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December 17, 2003 -- About Us | Advertise | Events | Publications | Subscribe

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o IFPI Vows to Sue Individual File-Swappers in Europe
o Report: Video Game Sales Up 7.2% During November
o Intel Expected to Introduce Digital TV Chip at CES
o Report: Set-top Box Sales to Jump 39% to 50.3 Million Units in 2004
o Nokia to Send TV Programs to Mobile Phones by 2004
o Survey: 40% of U.S. Households Own DVD Player, 62% Have PC
o DG2L Technologies Releases MPEG-4 Digital Cinema System


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o Briefly Noted: AOL - Winamp 5.0, Macromedia - VitalStream, Intava Showcase, MacSoft - "Halo," Ziff Davis Media - DigitalLife exhibition, University of Maine - content-sharing "Pool"

 
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o IFPI Vows to Sue Individual File-Swappers in Europe

Brussels -- The head of the International Federation of the Phonographic Industry (IFPI) on Tuesday issued a warning that his organization plans to file lawsuits against individual file-swappers in Europe. CEO Jay Berman said that the IFPI could begin to send out subpoenas as early as next year. "Lawsuits on a large scale have so far been restricted to the U.S.," he said. "This 'fight back' will almost inevitably have to take place internationally as well." Berman made the announcement during a speech in which he outlined the IFPI's global Internet strategy for next year. The news follows an announcement from the Canadian Record Industry Association, which this week announced that it will file copyright infringement lawsuits against individual Canadian file-swappers beginning early next year.
http://www.ifpi.org/site-content/press/20031216.html
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o Report: Video Game Sales Up 7.2% During November

Port Washington, N.Y. -- According to sales data from New York-based NPD Funworld, video game sales rose 7.2% during the month of November, which along with December traditionally account for half of the industry's annual sales. Posting the largest sales increases were game developers Activision (up 46%) and Electronic Arts (up 29%). However, U.S. Bancorp Piper Jaffray analyst Tony Gikas said the 7.2% increase was lower than his earlier projection of 12.5%. NPD data also indicated that sales of Nintendo's GameCube console continued to prosper from a price drop from $149 to $99, as November sales were up 61% over a year ago.
http://biz.yahoo.com/rc/031216/media_videogames_sales_1.html
http://biz.yahoo.com/djus/031216/1141000950_3.html
http://www.npdfunworld.com
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o Intel Expected to Introduce Digital TV Chip at CES

New York -- Chipmaker Intel is expected to enter the digital TV market with the introduction of a digital TV chip that will reduce device costs for consumers, The New York Times reported on Wednesday. Currently, traditional consumer electronics firms like Sony and Philips sell digital TVs, but PC firms like Gateway, Dell and H-P are also entering the lucrative market, where models currently sell for between $3,000 and $10,000. Industry analyst Richard Doherty of Envisioneering told The Times that Intel's digital TV chip has the potential to produce "lightweight 50-inch screens only 7 inches thick for about $1,000, perhaps as early as the 2004 holiday season." Intel is expected to announce the new chip at the Consumer Electronics Show (CES), which begins Jan. 8 in Las Vegas.
http://www.nytimes.com/2003/12/17/technology/17chip.html
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o Report: Set-top Box Sales to Jump 39% to 50.3 Million Units in 2004

London -- Sales of digital TV set-top boxes are projected to jump 39% to a record 50.3 million units in 2004, according to research from Massachusetts-based analyst firm Strategy Analytics. This follows a strong year in 2003, with sales rising 28% over 2002's figures and a total of 36 million set-tops will be sold. Currently, set-tops for satellite TV account for 61% of total sales -- a figure that is expected to flop by 2008 when cable TV set-tops will have a 47% market share, and satellite share will fall to 37%. Prices continue to fall at around 12% each year, with the average set-top box now costing just over $200 at retail level. While strong demand for satellite set-tops in the U.S. and Europe were credited with the market's rebound in 2003, to achieve success in 2004 Strategy Analytics says manufacturers must target key growth areas such as satellite in Europe and cable in Asia-Pacific.
http://www.strategyanalytics.com/press/PR00094.htm
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o Nokia to Send TV Programs to Mobile Phones by 2004

