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Struggling U.K. Game Developer Eidos Considers Sale of Company
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Anti-Piracy Firm Macrovision Acquires InstallShield for $76 Million
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Mounting Legal Fees Force 321 Studios to Consider Bankruptcy
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Napster Launches Free MP3 Player Promotion
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Report: DVR Owners Watch More, Not Less Video-on-Demand
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Briefly Noted: Destiny Media
Technologies - Universal Music Group, Dating On Demand - Comcast,
Comast - FoxSports.com, iRiver - submersible MP3 player, Zone4Play -
NetFun, Electronic Arts - Brooke Burke - Oddworld, DMCA revision
bill - 19 House sponsors
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o Struggling U.K. Game Developer
Eidos Considers Sale of Company
London -- Embattled U.K.-based video game publisher Eidos
announced on Thursday that it has commenced a review of strategic
alternatives available to the company, including a possible outright
sale. The company pointed to a recent unexpected softness in the
U.S. games market that is affecting current sales of its "Hitman
Contracts" title, and announced it would postpone the release of "ShellShock:
Nam '67" until September, to bypass the traditionally slower summer
sales months. Eidos also cited "the continuing need to invest more
heavily in research and development ahead of the next hardware
cycle," and said that it is "becoming increasingly reliant on the
performance of key titles," such as "Hitman" and "ShellShock." The
company is best known for its successful "Tomb Raider" game
franchise.
http://biz.yahoo.com/bw/040617/175047_1.html
http://www.eidos.com
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o Anti-Piracy
Firm Macrovision Acquires InstallShield for $76 Million
Santa Clara, Calif. -- Macrovision, a provider of anti-copying
technologies for CDs, DVDs and other media, announced that it has
acquired InstallShield, a provider of software that eases
installation of new applications on computers, for $76 million in
cash. The deal also provides for an additional payment of up to $20
million, contingent upon post-acquisition performance. Santa Clara,
Calif.-based Macrovision said the deal will allow it to expand its
product portfolio and reach Illinois-based InstallShield's large
software developer customer base.
http://biz.yahoo.com/bw/040616/165909_1.html
http://www.macrovision.com
http://www.installshield.com
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o Mounting
Legal Fees Force 321 Studios to Consider Bankruptcy
St. Louis -- 321 Studios, a maker of controversial software that
can defeat copyright protections on movies and video games so users
can make back-up copies, said that ongoing movie studio lawsuits,
combined with a new suit filed this week by major video game
publishers, could force the company to declare bankruptcy, the
Associated Press reported. 321 CEO Robert Moore told AP he'll make
that decision in several weeks, adding, "I think bankruptcy
protection would probably spell the end for our company." 321
Studios defended its DVD X Copy and recently released Games X Copy
as a "fair use" means to make copies of movies and games, but
several federal courts have ruled that the software enables
copyright infringement of movies. Consumers "should have the right
to make copies of their own legally obtained digital materials,"
Moore said.
http://biz.yahoo.com/ap/040617/copying_dvds_2.html
http://www.321studios.com
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o Napster
Launches Free MP3 Player Promotion
Los Angeles -- Napster, the digital music service unit of Roxio,
announced on Thursday a new promotional campaign whereby it will
offer a free MP3 player to new annual subscribers. Those paying
$119.40 for a one-year subscription to Napster will receive a $129
Rio Chiba Sport 128MB MP3 player; for an additional $80, subscribers
can upgrade to receive a free, larger-capacity Rio Nitrus, which
holds 1.5GB of music. The company plans to advertise the promotion
first on CBS during the American Film Institute's "100 Years ... 100
Songs: America's Greatest Music in the Movies" program. Los
Angeles-based Napster recently announced that it has sold over 10
million songs through its online stores in the U.S., the U.K. and
Canada.
http://biz.yahoo.com/prnews/040617/lath025_1.html
http://www.napster.com
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o Report: DVR
Owners Watch More, Not Less Video-on-Demand
Newtonville, Mass. -- Contrary to industry assumptions that digital
video recorders (DVR), which allow users to pause and record live
TV, compete with video-on-demand services for viewers' attention, a
new report from Massachusetts-based Lyra Research found that DVR
owners actually watch more video-on-demand programming than non-DVR
owners. The report is based on an Internet survey during April and
May of 350 U.S. video-on-demand users who also owned digital video
recorders. "Our findings may be because video-on-demand offered
content that was not available via broadcast or because the DVR
users are more experienced than non-DVR users with time shifting and
more comfortable operating menu-driven systems for selecting
programs," said Steve Hoffenberg director of electronic media
research at Lyra Research.
