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Bronfman Derails EMI's Bid for Warner Music
o SBC,
RIAA in Court Friday Over Subpoenas for File-Swapper Identities
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DirecTV President to Resign Following News Corp. Takeover
o OMT
Acquires Assets of Digital Music Provider Musicmusicmusic
o TiVo Adds 209,000 Subscribers
in Third Quarter, Raises Projections
o French Telco Alcatel Buys
PacketVideo Mobile Video Server Unit
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Briefly Noted: On Command -
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Digital Interactive Systems Corporation - Apex Digital, Vivendi
Universal Games - "Contract J.A.C.K." - "Metal Arms: Glitch in the
System," Konami Digital Entertainment America - "Dance Dance
Revolution ULTRAMIX," Atari - "Magic: the Gathering -
Battlegrounds," Ubisoft - "Mucha Lucha: Mascaritas of the Lost Code"
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o Bronfman Derails EMI's Bid for
Warner Music
London -- Shares in U.K. music giant EMI Group tumbled more than
10% on Friday after EMI's hopes of acquiring Warner Music were
derailed by a last-minute bid from Canadian billionaire Edgar
Bronfman Jr. A consortium led by Bronfman is believed to have made
an offer of about $2.5 billion for Warner Music. EMI's bid is said
to be almost 1 billion dollars lower. EMI, like the rest of the
music industry, is beset with declining recorded music sales and
Internet piracy, and industry consolidation is on the cards. "The
decision by Warner to further explore Bronfman's bid is very bad
news for EMI," commented WestLB.
http://makeashorterlink.com/?P20C12A96
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A1885-2003Nov20.html
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o SBC, RIAA in
Court Friday Over Subpoenas for File-Swapper Identities
San Francisco -- Internet service provider SBC Communications and
the Recording Industry Association of America (RIAA) will be in
court on Friday, battling over whether SBC should be compelled to
turn over the identities of certain of its Internet subscribers the
RIAA believes infringed copyrights on music file-sharing services.
The RIAA filed subpoenas for the users' identities, and SBC sued,
arguing that the process by which the RIAA obtained the subpoenas
was unconstitutional. Fellow ISP Verizon also sued over similar
subpoenas, but a federal judge agreed with the RIAA and ordered
subscriber identities turned over to the RIAA, which promptly sued
many of the individuals for copyright infringement. CNET News.com
reported that on Friday Judge Susan Illston will hear arguments for
both the RIAA's motion to dismiss the suit, as well as SBC's motion
for summary judgment. Lawyers told News.com a ruling is not
immediately expected.
http://news.com.com/2100-1027_3-5110296.html
http://www.sbc.com
http://www.riaa.com
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o DirecTV
President to Resign Following News Corp. Takeover
El Segundo, Calif. -- The president of satellite TV provider
DirecTV announced on Friday her intention to leave the company
following News Corp.'s pending takeover of DirecTV parent company
Hughes Electronics. Roxanne Austin was named DirecTV president and
COO in June 2001. News Corp. and Hughes expect to close the
transaction, whereupon News Corp. will acquire 34% of Hughes, by the
end of the year, following considerations including approval from
the Federal Communications Commission.
http://biz.yahoo.com/bw/031121/215290_1.html
http://www.directv.com
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o OMT Acquires
Assets of Digital Music Provider Musicmusicmusic
Winnipeg, Canada -- OMT Inc., a provider of multimedia content and
delivery technology to the entertainment and broadcast industries,
announced that it has acquired the assets of Toronto-based
Musicmusicmusic, including the company's library of 365,000 digital
audio tracks. Financial terms of the transaction were not disclosed.
OMT said the purchase provides the infrastructure to immediately
begin delivering subscription-based multimedia services to existing
clients and new customers in North America. The company plans to
offer services including branded Internet streaming radio, digital
audio update services for radio stations, and a retail CD, DVD, and
video game preview service.
http://www.omt.net/news/november23_2003.html
http://www.musicmusicmusic.com
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oTiVo Adds
209,000 Subscribers in Third Quarter, Raises Projections
San Jose, Calif. -- TiVo, a provider of standalone digital video
recorders and associated services, announced that it added a record
209,000 subscriptions in the third quarter, more than doubling
growth in the previous quarter. The company credited its partnership
with DirecTV, which now offers a satellite receiver with TiVo
features, as well as increased awareness and availability for its
product, for the subscriber growth. "Our total sub base is now over
one million and the pace of sub growth moving into the holiday
season is at an all time high," said TiVo CEO Mike Ramsay. San Jose,
Calif.-based TiVo also raised its guidance for the remainder of its
fiscal year, now projecting it will have a total of 1.37 million
subscribers, instead of its earlier prediction of 1.27 million.
http://biz.yahoo.com/prnews/031120/sfth005_1.html
http://www.latimes.com/business/la-fi-tivo21nov21.story
http://www.tivo.com
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o French Telco
Alcatel Buys PacketVideo Mobile Video Server Unit
Paris -- French telecommunications firm Alcatel announced on Friday
that it has acquired the mobile video server business of San
Diego-based PacketVideo, a developer of streaming video technology
for mobile devices. Financial terms of the transaction, which does
not include PacketVideo's device technologies, were not disclosed.
