Around the voice: Swisscom’s triple-play; In-stream ads annoying; Facebook’s changing fortune

  • Swisscom launches Internet TV over broadband [Reuters] “Swisscom is one of the world’s first carriers to commercially launch Internet Protocol Television (IPTV), a key tool for telecoms operators competing with the cable TV carriers’ combined package of phone, broadband and TV services.

  • In-stream ads annoy web viewers [AdWeek] “More than 80 percent of Web video viewers polled by Forrester Research called in-stream ads — placements that appear before or after clips — “annoying” and 75 percent said they ignore them.

  • Facebook’s changing fortunes [BusinessWeek] “‘We begged him to take the money, if not from us, then from someone,’ another person familiar with the issue [with Yahoo proposal] said.

  • Kazaa said to pay $10 million in settlement [NY Times] “Under the agreement with the National Music Publishers’ Association, Kazaa agreed to pay music publishers and songwriters a ’substantial sum,’ the association said. Though it not disclose the figure, a person with knowledge of the terms of the deal said it was about $10 million.

Nov 2, 2006 | By Nuno

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