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o CNET: Congress Drafting Expansion of Digital Millennium Copyright Act
o Judge Orders Labels to Resubmit Documents in Napster Investor Case
o U.S. May Petition WTO on Piracy in China
o New TiVo Box to Record Two TV Shows at Once
o Nokia Sells 5 Million Multimedia Phones, Introduces New Models
o Music Publisher Deals Bring Ringtones to Skype Internet Phone Users
o ABC's "Lost" to Debut Alternate Reality Game in Show's Off-Season
o Mobile Content Delivery Firm Motricity Raises $40 Million
o TVcompass Raises $5.1 Million for Wi-Fi Universal Remote Control
o Mobile 3D Developer Emdigo Raises Second Round of Funding
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o Mark Cuban to Host Show on Sirius Satellite Radio
o Seagate Introduces Digital Cinema Camera with Direct-to-Drive Capture
o 3 More Stations Sign On to Sony/PBS HD Production Pilot Project
o ReplayTV Licenses Command Audio DVR Technology
o Cartoon Network to Launch Broadband Streaming Anime Channel
o D&M Holdings Names Eric C. Evans Co-CEO
o Pace Micro Technology Appoints Mike McTighe as Chairman
o Motorola, Sentivision Partner on Japanese IPTV Rollout
o Anystream, Nielsen Debut VOD Audience Measurement
o Motorola Introduces Local Ad Insertion for Broadcasters
o SageTV Adds "Placeshifting" Feature to PC Media Center Software
o Orb Networks, Kinoma Enable Placeshifting to Palm Treo 650
o Up-Mobile to Distribute World Cup Mascot Mobile Clips
o New Network Mobile Creates Dating Service for "Loveline" Radio Show
o Disney's Game Cafe Doubles Game Title Offering
o Electronic Arts Ships "Black & White 2: Battle of the Gods"
o Majesco Releases "Guilty Gear Dust Strikers" for Nintendo DS
o NBX Launches $10,000 World Sports Betting Championship
o GameAccout to Power Skill Games Service for Guardian Newspapers
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San Francisco - CNET News.com reports that the Bush administration has drafted legislation that would expand controversial provisions of the Digital Millennium Copyright Act (DMCA) that protect copyrighted media, as well as increase powers of law enforcement in areas like wiretapping. The Intellectual Property Protection Act of 2006, backed by Rep. Lamar Smith (R-Texas), chair of the House Judiciary Subcommittee on the Courts, the Internet and Intellectual Property, will likely be introduced in the near future, a House Judiciary Committee spokesman told News.com. The bill would make willful attempts at piracy a crime punishable by 10 years in prison -- even if no piracy actually occurs -- and expand the restrictions on technologies that can circumvent digital media copyright protections. The bill would also earmark a $20 million budget for a new copyright unit within the FBI, and permit wiretapping in piracy investigations. The bill has the support of the Recording Industry Association of America (RIAA) and the Software and Information Industry Association, a trade group that includes Sun, Oracle and Red Hat. Opponents include digital civil liberties group the Electronic Frontier Foundation (EFF), and security researchers who say the bill would have outlawed the research that unearthed the security risks that Sony BMG's "rootkit" CD copy-protection technology created on consumers' PCs.
http://tinyurl.com/k5ebw (CNET)
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o U.S. May Petition WTO on Piracy in China

Beijing - The U.S. may take legal action against China at the World Trade Organization (WTO) if the country does not further step up its anti-piracy efforts, Reuters reported on Tuesday. Although China moved recently to shut down several specific pirate disc plants, and committed to compel Chinese PC makers to pre-install legal software, the U.S. still estimates that Chinese piracy and counterfeiting costs U.S. businesses $250 billion in lost sales each year. "We remain consistent and clear in our policies that we consider all trade tools open and available," said Chris Israel, the U.S. Coordinator for International Intellectual Property Enforcement. "We view the commitment from Chinese leaders as meaningful and significant, and the execution of those commitments and meaningful results is really what we are focused on right now."
http://tinyurl.com/mc5qh (Reuters)
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o Judge Orders Labels to Resubmit Documents in Napster Investor Case

