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o Recording Industry Files
8,000 New File-Sharing Lawsuits Worldwide
o RIAA Drops Copyright
Lawsuit Against Suspected File-Swapper
o Florida Judge OKs "Bully"
Video Game for Release
o Consumer Electronics Assn.
Passes on Video Game Trade Show
o Viacom's MTV Networks
Acquires Teen User-Generated Site Quizilla.com
o Wii Console Pre-Orders
Sell Out at GameStop, Nintendo Store
o Universal Music: 250,000
Out-of-Print Tracks Downloaded This Year
o NBA Offers Live Webcasts
to Cable/Satellite "League Pass" Subscribers
o Report: Asia Pacific
Mobile Music Revenues to Hit $9.3 Billion by 2010
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Briefly Noted
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Warner Music Group Taps
Muvee Video Remix Technology
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Delphi Introduces $229
SKYFi3 XM Radio Receiver
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Tiscali Taps RawFlow for
Live Streaming P2P Radio
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Kirtas Technologies to Scan
Titles for Microsoft Live Book Search
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Turner's GameStop Launches
in Canada, Debuts Own Game Label
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Instant Media to Distribute
Fox Movies, TV Shows Online
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Premiere Theaters to Install
Dolby Digital Cinema Systems
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Ckrush Launches Second Phase
of "Live Mansion: The Movie" Competition
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Rapper The Game Debuts Two
Bix.com Online Contests
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Turner to Offer Cartoon
Network Content on Nokia Content Discoverer
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IBiquity Digital: 1,000
Stations Now Broadcasting in HD Radio
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TouchTunes Installs
20,000th Digital Jukebox in Omaha
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Capsule to Publish John Woo Comic
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Social Network for Music
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Launch of Nintendo Wii
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o Recording
Industry Files 8,000 New File-Sharing Lawsuits Worldwide
London - The recording industry announced on Tuesday that
it has launched over 8,000 new legal actions against suspected music
file-swappers in 17 countries, including the first such lawsuits in
Brazil, Mexico and Poland. The International Federation of the
Phonographic Industry (IFPI), a global record label trade group,
said it has now filed a total of more than 13,000 actions against
file-swappers outside the U.S. So far, over 2,300 defendants have
agreed to settlements averaging about $3,000 each. The IFPI said
that over 1 billion tracks were downloaded illegally last year in
Brazil, where record company revenues have nearly halved since 2000.
"In each of the 17 countries involved in today's actions there are
legal music services available to consumers," said IFPI chairman and
CEO John Kennedy. "We reluctantly continue with our legal actions
and today sees the latest escalation of that campaign to show that
file-sharing copyrighted music does carry real legal risks -- apart
from the risks to privacy and the risks from spyware and viruses."
http://www.ifpi.org/site-content/press/20061017.html
http://tinyurl.com/yd4g3r
(Reuters)
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o RIAA
Drops Copyright Lawsuit Against Suspected File-Swapper
Los Angeles - The Recording Industry Association of
America (RIAA) has dropped copyright infringement charges against a
man who argued the record label trade group's method of identifying
suspected illegal file-swappers is insufficient. Ars Technica
reported that the RIAA's lawsuit against Chicago resident Paul Wilke
(Elektra v. Wilke) appears to be another case of mistaken identity
among the industry's thousands of lawsuits against file-swappers.
Wilke argued that RIAA's evidence, consisting of a name, IP address
and list of shared files, was not sufficient to tie him to the
illegal downloads. Wilke's attorneys said he was not the "Paule
Wilke" named in the complaint, had never downloaded any file-sharing
applications, and did not possess the songs the RIAA alleged he had
downloaded. So far, none of the RIAA's nearly 18,000 lawsuits
against individual file-swappers in the U.S. has gone to trial. Most
have been settled by defendants, who have agreed to pay various
amounts of damages to the record labels.
http://arstechnica.com/news.ars/post/20061015-7990.html
http://www.riaa.com
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o Florida
Judge OKs "Bully" Video Game for Release
Miami - After viewing a two-hour demonstration of Take-Two
Interactive's "Bully" video game in court on Friday, a Florida judge
denied a request to block the game's release in Florida on grounds
that it constituted a "public nuisance." "There's a lot of violence.
