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o Japan's Game Industry Sets Voluntary Ban on 18-Rated Sales to Minors
o 2005 Mobile Phone Sales to Exceed "Most Optimistic" Expectations
o Fox, Loews and WideRay Partner for In-Theater Downloads Via Bluetooth
o Report: Broadband "Officially" Overtakes Dial-Up in U.K.
o TiVo Featured in Patent and Trademark Office Museum


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o Briefly Noted: Viacom - DirecTV, UonTV, Yamaha Ringtones, Wurld Media - indie MP3s, Cornice, Radio Disney - iTunes, Ensequence - MTV Networks UK, Top Cow Productions - Vidiator, Midway Games - Lawrence Taylor, WorldWinner - Sony Pictures Digital, VU Games - "Crash Tag Team Racing," StarHub - Yummy Interactive, Photomuse.org
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--Database Warehouse Architect
--Senior SAP Application Architect
--Online Advertising Manager
--Director of Marketing
--Senior Software Engineer - ASP.Net, VB.Net, Web Services
--Media Supervisor
--Strategic Communications Group Offers Blog Relations Counsel
 


o Japan's Game Industry Sets Voluntary Ban on 18-Rated Sales to Minors

Tokyo -- Japan's video game industry trade group has introduced a voluntary ban on the sale of 18-rated games to minors by retailers in the country, in a bid to preempt potential government actions. The Computer Entertainment Supplier's Association (CESA) has asked retailers to refuse sales of games rated 18-plus by the Computer Entertainment Rating Organization to minors, unless accompanied by a parent or guardian, and also to place information on video game ratings in their stores. CESA's Kiyoshi Komatsu told GamesIndustry.biz that 95% of Japanese game retailers support the ban, although under the CESA plan as it exists no penalties are provided for retailers who sell violent games to minors.
http://www.gamesindustry.biz/content_page.php?aid=10237
http://www.cesa.or.jp/english
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o 2005 Mobile Phone Sales to Exceed "Most Optimistic" Expectations

London -- A new report by market analysis firm Gartner estimates that mobile phone sales worldwide will increase to more than 780 million this year. What's more, the report goes on to predict that total global sales will come to more than 1 billion by the year 2009. Both figures far exceed Gartner's previous estimates. Although there are currently about 2.6 billion phones in use, Gartner estimates that about 7.5 billion handsets have been produced so far between the years of 1997 and 2009 -- more than one phone for every single person on the planet. "The world's appetite for mobile phones has exceeded even the most optimistic expectations," said Gartner Research Vice President Ben Wood. "Mobile phones could go on to be the most common consumer electronics device on the planet."
http://www.gartner.com/Init
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o Fox, Loews and WideRay Partner for In-Theater Downloads Via Bluetooth

Los Angeles -- Twentieth Century Fox announced on Wednesday that it has partnered with Loews Theaters and technology firm WideRay to provide downloads of movie trailers, ringtones, and other content to moviegoers' Bluetooth-enabled cell phones. When consumers with Bluetooth wireless connections near a WideRay theater kiosk, they will receive notification of the availability of free movie-related content sent to their cell phones. They may then download a free, full-length movie trailer to their phones in less than 30 seconds from the kiosk. The download does not incur carrier charges, as the transfer is made directly from kiosk to phone. The technology is currently being tested at Loews theaters in New York's Lincoln Square, Los Angeles' Universal Citywalk and San Francisco's Metreon, which are offering trailers and other content from Fox's "Mr. and Mrs. Smith," "Fantastic Four" and "Kingdom of Heaven." "Twentieth Century Fox continues to push for new and innovative channels to reach our movie-goers, to give them ways to interact with our movies before and after they enjoy the films on the big screen," said Fox co-president of marketing Pamela Levine.
http://www.fox.com
http://www.enjoytheshow.com
http://www.wideray.com
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o Report: Broadband "Officially" Overtakes Dial-Up in U.K.

London -- According to the latest figures from the U.K. Office for National Statistics (ONS), broadband has officially overtaken dial-up as the most popular way to connect to the Internet. Broadband overtook dial-up in May, at which point it accounted for 50.7% of all connections. Although the take-up of broadband, which grew by about 80% last year, has outpaced dial-up for quite some time, the most-recent ONS report marks the first time that broadband has actually accounted for the majority of all Internet connections in the U.K. Those findings are all the more remarkable when one considers the fact that, little more than four years ago, broadband accounted for less than 1% of all connections.
http://www.statistics.gov.uk/statbase/Product.asp?vlnk=8251
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o TiVo Featured in Patent and Trademark Office Museum

