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o Porn Company Offers $2.4 Million for Napster Trademark, Domain
o Yahoo, SBC Launch Co-Branded DSL Internet Service
o Report: Number of U.S.-Based Webcasters Declining
o Liquid Audio Lays Off One-Third of Staff
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o Briefly Noted: OpenTV - Ticketmaster, Encore - Phantagram Interactive,
Summus - AP Digital, Loudeye, Liberate Technologies - Discovery Networks
Europe, Thirdspace - Sigma Designs, ContentGuard - DMDSecure, Digital TV
transition
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o Porn Company Offers $2.4 Million for Napster Trademark, Domain
Barcelona -- Private Media Group, a Spain-based adult entertainment media
provider, announced that it has made an offer of $2.4 million, in the form
of one million of its shares, for the Napster trademark and Napster.com
domain. The offer would need to be both accepted by Napster and approved
by the Delaware-based court handling the company's bankruptcy proceedings.
Private Media said it would use the assets to launch a peer-to-peer
service where users could trade both authorized free and for-pay adult
content. "Along with Hollywood and the recording industry, we have become
increasingly concerned about the level of copyright infringement inherent
in free peer-to-peer file swapping services," said Charles Prast,
president and CEO of Private Media. Prast told Reuters the company is not
interested in Napster's file-sharing technology and that the bid is only
an "initial offer."
http://www.prvt.com/pressrep.asp?id=111
http://www.reuters.com/news_article.jhtml?type=internetnews&StoryID=1443959
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o Yahoo, SBC Launch Co-Branded DSL Internet Service
Sunnyvale, Calif. -- Yahoo announced on Friday the launch of its
high-speed DSL Internet access service joint venture with
telecommunications firm SBC. The service, available in the 13-state region
served by SBC, will come with features including a customized browser with
a built-in LaunchCast streaming audio player, personal homepage and email
filtering software. Three tiers, based on connection speeds, will be
available: a basic $42.95 per month service offers connection speeds of up
to 384 kbps; a $49.95 per month service promises speeds of 384 kbps to 1.5
mbps; and a deluxe version costing $59.95 per month will offer speeds of
768 kbps to 1.5 mbps.
http://biz.yahoo.com/bw/020913/132001_1.html
http://sbc.yahoo.com
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o Report: Number of U.S.-Based Webcasters Declining
Seattle -- In the last year, the number of radio webcasters has declined
by 31 percent, with U.S. stations accounting for the majority of this
decline, according to a report from Seattle-based BRS Media. The company
has been tracking online radio stations since 1995. The current number of
radio stations broadcasting their signal online sits at 3,940, down from
an all-time high of 5,710 last year. The report also indicates that for
the first time, international stations account for over 50 percent of the
stations online, when a year ago U.S.-based stations represented nearly 60
percent of all stations webcasting. "It has become apparent that the
current copyright problem has had a direct impact on the U.S. market,"
said BRS Media chairman and CEO George T. Bundy. "As long as this
copyright issue continues to hang over the heads of U.S.-based webcasters
we foresee the current decline continuing. However, on the international
side steady growth continues, as many of these markets will likely benefit
from the current turmoil plaguing the U.S. market."
http://www.brsmedia.fm/press020912.html
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o Liquid Audio Lays Off One-Third of Staff
Redwood City, Calif. -- Liquid Audio, a provider of digital music delivery
technology, announced late Thursday that it will lay off 23 employees, or
about one-third of its staff, in a move to reduce its operating expenses
in preparation for a proposed merger with physical media distributor
Alliance Entertainment. Redwood City, Calif.-based Liquid Audio expects
the cuts to save the company about $600,000 per quarter.
http://biz.yahoo.com/prnews/020912/sfth076_1.html
http://www.liquidaudio.com
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Briefly Noted:
(Mountain View, Calif.) OpenTV, a provider of interactive TV software and
services, announced on Friday that it has partnered with Ticketmaster to
develop an interactive TV ticket ordering service. The two companies will
work to transform current Ticketmaster online content into an application
for interactive television.
