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To compete with cable and satellite TV companies. AT&T Inc., Verizon Communications Inc. and a slew of competitive local exchange carriers, or CLECs, are pouring millions of dollars into Internet protocol television, or IPTV. Instead of using traditional broadcast, cable or satellite transmissions, IPTV delivers video using the same techniques developed for computer networks. By the end of 2010,...

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Daniel Klaus, co-founder and CEO of Music Nation Inc., talks with Tech Confidential about how his Web 2.0 startup is capitalizing on social networking and online video to replace highly paid talent scouts with fans who work for free. Leveraging the popularity of reality-TV talent shows, especially "American Idol," that let the audience pick the winners, Music Nation invites visitors to the...

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After last year's Republican-controlled Congress killed amendments to preserve so-called Network Neutrality, the advocacy groups of Internet companies had hoped for better luck with the current Democratic-led Congress but have thus far seen no meaningful legislation introduced. Network Neutrality — the concept that major telecoms should provide equal access to all content providers as opposed to creating fast lanes for...

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Apple Inc.'s decision to slash the cost of the iPhone to a mere $400, triggering outrage from customers who had paid a full $600 for the company's latest object of technolust, illustrates how fluid the rules of mobile media are. Even Steve Jobs is making it up as he goes. It's not as though iPhones weren't moving. In July,...

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Facebook Inc.'s new public search feature is surely prompting the many startups that specialize in people search to huddle with their venture backers to figure out whether the social network's move is a death sentence, or the best thing that could happen to them. On its way to becoming an operating system for social networking, Facebook is letting standard search engines, including Google...

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A credit crunch may be clogging the pipeline of multibillion-dollar leveraged buyouts, but the tightening of the credit markets has not yet closed the middle market. In the hopes that dealflow there will continue to hum along, private equity firms such as Silver Lake Partners and General Atlantic LLC may be getting ready to go on acquisition sprees of...

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SCi Entertainment Group plc, the video game publisher best known for the Lara Croft Tomb Raider series, reports Tuesday that it has received an approach concerning a potential offer for the company. SCi said the discussions were “extremely preliminary” and no proposal has been received nor is there any certainty of an offer. The Times of London suggests bidders...

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After getting blindsided in the Internet search business, especially by Google Inc., Yahoo! Inc. is making sure it’s a force to be reckoned with on the next frontier of search — mobile devices. The Internet media giant snapped up mobile marketing firm Actionality Inc. for an undisclosed amount. A Yahoo! spokesperson tells Tech Confidential that the acquisition is "continuing...

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Apparently tired of YouTube receiving all the attention, NBC Universal Inc. is planning to approach online video in a new way: Instead of figuring out how to fit commercials into online video content, it's making the commercial the content. The New York Times’ technology section gave a sneak peek at the yet-to-be launched didja.com, the new NBC Universal online...

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When the Federal Trade Commission came out against net neutrality in late June, it was a victory for the telecom and cable companies, but the war is still far from decided. After major rumblings last year, the issue hasn’t been on the congressional front burner much in 2007, but that could easily change with congressional and presidential elections coming...

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