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The MXP 100 is without peers in today’s portable digital audio player market.
Features:
Superior quality Multi-Codec Digital Music Player for playback of MP3 and Windows Media™ files (field upgradeable for additional codec support and firmware updates)
Digital voice recording and playback capabilities
Easy file search and navigation with VoiceNav™ speech recognition user interface
Robust storage capacity supported by IBM Microdrive™ (340 MB, 512 MB or 1GB), or SanDisk-compatible CompactFlash™ Cards.
Li-Ion battery capable of playing for over 12 hours with a single charge
Universal Fast Charger capable of fully replenishing battery life in under 3 hours
Compact, user-friendly design
Easily connected to home audio system with line-out adjustable setting
Ships with MusicMatch Jukebox Software and e.Digital Music Explorer™ software for voice and music file management
Internal Real-Time clock to time stamp voice messages
Firmware upgradeable to future time bound secure music subscription services
180-day limited warranty*
http://www.edig.com/MXP100sneak2.html
Mercury - hmmm .... 1999 - remember Bill being rumored at edig offices and the bloomberg article per to packet video n edig.
Nother long shot.... but why mp3 n WMA defaulted
emit...
MTV's World
Mando-Pop. Mexican Hip Hop. Russian Rap. It's all fueling the biggest
global channel
It's the Suit vs. the Tattoo Set. Foggy Bottom and the Hip Hop Crowd.
The General and the Veejay. It's, it's...well, it's another weird but
fascinating cultural moment on MTV, the Viacom-owned music network
(VIA ) that supplements its core mission of delivering 150-decibel
music to the world's teens with straight-talking programs on issues
such as AIDS, drugs, and racism. On Feb. 14, U.S. Secretary of State
Colin L. Powell will lead Be Heard, a no-holds-barred talk show on
MTV Networks, where he will field questions on the crisis in
Afghanistan from teens from Boston to Berlin to Bombay. The program
will air on MTV's 33 channels worldwide and reach almost 375 million
households. MTV's video jockeys--the ones who usually deliver wall-to-
wall Hindi film music, German hard rock, Mando-pop, and Mexican hip
hop to local viewers--will moderate the meeting, and translators will
be on hand to turn questions into English. It will be, in other
words, an Event.
Powell's appearance is a media moment that only MTV could pull off.
Media moguls can babble on about the global village, on how CNN or
BBC can reach out and touch the world. But those news shows are bush
league operations compared with MTV's global clout. Thanks to the
roaring success of its subsidiary, MTV Networks International, the
music channel and its sister operations, VH1 and Nickelodeon, reach 1
billion people in 18 different languages in 164 countries. Eight out
of ten MTV viewers live outside the U.S. CNN International reaches an
international audience less than half the size of MTV's. Its
impressive global reach has earned MTV membership in that tiny elite
of such globally transcendent brands as Coke and Levi's.
MTV seems not to have missed a beat as turmoil roils the executive
ranks at parent Viacom, whose board in late January called upon CEO
Sumner Redstone and Chief Operating Officer Mel Karmazin to cease
feuding. The stock is down almost 20% since early January, but
analysts say the strife should have no impact on operating units like
MTV. MTV Networks International makes buckets of money year after
year from a potent combination of cable subscriber fees, advertising,
and increasingly, new media. Very few other transnational media
operations can claim to make profits at all. But revenues at MTV
Networks International increased 19% in 2001, to $600 million, while
operating profits grew a hefty 50%, to $135 million. They are
expected to more than double by 2004, according to Merrill Lynch &
Co. media analyst Jessica Reif Cohen. In the past three years, the
growth of MTV Networks International has outpaced the domestic
network, accounting for 16% of MTV Networks' overall revenues, says
co-founder and Chairman Tom Freston. He aims to increase that to 40%
within five years, as MTV in the U.S. begins to plateau. MTV's
international success is attracting a host of imitators, one of them
spawned by the relentless Rupert Murdoch. But for now, MTV's version
of globalization really rocks.
MTV Networks International owes its success to a lot of factors.
First, demographics: There were 2.7 billion people between the ages
of 10 and 34 in 2000. By 2010, there will be 2.8 billion.
Increasingly, this age group is acquiring the bucks to buys CDs,
jeans, acne cream--whatever brands are hot in each country. That
means advertisers increasingly love MTV International. Second, music:
All that stuff about music being a universal language is true, and
rock is the universal language for Planet Teen. What MTV does is
customize the offering in a brilliant way. Third, television: The
number of sets in the world's living rooms--especially in such places
as China, Brazil, Russia, and India--is exploding. So are the globe's
cable networks. "Everyone who has a TV knows there's something called
MTV," says Chantara Kapahi, a 17-year-old student at Jai Hind College
in Bombay. The fourth reason is Bill Roedy.
