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o HP
Releases Digital Media Platform for Film, TV Producers
o CNET:
Hollywood Offering Colleges Copyright Monitor Software for Networks
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FCC Seeks Comments on Rules Governing Digital
Radio Broadcasting
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Calif. State Bill Would Enable Return of Unsolicited Bulk Mail CDs,
DVDs
o U.K. Launches $1.8 Million
Project to Digitize British Library's Sound Archive
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Briefly Noted: IBiquity
Digital, AOL's AIM - WeatherBug, USDTV - Microsoft, Mercedes-Benz -
Sirius Satellite Radio, Disney's Toontown Online - Japan, Sony
Computer Entertainment America, FreeHand Systems - Interlochen
Academy, BBC Technology - Discovery Networks International, AOL -
ATP Tennis, Mobile Scope - Twentieth Century Fox, Sony Connect
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o HP Releases Digital Media Platform
for Film, TV Producers
Las Vegas -- HP announced on Monday that it has partnered with a
number of entertainment industry firms to create the Digital Media
Platform, a standards-based technology platform that aims to
simplify and reduce the cost of content production, distribution and
consumption in the entertainment industry. The platform links
production and post-production applications and processes for
rendering, editing, workflow, archiving and restoration together in
a workflow-based system. HP said it is working with Warner Bros. to
digitally restore the studio's library of classic films and
television shows, and that DreamWorks will use its technology in the
rendering process for its digitally animated sequel, "Shrek 2."
http://biz.yahoo.com/bw/040419/195436_1.html
http://biz.yahoo.com/bw/040419/195441_1.html
http://www.wired.com/news/digiwood/0,1412,63112,00.html
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o CNET:
Hollywood Offering Colleges Copyright Monitor Software for Networks
San Francisco -- Trade groups representing movie studios and
record labels are developing a tool that universities can install on
their networks to handle compliance with requests to remove
copyrighted files from trading on peer-to-peer services, CNET
News.com reported. The Automated Copyright Notice System (ACNS),
developed jointly by Vivendi Universal Entertainment and Universal
Music Group, is an open-source, royalty-free system that schools and
ISPs can use to implement their policies when a user receives a
"takedown notice" to remove copyrighted content from the network,
either disabling the user's Internet access or informing them of
other disciplinary measures. Firms including BayTSP and MediaSentry
have begun to either test ACNS or offer it as a solution to their
customers on behalf of the entertainment industry. "We're helping
the ISP or university with policy enforcement," BayTSP CEO Mark
Ishikawa told News.com. "We're not dictating the policy, but we're
saying, 'Here's a tool to help with automating the process.' We're
the friends of the ISP." News.com noted that the University of
California at Los Angeles (UCLA) on Monday implemented a system
similar to ACNS for the 7,500 faculty and staff that live on its
campus.
http://news.com.com/2100-1027_3-5194341.html
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o
FCC Seeks Comments on Rules Governing Digital Radio Broadcasting
Washington -- The Federal Communications Commission (FCC) has
announced that it is seeking industry comment on proposed changes to
its rules, in order to advance the adoption of digital radio
broadcasting technology. The FCC has approved IBiquity Digital's
digital broadcast technology, and that company's HD Radio solution
has now been implemented by over 100 stations -- allowing
broadcasters to send a wireless data feed as well as a crisper
digital signal alongside their traditional analog signals. The FCC
is seeking comment on, among other things, how its public interest
requirements should apply to digital radio; whether stations should
be able to offer a high-definition service, a multiplexed service, a
datacasting service, or a combination; digital radio's impact on
noncommercial and low power stations; and how the regulatory body
should go about encouraging stations to transition to digital.
http://hraunfoss.fcc.gov/edocs_public/attachmatch/DOC-246150A1.pdf
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o Calif. State
Bill Would Enable Return of Unsolicited Bulk Mail CDs, DVDs
Berkeley, Calif. -- A Calif. state lawmaker has proposed a bill that
would make companies that send out unsolicited CDs or DVDs -- such
as AOL's mass mailings of free signup discs -- provide
self-addressed, stamped envelopes so that recipients may either mail
the disc back to its sender or to a recycling partner. The
California State Assembly is scheduled to hear arguments on
Assemblywoman Loni Hancock's (D-Berkeley) proposal today. "This bill
will take care of a growing problem of hundreds of millions of CDs
mailed out unsolicited," Hancock told CNET News.com. The
manufacturers "use increasingly scarce and expensive petroleum. The
CDs then last up to 400 years in a landfill and, in fact, they can
be reused."
http://democrats.assembly.ca.gov/members/a14
http://news.com.com/2100-1024-5193717.html
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o U.K. Launches
$1.8 Million Project to Digitize British Library's Sound Archive
London -- A $1.8 million program has been launched to digitize
12,000 sound recordings from the British Library's Sound Archive.
