Koch Entertainment Distribution, one of the fastest-growing independent music companies in the U.S, has announced that it will make over 2,600 hours of video available through Apple’s iTunes platform.
The content will include fitness, foreign, horror, documentary, TV, special interest, classics, children’s, anime and independent film genres.
There will be programming available from Koch, Koch Vision, Koch Lorber Films labels, Passport Entertainment, Cinema Epoch, Lifesize Entertainment and more.
VB says the titles now available for download are the music video Hatebreed: Live Dominance, Chop Shop, High Times Presents: The Cannabis Cup, Les Paul: Chasing Sound, Monster Camp, Secrets of Mary Magdalene, the Sundance Channel’s Terminal City and Adventures of the Galaxy Rangers: The Collection Vol. 1.
“Making key titles from our home video library available on iTunes helps position Koch as the premier independent aggregator in the digital distribution space with the broadest distribution network of any independent,” noted Michael Rosenberg, president of Koch Entertainment Distribution.
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According to Sony’s PlayStation blog, the PSP has seen its firmware updated to version 3.93 today, which comes with 20 new Internet radio players.
The new players are “organized into more specific styles of music so that PSP users can easily find what they are looking for and listen to their favorite genres.” Sony has said that more than 50 percent of PSP owners use the music-playback feature of their gaming handhelds.
Internet Radio functionality was originally introduced with firmware version 3.80 and gamers can can enable the Internet Radio player by going to the Network section of the Xross Media Bar. After you install the Internet Radio feature, a new icon will appear enabling music Streaming.
Also coming with the new firmware update is Skype calling, but you will need to purchase the PSP Headset Kit to use it. The set is not available yet.
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Microsoft has announced a partnership with the Safran Digital Group that will bring original content to gamers via Xbox Live.
SDG added that “full details of film-makers, talent and specific type of content will be disclosed at a later date,” but other reports have disclosed that “the first batch of content will be six scripted shows running at under 10 minutes, and focusing on specific genres such as horror and comedy.”
The group was established and run by Peter Safran, a producer and agent who produced “Meet the Spartans” and “Over Her Dead Body” and represented actors and film makers such as Sean “P. Diddy” Combs, David Schwimmer, Jason Friedberg and Aaron Seltzer.
The shorts will be the first ever original content created for the Xbox Live Video Marketplace.
