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o iPod
Chipmaker PortalPlayer Raises $106 Million in IPO; Shares Climb 52%
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Video Rental Chain Movie Gallery Submits Rival
Bid for Hollywood Video
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Google Shares Slip After Revenue Warning
o Yahoo
Extends, Expands Relationship with SBC
o MP3 Player Maker Creative
Technology Secures $175 Million Loan
o THQ Acquires Aussie Video Game
Developer Blue Tongue
o Digital TV Developer Sofia
Digital Acquires Interactive TV Firm Outer Rim
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Briefly Noted: Copyright
Royalty and Distribution Reform Act, SunnComm - CD kiosks, Tigon
Studios - Bryan Singer - "Chronicles of Riddick" sequel, Crave
Entertainment - "World Championship Poker," In-Fusio - "Tomb
Raider," American Cancer Society - anti-smoking online game, White
House dog video, Florida vote irregularities - e-voting machines
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Job/Event/Marketplace Classifieds:
--Senior Legal Counsel
--Director - Account Management, AudioFeast, Mountain View, CA
--Business Analyst and Enterprise Systems Management Positions
--Sales Reps, Sales Engineers, and Sales Director
--Project Manager and Help Desk Positions
--Product Marketing Manager - SWsoft
--Sr. Acct Mgr, AAA Networks, (Data, Voice, Video Sales)
--The Heiden Group - Sales Reps, Sales Engineers, and Sales
Director
--Channel Development Manager
--Product Marketing Manager - Trusted Computer Solutions
--Business
Development Director
--Account Manager
--Practice Leader, CMO Group
--Public Relations Specialist
--New Release: PwC Global Entertainment and Media Outlook:
2004-2008
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o iPod Chipmaker PortalPlayer Raises
$106 Million in IPO; Shares Climb 52%
Santa Clara, Calif. -- PortalPlayer, a maker of chips used in
Apple's iPod, saw its shares climb 51.8% to $25.80 as it raised over
$106 million in its initial public offering on Friday. The Santa
Clara, Calif.-based company originally filed to sell its shares for
between $11 and $13, but raised its expectations to $14 to $16 per
share on Wednesday. The majority of PortalPlayer's revenue is tied
to the success of Apple's iPod, for which it is the sole provider of
MP3 decoder chips. The company plans to use proceeds from the
offering to repay debt and for general purposes, including working
capital.
http://www.portalplayer.com/news-and-events/IPO_111904.htm
http://makeashorterlink.com/?Y318253D9
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o Video Rental
Chain Movie Gallery Submits Rival Bid for Hollywood Video
Dohan, Ala. -- Movie Gallery, the nation's third-largest video
store rental chain, announced on Friday that it has submitted its
own bid to rival Blockbuster's offer for Hollywood Entertainment
Corp., which owns the Hollywood Video rental chain. Alabama-based
Movie Gallery, whose stores are prominent in rural and secondary
markets, did not disclose how much it offered for Hollywood
Entertainment, but it is believed that the company at least matched
Blockbuster's $700 million bid for the company made earlier this
week. A merger of Movie Gallery and Hollywood Entertainment would
still figure as the second-largest rental chain, behind Blockbuster.
Movie Gallery CEO Joe Malugen said he believes his company's
proposal "presents almost no antitrust risk," adding that
"Blockbuster's proposed acquisition would create a dominant player
with significant competitive overlap in the vast majority of markets
served by Blockbuster and Hollywood Entertainment."
http://biz.yahoo.com/prnews/041119/clf013_1.html
http://biz.yahoo.com/rb/041119/retail_hollywoodentertainment_3.html
http://www.hollywoodvideo.com
http://www.moviegallery.com
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o Google Shares
Slip After Revenue Warning
Mountain View, Calif. -- Shares of Google slipped about 3% on
Thursday after the search engine giant warned that its revenue
growth is likely to slow in the fourth quarter. In a filing with the
Securities and Exchange Commission, the company said that stiffer
competition and an "inevitable" slowdown as the size of its business
increases should keep its sequential growth rate below the 15.1% the
company experienced from the second to the third quarter. Google
also issued a similar warned earlier this week. Google's shares
closed down $4.96 to $167.54.
