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Report: Global Music Sales Fell 7.3% in Value During 2003
o Sony
Exec Reveals Redesigned PlayStation 2, PlayStation 3 Details
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Action Director John Woo Buys Film Rights for Nintendo's "Metroid"
o Honda
Expects to Double Sales of XM-Equipped Vehicles in 2005
o Sirius Satellite Radio Expands
Distribution with Chrysler Group
o Mobile Entertainment Firm
Mobileway Raises $23 Million
o U.S. Shareholders File Class
Action Suit Again Nokia
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Briefly Noted: Air America
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Acclaim - "Alias," "The Matrix Online," Intellivision Productions -
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o Report: Global Music Sales Fell
7.3% in Value During 2003
Brussels -- Global music sales fell by 7.3% in value during 2003,
the International Federation of the Phonographic Industry (IFPI)
reported on Wednesday, citing both physical and digital piracy and
increased competition from other forms of entertainment for the
industry's fourth year-over-year decline. The global music market
for 2003 generated $32 billion with total unit sales of 2.7 billion,
including music video; the U.S. saw a decline of 12% in the first
half of 2003 countered by an increase in the second half that cut
the decline to 6% by year's end. The only top markets to experience
growth were Australia (5.9%) and the U.K. (0.1%). The IFPI also
noted that U.S.-based services sold 19.2 million song downloads in
the second half of 2003, and that online CD sales increased from
3.4% to 5% in volume in the U.S., and in the U.K. from 5.6% to 6.6%
of total units.
http://www.ifpi.org/site-content/statistics/worldsales.html
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o Sony Exec
Reveals Redesigned PlayStation 2, PlayStation 3 Details
London -- While speaking with the official PlayStation website,
Sony Computer Entertainment Europe president David Reeves revealed
that Sony intends to display a remodeled PlayStation 2 at this
year's E3 Expo, and said the company is likely to release two
versions of its upcoming PlayStation 3. One version of the new
console would function more as a multimedia server that plays games,
while the other would be a regular game console. Reeves also said
Sony is exploring digital distribution of games, which could be
enabled if broadband adoption and speeds increase sufficiently by
the time of the console's planned release in 2006.
http://www.gamesindustry.biz/content_page.php?section_name=pub&aid=3238
http://www.playstation.com
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o Action
Director John Woo Buys Film Rights for Nintendo's "Metroid"
Los Angeles -- Action film director John Woo ("Paycheck,"
"Mission Impossible II") and his production company Tiger Hill
Entertainment announced that they have licensed the rights to create
a feature-length film based on Nintendo's classic "Metroid" game
franchise, Reuters reported. Originally launched in 1986 for the NES
console, "Metroid" features a female heroine in a space suit doing
battle against space creatures, and is one of the most popular game
franchises in Nintendo's history. "We're obviously going to do the
film as a bit of an origin story for Samus, the main character,"
Tiger Hill president Brad Foxhoven told Reuters. Woo will produce
and possibly direct the film, which Tiger Hill said could be
released for Christmas 2005.
http://makeashorterlink.com/?O29C116F7
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o Honda Expects
to Double Sales of XM-Equipped Vehicles in 2005
Washington, DC -- XM Satellite Radio, the D.C.-based provider of
satellite radio services, said on Wednesday that automaker American
Honda will increase the number of models with XM radios as standard
equipment for the 2005 model year. As a result, Honda said that it
expects to double its sales of XM-equipped vehicles, from 200,000 to
400,000. All of the cars will be sold with a free three-month trial
subscription. "XM is proving to be a very popular feature that our
customers want to see offered on a broader range of models," said
Tom Elliott, the executive vice president of American Honda Motor
Co. XM on Wednesday also unveiled a new satellite data information
service, in partnership with NAVTEQ, a provider of digital map data
for vehicle navigation systems. The service, known as XM NavTraffic,
will allow a vehicle's on-board navigation system to display current
traffic information for a driver's chosen route. The system will
debut this fall as part of Acura's communication system.
http://biz.yahoo.com/prnews/040407/dcw010_1.html
http://biz.yahoo.com/prnews/040407/dcw011_1.html
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o Sirius
Satellite Radio Expands Distribution with Chrysler Group
New York -- Sirius Satellite Radio, a provider of
satellite-delivered digital radio programming, announced on
Wednesday that the Chrysler Group will offer its satellite radio
receivers on 2005 model Chrysler, Dodge and Jeep vehicles. In the
second half of 2004, factory installations of Sirius will expand
across 11 vehicle lines for the 2005 model year. New York-based
Sirius said it expects 500,000 new subscribers to result from the
partnership within the first two years.
