April 4, 2008

CBS

CBS Sharing Final Four Games on the Web

This year, for the first time, CBS is allowing hundreds of Web sites -- ESPN.com, SI.com, Facebook -- to add a button that sends visitors to the streamed games of the NCAA men's Final Four tournament. "Facebook is sort of becoming everyone's home page," muses one college student.

http://www.latimes.com/business/la-fi-streaming4apr04,1,5779928.story

CW NETWORK

CW refreshes makeovers

The CW wants to give makeover reality shows a makeover. The network has ordered a one-hour pilot titled "Styledome" that combines the traditional beauty makeover series with a race-against-the-clock competition show.

http://www.reuters.com/article/televisionNews/idUSN0446743920080404

FOX

Murdoch: Traditional Mass Media Will End

Rupert Murdoch foresees the end of traditional mass media with consumers receiving news and entertainment from limited sources. Media companies need to diversify to survive, which is one reason his company acquired MySpace, he says. "Technology is going to destroy all the old ways."

http://explore.georgetown.edu/news/?ID=32589

MySpace May Be 'New MTV'
MySpace could be on its way to becoming the "new MTV", now that the social networking giant is announcing a new music deal with several recording industry majors. The new service will carry an old name, MySpace Music, but offer free ad-supported music and music video streams, as well as a marketplace for MySpace users to buy music downloads, ringtones, concert tickets and merchandise.

http://www.latimes.com/technology/la-fi-myspace3apr03,1,1646549.story

MySpace Music Debuts as iTunes Tops Sales

MySpace is teaming up with record giants Sony BMG, Universal and Warner to launch an online service to sell music, tickets and merchandise. MySpace Music will operate as a separate company. Also: Apple says its iTunes online music store has become the No. 1 U.S. music retailer.

http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20080403/ap_on_hi_te/myspace_online_music

News Corp Internet Division to Reorganize

Fox Interactive Media could fall short of its fiscal 2008 revenue target of $1 billion, as it reorganizes to better exploit online advertising. The News Corp. division plans to launch its long-awaited online ad network, FIM Audience Network, consolidating its newly developed ad technologies.

http://www.reuters.com/article/businessNews/idUSN0444089220080404

MTV

MTV Responds To Artists Who Want Their Music On TV

Today, MTV and Garnier Fructis unveiled a new program that will give emerging artists the chance to have one of their songs featured in a primetime MTV show this summer. The "I Want My Music on MTV" contest, beginning today, will come to life on every MTV screen, including MTV.com, Virtual MTV and the ultimate pay-off coming on-air on MTV.

http://www.rapnews.net/0-202-262848-00.html?tag=google

Up Close With Hank: A Look At MTV Networks' Upfront
When MTV Networks holds its upfront presentation May 8, it promises to offer a twist on the industry's relentless push for ROI. Enter "Return on Innovation," a catchphrase for the breakthrough opportunities MTVN says it will encourage marketers to experiment with, ranging from new ad models to integrated campaigns with on-air/digital connections.

http://publications.mediapost.com/index.cfm?fuseaction=Articles.san&s=79870&Nid=41127&p=917272

UNIVISON

Univision Launches New Children's Programming Block ``Planeta U''

The Univision Television Network announced today the launch of "Planeta U" (Planet U), an educational and informational (E/I) programming block to appeal to kids of all ages, from pre-school to high school. This safe zone for all young viewers airs on Saturday mornings from 8:00-11:00 a.m. ET/PT

http://www.pr-inside.com/univision-launches-new-children-s-programming-r518858.htm

VIACOM

Viacom, CBS TV Shows Delivered by Adobe

Adobe Systems is starting public trials of software that will deliver advertising-supported subscriptions to television programs, including CBS series "CSI" and "Big Brother." Media companies including CBS and Viacom will provide their programming through the Adobe Media Player.

http://www.reuters.com/article/entertainmentNews/idUSN0333978920080403

AFRICA

Editors Charged to Foster India-Africa Cooperation

The First India-Africa Editors Conference opened yesterday in New Delhi, India with a call on journalists from Africa and India to help in fostering relations and cooperation between the two blocks and bridge the information and knowledge gaps between them.

http://allafrica.com/stories/200804040136.html

Survey Finds Farm Workers Vulnerable to HIV, Particularly Women

An HIV prevalence survey among 10 farms in the Hoedspruit area of the Limpopo Province in South Africa has found that farm workers are highly vulnerable to HIV. The survey, commissioned by IOM and partner Hoedspruit Training Trust (HTT), found that of the 1500 farm workers who voluntarily participated, 28.5 per cent were living with HIV.

http://appablog.wordpress.com/2008/04/04/south-africa-survey-finds-farm-workers-vulnerable-to-hiv-particularly-women/

ASIA

IAS Calls For Release Of Chinese Rights Activist

The International AIDS Society (IAS) today expressed grave concern over the sentencing of Hu Jia - a prominent Chinese human rights activist - on charges of subversion, and called for Mr Jia's immediate and unconditional release.

