Digital Television provider TIVO will soon begin carrying webcasts from popular sites around the Web. The ads in the video encodes will remain intact, said Tara Maitra, TiVo vice president and general manager for programming.

TiVo also plans to partner with publishers to sell advertising packages. "The content is going to be made available as part of a TiVo subscription.

The programmers can deliver it to us with advertising," Maitra said. "Depending on the relationship with the partner, there are going to be opportunities where we'll be jointly selling advertising packages."

Senior Research Fellow Highlights Critical Gaps in Current Business Continuity Plans, Outlines Steps for Effective Response

On June 8, Interwise® Inc. will be sponsoring a free Webcast to help businesses understand and prepare for a potential Avian Influenza pandemic.

During this 1-hour interactive event, featured Gartner Vice President and Research Fellow Ken McGee will lead a discussion to review likely scenarios offered by global health leaders, explain why conventional business continuity plans will not be effective in addressing those scenarios, and outline the steps that business leaders should take today to prepare for the first pandemic of the information age.

Fitch Ratings recently held a Webcast to discuss Loan-Only Credit Default Swaps (LCDS) and their broad implications for credit markets.

The Webcast was held in conjunction with the publication of a special Fitch report on the LCDS market and the expected release of International Swaps and Derivatives Association (ISDA) LCDS trading standards.

The Webcast replay and full report can be accessed on Fitch's Website at www.fitchratings.com. The replay can also be accessed at http://www.visualwebcaster.com/event.asp?id=34064.

Laureate Pharma, a biopharmaceutical development and protein production company, is sponsoring a live webcast at 2PM EDT on June 8 on "Development Of A Third-Generation Antibody For Therapy Of Prostate Cancer."

The free webcast, presented by BioPharm International, will include presentations by experts from Cytogen Corporation, Laureate Pharma, and Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center.