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Microsoft to Use IBM Chips in Future Xbox Products
o Intel
Pentium 4 Chip Targets High-End Gamers
o MIT
Halts Campus Cable TV Music Service Over Copyright Concerns
o Boll
KG Acquires Film Rights to "Dungeon Siege" Video Game
o Amazon.com to Offer Exclusive
Free Content from Range of Celebrities
o Interactive TV Firm OpenTV
Sells E-Learning Unit to Harcourt
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Briefly Noted: Yahoo's Launch -
1 billion video streams, Pinnacle Systems - new CEO, Wireless Retail
Inc. - Sirius Satellite Radio, Square Enix U.S.A. - "Final Fantasy
X-2," Atari - "Jeopardy!" - "Wheel of Fortune," THQ - "SpongeBob
SquarePants: Battle for Bikini Bottom," Enlight - "Wars and
Warriors: Joan of Arc," Scholastic - "Little Bill Thinks Big," MPAA
CEO job - Rep. Billy Tauzin (R-La.)?
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o Microsoft to Use IBM Chips in
Future Xbox Products
Redmond, Wash. -- Microsoft announced on Monday that it has
licensed semiconductor technology from IBM and will use IBM chips in
future products for its Xbox video game console. "By combining our
vision, software experience and R&D resources with IBM's computer
and semiconductor technologies, we plan to deliver unprecedented and
unparalleled entertainment experiences to consumers while creating
new engines of growth for the technology and entertainment
industries," said Robbie Bach, senior vice president of the Home &
Entertainment Division at Microsoft. The company recently announced
it would switch the supplier of graphics chips for the Xbox from
Nvidia to rival ATI. Microsoft currently uses an Intel processor to
power the video game console; the company did not say whether it
would replace the Intel chip with one from IBM.
http://biz.yahoo.com/prnews/031103/sfm059_1.html
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o Intel Pentium
4 Chip Targets High-End Gamers
Santa Clara, Calif. -- Chipmaker Intel on Monday announced the
release of its Pentium 4 processor, which the company says is geared
for high-end gamers. Intel said the new chip sports faster frame
rates and higher-level detail rendering to enhance PC gaming.
"Designed with the gaming and enthusiast communities in mind, the
new Intel Pentium 4 processor Extreme Edition supporting HT
Technology unleashes the performance needed to conquer the most
demanding games and applications," said Bill Siu, vice president and
general manager of Intel's desktop platforms group. "We have added
an on-die two-megabyte Level 3 cache, which delivers a more
realistic gaming experience when combined with Intel HT Technology."
http://biz.yahoo.com/bw/031103/35346_1.html
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o MIT Halts
Campus Cable TV Music Service Over Copyright Concerns
Cambridge, Mass. -- An online music service that used MIT's
campus-wide analog cable TV network to deliver songs to students'
TVs and stereos has been temporarily taken offline, following
objections over licensing from providers including Universal Music
Group. The Library Access to Music Project (LAMP) launched last
week, having obtained streaming versions of 3,500 CDs from Loudeye
Technologies, which the school assumed had obtained the necessary
licenses. The school also holds public performing licenses from
ASCAP, BMI, and SESAC. The LAMP website states the service "was
designed to operate in full compliance with the law and to respect
the rights of all copyright holders," and that, "Loudeye assured us
on multiple occasions that the content they provided to us was
prepared fully under authorization from the record labels and on
behalf of the publishers." MIT was notified by Loudeye after LAMP's
launch that it may have been mistaken, and the school has since
received a request from major label Universal to remove its songs
from the service. "We are therefore temporarily suspending the LAMP
service while we pursue clarifying discussions with Loudeye, the
record labels, and music publishers," reads a note on the LAMP
website.
http://lamp.mit.edu
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o Boll KG
Acquires Film Rights to "Dungeon Siege" Video Game
Seattle -- Independent video game developer Gas Powered Games has
announced that German production company Boll KG has optioned the
rights to make a movie based on its "Dungeon Siege" video game. Boll
KG is the company responsible for movie versions of other games,
including Sega's "House of the Dead," Interplay's "Alone in the
Dark" and Majesco's "BloodRayne." The "Dungeon Siege" movie is
slated to begin filming in late 2004, with Dr. Uwe Boll serving as
director and also executive producer.
http://www.gaspoweredgames.com
http://www.boll-kg.de
http://www.dungeonsiege.com
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Amazon.com to Offer Exclusive Free Content from Range of Celebrities
Seattle -- Online retail giant Amazon.com on Monday announced its
"Holiday A-List," a promotion where a different actor, author,
director, musician or media personality will offer exclusive content
for free on the site each day through the holiday shopping season.