http://www.lyraresearch.com
http://www.dtvview.com
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> DMW Events:
Washington
Digital Media
Conference
June 18,
2004
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Washington, DC
Register online or by Phone
www.digitalmediaconference.com
323-822-0936
KEYNOTE SPEAKERS
Elliot Maxwell - Fellow, Center for the Study of American
Gov., Johns Hopkins Univ.,
Distinguished Research Fellow,
eBusiness Research Ctr, Pennsylvania State Univ.
Doug
Lowenstein - President, Entertainment Software Association
Mitch Glazier - SVP,
Gov. Relations & Legislative Counsel, RIAA
Caroline Little - CEO,
Washingtonpost.Newsweek Interactive
FEATURED SPEAKERS
Magid Abraham - President, CEO & Co-Founder, comScore Networks
William Allman - SVP & GM,
Interactive New Media, Discovery Networks
Aileen Atkins - SVP, Business Affairs, Napster
Larry Blosser - Of Counsel, Gray Cary
Jody Brannon - Executive Producer, USAToday.com
Pat Breslin - CEO,
Relatable
Jeff Briggs - Founder, President & CEO, Firaxis Games
Matt Bromberg - Vice President & GM, AOL Games
Jeffrey Bronikowski - Vice President, eLabs, Universal
Music Group
Ron Chaimowitz - President & CEO, PlayTV Inc.
Alan Davidson - Asso. Director,
Center for Democracy & Technology
(CDT)
Sarah Deutsch – VP & Associate General Counsel,
Verizon
Allison Dollar - Co-President,
Interactive Television Alliance
Tim Dunne - VP, Digital Media,
Nextel Communications, Inc.
Eugene Evans - President, Infinite
Ventures
Reed Freeman – Chief Privacy Officer,
Claria Corporation
Gerald Gordon -
President & CEO, Fairfax County Economic Dev. Authority
Rags Gupta - COO, Live365
Chris Haines - Managing Editor, USNews.com, U.S. News &
World Report
Stewart Halpern - Managing Dir., Digital Entertainment
Research, RBC Capital
Bill Holland - Washington Bureau Chief, Billboard Magazine
Mark Jacobs - CEO, Mythic Entertainment
Marc Juris - President, Fuse (a subsidiary of
Rainbow Media Holdings LLC)
Scott Kauffman - CEO, MusicNow
Marty Lafferty - CEO,
Distributed Computing Industry Association (DCIA)
Kevin Lapidus - General Counsel,
YellowBrix, Inc.
David Leibowitz - Managing Partner, CH Potomac
Lon Levin - SVP, Regulatory Affairs,
XM Satellite Radio Holdings, Inc.
David Levine - CEO, Butterfly.net
David Lipsey - VP, Media & Entertainment, Artesia
Karen Litsinger - VP & Associate
General Counsel, America Online, Inc.
Lydia Loizides - Analyst,
Media & Ent., Ziff Brothers Investments
Adrian McAloon - Director of Marketing, Ztango
Chris McAndrews - SVP & General Manager,
Nationalgeographic.com
Patrick McQuown - President, Proteus
Mark Myers - Vice President of
Strategic Alliances, Convera
David Oxenford - Partner, Shaw Pittman
Jonathan Potter - Executive Director, Digital Media
Association
Larry Rebich - VP of Program
Acquisition & Market Dev., SIRIUS Satellite Radio
Wayne Rosso - CEO, Optisoft, SL (former President of
Grokster)
Laurence Roth - VP, Mktg & Bus.
