My press review

• Video Games

  Amazon Game Studios launches with Facebook game

  The new Amazon Game Studios is dedicated to creating social games, with its first title being the free-to-play "Living Classics". Gamesindustry 07/08/2012
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• Video Games

  Namco Bandai Q1 Profits Up 200 %

  Namco Bandai posted revenues of $1.39 billion in Q1 2012. Net profits were $130 million, a 214.8 % increase on last year. GamesIndustry 03/08/2012
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• Television

  Olympic Games: media casts its biggest-ever net

  As the BBC streams 24 Olympic channels, newspapers are battling to win gold for online clicks. The Observer 29/07/2012
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• Digital Tech

  Baidu Enters Brazilian Market

  "Chinese Google" Baidu has launched a Portuguese-language version of web directory Hao123. The Next Web 27/07/2012
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• Digital Tech

  Tencent’s market capitalization is greater than Facebook’s

  Tencent’s market capitalization is currently at $66.6 billion – compared to Facebook’s $62.24 billion. Tech In Asia 19/07/2012
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• Video Games

  DeNa Partners with Hasbro for "Transformers" Mobile Game

  DeNa's three-year agreement for "Transformers" follows recent deal with Disney for games with Marvel characters. Tech In Asia 18/07/2012
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• Digital Tech

  229 million Facebook Users in Asia-Pacific

  Statistics from SocialBakers suggest that 25 % of Facebook users live in Asia-Pacific region. Tech In Asia 18/07/2012
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• Digital Tech

  Baidu Dominates Chinese Search

  Baidu hold 78.6 % of the market despite government-backed national competitors, while Google hangs on with 15.7 %. Tech In Asia 17/07/2012
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• Digital Tech

  Upcoming Shift in the Global PC Market

  Lenovo is expected to soon surpass Hewlett Packard as the biggest PC maker in terms of shipments. Tech In Asia 17/07/2012
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• Video Games

  « Call of Duty Online » Free-to-Play in China

  Activision, in partnership with Tencent, will launch a free-to-play version of Call of Duty Online in China. The Guardian 03/07/2012
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• Television

  China: PPTV Leads Online Video Market

  PPTV is biggest online video platform, with 34 million daily users. Tech In Asia 03/07/2012
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• Digital Tech

  Google Unveils Tablet

  Google will launch the Nexus 7, a direct competitor to Amazon's Kindle, on July 7. Huffington Post 27/06/2012
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• Cinema

  Netflix Leads Online Video Market

  Netflix reached 44 % of the U.S. online video market in 2011, surpassing Apple's 32.3 %. iSuppli 19/06/2012
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• Video Games

  Tencent Continues Invasion into U.S. Gaming Market

  Tencent has made a strategic minority investment in Epic games, a U.S. video game editor. VentureBeat 19/06/2012
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• Cinema

  Warner Leads DVD market in United States

  Warner Bros is the U.S.'s biggest DVD distributor, with 18.54 % of the market. SNL 19/06/2012
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• Publishing

  U.S.: Ebook Sales Surpass Hardcover for First Time

  Ebook sales reach $282,3 million in Q1 2012 (+28,4 % on last year) , compared to $229,6 million (+2,7 %) for hardcover books. Mashable 18/06/2012
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• Publishing

  U.S.: Ebook Sales Surpass Hardcover for First Time

  Ebook sales reach $282,3 million in Q1 2012 (+28,4 % on last year) , compared to $229,6 million (+2,7 %) for hardcover books. Mashable 18/06/2012
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• Video Games

  Zynga Shares Decline

  On Tuesday, June 12th 2012, shares of Zynga decreased 10 percent to $4.98 at the close in New York. The Washington Post 13/06/2012
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• Video Games

  Launch of "Come Play GREE"

  Japanese social gaming giant GREE targets international audience with new website. Tech In Asia 11/06/2012
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• Music

  NTT Docomo takes control of Tower Records Japan

  NTT Docomo, one of the biggest telecoms operators in Japan, has increased its stake in CD and DVD retailer Tower Records Japan to 50.3%. Reuters 11/06/2012
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• Digital Tech

  Nasdaq to Refund Facebook Investors

  Nasdaq will refund losses caused by technical problems when Facebook went public. Financial Times 07/06/2012
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• Video Games

  Gaikai Partner with Machinima

  Machinima content will be hosted on the Gaikai platform. Gamesindustry 07/06/2012
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• Video Games