A whole lot. [But] less than we see on television every night,"
Judge Ronald Friedman said in open court, according to the Miami
Herald. The game, developed by the makers of the violent "Grand
Theft Auto" franchise, puts players in the footsteps of a student at
Bullworth Academy, but does not feature weapons aside from a
slingshot and baseball bat. "What you conducted in your chambers,
Judge, was the equivalent of Iran leading UN weapons inspectors
around the country taking them to places where the illegal activity
was not occurring," Jack Thompson, the attorney who filed the
Florida lawsuit seeking to block the game's release, wrote in a
letter to Judge Friedman following the ruling. The game was released
in Florida and the rest of the country on Tuesday. Meanwhile, major
U.K. retailers PC World, Currys and Dixons announced they will not
stock the game in Europe. "We're fully aware people will be able to
buy this game elsewhere, but we feel this game is not appropriate
for Currys' family-friendly image," a spokesman told
GamesIndustry.biz.
http://www.miami.com/mld/miamiherald/business/technology/15756118.htm
http://tinyurl.com/y5qkok
(AP)
http://tinyurl.com/yz4ydr
(Washington Post)
http://www.gamesindustry.biz/content_page.php?aid=20435
http://biz.yahoo.com/bw/061017/20061017005951.html?.v=1
http://www.rockstargames.com/bully
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o Consumer
Electronics Assn. Passes on Video Game Trade Show
San Francisco - The Consumer Electronics Association (CEA),
a trade group made up of consumer electronics makers and other
technology firms, and producer of the annual Consumer Electronics
Show, announced on Tuesday that it will not launch a 2007 video game
trade show. The CEA previously announced its intention to explore
the possibility of launching a video game event, in the wake of the
cancellation of the Entertainment Software Association's (ESA)
mammoth annual E3 event. "Although CEA was prepared to launch a new
event, the recent announcement by ESA that it would open its event
to both ESA and non-ESA members and would include PC and wireless
gaming, led us to conclude that a new spring West Coast event would
likely not serve the best needs of the industry. At this point, we
will continue dialog with the industry to determine if the need for
a broader gaming event exists for 2008," said Karen Chupka, senior
vice president of events and conferences for CEA.
http://tinyurl.com/yfeocu
http://www.ce.org
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o Viacom's
MTV Networks Acquires Teen User-Generated Site Quizilla.com
New York - Viacom's MTN Networks announced on Tuesday that
it has acquired Quizilla.com, an online community featuring
user-generated content from teen authors, from Gorilla Nation Media.
Financial terms of the transaction were not disclosed. Founded in
2002, Quizilla is in the top five sites for teenage girls, and
attracted 3.1 million unique visitors during September, according to
comScore Media Metrix. The site's mix of quizzes, fiction,
non-fiction, poetry, polls and other creative content will be added
to The-N.com, part of Nickelodeon/MTVN Kids and Family Group.
http://biz.yahoo.com/prnews/061016/nym181.html?.v=56
http://www.gorillanation.com
http://www.the-n.com
http://www.quizilla.com
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o Wii
Console Pre-Orders Sell Out at GameStop, Nintendo Store
New York - Both video game retail chain GameStop and
Nintendo's own Nintendo World Store in New York have confirmed
sell-outs of their pre-order allotments of Nintendo's
next-generation Wii console on Friday, the same day they were first
offered. Texas-based GameStop, which operates over 3,000 stores in
the U.S., did not say how many Wii consoles Nintendo it was given
for pre-orders. Kotaku.com reported that the Nintendo World Store at
Rockefeller Center in New York also sold out of its Wii pre-order
allotment on Friday, but did not say how many consoles had been
reserved for Nintendo's only official retail store in North America.
The Wii is scheduled to go on sale in the U.S. on Nov. 19 for $250.
http://biz.yahoo.com/bw/061016/20061016005724.html?.v=1
http://tinyurl.com/ydhc4h
(Kotaku)
http://www.gamestop.com
http://www.nintendoworldstore.com
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o Universal
Music: 250,000 Out-of-Print Tracks Downloaded This Year
London - Major record label Universal Music Group has sold
over 250,000 downloads of songs from out-of-print albums since
February, Reuters reported. The most popular of the 3,000 tracks
offered in 20 mostly European countries is Gun's 1994 single "Word
Up"; the most popular album is Big Country's 1984 release "Steeltown."
