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o Report: 2002 Video Game, Hardware Sales On Track to Top $10 Billion
o AOL to Lay Off 15% from Interactive Marketing Division
o Sony Cuts Price of PlayStation 2 in Japanese Market
o Listen.com Rhapsody Service to Ship On New Gateway PCs
o Nintendo Adapter to Make Game Boy Handheld Titles Playable on GameCube
o Finnish Webcast Firm GoodMood Gets $3 Million from 3i Group
o Philips Merging Digital Networks Unit Into Consumer Electronics
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o Report: 2002 Video Game, Hardware Sales On Track to Top $10 Billion
Port Washington, N.Y. -- Sales of video game hardware and software have
totaled over $6 billion so far this year -- up 25 percent over the same
period in 2001 -- and are on track to easily beat all-time records,
according to data released on Tuesday by New York-based market research
firm NPDFunworld. The firm expects total 2002 sales totals to top $10
billion, breaking 2001's record of $9.4 billion. In October, developer
Rockstar Games' "Grand Theft Auto: Vice City" for PlayStation 2 was the
top seller, moving 1.4 million units in its first month of availability.
The rest of the top five sellers in October were also PlayStaiton 2
titles. In order, they were, Electronic Arts' "NBA Live 2003," Square EA's
"Kingdom Hearts," Electronic Arts' "Madden NFL 2003" and Eidos
Interactive's "Hitman 2: Assassin." "Another 200 new video game titles are
expected to be released prior to the New Year across five viable systems,
such as Microsoft's Xbox, Nintendo's GameCube and GameBoy Advance, and
Sony's PlayStation 2 and PS One. With so many games to choose from, it's
no wonder the video game industry is headed for a record-breaking year,"
said NPDFunworld senior account manager Richard Ow.
http://www.npd.com/corp/content/news/releases/press_021119.htm
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o AOL to Lay Off 15% from Interactive Marketing Division
San Francisco -- America Online will lay off 90 positions in its
interactive marketing division, CNET News.com reported sources close to
the company as saying, on Tuesday. The cuts come a day after the company
announced the appointment of former USA Networks executive Lisa Brown as
head of the division, and represent about 15 percent of the division's 600
employees. Sources told Reuters that those laid off will include local
advertising sales and support staff in the company's Dulles, Virginia
headquarters, New York and some other smaller markets.
http://news.com.com/2100-1023-966356.html?tag=fd_top
http://www.reuters.com/newsArticle.jhtml?type=topNews&storyID=1768701
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o Sony Cuts Price of PlayStation 2 in Japanese Market
Tokyo -- Sony will cut the price of its PlayStation 2 video game console
by about $25 in the Japanese market, Reuters reported on Tuesday.
Beginning today, Sony's Japanese PlayStation website will sell the game
for about $200, down from $230, in what the company said was an effort to
ensure strong sales during the holiday shopping season. A Sony spokesman
told Reuters the company has no plans to further cut the price of
PlayStation 2 in North America or Europe.
http://www.reuters.com/newsArticle.jhtml?type=topNews&storyID=1765404
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o Listen.com Rhapsody Service to Ship On New Gateway PCs
Poway, Calif. -- PC maker Gateway announced on Tuesday that it has begun
shipping all of its consumer desktop PCs bundled with the Rhapsody digital
music subscription service offered by San Francisco-based Listen.com. The
bundle will include an interactive demonstration of the service, along
with one free month of the service, usually $9.95 per month. Gateway will
also promote and demonstrate the Gateway Rhapsody service in its 300 North
American retail stores.
http://biz.yahoo.com/prnews/021119/latu035_1.html
http://www.listen.com
http://www.gateway.com/digitalzone/music
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o Nintendo Adapter to Make Game Boy Handheld Titles Playable on GameCube
Redmond, Wash. -- Nintendo of America announced on Tuesday it will release
an adapter in May 2003 that will enable titles for its Game Boy handheld
to be viewed on a TV, and played through its GameCube video game console.
The GameCube Game Boy Player is a one-inch platform that connects to the
bottom of the GameCube, and lets players use either a GameCube controller
or their Game Boy Advance to control game play. The new device will also
add over 1,000 new titles developed for the Game Boy, released in 1989, to
the GameCube's roster of available games. The company will release the
product in March in Japan, but has not yet announced a suggested retail
price for the North American market.
http://www.nintendo.com/news/news_articles.jsp?articleID=7687
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o Finnish Webcast Firm GoodMood Gets $3 Million from 3i Group
London -- 3i Group, Europe's largest venture capital firm, said on Tuesday
that it has put together a $3 million financing package for GoodMood, a
Finnish webcasting company. The financing will be used to develop
GoodMood's webcasting applications into brands, improve the company's
sales and marketing efforts and respond to growing product development
challenges. GoodMood, established in 1997, seeks to be the domestic market
leader and to expand into international markets.
http://www.3i.com
http://www.goodmood.com
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o Philips Merging Digital Networks Unit Into Consumer Electronics
Amsterdam -- Dutch electronics firm Philips said on Tuesday that it will
integrate its Digital Networks business into other parts of the company,
with the main set-top box business moving to its Consumer Electronics
division. The company said the change will deliver research and
developement synergies and enhanced cooperation, better utilization of the
retail sales channel and lower overhead.
