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I don’t know about you but with 200 TV channels to go at I can’t find anything to watch most nights. It the usual story - soaps, reality TV (is there such a thing?), quiz shows, depress-u-dramas and third rate made-for-tv movies. So I increasingly turn to the web for my entertainment. As more and more deals are done I find I can watch some pretty interesting stuff, usually music or comedy centric shows or video clips. It is with a warm (well- tepid) heart that I report that MTV Networks has cut several online syndication deals with web sites.

MTV will supply short-form content to Veoh, GoFish, imeem, MeeVee and Dailymotion. These deals augment existing arrangements with AOL, Joost, MSN, Bebo and Comcat’s Fancast.

Tags: AOL, Bebo, Comcast, Dailymotion, Fancast, GoFish, imeem, Joost, MeeVee, MSN, MTV, Veoh

KushTV, the high definition broadband and lifestyle network, announced a partnership with Contrafilm to help distribute and develop the best content on KushTV.com and the KushTV syndication network. The partnership will allow KushTV to distribute original content from the production company and in the same token provide Contrafilm with a medium to break new actors, directors and writers.

In the wake of the recent writers’ strike, the world of television and original programming has been threatened in an instant. With late night shows being immediately affected and network primetime programs looking to be affected in January and February, there is little left to the imagination of whom else may be sucked into the downward spiral; Contrafilm is not taking any chances.

Contrafilm’s Beau Flynn will be admitted to KushTV’s advisory board. This will allow KushTV to move forward from their highly trafficked webisodic content into producing original shorts and features for the online network and then possibly extend that content into more traditional Hollywood formats.

www.kushtv.com

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Tags: Akimbo, Contrafilm, Helio, imeem, KushTv, MySpace TV, Veoh, YouTube

Caroline McCarthy over at CNET reports that Rhapsody, the subscription music service owned by RealNetworks, has teamed up with music blog network and social networking site Mog.com to provide, well, music.

Through this partnership, songs mentioned on Mog’s blogs are accompanied by a yellow “play” button that allows users to access the full-length streaming file through Rhapsody, which offers a total of about 4.5 million independent and major-label songs in its catalog. “We couldn’t be more excited to have Rhapsody enabling music listening on MOG,” Mog founder and CEO David Hyman said in a joint press release. “With today’s release, MOG has put more key pieces in place towards its goal of building the ultimate online music community.”

Rhapsody’s full-length song playback is also now integrated into Mog’s “Mog-o-Matic” downloadable music discovery software, creating playlists of recommended music based on what you play on your computer or portable music player. It’s social, too–you can listen to not only your playlist, but also those created by members of your friends’ list on Mog. In addition, Mog users can create custom playlists of Rhapsody songs, much like Imeem’s streaming lineups.

www.rhapsody.com, www.mog.com

Tags: imeem, MOG, Rahapsody, RealNetwork

imeem, the social network for music lovers, has announced a partnership with Universal Music group (UMG) that will deliver on-demand, interactive streaming of Universal’s extensive digital music and video catalogue, to the imeem community. With this announcement, imeem is the first social networking company to offer full-length, streaming access to the entire music and video catalogs of all four major music companies on an advertising-supported basis.

Beginning today, imeem’s audience of over 19 million users can listen to and express themselves with music and video from UMG’s digital catalog, which includes many of the world’s top-selling artists such as Kanye West, Amy Winehouse, Fall Out Boy, 50 Cent, Black Eyed Peas, The Pussycat Dolls, Gwen Stefani, The Killers, Snow Patrol, Maroon 5 and Nelly, among many others.

www.imeem.com

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Tags: Apple, AT&T Wireless, imeem, Microsoft, Nike, PUMA, T-Mobile, Toyota Scion, Universal Music Group