http://biz.yahoo.com/ap/041118/google_outlook_7.html
http://biz.yahoo.com/rb/041118/tech_google_stocks_2.html
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o Yahoo
Extends, Expands Relationship with SBC
Sunnyvale, Calif. -- SBC Communications, a provider of telephone
and DSL Internet services, said on Thursday that it has signed a
multi-year extension of its alliance with Yahoo to offer co-branded
DSL and dial-up services. The companies also unveiled plans to
extend the SBC Yahoo brand beyond the PC to home television and
audio systems, Cingular wireless phones, SBC Wi-Fi and SBC home
networking equipment. The deal will allow consumers to access
personalized entertainment and communications content from multiple
devices. The first new products developed as part of the expanded
alliance will be available in 2005. SBC and Yahoo first announced
their alliance in November 2001 and launched co-branded DSL and
dial-up services less than a year later.
http://biz.yahoo.com/bw/041118/185368_1.html
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o MP3 Player
Maker Creative Technology Secures $175 Million Loan
Singapore -- Consumer electronics firm Creative Technology, which
makes PC sound cards and a line of MP3 players, announced on Friday
that it has secured a five-year, $175 million loan agreement with
ten international banks. The company plans to use the proceeds to
fund an anticipated growth in working capital requirements arising
from the targeted growth in revenue. Creative CEO Sim Wong Hoo said
earlier in the week that the company plans to spend $100 million in
the near future to market its line of MP3 players. "The MP3 war has
started and I am the one who has declared war. I'm planning to spend
some serious money -- I intend to outmarket everyone," said Hoo. NPD
data indicates Creative currently holds a 9.3% share of the portable
digital audio player market, behind rivals Rio (10%) and Apple
(41.9%).
http://biz.yahoo.com/prnews/041119/sff024_1.html
http://biz.yahoo.com/ap/041119/creative_technology_loan_1.html
http://www.creative.com
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o THQ
Acquires Aussie Video Game Developer Blue Tongue
Calabasas Hills, Calif. -- Video game publisher THQ announced
this week that it acquired Australia-based game developer Blue
Tongue. Financial terms of the transaction were not disclosed. Blue
Tongue developed a game for THQ based on the movie "The Polar
Express," and is currently developing two multi-platform titles for
release in 2005. The company has also created games based on the
big-budget Hollywood films "Starship Troopers" and "Jurassic Park."
"Consistent with THQ's strategic objective of utilizing internal
development to improve product quality and operating margins, we are
pleased to tap into the growing base of development talent in
Australia as we continue to build our internal development
capabilities," said Steve Dauterman, vice president of product
development for THQ Asia Pacific. "Through the acquisition of Blue
Tongue, we will now have studio operations in both Brisbane and
Melbourne, making THQ the premiere video game developer in the
region."
http://biz.yahoo.com/bw/041116/166135_1.html
http://www.bluetongue.com
http://www.thq.com
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o Digital TV
Developer Sofia Digital Acquires Interactive TV Firm Outer Rim
Helsinki, Finland -- Sofia Digital, a Finland-based digital TV
technology company, announced that it has acquired Outer Rim, a
Finland-based interactive TV services firm. Financial terms were not
disclosed. "Sofia Digital is the number one in Multimedia Home
Platform based interactive TV application market," said Sofia
Digital CEO Petri Martikainen. "Now we can offer interactive TV
services which work on analog as well as digital platforms." The
Finnish firm said Outer Rim would be incorporated into Sofia Digital
as two separate units: SMS TV Products and Service Operations. Sofia
Digital, which announced earlier this week that it closed an
investment round with Sentica Partners, provides technologies for
interactive TV services, SMS TV games and cross-media content
management products for broadcasters, operators, receiver
manufacturers and service providers.
http://www.sofiadigital.com/showitem.php?id=101
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o Briefly Noted: (Washington)
The U.S. House on Thursday passed the Copyright Royalty and
Distribution Reform Act (HR 1417), which will effectively eliminate
the controversial Copyright Arbitration Royalty Panel (CARP) process
for determining what rates websites should pay to record labels and
artists for streaming music on the Internet. If the law is signed by
President Bush, the U.S. Copyright Office will be charged with
appointing a panel of three full-time copyright royalty judges who
will determine royalty rates. The Digital Media Association, a group
representing webcasters including AOL and Yahoo, praised the bill's
passage. "The redesigned royalty arbitration process will be more
efficient and produce more consistent decisions than did the old
system. As a result, royalty rates will be more fair to all
participants -- licensors and licensees," the group said in a
statement.
