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o MPEG-4 Developer Envivio Closes $15 Million Second Round
o Video-Over-Wireless Developer ViXS Systems Raises $12.5 Million
o ITouch Acquires Tele-Voting Firm Telescope UK for $2.9 Million
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o MPEG-4 Developer Envivio Closes $15 Million Second Round

San Francisco -- Envivio, a provider of MPEG-4 broadcast and streaming
technologies, announced on Monday that it has secured an investment from
NTT Leasing Co. Ltd., the investment arm and a strategic business
development partner of NTT Group Companies. The company joins other
investors Bertelsmann, France Telecom, Intel Capital, and Harbinger
Ventures participating in Envivio's $15 million second round of financing.
San Francisco-based Envivio said it will use the funds to further develop
its MPEG-4 products, and expand engineering, marketing and sales channel
and customer support capabilities.
http://www.envivio.com/news/news/020826_ntt.html
http://www.nttl.co.jp
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o Video-Over-Wireless Developer ViXS Systems Raises $12.5 Million

Toronto -- ViXS Systems, a developer of video networking semiconductor and
software for wired and wireless networks, announced on Monday that it has
raised $12.5 million in its second round of venture capital financing.
Canada-based Investors Group led the round; Accuity Investment and
individual investors also participated. The company also announced that
Rogers Cable senior vice president Alek Krstajic joined its board of
directors. Toronto-based ViXS develops video-over-wireless technology
aimed at the PC, consumer electronics and advanced set-top box markets.
The company said the funds will allow it to transition from product
development to commercialization of video-over-wireless applications, with
its product coming to market for consumer and commercial uses in early
2003.
http://www.vixs.com
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o ITouch Acquires Tele-Voting Firm Telescope UK for $2.9 Million

London -- U.K.-based wireless entertainment software firm ITouch announced
that it has acquired Telescope UK -- a developer of interactive voice and
SMS text-messaging for interactive TV -- for $2.9 million in cash and
stock. Telescope's co-founding partners, Edward Boddington and Michael
Nelson-Jones, will join ITouch and jointly lead the integrated voice
business for the company. London-based Telescope is responsible for
developing the interactive TV voting segment for the U.K. show "Pop Idol,"
and also consulted on similar applications for the U.S. version, "American
Idol."
http://www.itouch.co.uk/news/current/index.php?body=0821a
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(San Jose, Calif.) The San Jose Mercury News recently reported on the feud
between digital music distribution technology provider Liquid Audio and
several groups of its shareholders. These groups argue that competitors
exist who offer Liquid Audio's services for free, and that their
investment would be best returned if the company were dissolved, creditors
paid, and its remaining $77.3 million in cash be distributed back to
shareholders. Redwood City, Calif.-based Liquid Audio is currently
negotiating a merger with Alliance Entertainment, a physical distributor
of CDs and DVDs.
http://www.siliconvalley.com/mld/siliconvalley/3935346.htm
http://www.liquidaudio.com

(Santa Clara, Calif.) Roxio, a provider of CD burning and other multimedia
software, announced on Monday that its board of directors has authorized a
repurchase program for up to ten percent of its outstanding common stock.
"With our strong cash position, we believe the repurchases of Roxio stock
at current levels is a solid investment and represents an attractive
opportunity to enhance long-term shareholder value," said Roxio president
and CEO Chris Gorog. Santa Clara, Calif.-based Roxio distributes the Easy
CD Creator and Toast CD and DVD burning applications.
http://biz.yahoo.com/prnews/020826/sfm021_1.html
http://www.roxio.com 

(Tokyo) Sony plans to introduce a DVD drive for PCs that supports the two
current competing writable DVD formats -- DVD-R/RW and DVD+R/RW --
NewsFactor.com reported on Monday. As of last year, Sony said it had no
plans to support DVD-R/RW, but is slated to introduce the new PC product
supporting both formats next month.
http://story.news.yahoo.com/news?tmpl=story&u=/nf/20020826/bs_nf/19159

(Santa Clara, Calif.) Consumer electronics firm Sonicblue announced on
Monday that fellow device manufacturer JVC has licensed its dual-deck
technology for use in combination DVD/VCR devices. Terms of the deal were
not disclosed. Santa Clara, Calif.-based Sonicblue has similar licensing
agreements for its dual-deck technology with Thomson Multimedia, LG
Electronics and Samsung Electronics.
http://biz.yahoo.com/bw/020826/260053_1.html
http://www.jvc.com
http://www.sonicblue.com/video/govideo/dvdsys.asp

