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o Apple
Releases Cheaper iPods, Will Distribute iPods to Duke Freshmen
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French ISPs to Start Cutting Illegal Downloaders' Connections
o
Napster Inks Deals With Six Schools for Campus Music Services
o New
Microsoft Group to Foster Relationships with Media, Entertainment
Firms
o Report: Demand for Paid Search
Advertising Outpacing Supply
o Video Game Ad Network Massive
Inc. Raises $5.5 Million
o Report: Fantasy Sports Sites
Average 4.7 Million Users Monthly
o Virgin Launches Consumer
Electronics Unit, Releases MP3 Player
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Briefly Noted: NCsoft -
European subsidiary, Rentrak - Insight Communications, Sirius
Satellite Radio - Mazda, Coding Technologies - DVD Forum, Gotuit
Media - Kung Fu Records, Superscape - Fox's "Alien vs. Predator,"
Gameloft - Vijay Singh, Proteus - Tour de France, Arroyo Video
Solutions, "Half-Life 2" - source code theft arrests
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o Apple Releases Cheaper iPods, Will
Distribute iPods to Duke Freshmen
Cupertino, Calif. -- Apple on Monday introduced its
fourth-generation line of iPod digital music players, which feature
lower prices and a longer 12-hour battery life. The company knocked
$100 off the price of its 20GB (now $299) and 40GB (now $399)
models, and eliminated its 15GB model entirely. Apple also changed
the control interface of its regular iPod to the same "click-wheel"
functionality featured on its iPod mini devices. Separately, Apple
announced a pilot program with Duke University that will distribute
iPods to the school's 1,650 incoming freshman this year, and set up
a version of iTunes that will allow students to access class
schedules and information, in addition to buying songs. "We're
approaching this as an experiment, one we hope will motivate our
faculty and students to think creatively about using digital audio
content and a mobile computing environment to advance educational
goals in the same way that iPods and similar devices have had such a
big impact on music distribution," said Duke vice president of
information technology Tracy Futhey.
http://biz.yahoo.com/prnews/040719/sfm060_1.html
http://makeashorterlink.com/?W2B5567D8
http://www.apple.com/ipod
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o French ISPs
to Start Cutting Illegal Downloaders' Connections
Paris -- An agreement between French Internet service providers
(ISPs) and the local music industry may allow government authorities
to pull the plug on people who download music illegally, according
to French news daily Liberation. Spearheaded by the French
Ministries of Industry, Culture and Finance, the agreement could be
signed as early as this week, Liberation said. If the agreement is
approved, record labels monitoring peer-to-peer (P2P) networks would
be able to file complaints about specific repeat offenders. In turn,
a judge would be able to order an ISP to shut down that individual's
Internet connection. Studies show that file-sharing is becoming
increasingly popular despite the efforts of the international music
recording industry. According to the OECD Information Technology
Outlook 2004, the number of people using P2P networks to download
music, movies, images, games and software from the Internet
increased by 30% compared to the same period last year.
http://www.liberation.fr/page.php?Article=223837
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o Napster Inks
Deals With Six Schools for Campus Music Services
Los Angeles -- Napster, the digital music service unit of Roxio,
announced on Monday that it has signed agreements with six schools
to offer campus digital music services. The new deals with Cornell,
George Washington University, Middlebury College, the University of
Miami, USC and Wright State will complement Napster's existing
agreements with Penn State University and the University of
Rochester. Napster did not disclose whether students will be paying
for the basic service as part of their tuition, but they will be
charged $0.99 to burn tracks to CD or transfer them to portable
players. Some schools will utilize Napster and IBM's "Super Peer"
application, which caches the most popular Napster content on
on-site IBM servers managed remotely by Napster. "Penn State's
students have been thrilled with the Napster experience, downloading
as many as 100,000 songs each day," said Penn State president Graham
Spanier. "We see our Napster implementation as central to our effort
to create a more student-centered university while at the same time
offering an alternative to music piracy and copyright infringement."
http://biz.yahoo.com/prnews/040719/nym056_1.html
http://www.napster.com
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o New Microsoft
Group to Foster Relationships with Media, Entertainment Firms
Redmond, Wash. -- Microsoft on Monday announced the formation of a
new group within the company that will focus on developing
relationships with the media and entertainment industries. The
company said its new Media/Entertainment & Technology Convergence
Group will "consolidate and drive the company's strategies for the
digital convergence of home entertainment technologies, personal
computing and media, particularly in the areas of business and
market development, technical and IP policy, and industry-standards
initiatives." Microsoft named Blair Westlake, former chairman of the
Universal Television & Networks Group, as corporate vice president
of the new group. The company said the new group will lobby for
Microsoft on issues such as content-protection, digital rights
management and media format standards in Washington.
http://biz.yahoo.com/prnews/040719/sfm073a_1.html
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o Report:
Demand for Paid Search Advertising Outpacing Supply
New York -- Despite the emergence of companies like Yahoo's
Overture, the growth in demand for paid search advertising outpaces
growth in supply, according to new research from Nielsen/NetRatings,
a provider of Internet audience measurement services. The lack of
supply is leading to higher prices and threatening to slow the
growth of search advertising, the firm said, adding that the problem
can be mitigated with continued investment in technologies aimed at
improving the relevancy of search results. "Conversations with
several advertisers reveal that, even with recent increases in
price, search engine advertising is still cost effective," said Ken
Cassar, the director of strategic analysis at Nielsen//NetRatings.