http://biz.yahoo.com/prnews/040406/nytu031_1.html
http://www.siriusradio.com
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o Mobile
Entertainment Firm Mobileway Raises $23 Million
San Mateo, Calif. -- In a deal that will allow it to expand into new
territories, such as China, Mobileway, a provider of mobile
messaging, marketing and entertainment services, said on Wednesday
that it has landed $23 million in its fourth round of funding. New
investor Institutional Venture Partners and previous investors 3i,
CDP, Intel, Investcorp, Mayfield, Nexit Ventures and Visa
participated in the round, which the company also plans to use to
dramatically increase its market penetration in the U.S. and launch
a range of new applications. Since its inception four years ago,
Mobileway now has raised a total of more than $77 million. The
company currently supplies more than 450 brands with mobile
marketing and entertainment services, and carries wireless messaging
traffic on behalf of more than mobile carrier networks.
http://www.mobileway.com/pages/newsevents/pressreleases.asp?id=816
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o U.S.
Shareholders File Class Action Suit Again Nokia
Helsinki -- The largest mobile-phone maker in the world, has been
sued by U.S.-based law firm Milberg Weiss Bershad Hynes & Lerach,
which filed a class-action suit against Nokia for "material
misrepresentations" when the Finnish mobile group predicted an
increase in first-quarter sales -- only to announce later that
revenues fell. According to a statement released, the suit, which
includes Nokia CEO Jorma Ollila and CFO Rick Simonson, claims that
Nokia issued "a series of material misrepresentations to the market
between Jan. 8, 2004, and April 6, 2004". Nokia revealed on Tuesday
that its first-quarter sales had unexpectedly dropped by 2% after
having previously predicted sales would grow by at least 3% and as
much as 7%. The news sent its shares crashing by nearly 17% in late
Tuesday afternoon trading. Nokia said on Wednesday that the
class-action suit against it for securities fraud was without merit
and that it would defend itself vigorously.
http://press.nokia.com/PR/200404/941060_5.html
http://www.milberg.com/mil-cgi-bin/mil?templ=home.html
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GAMES & MOBILE FORUM
April 15,
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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
Eric Albert - Business
Development Manager,
Gameloft
Jeff Anderson - President &
CEO, Turbine Entertainment
Matthew Bellows - VP, Mobile Entertainment,
GameSpot
Stephanie
Boyle, Head of Partner Relations, Ericsson Mobility World
Matt Bromberg - GM, AOL Games
Gordon
Bellamy - former Exec. Dir.,
Academy of Interactive Arts & Science
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
Andrew Elliott - Head of Bus. Dev. &
Strategies,
Ent. & Media,
Nokia Americas
Keith Ferrazzi - CEO, YaYa Media
Mark Friedler - CEO, Gigex, Inc./GameDAILY
LLC
Minard Hamilton - SVP, Sales & Brand
Partnerships, JAMDAT
Stewart
Halpern - Managing Dir.,
Digital Ent. Research,
RBC Capital Markets
Todd Herman - Streaming
Evangelist, MSNBC.com
Mark Jacobstein -
President & COO, Digital Chocolate
Daniel James - Founder & CEO, Three Rings Design
Scott Jensen - VP, Bus. Development, Media & Entertainment, (M)forma
Group
Scott Johnson - President,
MENT (Mobility Entertainment)
Garry Kitchen - President/CEO,
Skyworks Technologies, Inc.
Joseph Laszlo - Senior Analyst, Broadband & Wireless, Jupiter
Research
Misha Lyalin
- CEO, Reaxion Corp
Marcus Matthews - CEO, Blue
Heat Games
Matt Railo - Partner, IP & Technology, Mitchell Silberberg & Knupp
LLP
Brian Robbins - Editor, IGDA Downloadable Games whitepaper
Jason Rubinstein - GM,
Ubi.com, Ubisoft
Don Ryan - Studio Manager, Microsoft's Zone.com
Mika Salmi,
CEO,
AtomShockwave
Dan Scherlis - CEO, Etherplay
Ralph Simon - Chairman - Americas, Mobile Entertainment Forum
Mike Skagerlind - SVP & GM,
Nickelodeon Online
Alex St. John - CEO &
Co-Founder, Wild Tangent
Jeff Tunnell - Founder & Chief Creative
Officer, GarageGames
Joseph Varet - Vice President, Groove Alliance
Gabe Zichermann - VP, Strategy & Communications,
Trymedia System
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o Briefly Noted: (New York)
Air America Radio, the recently launched progressive radio network,
announced on Wednesday that it served over 2 million streams of its
programming during its first week of operation, through streaming
partner RealNetworks. The network additionally said that it served
50,000 concurrent streams on launch day.
