Tag archive: Stanley Cup

Although Electronic Arts recently let its unsolicited offer to buy up Take-Two Interactive expire, the two companies are reportedly in negotiations about some type of partnerships or acquisition. EA wants a slice of Take-Two franchises like Grand Theft Auto and BioShock and has promised to let the company keep spinning out its “edgy”—and often controversial—game titles. While the prospect of EA snapping up take two… Read More

Billing itself as the first broadcast-quality Internet television service, Joost has officially launched commercial operations. Combining more than 150 channels from a variety of content partners with Web 2.0 social networking and community driven features, the new Internet video service from Skype founders Janus Friis and Niklas Zennström is currently a front-runner in the race to capitalize on the burgeoning Internet video… Read More

Leading online retailer Amazon and the National Hockey League struck up a content deal today in which users of Amazon's online video download service will be able to enjoy NHL videos for a fee. This new Amazon Unbox offering is available now. Under the agreement between NHL and Amazon, the Amazon Unbox service will begin offering three or more NHL games each week during the regular season and playoffs as well as classic NHL games.… Read More

XM Satellite Radio announced today that it has reached a 10-year, $100 million agreement with the National Hockey League to the rights to broadcast NHL games, starting in October 2005. Canadian Satellite Radio (CSR), XM's Canadian broadcasting partner, is funding an unspecified portion of the agreement. XM's deal with the NHL adds to the broadcaster's portfolio of sports offerings, which also include Nascar auto racing,… Read More