"However, if prices continue to rise, this will not indefinitely be
the case. The low hanging search opportunities are nearly picked
over." Americans generated 1.2 billion search sessions during May, a
30% rise from the year before.
http://www.nielsen-netratings.com/pr/pr_040719.pdf
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o Video Game Ad
Network Massive Inc. Raises $5.5 Million
New York -- Massive Inc., a developer of in-game video game
advertising, announced on Monday that it has raised $5.5 million in
its oversubscribed second round of venture capital financing. Draper
Fisher Jurvetson Gotham led the investment round; RRE Ventures and
existing investors Tobat Capital and Newlight Associates also
participated. New York-based Massive plans to launch its video game
advertising network in October, which will initially serve ads to 10
online game titles from publishers including Konami and Ubisoft.
http://www.massiveincorporated.com
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o Report:
Fantasy Sports Sites Average 4.7 Million Users Monthly
Reston, Va. -- Over 7 million Americans -- or about 5% of all U.S.
Internet users -- visited online fantasy sports websites in October,
and an average of 4.7 million users monthly visit the fantasy sports
sections on Yahoo, Sportsline and ESPN, according to data from
comScore Media Metrix. Users spent an average of 93 minutes at these
sites per month, and viewed an average of 219 pages. The report
found that football is the most popular fantasy sports game, and
that Yahoo Sports draws nearly three times the monthly audience of
its nearest competitor, boasting 3.1 million users per month as
compared to ESPN (950,000) and Sportsline (930,000).
http://www.comscore.com/press/release.asp?press=485
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o Virgin
Launches Consumer Electronics Unit, Releases MP3 Player
San Jose, Calif. -- Virgin Electronics, a new consumer electronics
development unit of the company funded by Richard Branson's Virgin
Group, announced on Monday the opening of its new offices in Silicon
Valley, and the launch of its first product, the silver-dollar sized
Virgin Electronics Wearable 128MB MP3 Player. The company, which
relocated from New York to attract Silicon Valley talent, named
former Handspring and Creative Labs executive Greg Woock as CEO, and
former Palm and Handspring executive Joe Sipher as senior vice
president of marketing. Virgin Electronics' new $99 MP3 player,
which will be sold at retail chain Target, weighs just half an ounce
and was designed to be worn around the neck or arm.
http://www.virginelectronics.com
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o Briefly Noted: (London)
Korean video game developer NCsoft announced on Monday the creation
of a European subsidiary in London, which will benefit from a $6
million investment from the parent company. NCsoft, which
distributes the "Lineage" massively multiplayer online game, plans
to launch "Lineage II" and "City of Heroes" in Europe by the end of
2004.
http://www.ncsoft.net
(Portland, Ore.) Cable TV operator Insight Communications said on
Monday that it has partnered with Rentrak, a provider of video
industry data, to launch a video-on-demand audience measurement
service. Testing of the OnDemand Essentials service will begin in
September in the 12 markets in which Insight offers video-on-demand;
the company serves a total of 1.4 million subscribers.
http://biz.yahoo.com/prnews/040719/sfm098_1.html
http://www.insight-com.com
http://www.rentrak.com
(New York) Sirius Satellite Radio, a provider of
satellite-delivered digital radio programming, said on Monday that
carmaker Mazda will make Sirius a dealer-installed option on a
number of 2005 model Mazda vehicles, and a standard feature on its
limited production Tribute model.
http://biz.yahoo.com/prnews/040719/nym141_1.html
http://www.siriusradio.com
(Mountain View, Calif.) Coding Technologies, a developer of audio
compression technology, announced on Monday that industry standards
group the DVD Forum selected its High-Efficiency AAC codec -- also
known as MPEG-4 aacPlus -- for its DVD Audio specifications. The
company also said that patent licenses for its HE AAC are now
available through the MPEG-4 Audio patent pool.
http://www.dvdforum.org
http://www.codingtechnolgies.com
(Boston) Gotuit Media, a provider of video-on-demand software,
said on Monday that it partnered with independent record label Kung
Fu Records to offer music videos on-demand from, Kung Fu artists
such as The Ataris and Ozma, to cable TV operators.
Massachusetts-based Gotuit said a trial of the service is currently
underway with a major cable operator.
http://www.gotuit.com/press/releases/071904.html
http://www.kungfurecords.com
(Hook, England) Superscape Group, a developer of mobile games and
3D game technology, on Monday said it signed a licensing agreement
with 20th Century Fox Licensing and Merchandising, to develop a 3D
wireless game based on "Alien versus Predator," a Fox film due for
release in August.
http://www.superscape.com
(Paris) Mobile game developer Gameloft said that it has signed
pro golfer and PGA Tour money leader Vijay Singh to be the cover
athlete for its "Vijay Singh Real Golf 2005" title, due for release
in the fourth quarter of 2004.
http://www.gameloft.com/en/shop.php?press1=257
(Silver Spring, Md.) Wireless entertainment publisher Proteus
said that it partnered with The Discovery Channel to provide daily
updates about Lance Armstrong and the U.S. Postal Service Team
during the 2004 Tour de France to mobile phone users in the U.S. and
Europe. The updates will be sent via SMS and are available for $1.99
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http://proteus.com/about/news_archive/000048.jsp
(Pleasanton, Calif.) Arroyo Video Solutions, a provider of
digital video delivery technology to cable TV and telecommunications
firms, announced on Monday that it has named Kim Kelley, former
president of cable TV operator Insight Communications, as its new
president and CEO. Pleasanton, Calif.-based Arroyo provides
video-on-demand, transactional advertising, e-commerce and other iTV
applications to its customers.
http://www.arroyo.tv/press_releases/07-19-2004.html
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