PacketVideo will continue to operate as a developer of streaming
video software for mobile devices. PacketVideo's Network Solutions
video server business serves customers including NTT DoCoMo,
T-Mobile, Orange, Mobilkom, New World Mobility and others. Alcatel
said the purchase will strengthen its offering for portals,
application service providers, content aggregators and mobile
operator customers.
http://www.alcatel.com/vpr/?body=/latestnews/19112003_4uk
http://www.packetvideo.com
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o Briefly Noted: (Denver) On
Command, a provider of video-on-demand and other in-room interactive
entertainment to hoteliers, announced on Friday that it has signed a
three-year exclusive agreement with Best Western International, to
market and sell its services to the company's 2,200 independently
owned and operated properties. Denver-based On Command, which serves
over 1 million hotel rooms worldwide, said it intends to enter into
a similar agreement to cover Best Western hotels in Canada.
http://biz.yahoo.com/prnews/031121/laf025_1.html
http://www.bestwestern.com
http://www.oncommand.com
(Waltham, Mass.) Peppercoin, a provider of micropayments
technology, said a recent survey of online merchants and other
industry executives in its field found that 64% of respondents
identified online music as offering the greatest potential for
micropayments, followed by online games, publishing and
video-on-demand. Eighty percent of those surveyed by Peppercoin plan
to offer content via micropayments within the next year; 17% expect
to generate between $1-10 million in micropayment revenue over the
next year. Waltham, Mass.-based Peppercoin announced this week that
Big Frank Records will use its technology to sell songs online.
http://makeashorterlink.com/?T6BE22B96
http://www.peppercoin.com
(San Mateo, Calif.) Sorrent, a developer of wireless
entertainment content, announced on Friday that its "Yao Ming
Basketball '04," presented in conjunction with Fox Sports, is now
available for subscribers of Verizon Wireless' Get It Now service.
The title has already been released in China, and will now be
distributed in other regions through an expanded agreement with FOX
Sports Interactive Media and Yao Ming. San Mateo, Calif.-based
Sorrent said the game is available on the Motorola T720, LG VX4400
and VX 6000 for $3.99 monthly access or $6.49 for download. The game
will be available soon on LG 4500, Audiovox 8600, Audiovox 8900 and
Samsung A610.
http://www.sorrent.com
(Long Beach, Calif.) Digital Interactive Systems Corporation
(DISC), a provider of video game console technology to consumer
electronics firms and PC manufacturers that enables them to create
branded devices that play thousands of unmodified PC games, said on
Friday that manufacturer Apex Digital will launch its own DISCover
PC Game Console in January. Long Beach, Calif.-based DISC's console
devices allow gamers to play PC games through their televisions and
home entertainment systems.
http://www.apexdigitalinc.com
http://www.discoverconsole.com
(Los Angeles) Vivendi Universal Games said that it has released
its PC title "Contract J.A.C.K." to U.S. retailers. Developed by
Kirkland, Wash.-based Monolith Productions, the game is meant to be
a prequel to "No One Lives Forever 2: A Spy in H.A.R.M.'s Way" and
supports multiplayer game play. VU Games also shipped its "Metal
Arms: Glitch in the System" title for PlayStation 2, Xbox and
GameCube. The game was developed at Aliso Viejo, Calif.-based
Swingin' Ape Studios.
http://www.vugames.com/news_story.do?storyId=522
http://www.vugames.com/news_story.do?storyId=517
http://www.lith.com
http://nolf.sierra.com
http://www.swinginape.com
http://www.metalarms.com
(Redwood City, Calif.) Konami Digital Entertainment America has
released its "Dance Dance Revolution ULTRAMIX" title for Microsoft
Xbox, based on the popular physically interactive arcade game. The
game offers 45 new songs and game play modes, including head-to-head
competition online via the Xbox Live service, where users will also
be able to download new songs in packs of 5 for $5.00.
http://www.konami.com/usa/press/ultramix111903.html
(Los Angeles) Video game publisher Atari on Friday announced the
release of its "Magic: the Gathering - Battlegrounds" title for Xbox
and the PC. The game was developed for Atari by San Francisco-based
Secret Level, and is based on the "Magic: The Gathering" trading
card game, originally released in 1993 by Wizards of the Coast, a
subsidiary of toymaker Hasbro.
http://biz.yahoo.com/bw/031119/195890_1.html
http://www.atari.com
http://www.secretlevel.com
http://www.mtggame.com
(San Francisco) Game developer Ubisoft said that it has shipped "Mucha
Lucha: Mascaritas of the Lost Code" for Nintendo Game Boy Advance,
based on the Warner Bros. children's animated TV series of the same
name, to retailers. The game was developed by Emeryville,
Calif.-based Digital Eclipse Software.
http://www.ubisoft.com
http://www.digitaleclipse.com
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