Universal Music plans to digitally distribute more than 100,000
deleted and mostly vinyl-only European recordings over the next four
years, with a second batch including albums from Maurice Chevalier
and The Orb set for release in late November.
http://tinyurl.com/ym859j
(Reuters)
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o NBA
Offers Live Webcasts to Cable/Satellite "League Pass" Subscribers
New York - The National Basketball Association (NBA)
announced that its new NBA.com site will for the first time offer
subscribers to its NBA League Pass Broadband service access to a
full season of live video webcasts of NBA games. The service is a
free and exclusive extension of the League Pass service offered to
digital cable and satellite TV subscribers, which is available for
about $180 per season. The NBA said it has also added more free
broadband video, a new Fantasy Resource center, and a new
language-specific international site for Hong Kong to NBA.com.
http://tinyurl.com/yb4gbl
http://www.nba.com/broadband/league_pass.jsp
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o Report:
Asia Pacific Mobile Music Revenues to Hit $9.3 Billion by 2010
Scottsdale, Ariz. - The mobile music market in the Asia
Pacific region is poised to grow from $3.3 billion in 2005 to $9.3
billion by 2010, according to a report from market research firm
In-Stat. Some 60% of those surveyed in the region said they have a
phone capable of some form of music playback. Already, South Korea's
mobile music industry has surpassed the country's conventional music
industry, while China's mobile music revenues are set to reach $2.8
billion by 2010, trailing only Japan's projected $3.4 billion in
revenues that year. "Ringtones have been the primary driver for
mobile music growth in the past, but this will change as new mobile
phones equipped with digital music file playback capability create a
new market," said In-Stat director Bryan Wang. "As consumer
preferences change, the future growth of the mobile music industry
rests on ringback tones and full music tracks."
http://www.instat.com/catalog/Wcatalogue.asp?id=236
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LA Games Conference - November 7-8, 2006 - Los Angeles, CA
www.lagamesconference.com
November 7-8, 2006 - Pacific
Design Center, West Hollywood, CA
For the past five years, the most influential decision-makers in the games industry have gathered at Digital Media Wire’s annual
Games & Mobile Forum in New York to network, do deals and share ideas about the future of online and mobile games. Over 1,500 senior executives have attended the event over the past five years, including senior participants from Electronic Arts, Microsoft, Sony, JAMDAT, Glu Mobile, Nokia, I-Play, Hands-on Mobile, Verizon Wireless, Cingular, Sprint, Ericsson, QUALCOMM, Virgin Mobile, PlayFirst, Atari, Playboy, MTV, Wired, GameSpot, Ziff Davis, Digital Chocolate, Turbine, Gameloft, Yahoo!, AOL, UBS Warburg, Deloitte, the UK Government, the Irish Government, Coca-Cola, and PepsiCo, among others. It is with this illustrious background that we are pleased to announce the launch of LA Games Conference at the
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Doug Lowenstein,
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Mika Salmi,
Founder & CEO, Atom Entertainment
John Broady,
Director of Business
Intelligence,
CNET Networks Entertainment
Michael Dowling,
CEO,
Interpret LLC
David Higley,
Managing Dir. & Head Of Digital
Media Technologies,
UBS
Investment Bank
Andrew Katz,
Partner,
MS&K
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Cody
Alexander,
Head of Video
Games , William Morris Agency
Greg Ballard,
CEO, Glu Mobile
Gordon
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Executive
Consultant , MTV Networks / Spike TV
Nicholas
Longano,
President of
New Media, Massive Incorporated
Teemu
Huuhtanen,
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B. Dev., Regional President, N. Am.,
Sulake
Corporation Ltd.
Kanishka Agarwal,
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Telephia
Cody Alexander,
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William
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Mathew Bellows,
GM & VP
Marketing ,
Floodgate
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John Blakely ,
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George Borkowski ,
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Tech Practice ,
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Jon Van Canegham,
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Network, Inc
Chris Cao,
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Creative Director ,
Sony Online
Entertainment
Kenny Dinkin,
VP &
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Playfirst
Jay Moore,
Founder
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The
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Chris Early,
Studio
Manager ,
Microsoft
Casual Games Group
Mike Goslin,
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Walt Disney
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Jeff Herrmann,
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Alex St. John ,
CEO &
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Sandi Isaacs ,
VP,
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Gary Price ,
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Keith McCurdy,
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Joseph Olin,
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Jim Merrick ,
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Mobliss
Michael Schutzler ,
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Keith Boesky ,
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Richard Weil ,
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President &
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Mike Yuen,
Senior
Director Gaming Group,
QUALCOMM
Eric Zimmerman,
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CEO ,
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Mathieu Nouzareth,
Founder &
President ,
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Jim Banister,
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Director ,
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Technologies
Brad Singer,
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& Business Development,
PaymentOne
Dave Rohrl,
GM - SF
Studio,
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Megan Galbraith,
Game
Producer,
Atom Shockwave
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Warner Music Group Taps Muvee Video Remix Technology
Singapore - Muvee, a provider of consumer video editing
technology, announced that it has partnered with major record label
Warner Music Group, which has licensed its technology that allow
users to weave their personal video clips and photos into original
artist music videos, tour footage and behind-the-scenes concert
reels. Warner previously collaborated with Singapore-based Muvee on
a music video remix application for artist Jason Mraz; upcoming
ad-supported remix services on artist sites will include one for
Warner artist Tori Amos.