  DeNA Continues China Push

  DeNA ally with chinese social networking site Renren to bring more mobile games to the service the Mobage social gaming platform. Tech In Asia 05/06/2012
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• Digital Tech

  iPad King of the Tablets

  Apple is worldwide leader in tablet devices, with 65% of the market. Samsung comes in second place with 6%. News24 05/06/2012
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• Economics

  Sony Go Down

  Shares in Sony have hit their lowest level - less than 1 000 yen - since 1980. L'Expansion 04/06/2012
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• Digital Tech

  Sony Buys Gaikai

  Sony's $360 million acquisition gives it a position in the cloud gaming sector. VentureBeat 02/06/2012
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• Digital Tech

  Amazon Comes to Xbox Live

  Amazon Instant video App is available for Xbox 360 users with a Gold subscription. Gamesindustry 30/05/2012
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• Video Games

  Tencent’s online gaming dominance grows as market expands to $1.78 Billion

  Tencent dominate the chinese's market of social gaming with 33,7 % of market share by revenue. Tech in Asia 25/05/2012
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• Telecommunications

  China now has over a billion mobile phone users

  China gained 43 million new mobile users over Q1 2012, putting the total number of users at about 1 030 052 000. Tech in Asia 24/05/2012
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• Digital Tech

  New Pew study finds teens comfortable v-chatting and sharing video

  A new study found that 37% of Internet users ages 12 to 17 participate in video chats are more likely to engage in v-chats than regular chats. Los Angeles Times 04/05/2012
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• Cinema

  "Avengers" conquer world box office as U.S. audiences wait

  With a quarter of a billion dollars already in its pocket from a week of ticket sales, "The Avengers"is poised to join the "... Los Angeles Times 04/05/2012
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• Video Games

  Zynga.com grows to 2.8M monthly active users in 2 months

  Zynga has seen steady user growth for its Zynga.com games platform since March, with monthly active users now up to 2,8 million. Gamasutra 04/05/2012
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• Video Games

  Gameloft Q1 sales up 14% to €44,8 million

  Gameloft's strongest sector of growth came from smartphones which saw revenue increase by 59 %. VGChartz 04/05/2012
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• Video Games

  Lenovo launch China’s first ‘console’

  Lenovo has launched its first home entertainment console, skirting a Chinese ban on gaming equipment by marketing it as a family exercise device. Financial Times 03/05/2012
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• Video Games

  Gaikai partners with Wikipad tablet

  Cloud gaming company Gaikai has signed a deal with tablet manufacturer Wikipad to integrate its streaming service into the device. Gamesindustry 02/05/2012
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• Digital Tech

  China video wars: rivals unite to gobble growth

  Considering the giant Youku Tudou, three of their rivals are also teaming up to fight back. paidContent 25/04/2012
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• Digital Tech

  Netflix posts first loss since 2005, shares plunge

  Netflix Inc. reported its first net loss since 2005 in the first quarter, as the costs from international expansion outweighed the video subscription... Los Angeles Times 24/04/2012
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• Video Games

  Retailer plans to share 10% of pre-owned sales with publishers

  New US online retailer EKGaming intends to share 10 per cent of pre-owned games sales with publishers and developers. Gamesindustry 24/04/2012
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• Digital Tech

  24% of Web Content is Now in Chinese

  A new infographic shows that Chinese will soon overtake English as the dominant language online. Tech in Asia 23/04/2012
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• Telecommunications

  Verizon starts 2012 off strong: sales and profits rise in Q1 earnings

  Verizon announced that it saw revenues increase 4.6 % to $28,2 billion, with net income of $3,9 billion, an almost 20 % jump from last year. VentureBeat 19/04/2012
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• Digital Tech

  Google Maps loses market share lead in China for first time

  Google’s Maps app now accounts for 25.3 % of mobile client usage, pipped by Autonavi’s 25.5 %. Tech in Asia 19/04/2012
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• Telecommunications

  Vodafone threatens India over tax row

  Vodafone threatened the Indian government with arbitration proceedings on Tuesday in a fight over retrospective tax proposals. Reuters 18/04/2012
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• Cinema

  Disney, DMG team up to make 'Iron Man 3' a Chinese co-production

  The Walt Disney Co. said that "Iron Man 3" will be a co-production with China, as the Burbank company teamed with DMG Entertainment of... Los Angeles Times 16/04/2012
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• Video Games

