A German court has given both Universal and Warner Bros a preliminary injunction against the streaming video portal Zattoo.
The site had been running commercial spots using films from Universal and Warner. Zattoo shows free German TV channels on its site as free web streams while adding advertising to the content.
The studios however are now suing the site saying “its agreement with German channels does not allow it to insert commercials into its films.”
Zattoo is now blocked from streaming any Warner and Universal films until a settlement is reached, and the site pays additional licensing fees.
The IPTV provider, which launched 4 years ago, has over 4 million registered users and is available in Germany, Denmark, France, Spain, Switzerland and the U.K.
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Sling Media, the creators of the popular Slingbox media hub has announced the beta of their new video portal Sling.com.
The official email for beta testers goes like this:
Your Feedback
Dear Sling Beta Team,
Sling Media is getting ready to roll out a private beta program for our new website, Sling.com. And you’re invited!
We really need your help banging on the site and providing feedback so we can improve some rough spots before we push a release to a broader audience.
Getting Started
- First, go to https://betasecure.sling.com/account/login and click “REQUEST AN INVITE” on the right.
- Over the course of the next couple of days and weeks we’ll be sending out batches of invites to our beta team.
- When you get your invite, follow the link provided and you’ll be prompted to either create an account or update your existing Sling Account. Then you’ll be off and running.
- Please keep in mind, this is a US only test. Other users will be geo blocked unfortunately.
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According to a Billboard report, Universal Music Group is set to launch their own online music video portal, one that should be set up similarly to NBC’s Hulu movie and TV streaming site.
Citing insider sources, the report says the service would host music videos as well as “artist-focused content and editorial.” UMG said it would also welcome content from other labels.
UMG currently has a licensing deal with YouTube for music videos and other clips but the company says the new site will not affect the YouTube deal.
The UMG channel of YouTube is the second most popular of all licensed deals, with over 2.6 billion videos streamed so far.
