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RealNetworks Snaps Up Another Gaming Business

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February 22nd 2008
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ADOTAS — Online music and video distributor RealNetworks Inc., announced today that it acquired the assets of online game technology company TryMedia from Macrovision Corp. Financial terms of the deal were not disclosed. The acquisition is part of RealNetworks’ strategy to boost its online gaming business, an exponentially booming industry. Online [...] more...

MochiAds & Aeria Partner For The Good Of The Games

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February 19th 2008
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ADOTAS - MochiAds, a large online games ad network, announced today that it is partnering with Aeria Games, a leading gaming community of free-to-play massively multiplayer online (MMO) games. Aeria will have access to over 1,000 Flash-based casual games from MochiAds network in addition to their existing catalog of PC downloadable [...] more...

EU Rallies For Single Market For Online Services

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January 4th 2008
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The EU announced yesterday that it will be making a proposal in the middle of the year to create a single European market in the divisions of online music, films and games. A large focus of the initiative is illegal downloads. The commission has said that this greatly discourages content [...] more...

“Legit” Virtual Item Trade Site Launches

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December 19th 2007
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The real money exchange in virtual worlds is a controversial subject, because many times, those buying or selling virtual items operate outside the boundaries of MMO publisher’s terms of service, and such practices can cause in-game economies to go off-balance. But newly-launched New York-based Live Gamer says that it is a [...] more...

Gaming Company Worth $18.8 Billion?

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December 3rd 2007
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Online gaming should win one of the sashes for “most likely to succeed” this year for all of the steady growth that market has had. Today, that industry as a whole just stepped up their game, so to speak. Activision and Blizzard, the companies behind the popular Call of Duty and [...] more...

China.com Signs Giant Ad Deal

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November 7th 2007
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Today, China.com, a provider of Online services in China and a Hong Kong listed subsidiary of CDC Corporation announced that it has signed an advertising deal with Giant Interactive Group Inc. Giant is a leading online games developer and operator in China. The ad campaign for Giant will run on China.com’s [...] more...

Ross Logan Named Miniclip CFO

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September 19th 2007
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Miniclip, one of the largest online gaming sites announced today that Ross Logan will be the new CFO. Logan will be working closely with Miniclip CEO Rob Small and will oversee the company’s financial operations. Small stated, “Ross is an important addition to Miniclip’s executive team and we look forward to [...] more...

GGL Hosts Live Tournaments For PS3

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August 15th 2007
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GGL, a media network that is focused on the gaming culture has been hosting live online gaming tournament for Playstation3 online games. The tournament started on July 7th with Resistance: Fall of Man. In the first ten days, there were over 6,000 registered participants from announcement date on June 18th. Retail [...] more...

Games Worth $100M To Viacom

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July 20th 2007
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Staying on the subject of games, Viacom’s MTV Networks has announced that its Nickelodeon Kids & Family Group is planning on investing $100 million over the span of two years in the development, distribution and creation of casual gaming titles, sites and platforms. Cyma Zarghami who is the president of Nickelodeon [...] more...


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Turn VP: Ad Network Shakeout “Inevitable”ADOTAS EXCLUSIVE – Turn bills itself as the world’s first Smart Market for online advertising. Turn’s VP of product and [...] more...

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