The 4,000 hours of audio, including a live recording of Paul Robeson
in Othello, Florence Nightingale speaking (one of the earliest sound
recordings), and Arthur Conan Doyle talking about the genesis of
Sherlock Holmes, will be digitized by the U.K.'s Joint Information
Systems Committee (JISC). The Archival Sound Recordings project is
being funded by the U.K.'s Higher Education Funding Council (HEFCE)
as part of an $18 million project to provide sound, moving pictures,
census data and still images online for long-term use by the further
and higher education communities in the U.K.
http://www.jisc.ac.uk/index.cfm?name=press_release_sound_archive_news_150404
http://www.bl.uk/collections/sound-archive/nsa.html
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o Briefly Noted: (Las Vegas)
IBiquity Digital, developer of technology that allows radio stations
to transmit a digital signal alongside their traditional analog
broadcasts, announced on Monday that a total of over 300 U.S.
stations have now initiated or soon will initiate HD Radio
broadcasts. Maryland-based IBiquity added that radio station owner
Entercom signed licenses to implement HD Radio at eight of its
stations in Portland and Denver, bringing the company's total number
of stations broadcasting digitally to 15.
http://www.ibiquity.com
http://www.entercom.com
(Dulles, Va.) America Online said on Monday it will integrate a
streaming weather forecast service into its AIM instant messenger
service. The company will use Maryland-based AWS Convergence
Technologies' WeatherBug product, which claims 15 million users and
utilizes a nationwide network of 7,000 school- and community-based
weather stations and 1,000 cameras.
http://media.aoltimewarner.com/media/press_view.cfm?release_num=55253904
http://www.aws.com
(Salt Lake City, Utah) US Digital Television (USDTV), the
nation's first "over-the-air" pay-per-view digital TV service, said
on Monday that it will implement Microsoft Windows Media 9 Series
into its broadcast service. Salt Lake City-based USDTV offers 12
popular cable channels, plus the digital and high definition TV
channels of local and national affiliated broadcast stations. The
$19.95 monthly service is delivered to subscribers' homes through
standard VHF/UHF antennas via a proprietary set-top box.
http://www.usdtv.com
(Montvale, N.J.) Automaker Mercedes-Benz said on Monday that it
will offer Sirius Satellite Radio as a dealer-installed option for
most model year 2004 and newer Mercedes-Benz vehicles. The add-on
will be available for $679, plus installation, and includes 14
months of programming service.
http://biz.yahoo.com/prnews/040419/nym166_1.html
http://www.siriusradio.com
(North Hollywood, Calif.) Walt Disney Internet Group on Monday
announced the Japanese launch of its Toontown Online massively
multiplayer 3D online game for kids. The game will be made available
in Japan to the 4.9 million broadband Internet subscribers of Nippon
Telegraph and Telephone East Corporation (NTT East) and Nippon
Telegraph and Telephone West Corporation (NTT West). Disney said the
Japanese iteration of the online game would remain separate from the
American version, which launched in June 2003.
http://www.toontown.com
(Foster City, Calif.) Sony Computer Entertainment America on
Monday released some details on the fall 2004 releases of its "Jak
3" and "Ratchet & Clank: Up Your Arsenal" titles for PlayStation 2.
Developed by Burbank, Calif.-based Insomniac Games, the third title
in the "Ratchet & Clank" series will be the first to feature online
play via the Network Adapter for PlayStation 2. Sony also said that
"Jak 3," developed by Los Angeles-based Naughty Dog, will be the
last game in that series.
http://www.insomniacgames.com
http://www.naughtydog.com
(Los Altos, Calif.) FreeHand Systems, a developer of electronic
accessories for the music industry, said on Monday that its sheet
music computer tablet will be utilized in a pilot program at the
Interlochen Arts Academy, an independent high school dedicated to
the arts. Students will be equipped with the company's $999 MusicPad
Pro, a touch-screen computer tablet capable of storing up to 5,000
pages of sheet music.
http://www.freehandsystems.com
http://www.interlochen.org.
(Las Vegas) BBC Technology, a unit of the U.K. broadcaster that
provides Web and interactive television production technology and
services, announced on Monday that it has partnered with Discovery
Networks International to provide high-bandwidth streamed program
content to Discovery Channel website users. Discovery's U.K. website
provides users with indexed video clips and in-depth information
related to programs and series appearing on Discovery on a
pay-per-view or subscription basis.
http://www.bbctechnology.com
http://www.discoverybroadband.co.uk
(Dulles, Va.) America Online announced on Monday an agreement
with professional tennis organization ATP, which will provide
specially produced video, audio and editorial content from up to 25
ATP Tournaments to AOL for Broadband members. AOL said some of the
free content will also be made available to its dial-up subscribers.
http://www.atptennis.com
(Meerbusch, Germany) Mobile game developer Mobile Scope said on
Monday that it has signed an agreement with Twentieth Century Fox to
develop a number of films into wireless games. Under the terms,
Meerbusch, Germany-based Mobile Scope will create titles based on
Fox's "Die Hard" and "Ice Age."
http://www.mobilescope.com
(New York) The New York Times on Monday reported on Sony's
digital music initiatives, focusing on the company that created the
Walkman's slow foray into the field, and how that helped rival Apple
to come to dominate the current market with its iPod and iTunes
download store. Sony plans to release its "Connect" online download
store in several weeks, which will be compatible with a line of Sony
portable players and other devices. Like iTunes, Connect will sell
songs for $0.99 each from an initial library of about 500,000 songs.
http://www.nytimes.com/2004/04/19/technology/19sony.html
http://www.connect.com
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