Pirate Bay hit with legal action

Four men who run one of the most popular file-sharing sites in the world have been charged with conspiracy to break copyright law in Sweden. The Pirate Bay's servers do not store copyrighted material but offer links to the download location of films, TV programmes, albums and software.

http://www.contentagenda.com/article/CA6527574.html?industryid=45173

BBC iPlayer to serve Wimbledon

The BBC has agreed a new deal with the All England Club that secures coverage of the Wimbledon Tennis Championships for a further five years from 2010 to 2014.

http://www.broadbandtvnews.com/?p=4176

‘Curveball’ Caught on Tape; BBC America Has Footage

BBC America has footage of the Iraqi defector who fabricated the information about Iraq's alleged stockpile of weapons of mass destruction -- information the Bush administration relied on to go to war in Iraq.

http://www.broadcastingcable.com/article/CA6544821.html

Online Video Traffic Surges Massively In The UK | YouTube, BBC iPlayer Market Leaders

With most of the big players in the Web TV and streaming video industry being based in North America, read Google, YouTube, MySpace, Yahoo!, it's ...

http://www.webtvwire.com/online-video-traffic-surges-massively-in-the-uk-youtube...

The War ends on TV, opens on disc

OCT. 5 | The DVD box set of Ken Burns’ seven-episode documentary on World War II hit retail shelves Oct. 2, opening on the last day of its multi-day premiere on PBS. So far, according to its PBS distributor, sales are meeting expectations.

https://www.videobusinesss.com/article/CA6487869.html

BBC Could Cash in On Ads through Overseas Audience

ComScore released figures today suggesting that almost 60 percent of traffic to BBC sites now comes from outside of the U.K. It appears that the BBC's decision to begin serving ads to their international users in October last year...

http://blog.clickz.com/080122-112852.html

'Apprentice' does job for BBC

Episode one of the show, launched on flagship web BBC1 March 26, was watched by an unprecedented 6.4 million viewers, almost two million more than the first episode of series three. The hour-long opening program achieved a 25% share, according to unofficial overnights..

http://www.variety.com/article/VR1117982997

REM at SXSW on NPR

It was a trip to the past, or future — however you look at it, when REM played a set at Stubbs Bar-B-Q in Austin as part of the 2008 SXSW festival. The show was streamed and recorded for posterity by NPR.

http://wrightbryan.com/?p=15

BBC Buys Lonely Planet

Terms weren’t disclosed, other than founders Tony and Maureen Wheeler retain 25%. CEO Judy Slatyer and her management team remain in place, and the company’s headquarters remains in Melbourne, Australia. Lonely Planet also has operations in Oakland, Calif., and the United Kingdom.

http://www.multichannel.com/article/CA6485862.html?industryid=47199

BBC moving to Adobe Flash, iPlayer on the Web soon

The BBC responds to pressure for an online version of the iPlayer by moving to Adobe's Flash platform.

http://www.news.com/8301-10784_3-9798181-7.html