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o EU
Supports Commission Antitrust Plan Against Microsoft
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Apple: iTunes Download Store Has Sold 50 Million Songs
o Web
Sites Increasingly Tracking Users for Advertising Stats
o Kodak
Introduces Glasses-Less 3D Imaging Display for Games, Science
o Playboy Latest Firm to License
Acacia Research Web Streaming Patents
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Briefly Noted: Chrysalis -
mobile MP3 downloads, Clear Channel - Instant Live expansion,
Philips - Nexperia Personal Media Player, Game Show Network, Ubisoft
- "Spies vs. Mercenaries," "EverQuest" - 2.5 million sales, Emogence,
Take-Two - Square Enix's "Drakengard," THQ - "WWE Day of Reckoning,"
SXSW Web Awards, Calif. Atty. General Bill Lockyer - consumer P2P
hazards
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o EU Supports Commission Antitrust
Plan Against Microsoft
Brussels -- European Union members on Monday unanimously
supported a ruling against Microsoft that would find that the
company broke antitrust laws and would force the company to make
changes in how it sells media software. "The member states have
unanimously backed the Commission's draft decision," European
Commission spokeswoman Amelia Torres told reporters. The EU advisory
committee's opinions are not binding; the Commission will make a
final decision by March 24. In addition to a potential fine in the
billions of euros, the EU reportedly wants Microsoft to offer other
computer companies a version of its operating system without its
Media Player. Microsoft is still seeking a settlement.
http://biz.yahoo.com/rc/040315/tech_microsoft_eu_5.html
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o Apple: iTunes
Download Store Has Sold 50 Million Songs
Cupertino, Calif. -- Apple Computer announced on Monday that
consumers have purchased and downloaded a total of 50 million songs
from its iTunes Music Store, not including a current promotion with
Pepsi that will give away 1 million free downloads. The company is
the top Web song retailer, averaging 2.5 million song sales per
week, up from 1.5 million per week in December. Apple said that at
the current rate, the iTunes Store will sell an average of 130
million songs per year.
http://biz.yahoo.com/prnews/040315/sfm063_1.html
http://www.apple.com/itunes/store
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o Web Sites
Increasingly Tracking Users for Advertising Stats
New York, N.Y. -- Reuters.com is the latest in a string of major
online news websites to engage the services of Washington D.C.-based
Revenue Science Inc., a provider of online behaviour-tracking
technology. Along with Reuters.com, Revenue Science announced on
Friday that the Financial Times is also using the company's
technology to aggregate user information to better define its
readership for advertisers. Other customers include sports site
ESPN.com and The Wall Street Journal Online. "It's much more
powerful for the advertiser to say, 'Here's the audience I want',
and for the publisher to come back and say, 'Here's the audience you
can get'", Omar Tawakol, senior vice president of marketing for
Revenue Science, told Dow Jones.
http://biz.yahoo.com/djus/040312/0938000450_1.html
http://www.revenuescience.com/home.asp
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o Kodak
Introduces Glasses-Less 3D Imaging Display for Games, Science
Rochester, N.Y. -- Imaging giant Kodak on Monday announced its
Stereoscopic Imaging Display, a display device that creates
glasses-less 3D images targeted primarily at the video game,
science/medical industries. "Unlike other 3D imaging systems, which
rely on a barrier screen placed over an existing monitor, the Kodak
display is an entirely new concept," said Lawrence Henderson, vice
president and director of new business ventures for Eastman Kodak
Company. "Kodak's Stereoscopic Imaging Display system maintains full
image resolution and creates a very wide field of view." The company
is currently seeking partners and early-stage customers for the
system, and will provide licenses to the technology for integration
into third-party products and systems.