Helsinki -- Mobile phone maker Nokia announced this week that it plans to work with Finnish broadcasters and mobile service providers to begin sending commercial TV shows to mobile phones by 2004. The Finnish company, currently the No. 1 handset maker in the world, said that by next fall it would employ the Internet protocol datacast (IPDC) to offer an initial 500 users in the Helsinki region trial TV shows. Nokia Ventures' Timo Teimonen said the pilot program was "a world class example of cooperation between telecommunications and media industry to further research the opportunities of broadcast services to mobile phones."
http://press.nokia.com/PR/200312/928228_5.html
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o Survey: 40% of U.S. Households Own DVD Player, 62% Have PC

Alexandria, Va. -- A recent survey on home entertainment behavior found that 40% of U.S. households now own a DVD player, up from 16% in 2001, and that 62% of U.S. households now own a personal computer. The report from the Virginia-based Cable & Telecommunications Association for Marketing (CTAM) also found that 54% of U.S. adults report having surfed the Internet from home in 2003, up from 38% in 1999. CTAM data also indicates that more than one third (38%) of U.S. households have a PC and a television located in the same room, up from 31% in 2000, and that 13% of adults have watched a DVD on their PC.
http://www.ctam.com 
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o DG2L Technologies Releases MPEG-4 Digital Cinema System

New York -- DG2L Technologies, a developer of digital cinema and other digital media technologies, announced that it has created what it says is the first MPEG-4 based, end-to-end digital cinema distribution and presentation system. New York-based DG2L said that Entertainment Cinema Networks (ECN), a service provider to theatrical distributors of film, will use the DG2L Digital Cinema System to launch its digital film distribution service in India. The company said its digital cinema system incorporates an encryption engine as well as the industry's High Definition Content Protection (HDCP) security technology.
http://www.dg2l.com

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(Dulles, Va.) America Online yesterday released the latest version of its Winamp multimedia player software, Winamp 5.0. New features include the ability to rip and burn CDs in the AAC (Advanced Audio Coding) format. AOL will also release a $14.95 premium version of the software, "Winamp Pro," which will enable MP3 encoding and faster CD burning speeds.
http://www.winamp.com 
http://news.com.com/2100-1025-5125657.html

(San Francisco) Macromedia, a developer of Web publishing and video software, said that it partnered with Irvine, Calif.-based VitalStream to launch the Macromedia Flash Video Streaming Service. The service enables companies to deliver video-enabled Flash content across a content distribution network to Macromedia Flash players installed on end users' PCs. Among the first customers for the service is the Sundance Online Film Festival, which will deliver video related to the festival from VitalStream servers, without having to establish its own infrastructure.
http://biz.yahoo.com/bw/031216/165058_1.html 
http://www.vitalstream.com 
http://www.sundanceonlinefilmfestival.org 
http://www.macromedia.com/go/fvss

(Bellevue, Wash.) Intava, a provider of marketing and visualization technologies for mobile handsets and content, has announced a new service that lets users demo games developed for cell phones on a PC before buying them. Intava Showcase allows users to preview Java-based games in a secure environment for game publishers.
http://www.intava.com/showcase

(Minneapolis, Minn.) Mac game developer MacSoft, a unit of Destineer Studios, announced that it has released a Mac version of "Halo," Microsoft Game Studios' flagship title for the Xbox video game console. The original Xbox version of the game was developed by Redmond, Wash.-based Bungie Studios.
http://makeashorterlink.com/?K215126D6 
http://www.bungie.net 
http://www.destineerstudios.com

