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SunnComm’s MediaMax CD Copy Protection Earns Microsoft’s “Designed for Windows” Logo Certification
http://www.sunncomm.com/press/pressrelease.asp?prid=200412010600
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Many companies may have the the name MediaMax but how many have the name MediaMax Technology?
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Apple's iTunes Rocks Japan
By Tim Beyers (TMF Mile High)
August 10, 2005
Can anything slow Apple's (Nasdaq: AAPL) advance in the digital music market? Yesterday The Wall Street Journal reported that it took only four days for the new iTunes Music Store in Japan to rack up a million downloads. That's the fastest launch in the history of the service, now found in 20 nations worldwide.
Not that this should come as a surprise, mind you. According to the Journal, the iPod is already a major hit in Japan. But the iPod has been equally successful in the U.S., and it took a week for Apple to sell 1 million downloads here.
Barely a week into its existence, iTunes is the top digital music store in Japan -- without any music from labels owned by Sony (NYSE: SNE). That's right: The company that birthed the Walkman -- and also happens to own one of Japan's largest and most popular record labels -- isn't yet distributing songs through iTunes. That could relate to Sony's own line of would-be iPod killers, including this whatchamacallit, or to its ownership of a rival digital music store. According to the Journal, Sony's Japanese venture typically sells 450,000 songs each month.
Apple just did that in less than 48 hours.
Impressive though that is, Apple's stock remains expensive. Still, many of you don't seem to care, and the Rule Breaker in me wonders whether you really should. After all, won't it always be expensive?
Apple has been a hit before, and it is again. The company has also dropped to the bottom of the charts more than once, and will again. You're welcome to your opinion, but I wouldn't bet on that happening anytime soon.
stehvestor, BMG isn't feeling sorry for us. Sonopress has some very big deals on the table for us that hasn't been released.
BMG knows they have a winner and they want us right by thier side to prove it, IMO
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Macrovision's Micro Profits
By Rich Smith
August 10, 2005
I have a secret to share: I am beginning to loathe earnings season.
Perhaps ordinary investors, people with -- what's the word? Ah, "lives" -- don't notice the problems arising with this time of year. Focusing only on the news releases concerning the half dozen or so stocks that they own, the dozen or so that they wish they owned, and of course, yes, the "lives" thing, they may not realize this simple fact: Every day during this season, for about two months straight, approximately 8 gazillion companies announce their earnings all at once.
And try as we might, we just can't cover them all in the time allotted. And so it was that I failed to follow up on the story of one of my erstwhile favorite companies back in May. And so it also was that I somehow missed the chance to write promptly about it when it reported earnings again on August 1. But I'll be danged if I let the company's news slide completely this time.
The stock in question, DVD copy protector Macrovision (Nasdaq: MVSN), had been on my wish list for many moons when, in March, it suffered the Wall Street wallop for failing to predict sufficiently hefty profits for its fiscal first quarter 2005. Q1 2005 then proceeded to arrive -- and proceeded to underwhelm investors yet again.
Cue walloping No. 2, as Macrovision took a second 6% hit to its share price to match its 6% loss from March.
And now we reach the present day (minus 9). On August 1, Macrovision swung and missed for a third and final time, reporting a 25% increase in sales, but a 33% decline in profits versus Q2 2004. Worse, from the Street's perspective, Macrovision lowered its forward earnings guidance yet again, predicting flat sequential earnings in Q3 and giving just a pro forma (Latin for "Look out below!"), and lower than previous, guess at fiscal 2005 profits of $0.89 to $0.92.
That was strike three, folks. And mighty Casey had struck out. Wall Street proceeded to take a baseball bat to Macrovision's equity -- this time knocking the stock for a 31% loop.
It's at this point that my inner value investor begins to sit up and take notice. Macrovision has $268 million in cash and short- and long-term investments, a market cap of $908 million, and thus an enterprise value of just $640 million. Assume that the company eventually returns to its past two years' performance -- years in which Macrovision generated more than $50 million in annual free cash flow.