http://biz.yahoo.com/bw/040315/155461_1.html
http://news.com.com/2100-1041_3-5173195.html
http://www.kodak.com
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o Playboy
Latest Firm to License Acacia Research Web Streaming Patents
Newport Beach, Calif. -- Acacia Research, holder of a number of
patents purporting to cover the basic process of streaming media
online, announced on Monday that Playboy Enterprises has become the
118th licensee of its technology. The company has targeted a slew of
other online pornography distributors with its patent licensing
efforts, but has also recently won larger licenses from firms
including The Walt Disney Company and hotel video-on-demand provider
LodgeNet.
http://biz.yahoo.com/bw/040315/155216_1.html
http://news.com.com/2100-1023-984698.html
http://www.playboy.com
http://www.acaciaresearch.com
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> DMW Events:
2nd
Annual
GAMES & MOBILE FORUM
April 15,
2004
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New York City
www.gamesandmobile.com
OVERVIEW
Games & Mobile Forum is 1-day executive forum focused on business
and technology developments impacting games and mobile
entertainment. In 2003, leading executives from entertainment
and technology companies including, Yahoo! Games, AOL Games,
Atari, Acclaim, Warner Bros. Online, AtomShockwave, CNET,
Creative Artists Agency (CAA), The Endeavor Agency, Mythic
Entertainment and Digital Bridges participated in a series of
panels on topics, including "Mobile Games: The Coming Wireless
Revolution", "Developing Games Based on Film, Television & Music
Properties and Visa-Versa"", and "Advergames: Recent Developments
& Opportunities".
KEYNOTE SPEAKERS
Greg Ballard -
CEO, Sorrent
John Welch - Chair, IGDA Online Games SIG,
VP, AtomShockwave
CONFIRMED
SPEAKERS
Matthew Bellows - VP, Mobile Entertainment,
GameSpot
Matt Bromberg - GM, AOL Games
Mike Cartabiano - President, Sennari Mobile
Greg Costikyan - Chief
Creative Officer, Unplugged Inc.
Lee Crawford - Editor, IGDA Mobile Games whitepaper
Ron DiNicola - Partner, Mitchell Silberberg & Knupp LLP
Michael
Dowling - VP, Business Development, Nielsen Entertainment
Keith Ferrazzi - CEO, YaYa Media
Russell Frackman - Partner, Mitchell Silberberg & Knupp LLP
Stewart
Halpern - Mg. Dir.,
Digital Entertainment Research,
RBC Capital Markets
Paul Jensen - VP, Strategic
Alliances, Sony Pictures Digital Networks
Scott
Jensen - VP, Bus. Development, Media & Entertainment, Mforma Group
John Kilcullen - President & Publisher, Billboard Information Group
Garry Kitchen - President/CEO,
Skyworks Technologies, Inc.
Brian Robbins - Editor, IGDA Downloadable Games whitepaper
Jason Rubinstein - GM,
Ubi.com, Ubi Soft Entertainment
Don Ryan - Studio Manager, Microsoft's Zone.com
Dan Scherlis - CEO, Etherplay
Mike Skagerlind - SVP & GM,
Nickelodeon Online
Ned Sherman - Co-Founder & CEO, Digital Media Wire
Alex St. John - CEO &
Co-Founder, Wild Tangent
Joseph Varet - Vice President, Groove Alliance
more to come..
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Registration: $ 395 (after April 9)
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Phone: 323-822-0936
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o Briefly Noted: (London) U.K.
media group Chrysalis announced on Monday plans to make a foray into
the music retailing industry by offering customers a service that
will allow them to download and buy songs on their mobile phones.