http://biz.yahoo.com/iw/061015/0172679.html
http://www.everythingtori.com
http://www.muvee.com
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Delphi Introduces $229 SKYFi3 XM Radio Receiver
Troy, Mich. - Car stereo maker Delphi on Tuesday introduced
the SKYFi3, an XM Satellite Radio receiver that is 65% smaller than
its predecessor and can store up to 10 hours of XM programming. The
SKYFi3 can also be equipped with a memory card for storing MP3
files, and a $49 Live Wearable Kit that allows the device to become
portable via a built-in headphones antenna. The $229 SKYFi3 will
ship to retailers on Dec. 1.
http://tinyurl.com/tbqux
http://skyfi3.delphi.com
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o Tiscali Taps RawFlow for Live
Streaming P2P Radio
Dreieich, Germany - European telco Tiscali announced on
Tuesday that its streaming services unit has partnered with RawFlow,
a provider of live peer-to-peer streaming technology, to increase
the scalability and quality of Tiscali's network that streams radio
station signals online. Tiscali will first implement RawFlow's
technology on its Freestream initiative in Germany, which now
streams over 100 terabytes per month of free radio signals from
stations in exchange for ad space on their media players.
http://tinyurl.com/t6wwt
http://www.tiscali.com
http://www.rawflow.com
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Kirtas Technologies to Scan Titles for Microsoft Live Book Search
Rochester, N.Y. - Digital scanning services provider Kirtas
Technologies said on Tuesday it has signed a digitization agreement
with Microsoft, and will scan both copyrighted and public domain
titles for Microsoft's Live Book Search project. Titles from the
Cornell University Library, University of California and University
of Toronto are among collections that will be searchable through
Microsoft's Live Book Search.
http://tinyurl.com/ybte45
http://www.kirtastech.com
http://publisher.live.com
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Turner's GameStop Launches in Canada, Debuts Own Game Label
Atlanta - Turner Broadcasting's year-old GameTap subscription
games and entertainment service on Tuesday announced its expansion
into Canada, as well as the launch of an original games label. New
subscribers in both the U.S. and Canada who sign up this month for
an entire year of service will receive a discounted annual rate of
$59.40; GameTap is otherwise $9.95 per month. The Atlanta-based
company also announced the launch of GameTap Original, a label that
will publish games from independent publishers and developers, such
as "Sam & Max" and "Myst Online: Uru Live."
http://tinyurl.com/ynchya
http://www.gametap.com
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Instant Media to Distribute Fox Movies, TV Shows Online
Palo Alto, Calif. - Instant Media, a developer of software
that delivers HD quality, full-screen video over a broadband
connection, announced on Tuesday an agreement with Twentieth Century
Fox to distribute new release films and TV shows through its IM
service. Palo Alto, Calif.-based Instant Media will offer titles
such as "X-Men: The Last Stand" and "Prison Break" through its IM
video player, which also offers programming from Universal, CBS,
NBC, ABC, PBS and the BBC.
http://tinyurl.com/t8a89
http://www.im.com
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Premiere Theaters to Install Dolby Digital Cinema Systems
Melbourne, Fla. - Movie exhibitor Premiere Theaters on
Tuesday announced plans to open a complete digital cinema multiplex
using Dolby Digital Cinema systems. The Florida-based theater chain
also expects to deploy nine additional Dolby Digital Cinema systems
in its theaters. Dolby said that more than 175 of its digital
projector systems have been installed in theaters worldwide.