(Redmond, Wash.) Microsoft announced on Monday that it will offer
consumers purchasing its Xbox video game console a mail-in rebate for a
kit that makes DVDs playable on the device. The company will offer a
mail-in rebate worth up to $30 -- the retail cost for its Xbox DVD Movie
Playback Kit -- through November 2nd.
http://biz.yahoo.com/prnews/020826/sfm035_1.html

(Mountain View, Calif.) Silicon Graphics, Inc. (SGI) and video server
provider Thirdspace announced on Monday that Netherlands-based
Infraconcepts' SmarTV will use their products to launch video-on-demand
services to TV viewers in Sweden. The SmarTV broadband video-on-demand
service will initially be offered to 1,500 households outside Stockholm,
with plans to expand to 22,000 households.
http://biz.yahoo.com/prnews/020826/sfm026_1.html
http://www.sgi.com
http://www.thirdspace.tv
http://www.smartvmedia.tv

(Irvine, Calif.) GameSpy Industries, a provider of video game technology
and services, announced on Monday that Disney Interactive will use its
online game technology and back-end services when it launches "TRON 2.0"
in the spring. Irvine, Calif.-based GameSpy will provide servers and
bandwidth for the online game, in addition to player matching, online
storage, instant messaging, voice and text chat and anti-piracy
protection. Kirkland, Wash.-based Monolith Products is developing the
game, based on the 1982 Disney movie "TRON."
http://www.gamespy.net
http://www.disneyinteractive.com
http://www.lith.com

(Tel Aviv, Israel) Midbar Technologies, a developer of CD copy-protection
technology, said on Monday that its Cactus Data Shield software has been
included on 30 million commercially-released CDs, including 10 million in
the Japanese market. Israel-based Midbar also said its CD copy-protection
technology is now available in 23 manufacturing plants globally.
http://www.midbartech.com

(Burbank, Calif.) TVN Entertainment, a provider of video-on-demand content
and delivery technology, announced on Monday that it will launch a
children's video-on-demand initiative. The video-on-demand service, which
is now available to its cable TV operator affiliates, includes content
from Artisan on behalf of its Family Home Entertainment label (FHE), MGM,
RCN Entertainment and Sesame Workshop. Burbank, Calif.-based TVN provides
video-on-demand services to companies including Adelphia, Charter,
Comcast, Insight and Mediacom.
http://www.tvn.com

(Sunnyvale, Calif.) Harmonic, a provider of digital video and other
communications delivery services to cable, satellite, telecom and
broadcast networks, announced on Monday that cable TV operator Charter
Communications will deploy its video-on-demand delivery technology in 12
markets. Sunnyvale, Calif.-based Harmonic said Charter plans additional
market deployments of its video-on-demand solution later this year.
http://biz.yahoo.com/bw/020826/260161_1.html
http://www.charter.com
http://www.harmonicinc.com

(Redmond, Wash.) Microsoft said on Monday that it has achieved Motorola's
validation for including its interactive program guide software on
Motorola DCT1000 and DCT1200 set-top boxes, used to deliver digital and
interactive TV services. Microsoft's program guide software has already
been approved for use on the Motorola DCT2000 -- the industry's most
widely deployed set-top box.
http://biz.yahoo.com/prnews/020826/sfm044_1.html
http://www.microsoft.com/tv

(Campbell, Calif.) Focus Enhancements, a developer of digital video
semiconductors and equipment, said on Monday that President and CEO
Michael D'Addio will retire Sept. 30, with current COO Brett Moyer taking
over both roles. The company said that it will begin to make the
transition immediately. D'Addio, who has served as company head for 18
months following a 14-year stint as CEO for Videonics, will remain on
Focus' board. Moyer has been with the company since 1997.
http://biz.yahoo.com/bw/020826/262148_1.html
http://www.focusinfo.com

(San Francisco) Online magazines Slate.com and and Salon.com both recently
published articles that explore the possible correlation between the
unauthorized trading of MP3s on file-sharing services like Kazaa, and the
current industry-wide slump in CD sales. The Slate.com piece points to
recent numbers from Forrester Research and Ipsos-Reid indicating there is
not much of a correlation, while the Salon.com piece features an interview
with University of Texas economist Stan Leibowitz, who has examined the
sales history of the music industry and believes that MP3s are indeed
harming record sales.
http://slate.msn.com/?id=2069732
http://www.salon.com/tech/feature/2002/08/23/liebowitz_redux/index.html
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