Roedy, a 53-year-old West Point grad, is president of MTV Networks
International and, theoretically, is based in London. Theoretically,
since his real office is more of a semi-perpetual airborne state
involving him, his trademark army green pen and paper, and a business-
class round-trip ticket to wherever. To give kids their dose of rock,
he has breakfasted with former Israeli Prime Minister Shimon Peres,
dined with Singapore founder Lee Kuan Yew, and chewed the fat for
five hours with Chinese leader Jiang Zemin. Roedy even met with El
Caudillo himself--Cuban leader Fidel Castro, who commended Roedy for
his educational efforts on AIDS and wondered if MTV could teach Cuban
kids English. Says Roedy: "We've had very little resistance once we
explain that we're not in the business of exporting American culture."
Roedy & Co. are shrewd enough to realize that while the world's teens
want American music, they really want the local stuff, too. So, MTV's
producers and veejays scour their local markets for the top talent.
The result is an endless stream of overnight sensations that keep
MTV's global offerings fresh. Just over a year ago, for example, Lena
Katina and Yulia Volkova were no different than most Moscow
schoolgirls. Today, Katina, 16, and Volkova, 15, form Tatu, one of
the hottest rock groups ever to come out of Russia. Tatu has won a
cult following among local teens since their debut single, Ya Soshla
s Uma (I've Gone Crazy), first aired on MTV Russia 15 months ago.
Universal even plans to promote Tatu's next recordings in the
U.S. "Our producers could have signed a contract with Sony or Warner,
too. We had offers from all of them," says Katina.
Tatu is just one of a slew of emerging local music groups gaining
international exposure through MTV and a wider audience in the U.S.,
too. Colombian rock singer Shakira, unknown outside Latin America
until she recorded an MTV Unplugged CD--the acoustic live concerts
recorded by MTV--in 1999, is now the winner of one U.S. Grammy and
two Latin Grammy awards. Her CD has gone platinum, selling more than
2 million copies worldwide. After releasing four CDs in just three
years, Taiwanese pop star Jolin Tsai, 21, is gaining popularity in
mainland China thanks to heavy airplay on MTV. More unusual is
Pakistani-born pop singer Adnan Sami. He's a cross-border phenom, too-
-only this border is bristling with guns. After appearances on MTV
India last year, Sami's first album, Kabhi to Nazar Milao (Look at Me
Sometimes) has sold 2 million copies there.
Viacom is now counting on MTV to be one of its biggest growth drivers
in the next decade. There's plenty of room to launch new channels on
cable and satellite outside the U.S., where penetration, at 38%, is
about where the American market was in 1983. As digital television
takes off in Europe, MTV plans to introduce more music channels, such
as the seven it has in Britain that focus on such genres as rhythm-
and-blues and dance. Another part of the strategy: make MTV "a
vehicle to develop business [for other Viacom brands]," says Viacom
COO Karmazin. "Let's face it, the way people know Viacom is through
MTV." Viacom can parlay growth abroad for its lesser-known VH1,
Nickelodeon, and TV Land brands "off MTV's reputation."
MTV also is betting heavily on emerging technologies. Last November,
MTV UK created interactive applications for digital TV that enable
viewers to buy CDs, get information on gigs, and vote for nominees in
MTV's European Music Awards. Now available on Sky Digital, the
applications will be rolled out across Europe this year. Another
premier, this time in Scandinavia, was MTV Live, which goes to homes
with broadband cable. Viewers can play virtual games, such as Trash
Your Hotel Room, where users get the chance to be a rock star and
wreak virtual havoc.
Meanwhile, in July, 2000, MTV Asia launched LiLi, a virtual animated
veejay who interacts with viewers on air and online in five Asian
languages. An actor behind the image controls LiLi's responses,
letting her interview artists and offer viewers tips on pop culture
in real time. LiLi is now so popular with Asian teens that Ericsson
has launched a line of LiLi mobile phones. In Japan, an MTV wireless
Internet service lets users download entertainment news, vote for
their favorite veejays, or choose music. MTV "tries to make a lot of
noise off the channel," says Nigel Robbins, CEO of MTV Group Japan.
MTV's early international expansion--it got into Moscow in 1993, for
example--puts it ahead of the competition in nearly every market.
Hong Kong-based Channel V's 24-hour music channel, owned by Rupert
Murdoch's Star TV, reaches nearly 47 million homes but has yet to
make a profit. VIVA--owned 45.9% by AOL Time Warner (AOL ), EMI, and
Vivendi Universal (V )--is MTV's biggest rival in Europe. It reported
a net loss of $9.4 million on sales of $40 million in the first nine
months of 2001 but expects to be in the black in 2002. "The market is
big enough for both of us," says VIVA CEO Dieter Gorny.
