Disney is embarking on a journey which will see the company embracing the Web as a content delivery system in ways most major studios have so far resisted.

The only problem is that creating yet another means of accessing online content risks fracturing the whole industry even further than it already is.

Moving To The Web

As soon as Napster was created Pandora’s Box was opened, never to be sealed again. Once music sharing over the Internet entered the mainstream there was little point fighting to contain the problem, but the major record labels tried to regardless of common sense.

That’s not to say the music industry should have just let people share music online illegally. No, it should have concentrated on offering alternatives, and building Web services into its business plans for the future.

The television and movie industries haven’t been quite as short-sighted, having had a few years to learn from the mistakes of others, but there is still a lot of work that needs doing.

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Love Bites Synopsis

Love Bites is a comedy television series produced by NBC that premiered in June of 2011.

Created by Cindy Chupack Love Bites was originally envisioned to follow the story of two single women Annie (played by Becki Newton) and Frannie (played by Jordana Spiro) who are still on the dating scene while most of their friends have gotten married. The series was supposed to premiere mid-season but due to a number of reasons the series finally debuted in the summer. Original actors have in the meantime landed roles in other pilot series.

Love Bites is currently in its first season.

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Franklin & Bash Synopsis

Franklin & Bash is a comedy legal procedural television series produced by TNT network that premiered in June of 2011.

Created by Kevin Falls and Bill Chais Franklin & Bash follows the story of Jared Franklin (played by Breckin Meyer) and Peter Bash (played by Mark-Paul Gosselaar), two street smart lawyers who will do anything in the courtroom to win a case. They are recruited by Staton Infeld (played by Malcolm McDowell) to come and work for his prominent but stuffy law firm.

Franklin & Bash is currently in its first season.

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Microsoft could be about to announce a new IPTV service specifically for Xbox 360 owners. Named Xbox LIVE Diamond it sounds like being one step up from Xbox LIVE Gold.

Xbox LIVE Diamond

Microsoft is being heavily tipped to unveil a new Xbox LIVE television service at the E3 Expo next week. Named Xbox LIVE Diamond (codename Orapa), the TV service would add even more video content to the bestselling games console which is already bulging with video content.

According to WinRumors, Microsoft is busy getting the final partners in place before making the big announcement. Orapa would be a monthly subscription service which would cost money on top of what Xbox 360 owners are already paying for the privilege of going online using their consoles.

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Spider-Man and His Amazing Friends Synopsis

The cartoon Spider-Man and His Amazing Friends teams up Spider-Man and some other superheroes.

Spider-Man’s friends are Iceman of the X-Men and an original character called Firestar.

Firestar would go on to enter regular Marvel Comics continuity.

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YouTube has introduced multiple Creative Commons options for video uploaders and video remixers. This opens up thousands of clips to be used in videos and allows creators to offer more liberal licensing to other users of the site.

Creative Commons

The Creative Commons licensing system has been around since 2002 and allowed content creators to easily license their works on the Internet. There are six different Creative Commons licenses available, ranging from Attribution Alone to Attribution + Noncommercial + ShareAlike. All of which make various demands of those using the licensed works.

Creative Commons has been used extensively on photographs, with Flickr now hosting almost 200 million images licensed under the system. But video hasn’t really made the most of the Creative Commons licensing system. At least until now.

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Murphy’s Law Synopsis

Murphy’s Law is a crime drama television series produced by BBC1 that premiered in September of 2001.

Created by Colin Bateman Murphy’s Law follows the story of Detective Sergeant Tommy Murphy (played by James Nesbitt) who often does undercover work. Murphy was married and had a young daughter while he was living in Northern Ireland. But his family was kidnapped and he was told he should make a choice – either detonate a bomb in the local barracks or watch his daughter getting killed. And although he chose to detonate the bomb he could not go through with it, only to learn the kidnappers killed his daughter and forced his wife to watch.

Murphy’s Law aired five seasons.

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