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o Shares of Apple Soar Following Record Quarter
o Sen. Clinton Asks FTC to Investigate Rockstar, Promises Game Legislation
o Sony MP3 Players Gaining on Apple's iPod in Japanese Market
o Aussie Court Convicts MP3 Site Operator, ISP of Copyright Infringement
o XM Satellite Radio to Acquire WCS Wireless for $200 Million
o Forgent Sues 15 Cable, Satellite TV Providers for Infringing DVR Patent
o SeaChange Acquires Overseas Assets of Liberate Technologies
o Microsoft to Create Multiplayer Online Game With Marvel Superheroes


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o Briefly Noted: Nippon TV - video-on-demand, AOL - Live 8 streams, Sirius Satellite Radio - Sirenza Microdevices, Burn a Song - SyncCast, PlanetOut - here!, THQ - UTA, Electronic Arts - "Marvel Nemesis: Rise of the Imperfects," Majesco - Marvel's "Ghost Rider," Midway Games - "L.A. Rush," Brickhouse Mobile - Falcon Studios
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o Shares of Apple Soar Following Record Quarter

Cupertino, Calif. -- Shares of Apple surged nearly 6% on Thursday after the company reported a 75% increase in revenue and its highest quarterly profit ever, thanks in large part to continued brisk sales of its iPod digital music players. The company reported net income of $320 million up from $61 million a year ago, on revenue of $3.5 billion, up from $2.0 billion. Both the company's profit and revenue topped analysts expectations, according to a survey by Thomson First Call, with earnings eclipsing estimates by $0.06 a share. For the quarter, which ended June 25, Apple said that it shipped 1.2 million Macintosh computers (up 35%) and 6.2 million iPods (up more than 600%).
http://biz.yahoo.com/prnews/050713/sfw087.html
http://tinyurl.com/a3hvv
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o Sen. Clinton Asks FTC to Investigate Rockstar, Promises Game Legislation

Washington -- Sen. Hillary Clinton (D-N.Y.) on Thursday asked the Federal Trade Commission (FTC) to look into whether a sexually explicit mini-game tied to the video game "Grand Theft Auto: San Andreas" was created by the game's developer, or is only available as a modification downloadable online. Rockstar Games has said previously that hackers developed the mini-game, and that the code comprising it is not included on retail copies of GTA. Clinton's inquiry follows actions taken in Australia toward banning the game, and criticism of the Entertainment Software Ratings Board (ESRB) by a California state lawmaker. Clinton asked the FTC to determine whether the game should be given a rare "AO" (Adults Only) label, instead of the current "M" (Mature) rating. Clinton also said she would introduce legislation that would slap a $5,000 fine on retailers who sold violent or sexually explicit games to minors. "The disturbing material in Grand Theft Auto and other games like it is stealing the innocence of our children and it's making the difficult job of being a parent even harder," said Senator Clinton. "I am announcing these measures today because I believe that the ability of our children to access pornographic and outrageously violent material on video games rated for adults is spiraling out of control."
http://clinton.senate.gov/news/statements/details.cfm?id=240603&&
http://tinyurl.com/a58cp
http://www.gamesindustry.biz/content_page.php?aid=10095
http://www.rockstargames.com/sanandreas
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o Sony MP3 Players Gaining on Apple's iPod in Japanese Market

Tokyo -- Sony's new digital music players are gaining market share on Apple's dominant iPod in the Japanese market, outselling Apple in the flash memory-based player market for the past two months, Reuters reported. Sony's flash memory-based players come in capacities of 256MB, 512MB and 1GB, and compete with Apple's iPod Shuffle players. Sony's share of the Japanese flash player market climbed from 4% in March, to 16% in April and 27% in May and June, while Apple's share is now below 20%, according to market research firm BCN. Apple's hard drive-based iPods still greatly outsell Sony's comparable players in Japan, and continue to command nearly 70% of the U.S. market.
http://tinyurl.com/b2f3t
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o Aussie Court Convicts MP3 Site Operator, ISP of Copyright Infringement