Los Angeles - Major record labels Universal Music Group and EMI Group have been ordered to turn over "privileged documents" to a federal judge, who said there was reasonable cause to believe earlier redacted versions submitted to a Justice Dept. probe into digital music price fixing were "deliberately misleading," Reuters reported. The labels initially submitted the documents in 2001, during a Justice Dept. probe into alleged digital music price fixing amongst the labels and their joint ventures Pressplay and MusicNet. That probe ended in 2003, finding no evidence of wrongdoing. However, in a lawsuit the labels later filed against Napster investors, for supporting a copyright infringing business, venture capital firm Hummer Winblad alleged the labels knowingly submitted false or misleading documents. U.S. District Court Judge Marilyn Hall Patel on Friday ordered Universal Music Group and EMI Group to provide unedited versions of the documents in question within 30 days.
http://tinyurl.com/gldww (Reuters)
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o New TiVo Box to Record Two TV Shows at Once

Alviso, Calif. - TiVo announced on Tuesday that its forthcoming TiVo Series 2 DT digital video recorder will feature two tuners, allowing owners to record two television shows at once. The new devices will go on sale May 1 at retailers including Best Buy, Circuit City and Amazon.com, priced starting at $99 after rebate for an 80-hour model. The Alviso, Calif.-based company said it also plans in coming months to enable users to program TV recordings from select Verizon cell phones.
http://biz.yahoo.com/prnews/060425/sftu119.html?.v=43
http://www.tivo.com
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o Nokia Sells 5 Million Multimedia Phones, Introduces New Models

Berlin - Nokia announced on Tuesday that it has sold over 5 million of its N-series multimedia cell phones, and predicted the market will grow to 250 million units in 2008, Reuters reported. The company also introduced three new N-series handset models, including the $396 N72 music phone and $684 N93 video camera phone. Nokia said that actor/director Gary Oldman will shoot a short film using the N93, which offers DVD-quality video capture and comes with Adobe Systems' Premiere Elements 2.0 video-editing software. Oldman's film and others will be available from the Nokia N-series Studio, a new online community for the devices that will offer video downloadable to cell phones or PCs.
http://tinyurl.com/qqf69 (Reuters)
http://biz.yahoo.com/prnews/060425/uktu011.html?.v=56
http://biz.yahoo.com/prnews/060425/uktu008.html?.v=58
http://biz.yahoo.com/prnews/060425/uktu006.html?.v=59
http://www.nokia.com/nseries/studio
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o Music Publisher Deals Bring Ringtones to Skype Internet Phone Users

Luxembourg - Internet telephone company Skype announced on Tuesday that it has signed worldwide license agreements with three major music publishing firms, which will allow it to sell master recording ringtones to users of its service. Skype has secured deals with EMI Music Publishing, Sony/ATV Music Publishing and Warner/Chappell Music, in addition to the U.K.'s MCPS-PRS Alliance royalty collection society. The deals will at first only allow Skype users to buy ringtones from artists with Warner Music Group, with whom the company has a separate complementary agreement. Skype hopes the deal will lead to similar agreements with other labels. Additionally, the ringtones will initially be available only in the U.S., U.K., Ireland, France, The Netherlands, Belgium and Poland, with full access to Skype's 94.6 million users to come within weeks, the company said.
http://tinyurl.com/qpbmu 
http://www.skype.com
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o ABC's "Lost" to Debut Alternate Reality Game in Show's Off-Season

New York - ABC plans to debut an "alternate reality game" for fans of its TV series "Lost" on May 3, shortly before the second season of the series concludes, The New York Times reported. "The Lost Experience" is being created by the show's writers and producers, unlike other alternate reality games -- such as those for the Steven Spielberg movie "A.I.", and Microsoft's "Halo" video game -- which were designed by outside marketing firms. The game will introduce new characters and feature a plot that intertwines with that of the TV show. However, players will have to collaborate to track clues dispersed widely across media including fake websites, billboards, e-mails and phone calls. "We wanted to tell stories in a nontraditional way, and there were certain stories that [series co-creator Damon Lindelof] and I were interested in telling that don't exactly fit into the television show," Carlton Cuse, a writer and executive producer on "Lost," told The Times.
http://www.nytimes.com/2006/04/24/business/media/24lost.html
http://abc.go.com/primetime/lost
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o Mobile Content Delivery Firm Motricity Raises $40 Million

