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o HP Releases Digital Media Platform for Film, TV Producers
o CNET: Hollywood Offering Colleges Copyright Monitor Software for Networks
o FCC Seeks Comments on Rules Governing Digital Radio Broadcasting
o 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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o 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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> GuideStar.org Director, Business Development - New York, NY

We seek an ambitious Dir, Bus. Development to market our products & services in the Northeast. Required: Excellent organizational & communication skills, 5+ years exp. in sales & marketing, BA degree or equiv. in Business or Marketing, proven record of achieving sales goals, proficiency in MS Office & ACT! (or similar CRM software). Work from a N.Y. City home office with frequent travel in the Northeast U.S. Send cover letter & resume to businessjobs@guidestar.org, fax 757-229-3482. Visit http://www.guidestar.org  EEO
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A major DM marketing consulting firm is searching for an Account Director with a history of agency services and strong knowledge of running ROI management. The right candidate will have team management, business development within a noted direct marketing agency and a history of making recommendations for CRM solutions to blue chip clients. Salary: $100k+ Send resumes info@market-search.net
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