The music channel also faces some risks in a handful of countries,
such as Italy and Brazil, where MTV operates its channels in
partnership with a local player. "It's really a question of whether
they can maintain distribution on outlets they don't own," says
Sanford C. Bernstein & Co. media analyst Tom Wolzien. Wolzien says
News Corp. and Vivendi have much stronger relations with local
regulators, giving them an edge in launching music channels they can
control.
MTV's best response to these threats is to make its programming as
strong as possible. Its policy of 70% local content has resulted in
some of the network's most creative shows, such as MTV Brasil's
monthlong Rockgol, a soccer championship that pits Brazilian
musicians against record industry executives. In Russia, the locally
produced Twelve Angry Viewers was voted one of Russia's top three
talk programs. In a colorful studio amid bright blue steps and large
green cushions, a dozen teens watch and discuss the latest videos.
Periodically, they break into spontaneous dance or pop one another
over the head with inflatable lollipops. O.K., it's not Chekhov. But
Russian groups beg to be featured on it. Says producer Piotr
Sheksheyev: "MTV trusts that we Russians know best what works."
Ceding so much control to local channels does result in the
occasional misstep. While watching MTV in Taiwan, Roedy was aghast to
see nude wrestling. That was one time we had to "intervene," he
recalls. When MTV first entered the Indian market in 1996, Hindi film
music--the romantic, colorful soundtracks of Bollywood films--was
wildly popular, but the channel's locally hired programmers disdained
it as uncool. Viewers abandoned the channel, forcing it to air
Bollywood music. Since then ratings have soared by 700%.
India is one of the giant markets that MTV is determined to dominate.
The other big-country play is China. Analysts believe it is likely to
be some time before the government grants 24-hour broadcasting
licenses to foreigners on a nationwide basis. Still, in 2001, MTV's
ad revenue in China almost doubled--even though the network airs only
a maximum of six hours daily through Chinese cable systems.
Roedy has spent the past decade cultivating relationships in China.
At one long dinner with Chinese cable operators, he desperately
attempted to hold his own through countless toasts and karaoke songs.
While his Chinese counterparts sang Chinese opera arias, Roedy sang a
few songs from Madame Butterfly, while MTV Chairman Freston belted
out House of the Rising Sun, the bluesy ballad about a New Orleans
whorehouse. They must have been in tune: MTV Mandarin is seen in 60
million homes in China via 40 Chinese cable systems. Last year, more
than 10,000 teens came from all over China to audition to become the
next veejay on MTV Mandarin. One finalist, who had traveled 18 hours
to Beijing, was so distraught at losing that MTV offered to let her
veejay for a day. Anything to keep a viewer.
By Kerry Capell in London, with Catherine Belton in Moscow, Tom Lowry
in New York, Manjeet Kripalani in Bombay, Brian Bremner in Tokyo,
Dexter Roberts in Beijing, and bureau reports
http://www.businessweek.com/magazine/content/02_07/b3770009.htm
CDR - Here you go.
http://www.investorshub.com/boards/read_msg.asp?message_id=311183
MTV and Lan Plus Plan to Kick Off a New Multifunctional PC Product Line Powered by the AMD Athlon XP Processor
LAS VEGAS--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Jan. 9, 2002--AMD (NYSE:AMD)
Equipped With All the College Props, Including a CD Burner, Cable-Ready Television Tuner, DVD Player and Radio Tuner With Remote
MTV: Music Television and Lan Plus today announced a brand new line of PCs and PC-based products geared toward the Internet and entertainment-savvy MTV demographic.
Planned to be released in Spring 2002, these products will enable users to watch TV, play DVD movies, listen to CDs, tune in to the stereo and browse the Internet from a single device. The new line of products is also designed to enhance the gaming experience.
Powered by the AMD Athlon(tm) XP processor, the computer is expected to be equipped with a DVD/CD-RW drive, cable-ready television tuner, radio tuner with remote and LCD monitor that provides radiation-free entertainment and PC application viewing. This stylish product will be available in a variety of designs and colors and will include exclusive MTV content.
"This new product line is an ideal solution for anyone wishing to combine all their entertainment and computing needs in one unit. This phenomenal product virtually replaces the television, personal computer, DVD player and music CD/FM stereo. Just think about the impact this will have on dormitories, as well as homes and lofts with limited space," said Bob Anderson, director of business development at Lan Plus. "The system blends entertainment needs and computing needs in a powerful, yet simple, design."
"We are always looking for new ways to enhance the entertainment experience for our tech savvy audience," said Tony Calandra, director, interactive products for MTV. "With this one product, college students can convert their dorms into an up-to-the-minute entertainment center where they can burn CDs, watch movies on DVD, catch their favorite cable shows and surf on-line."