Durham, N.C. - Motricity, a provider of mobile content delivery technology, has raised $40 million in a round of venture capital led by Advanced Equities. Other investors in the deal include New Enterprise Associates and Technology Crossover Ventures. Motricity said in a release on Tuesday that during the last few months it has signed important agreements with various customers, including Alltel, Virgin Mobile, Sony Ericsson and BET. The company's technology allows content providers, as well as media an entertainment companies to deliver personalized content on mobile devices. Founded in 2001, Motricity has about 300 employees and offices in Durham, N.C., as well as Beijing, London, Munich and San Diego.
http://biz.yahoo.com/bw/060425/20060425005709.html?.v=1
http://www.motricity.com
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o TVcompass Raises $5.1 Million for Wi-Fi Universal Remote Control

Chicago - TVcompass, the developer of a universal remote control with color LCD screen that uses Wi-Fi to access TV listings and other information, announced that it has raised $5.1 million in its first round of venture capital financing. Jackson Boulevard Capital led the investment round. Founded in 2003, Chicago-based TVcompass also licenses its hardware designs and software, for use in remote controls, mobile phones and PDAs. Device maker Thomson will soon introduce its "Wi-Q" advanced home theater universal remote control.
http://www.tvcompass.com/news/2006-04-24.htm
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o Mobile 3D Developer Emdigo Raises Second Round of Funding

Campbell, Calif. - Emdigo, a developer of advanced 3D content and production technology for the wireless industry, said that it has raised an undisclosed amount in its second round of funding, led by East Gate Capital Management. The company said that it will use the new capital to continue its "aggressive hiring," as well as to bolster its sales and marketing efforts. Emdigo's technology allows wireless content providers to rapidly deliver 3D graphics-based mobile entertainment and messaging applications onto millions of mobile handsets.
http://www.emdigo.com/news/index.html?id=16

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o Mark Cuban to Host Show on Sirius Satellite Radio

New York - Sirius Satellite Radio, a subscription radio service with four million subscribers, announced on Tuesday that it has signed Dallas Mavericks owner and dot-com billionaire Mark Cuban to host a weekly talk show on Sirius. "I plan on raising hell and covering any and all topics that I think are interesting and taking no prisoners along the way," said Cuban. "Mark Cuban's Radio Maverick" will cover sports, business and other topics when it launches this summer.
http://biz.yahoo.com/prnews/060425/nytu035.html?.v=47
http://www.sirius.com
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o Seagate Introduces Digital Cinema Camera with Direct-to-Drive Capture

Scotts Valley, Calif. - Hard drive maker Seagate Technology and Silicon Imaging on Tuesday introduced what they say is the first digital cinema camera that offers direct-to-hard-drive recording. The Silicon Imaging SI-1920HDVR camera will offer up to four hours of continuous shooting on a 160GB USB 2.0 drive from Seagate.
http://biz.yahoo.com/prnews/060425/sftu050.html?.v=53
http://www.seagate.com
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o 3 More Stations Sign On to Sony/PBS HD Production Pilot Project

Las Vegas - Sony and partner PBS announced on Tuesday that three PBS stations have confirmed plans to transition to high-definition program production as part of the companies' joint pilot project. In addition to KQED San Francisco, which joined the pilot in Dec. 2005 and is already upgrading its facilities, WETA in D.C., WQED in Pittsburgh and WYCC in Chicago will now also upgrade to high-definition production. The Sony/PBS pilot project includes the production of "The NewsHour with Jim Lehrer" in HD, and the introduction of Sony HD equipment at all of the stations. "NewsHour" is slated to begin daily production in HD in the spring of 2007.
http://biz.yahoo.com/prnews/060424/nym231.html?.v=27
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o ReplayTV Licenses Command Audio DVR Technology