If it can do that and live up to the reduced growth expectations that analysts still have for it, by my calculations, Macrovision thus looks roughly 30% undervalued at today's price
Don't fell bad my wife told me the same thing! lol
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Where's the BEEF?? LOL
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Roxin and Howdy, Nice find!!
'117ny302bxv howdy' And you know this for a fact? MORE INPUT!!
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Howdy, Where did you hear this?
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MediaMax Technology Strikes Gold with America's Best Selling Music CDs
Gold, Platinum and Double-Platinum Selling Albums from Dave Matthews Band, Foo Fighters, Backstreet Boys and Velvet Revolver all Include MediaMax Content Protection and Enhancement Technology
PHOENIX, Aug. 5, 2005 (PRIMEZONE) -- MediaMax Technology Corporation (OTCBB:MMXT) proudly announces that its copy protection and enhancement technology called MediaMax(tm) has been included on many of the world's best-selling commercial CDs. Just this week, the Company has added Babyface's latest release "Grown & Sexy" to its constantly growing list of smash-hit album releases that utilize MediaMax to reduce unauthorized copying of an artist's music. MediaMax Technology Corp. earns royalties for every disc manufactured that includes its proprietary copy management and enhancement software.
Debuting this week in the Top-Ten, Babyface joins six other Platinum and soon-to-be Platinum-selling CDs that are all currently on Billboard's Top 200 Album Chart! The other top selling albums, all containing MediaMax, include "In Your Honor" from The Foo Fighters and " Never Gone" from The Backstreet Boys, which debuted at #2 and #3 on the charts, respectively. Both releases have already become Platinum-selling CDs. The fourth top album with MediaMax is the Dave Matthews Band release, "Stand Up" which debuted in the #1 spot and is fast approaching Double-Platinum status. The seven top MediaMax'd albums are rounded out with Keith Anderson's "Three Chord Country And American Rock & Roll" and Raheem DeVaughn's debut album, "The Love Experience."
"Every week more and more of these music CDs are shipping with SunnComm's newest features including On-the-Fly Technology(tm) and Secure Burn(tm)," points out Bill Whitmore, MediaMax's president. "As the dominating CD copy protection and enhancement technology used in the United States, we intend to maintain that lead over our competitors by continuing to provide consumers with an ever-improving mechanism to play, move and share their music in a way that is more responsible -- no matter whether that music is found on CD, an Internet music site or vended through a kiosk. Our continual focus on technology enhancement is designed to create a kinder and gentler way for record labels, publishers, artists and composers to protect their copyrights while delivering an unparalleled user experience respectful of the CD buyers' rights. By including more and more valuable features on our enhanced audio CDs, it is only a matter of time before a typical CD buyer will be searching out the MediaMax name or service mark on CDs they consider purchasing."
Most recently, MediaMax was featured nationally on The Howard Stern radio show, where Howard described to his coast-to-coast audience some of the great features found on the newest version of MediaMax. The Howard Stern show is listened to by more people than any other radio show in the US. Howard talked about America's most accepted copy management and enhancement technology and reflected that " someday all audio CDs will include MediaMax."
ABOUT SUNNCOMM
In just five years, SunnComm International Inc. (Pink Sheets:SCMI) has become the leader in digital content enhancement and security technology for audio compact disc media. MediaMax can be found on many Gold, Platinum and Double-Platinum selling Albums including Dave Matthews' Platinum-selling, "Stand Up" and most recently, Foo Fighters, "In Your Honor" and The Backstreet Boys, "Never Gone." Other popular releases that include MediaMax are Anthony Hamilton's Platinum CD, "Comin' From Where I'm From," J-Kwon's Gold "Hood Hop," and Velvet Revolver's " Contraband" which reached the #1 spot on Billboard's Top 200 Album Chart and achieved Double-Platinum status by selling more than 2 million units. Additionally, SunnComm's MediaMax technology has appeared on many other best-selling albums, totaling over 100 commercially released CD titles across more than 30 record labels.
