New research has revealed the top ten earners on YouTube. The research by advertising and analytics firm TubeMogul, claims that the chart you can see at the bottom of this news story reveals YouTube’s top 10 earners. TubeMogul claims that at least 10 performers, writers and producers earned in excess of $100,000 (£65,000) over the last year in advertising revenue garnered from the millions of visits to their popular videos on the site. Serious bedroom business Uploading vlogs to YouTube is clearly becoming serious business for numerous bedroom-based entertainers. It’s estimated [...]

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A coalition has been formed by Indian Studios and the MPAA, which hopes to stamp out DVD piracy in India. According to PricewaterhouseCoopers, piracy cost the movie industry in India $959 million in 2008 – making it one of the worst countries in the world for creating DVD knock-offs. Speaking about the coalition, MPAA chairman Dan Glickman said: “Free is great and everybody likes things for free. [But] in a civilised society, we need to pay for products and services. “I believe that as an industry, if we offer people products at reasonable prices in a hassle free manner, people [...]

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  When Sony isn’t busy adding Facebook functionality or potentially courting Firefox for its PS3, it likes nothing better than to dream of global all-encompassing online services and stores. A step toward that goal is the company’s recent introduction of the PS3 Video Delivery Service into the heart of Europe. PlayStation loyalists in Deustchland, España, France, and the United Kingdom can now use their beloved console (or the PSP) to grab movies from a selection that is set to grow at a consistent pace of 50 new films being added per week. Both SD and HD versions are available, [...]

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