Redwood Shores, Calif. - Command Audio, a developer of digital video recorder technology, announced on Tuesday that digital video recorder maker ReplayTV, a unit of D&M Holdings, has licensed its patented digital video recorder technology. Under the deal, ReplayTV paid a settlement fee for its past use of Command Audio technology and also took out a royalty-bearing license for future uses. Command Audio's patents cover the transmission, storage, navigation and consumer playback of the audio elements of broadcast media; other licensees include iBiquity Digital, Motorola, Sony and XM Satellite Radio.
http://tinyurl.com/odusj
http://www.replaytv.com
http://www.commandaudio.com
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o Cartoon Network to Launch Broadband Streaming Anime Channel

Atlanta - Time Warner's Cartoon Network announced on Tuesday that it teamed with manga publisher VIZ Media on Toonami Jetstream, a new broadband streaming video service for anime. Set to launch on July 17, the service will provide on-demand, full-length streaming episodes of anime series featured on Cartoon Network, including "Naruto," "Samurai Jack," "Hikaru No Go" and "The Prince of Tennis".
http://tinyurl.com/e4vu3
http://www.cartoonnetwork.com
http://www.viz.com
http://www.toonamijetstream.com 
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o D&M Holdings Names Eric C. Evans Co-CEO

Tokyo - D&M Holdings, the Japanese holding company whose assets include consumer electronics firms Denon, Marantz and ReplayTV, announced on Tuesday that it has named Eric C. Evans as co-chief executive officer. Evans, who will eventually succeed current D&M CEO Tatsuo Kabumoto, previously served as president and COO of electronic voting machine maker Diebold.
http://tinyurl.com/p2so3
http://www.dm-holdings.com
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o Pace Micro Technology Appoints Mike McTighe as Chairman

West Yorkshire, England - Set-top box maker Pace Micro Technology on Tuesday announced the appointment of a new non-executive chairman, Mike McTighe. A director of the company since 2001, McTighe will replace retiring current chairman Sir Michael Bett.
http://www.pacemicro.com
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o Motorola, Sentivision Partner on Japanese IPTV Rollout

Tokyo - Motorola announced on Tuesday that it has partnered with set-top box software developer Sentivision to provide the set-tops for a major deployment of Internet-based TV (IPTV) in Japan. The set-tops will enable high-definition TV, video-on-demand, digital video recording, multi-room streaming and other home networking applications.
http://biz.yahoo.com/prnews/060425/nytu086.html?.v=52
http://www.sentivision.com
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o Anystream, Nielsen Debut VOD Audience Measurement

Las Vegas - Anystream, a provider of video-on-demand software, announced on Tuesday that it will show the first production application of ratings firm Nielsen's audio watermarking for video-on-demand programming during the National Association of Broadcasters (NAB) annual conference this week in Las Vegas. The companies partnered in August to develop a system that would allow networks, advertisers and other parties to measure audience viewing of video-on-demand programming.
http://www.webwire.com/ViewPressRel.asp?aId=13111
http://www.nielsenmedia.com
http://www.anystream.com
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o Motorola Introduces Local Ad Insertion for Broadcasters

Las Vegas - Motorola on Tuesday introduced a new content distribution system that lets broadcasters customize national video feeds for local audiences, by inserting regional ads at affiliate sites. The company will be demonstrating the Motorola On-Target system this week at the NAB trade show in Las Vegas.
http://biz.yahoo.com/prnews/060425/cgtu011.html?.v=48
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o SageTV Adds "Placeshifting" Feature to PC Media Center Software

Oakbrook Terrace, Ill. - SageTV, a developer of digital video recorder technology, announced on Tuesday that it has added a "placeshifting" capability to its SageTV Media Center application, enabling users to access their live or recorded TV shows, music and photos while away from home on any Internet-connected PC. Similar to Sling Media's Slingbox device, Illinois-based SageTV's placeshifting software will be available as a $30 add-on to its $79 digital video recorder and media center software for the PC.
http://www.sagetv.com/4_press/04_25_06_release.html 
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o Orb Networks, Kinoma Enable Placeshifting to Palm Treo 650