http://thomas.loc.gov/cgi-bin/query/z?c108:H.R.1417:
http://www.cbo.gov/showdoc.cfm?index=5948&sequence=0
http://www.digmedia.org
(Phoenix, Ariz.) SunnComm International, a developer of CD
copy-protection and other anti-piracy technologies, announced that
it has designed technology intended to limit the copying of CDs
created at self-service kiosks. Such kiosks are increasingly being
deployed to allow customers to browse a digital music library
contained on the devices and create mix CDs that are then burned for
them on the spot.
http://biz.yahoo.com/bw/041118/185972_1.html
http://www.sunncomm.com
(Los Angeles) Actor Vin Diesel's video game development firm
Tigon Studios announced this week that it will partner with director
Bryan Singer ("X-Men," "The Usual Suspects") on a new video game
based that features a Secret Service agent assigned to protect the
president, according to The Hollywood Reporter. Diesel also said
this week that a sequel to the successful "Chronicles of Riddick:
Escape from Butcher Bay" video game is being developed, despite
lackluster performance of a spin-off movie. Diesel did not provide
other details or say whether Tigon, the game's main developer
Starbreeze, or publisher Vivendi Universal Games are involved with
the sequel.
http://makeashorterlink.com/?A119233D9
http://www.gamesindustry.biz/content_page.php?aid=5539
(Los Angeles) Video game developer Crave Entertainment has
released its "World Championship Poker" title for PlayStation 2 and
Game Boy Advance. The game allows players to see and challenge each
other online using the EyeToy USB camera accessory for PlayStation
2, while an Xbox version due out before the end of the year will
enable players from 24 countries to play one another online via Xbox
Live.
http://www.cravegames.com
(Bordeaux, France) French mobile game developer In-Fusio
announced that it has signed a licensing deal with game developer
Eidos to create a mobile version of the company's popular "Tomb
Raider" title. Originally developed by Iomo, In-Fusio's version was
produced by France-based BeTomorrow and is available for wireless
platforms including ExEn, EGE, Java, Symbian, BREW, I-mode and
Windows Mobile.
http://corporate.in-fusio.com/corpweb
http://www.betomorrow.com
(Atlanta) The American Cancer Society this week launched an
online game called "Smokeout Cafe," designed to encourage players to
stop smoking. Designed by NetPlus Marketing and Singularity Design,
the game was created to be offered as part of the Society's Great
American Smokeout on Nov. 18.
http://www.netplusmarketing.com
http://www.singularitydesign.com
http://www.cancer.org/livefreesmokefree
http://www.nynjevents.org/site/PageServer?pagename=SmokeoutCafeGame
(San Francisco) CNET News.com on Friday reported on a tiff
between the White House and online news publishers over the rights
to feature the third annual holiday video featuring the President's
dog, Barney. Last year, the tongue-in-cheek video drew 24 million
visitors to the White House website, and publishers including The
Washington Post have complained because the White House has
forbidden news sites from posting the video while providing it
freely to TV networks. The Post did not say whether it would post
the taxpayer-funded video anyway, as copyright law does not protect
videos created by an employee "of the United States government as
part of that person's official duties."
http://makeashorterlink.com/?H147323D9
http://www.whitehouse.gov/barney
(Berkeley, Calif.) Researchers at the University of California at
Berkeley on Friday announced the results of a statistical analysis
of irregular election results in Florida and e-voting machines,
which indicates that President Bush may have received up to between
130,000 and 260,000 more votes than he should have received. Bush
won Florida by over 350,000 votes. The study did not examine the
machines themselves, but rather anomalies in vote tallies in
counties using touch-screen machines compared with counties that did
not, comparing them with past results from 2000 and 1996. "No matter
how many factors and variables we took into consideration, the
significant correlation in the votes for President Bush and
electronic voting cannot be explained," wrote UC Berkeley sociology
professor Michael Hout. The study essentially found that there is
only a 1 in 1,000 chance that the vote count anomalies were not
somehow related to e-voting machines, and encouraged election
officials to look into the matter.
