Tag archive: South Park

South Park, the TV series, has never shied away from making fun of or at least nodding to the video game-loving side of geek culture. Never in the hateful way that it reserves for certain celebrities or organizations; it's always been more of a playful mocking of extremes. A number of games based on the series have been released over the years, with the strongest probably being the Nintendo 64 first-person shooter, South Park. There may… Read More

Apple location tracking has only been an issue for a week or two, but South Park has already weighed in with a full episode dedicated to the location tracking debate. Small spoiler: In the first episode of its 15th season, everyone at school is using their iPads until Apple “G-Men” come and start following Kyle down. When he says he doesn't want them following him, they simply point out that he already agreed to it when he… Read More

What’s fit for Comedy Central is not always fit for the tender ears of iPhone users. The creators of South Park found this out recently, when Apple denied their application for a South Park iPhone application that would stream clips of the show to users’ phones. According to a post made to the South Park Studios news blog on Tuesday, the team has made “a couple” attempts to get the application approved by Apple… Read More

Judge Howard Lloyd of the U.S. District Court for the Northern District of California has thrown out a copyright infringement suit brought against Internet video provide Veoh Networks by the adult entertainment firm Io Group Inc., saying Veoh's active efforts to protect copyright owners' rights covered the company from any liability for piracy on the service under the Digital Millennium Copyright Act's (DMCA) “safe… Read More

As litigation continues in Viacom's $1 billion copyright infringement suit against Google, a judge has ordered (PDF) Google most turn over the usage histories of every YouTube user to Viacom. The usage logs contain each YouTube user's login ID, the IP address used to connect to YouTube, as well as a video identifier and a start time. The court did not order the Google disclose to Viacom its search code, schemas, and other… Read More

Remember Viacom's $1 billion copyright infringement suit against Google, claiming video sharing site YouTube consistently enabled users to post unauthorized copies of Viacom content—like clips from South Park and The Daily Show? The case has been pending for over a year, but a new round of filings is ratcheting up the tension between the companies, and may indicate hopes for an amicable settlement are dwindling. In documents… Read More

In the fight against the iPod, few would say Microsoft’s Zune has found much traction, but the company hasn’t given up yet.  On Tuesday, it revealed its latest ploy to ratchet up the Zune from the content end by adding downloadable television shows to the Zune store, along with a new feed-based music downloading option. The television shows will come from Comedy Central, FUNimation Entertainment, MTV, Nickelodeon, Starz… Read More

It is April which means we are fast approaching Dad’s and Grad’s buying season and for some of you it will be time for a new PC and, given trends, most of you will probably be getting laptops. Life has historically sucked for laptop users that like to play games, and if you are someone that is thinking “green” but likes performance, it has kind of sucked for you too. The problem has been if you want long… Read More

Fans of Comedy Centrals’ iconic cartoon series South Park need not spend fortunes on DVD sets or scrounge around online to download episodes illegally any longer. Series creators Trey Parker and Matt Stone announced the relaunch of SouthParkStudios.com on Wednesday, the show’s new Web site that now includes entire episodes from all 12 seasons of the show. “We got really sick of having to download our own show illegally… Read More

Apple has expanded offerings in the UK version of its iTunes Store to include television programming from the U.S. broadcast network ABC, its parent company Disney, as well as Viacom properties MTV, Nickelodeon, and Paramount. The new offerings currently include 28 programs, including ABC hits like Lost,Grey's Anatomy, and Desperate Housewives, Disney shots like Kim Possible and That's So Raven, along with MTV reality series… Read More

Microsoft has announced new expansion to the video offerings carried on its Xbox Live service, bringing new high-definition content from major Hollywood Studios to Xbox 360 owners, as well as new television and DVD content—including material which will debut on Xbox Live at the same time it's first released on DVD. New content coming to Xbox Live will be from A&E Network (Dog the Bounty Hunter,King of Cars,Gene Simmons… Read More

File-sharing bad-boy BitTorrent has announced a series of new content licensing agreements which will increase the number of television and movie offerings to be available on its forthcoming video download service, due in February 2007. “We're thrilled to be partnering with world-renowned entertainment companies and TV networks,” said Ashwin Navin, President and Co-founder of BitTorrent. “This is a true testament to… Read More

Apple Computer and MTV Networks (a unit of Viacom) have inked a deal to make a wide range MTV Networks video content available for sale at Apple's iTunes Music Store. Some MTV Networks programming debuted on iTunes in early 2006 (with South Park alone selling more than 1 million episodes); the companies now look to deepen the relationship and offer a deeper body o content which crosses more genre and demographic boundaries.… Read More

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Apple has announced that selected programming from the Viacom-owned MTV, Nickelodeon, and Comedy Central networks is now available for purchase via the iTunes Music Store. As with other offerings, episodes are available for $1.99 each; the new additions bring iTunes' television offerings to over 40 current and “classic” shows. “Video has proven to be a smash hit on iTunes with over eight million videos sold,”… Read More