Sydney -- An Australian federal court has convicted both an operator of a site that linked to free MP3 files and his ISP of copyright infringement, ZDNet reported. The major record labels sued MP3s4free.net operator Stephen Cooper, his ISP Comcen, and other parties in October 2003 for operating the site, and for collaborating with one another to improve the site's traffic and increase ad revenue. Australian Federal Court Justice Brian Tamberlin on Thursday ruled against Cooper; Comcen; a Comcen employee; Comcen's parent company, E-Talk Communications; and a director of both companies. "This is a very significant blow in the war against piracy," said Michael Kern, general manager of the Australian trade group Music Industry Piracy Investigations. "The court has found against all the respondents. It sends the message that ISPs who involve themselves in copyright infringement can be found guilty…The verdict showed that employees of ISPs who engage in piracy can be seen in the eyes of the court as guilty."
http://tinyurl.com/bm2yo
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o XM Satellite Radio to Acquire WCS Wireless for $200 Million

Washington -- Preparing to develop new video subscription services, XM Satellite Radio, a provider of satellite radio services with more than 4.4 million subscribers, said that it plans to acquire WCS Wireless, a Nevada-based owner of wireless spectrum licenses in geographic areas covering 163 million people throughout the U.S., including 15 of the top 20 metropolitan markets. Under the deal, XM will pay 5.5 million shares of its stock, worth approximately $200 million. WCS's licenses include 10 megahertz in the frequency bands adjacent to XM's satellite radio service, which XM said that it plans to use to launch a variety of new video and data offerings. The company said that it will expects to announce more detailed plans for the use of this additional spectrum in the future. The deal is expected to close by the end of the year.
http://www.xmradio.com/newsroom/screen/pr_2005_07_13.html
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o Forgent Sues 15 Cable, Satellite TV Providers for Infringing DVR Patent

Austin, Texas -- Forgent Networks announced on Thursday that it has sued 15 cable and satellite TV operators -- including Comcast, DirecTV and Timer Warner -- for infringement of its digital video recording (DVR) patent. Filed in the U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Texas, the suit claims the 15 companies are violating U.S. patent No. 6,285,746, which describes a system that plays back a program while it is being recorded. All of the defendants offer digital video recorder services to their subscribers; Forgent may also add additional defendants that make such devices to the lawsuit, such as TiVo. "We believe we will prevail in this action as the '746 Patent is valid, enforceable and infringed by the defendants," said Forgent chairman and CEO Richard Snyder. Texas-based Forgent said its enforcement actions relating to a different JPEG patent have yielded $100 million in license fees from companies in Asia, Europe and the U.S.
http://biz.yahoo.com/iw/050714/090857.html
http://tinyurl.com/dunm4
http://www.forgent.com
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o SeaChange Acquires Overseas Assets of Liberate Technologies

San Mateo, Calif. -- SeaChange International, a Massachusetts-based provider of digital video systems, said that it has acquired San Mateo, Calif.-based San Liberate Technologies' interactive TV software business assets outside of North America for about $23.5 million. Liberate supplies software to some of the world's largest network operators, including ntl, Telewest and UGC in Europe. Under terms of the acquisition, SeaChange has been assigned certain customer contracts, as well as receiving patents and other intellectual property. The company said that it also will continue operations at Liberate's former facilities in San Mateo and London, England, and is continuing employment for about 20 Liberate employees.
http://biz.yahoo.com/bw/050713/135594.html
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o Microsoft to Create Multiplayer Online Game With Marvel Superheroes

San Diego -- Microsoft announced on Thursday that it has signed a licensing agreement with Marvel Comics, to develop and publish a massively multiplayer online game for the Xbox 360 featuring Marvel superheroes. Marvel's stable of some 5,000 superheroes includes Spider-Man, The X-Men, The Incredible Hulk, Captain America, Daredevil and The Fantastic Four. The companies said that additional details about the game, which will be published by Microsoft Game Studios, will follow in coming months. "With this next generation of gaming, Marvel fans will finally have the ability to create choices with their favorite Super Heroes, villains and creatures in unbelievable detail -- all with the power of Marvel's incredible vision and the Xbox platform," said Peter Moore, corporate vice president of worldwide marketing and publishing for Xbox at Microsoft.
http://biz.yahoo.com/prnews/050714/sfth035.html
http://www.microsoft.com/games/default.aspx
http://www.marvel.com

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o Briefly Noted:

(Tokyo) Japanese broadcaster Nippon Television Network has announced plans to launch an Internet video-on-demand service in October, The Japan Times reported. The network will offer downloadable video clips of programs that have already aired on TV -- spliced into 15-minute segments -- with no copyright restrictions, for a fee of about 89 cents. Nippon rival Fuji TV also plans to offer TV programs on the Internet, beginning with women's volleyball games.
http://www.japantimes.co.jp/cgi-bin/getarticle.pl5?nb20050713a1.htm
http://www.ntv.co.jp/english 