MediaMax is mastered directly on the audio CD and is accessible using a personal computer. SunnComm was the first company to commercially release a content-protected audio CD in the United States and co-developed and implemented an early version of the Microsoft Windows Media Data Session Toolkit (www.microsoft.com/presspass/press/2003/jan03/01-20SessionToolkitPR.asp) Bonus features include on-board press kits, artist-related promotions, videos, song lyrics, artist bio page, photo gallery, web links and tune-sharing capability through SunnComm's MusicMail(tm) functionality. For more detailed information about the company, its vision or philosophy, personnel, partners, and customers, please visit the company's Web site at (www.sunncomm.com), or call the Company directly at (602) 267-7500. For additional information or investor relations please contact:
Scottrade, I have been only able to trade in 1/10 of a cent. That is the smallest break down for Scottrade.
Oh well, It's going to be a way of life for all music buyers here soon.
EMI Group Plc spokeswoman Jeanne Meyer cited success with earlier such efforts overseas. "Out of 127 million copy protected CDs we've shipped into the market outside of the U.S. and U.K., we've had 0.02 percent inquiries of any kind," she said.
Oh really???
Vandewater continues, “Our accomplishments have placed SunnComm in an enviable position regarding the protection of entertainment content. MediaMax has become the only widely implemented technology of its kind to penetrate the U.S. market. The product has been universally accepted by CD buyers as verified by extensive consumer surveys as well as SunnComm’s negligible customer service activity. Customer support issues related to the release of nearly 20 million CDs containing MediaMax are occurring at a rate of less than two-tenths of one percent (.002).”
http://www.sunncomm.com/press/pressrelease.asp?prid=200507280830
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Napster revenue surges on subscriber growth (NAPS) By Dan Gallagher
SAN FRANCISCO (MarketWatch) -- Napster (NAPS) reported better-than-expected revenue for the second quarter Thursday with a 13% gain in subscribers from the previous period. The company reported revenue of $21 million with a net loss of $19.9 million, or 46 cents a share, compared to revenue of $7.9 million and a loss of $2.6 million, or 8 cents a share, for the same period last year. Analysts were expecting a loss of 61 cents a share on revenue of $19.9 million, according to Thomson First Call. The company said paid subscribers grew 13% from the first quarter to 402,000.
Both of you guys are missing the point.
Cgibellino, I'm not missing anything! But I do see progress with MediaMax used on big releases. To me that says a lot! Like you I have a lot on riding on this company and would like real news and results soon!
BTA.
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Corey, This guys worried about music delivered to radio stations? Maybe he bought SCMI by mistake?
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LOL!!!
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Any special skills needed?
LOL
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RealNetworks Inc. (RNWK: news, chart, profile) swung to a second-quarter net profit of $4.7 million, or 3 cents a share. That compared with a loss of $4.7 million, or 3 cents a share, in the year-ago quarter. Revenue rose 26% to $82.7 million. The Internet music and video provider said it had over 2 million paid subscribers for its premium services, up from over 1.4 million at the same time last year. Looking ahead, it expects third-quarter revenue in range of $80 million to $82 million.
LOS ANGELES (MarketWatch) - Macrovision Corp.'s stock sank in evening trading Monday after the company reported its quarterly profit sank, despite higher revenue, and warned its results for the both the current quarter and year would fall well short of analysts' expectations.
So right TBB!!