"AMD has long enjoyed an enthusiastic relationship with advanced technology users," said Pat Moorhead, AMD vice president of customer advocacy. "We believe this product is revolutionary because it will deliver convergence technology that successfully blends productivity and entertainment powered by the world's highest performance PC processor, the AMD Athlon(tm) XP. The end result will be a customer-centric product that delivers technology designed for the multi-media needs of the MTV tech-savvy audience."
About the AMD Athlon(tm) XP Processor
The AMD Athlon XP processor features QuantiSpeed(tm) architecture, 384KB of on-chip, full-speed cache and support for AMD's 3DNow!(tm) Professional instructions for enhanced multimedia capabilities. The AMD Athlon XP processor is compatible with AMD's Socket A infrastructure, and supports the advanced 266MHz front-side bus. AMD Athlon XP processors are manufactured using AMD's 0.18-micron copper process technology in Fab 30 in Dresden, Germany.
About AMD
AMD is a global supplier of integrated circuits for the personal and networked computer and communications markets with manufacturing facilities in the United States, Europe, Japan, and Asia. AMD, a Fortune 500 and Standard & Poor's 500 company, produces microprocessors, flash memory devices, and support circuitry for communications and networking applications. Founded in 1969 and based in Sunnyvale, Calif., AMD had revenues of $4.6 billion in 2000. (NYSE:AMD).
About Lan Plus
Lan Plus is a leading OEM computer manufacturer that recently announced its intention to merge with McGlen Internet Group (OTC "MIGS"). Lan Plus has been in the PC manufacturing business since 1991. It is ISO 9002-certified and sells under Northgate as well as several other brand names.
About MTV Networks
MTV Networks, a unit of Viacom International Inc. (NYSE:VIA) (NYSE:VIA.B), owns and operates the following television programming services -- MTV: Music Television, MTV2, VH1, Nickelodeon/Nick at Nite, TV LAND, TNN, CMT and The Digital Suite From MTV Networks, a package of nine U.S. digital services, all of which are trademarks of MTV Networks. MTV Networks also has licensing agreements, joint ventures and syndication deals whereby all of its programming services can be seen worldwide. In addition, MTV Networks operates The MTVi Group and Nickelodeon Online, a portfolio of leading Internet properties built to address every interest of today's music fan and Internet-savvy kid.
AMD, the AMD Arrow logo, AMD Athlon, 3DNow!, and combinations thereof, and QuantiSpeed are trademarks of Advanced Micro Devices Inc.
Other product names are for informational purposes only and may be trademarks of their respective companies.
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CONTACT: AMD
Dan Pickens, 512/602-0439 (PR)
dan.pickens@amd.com
or
Toni Beckham, 408/749-3127 (IR)
or
MTV Public Relations -- East Coast
Eileen Shell, 212/846-6762
eileen.shell@mtvstaff.com
or
MTV Public Relations -- West Coast
Alison Olin, 310/752-8044
alison.olin@mtvstaff.com
or
A: The technologies currently under evaluation to provide subscription-based music downloads (as opposed to streaming) are supported by all our MXP 100 models and future-generation TREÓ products
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'as opposed to streaming' hmmm, supose streaming has a captur mode... like 'Record' think a streaming record will differ in quality because you'll be recording as if AmplificationMagnitude...
codec algorithm download ads achusic dolby effects..
does distinguish between the two and XM/TI/Maycome n eDigital's 3.0 mos grabs this ability.
emit...
All next-generation e.Digital mass storage products will have drive-letter support (i.e. they will appear as another hard drive on your desktop) and there will be firmware and/or software updates available online to insure backward compatibility with products already sold
'And imho other players may even carry this ability via TI-DSP programmability. was emms,sd compliant substates added.
If labels ever get there ack together, we will know.
emit...
The portable content technology is there,,, so intricate n dedicated. toshiba DP looks dockable, civil, law,insurance, instrurment n instructional. Palm CE for CPQ via Alscripts maybe.
DataPlay = optical wireless, acth next gen.
microdrive draw. CF/SD is effecianter than HD's.
Optic design we perfect'
before unknown third-parties devices. FAQs answered the question of other DP designers/devices coming to market.
But we have done MTV :)
Sonicblu el probably do Pepsi, without us.
imho. Expect Sony DataPlay diskGo devices... aftermarket go between if sony stays CF.
Edig.. imation, viacom... This saved my fortitude to those basher investor fows. We have a winner.
Samsung... n other CE majors are ODMing as we speak, all over the world.
If Treo, n nomad, mxp, ipod, n a gazillion other cf players get the right software we'll plug into reddot to utilize wirless MD/DP fasilitators.
