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o Yahoo, Sony Announce Multi-Faceted Partnership
o DirecTV Sells Part of Stake in Thomson Multimedia for $130 Million
o Universal Music Canada Invests in Streaming Firm Iceberg Media
o Game Developer Acclaim Entertainment Raises $33.6 Million
o 3-D TV Developer DDD Raises $3.2 Million
o Video Games Firm Activision to Offer 5 Million Shares
o Digital Asset Management Firm EMotion Sells Stock Footage Business
o Briefly Noted: EA's "Majestic," Lucasfilm - Minrad, Cameo Technologies -
Universal Pictures, Turner Sports Interactive - SportsBlast, Sirius
Satellite Radio - E!, Spacewar!
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o Yahoo, Sony Announce Multi-Faceted Partnership

Santa Clara, Calif. -- Yahoo and Sony Corp. of America on Tuesday
announced a partnership that includes the development of a co-branded
website, e-commerce initiatives, advisory services and content integration
and promotion. The co-branded site -- Sony on Yahoo! -- will feature
Sony's consumer electronics products. The site will become the default
start page for Sony's recently launched Internet access service, and will
also be given priority space -- along with other Sony and Yahoo services
-- on the desktops of Sony's VAIO computers. Yahoo will consult Sony on
the development of a Web portal that connects its various offerings in
games, computers and home electronics. Finally, the two companies will
collaborate on marketing campaigns for Sony Pictures films and Sony Music
content across Yahoo's Web properties.
http://biz.yahoo.com/bw/010731/2383.html
http://news.cnet.com/news/0-1005-200-6726831.html?tag=cd_mh.
http://www.siliconvalley.com/docs/news/svfront/017039.htm
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o DirecTV Sells Part of Stake in Thomson Multimedia for $130 Million

El Segundo, Calif. -- Digital satellite TV firm DirecTV Enterprises said
on Tuesday that it has sold 4.1 million of its shares in consumer
electronics firm Thomson multimedia for $130 million. El Segundo-based
DirecTV said it has no immediate intention to sell any of its remaining
8.8 million shares of Thomson, which equate to 3.1 percent of the company.
The company will use the proceeds for general corporate purposes.
Paris-based Thomson multimedia makes set-top boxes that are marketed to
DirecTV's satellite TV customers.
http://www.prnmedia.com/cgi-bin/stories.pl?ACCT=107&STORY=/www/story/07-31-2001/0001544875&EDATE=
http://www.directv.com
http://www.thomson-multimedia.com
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o Universal Music Canada Invests in Streaming Firm Iceberg Media

Toronto -- Universal Music Canada, a division of Vivendi Universal,
announced on Tuesday that it has agreed to make an undisclosed equity
investment in Iceberg Media, a provider of streaming services, and will
license its songs to streaming music site TheIceberg.com. Toronto-based
Iceberg Media will create custom Web radio channels for Universal Music
Canada's website. Universal said it will provide marketing support for
Iceberg's own streaming audio channels.
http://www.newswire.ca/releases/July2001/31/c6143.html
http://www.icebergmedia.com
http://www.umusic.ca
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o Game Developer Acclaim Entertainment Raises $33.6 Million

Glen Cove, N.Y. -- Acclaim Entertainment, a developer and publisher of
interactive games, announced on Tuesday that it has completed a private
placement of 9.3 million of its shares to a small group of private
institutional investors, with total proceeds equaling $33.6 million. New
York-based Acclaim is developing games for the soon to be released
Microsoft and Nintendo consoles, as well as for Sony's PlayStation 2 and
the PC. The company will use the funds for ongoing game development,
strategic acquisitions, marketing and advertising campaigns during the
holiday season, and also for debt reduction.
http://biz.yahoo.com/bw/010731/0076.html
http://www.acclaim.com
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o 3-D TV Developer DDD Raises $3.2 Million

Toronto -- DDD, a developer of 3-D TV technology that does not require the
use of 3-D glasses, said on Tuesday that it has raised $3.2 million
through a private equity placement. Elliott Associates led the investment
and remains the company's largest shareholder. Toronto-based DDD's
technology adds features to digitally encoded content that creates 3-D
images when viewed on glasses-free 3-D displays.
http://www.businesswire.com/cgi-bin/f_headline.cgi?day0/212120234&ticker=dde.cx
http://www.ddd.com
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o Video Games Firm Activision to Offer 5 Million Shares