MarketWatch Alerts MVSN: Macrovision shares down nearly 15% to $18.50
4:42pm 08/01/05
Macrovision profit slumps 31%; firm cuts outlook (MVSN) By Michael Paige
LOS ANGELES (MarketWatch) -- Macrovision Corp. (MVSN) late Monday said its second-quarter profit slumped 31% to $6.1 million, or 12 cents a share, from a year-earlier profit of $8.8 million, or 18 cents a share, despite increased revenue. Excluding one-time items, the company would have earned $8 million, or 16 cents a share, compared to $9.5 million, or 19 cents a share, a year earlier. Revenue for the period ended June 30 rose 25% to $44.4 million from $35.7 million. Looking ahead, the company cuts its financial outlook for the year, saying the DVD industry "appears to have hit a few road bumps" that will impact its copyright protection businessb. Wall Street analysts, on average, expected a second-quarter profit of 16 cents a share before items on revenue of $47.9 million, according to a Thomson First Call survey.
www.sunncomm.com
Corey, Good point made!!
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Kenco, I think the numbers are lower then what we been told to date. Most PRs state Cds sold in North America what about the other parts of the world?????????
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Corey, Nice to see us back were we started. Nashville!!
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SunnComm Licenses CD-3™ and MediaClôQ™ Technology to Nashville Label
Sunbird Records To Enhance Future Album Releases With SunnComm’s CD-3 Technology
Peter H. Jacobs, SunnComm’s chief executive officer, stated, “Our first product trial with Sunbird Records has been very well received. Len Doolin’s album, “Once in a Lifetime” has paved the way for commercial use of SunnComm’s CD-3 Technology. The potential our technology has to promote inter-activity between the consumers and the artist community is spectacular.
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Microsoft sets out internet growth strategy
By Richard Waters in Redmond, Washington Jul 28 2005 22:28
Microsoft on Thursday laid out an ambitious goal to create a new generation of internet-based services to boost its growth rate, potentially bringing in advertising, subscription and transaction revenues to supplement its more mature businesses.
Besides existing services such as internet search and the Xbox Live online games service, new areas of interest were likely to involve communications, web-based storage and tools to help workers collaborate better, executives said at the company's annual analyst meeting.
They were also likely to extend beyond its MSN internet service to include new ways of generating income for the company's Windows and Office divisions, they added.
Steve Ballmer, chief executive, said the new emphasis on services reflected a broader transition in the software industry, which is shifting from “delivering bits [of data] to delivering bits and services.”
He added: “The internet's transformative impact on the software business has just begun.”
Microsoft's new focus on services reflects the success of internet companies like Google and eBay, as well as Apple's iTunes music service. While depending on advertising or transaction fees for their income, these and other internet applications are types of software application that are delivered over the internet, rivalling Microsoft's more traditional way of selling software.
The new emphasis on services could point to changes in Microsoft's core business model, and suggests that the company has digested the lessons from Google and others, said Rick Sherlund, software analyst at Goldman Sachs.
“It seems as though Microsoft is about to go on the offensive,” he said, using its large base of software products to spin off new ideas for businesses based on delivering services over the internet.
However, the company provided few details of specific plans and analysts cautioned that an earlier emphasis on web-based services, made at the end of 1990s when Microsoft launched its company-wide .Net initiative, had not led to the shift anticipated at that time.
The new focus on services also left questions about whether Microsoft was interested mainly in new ways to deliver its software to customers over the internet, or whether it was proposing new methods of charging for its software, for instance through subscriptions, said Rob Helm, an analyst at Directions on Microsoft, an independent research firm. “The devil will be in the detail,” he said.
Bill Gates, chairman, conceded that Microsoft was “playing catch-up on search” after starting late, but added that within three years it would have made technical advances that far outshine the current state of the technology.
stehvestor, Your so right! But Apple is not going to be left out in the cold. IMO
cgibelooino, Thanks for your link! This just came over the wire.
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Microsoft's Ballmer 'very bullish' on growth prospects (MSFT) By Michael Paige
LOS ANGELES (MarketWatch) -- Microsoft Corp. (MSFT) Chief Executive Steve Ballmer on Thursday said he's "very bullish" on the company's growth prospects. Microsoft's core businesses, like its Windows and Office products, are set for "very steady, robust growth," he said. The company also expects to find growth by moving beyond those "anchor" businesses, he told an annual gathering of financial analysts. Ballmer predicted Microsoft would become a "major player" in areas like digital music and Internet search.