http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/WO0804/S00050.htm

Report: Chinese media revenue to reach 544 bln yuan in 2008

Mobile and online media saw rapid growth, earning a revenue of 105.3 billion and 29.7 billion yuan in 2007. The proportion of new media, especially mobile televisions and mobile phone videos, grew to 28.07 percent of the industry.

http://news.xinhuanet.com/english/2008-04/04/content_7917260.htm

The Red Cross and bad blood

Thailand's Red Cross Society should reveal more scientific evidence to support its decision to ban homosexuals from giving blood donations. Thailand's Disease Control Department has found that the greatest risk of contracting HIV/Aids comes from having unprotected sex, regardless of whether someone is homosexual or heterosexual.

http://www.bangkokpost.com/040408_News/04Apr2008_news18.php

Yahoo's Yang: No Easy Answers In China

Yahoo -- along with Microsoft and Google -- is enduring heated criticism for providing data about its users to the Chinese government, allegedly prompting arrests and imprisonment of dissidents. "We are faced with very gray areas of freedom of expression," says Yahoo CEO Jerry Yang.

http://www.news.com/8301-10784_3-9910846-7.html

CARIBBEAN

$63 Million for HIV/Aids Prevention and Control

A sum of $63.3 million has been earmarked for the Jamaica HIV/AIDS Prevention and Control Project in the Ministry of Health and Environment in the 2008/09 Estimates of Expenditure, now before the House of Representatives.

http://www.jis.gov.jm/parliament/html/20080404T090000-0500_14726_JIS__63_MILLION_FOR_HIV_AIDS_PREVENTION_AND_CONTROL.asp

All Caribbean countries now included in US funding to fight HIV/AIDS

Hailing it as a major boost in the fight against the devastation of HIV/AIDS in the Caribbean, US Virgin Islands Delegate to Congress Donna Christensen applauded Wednesday’s passage of the US Global Leadership Against HIV/AIDS, Tuberculosis and Malaria Reauthorization Act.

http://www.caribbeannetnews.com/news-6995--42-42--.html

Caribbean activists awarded for their work on behalf of HIV/AIDS

Housing Works, the largest grassroots AIDS organization and largest minority-controlled AIDS organization in the U.S., is set to honor Haitian activist Esther Boucicault and Puerto Rico’s Gloria Gonzalez at the fourth-annual Keith D. Cylar AIDS Activist Awards on Thursday, April 17 at the Times Center, 242 W.41st Street in New York City.

http://www.caribbeanworldnews.com/middle_top_news_detail.php?mid=555

Cuba to open TV channel with foreign content

Cuba's state-run television broadcaster will start a 24-hour channel with mostly foreign content in a move to provide Cuban audiences with more variety. The Cuban Institute of Radio and Television, ICRT, made the announcement on Wednesday at a conference of the Cuban writers and artists guild, where intellectuals have criticized the poor television programming in the socialist state.

http://www.caribbeannetnews.com/news-6990--5-5--.html

Journalist wants to see more Caribbean in US

A local journalist is leading the way in discussions as the Association of Caribbean Media Workers (ACM) seeks to forge closer links with the National Association of Caribbean American Journalists (NACAJ). “The hope is that the discussions on the weekend will eventually lead to not just more Caribbean-Americans in mainstream American media, but more Caribbean issues in mainstream American media.

http://www.antiguasun.com/paper/?as=view&sun=243445087603312008&an=402636089403312008&ac=Local

New wireless telecom network launches in the Dominican Republic

Trilogy International Partners, an American holding company which invests in wireless telecommunication operations outside the United States, on Thursday announced the launch of its new telecommunications company in the Dominican Republic, VIVA.

http://www.caribbeannetnews.com/news-6984--18-18--.html

National AIDS Secretariat Promotes Usage of Female Condom

The National AIDS Secretariat is stepping up efforts to empower women and promote behavioural change in the fight against HIV/AIDS. Carmeta Douglin, HIV/AIDS Advisor for the United Nations Population Fund (UNFPA) facilitated the workshop. Ms. Douglin, who is responsible for Barbados and OECS territories, told SKNIS that the workshop is part of a larger strategy.

http://www.sknvibes.com/News/NewsDetails.cfm/4885

Pastor Deems Masculine Ideals Destructive

Nevis -LOCAL Minister of Religion at the Eden Browne Church of God, Pastor Davidson Morton has articulated his dissatisfaction with current destructive models of masculinity.

