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<title><![CDATA[Apple still reigns in film downloads, study says]]></title>
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<description><![CDATA[Apple&amp;39's iTunes owns over two thirds of the download-to-own and Internet video-on-demand markets, iSuppli says. (Credit:Screen shot by Greg Sandoval/CNET)Netflix may be the Web's top movie rental service, but nobody sells more download-to-own movies than Apple, according to market research by iSuppli.Apple's iTunes accounted for 64.5 percent of all the money spent in 2010 on electronic sell through (EIS) and Internet video on demand (IVOD) despite facing increased competitive pressure from Microsoft'sZune (Xbox), Amazon, Sony's Playstation, and Wal-Mart. &quot;Microsoft in 2010 accounted for 17.9 percent of U.S. movie EST/IVOD consumer spending, up from 11.6 percent in 2009,&quot; iSuppli found. &quot;Sony in 2010 maintained the No. 3 position in the U.S. with a 7.2 percent share, up from 5.7 percent in 2009.&quot; Apple, however, did give up some ground last year. In 2009, iTunes held 74.4 market share, and its share fell 9 percent last year, according to iSuppli. The good news is that the overall market grew by more than 60 percent. Could this increase in download sales have hurt DVD sales Last week, several of the top Hollywood studios reported dismal disc sales in the holiday quarter. According to iSuppli, Apple managed to hang on to such a big market lead with the help of theiPad and the upgraded Apple TV, the research firm said. &quot;We expect that in the United States, Apple's strong performance in IVOD will allow it to continue to bypass the video-on-demand services offered by many major cable operators.&quot;Here's more from iSuppli about how competition is heating up in the sector. Competition from Microsoft intensified...because of the highly successful launch of its Kinect 3D motion controller system for itsXbox 360. This resulted in a bumper fourth quarter for movie revenue on the Zune Video platform, cementing the No. 2 market rank for Microsoft.Wal-Mart's aggressive drive for market share for its U.S. online movies service Vudu has generated a spike in consumption for the service starting in the fourth quarter of 2010. The company announced $0.99 promotional pricing on IVOD movies and support for a wider range of living room devices, including Sony's PlayStation 3 video game console.         Greg Sandoval     Full Profile E-mail Greg Sandoval   E-mail Greg Sandoval If you have a question or comment for Greg Sandoval, you can submit it here. However, because our editors and writers receive hundreds of requests, we cannot tell you when you may receive a response.   Submit your question or comment here: 0 of 1500 characters       Greg Sandoval covers media and digital entertainment for CNET News. He is a former reporter for The Washington Post and the Los Angeles Times.  <br/><br/>0 Vote(s) ]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[Google calls out Beijing for messing with Gmail]]></title>
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<pubDate>Mon, 30 Nov -001 00:00:00 +0000</pubDate>
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<description><![CDATA[Google today officially accused the Chinese government of intentionally messing with its Gmail email, perhaps in an effort to head off any attempts by its citizens to ride a recent global wave of dissent and jumpstart their own revolution, the company confirmed today.&amp;''Relating to Google there is no issue on our side. We have checked extensively. This is a government blockage carefully designed to look like the problem is with Gmail,&amp;'' said a Google spokesman in a statement sent to VentureBeat and other media outlets.As part of the crackdown, Google said that its users in China had seen a marked slowdown in their Gmail service, including problems sending messages, marking messages as unread and accessing all the tools Gmail offers in other countries.The search engine behemoth also hinted that Chinaa4a4s government had blocked an online tool created by Google to help people find friends and relatives missing after the recent tsunami and earthquake disaster in Japan.Spokesmen for the Chinese embassies in San Francisco or Washington, D.C., did not return requests for comment.The fracas is certainly not the first argument between Google and China over Gmail.Two weeks ago Google blogged about a4Apolitically motivateda4 attacks that authorities had made on specific targets but did not name who or what those targets were:Wea4a4ve noticed some highly targeted and apparently politically motivated attacks against our users. We believe activists may have been a specific target. Wea4a4ve also seen attacks against users of another popular social site.Google may also be particularly sensitive about the issue given the criticism heaped upon it by human rights activists after it was revealed in January 2010 that the company had been allowing Chinese authorities at least some form of censorship by directing users in the country to Google.cn.But after an outcry from the international community, both on the tech and diplomatic sides, Google changed its access rights so that any user in the country was then redirected to the non-censored Google.com.hk.That change only came, however, after Google discovered that attacks on human rights activistsa4a4 Gmail accounts had originated in China.How Beijing will respond to this latest round in what appears to be a battle with a lot more fight in it remains to be seen &amp;8212' but you can be sure it won&amp;'t be the last time the two butt heads over the issue of free speech and access to information.Previous Story: Justin.tva4a4s social video bet pays off with 150K downloadsPrintEmailTwitterFacebookGoogle BuzzLinkedIn      DiggStumbleUponRedditDeliciousGoogleMore&amp;8230'          Companies: gmail, Google          Companies: gmail, GoogleRiley McDermid is a contributing reporter to VentureBeat. She was previously the online editor at institutional investing and trading forum Markets Media, which she joined in 2008 from Dow Jones/MarketWatch in New York. Her work has appeared in the The New York Times, the Associated Press, Portfolio Magazine, The Wall Street Journal, and Barrona4a4s. She has won awards from the American Society of Business Publishers and Editors, the Magazine Association of the Southeast, the Mississippi Press Association and the Atlanta Press Club, and was a finalist for the Pacemaker Prize for excellence in news reporting. Have news to share Launching a startup Email: tips@venturebeat.comVentureBeat has new weekly email newsletters.  Stay on top of the news, and don't miss a beat.<br/><br/>0 Vote(s) ]]></description>
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