[ MSFT ] Microsoft CEO: To become major player in music, search
By MarketWatch
7/28/2005 12:07:22 PM
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Can't find the link to the stroy but this is the headline for Microsoft today!
Maybe someone expects some kind of major movement very soon and wants to be ready to take advantage of it. I know I would have done the same on what I believe. Could be a good sign of things ahead.
Best!
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Dwango Wireless Introduces Napster Ringtones to Canada with Rogers Wireless; Country's Leading Carrier is First to Offer Exclusive Napster Content to Mobile Subscribers
7/27/2005 9:17:30 AM
SEATTLE, Jul 27, 2005 (CCNMatthews via COMTEX) -- Dwango(R) Wireless, (DWGN), a leading developer and publisher of mobile entertainment content for top lifestyle brands, today with Napster(R) (NAPS), the biggest brand in digital music, announced the launch of the Napster Ringtones mobile phone service throughout Canada with Rogers Wireless. Rogers Wireless currently serves more than 5.5 million wireless subscribers and is the largest wireless communications service provider in the country.
"As the first U.S.-based digital music service to enter the Canadian market, Napster is excited to deliver another service for the country's music lovers to enjoy," said Larry Linietsky, Napster's senior vice president of worldwide business development. "With the help of Rogers Wireless, we can deliver this new piece of the Napster experience to the greatest number of mobile customers across Canada."
The Napster Ringtones launch with Rogers Wireless marks the first partnership between Dwango and Napster in Canada. Dwango partnered with Napster in May to offer U.S. wireless subscribers access to the Napster Ringtones service. After the initial Canadian launch, Dwango and Napster expect that subscribers of other Canadian carriers will soon be able to access the Napster Ringtones service during fall 2005.
"We are looking forward to delivering Napster branded mobile entertainment to Canadian music lovers as they explore Napster Ringtones on their mobile devices," said Alexander U. Conrad, president and COO of Dwango Wireless. "We are proud to partner with Rogers Wireless in this endeavor as the company continues to demonstrate an ongoing dedication to delivering compelling mobile content to subscribers."
Rogers Wireless subscribers can immediately access Napster Ringtones on their wireless device by launching their navigate mobile Internet browser, selecting "What's New" and downloading popular ringtones, artist "shoutouts," exclusive wallpaper and other graphics from Napster's extensive library. The content starts at $2.10 CDN and is compatible with a wide variety of phones.
About Dwango(R) Wireless
Dwango(R) Wireless (DWGN) offers a comprehensive approach for bringing lifestyle and affiliate brands to the wireless arena through customized entertainment content, ringtones, games and applications for mobile phones. A key player in the wireless industry, Dwango Wireless provides unique content for some of today's hottest lifestyle brands, including Napster, Playboy and Rolling Stone. Dwango North America corporate information can be found at www.dwango.com. Dwango(R) is a trademark of Dwango Co. Ltd., and used by Dwango Wireless pursuant to an exclusive license.
About Napster
Napster, the biggest brand in digital music, is a subscription service that enables fans to freely sample the world's largest and most diverse online collection of music and move an unlimited amount of songs to compatible MP3 players. Napster (www.napster.com) members have access to songs from all major labels and hundreds of independents and have more ways to discover, share and acquire new music and old favorites with community features like the ability to email tracks to friends and browse other members' collections. Napster also offers Napster Light, a "lighter" version of the service for those who just want to purchase songs and albums a la carte. Napster is currently available in the United States, Canada and the U.K. and is headquartered in Los Angeles with sales offices in New York, London and Frankfurt.
Kenco, Maybe you could talk MVSN into using MMXT copy protection when the deal is done! I would make sense!!
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Didn't happen!!! Good!
Berg111, Do you think someone will drop a 198 share on SCMI at the last second @ .04?
MM must be freaking out!! 198 shares traded to drop the price on MMXT. Any suckers?????????????
ROTFLMAO!!!!
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