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google putting in place the resources to expand its local services. poses a problem, however, as google expands beyond research to content. its reputation rests on impartial search, but with as the slowing growth of revenues from search advertising, it needs to find new growth markets.

Gaming industry executives gather for an online round panel exploring several industry developments that are leading to increasing growth in the video game sector. Increased broadband access, open platforms, new platforms and other structural developments are cited.

Brown, Defries and Cousens say 2010 will still be a challenging year, despite UK's return to economic growth.

Forget the last 10 years of post-Napster industry annihilation - Warner Music Group (NYSE: WMG) is now seeing growing income from both music sales and music publishing - but only if you factor in overseas sales; the U.S. business is still in rewind...

Explains strategic challenges faced by bc network news. NBC in strongest position, while ABC and CBS consider merger with CNN. Pressures toward cost cutting and consolidation in the industry. But where will growth come from?

"Portending future growth of viewing on alternative platforms, incidence of TV consumption on the computer/ handheld devices is already ubiquitous among young people, with 82% of 15-17 year olds surveyed viewing at least monthly. On handheld devices alone, half (48%) of online young people surveyed report watching TV content at least monthly, doubling from 24% last year."

Viacom is turning the tide after slow growth during the recession. They have implemented cost cutting measures to grow profits with dvd sales and high ratings from quality, thought provoking programs like "Jersey Shore".

News Corp is hungry to get into the middle east advertising/media markets because of the young audiences and emerging growth in their home markets. They are attempting to buy a share in Rotana Media.

Analysts are changing their forecasts on the growth of the in-game advertising industry. 

Capping a year of spectacular growth and celebrating the milestone, Facebook founder and Chief Executive Mark Zuckerberg published a special post on the site's blog. In it he revealed the company this week has surged to 400 million users. It was only five months ago that Facebook had 300 million.

Industry watchers pull varying lessons from the year's retail wreckage, predict return to growth in 2010.

Time Warner's 4th quarter financial results from 2009. They reported an increase in total revenues, which came from growth in subscriptions. A decline in advertising revenues was reported. Subscriber Statistics During the fourth quarter, Time Warner Cable added 56,000 Digital Video subscribers to 8.866 million. The company lost 105,000 Basic Video subscribers to 12,859 million, added 120,000 Residential high-speed data subscribers to 8.994 million, added 2,000 Commercial high-speed data subscribers to 0.295 million, added 75,000 Residential Digital phone subscribers to 4.153 million, and also added 9,000 Commercial Digital phone subscribers to 0.067 million. During the same quarter the company added 64,000 Triple play subscribers to 3.448 million, added 27,000 Double play subscribers to 4.9 million, and lost 146,000 Single play subscribers to 6.224 million.

PARIS - Worldwide sales of recorded music fell by about 10 percent last year, a trade group said Thursday, as revenue growth from digital services was insufficient to compensate for a continuing fall in sales of compact discs.

Forecasts of growth in various Communications sectors 2009-2013

"Anticipating the high growth potential in the global mobile TV market, our team of experts has done thorough research and analysis of the current and future prospects of mobile TV market worldwide."

"MobiTV has released a report today touting the fact that it's witnessed a whopping 49 percent boost in daily viewership over the last year; the company claims that a plethora of live events helped drive that growth, but it's pretty hard to ignore the fact that iPhone support launched in 2009, too."

Article predicts a steady increase in spending on digital advertisers by local companies through 2014, as well as a decrease in money spent on traditional ads.

Explores the economic angle of google's potential withdraw from China, and offers a competing argument that the firm's threats to leave may in fact be a face saving measure driven by the bottom line.

Network television and cable networks have a bright future, despite the inroads of TiVo and the threat of free video on the Web. And book publishers may also see growth in the years ahead, if they can learn to relax and love the e-reader. Newspapers, however, can pretty much pack it in.