Dev./Co-Founder, Cinea
(Dolby Labs subsidiary)
Warren Schlichting - Vice President, New Business Strategy,
Comcast
Dan Scherlis - CEO, Etherplay
Ned Sherman - CEO & Co-Founder, Digital Media Wire
Paul Sherman - President & Publisher, Tech Wire Media Group
Sherrese Smith - Assoc. Gen. Counsel,
Washingtonpost.Newsweek Interactive
Christina Tancredi, SVP
of Marketing, Advertising and Sponsorship Sales,
Music Choice
Yoav Tzruya - VP of Technologies &
Markets Strategy, Exent
Technologies
Stephen Warley - General Manager,
TVSpy (a Vault
service)
Debbie Weil - Publisher, WordBiz Report
Michael Weiss -
CEO, StreamCast Networks (owner, Morpheus P2P
software)
Gabe Zichermann - VP, Strategy & Communications, Trymedia
OVERVIEW
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traditional business models and changing the way we distribute,
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Washington Digital Media Conference
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How are traditional business models being
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o Briefly Noted: (Vancouver)
Destiny Media Technologies, a developer of digital media
distribution technologies, announced on Thursday that Universal
Music Group has contracted the company to deliver high-quality music
to U.S. radio stations through Promo Only, a subscription-based
music and music video distribution service. The deal will eventually
make Universal releases instantly available online to be downloaded
for U.S. radio airplay.
http://biz.yahoo.com/bw/040617/175173_1.html
http://www.promoonly.com
http://www.dsny.com
(Philadelphia) Dating On Demand, a combination online dating and
video-on-demand service, announced it will launch in Philadelphia
this summer for Comcast Digital Cable customers. Singles can sign up
for a professional video shoot for their profiles, and then Comcast
subscribers may view singles' profiles for free on-demand. Those
interested parties may then make contact by registering online with
New York-based HurryDate, an online dating site.
http://www.hurrydate.com/datingondemand.com
(Philadelphia) Cable TV operator Comcast said on Thursday that it
has partnered with FoxSports.com to add new content to the online
sports channel at its Comcast.net portal. Content will include clips
from Fox's "The Best Damn Sports Show Period."
http://www.foxsports.com
http://www.comcast.net
(Milpitas, Calif.) Digital audio device manufacturer iRiver said
on Thursday that it has teamed with Diver Entertainment Systems to
launch the H2O Audio DVD series, a line of MP3 players fully
submersible in water up to 200 feet. The devices feature 512MB of
storage capacity and range in price from $349 to $649.
http://www.iriveramerica.com/h2oaudio
http://www.desworldwide.com
http://www.oceanicworldwide.com/2004/reservemp3.cfm
(Wilmington, Del.) Mobile and interactive TV games publisher
Zone4Play said on Thursday that it has formed a joint venture with
Israel-based NetFun Ltd. to launch MiXTV, an interactive TV service
that uses SMS mobile messaging for two-way interactivity.
Delaware-based Zone4Play will provide capital for one year of MiXTV
operations, while NetFun will provide intellectual property. In
addition to chat and messaging, the MiXTV service will offer
multiplayer and casino games beginning in the fourth quarter.
http://biz.yahoo.com/prnews/040617/ukth007_1.html
http://www.zone4play.com
(Redwood City, Calif.) Video game developer Electronic Arts said
on Thursday that it has signed TV actress Brooke Burke to star in
its "Need for Speed Underground 2" title, currently in development
at EA Canada for release in the fall. Redwood City, Calif.-based
Electronic Arts also said on Thursday that it has signed an
agreement with San Luis Obispo, Calif.-based developer Oddworld
Inhabitants for the worldwide rights to publish its next "Oddworld"
game, scheduled for release in 2005 for PlayStation 2 and Xbox.
http://biz.yahoo.com/bw/040617/175270_1.html
http://biz.yahoo.com/bw/040617/175578_1.html
http://www.needforspeed.com
http://www.brookeburke.com
http://www.oddworld.com
(San Francisco) Wired News reported on Thursday on increasing
support in the U.S. House for a bill that would roll-back a
controversial provision of the Digital Millennium Copyright Act that
bans circumventing the copyright controls on digital media, for such
purposes as making a "fair use" copy for personal use. HR107,
sponsored by Rep. Rick Boucher (D-Va.), currently has 19
co-sponsors, including House Commerce Committee Chairman Joe Barton
(R-Texas). The bill has some chance of passing in the House this
year, but has yet to be taken up in the Senate.
http://www.wired.com/news/digiwood/0,1412,63876,00.html
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Java Engineer with a minimum of 5 years experience working
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Send resumes to
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B2B marketing with over 275 campaigns under our belt, is looking
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relations preferred. e-mail cover letter and resume to
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Redmon Group is seeking to fill a PM position that will be
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technology solutions such as: Web sites, transportation
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Online Resources, a leading provider of online banking to
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