The remarks came during an exclusive interview with SKNVibes.com where Morton discussed several factors contributing to societal ills such as gang violence and HIV/AIDS.

http://www.sknvibes.com/News/NewsDetails.cfm/4891

Three countries on target to meet UN/HIV prevention goal

Jamaica, Barbados and Cuba are the only two regional countries on track to meet the United Nations target of preventing HIV mother to child transmission (PMTCT). According to the report, 'Unite for Children:Unite Against AIDS', the three Caribbean countries will meet the 2010 goal of offering the appropriate services to 80 per cent of HIV-positive pregnant women to ensure PMTCT.

http://www.caribbean360.com/News/Caribbean/Stories/2008/04/04/NEWS0000005669.html

‘What’s Your Position?’ Campaign Blazing the Trail in Trinidad

THE ‘What’s Your Position?’ HIV/AIDS awareness campaign is currently taking the nation by storm as local media stations are saturated with the awareness messages. Young people are apparently embracing the campaign as well, donning T-shirts and various other promotional materials advocating safer sexual practices. The campaign slogan begs the salient question ‘What’s Your Position on HIV/AIDS?’ while the campaign material offers an ABC approach for prevention of the disease. These include A- Abstain, B- Be faithful, C- Consistent Condom Use, D- Do Get Tested and E-Educate Yourself.

http://www.sknvibes.com/News/NewsDetails.cfm/4881

HIV/AIDS AND SEXUAL HEALTH NEWS

Estelle wants her American Boy to wear a condom

She might be living in New York, but Estelle just nipped back to London to launch the 'Get Lippy' campaign with The Body Shop. Although she's a busy hip hop artiste, it's nice to see she's using her American Boy fame to create some HIV (and safe sex) awareness.

http://www.osoblog.tv/2008/04/estelle_in_hiv_campaign.html

Magic Johnson Invites African Americans To Sign Up Online To Help Fight HIV

Since its 2006 launch, the "I Stand With Magic" program, a part of the "Campaign to End Black AIDS," has provided free HIV/AIDS testing to more than 21,000 Americans in 16 major cities with large African-American populations as part of the "I Stand With Magic" tour.

http://www.blacknews.com/news/i_stand_with_magic101.shtml

Stigma Major Obstacle to HIV/AIDS Prevention and Treatment for Women

A new survey finds that women living with HIV, the virus that causes AIDS, face high levels of social stigma. Susan Blumenthal, senior policy and medical advisor for amfAR, the foundation for AIDS Research that released the national survey, says stigma is a major obstacle to the treatment and care of women infected with the virus. "In part because of more poverty, fewer resources and the social inequities that surround women's lives in many societies."

http://www.voanews.com/english/Science/2008-04-03-voa44.cfm

UN Reports Progress in Treating Children With HIV/AIDS; Challenges Remain

he Children and AIDS report by three U.N. agencies, UNICEF, UNAIDS and the World Health Organization, says that last year 2.1 million children under the age of 15 were living with HIV, the virus that causes AIDS. It estimates 290,000 children under the age of 15 died from AIDS in 2007.

http://www.voanews.com/english/2008-04-03-voa64.cfm

MOBLE NEWS

Yahoo Adds Voice Technology To oneSearch
Yahoo has thrown down the gauntlet in the nascent mobile search wars with its new voice search offering. On Wednesday, it announced a partnership with voice recognition startup Vlingo to power its oneSearch mobile search platform. Along with the exclusive partnership, Vlingo also received a $20 million round of funding from a number of investors, including Yahoo.

http://gigaom.com/2008/04/02/yahoo-counters-googles-mobile-onslaught-with-voice/

OTHER NEWS

Billboard Launches Billboard En Español

In a further extension of its coverage of Latin music and the Latin music market, Billboard has launched Billboard En Español, a Spanish-language Web site that will provide 24/7 authoritative coverage of Latin music artists and trends.

http://www.billboard.com/bbcom/news/article_display.jsp?vnu_content_id=1003785276

New media trends turn to Spanish language

With the new Spanish-language newscast on Citrus TV, students like Nectarie Sánchez have a chance to not only use their language skills but to be on the forefront of media progression. "I feel very proud that Syracuse is one of the first schools that is doing something aimed at the Hispanic market," said Sánchez, a sophomore French and music industry major.

http://media.www.dailyorange.com/media/storage/paper522/news/2008/04/04/News/New-Media.Trends.Turn.To.Spanish.Language-3303483.shtml

Nielsen Coverage Snafu Hits Cable Biggies, As Well As Smaller Nets
Among the list of 21 cable networks whose coverage area ratings have been overstated by Nielsen over the past six months were some fairly established, mature channels including E! Entertainment, National Geographic, Oxygen and Versus, according to a list obtained by MediaDailyNews.

http://publications.mediapost.com/index.cfm?fuseaction=Articles.san&s=79868&Nid=41127&p=917272

Study: Teens more likely to be swayed by friends

Forget about appealing to a teens insecurity or vanity. According to a new Teen Topix report from OTX Research, teens are less likely to be influenced by vanity or insecurity and more likely to be influenced by friends and family.

http://www.bizreport.com/2008/04/study_teens_more_likely_to_be_swayed_by_friends.html