http://tinyurl.com/y2o4bm
http://www.premieretheaters.com
http://www.dolby.com/promo/digitalcinema.html
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Ckrush Launches Second Phase of "Live Mansion: The Movie"
Competition
New York - Film production company Ckrush on Tuesday launched
the second phase of its user-produced "Live Mansion: The Movie"
competition. The competition allows members of an online community
to vote on all aspects of production of a feature-length film. The
second phase, during which actor and director candidates chosen in
the first round of the competition may now upload videos as part of
their online casting call submission, will be open through the end
of December
http://biz.yahoo.com/bw/061017/20061017005405.html?.v=1
http://www.ckrush.net
http://www.livemansion.com
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Rapper The Game Debuts Two Bix.com Online Contests
Palo Alto, Calif. - Bix.com, a free service that lets users
generate online competitions of all sorts, said on Tuesday that
Interscope Records hip-hop artist The Game has created two new
contests on its service. The Game is holding an open casting call
that will award aspiring dancers and freestyle rappers the chance to
appear in a music video and on his next mix tape, respectively.
http://www.bix.com/thegame
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Turner to Offer Cartoon Network Content on Nokia Content Discoverer
London - Turner Broadcasting announced on Tuesday that it
will make games, video clips and other content from its Cartoon
Network available as downloads from a dedicated Cartoon Network
mobile store residing on Nokia mobile phones. The Nokia Content
Discoverer client, embedded on select new Nokia handsets, will allow
users to browse Cartoon Network content through a branded store on
their phones.
http://biz.yahoo.com/prnews/061017/uktu001.html?.v=84
http://www.nokia.com/ncd
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IBiquity Digital: 1,000 Stations Now Broadcasting in HD Radio
Columbia, Md. - IBiquity Digital announced on Tuesday that
Baltimore, Maryland's WIYY-FM has become the 1,000th station in the
U.S. to covert to digital broadcasting using its HD Radio
technology. The company added that more than 400 FM broadcasters in
the U.S. are now using HD Radio's multicasting capabilities to offer
multiple signals to listeners with digital radios.
http://biz.yahoo.com/prnews/061016/dcm039.html?.v=55
http://www.ibiquity.com
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TouchTunes Installs 20,000th Digital Jukebox in Omaha
Lake Zurich, Ill. - TouchTunes, a manufacturer of
Internet-connected digital jukeboxes found in bars and restaurants,
announced on Tuesday that it has installed its 20,000th jukebox, at
Aussie's Pub in Omaha, Nebraska. Founded in 1998, Illinois-based
TouchTunes said it now accounts for over 70% of the digital jukebox
market, which also includes rival Ecast.
http://tinyurl.com/t4mre
http://www.touchtunes.com
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Virgin Comics, Yahoo Time Capsule to Publish John Woo Comic
New York - Richard Branson's newly launched Virgin Comics
unit announced on Tuesday that it has partnered with Tiger Hill
Entertainment to publish director John Woo's new comic "Seven
Brothers" online through Yahoo's Internet Time Capsule, an
electronic anthropology archive that will document life in 2006. The
debut issue of the print version of the comic will debut tomorrow,
while a digital version will be offered on Yahoo.
http://tinyurl.com/y47pcf
http://www.virgincomics.com
http://timecapsule.yahoo.com
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Zorpia Launches Online Social Network for Music
Hong Kong - Social networking service provider Zorpia
announced on Tuesday the launch of a beta test of its new Zorpia
Music network. The service allows bands to post MP3s, lyrics and
videos, and interact with fans. Hong Kong-based Zorpia said Canadian
record label Nettwerk Music will be the first to showcase music on
the portal, offering exclusive remixes of songs from its band The
Submarines.
http://biz.yahoo.com/prnews/061016/clm067.html?.v=53
http://www.zorpia.com/thesubmarines
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On Command Hotel VOD System to Offer HD Movies from Lionsgate
Denver - On Command, a provider of in-room interactive
entertainment to hotels, announced on Tuesday that it has signed an
agreement with Canadian film studio Lionsgate, allowing it to offer
first-run, high-definition films in hotel rooms it serves. Lionsgate
titles available in HD at On Command-served properties will include
"Crash," "Grizzly Man," "Saw II" and "The Descent."
http://tinyurl.com/umclb
http://www.oncommand.com
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Linktone to Distribute MTV China Wireless Content
Shanghai, China - Chinese wireless entertainment distributor
Linktone announced that it has signed an agreement to operate WAP
services for MTV China. MTV's Chinese content will be available on
China Unicom's mobile platform.