http://biz.yahoo.com/bw/020912/120308_1.html
http://www.opentv.com
http://www.ticketmaster.com
(Minneapolis) Video game publisher Encore, a subsidiary of Navarre Corp.,
said on Friday that it has signed a co-publishing agreement with Korean
game developer Phantagram Interactive, to bring five PC and console games
to market. Under the agreement, Phantagram will deliver game content while
Encore will manage sales and distribution in North America. The first
title will be "Phantom Crash" for Microsoft's Xbox console, due by the end
of the year.
http://biz.yahoo.com/prnews/020913/nyf048_1.html
http://www.encoresoftware.com
http://www.phantagraminteractive.com
(Raleigh, N.C.) Summus, a developer of processing technology for mobile
and wireless devices, has formed a partnership with AP Digital, a division
of The Associated Press, to develop a new service for delivering news and
photos to wireless users. Under the agreement, Summus will share revenues
with AP Digital from the service, which allows wireless users to receive
or retrieve news photos and captions, sports photos, and weather maps 24
hours a day via their mobile devices.
http://www.summus.com/company/news/pr/2002-09-12.php
http://www.apdigitalnews.com
(Seattle) Loudeye, a provider of webcasting and other digital media
services, on Friday released a new version of its branded radio webcasting
software, Loudeye Radio V2.0. The update from Seattle-based Loudeye
includes a plug-and-play encoder, peer-to-peer streaming capability
provided by San Jose, Calif.-based ChainCast Networks, ad insertion
capabilities for ad replacement of broadcast radio spots, reporting
functions and a station-branded player interface.
http://biz.yahoo.com/prnews/020913/sff019_1.html
http://www.chaincast.com
http://www.loudeye.com
(Amsterdam) Liberate Technologies, a provider of interactive TV software
and services, said on Friday that it is working with Discovery Networks
Europe to develop an enhanced TV version of the network's popular
"Crocodile Hunter" program. Viewers will be able to find out more
information about the animals featured in the program, view stills and
reviews from the show's feature film spin-off, buy Steve Irwin
merchandise, and care for their own TV-based pet crocodile "crocagotchi."
http://biz.yahoo.com/prnews/020913/sff003_1.html
http://www.liberate.com
http://www.crocodilehunter.com
(Amsterdam) Video server software firm Thirdspace said on Friday that it
will integrate its technology with MPEG video chipmaker Sigma Designs. The
resulting combination will be targeted at set-top box manufacturers,
systems integrators, telcos, broadband and entertainment service providers
and hoteliers.
http://www.businesswire.com/cgi-bin/f_headline.cgi?day0/222560018&ticker=
http://www.sigmadesigns.com
http://www.thirdspace.tv
(Bethesda, Md.) ContentGuard, developer of a programming language used for
digital rights management, has entered into a patent licensing agreement
with DMDSecure, another provider of digital rights management technology.
Under the agreement, Netherlands-based DMDSecure will implement
ContentGuard's patented digital rights management technologies and
eXtensible rights Markup Language (XrML) into its offerings.
http://www.dmdsecure.com
http://www.contentguard.com
(New York) The New York Times recently published an article on the
numerous difficulties being experienced in the midst of the Federal
Communications Commission-mandated transition to digital television. In
addition to lack of knowledge among sales personnel for HDTV sets, the
article cites a lack of consumer knowledge of the technology and the high
cost for broadcasters to implement the transition. "We're midstream in a
boat that some say has leaks," W. Kenneth Ferree, chief of the FCC's media
bureau, told The Times. "We're patching the leaks and trying to get to
shore."
http://www.nytimes.com/2002/09/12/technology/circuits/12TEEV.html
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Seeking a VP of Product Management for new healthcare ASP venture. This
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Google is seeking an experienced contract negotiator. Responsibilities
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VP Media - Mosaic - Marina Del Rey, CA
Mosaic Data Solutions is a Canadian Based Fortune 500 Marketing Firm and
the World's leading Email Marketing Firm and provider of consumer data
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Data Solutions (CustomOffers) own proprietary products to consumers via
Banners, Pops and Keyword purchases strategically placed around the
Internet. For immediate consideration, contact Thomas Geraci at:
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Sr. Public Relations Manager - Infogrames - Santa Monica, CA
Infogrames, Inc., one of the world's largest publishers of interactive
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