Emeryville, Calif. -Orb Networks, a developer of digital media "placeshifting" software that enables users to access home media collections on the go, said on Tuesday that it partnered with Kinoma to allow users to access home media on the Palm Treo 650 PDA.
http://www.orb.com 
http://www.kinoma.com
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o Up-Mobile to Distribute World Cup Mascot Mobile Clips

Miami - Up-Mobile, a distributor of Spanish-language mobile entertainment content, said on Tuesday that it acquired the rights to offer the 2006 FIFA World Cup Official Mascot TV Series. Germany's Creation Club has produced 21 40-second video clips for cell phones featuring a live-action puppet of "Goleo VI," the official World Cup mascot, as well as 24 10-second 3D animations for cell phones. Miami-based Up-Mobile will distribute Spanish-language versions of the clips in the U.S. and Latin America.
http://tinyurl.com/k46jy
http://www.up-mobile.com
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o New Network Mobile Creates Dating Service for "Loveline" Radio Show

New York - Mobile entertainment publisher New Network Mobile said on Tuesday that it will develop and host a subscription-based text-messaging dating service for Westwood One's "Loveline" radio program, hosted by Dr. Drew Pinsky. The text message-based dating service will cost listeners $4.99 per month.
http://biz.yahoo.com/prnews/060425/cltu515.html?.v=32
http://neonetworkmobile.com
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o Disney's Game Cafe Doubles Game Title Offering

North Hollywood, Calif. - Disney Online said on Tuesday that it has signed new distribution deals with game developers and publishers that will more than double the games offered at its Disney's Game Café site, which caters to adult gamers. More than 35 new game titles will be added through May, from creators including WildTangent, PlayFirst, HipSoft, Sandlot Games and iWin. The site offers free trials of the PC games, which can also be purchased and downloaded for prices ranging from $9.95 to $19.95.
http://tinyurl.com/gjebm
http://www.disneysgamecafe.com
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o Electronic Arts Ships "Black & White 2: Battle of the Gods"

Redwood City, Calif. - Electronic Arts on Tuesday shipped "Black & White 2: Battle of the Gods," an expansion pack for its sequel to the real-time strategy PC game. The expansion pack was developed by franchise creator Lionhead Studios, which was recently acquired by Microsoft Game Studios.
http://biz.yahoo.com/bw/060425/20060425005610.html?.v=1
http://www.blackandwhite2.ea.com
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o Majesco Releases "Guilty Gear Dust Strikers" for Nintendo DS

Edison, N.J. - Video game publisher Majesco on Tuesday shipped its "Guilty Gear Dust Strikers" title for Nintendo DS to retailers. Developed by ARC System Works, the title features characters from the original fighting game franchise including Sol Badguy and Potemkin.
http://biz.yahoo.com/prnews/060425/nytu010.html?.v=43
http://www.guiltygeards.com
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o NBX Launches $10,000 World Sports Betting Championship

Saratoga, Calif. - Online sports entertainment firm NBX on Tuesday announced the launch of its first $10,000 World Sports Betting Championship. The contest allows sports fans to create a fantasy sportsbook using real Las Vegas odds, and interact with one another on an online sports social network. The company said it will host similar tournaments during the postseason competitions of the NFL, NBA, MLB and college football and basketball.
http://tinyurl.com/pbnda
http://www.nbx.com
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o GameAccout to Power Skill Games Service for Guardian Newspapers

London - GameAccount, a provider of online skill games networks, said on Tuesday that it has partnered with the U.K. publisher Guardian Newspapers to create a skill games service on the Guardian Unlimited website. The service will allow players to challenge one another in backgammon, blackjack, solitaire and other skill games for real money.
http://tinyurl.com/fpswe
http://www.gameaccount.com
http://www.guardian.co.uk

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