Santa Monica, Calif. -- Activision, a developer, publisher and distributor
of interactive games, announced on Tuesday that it will make a public
offering of 5 million shares of its stock. Santa Monica-based Activision
said it plans to use the proceeds from the offering for general corporate
purposes, including additions to working capital, product development,
joint ventures and strategic acquisitions.
http://biz.yahoo.com/prnews/010730/lam123.html
http://www.activision.com
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o Digital Asset Management Firm EMotion Sells Stock Footage Business

Vienna,Va. -- EMotion, a provider of digital asset management software,
said on Tuesday that it has sold PictureQuest, its online stock footage
images business, to Illinois-based Creatas. Financial terms of the
transaction were not disclosed. Creatas will take on an undisclosed number
of PictureQuest's sales and content personnel, and Virginia-based EMotion
will continue to host the PictureQuest.com site. EMotion said the sale was
motivated by its long-term strategy to focus on its software business.
http://www.emotion.com
http://www.creatas.com
http://www.picturequest.com
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o Briefly Noted:

(Redwood City, Calif.) Game developer Electronic Arts announced on Tuesday
the release of its anticipated online game "Majestic," a suspense thriller
that interacts with players via email, instant messaging, voicemail, fax
and the Internet. The game's first "season" will be free, with additional
monthly updates available with an EA.com subscription, which costs $9.99
per month. Majestic was given a "mature" rating by the ESRB (Entertainment
Software Rating Board), meaning that only those 18 and older will be able
to play the game.
http://biz.yahoo.com/bw/010731/2105.html
http://www.majesticthegame.com
http://www.ea.com

(San Francisco) Lucasfilm Ltd., the George Lucas-run company responsible
for creating the Star Wars movies, has sued medical instruments-maker
Minrad over the use of the term "light saber" to describe several of its
products, the Associated Press reported on Tuesday. Lucasfilm says it
objects to the use of the term used to describe the Jedi weapon in the
Star Wars films because "any deficiencies or faults in the quality of the
surgical instruments [are] likely to hurt the reputation of Lucasfilm."
http://www.nytimes.com/2001/07/31/business/31STAR.html?searchpv=nytToday
http://www.lucasfilm.com
http://www.minrad.com

(Irvine, Calif.) Digital video entertainment firm Cameo Technologies said
on Tuesday that Universal Pictures will use its proprietary media player
to offer high-quality movie trailers to consumers' PCs. Irvine-based
Cameo's technology delivers the trailers to PCs using excess bandwidth, a
method the company claims can offer pictures at 30 frames per second at a
data rate of over 1MB per second, regardless of the user's connection
speed. Irvine-based Cameo Technologies is a unit of hard drive-maker
Western Digital.
http://www.cameo.com

(Hollywood, Calif.) Turner Sports Interactive, a division of AOL Time
Warner's Turner Broadcasting Systems, said on Tuesday that animation firm
SportsBlast will produce a weekly three-minute animated Web series for
NASCAR.com. "The Kellys" is a dramedy that explores the world of stock car
racing, drivers, pit crews, sponsors and fans through the lives of the
Kelly family. SportsBlast was founded by voice-actor Nancy Cartwright, who
plays the voice of Bart Simpson on Fox's "The Simpsons."
http://www.nascar.com

(New York) Sirius Satellite Radio said on Tuesday that it will carry
24-hour programming from E! Entertainment Television and E! Online on its
satellite-delivered digital radio service. Content will be culled from E!
TV programs like "True Hollywood Stories" and "Mysteries and Scandals."
News items will also be collected from the E! Online website.
New York-based Sirius' $12.95 per month service will be available later
this year.
http://biz.yahoo.com/prnews/010731/nytu024.html
http://www.siriusradio.com

(London) BBC News Online is currently running a feature story on the 40th
birthday of the video game. The first video game -- called Spacewar! --
was developed on two early computers created at MIT by a group of
programmers that included MIT students. Spacewar! was written for a
30-line display screen on a computer that offered a measly 9KB of memory.
It can be played in its original form at a link below.
http://news.bbc.co.uk/hi/english/in_depth/sci_tech/2000/dot_life/newsid_1464000/1464171.stm
http://lcs.www.media.mit.edu/groups/el/projects/spacewar/