http://biz.yahoo.com/prnews/040407/sfw036_1.html
http://www.airamericaradio.com
(Philadelphia) Cable TV operator Comcast on Wednesday launched
what it says is the first video-on-demand content from MTV, BET,
Nickelodeon, Noggin and The N for its digital cable subscribers.
Programs available on-demand will include "The Real World: Los
Angeles," "SpongeBob SquarePants" and "Degrassi."
http://www.comcast.com
(Los Angeles) Final Draft, developer of the leading television
and film scriptwriting software, on Wednesday announced the launch
of its fifth annual screenwriting contest. Sponsored by the Writers
Guild of America, the "Big Break! International Screenwriting
Contest" will award $55,000 in prizes to the winning screenwriters.
http://www.finaldraft.com
(London) Wippit, a secure peer-to-peer file-sharing service, has
announced the release of Wippit 2.0, offering a la carte downloads
of songs from labels including EMI, BMG and 200 independents. The
major label content is not being made available via the company's
peer-to-peer network, but may be purchased using an SMS mobile phone
billing option. Wippit says it now offers 150,000 tracks to U.K.
subscribers only, with an eye towards future offerings in the U.S.,
Germany, Spain and Sweden.
http://www.wippit.com/press/Wippit%20PR%20Version%202%20020404.htm
(Burbank, Calif.) TVN Entertainment, a provider of
video-on-demand programming and delivery services, announced on
Wednesday that it has partnered with Comcast Sports Southeast /
Charter Sports Southeast, a partnership between the two cable TV
providers, to deliver 60 college football games via video-on-demand.
Burbank, Calif.-based TVN said the games will feature universities
including Alabama, Tennessee, Georgia and Auburn.
http://www.tvn.com
http://www.css-sports.com
(Rockville, Md.) Telenor Mobile Interactive, a provider of mobile
messaging services, said on Wednesday that it has partnered with
Rainbow Media's Fuse music TV network to offer interactive TV
applications with text messaging. The service will allow viewers of
"Dedicate Live" to send $0.50 music video requests with a
dedication, and have that dedication scroll across the screen
on-air. Telenor said the feature will be available for Verizon, AT&T
Wireless, Cingular and T-Mobile subscribers.
http://www.telenor-interactive.com
http://www.fuse.tv
(New York) Italian mobile multimedia application developer Acotel
announced on Wednesday the U.S. launch of its "Pope's Thought of the
Day," a premium SMS service that delivers thoughts, prayers and
guidance derived from the Pope of the Catholic church's homilies,
messages and speeches to users' cell phones. Verizon and Cingular
subscribers can now access the service, which is also available in
the U.K., Italy, Ireland and Malta.
http://www.acotel.com
http://www.popemessage.com
(Glen Cove, N.Y.) Video game publisher Acclaim Entertainment on
Wednesday announced the release of its "Alias" title for PlayStation
2 and Xbox. Developed by Acclaim Studios Cheltenham, the game is
based on the ABC drama series and features an original story and
script written by the series' writers and producers, and voice
talent of actors from the show including Jennifer Garner.
http://biz.yahoo.com/prnews/040407/nyw071_1.html
http://www.acclaim.com
http://www.aliasthegame.com
(Los Angeles) Warner Bros. said on Wednesday said that the DVD
for "The Matrix Revolutions," released today, contains a 10-minute
featurette on the making of "The Matrix Online," the massively
multiplayer online game based on the film trilogy that is slated to
launch in 2004.
http://thematrixonline.warnerbros.com/faq.html#001
(Los Angeles) Intellivision Productions, a group of game
developers involved in the creation of early games for the
Intellivision console, announced on Wednesday that it is curating
"The History of Video Games," an interactive museum that will be
part of next month's Electronic Entertainment Expo in Los Angeles.
On hand will be playable Intellivision, Colecovision and Atari
consoles, as well as classic arcade titles like "Pac-Man" and
"Tempest."
http://www.intellivisionlives.com
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