  Xbox 360 makes it 15 months as the best-selling home console in the US

  The Xbox 360 continues to dominate in the US with 15 straight months as the best-selling console system. Video Gamer 16/04/2012
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• Telecommunications

  Iraq Emerges From Isolation as Telecommunications Hub

  Iraq took a big step out of isolation and into the digital world when its telecommunications system was linked to a vast new undersea cable system... The New York Times 15/04/2012
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• Video Games

  Huge growth predicted for Indian games industry

  The Indian games industry is expected to grow by 38 % to $359 million in 2012. MCV 13/04/2012
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• Video Games

  EA partners with Tencent to bring "The Sims Social" to China

  The open beta for the game has launched on Tencent's Qzone platform. Gamesindustry 13/04/2012
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• Press

  MediaCorp Publishing magazines are advertisers' top 3 choices

  Magazines under MediaCorp Publishing have been voted as advertisers' choice of magazines in an annual magazines ranking survey. Channel News Asia 13/04/2012
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• Cinema

  China's movie sector becomes second-largest in the world

  China overtook Japan as the world's second-biggest cinema market in the first quarter of the year thanks to the breakneck growth of the nation's film... China Daily 13/04/2012
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• Video Games

  Game sales fall 25 percent in March despite hot sales of Mass Effect 3

  Video game sales fell 25 percent in March, with total industry sales falling to $1.10 billion from $1.47 billion a year ago. VentureBeat 13/04/2012
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• Television

  Turner to shut Hindi entertainment channel 'Imagine' in India

  Time Warner has decided to shut its Hindi general entertainment channel 'Imagine TV' in India as poor ratings hampered any further investment in it. Reuters 12/04/2012
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• Technology

  iPad to lead 98 percent growth for tablets market this year

  iPad's dominance of the market will continue and it will contribute to the tablets market size almost doubling this year, according to Gartner... Gamesindustry 12/04/2012
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• Digital Tech

  Netflix rolls out on Windows Phone in Latin America, the U.K. and Ireland

  Netflix put the finishing touches on mobile-device rollouts in the regions it’s aggressively expanding into. paidContent 11/04/2012
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• Digital Tech

  Android beats Apple in China mobile platform race: report

  At the end of 2011, Android had 68,4 % of the smartphone OS market by the number of smartphones sold. Reuters 10/04/2012
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• Digital Tech

  AOL Strikes $1.1 Billion Patent Deal With Microsoft

  AOL agreed on Monday to sell a portfolio of over 800 patents, and license about 300 more, to Microsoft for $1.056 billion. The New York Times 10/04/2012
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• Telecommunications

  Samsung Posts Record Quarterly Profit

  Samsung, the world’s top technology company by revenue, posted record quarterly operating profit of €3. 92 million. The New York Times 06/04/2012
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• Digital Tech

  Digital Garage acquires Photozou from Zynga Japan

  Digital Garage is planning to make Photozou a little more mobile friendly. Tech in Asia 06/04/2012
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• Video Games

  3DS accounts for 65 per cent of Japanese hardware sales

  The 3DS reasserted its dominance in Japan as Kingdom Hearts 3D: Dream Drop Distance entered the software charts at number one. Gamesindustry 05/04/2012
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• Video Games

  Zynga-owned Draw Something hits 50 million downloads

  OMGPOP's Draw Something, which has taken the App Store by storm, has just passed the 50 million download mark. Gamesindustry 05/04/2012
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• Telecommunications

  Charting RIM's demise

  Research in Motion’s latest quarterly results show a continuation of the decline in sales that began in Q1 2011. Technology Spectator 04/04/2012
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• Video Games

  GREE making moves for global domination

  The Japanese mobile social giant seeks an audience of 1 billion players. Gamesindustry 04/04/2012
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• Cinema

  Foreign markets and the big screen

  The opening of new markets across the world for the motion picture industry is a cultural and economic achievement. Real Film Career 02/04/2012
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• Cinema

  Wellywood pulls in $500m for capital’s economy

  Revenue generated by Wellington-based feature films has nearly doubled in the past four years. Real Film Career 02/04/2012
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• Digital Tech

  China’s Group Messaging Giant to Get English Name, WeChat, and Go Global

  China’s social media giant, will give its app an English name – WeChat – in order to take it international. Tech in Asia 02/04/2012
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• Video Games