That be needing a multicodec cf file system - not unlike the PC drive requirment for portable interaction to an os pc drivers audio manager.
Interesting ROM GAT to new commercial content, stoping it's feared usage as new artist come out n offering a individulized network- will help save artist n label ego apeezsment for lost control n its presteige n influence n acceptance of DRMs.
NICTH n need may favor secure need
NASA needed it.
Other filedata will open kiosks for no telling.
emit...
Q: Over the past year the idea of subscription-based music downloading services from AOL/Time Warner, PressPlay, or Musicnet has gotten a lot of publicity. Does e.Digital plan to have a role in subscription-based music when it becomes available?
A: The technologies currently under evaluation to provide subscription-based music downloads (as opposed to streaming) are supported by all our MXP 100 models and future-generation TREÓ products.
very true... should removed the 'plesently suprised', many edig holders have fonx. Ment to to show verizons plans for Ford telematics. verizon and lucent are working into portables... edigital is known for porting lucents VRengine into portables... I just assume portables will facilitate wireless data transfere over various apps by 2005.
edig has alwas been IBM and Lucent centric on VR apps...
fonx could easly be next imho...
emit...
Remenber LU/Verizon 5bill deal, a portable VR unit to facilitate might need edig tweakage. Sun using fonix VR.
http://news.com.com/2001-1040-0.html?tag=tab#
Under the News.com Video click the Sun test telematics in smart car and I believe you will be pleasantly surprised
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Jay Wrolstad
December 14, 2001
Wingcast also will gain the use of Verizon's Express Network service for high-speed data transmission, with applications ranging from enterprise software to streaming video.
As it prepares to launch next year, telematics provider Wingcast is putting together all the pieces of a comprehensive automotive communications system. The company said it added a major component with a commitment from Verizon Wireless to deliver voice and data services for vehicles outfitted with the Wingcast service.
Established a year ago as a joint venture between Ford Motor Company (NYSE: F) and Qualcomm (Nasdaq: QCOM), Wingcast promises to offer such in-dash options as hands-free, high-speed communications, location-based applications, GPS (global positioning system) and a variety of other wireless services.
Wingcast will be available in selected Ford and Nissan vehicles beginning with the 2003 model year, the company said. Some one million vehicles initially will include the system.
The exclusive alliance with the nation's largest wireless carrier gives Wingcast access to Verizon's CDMA (code division multiple access) network, and the two companies said they will jointly develop voice pricing plans and service bundles for Wingcast customers.
Natural Move
Wingcast communications director Mary Palmer told Wireless NewsFactor that the agreement was a natural move for the company, given its ties to Qualcomm and commitment to CDMA technology.
"Verizon Wireless has shown an interest in expanding its advanced-CDMA network, and the services and content we will be able to deliver will continue to grow," she said, citing e-mail delivery and backseat videos among future options.
Palmer also said that by becoming a reseller, Wingcast can create its own price plans and can offer single billing to its customers for both voice and data service -- a significant benefit for the company's billing department.
Office on Wheels
"This will provide our customers with the broadest available coverage footprint, providing access from almost anywhere in the country. We also will be able to access the latest voice and data services available through Verizon Wireless' continued expansion of its digital network," Wingcast CEO Harel Kodesh said.
Besides extensive network coverage, Wingcast said, the company will gain the use of Verizon's Express Network service -- when and where it is available -- for high-speed data transmission, with applications that include e-mail and enterprise software, graphics, access to intranet and Internet services, instant messaging and streaming video.
Armed for Competition
Ford is playing catch-up with rival General Motors (NYSE: GM) in the race to deliver telematics, as GM already has its OnStar system in nearly two million vehicles. And virtually all automakers are focusing on this market, which analysts predict will total US$42 billion by 2010 -- if customers can be sold on the need for all of these bells and whistles.
To make its offering more attractive, Wingcast in recent months has enlisted Sun Microsystems (Nasdaq: SUNW) to furnish the backbone for its telematics system and has tapped software providers Oracle (Nasdaq: ORCL) and Kana to develop voice-activated access to CRM and ERP systems.
Ford has projected that more than one million of its new vehicles will be equipped with Wingcast by the end of 2002. The company said that number should rise to 3 million by 2003, and added that all of its cars and trucks will offer the telematics service by year-end 2004.
http://techextreme.com/perl/story/15323.html
culater
World Theatre / BMG. Secure Content via drm embedded ROM – Networked to a secure Television channel.
Samsung / AOL zapstation, maybe.
Fatcat… wasn’t On2 supposed to do something with usvideo or was it vallymedia.
Happy Easter Shareholders…. Future looks bright
Emit…
And Who's players support IBM's EMMS.
Cheers
emit...
