NewTeeWee writes about the public launch of social tv service TIOTI:

The social TV download guide Tape It Off The Internet (TIOTI) will finally open to the public tomorrow. As one of the first sites to combine online TV with social recommendations, wiki features and tagging, TIOTI got some rave reviews when it first appeared late last year for a private beta test. The fact that it offered easy access to torrent downloads of your favorite shows didn?t hurt either.

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NewTeeVee has a video interview with Mike Volpi behind social tv service Joost:

Joost, the impeccably pedigreed, funded, and hyped Internet TV platform is releasing its software to the general public on Monday. For those of you beta testers (like us) who?ve griped about the reliability and usability of the application, the company promises a significantly upgraded client, including a new navigation system, search, and an open API for third-party widgets. It is seeding the open API with widgets of its own, including synchronized watching and video markup tools.

Joost is seeing 50,000 beta downloads per week, and with open access hopes to receive between two million and three million users by the end of the year (for this figure the company counts unique user IDs, not downloads of every upgrade of its player), CEO Mike Volpi said in an interview last week (see the video below).

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GigaOm writes about alot of deals in the social music space:

As Apple (APPL) and Amazon (AMZN) duke it out in the MP3 price war, music publishers are still trying to figure out how to cash in on a crowd that will go to great lengths to get its music for free.

Imeem, a San Francisco-based music discovery startup, said it has signed a content agreement with Sony BMG Music Entertainment that gives users access to the Sony(SNE)-Bertelsmann joint venture?s digital catalog of music and video for ad-supported, ?free? streaming of these files.

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Tags: social music, imeem, spiral frog, qtrax

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Venture Beat writes about a deal between Sony and social music site Imeem:

Sony BMG has become the latest music label to offer its entire music and video catalog for free streaming on imeem, a Web site focused on letting users share music playlists.

Warner Music Group did the same in July (our coverage). The deal is significant because it represents one more fissure in the once united stance among music labels to stick with a paid model and digital rights management. Increasingly, music is being streamed for free, supported by ads.

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Tags: social music, imeem, sony

Mashable writes about a social travel service on Facebook:

Trip Match is a new Facebook application for planning trips with your friends. It?s fairly comprehensive, offering features for sending invites, keeping track of who?s going, and options to add trip details like restaurants and places to go. The application was developed by TripWiser, who operates an independent web site for trip planning as well.

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Tags: social travel, facebook, tripmatch

Mashable writes about a report saying that internet tv is growing:

Screen Digest has conducted a survey that indicates the UK market of online TV will grow considerably in the coming years, reaching $362 million by 2011. This is an important consideration, because online TV in the UK is still relatively new, but the forecast for the growth of this sector means a lot for Internet TV companies, studios, and marketers.

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Tags: social tv, internet tv

Mashable writes about social music site Last.fm:

Last.fm is launching a new program designed to help independent musicians use the Internet to jump start their careers. The campaign will focus on teaching up-and-coming artists how to produce, promote, and distribute their music on the Web.

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Tags: social music, last.fm

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Mashable writes about social music site Imeem:

Imeem, an online community that aims to connect artists and fans, has reached a deal with Sony BMG to legally offer their music to users. In exchange for allowing Imeem users to stream Sony BMG music on the site and in their widgets, the record label will get a cut of the advertising revenue.

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Mashable writes about a new social tv service from Microsoft:

Microsoft has announced that starting tomorrow users of Windows Vista will have access to a new feature called Internet TV within Media Center. The update will allow users to view streaming video such as episodes of Arrested Development, sports clips from FOX Sports, and news from MSNBC. Video will include advertising from YuMe, a video advertising network

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Mashable writes about social travel site TripIt:

With the launch, TripIt has added a couple of improvements to the site. There?s a useful calendar integration for Google, Outlook and other iCal standards, which is a very useful automation tool that goes along with TripIt?s service. Sync your personal calendar with your TripIt plans, as well as the plans of your friends and coworkers, too.

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Tags: social travel, tripit