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Despite Downturn Clearwire Gets Xohm and $3.2 Billion

Clearwire said today that it has closed several transactions that will allow it to build out a nationwide WiMAX network, including gaining control of Sprint’s Xohm network and a $3.2 billion investment from several large companies.

Posted from GigaOM at 9:08 AM
Blockbuster VOD Going to Blu-ray Players

Blockbuster will be expanding its on-demand video rental service beyond its own set-top box and into Blu-Ray players in the first quarter of next year, as the company goes toe-to-toe with Netflix over direct delivery of video content to your TV.

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Posted from NewTeeVee at 8:33 AM
Just Wow: YouTube Had 344M Global Uniques in Oct.

YouTube got 344 million global unique visitors in October. The site’s audience was disproportionately from Europe as compared to the web’s worldwide audience, with 37.8 percent of its visitors from Europe.

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Posted from NewTeeVee at 2:00 AM
Joost Launches iPhone App

Joost launched an iPhone app over the holiday break, making its P2P web TV service mobile.

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Posted from NewTeeVee at 1:10 PM
France’s Recupyl Grabs Cash for Recycling

French recycling company Recupyl, which uses hydrometallurgy to recycle batteries, displays and other materials, said yesterday that it raised €14.5 million ($18.4 million) in financing (hat tip Green Car Congress). Recupyl joins a long list of recycling companies taking in funding this year, but unlike those startups, Recupyl, founded in 1993, already has more than [...]

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Posted from Earth2Tech at 2:30 PM
Criterion Collection Does Web Video

What does the highly esteemed Criterion Collection, distributor of film buff collectors’ editions, do in a digital age? Very few of its chosen “important classic and contemporary films” are available in any online format. If you want to buy a movie online, chances are it’s going to be Zoolander on iTunes. But Criterion this week [...]

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Posted from NewTeeVee at 12:46 PM
Sharp and Enel Teaming Up on Thin-film Solar

There’s a new power couple in the thin-film industry. Japan’s Sharp announced plans yesterday to invest at least ¥100 billion yen ($1.05 billion) in a venture with Italy’s Enel to manufacture thin-film solar cells and build and own solar power plants in Italy and across the Mediterranean region (hat tip AFP). Sharp, one of the world’s [...]

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Posted from Earth2Tech at 9:19 AM
Mac Version of uTorrent Released

The popular BitTorrent client, uTorrent, is now available for Macs.

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Posted from NewTeeVee at 9:08 AM
Netflix HD Streams Head to Blu-ray Players

Netflix is broadening the availability of its HD streams to Samsung and LG Blu-Ray DVD players early next month.

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Posted from NewTeeVee at 4:42 PM
VGTRK to Stream Programming Online

Russia’s state-run television holding company will show content on Mail.ru and split the ad revenue.

Posted at 2:21 PM