As digital distribution continues to grow in the 
entertainment field, insiders and investors alike are trying to find new methods to get some clarity about the dollars behind it.
At Valve Software, which owns Steam, the leader in PC digital distributor, however, there are no plans to help those parties out. The company says it has no plans to open up its digital sales data vault, noting “it’s not important” information for the industry or public.
While “Law & Order: Los Angeles” faces an 
uncertain future on the air, it’s ramping things up in the gaming world.
Universal Pictures has partnered with Telltale Games to create an episodic gaming series based around the Dick Wolf production. Due this fall, the title will see wide distribution, appearing on the PC, Mac, consoles, tablets and mobile devices.
HBO is teasing – if not outright announcing – its imminent 
arrival on the iPhone, iPad and other mobile devices.
The cabler has posted a YouTube video that shows its HBO Go streaming service running on a variety of tablets and phones, including Apple’s iconic brands. At the end, the HBO Go logo is shown with the date 5.2.11 shown underneath, presumably the mobile launch date for the service.
Apple’s legal team is certainly 
off the leash these days.
On the heels of suits filed against HTC and Nokia, Apple has filed suit against Samsung, accusing the company of using Apple’s intellectual property in several of its devices, including the Galaxy S 4G phone and Galaxy Tab tablet computer.
Andy Warhol mused that everyone 
got 15 minutes of fame in their life. Now a new Website is offering wannabe musicians 3-6 minutes of that.
Launched in January, TheStage.tv – a live streaming site, allowing performers to perform for whoever’s watching – has attracted more than 1,300 performers to day – who have put on over 50,000 performances.
The good news is Nintendo has a hit 
with the 3DS. The bad news is … well, pretty much everything else.
Despite a strong launch for the handheld device, retail software sales were off 16 percent in March, according to The NPD Group, which gathers sales data for the industry. That’s a lot more than analysts were expecting to see. (The general consensus on Wall Street was a decline of between 8-10 percent.)
Amazon is doing some 
fence mending with its music partners.
The retail giant will reportedly meet with executives at the major labels Thursday to discuss deal terms for its recently launched Cloud Drive, as the music industry continues to dispute the service’s legality.
Sony is leveraging Warner Bros.’s online 
distribution arm to build the audience for some of its unheralded classics.
Starting today, the Warner Archive Collection will add 150 on-demand titles from the Sony catalog, including “Genghis Khan,” “A Song To Remember” and “A Study In Terror”.
Cisco is calling it quits
on its Flip video unit.
The company has announced a realignment of its business operations that will result in it scaling back its consumer facing divisions. The Flip, which was a red-hot item just a couple of years ago, is the highest profile casualty of the move. Also being cut is the company’s Eos media solutions business.
Earlier this year, Christopher Tin won 
the first Grammy award for a song featured in a video game. Now the floodgates may be about to open.
The Recording Academy has announced a restructuring of its awards that will put games on equal footing with film and television for the first time.
Chris Morris: Journalist 