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o Nintendo Revises Earnings Estimate Downwards, Citing Weak GameCube Sales
o Yahoo Unveils Redesigned Search Engine Features
o Overture to Distribute Paid Listings on Pop-Ups Delivered by Gator
o Bankrupt Sonicblue Sells GoVideo Unit to Opta Systems
o Dolby Laboratories to Acquire Image Processing Tech Firm DemoGraFX
o Music Choice Lets Digital TV Viewers Create Custom Music Channels
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Interactive, Summus - Associated Press, Bam Entertainment - "Ed, Edd n
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o Nintendo Revises Earnings Estimate Downwards, Citing Weak GameCube Sales
Tokyo -- Japanese video games firm Nintendo said on Monday that sales of
its GameCube console reached only 5.6 million for its fiscal year ended
March 31, missing its goal of 10 million and helping to bring down the
company's earnings forecast for the year, the Associated Press reported.
The company now expects to report earnings of about $547 million for the
year, as opposed to its earlier projection of about $663 million.
Kyoto-based Nintendo's GameCube is currently the third-place contender in
the video game console race behind Sony's PlayStation 2 and Microsoft's
Xbox, but is the dominant producer of handheld gaming systems with its
Game Boy Advance product line.
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http://www.nintendo.com
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o Yahoo Unveils Redesigned Search Engine Features
Sunnyvale, Calif. -- Web services provider Yahoo on Monday announced the
launch of a redesigned search area, Yahoo Search, that will figure more
prominently on the Web portal as it tries to become less dependent on
third-party search providers. The redesign features a cleaner,
less-cluttered look and increased focus on paid listings. Although
Google's technology powers the new Yahoo Search, the company said it is
working to incorporate search technology acquired through its purchase of
Inktomi. "The new Yahoo Search marks the next step in building an
innovative and integrated search platform that leverages the most
relevant, comprehensive content from across the Web and innovative search
solutions using leading search technology and content on Yahoo," said Dan
Rosensweig, chief operating officer of Yahoo Search and Marketplace.
http://www.newstream.com/cgi-bin/display_story.cgi?9018
http://news.com.com/2100-1032-995713.html?tag=cd_mh
http://search.yahoo.com
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o Overture to Distribute Paid Listings on Pop-Ups Delivered by Gator
Pasadena, Calif. -- Overture Services, a provider of pay-for-performance
search listings, has signed a three-year agreement with Gator, a provider
of online advertising services where pop-up ads for rival companies are
served to visitors with the software installed while they are browsing.
Under the deal, Overture's pay-for-performance search listings will now
appear on the ads served by Search Scout, a new service offered by Gator
that serves pop-under ads to users visiting search engines. Redwood City,
Calif.-based Gator's controversial ad technology has drawn lawsuits from
major publishers, who argued that serving ads for competitors' sites to
users visiting their own sites unfairly steals advertising revenue.
http://www.overture.com
http://www.gator.com
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o Bankrupt Sonicblue Sells GoVideo Unit to Opta Systems
Santa Clara, Calif. -- Bankrupt consumer electronics firm Sonicblue
announced on Monday that Opta Systems, an investment and development
company, was the successful bidder for its GoVideo business unit.
Previously, Santa Clara, Calif.-based Sonicblue said it had signed an
agreement to sell GoVideo, which produces such products as a dual-deck VCR
and DVD/VCR combinations, to Opta for $12.5 million. Last week, Sonicblue
said a deal to sell its ReplayTV and Rio business units to a holding
company operated by Japanese electronics firms Denon and Marantz had
fallen though. Those units will be sold in two separate auctions on April
15.
http://biz.yahoo.com/prnews/030407/sfm145_1.html
http://www.sonicblue.com
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o Dolby Laboratories to Acquire Image Processing Tech Firm DemoGraFX
San Francisco -- Digital audio developer Dolby Laboratories announced on
Monday that it will acquire the assets of DemoGraFX, a developer of
specialized digital video signal processing and image coding technology.
Financial terms of the transaction were not disclosed. The DemoGraFX
technology development team will begin operating out of Dolby's Burbank
facility, where it will focus on the development of specialized image
processing technology that delivers visually superior imagery in a wide
range of industry standard digital video entertainment formats. "Dolby's
strategy is to deliver key signal processing solutions for entertainment
applications," said Dolby Laboratories president Bill Jasper. "The
DemoGraFX asset purchase is a perfect fit as we expand our technology,
product and service businesses with very high quality image processing
solutions that target important markets in entertainment."