(New York) America Online said on Thursday that, in the week following the Live 8 charity concerts, the company has served more than 25 million on-demand plays of the performances online to over 8.5 million unique visitors. The company said it has extended the period during which the performances will remain available online for free by three weeks, until Sept. 5.
http://www.aolmusic.com 

(New York) Sirius Satellite Radio on Thursday introduced a new, thinner satellite antenna for roof-mounting on vehicles. Designed by Colorado-based Sirenza Microdevices, the disc-shaped antenna will go on sale this summer.
http://biz.yahoo.com/prnews/050714/nyth055.html
http://www.siriusradio.com
http://www.sirenza.com 

(Anaheim, Calif.) Burn a Song, a developer of digital kiosk download technology, said on Thursday that it has partnered with SyncCast to develop a consumer custom CD burning kiosk. The kiosk will utilize Windows Media Digital Rights Management to protect songs against unauthorized copying. Burn a Song said its kiosk will also offer ringtones, games and music videos.
http://www.synccast.com

(San Francisco) PlanetOut, an online media company focused on the lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender community, announced on Thursday that it has added content from here!, a gay-themed U.S. cable TV network, to its new Internet video-on-demand service. The PlanetOut Video broadband entertainment service is slated to launch in September, and will also include content from Sundance Channel.
http://biz.yahoo.com/prnews/050714/sfth039.html
http://www.planetout.com
http://www.heretv.com 

(Calabasas Hills, Calif.) Video game publisher THQ announced on Thursday that it has retained United Talent Agency (UTA) to expand the brand for its "Destroy All Humans" original game property. Calabasas Hills, Calif.-based THQ said UTA will look to develop the game into major motion picture and television projects.
http://biz.yahoo.com/prnews/050714/lath047.html
http://www.destroyallhumansgame.com 

(Redwood City, Calif.) Electronic Arts announced on Thursday that it has signed on comic book writer Mark Millar and artist Terry Dodson to join Jae Lee on the development of "Marvel Nemesis: Rise of the Imperfects," a title being jointly produced by EA and Marvel Comics. Developed by EA Canada and Nihilistic Software for PlayStation 2, PSP, Xbox and GameCube, the title will feature a new set of characters created by EA, called "The Imperfects." Redwood City, Calif.-based EA also announced that Swedish developer Digital Illusions is currently at work developing an expansion pack for its "Battlefield 2" PC title. "Battlefield 2: Special Forces" will be released in the fall.
http://biz.yahoo.com/bw/050714/145248.html
http://biz.yahoo.com/bw/050714/145254.html
http://www.nihilistic.com
http://www.dice.se
http://www.marvelnemesis.ea.com
http://www.battlefield.ea.com

(Edison, N.J.) Game publisher Majesco Entertainment said on Thursday that it has signed a license agreement with Marvel Comics to publish "Ghost Rider," based on the Marvel superhero. The game is currently in development at U.K.-based Climax Group, and will ship in summer 2006 for PlayStation 2, PSP and the Xbox in conjunction with the release of the Sony Pictures/Marvel Studios film.
http://biz.yahoo.com/prnews/050714/nyth068.html
http://www.majescoentertainment.com
http://www.ghostridergame.com 

(Chicago) Midway Games on Thursday announced a number of licensing details and in-game talent signed for its "L.A. Rush" game collaboration with MTV. The company said that actors Bill Bellamy and Orlando Jones will lend voice talent, and rapper Twista and West Coast Customs personalities including Ryan, Mad Mike, Q and Big Dane will lend their voices and likenesses to the game. The title's soundtrack will also feature 75 songs from 25 artists including Lil Kim and DJ Rap. The title is slated for release in October for PlayStation 2 and Xbox.
http://biz.yahoo.com/bw/050714/145147.html
http://www.midway.com 

(Denver) Brickhouse Mobile, a provider of adult entertainment content for mobile devices, announced on Thursday that it has signed an agreement with gay adult content producer Falcon Studios, to distribute Falcon content for mobile phones. Denver-based Brickhouse will offer Falcon wallpapers, videos and celebrity ringtones through U.S. mobile operators.
http://www.brickhousemobile.com
http://www.falconstudios.com

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> Online Advertising Manager

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