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Media mogul Sumner Redstone, the man who chairs both Viacom and CBS, said Tuesday that ISPs, Web site operators and computer equipment makers must do more to tackle the problems of online piracy.

AT&T will launch live mobile TV over the MediaFLO network in May, the carrier announced as the U.S. mobile industry prepared for a CTIA Wireless trade show in Las Vegas this week that is likely to put a big emphasis on entertainment.

Hulu, a joint online video project of NBC Universal and News Corp., is set to go live this week with programming from Time Warner's television group, Lions Gate Entertainment and sports groups. A beta version of the site was launched in October.

Online participatory media is rocking. Visitors to Nike's site can create their own athletic shoes and have them custom made. Video sites Revver and YouTube pay amateurs for clips and our rankings decide what is entertaining. From Florida Today to CBS mobile, online news sites beg readers for comments, photos and videos, while sites as varied as Topix, News Trust and Real Girls Media encourage non-journalists to contribute or edit stories about local and world events.

Google's YouTube will soon give marketers more data about viewership of its videos, so that they have a better understanding of clips' reach and effectiveness at boosting brand awareness and sales.

Yahoo has acquired Maven Networks for US$160 million in a deal that will help the search provider boost its video advertising capabilities.

We interrupt our regularly scheduled Geek News roundup to bring you this bulletin filled with conjecture and unsubstantiated opinions.

Mark Zuckerberg, founder and CEO of Facebook, said that the social networking company is still committed to its Beacon advertising system despite past missteps, and predicted that it will evolve to be a good feature in an interview with CBS's 60 Minutes.

There is nothing we industry pundits love more than a good food fight. Cisco vs. Lucent. Google vs. Microsoft! Intel vs. AMD! Cable vs. Satellite! SAP vs. Oracle! But the Fight of The Future is what is going to happen on your mobile phone and in your home.

Wetpaint today rolled out a hosted service that can help companies use online social communities to foster support for corporate brands and products.

Rounding out a week that already has seen MySpace.com announce a new advertising network, Facebook this week announced plans for its own new advertising system aimed at allowing businesses to target advertising to users of the popular social networking site.