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Reports: Saban, Bronfman Jr. to Make Warner Music Offer
o EMI
Weathers 10.4% Decline in Recorded Music Industry
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America Online Acquires Singingfish Streaming Media Search Engine
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Sirius Satellite Radio to Raise $150 Million in Stock Offering
o Microsoft Signs Multiyear Pact
to Use GameSpy Online Gaming Services
o Games, DVD Firm Zoo Digital
Seeks $9.8 Million in Share Placement
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o Reports: Saban, Bronfman Jr. to
Make Warner Music Offer
Paris -- News media reported this week that consortium led by
media moguls Haim Saban and Edgar Bronfman Jr. is expected to make a
$2.5-billion offer for Warner Music, Time Warner's music division.
Quoting anonymous industry sources, various new media said that Time
Warner, currently the No. 1 media company in the world, is planning
to choose between the consortium bid and a proposal made by EMI
Group, which has offered $1 billion for a majority stake in Warner
Music. Vivendi Universal board member Bronfman has been trying to
get back into the music business since he failed to regain
Universal's movie and music businesses, which were merged with NBC
in October.
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o EMI Weathers
10.4% Decline in Recorded Music Industry
London -- EMI Group on Wednesday reported that its first-half
revenues held firm at 960.3 million pounds ($1.63 billion),
outperforming recorded music industry sales, which declined by 10.4%
worldwide. Operating profit (EBITA) rose 0.9% to 79.7 million pounds
($135.4). EMI Chairman Eric Nicoli said that the group had made
"good progress" during the first half, adding: "It is most
encouraging that, in these extremely challenging industry
conditions, both of our businesses -- recorded music and music
publishing -- maintained sales, operating profit and margin at last
year's level and outperformed the rest of the industry."
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http://www.emigroup.com
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o America
Online Acquires Singingfish Streaming Media Search Engine
Dulles, Va. -- America Online on Wednesday announced that it has
acquired Seattle-based Singingfish, provider of a search engine for
streaming audio and video files. Financial terms of the transaction
were not disclosed. AOL has incorporated Singingfish's search index
into its AOL Search service, allowing users to search "Audio" and
"Video." The company also debuted new search features that allow
members to perform localized entertainment searches that return
results found in their local geographic area. AOL also said it
recently introduced a News Search feature, which culls stories from
"a variety of trusted news sources," to compete with similar
services offered by Google and more recently Microsoft's MSN Newsbot.
http://media.aoltimewarner.com/media/press_view.cfm?release_num=55253602
http://www.singingfish.com
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o Sirius
Satellite Radio to Raise $150 Million in Stock Offering
New York -- Sirius Satellite Radio, a provider of
satellite-delivered digital radio programming, announced on
Wednesday that it will sell 73.2 million additional shares of stock
in the company, in a transaction that will raise around $150 million
in new funds. The offering, which is being underwritten by UBS
Securities, is expected to close on Monday. New York-based Sirius
said it will use the net proceeds for general corporate purposes,
including investments in programming and retail and automotive
distribution.
http://biz.yahoo.com/prnews/031119/nyw087_1.html
http://www.siriusradio.com
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oMicrosoft
Signs Multiyear Pact to Use GameSpy Online Gaming Services
Irvine, Calif. -- GameSpy, a provider of video game news and online
gaming support services, announced on Wednesday that Microsoft Game
Studios has signed a multiyear agreement to use GameSpy's services
for its PC-based online games. The agreement includes 24 Microsoft
Game Studios titles, including the recently released PC version of
its popular Xbox title, "Halo." Under the terms of the agreement,
Irvine, Calif.-based GameSpy will also supply Microsoft Game Studios
with software development kits that enable online matchmaking,
community, administrative and networking functionalities for its
online titles.
http://biz.yahoo.com/bw/031119/195637_1.html
http://www.microsoft.com/games
http://www.gamespy.com
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oGames, DVD
Firm Zoo Digital Seeks $9.8 Million in Share Placement
London -- Zoo Digital, a U.K.-based video game publisher and
provider of DVD authoring software, on Wednesday announced that will
seek to raise $9.8 million in a share placement with new and
existing institutional investors. The company said that the funds
will be used to accelerate the development of its DVD-Extra
technology; invest in sales and support in Europe, the U.S. and
Asia; further invest in patent protection and filing of additional
patents, and provide additional working capital to continue the
development of the business and to repay the company's long-term
debt.
