands at retailers today…and already the curse of sports-video-game packaging has struck the game. Madden 09 boxes were originally to feature quarterback Bret Favre in that familiar Green Bay Packers uniform. But Favre went to the New York Jets last week, meaning Madden 09 is redoing its boxes with Favre in a Jet’s uniform.
Of course, in the game, players can have Favre play for any team they like.
Just days ago, Time Warner appeared to be striking back at TV-over-Internet providers with download caps in one small Texas city that would severely restrict users’ ability to pull down movies and other large files over the Web. Monday, the company took a seemingly contradictory stance by unveiling HBO on Broadband, a service that will give HBO and cable Internet subscribers the ability to watch HBO shows on demand over the Web. The apparent gist of these announcements: it’s OK to jam up the networks with video traffic, just make sure Time Warner gets paid for it somehow.
If you think your quirky local TV anchor has the stuff to become an Internet celebrity…he or she might just have gotten their change. In an interesting move, Yahoo and CBS have inked a video syndication agreement to put local news video from 16 CBS-owned stations on the Internet via Yahoo’s enormous Internet presence. The agreement goes into effect October 17th, and is the first time network-owned stations have entered a video-sharing agreement with an Internet news outlet. The venture will be ad-supported, with CBS and Yahoo splitting the revenue; no other financial terms of the deal were disclosed.
Interest in Carbs, Cookies, Crockpots and Cocktails Soared in 2004
Which people, moments, news and trends captivated Americans in 2004? AOL(R) Search, America Online’s popular search destination, announced the year’s top searches based on what people and topics received the highest volume of online queries on the AOL service and AOL.com.
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