Samsung in there as STB maker.... also IBM, fugitsu n Lucent.
nice
emit...
New Interactive Music Television Network To Pioneer Digital Download Of Full Album and Video Content
NEW YORK, October 15, 2001 Laying the foundation for its interactive music television network to be launched in 2002, World Theatre, Inc. today announced a license agreement with BMG North America, a unit of one of the world's largest global music companies. The deal will give World Theatre video broadcasting and digital music distribution rights to music and video content from BMG's U.S. labels, including: Arista, RCA Records, RCA Label Group Nashville and RCA Victor. BMG's marquis artists include Christina Aguilera, Toni Braxton, Dave Matthews Band, Dido, Alan Jackson, Whitney Houston and Carlos Santana, among many others. BMG is one of several music companies that have granted licenses to World Theatre Inc.
Under terms of the distribution agreement, BMG has granted World Theatre rights to digitally distribute new releases as well as its catalog. World Theatre will broadcast BMG's music videos on its interactive music television network and provide a rich set of interactive promotional capabilities. One such capability provides viewers with the opportunity to purchase through digital download the full album underlying the onscreen video or any previously released catalog album.
"We're thrilled that BMG has granted us access to its diverse stable of labels and artists," noted World Theatre Chairman Robert Summer. "Music television has served as a driver for introducing new acts and sustaining the careers of established artists. Now the medium is extended to become a valued platform for distribution of digital recordings."
"BMG is pleased to make our music and video content available through World Theatre's interactive music television network," said Robert Jamieson, President and CEO, BMG North America. "This further demonstrates BMG's commitment to creating a digital connection between our artists and their fans in innovative ways that include the exploitation of our video assets."
World Theatre, Inc. is working in partnership with leading interactive television technology and middleware providers to deliver iTV cross-platform compatibility for its transactional entertainment platform. World Theatre's platform will support a wide range of digital television interactive capabilities enabling consumers to purchase and experience music in a whole new way. In addition, the platform integrates into existing cable and satellite broadcasting architectures, and delivers an unprecedented combination of entertainment and shopping convenience to consumers.
About World Theatre, Inc.
World Theatre, Inc. is a privately held corporation founded in 1999 to create technology-based solutions that speed the transition between the promotion and purchase of consumer products. World Theatre's iTV platform simultaneously supports a wide range of digital set-top box interactive capabilities, easily integrates into cable and satellite broadcasting architectures, and delivers an unprecedented combination of entertainment and shopping convenience to consumers. The company is readying the launch of an interactive music network for introduction in 2002. The new network will enhance the music experience by allowing consumers to instantaneously get information about their favorite artists and digitally download full albums directly to their homes. The company is headquartered in Raleigh, NC with offices in New York.
About BMG
BMG Entertainment is the global music division of Bertelsmann AG, one of the world's leading media companies, with annual revenues of $18.45 billion. BMG owns more than 200 record labels in 44 countries including Arista Records, RCA Records and Ariola. As a leader in using the Internet to bring fans closer to their favorite artists, BMG's online presence includes more than 37 wholly owned music & lifestyle Web sites around the world brought together under the click2music.com umbrella. In addition, BMG owns one of the industry's most highly regarded distribution companies and one of the world's largest music publishing companies.
Been seeing a lot of advertising on MTV and PPV for PlayStation2 wrestling UFC typ games... could the WWF connect be related to these type full motion games coming to DataPlay.
Stay Tuned.
emit...
Red Dot Net Mercury In-Store Music Preview System
Features:
New level of simplicity and ease for in-store music previews
Can be installed anywhere
8 inches in diameter and 4 inches deep
Touch screen and dial technology
Data provided by All Music Guide ("AMG")
Enabled for DataPlay and for digital downloads to SDMI compliant devices
Delivers sound samples, cover art, and other information
http://www.dataplay.com/jsp_files/en/whatsplaying/products.jsp?action=details
Have Enough To Count
"We are excited to bring this revolutionary technology to market," said Michael Malcy, Vice President of Samsung's Digital Convergence Team. "Samsung has made a commitment to move forward with new and creative digital convergence products and DataPlay has proven to be an excellent match to help achieve this goal."
http://www.samsungelectronics.com/news/digital_media/olddata_100000010459_001300.html
Toshiba chairman shows dataplay disc:
http://technology.singnet.com.sg/cool_giz29.asp
2001 - Robert Putnam Senior Vice President e.Digital Corporation. As an OEM technology provider, we work with our OEM customers and their preferences in regards to announcements, marketing and the use of their names and logos. The information that Samsung and Toshiba have allowed us to make public to date we have issued. Toshiba and Samsung are expected to market DataPlay-based, e.Digital-enabled devices later this year when DataPlay's optical storage technology is scheduled to become widely available. Per our 12/31/2000 Form 10QSB released on February 14th, in November 2000, we signed a licensing agreement with Samsung Electronics, America to develop a data storage device. We also signed an agreement with Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd., to design and manufacture a multicodec music player/recorder. Both of these agreements are royalty-bearing and also include non-recurring revenues for engineering design services. We expect more information regarding our working relationships with Samsung and Toshiba to be forthcoming.