http://ucdata.berkeley.edu
http://www.wired.com/news/evote/0,2645,65757,00.html
http://makeashorterlink.com/?B5F6253D9
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> Senior Legal Counsel
Role Participate as a member of the content acquisition
negotiating team, thinking through all business and legal
issues based on a minimum of ten (10) years experience with
licensing and distribution of content. Skills/Experience:
Previous experience at entertainment/media company
specializing in licensing intellectual property. Ability and
willingness to participate in identifying and thinking through
diverse issues related to launching a new business. Team
player with personal skills needed in initiating important new
business relationships. Ability to grasp new and changing
technology. Existing relationships with entertainment / media
industry executives a plus. Additional Skills: Negotiating
distribution agreements for programming content including:
U.S. copyright licenses International licensing, U.S. and
international law governing licensing, understanding of
regulatory environment and implications of actions, issues
related to licensing and sub-licensing content, rights grant,
packaging, pricing, marketing, promotions (including design
and registrations paperwork), reporting, advertising and
sponsorships, music performance rights, other performance and
talent issues (ex: BMI, SAG/Screen Actors Guild), wholesale
and retail distribution issues, transmission, security, and
transfer issues. Education Requirements: Bachelor of Arts or
Bachelor of Science, JD degree. Member of the California Bar.
Qualcomm's requisition # D1643408. To apply, go to:
http://jobs.qualcomm.com/staffing/Staffing.asp?page=search
Contact Info: Send inquiries to
msexton@qualcomm.com
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> Director - Account Management, AudioFeast, Mountain View,
CA.
Your job is to assist AudioFeast's www.audiofeast.com
worldwide CE partner ecosystem. The Account Manager will be
responsible for building strong OEM partner relationships,
managing new business opportunities with an understanding of
partner's business objectives, and helping AudioFeast align
its strategic goals to meet market demands. As the Account
Manager you will be the primary person in charge of managing
AudioFeast's Consumer Electronics partners and helping fulfill
their product, marketing and business needs to build exciting
new AudioFeast enabled consumer products. Please send all
inquiries to:
jobs@audiofeast.com
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> Business Analyst and Enterprise Systems Management Positions
StarTeks has client requirements for an Enterprise Systems
Document Management Architect (J2EE)in Northern Virginia. We
also seek a Senior IT Business Analyst - Finance (PeopleSoft)
in D.C. performing the role of a business liaison for the IT
Department. This organization provides a very competitive
compensation package as well as excellent benefits. These are
full time positions. Send resumes to
Careers@Star-Teks.com
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> Sales Reps, Sales Engineers, and Sales Director
The Heiden Group is a retained search and consulting firm that
places top performing candidates within its premier technology
client base. THG is seeking to place sales professionals with
accomplished technology sales, sales engineering and sales
mgmt backgrounds. Our clients are currently looking for
revenue producers in the following positions: Regional Sales
Dir. - Enterprise Software, Account Exec. - Managed Services
and more. Please contact us at info@heidengroup.com or go to:
http://www.heidengroup.com/highlightedsearches.html
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> Project Manager and Help Desk Positions
OpenAir Technologies, Inc. (http://www.openairtech.com), a
nationwide provider of managed IP-PBX systems and advertising
on hold solutions for the retail industry, has several Project
Management as well as Helpdesk/Customer Service positions
open. OpenAir Technologies, Inc. is looking for people with
1-2 years of relevant experience for our Headquarters in
Reston, VA. Please send resumes to
jobs@openairtech.com
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> Product Marketing Manager - SWsoft
SWsoft is the leading provider of automation and
virtualization software for hosting providers, TELCOs/ISPs and
enterprises worldwide. We are looking for a Product Marketing
Manager to lead and drive the execution of marketing efforts
for our hosting software products. Candidate must have a
successful and verifiable track record of broad software
marketing experience and talent/potential. Compensation
package includes salary, quarterly bonus and stock options.
Send resumes to:
jobs@sw-soft.com (subject "Product Marketing Mgr")
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> Sr. Acct Mgr, AAA Networks, (Data, Voice, Video Sales)
Seeking highly motivated sales people with at least three
years sales exp. and a track record of meeting sales
objectives. Excellent communication, relationship-building,
and presentation skills a must - with minimal supervision.
Responsibilities include consultative and solution selling to
medium and large companies. Our solutions include Cisco,
Microsoft, EMC, NEC, Tandberg and Verizon. Candidate must be
able to develop and leverage relationships with technology
partners for lead generation and joint sales opportunities.