(New York) Publisher Ziff Davis Media's event marketing group announced that it will host a new four-day exhibition, "DigitalLife," that will focus on technologies including digital music, gaming, photography and movies, as well as mobile technology, home networking, digital commerce and culture. The first DigitalLife will be held October 13-16, 2004 at the Javits Center in New York City, where Ziff Davis expects 25,000 consumers and technology enthusiasts to attend.
http://www.ziffdavis.com/press/index.asp?page=releases&id=031216.0

(San Francisco) Wired News recently reported on the "Pool," a collaborative online environment created by the University of Maine's Still Water new media lab so that users may freely share images, music, videos, programming code and texts. "We are training revolutionaries -- not by indoctrinating them with dogma but by exposing them to a process in which sharing culture rather than hoarding it is the norm," Still Water co-director Joline Blais told Wired News. "It's all about imagining a society where sharing is productive rather than destructive, where cooperation becomes more powerful than competition."
http://www.wired.com/news/infostructure/0,1377,61585,00.html
http://newmedia.umaine.edu/stillwater
http://river.asap.um.maine.edu/~jon/pool/splash.html

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Peppercoin, Inc. is a micropayments company that enables online merchants to sell low-priced digital goods profitably. Peppercoin was founded by world-renowned leaders in cryptographic technology from MIT whose previous ideas led to significant enterprises worth billions of dollars. By joining the Peppercoin team, you will help us perpetuate this record of success. We are looking for an experienced sales professional to sell our service and product offerings to the Media, Entertainment and Aggregator markets. The position demands knowledge of these markets and a proven ability to sell new products from early stage start-ups.  Send resume to careers@peppercoin.com  URL: www.peppercoin.com
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> President & COO - Susquehanna Technologies - Winchester, VA

Susquehanna Media seeks COO for its SusQtech business unit (www.susqtech.com). SusQtech, a MS Gold Certified Partner, offers solutions to Association, Business, and Government clients utilizing the Microsoft.Net development platform. Core offerings are Content Management, eCommerce, Share Point Portal Server and eProcurement. Qualified applicants will lead team, secure new business, & manage a growth business in a solutions selling environment. Send resume and cover letter to corp.hr@suspfz.com
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> Senior Security Consultant

Candidates should have 6+ years working experience in software development and security consulting. The following technical areas are of interest: security in the SDLC, J2EE, .NET, software security architectures, software design, security assessments, middleware products (e.g., Websphere), and smartcards. A Bachelors degree in Computer Science, Electrical Engineering, Mathematics (cryptography interest), Security Engineering or Software Engineering required. 30% travel is required. Send resumes to janej@cigital.com  Visit http://www.cigital.com
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> Director of Engineering

Clareos is seeking a Director of Engineering to lead our software product development group in the development of new products to fuel the company's expansion and growth with Fortune 500 customers. This person's objective will be to expand the engineering organization and accelerate development of our innovative data analysis platform. Send resumes to dsteinhoff@clareos.com  Visit http://www.clareos.com
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> Media Director - Greater Boston

Our client is a full service Advertising Agency looking for a Media Director. This person will ensure proper maintenance and quality control for media planning and buying over multiple accounts as well as establish procedures and standards for media personnel. Proven management expertise and presentation skills required. Minimum of 8 years experience leading media teams. For consideration, please email your resume to dhorvath@pilenet.com  Please put "Media Director" in the subject line when applying. Compensation: $75,000
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> Making Your Way thru the Homeland Security Maze

Small businesses wanting to do business with the government face unique challenges when entering the federal marketplace. The 2003- 2004 Directory of Homeland Security includes a detailed list of procurement information and small business government contacts for the various federal departments and agencies. Contact names, titles, phone and fax numbers and descriptions are included in the listings. The Department of Homeland Security portion of the directory has entire section titled, "Doing Business with the Department of Homeland Security." To order the 2003-2004 edition, go to: http://www.tech-directories.com/dmw.htm
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