http://makeashorterlink.com/?Y2D916702
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Briefly Noted:
(Chantilly, Va.) Sonic Telecom, a provider of video transmission
technologies, announced on Tuesday that TV network ABC has signed a
three-year contract to use its Internet Protocol-based technology to
transmit broadcast-quality news feeds within its organization. ABC
Television and its NewsOne network will now use Virginia-based Sonic's
Internet-based network -- abandoning its previous satellite-based
transmission system -- to gather news segments from ABC News Bureaus in
Los Angeles, Chicago, Atlanta and New York and make them accessible to ABC
Affiliates nationwide.
http://www.businesswire.com/cgi-bin/f_headline.cgi?day0/223232300&ticker=
http://www.sonictelecom.com
(Columbia, Md.) IBiquity Digital, a developer of digital broadcast radio
technology, announced on Tuesday that consumer electronics manufacturer
Sanyo has licensed its technology for use in future car and home stereo
receivers. Maryland-based IBiquity's HD Radio digital AM and FM broadcast
technology allows terrestrial broadcasters to transmit a digital signal
alongside their existing analog AM or FM broadcasts.
http://www.ibiquity.com
http://www.sanyo.co.jp
(Redwood City, Calif.) Game developer Electronic Arts on Tuesday released
its anticipated "James Bond 007: NightFire" title for Sony PlayStation 2,
Microsoft Xbox and Nintendo GameCube consoles. Redwood City, Calif.-based
EA and U.K.-based Eurocom Entertainment Software developed the console
versions of the game, while Dallas-based Gearbox Software developed the PC
version, which is due in stores Nov. 25.
http://biz.yahoo.com/bw/021119/192214_1.html
http://www.007.ea.com
(San Jose, Calif.) Game developer Bam Entertainment said on Tuesday it
partnered with Disney's Buena Vista Home Entertainment to promote its
upcoming "Reign of Fire" title, in conjunction with the DVD release of the
film of the same name. Consumers purchasing the DVD version of the movie
will receive a mail-in rebate towards the Xbox, GameCube and Game Boy
Advance versions of the video game; likewise, those purchasing the game
will receive a rebate for the Reign of Fire DVD.
http://biz.yahoo.com/prnews/021119/sftu064_1.html
http://www.bam4fun.com
(Bellevue, Wash.) Fullplay Media Systems, a provider of kiosks for
in-store sampling and previewing of CDs, DVDs and video games, announced
on Tuesday that it will use Seattle-based Loudeye Technologies' licensed
sample library for its products. Loudeye offers 3 million streaming audio
samples from over 250,000 CDs. Washington-based Fullplay recently
announced a contract with Trans World Entertainment to provide its kiosks
in the company's FYE (For Your Entertainment) CD and DVD retail stores.
http://biz.yahoo.com/bw/021119/192073_1.html
http://www.fullplaymedia.com
http://www.loudeye.com
(Washington) XM Satellite Radio, a provider of satellite-delivered digital
radio programming, announced on Tuesday it has added a channel featuring
content from CNN. The channel will offer audio broadcasts of programs
including American Morning with Paula Zahn, Connie Chung Tonight, Larry
King Live, Lou Dobbs Moneyline and NewsNight with Aaron Brown.
Washington-based XM also said it will discontinue its CNNfn and USA Today
channels.
http://biz.yahoo.com/prnews/021119/sftu100_1.html
http://www.xmradio.com
(San Francisco) Fox Sports said on Tuesday that it has partnered with
LiquidSeats to provide the company's online sports ticketing service on
FoxSports.com. The company's StubHub Ticket Marketplace product will be
featured, which allows season ticket holders to put their extra tickets up
for sale, with all facets of the transaction handled by San
Francisco-based LiquidSeats.
http://www.liquidseats.com
http://foxsports.stubhub.com
(Burbank, Calif.) Disney Interactive on Tuesday announced the release of
"Disney's Kim Possible: Revenge of Monkey Fist" for Nintendo's Game Boy
Advance handheld. The game is based on the animated comedy series "Kim
Possible," which airs on Disney Channel and ABC Kids.
http://biz.yahoo.com/prnews/021119/latu039_1.html
http://disney.go.com/disneychannel/zoogdisney/kimpossible/site/index.html
(New York) Performing rights organization Broadcast Music International
(BMI) announced on Tuesday it has appointed John Cody as chief operating
officer and Del Bryant as executive vice president. Cody formerly served
as BMI's CFO and senior vice president, while Bryant was the company's
senior vice president writer/publisher relations and performing rights.
http://www.bmi.com
(San Francisco) The latest issue of WIRED magazine includes a feature
article about online DVD rental service Netflix, and the competition it
will soon face from copycat services launching from Walmart.com and movie
rental giant Blockbuster. "A year and a half ago, we found out that
Walmart.com doesn't want to work with us, but work on us," Netflix CEO
Reed Hastings told employees at a staff meeting. "We're public now, with
$90 million in the bank. For them to pull ahead will be almost
unimaginable."
http://www.wired.com/wired/archive/10.12/netflix.html
http://www.netflix.com
(San Francisco) Online magazine Salon.com on Tuesday reported on reactions
from the webcasting industry to Sen. Jesse Helms' (R-N.C.) unlikely role
in the writing and passage of the Small Webcasters Settlement Act last
week. The new law puts a six-month stay on royalties due record labels and
artists by small and noncommercial webcasters for streaming their music
online, and stipulates that webcasters and the recording industry may
negotiate rates independent of the Librarian of Congress' earlier
determination.
http://www.salon.com/tech/feature/2002/11/19/helms_web_radio/index.html
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