Send resumes to
careers@aaanetworks.net
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> The Heiden Group - Sales Reps, Sales Engineers, and Sales
Director
The Heiden Group is a retained search and consulting firm that
places top performing candidates within its premier technology
client base. THG is seeking to place sales professionals with
accomplished technology sales, sales engineering and sales
mgmt backgrounds. Our clients are currently looking for
revenue producers in the following positions: Regional Sales
Dir. - Enterprise Software, Account Exec. - Managed Services
and more. Please contact us at info@heidengroup.com or go to:
http://www.heidengroup.com/highlightedsearches.html
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> Channel Development Manager
An innovative software firm is seeking an experienced
professional to develop new accounts with the objective of
seeding indirect sales channels with strategic partners. To be
a fit for this exciting new opportunity, you must be
aggressive and have a track record of successfully creating
and growing large revenue streams with Channel/OEM partners
and re-sellers. You must be independent, self- motivated, and
have demonstrated over-achievement in software sales, with
domain experience in the systems performance management space
(HP OpenView, NetIQ AppManager, BMC PATROL preferred). Please
submit your resume to mmolinas@hirestrategy.com or view this
position on the web:
http://www.hirestrategy.com/quicklinks/hire226.asp
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Product Marketing Manager - Trusted Computer Solutions
Responsible for managing the entire product line life cycle
from strategic planning to tactical activities specifying
market requirements for current and future products by
conducting market research supported by on-going visits to
customers and non-customers. Driving a solution set across
development teams (primarily Development/Engineering, and
Marketing Communications) through market requirements, product
contract. Send resumes to dromano@trustedcs.com For more info,
visit
http://www.trustedcs.com
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Business Development Director
Executes the overall business development strategy. Should
possess knowledge of federal contract negotiations relative to
the IT field, and be able to position IDC for bidding on
large, multi-year opportunities. Will conceptualize and
implement a plan to broaden our market base, diversify the
business, and apply innovative strategies to increase
profitability. Bachelor's degree and 10 yrs exp required.
Please e-mail resumes to
careers@idc.tv
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Account Manager
The Account Manager will manage a
geographic sales territory
(North-eastern US), based in the greater Washington DC area.
He/she will be involved primarily with managing existing
customers and new prospects and
selling HP NonStop systems mgmt. solutions to achieve quota
results. The qualified candidate should have specific exp.
selling software solutions for the
HP NonStop environment, be a highly successful sales rep.,
have formal
sales training and strong sales process skills and exp. and
systems mgmt.
exp. (e.g. CA UniCenter, HP Open View, Tivoli, BMC). Please
send resume to
mmolinas@hirestrategy.com or visit
http://www.hirestrategy.com/quicklinks/hire224.asp
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> Practice Leader, CMO Group
Forrester Research is seeking a highly motivated individual
for the Practice Leader position in the Forrester Oval
Program, The CMO Group, an exclusive executive membership
program that offers a valuable combination of peer networking,
dedicated analyst access, benchmark data, and member-directed
research to select C-level marketing executives. Require:
Master's or other advanced degree, Eight to 10 years of
progressive work exp. within the marketing industry. Ability
to manage a team of professionals in a fast-paced learning
environment. Strong analytical, writing, and presentation
skills. Experience managing departmental budgets. Please apply
online
http://www.forrester.com/CareerOpportunities
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> Public Relations Specialist
Public Relations Specialist Min. 5 years PR/management exp. PR
professional to maintain effective communications with media,
serve as
main point of contact for PR activites, recommend PR strategy
for high-
tech B2B clients, & lead PR account teams. Strong project
management
& team-building skills required. Flexible personality desired
to manage
clients & teams in an exciting, fast-paced environment. E-mail
cover
letter and resume to
hr@rmr.com
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> New Release: PwC Global Entertainment and Media Outlook:
2004-2008
PricewaterhouseCoopers Global Entertainment and Media
Outlook: 2004-2008 is the leading global entertainment and
media industry forecast, including in-depth global analyses
and five-year growth projections for 14 industry segments
covering every major global region. The complete 550-page
book, is available in print or electronic format. The 50 page
"Global Overview" (available in print or electronic format)or
any of the 14 individual industry segment chapters (electronic
format only) can be purchased separately for $95. For sample
content and to order,
click here.
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