  Sega Sammy Cuts its Forecast in Half, Cancels Games and Layoffs

  Sega Sammy is expected to lose around $85 million. VGChartz 31/03/2012
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• Digital Tech

  Machinima's 166m monthly viewers sparking traditional TV partnerships

  1.4bn video views in February for online network, including nearly 400m from mobile devices. The Guardian 30/03/2012
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• Cinema

  Toronto’s film industry making a comeback

  For the first time since 2002, production and post-production activities have topped $1 billion – $1.13 billion to be precise. Real Film Career 30/03/2012
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• Video Games

  Mobile gaming: $7.5 billion worldwide in 2015

  A survey by SuperData shows the mobile gaming market expanding to $7.5 billion by 2015, up from $2.7 billion today. Gamesindustry 30/03/2012
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• Telecommunications

  Smartphones reach 50% of cell phones in USA

  Nielsen survey shows that smartphones are chosen by two-thirds of new buyers. Gamesindustry 29/03/2012
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• Digital Tech

  Tencent CEO: Weixin group messaging app hits 100 million users

  Weixin, already the world’s biggest group messaging app, has thus doubled its userbase since last December. Tech in Asia 29/03/2012
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• Telecommunications

  Nokia Pins Smartphone Hopes on China

  China Telecom, with 126 million customers, will begin selling the Nokia Lumia 800C. The New York Times 29/03/2012
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• Video Games

  China's online games market grew 32 percent in 2011

  Pearl Research estimates the online games market at $9.2 billion by 2014. Gamesindustry 29/03/2012
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• Digital Tech

  The rise of Weibo

  Over 130 thousand companies opened account on Sina Weibo. China Internet Watch 28/03/2012
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• Video Games

  Xbox Has Never Been A Game System

  Microsoft observes that already entertainment usage has surpassed multiplayer games usage. The Wired 27/03/2012
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• Digital Tech

  Apple's sales accelerator

  Apple's last quarter was robust with 116 per cent earnings growth and 73 per cent net sales growth. Technology Spectator 27/03/2012
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• Advertising & Communication

  Google spent $70M on U.S. TV ads in 2011

  Google which makes 96 percent of its revenue from advertising is becoming a massive media buyer itself. VentureBeat 26/03/2012
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• Video Games

  French Gamers

  A survey from Kantar Media TGI analyze the evolution of the gamers behaviour from 15 years old and more since the last three years. Agence Française du Jeu Video 23/03/2012
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• Digital Tech

  Facebook Investor DST Seeks $1 Billion for New Tech Fund

  Digital Sky Technologies, a Russian firm that invested in Facebook Inc. (FB), is seeking $1 billion for a new late-stage technology fund. Bloomberg 22/03/2012
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• Television

  Mediaset sees difficult 2012 after profit fall

  Italy's biggest media group Mediaset, owned by former prime minister Silvio Berlusconi, warned of a difficult year ahead after 2011 net profit fell... Reuters 21/03/2012
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• Telecommunications

  China's mobile subscribers up 1.2 pct at 999.7 mln in February

  China, the world's largest mobile phone market, has reached 999.7 of mobile subscribers in February, data from the country's three telecommunications... Reuters 21/03/2012
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• Digital Tech

  Tablet games heading for £2bn revenues in 2014

  A survey from Juniper Research shows that the revenues for the global tablet games market will rise from $491m (£310m) in 2011 to $3.1bn in... The Guardian 20/03/2012
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• Digital Tech

  By the Numbers: Indonesia’s Mobile and Internet Potential

  According to IDC, by 2012 there will be over 30 million internet users in the country. Tech in Asia 19/03/2012
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• Cinema

  Malaysia to provide prod’n incentives

  Malaysia is to begin offering financial incentives to local and foreign films that shoot in the country, the government has announced. Real Film Career 18/03/2012
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• Cinema

  The French cinema threatened by Brussels and the relocations

  Despite a very good year in 2011, the french production feels nervous cause of the relocations of the shootings and its own disorganization. La Tribune 17/03/2012
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• Cinema

  Check out India’s $5 billion movie industry

  A survey of the MPAA shows that the Indian movie industry is poised to become a $5 billion industry in the next two years. Real Film Career 17/03/2012
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• Video Games