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> Roxio, Inc., Sr. Business Development Position - Silicon Valley, CA

Hey… are you a closer? Can you cut a great deal? If you answered yes to
these questions and you are an experienced dealmaker, we have the dream
job waiting for you at Roxio, Inc., the leading digital media software
company. The ideal candidate will have a solid understanding of the
digital media industry and is a self-starter capable of identifying,
analyzing, developing and closing new businesses opportunities. The ideal
candidate will possess a JD or MBA from a top school and have 5+ years of
deal-making experience. Send resumes to: opportunities@spencerstuart.com
http://www.roxio.com
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> Sony Pictures Digital Entertainment, iTV Producer - Los Angeles

Develop interactive content concepts; create product requirements,
functionality UI and design documents; manage design and technology
vendors for creating user interfaces and applications; and manage ongoing
production of interactive content. Must have experience working in the iTV
industry or experience in Internet or television production or experience
in producing games in the iTV, on-line or PC games.
Send resumes to: resumes@spe.sony.com
http://www.spe.sony.com
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> America Online, Listings Editor - New York City

Get a start in shopping journalism with Digital City, America Online's
local city guide. We're looking for full-time freelance editorial
assistants to help curate our shopping listings and program our shopping
pages. You should be a web-savvy college graduate with good writing
skills. Journalism background and/or Photoshop experience is a plus.
Send resumes in the body of an email to: doctorvas@aol.com
http://www.home.digitalcity.com
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> H2O Networks, Director of Sales - New York City

Must have the ability to sell products & services ranging from a twenty
thousand dollar fixed price solution sale to a several hundred thousand
dollar integrated services sale. Background in Web Development,
Advertising, Affinity Marketing, Agency experience or other related fields
is a necessity. Ideal candidate will have a network of contacts that can
be leveraged to effect immediate sales. Steady commission possible.
Send resumes to: jon@h2onetworks.net
http://www.h2onetworks.net
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> Aether Systems, Sr. Director of Quality Assurance - McLean, VA

Provide leadership and mentoring in component based, mobile and wireless
enterprise-wide software development environment. Proven track record to
lead several QA teams in various geographic locations. Member of core
development team responsible for Object Oriented, iterative, use-case
driven rapid software development. Manage 60+ and integrate QA initiatives
throughout the development organization.
Send resumes to rcronin@aethersystems.com
http://www.aethersystems.com

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> 9th Annual SHORTSPAN Film & Video Festival - Pacific Northwest Tour: Aug. 3-13

SHORT MOVIES! Dreamspan presents the 9TH Annual Short Attention Span Film & Video Festival. Shortspan is a non-stop two hour program of ALL NEW
two-minute-or-shorter films, including Michael Moore's "Testify," Canadian
David Weir's collaboration with Douglas Coupland, "Night Shift"-- and 57
more shorts! The tour kicks off in the Pacific Northwest and will travel
to 30 North American cities! Pac NW tour dates are:

VANCOUVER, B.C.: The Blinding Light Cinema - August 3rd and 4th - 8:30PM
SEATTLE, WA: 911 Media Arts Center - August 9th and 10th - 8PM
PORTLAND, OR: Northwest Film Center - August 12th and 13th - 7:30PM
http://www.dreamspan.com/shortspan
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> Digital Rights Management, September 20-21 - New York City

DRM for Sports, Media & Entertainment -- Learn How To Monetize & Protect
Content, Digital Assets & Intellectual Property. Featuring Forecasts, Case
Studies & Strategies from: AOL Time Warner, Sony Music, NY Times, National
Hockey League, A&E Networks, Microsoft Corporation, BET, Artisan,
Reciprocal, IBM, NASCAR Digital Entertainment and many more!
Contact dmitry@worldrg.com -- mention this ad for a special discount!
http://www.DRMconference.com
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> New England Tech Wire - Free Email News Service

New England Tech Wire is a free daily email service that summarizes the
most important technology, venture capital, and Internet stories from
Connecticut, Maine, Massachusetts, New Hampshire, Rhode Island and
Vermont. Every business day, readers rely on us for a quick, objective
briefing of the region's top technology and venture capital stories.
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