Email from R. Putnam
Subj: RE: EDIG and Evolution Dataplay
Date: 3/4/02 4:32:07 PM Pacific Standard Time
From: robert@atcsd.com
To: ***********
Thank you for your e-mail. We are scheduled to receive royalties on each product. We are not announcing our royalty rates due to on-going negotiations with several OEMs/ODMs. We expect Samsung, Toshiba, EASTECH and
other OEMs/ODMs to bring products to the market based on e.Digital technology.
Please call me at your convenience if you would like to discuss this further.
Best regards,
Robert Putnam
Senior Vice President
e.Digital Corporation
13114 Evening Creek Dr. S.
San Diego, CA 92128
http://www.edig.com
Phone: (858) 679-3168
Fax: (858) 486-3922
robert@edig.com
And Let's not forget - To Debut May 1, 2002
Evolution, MTV, e.Digital, present one of the worlds first Dataplay Enabled music players. Abode-reader needed.... nice. Also... observe MXP-100's specs... ''upgradable to future time based subscription services.''
http://americapr.com/nowevolution/images/Dataplay-music.pdf
Michael Busselen, senior vice president and general manager of Fleishman-Hillard San Diego, added, "e.Digital has developed unique technology that has the potential to impact millions of consumers. The story is captivating, the business is timely, and we look forward to using our expertise and understanding of the media to share e.Digital's story with the business and technology communities.
Worlds Largest Media Firm-
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26 Mar 2002, 02:11 PM EST
SAN DIEGO, Mar 6, 2002 - e.Digital to Design, Develop, Manufacture, and Deliver Eclipse-Branded
Products for Automotive Infotainment and Telematics Systems. Eclipse by Fujitsu Ten automotive audio and infotainment products and technology received prestigious Audio Sound Grand Prix Awards in 2000 and 2001. Eclipse is
the fastest growing brand in the car stereo world.
http://www.investorshub.com/boards/read_msg.asp?message_id=294523
From the amended S3 - Also in March 2002, we announced that we had entered into a Development and Manufacturing Agreement with Eclipse by Fujitsu Ten, a car stereo company. Under the agreement, e.Digital will receive NRE fees for design and development services, as well as revenues for the manufacture and delivery of Eclipse-branded audio products. Specifically, the agreement provides that e.Digital will provide Eclipse by Fujitsu Ten with engineering services to integrate file management and compressed audio management technology designed by e.Digital into an advanced automotive audio system. Eclipse refers to their automotive audio system as an "infotainment" platform because it includes not only a radio and CD Player, but also may -
(i) connect wirelessly to the Internet to download music or other data,
(ii) store, organize, retrieve, and play back data, including digital audio files, from a hard disk drive,
(iii) connect wirelessly to a user's home personal computer while parked in the driveway for purposes of downloading and/or uploading music or other information,
(iv) record radio signals to a built-in hard disk drive as they are received and
(v) recognize the driver's voice commands to perform a variety of operations.
Prior to entering into the Development and Manufacturing Agreement, we had collaborated with Eclipse by Fujitsu Ten for several months to develop and deliver state-of-the-art automotive OEM and aftermarket infotainment systems integrating the latest digital audio, voice recognition, data storage, video, and wireless Internet technologies for sale under the Eclipse brand name. The first system was unveiled at the 2002 International Consumer Electronics Show in Las Vegas January 8 -- 11.
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TI is with IBOC-DigitalRadio. Agere/Lucent is with Sirrus/XM-DR. Both set to ePAC/tPAC/AAC... Kinda a win win for us :) March 13 - 20 in Hannover, Germany, Eureka DAB Solution Powers Breakthrough DAB Radio Product for Maycom A low cost Eureka digital audio broadcast (DAB) radio receiver solution from Texas Instruments Incorporated (TI) NYSE: TXN) has enabled the industry's first portable DAB radio for Korea-based Maycom Co., Ltd. TI's digital baseband and analog chipset powers the unique DAB radio and will be used in future Maycom digital radio products
http://www.ti.com/sc/docs/newsletter/news/sc02030.htm
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2MFCs - Yea Baby... U see the word 'Record'
Love it.