The company said its new mobile division would focus on offering
ringtones based on songs, but added that the new service would
exploit technology allowing customers users to download the actual
songs as MP3 files.
http://makeashorterlink.com/?C605229B7
(Boston) Concert promoter Clear Channel Entertainment announced
on Monday that it is expanding its Instant Live system, which
provides concertgoers with a live CD of the show at the venue
following the end of a performance. After debuting in Boston in last
year, the first new Instant Live "regional rig" has been introduced
at the Odeon in Cleveland, Ohio; additional venues soon offering the
service will include the Cotton Club in Atlanta and the Fillmore in
San Francisco.
http://biz.yahoo.com/bw/040315/155689_1.html
http://www.instantliveconcerts.com
(San Jose, Calif.) Consumer electronics firm Philips on Monday
introduced its Nexperia Personal Media Player, a device that will
support high-resolution video recording and playback as well as
connectivity to PCs and home entertainment systems. The company
announced completion of a reference design for the device, which it
will begin offering to consumer electronics manufacturers in April.
http://biz.yahoo.com/bw/040315/155763_1.html
(Santa Monica, Calif.) Game Show Network (GSN), a cable TV
network devoted to TV game shows, said on Monday it will launch five
new interactive synch-to-broadcast games on its website this month.
The shows with new interactive TV play-along features are "World
Series of Blackjack," "Fake-A-Date," "Spy TV," "Celebrity Mole" and
"Kenny vs. Spenny."
http://www.gsn.com
(San Francisco) Video game developer Ubisoft said on Monday that
tonight it will host a coast-to-coast "Spies vs. Mercenaries" video
game tournament held in Loews Cinemas movie theaters, as a promotion
for the release of its "Tom Clancy's Splinter Cell: Pandora
Tomorrow." The game is slated for release on March 25 for Xbox, PC
and Game Boy Advance.
http://www.ubisoft.com
http://www.pandoratomorrow.com
(San Diego) Sony Online Entertainment said on Monday that since
its release in March 1999, over 2.5 million copies of its massively
multiplayer online roleplaying game "EverQuest" have been sold at
retail or as a download. The game currently claims a global player
base of 420,000, roughly equivalent to the populations of Atlanta or
Kansas City.
http://www.everquest.com
(Redmond, Wash.) Former Microsoft executives Herb Marselas and
Chas. Boyd on Monday announced the formation of Emogence, an
independently funded computer and video game development studio. The
company is currently developing a first-person action roleplaying
game called "Grafan," which is slated to debut on the PC in 2004.
http://www.emogence.com
(New York) Video game publisher Take-Two Interactive announced on
Monday that it has acquired the European and Australian publishing
rights for "Drakengard," a new title from Japanese "Final Fantasy"
game developer Square Enix. New York-based Take-Two will release a
version of the game for PlayStation 2 in the territories on May 21.
http://biz.yahoo.com/bw/040315/155484_1.html
http://www.take2games.com
http://www.square-enix-usa.com/games/drakengard
(Calabasas Hills, Calif.) Game developer THQ on Monday announced
development of a Nintendo GameCube-exclusive World Wrestling
Entertainment title. Developed by Japan-based Yuke's Co., "WWE Day
of Reckoning" is set for release in the fall of 2004.
http://biz.yahoo.com/bw/040315/155351_1.html
http://www.wwe.com
http://www.thq.com
http://www.yukes.co.jp/html/english/e_index.htm
(Austin, Texas) South by Southwest (SXSW), an annual festival
comprising music, film and interactive elements, on Monday announced
winners of its seventh annual SXSW Web Awards. Dave Shea won the
"Best of Show" Web Award for his work on the Web design resource
site CSSZenGarden.com, while the "People's Choice" Award was given
to Blockdot's gaming site KewlBox.com. A complete list of categories
and winners is available at the link below.
http://www.sxsw.com/interactive/web_awards
(San Francisco) Wired News on Monday reported on a draft letter
purportedly circulated by California attorney general Bill Lockyer
to fellow state attorneys general, which stipulates that
peer-to-peer file-sharing companies are distributing software that
is potentially harmful to consumers for a variety of reasons. The
letter advocates that P2P companies do more label their products to
inform consumers of the potential hazards of the software -- which
include child pornography, viruses and copyright infringement -- or
else face possible sanctions for "deceptive trade practices."
http://www.wired.com/news/digiwood/0,1412,62665,00.html
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