Alviso, Calif. -- Joining inventions such as the toothbrush, seat belt, computer and alarm clock, the digital video recorder and service of TiVo are being featured in a new year-long exhibit at the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office Museum in Alexandria, Va. Designed to celebrate the nation's most influential inventions, "The Invention Machine: A Day in My Life" exhibit features everyday inventions that impact and improve people's daily lives. Depicted in a three-dimensional virtual diorama, the TiVo display showcases a living room decorated with TiVo trademarked logos and icons on everything from rugs to wall decor.
http://biz.yahoo.com/prnews/050720/sfw010.html

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o Briefly Noted:

(New York) Media conglomerate Viacom announced on Wednesday that it has signed a long-term carriage agreement with satellite broadcaster DirecTV, ensuring that CBS, MTV, UPN, Nickelodeon and other networks are available to satellite subscribers. The deal will also for the first time bring the high-definition CBS HD to DirecTV viewers.
http://biz.yahoo.com/prnews/050720/nyw047.html
http://www.directv.com 

(San Diego) UonTV on Wednesday launched a satellite TV service that lets anyone broadcast their own video programming to free-to-air satellite receivers, for as little as $20. UonTV transmits digitally via the Intelsat Americas 5 satellite, which covers all of North America. The company estimates its audience at 3 to 6 million U.S. viewers, and is marketing its service to businesses, churches, sports leagues and consumers who simply transfer their homemade video files from a PC.
http://www.uontv.com 

(Buena Park, Calif.) Yamaha's wireless content department on Wednesday introduced a new line of cell phone ringtones that layer live recordings over polyphonic MIDI elements. The RockTones service was designed to provide the best sound quality for mobile phones, maintaining the strums, twangs and signature dynamics of the genre by combining actual recordings with MIDI-synthesized instruments and sounds.
http://www.yamaha-ringtones.com

(Saratoga Springs, N.Y.) Wurld Media, which operates the Peer Impact legal peer-to-peer file-sharing service, announced on Wednesday that it has added unprotected MP3s from independent record labels to its offering of protected content from the four major record labels. Approximately 100,000 MP3 at first will be added to Peer Impact, which rewards users who share their bandwidth and let others download their purchased songs with credits redeemable for additional downloads. Peer Impact's beta test is slated to move to a commercial launch later this summer.
http://www.wurldmedia.com
http://www.peerimpact.com 

(Longmont, Colo.) Cornice, a developer of microdrives used in MP3 players and other electronics, announced that it has begun offering a 4GB, 1-inch hard disk drive. Cornice's drives are used in devices made by Archos, Philips, Rio and Samsung. Separately, Colorado-based Cornice announced that it has appointed Camillo Martino as president and CEO. Previously, Martino was chief operating officer of Zoran Corporation.
http://www.corniceco.com/news/071805.html
http://www.corniceco.com/news/071805a.html 

(Burbank, Calif.) Disney announced on Wednesday that songs from its Radio Disney network, available on 50 U.S. radio stations nationwide as well as on cable and satellite TV systems, will now also be offered for sale at Apple's iTunes Music Store. The Radio Disney offering will include special features and exclusives broadcast over the airwaves.
http://radio.disney.go.com 

(London) Ensequence, a U.K.-based provider of interactive TV software, announced on Wednesday that it has signed a three-year agreement to provide its software and services to MTV Networks UK and Ireland. The deal will enable MTV to bring production of its interactive applications in-house.
http://www.ensequence.com 

(San Diego) Comic book publisher Top Cow Productions announced on Wednesday that it has signed an agreement with Bellevue, Wash.-based Vidiator, to offer 40 of its comics in multimedia streaming format for cell phones. Top Cow titles including "Witchblade," "Cyberforce" and "Darkness" will be offered by Vidiator, whose streaming technology is deployed in 10 countries and serves up to a million streams per day.
http://www.vidiator.com
http://www.topcow.com

(Chicago) Midway Games said on Wednesday that it has signed NFL Hall of Fame inductee Lawrence Taylor to serve as the cover athlete and spokesman for its upcoming, non-NFL-licensed video game, "Blitz: The League." Taylor will also provide the voice for the game's main character, Quentin Sands. Chicago-based Midway also signed a deal with men's lifestyle magazine FHM, to include eleven FHM female models as cheerleaders and other characters in the game. The title is set for release in October for PlayStation 2 and Xbox.
http://biz.yahoo.com/bw/050720/205186.html
http://www.midway.com