http://www.dolby.com
http://www.demografx.com
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o Music Choice Lets Digital TV Viewers Create Custom Music Channels
Horsham, Pa. -- Music Choice, a provider of digital audio programming
channels to cable and satellite TV providers, announced on Monday a new
service that will let digital TV viewers create their own custom music
channels. The service will be powered by, and be available on
Massachusetts-based SeaChange's video-on-demand platform. By scrolling
through a few television screens that prompt them to pick music genres and
sub-genres, viewers will be able to build music channels that include up
to three of their favorite music genres, such as Classic R&B, Rap and
Gospel. In addition, they are offered a list of approximately 8
sub-genres in each music genre to pick from to ensure their music channel
delivers the music they are most interested in hearing. Pennsylvania-based
Music Choice's programming is offered by cable TV operators including
Adelphia, Comcast, Cox and Time Warner Cable.
http://www.musicchoice.com
http://www.seachangeinternational.com
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Briefly Noted:
(Las Vegas) Microsoft on Monday said it will demonstrate mobile delivery
of HDTV content at the National Association of Broadcasters (NAB)
convention, taking place this week in Las Vegas, Nevada. The test will
utilize transmission technology developed by Illinois-based Linx
Electronics that provides an available payload of 9 Mbps, and Microsoft's
Windows Media 9 Series for compression, which can offer HD video plus
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(Las Vegas) IBiquity Digital, developer of HD Radio technology that lets
radio broadcasters transmit a digital signal alongside their analog AM and
FM transmissions, announced on Monday that consumer electronics firm
Panasonic will manufacture HD Radio receivers. The first products under
the deal will be a line of car radio receivers offered in 2004.
Maryland-based IBiquity Digital also announced a content distribution
agreement with Dallas-based Bluestreak Media. Under the terms, the
companies will jointly market Bluestreak's 9,000 syndicated audio and text
programs to HD-equipped radio broadcasters.
http://biz.yahoo.com/prnews/030407/chm013_1.html
http://www.panasonic.com
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http://www.ibiquity.com
(Las Vegas) Consumer electronics firm Sony said on Monday that director
George Lucas will utilize the company's new 4:4:4 RGB high-definition (HD)
camera and new high-data rate HDCAM SR recording system for the production
of "Star Wars: Episode III." Lucasfilm is expected to begin shooting the
sequel in June at Fox Studios Australia; the film is currently scheduled
for a summer 2005 theatrical release.
http://biz.yahoo.com/prnews/030406/nysu003_1.html
http://www.lucasfilm.com
(Washington) XM Satellite Radio, a provider of nationwide,
satellite-delivered digital radio programming, said on Monday that it will
team with Alabama-based Weather Works to launch a new weather service for
the marine, aviation and emergency management markets. The data-only
service will work by overlaying real-time graphical weather information on
map displays in aircraft, marine vessels or emergency response vehicles.
The information will include National Weather Service radar, wind speeds,
sea state and other data. GPS product developer Garmin International will
incorporate the system into its products, as will aviation digital audio
systems provider Heads Up Technologies.
http://biz.yahoo.com/prnews/030407/dcm020_1.html
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(Las Vegas) Envivio, a provider of MPEG-4 video broadcast and streaming
technologies, announced on Monday that U.K. broadcaster BBC News
Interactive will trial an interactive streaming version of the network's
"Newsnight" program using San Francisco-based Envivio's technology.
http://www.envivio.com
http://www.bbc.co.uk/newsnight
(Raleigh, N.C.) Summus, a wireless application developer, announced on
Monday that it partnered with AP Digital, the digital media division of
the Associated Press, to create a wireless news application. The AP
Photos, News & Sports service will offer three channels of news with
accompanying photos to subscribers with BREW- or J2ME-enabled cell phones.
http://biz.yahoo.com/bw/030407/75098_1.html
http://www.apdigitalnews.com
http://www.summus.com
(San Jose, Calif.) Game developer Bam Entertainment said on Monday it has
shipped its "Ed, Edd n Eddy: Jawbreakers!" title for Nintendo Game Boy
Advance, based on the Cartoon Network animated series, to retailers.
http://biz.yahoo.com/prnews/030407/sfm068_1.html
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(Minneapolis) ValuSoft, the value-priced game publishing division of THQ,
announced on Monday the release of "Codename Nina: Global Terrorism Strike
Force" for the PC. Warsaw-based City Interactive developed the title for
ValuSoft, using Polish model Iza Czarnecka as the basis for the game's
protagonist, Nina.
http://biz.yahoo.com/bw/030407/75685_1.html
http://www.valusoft.com
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(Seattle) Versaly, a provider of wireless entertainment content, announced
on Monday that wireless network operator Sprint PCS will distribute the
company's Spanish-language voice ringers to its PCS Vision subscribers.
Instead of a ringtone, the service from Seattle-based Versaly will allow a
subscriber's cell phone to ring with a recorded voice message, such as
"Hola papi. Contesta el telefono. Soy yo y yo se que no quieres perdir mi
llamada." (Hey Big Boy! Answer the phone. It's me and I know you don't
want to miss my call.)"
http://biz.yahoo.com/prnews/030407/nym069_1.html
http://www.versaly.com
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