  Kixeye quietly makes big bucks on hardcore Facebook games

  Kixeye creates well-designed free-to-play games that generate a lot of revenue from sales of virtual goods. VentureBeat 16/03/2012
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• Digital Tech

  Tencent poised to make more acquisitions

  Tencent expects to make further acquisitions as it seeks to broaden revenue sources beyond online gaming. Financial Times 15/03/2012
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• Telecommunications

  Acquisition costs hit VimpelCom profits

  VimpelCom, the mobile telecoms group, aims to reverse its profit decline in the final quarter of this year. Financial Times 14/03/2012
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• Video Games

  In-game advertising platform Tap.Me raises $3.2M in funding

  Game advertising platform Tap.Me has raised $3.2 million in a new round of funding, while also adding former Atari CEO Jeffrey Lapin to its board... Gamasutra 13/03/2012
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• Digital Tech

  Youku buys Tudou, creating China online video giant

  China's top two online video companies are joining forces. Reuter 12/03/2012
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• Telecommunications

  Nokia’s SEC filing reveals phone sales down 20% in China in 2011

  It seems that 2010 was Nokia’s zenith in China, with Nokia’s new SEC filing for full year 2011 revealing that last year proved to be the... Tech in Asia 09/03/2012
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• Video Games

  Japanese Game Publisher Konami Joins Zynga as a Platform Partner

  Social games provider Zynga, in the wake of announcing its own social gaming space called the Zynga Platform, today announced three big platform... Tech in Asia 09/03/2012
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• Cinema

  China woos Hollywood studios with film fund

  China extended its courtship of Hollywood on Wednesday, with government officials touting a new fund for co-financing movies. Real Film Career 08/03/2012
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• Video Games

  A new game plan for the games industry

  The $US64 billion global video games industry, shaken up by the likes of Zynga in recent years, may be on the verge of another identity crisis. Technology Spectator 07/03/2012
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• Video Games

  PC games market in 2011 grew to $18.6 billion in US

  According to a survey from PC Gaming Alliance (PCGA), free-to-play continues to drive growth worldwide. Gamesindustry 07/03/2012
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• Digital Tech

  Apple’s App Store tops 25bn downloads

  More than 25bn apps have been downloaded from Apple’s App Store, the company has announced, in a milestone that highlights the shift to a new... Financial Times 04/03/2012
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• Video Games

  Games retailer "Game" to launch online demo-streaming service in...

  Cloud gaming service Gaika, and European games retailer The Game Group, have announced a new agreement which will see the retailer offer streaming... The Next Web 02/03/2012
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• Digital Tech

  Facebook introduces Premium: a marketer’s dream, a user’s nightmare?

  Facebook launches its premium offers described as a guaranteed success tool for the brands. The Next Web 29/02/2012
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• Video Games

  ConsolidationVille: Social Games M&A in 2012

  Online/mobile games are forecast to grow the total video games software market in the 2015 financial year. The acceleration in games investment and M... Gamesindustry 28/02/2012
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• Telecommunications

  MIIT Says Telecom Growth Outpaced GDP Growth in China Last Year

  The Ministry of Industry and Information Technology (MIIT) announced that telecom industry growth is reaching news highs and has outpaced GDP growth... Asia Tech News For The World 23/02/2012
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• Digital Tech

  Emerging countries offer opportunities for brand names

  The study "Digital Life" published by the TNS group shows that most internet users are in the BRIC countries now. The web has become an... Agence Française pour le Jeu Video 23/02/2012
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• Video Games

  Peak acquires Saudi social company Kammelna Games

  San Francisco's Peak Games has made a move into the emerging Middle Eastern and North African markets with the acquisition of social company Kammelna... Gamesindustry 22/02/2012
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• Press

  Times digital subscribers rise to just under 120,000

  Paper and stablemate the Sunday Times show hefty increases in number of readers on iPad between September and January. The Guardian 15/02/2012
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• Publishing

  British Book Buyers Switching from Print to electronic and Spending Less

  The first results of a survey about the trend for the book market in England for 2011. PRWeb 14/02/2012
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• Telecommunications

  iPhone is Apple's Money-Spinner

  Sales of the iPhone have generated $150 billion, with 250 million units sold in 5 years. The Globe and Mail
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• Video Games

  Digital and alternative revenue streams generated $3.3 billion in Q4 2011

  Sales of game content from revenue streams outside of new physical retail topped $3 billion in the fourth quarter of 2011. Gamesindustry
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