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o Briefly Noted: (Denver,
Colo.) MPEG LA, the licensing body for patent holders of technology
related to digital video, announced that it has set royalty rates
for the use of its H.264 video codec. Also called MPEG-4 Part 10 AVC
(Advanced Video Coding), the codec provides quality and performance
superior to the current MPEG-2 standard. Those who must pay
royalties include manufacturers of DVD players and cable television
equipment, who will use the codec to compress video that passes
through their devices. Internet broadcasters are exempt from paying
any royalties until 2010, as the market for the new codec develops.
http://www.mpegla.com/news/n_03-11-17_avc.html
http://news.com.com/2100-1025-5108651.html
(London) U.K.-based wireless carrier mmO2 has launched its O2
Music service, which lets users preview and download songs via their
cell phones "over the air" onto a branded O2 Digital Music Player
designed by Siemens. Tracks will be provided by BMG, Universal, AIM
and Warner Music International, and will cost around $2.55 per
track. The Siemens player, which can hold 64MB of music on a
removable storage card, is being offered for $170 during a current
promotion. The company said its O2 Music service is now available in
the U.K. and will roll-out in Germany and Ireland during 2004.
http://www.mmo2.com/docs/media/pr_031118.html
http://www.o2.co.uk
(Stockholm) Coding Technologies, a developer of audio compression
technologies, has announced that U.K.-based mobile phone carrier
mmO2 has selected the company's MPEG-4 aacPlus codec for its O2
Music service. The service allows users to select music via their
mobile handset and download it to a specially designed O2 Digital
Music Player manufactured by Siemens. Stockholm-based Coding
Technologies also said that it has formed a joint venture with
Beijing E-World Technology, creator of the new Chinese Enhanced
Versatile Disc (EVD) format, to create and license a new audio
codec. The EAC 2.0 codec will be used in EVD players -- a Chinese
alternative to DVD -- as well as in other devices.
http://www.codingtechnologies.com/news/assets/20031118_mmO2_eng.htm
http://www.codingtechnologies.com/news/assets/20031118_beijing_eng.htm
(Princeton, N.J.) JamSession, a New Jersey-based start-up
developing wireless network technology for multiplayer gaming, has
announced its launch and is currently raising its first round of
venture capital, VentureWire reported. The company's CTO, Aleta
Ricciardi, started the distributed systems research department at
Bell Laboratories.
http://www.jamsession.com
(Los Angeles) PhatNoise, a developer of digital audio consumer
electronics, on Wednesday introduced two new products, the PhatNoise
Home Digital Media Player and the PocketBox Portable Digital Media
Player. The $349 Home Player connects to a home stereo and can play
tracks stored on a PhatNoise DMS Cartridge, also compatible with the
company's hard drive-based car audio player. The $139 PocketBox is a
portable player with 128MB of memory that plays MP3 and WMA files,
and also features a voice recorder.
http://www.phatnoise.com
(New York) Rockstar Games, a video game publishing unit of
Take-Two Interactive, announced on Wednesday the release of its
"Manhunt" title for PlayStation 2. The game was developed by
Rockstar North, the studio also responsible for creating the
company's popular "Grand Theft Auto" game franchise.
http://biz.yahoo.com/bw/031119/195179_1.html
http://www.rockstargames.com/manhunt
(San Francisco) U.K.-based game developer Eidos said that it has
shipped its "Whiplash" title for PlayStation 2 and Xbox to North
American retailers. The game was developed by Palo Alto,
Calif.-based Crystal Dynamics.
http://biz.yahoo.com/prnews/031118/sftu117_1.html
http://www.eidos.com
http://www.crystald.com
http://www.whiplashgame.com
(Austin) Aspyr Media, a developer of video games for Mac,
announced on Wednesday that it has released its "Star Trek Elite
Force II." The game was developed by Dallas-based Ritual
Entertainment and converted for the Mac by Austin-based Westlake
Interactive.
http://www.ritual.com
http://www.westlakeinteractive.com
http://www.aspyr.com
(Boston) Peppercoin, a provider of micropayments technology,
announced on Wednesday that Boston-based record label Big Frank
Records' artist Catapult will use its technology to sell tracks from
their new album online. Consumers can visit the band's website to
register for a Peppercoin account, at which point they may purchase
tracks from the album for $0.50 each.
http://www.peppercoin.com
http://www.catapulttheband.com
(San Francisco) Garageband.com, a provider of online resources
for unsigned bands, announced on Wednesday that it has partnered
with a network of college radio stations and webcasters that will
play top songs from its 75,000 member artists. The company also
announced a new service where "industry professionals" will provide
a thorough review of their music for $49.95 per song; the company's
first such expert is with Warner A&R. San Francisco-based
Garageband.com said that since 1999, 13 of its bands have signed
with major record labels.
http://www.garageband.com
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