Content will include footage from a new Bruce Springsteen concert
DVD; original art created by Michael J. Fox; an exclusive scene from
"The Sopranos" from executive producer David Chase; and a preview of
R.E.M.'s new single "Bad Day." Other providers will include Jack
Black, Bill Cosby, Will Ferrell and Tom Brokaw.
http://biz.yahoo.com/bw/031103/35427_1.html
http://www.amazon.com
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o Interactive
TV Firm OpenTV Sells E-Learning Unit to Harcourt
San Francisco -- OpenTV, a provider of interactive TV software and
services, announced on Monday that it has sold the assets of its
online education business, eSchool Online, to Classroom Connect, a
unit of educational publisher Harcourt. Financial terms of the
transaction were not disclosed. The eSchool Online unit, which
provides large urban school districts, state education departments
and major educational publishers with multimedia professional
development content and K-12 curriculum courseware, is part of ACTV,
which OpenTV purchased in Sept. 2002 for $92.3 million. "The eSchool
Online sale continues our ongoing efforts to focus on our core
business," said OpenTV CEO James Ackerman. "This is another positive
step for improving our overall business, and helps us reduce the
burn rate at ACTV as we said we would do when we acquired the
business."
http://biz.yahoo.com/bw/031103/35414_1.html
http://www.opentv.com
http://www.harcourt.com
http://www.classroom.com
http://www.eschoolonline.com
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Mark Cuban - Chairman, HDNet, Owner, Dallas
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David Zaslav - President, NBC Cable
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Jeff Bader - EVP, Program Planning, Scheduling & Synergy,
ABC
Dan Harrison - VP, Strategic Programming, Bravo
Entertainment, NBC
David Poltrack - EVP, Research & Planning, CBS
Jeff Branman - President,Interactive Technology Partners
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Greg DePrez - VP, Subscription Video-on-Demand, Starz
Encore Group
John Roberts - SVP, Interactive Online, Game Show
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Jack Myers - Media Economist & Commentator, Jack Myers
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Richard Hofstetter - Partner, Frankfurt, Kurnit, Klein &
Selz, PC
Al Lieberman - Exec. Dir., EMT Program, NYU Stern
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Scott Fedewa - COO & Executive Producer,
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Lydia Loizides - Senior Analyst, Jupiter Research
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o Briefly Noted: (Santa
Monica, Calif.) Launch, the online music destination acquired by
Yahoo, announced on Monday that it has streamed over one billion
music videos to users so far this year, more than four times the
number it served in the first ten months of 2002. Santa Monica,
Calif.-based Launch offers an online library of over 7,000 music
videos.
http://biz.yahoo.com/bw/031103/35377_1.html
http://launch.yahoo.com
(Mountain View, Calif.) Pinnacle Systems, a provider of video
editing equipment and software, announced that president and CEO J.
Kim Fennell has resigned, effective immediately, and will be
replaced by interim president and CEO Charles J. Vaughan. The
company's board is currently conducting a search for a permanent
replacement.
http://biz.yahoo.com/prnews/031103/sfm099_1.html
http://www.pinnaclesys.com
(Scottsdale, Ariz.) Wireless Retail Inc. (WRI), a provider of
outsourced retail sales for service-based consumer electronic
products, announced on Monday that it will add Sirius Satellite
Radio's products and services to the offerings at its 900 in-store
locations at Sam's Clubs, BJ's Wholesale Clubs and Menards.
http://biz.yahoo.com/prnews/031103/lam013_1.html
http://www.siriusradio.com
http://www.wirelessretailinc.com
(Los Angeles) Square Enix U.S.A., the U.S. publishing unit of the
Japanese video game developer, announced on Monday that it has moved
up the release date for its "Final Fantasy X-2" for PlayStation 2 to
Nov. 18. The game is a sequel to Square's "Final Fantasy X," which
has sold 6.4 million units since its release in Dec. 2001.
http://www.square-enix-usa.com/games/FFX-2
(Beverly, Mass.) Video game publisher Atari said on Monday that
it will release two games based on TV game shows under license from
Sony Pictures Consumer Products. "Jeopardy!" for PlayStation 2
shipped to retailers last week, while "Wheel of Fortune" will be
released later this month. Both titles were developed by Ottawa,
Ontario-based Artech Studios.
http://biz.yahoo.com/bw/031103/35710_1.html
http://www.atari.com
http://www.artechstudios.com
(Calabasas Hills, Calif.) Game developer THQ said on Monday that
it has shipped its "SpongeBob SquarePants: Battle for Bikini Bottom"
title for PlayStation 2, Xbox, GameCube and Game Boy Advance to
retailers. The game is based on the popular Nickelodeon cartoon
franchise.
http://biz.yahoo.com/bw/031103/35476_1.html
http://www.thq.com
(Parkville, Md.) Game developer Enlight said on Monday that it
will ship its "Wars and Warriors: Joan of Arc" title for Microsoft
Xbox in May 2004. The game will be developed in-house at Parkville,
Maryland-based Enlight.
http://www.joa-game.com
(New York) Educational publisher Scholastic on Monday released
its "Little Bill Thinks Big" educational PC game, based on the
"Little Bill" books and Nickelodeon TV series created by comedian
Bill Cosby.
http://www.scholastic.com
http://www.nickjr.com/kids/html_site/little_bill/index.jhtml
(New York) TV Week magazine reported on Monday on the "widely
expected" move by the Motion Picture Association of America (MPAA)
to offer its top position, currently held by Jack Valenti, to Rep.
Billy Tauzin (R.-La.). Tauzin currently chairs the House Energy and
Commerce Committee, which has overseen many policy matters affecting
the TV and film industries, and has been seen as "industry-friendly"
on many issues. "He is at the top of their wish list. An offer is
expected at the end of the year," Tauzin spokesman Ken Johnson told
TV Week.
http://www.tvweek.com/topstorys/11303tauzin.html
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