(Seattle) WorldWinner, a provider of online game competitions, announced on Wednesday that it has signed a deal with Sony Pictures Digital, to create skill-based competitions for Sony's online games "Wheel of Fortune" and "Jepoardy." The cash competitions will be offered both on Sony websites and on WorldWinner's network, which claims 14 million members. Twenty WorldWinner game titles will also be made available on the Sony Pictures Digital games site.
http://www.worldwinner.com
http://www.sonypictures.com/games 

(Los Angeles) Vivendi Universal Games said on Wednesday that it will publish "Crash Tag Team Racing," based on its Crash Bandicoot franchise, for the Sony PSP in the fall of 2005. The game was developed at Vivendi's Canada-based Radical Entertainment, creators of "The Simpsons: Hit & Run."
http://biz.yahoo.com/prnews/050720/law011.html
http://www.radical.ca

(Vancouver, B.C.) Singapore-based broadband provider StarHub announced on Wednesday that it has partnered with Yummy Interactive to provide titles for Singapore's first Games-On-Demand service. The agreement will bring 140 PC titles, such as "Unreal Tournament" and "Lara Croft: Tomb Raider," to StarHub subscribers.
http://www.starhub.com
http://www.yummy.net 

(New York) The New York Times on Wednesday reported on the efforts of the George Eastman House -- the world's oldest photography museum with 400,000 images -- and Manhattan's International Center of Photography, to build a free database of masterwork photography on the Web. Photomuse.org is expected to offer nearly 200,000 photographs, from artists including Ansel Adams, Alfred Stieglitz, Edward Steichen and Lazlo Moholy-Nagy, when it is launched in the fall of 2006.
http://www.nytimes.com/2005/07/20/arts/design/20east.html
http://www.photomuse.org
 
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> Integrated Marketing Account Manager

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> Business Strategy Consultant - Telecom, Energy, Utilities

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> eBay Marketing Executive

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> Marketing Communications Manager

Network World has a great opportunity for a creative project manager with a marketing background (including online marketing) to lead the Marketing Communications department producing innovative and effective ways to further promote the Network World brand. Great people and project management skills; effectively lead a quality team juggling many priorities in a fast paced, dynamic environment. Excellent communication (oral and written), copywriting, proofing and editing skills; a solid understanding of design processes and software applications. Must be competent with financial administration to manage a budget. Send resumes to hotjobs@nww.com
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> Director of Marketing Analytics

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> Project Manager

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This individual will lead in the design, modification, development and implementation of the company's database warehouse products and associated embedded and third party reports. He/she will lead in the testing process through test review and analysis, test witnessing and certification of software, research & employ commonly used concepts, procedures and best practices software development. Four plus years of overall software development experience is required as well as one plus years in Java. If interested, please submit your resume to vbhatia@hirestrategy.com, or visit, http://www.hirestrategy.com/quicklinks/hire275.asp
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2-3 Years SAP BW Implementation and Development Exp. 5 Years of total exp in full life cycle SAP Implementations, with focus on Basis installation and configuration. 3-4 Years exp with a 3rd Party BI tool such as Business Objects, Cognos focusing on Architecture, Implementation and Configuration. Ability to work with minimal direction yet keep all parties well informed Communication and writing skills. Send resumes to kathe.yamagata@claraview.com
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> Online Advertising Manager

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> Director of Marketing

Hartley Hickey Executive Search works with small to mid-sized companies to help find talented marketing executives. Our client, a software provider of healthcare billing services, is looking for a seasoned direct marketer. Define marketing strategy for the customer experience. Define and manage marketing budget and oversee implementation of marketing components. Coordinate with product development and operations to ensure the success of the product. Send resumes to chris@hartleyhickey.com
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> Senior Software Engineer - ASP.Net, VB.Net, Web Services

Build Web Services for commercial CRM. Must have experience building Web Services and related technologies in a .NET environment: XML, XSL, SOAP, UDDI, WSDL ,WSE (.NET), security methods and standards, JavaScript, CSS, DHTML, ASP .NET, ADO.NET, MS SQL Server, T-SQL, stored procedures, triggers and data access optimization techniques. SharePoint 2003 Web Part Development, SharePoint Portal Server 2003 and Windows SharePoint Services configuration. Send resumes to recruiter@tmaresources.com
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> Media Supervisor - Manhattan, NY

In this management position, the Supervisor oversees all aspects of online media campaigns, including planning, implementing and tracking for one of the top 10 advertisers in the country. Require: Five to seven years of exp. in media, marketing or strategic planning, Exp. in online marketing and current knowledge of trends and innovations in interactive media, Proven leadership skills and mgmt exp., Excellent written and verbal communications skills, Detail-oriented approach. Please email cover letter and resume to Arela Simerson arela@cm-recruiting.com
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