http://biz.yahoo.com/prnews/061016/cnm013.html?.v=13
http://www.mtvchina.com
http://english.linktone.com/aboutus/index.html
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Electronic Arts Ships "Battlefield 2142," "Tiger Woods 07," "Sims 2
Pets"
Redwood City, Calif. - Electronic Arts on Tuesday shipped
three new titles to retailers. They include Sweden-based developer
Digital Illusions' "Battlefield 2142" for PC; "Tiger Woods PGA Tour
07," developed by EA Redwood Shores; and "The Sims 2 Pets," created
at EA's Maxis studio.
http://biz.yahoo.com/bw/061017/20061017005355.html?.v=1
http://biz.yahoo.com/bw/061017/20061017005390.html?.v=1
http://biz.yahoo.com/bw/061017/20061017005892.html?.v=1
http://www.ea.com
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Microsoft's Games for Windows Details Holiday Game Titles
Redmond, Wash. - Microsoft on Tuesday announced the slate of
new PC games that its Games for Windows label will offer for the
upcoming holiday shopping season. New titles include "Age of Empires
III: The WarChiefs," "Zoo Tycoon 2: Marine Mania," "Zoo Tycoon 2:
Zookeeper Collection," "Company of Heroes" and "LEGO Star Wars II:
The Original Trilogy."
http://tinyurl.com/ylx39u
http://www.gamesforwindows.com
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THQ to Ship Four Titles for Launch of Nintendo Wii
Agoura Hills, Calif. - THQ has announced that it plans to
ship four launch titles for the next-generation Nintendo Wii video
game console. They include "Barnyard," "Avatar: The Last Airbender"
and "SpongeBob SquarePants: Creature from the Krusty Krab" -- all
based on Nickelodeon properties -- and "Cars," based on the
Disney/Pixar animated feature. The company also on Tuesday shipped
"Destroy All Humans 2" for PlayStation 2 and Xbox, the sequel to
developer Pandemic Studios' million unit-selling original title.
http://biz.yahoo.com/prnews/061016/lam058.html?.v=65
http://biz.yahoo.com/prnews/061017/latu060.html?.v=77
http://www.thq.com
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o 2K Releases "Family Guy" Game, Debuts
2K Reelmaker for Xbox Live
New York - 2K, a unit of game publisher Take-Two Interactive,
on Tuesday shipped its "Family Guy" title, based on the Fox animated
TV series, for Xbox, PlayStation 2 and PSP to retailers. Developed
by High Voltage Software, the game features the entire cast and
creative team from the show. Separately, New York-based 2K
introduced a new feature called 2K Reelmaker for its "NBA 2K7" game
for Xbox 360, which allows gamers to create their own unique video
highlight reels from saved replays and share them on the Xbox Live
online gaming service.
http://biz.yahoo.com/bw/061017/20061017005340.html?.v=1
http://biz.yahoo.com/bw/061017/20061017005332.html?.v=1
http://www.2kgames.com/familyguy
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Majesco Ships "Teen Titans 2" to Retailers
Edison, N.J. - Video game publisher Majesco on Tuesday
shipped its "Teen Titans 2" game for Nintendo Game Boy Advance to
retailers. Based on the DC Comics title and Warner Bros. Animation
TV series, the game was licensed from Warner Bros. Interactive
Entertainment and developed by Artificial Mind & Movement.
http://biz.yahoo.com/prnews/061017/nytu136.html?.v=76
http://www.majescoentertainment.com
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MumboJumbo to Publish Casual Game Titles for Sony PSP
Dallas - Casual game developer and publisher MumboJumbo on
Tuesday announced plans to publish several of its best-selling
casual PC games for the Sony PSP handheld. Dallas-based MumboJumbo's
"LUXOR: Wrath of Set" -- which has been downloaded over 40 million
times -- and "Platypus" will ship to retailers in mid-November.
http://tinyurl.com/y4ccnc
http://www.mumbojumbo.com
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PlayFirst Launches "Diner Dash: Flo on the Go"
San Francisco - Game developer PlayFirst on Tuesday launched
the latest installment in its "Diner Dash" PC game franchise. "Diner
Dash: Flo on the Go" is available for download for both Mac and PC
for $19.95.
http://www.playfirst.com/game/dinerdashfloonthego
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