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Red Dot Net Mercury In-Store Music Preview System
Features:
New level of simplicity and ease for in-store music previews
Can be installed anywhere
8 inches in diameter and 4 inches deep
Touch screen and dial technology
Data provided by All Music Guide ("AMG")
Enabled for DataPlay and for digital downloads to SDMI compliant devices
Delivers sound samples, cover art, and other information
http://www.dataplay.com/jsp_files/en/whatsplaying/products.jsp?action=details
Have Enough To Count
"We are excited to bring this revolutionary technology to market," said Michael Malcy, Vice President of Samsung's Digital Convergence Team. "Samsung has made a commitment to move forward with new and creative digital convergence products and DataPlay has proven to be an excellent match to help achieve this goal."
http://www.samsungelectronics.com/news/digital_media/olddata_100000010459_001300.html
Toshiba chairman shows dataplay disc:
http://technology.singnet.com.sg/cool_giz29.asp
2001 - Robert Putnam Senior Vice President e.Digital Corporation. As an OEM technology provider, we work with our OEM customers and their preferences in regards to announcements, marketing and the use of their names and logos. The information that Samsung and Toshiba have allowed us to make public to date we have issued. Toshiba and Samsung are expected to market DataPlay-based, e.Digital-enabled devices later this year when DataPlay's optical storage technology is scheduled to become widely available. Per our 12/31/2000 Form 10QSB released on February 14th, in November 2000, we signed a licensing agreement with Samsung Electronics, America to develop a data storage device. We also signed an agreement with Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd., to design and manufacture a multicodec music player/recorder. Both of these agreements are royalty-bearing and also include non-recurring revenues for engineering design services. We expect more information regarding our working relationships with Samsung and Toshiba to be forthcoming.
Email from R. Putnam
Subj: RE: EDIG and Evolution Dataplay
Date: 3/4/02 4:32:07 PM Pacific Standard Time
From: robert@atcsd.com
To: ***********
Thank you for your e-mail. We are scheduled to receive royalties on each product. We are not announcing our royalty rates due to on-going negotiations with several OEMs/ODMs. We expect Samsung, Toshiba, EASTECH and
other OEMs/ODMs to bring products to the market based on e.Digital technology.
Please call me at your convenience if you would like to discuss this further.
Best regards,
Robert Putnam
Senior Vice President
e.Digital Corporation
13114 Evening Creek Dr. S.
San Diego, CA 92128
http://www.edig.com
Phone: (858) 679-3168
Fax: (858) 486-3922
robert@edig.com
And Let's not forget - To Debut May 1, 2002
Evolution, MTV, e.Digital, present one of the worlds first Dataplay Enabled music players. Abode-reader needed.... nice
http://americapr.com/nowevolution/images/Dataplay-music.pdf
Michael Busselen, senior vice president and general manager of Fleishman-Hillard San Diego, added, "e.Digital has developed unique technology that has the potential to impact millions of consumers. The story is captivating, the business is timely, and we look forward to using our expertise and understanding of the media to share e.Digital's story with the business and technology communities.
Worlds Largest Media Firm-
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Red Dot Net Mercury In-Store Music Preview System
Features:
New level of simplicity and ease for in-store music previews
Can be installed anywhere
8 inches in diameter and 4 inches deep
Touch screen and dial technology
Data provided by All Music Guide ("AMG")
Enabled for DataPlay and for digital downloads to SDMI compliant devices
Delivers sound samples, cover art, and other information
http://www.dataplay.com/jsp_files/en/whatsplaying/products.jsp?action=details
emit... Gollieee :)
Nice to type 'DataPlay' into Google and get DataPlay, Inc. followed by Kodak then e.Digital Sales & Service ....
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Tender - IMHO our designs are also within and not soley related to the outer skin.
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Mar 12, 2002 - Network designer Lucent Technologies and technology and solutions provider Compaq Computer Corp have entered into an agreement to accelerate the availability of wireless device capabilities.Compatibility will provide Compaq device users with high-speed mobile data solutions such as wireless web browsing, mobile e-mail and video streaming.
Nov. 5, 2001 - The consumer launch of the MXP 100, the first portable product to feature an interface based on our speech recognition engine, could create a new market and other opportunities for Lucent's speech recognition technology,'' commented Monte Stimmel, licensing manager in the Technology Licensing Solutions group at Lucent. ``Drawing on e.Digital's expertise in low power, small footprint applications, we are able to support more than 100,000 words and names in their music player, plus flexibility for English words or sounds not in the dictionary. We expect this to be the first of many voice recognition applications for portable devices, and we are enthusiastic about the potential to work with e.Digital on additional product opportunities.
March 19, 2001 - Verizon Wireless, the nation's largest wireless carrier, and Lucent Technologies today announced a three-year, $5 billion contract which positions Lucent to become the largest supplier of Verizon (3G) mobile network infrastructure. Verizon will purchase multiple products and systems from Lucent's designed to expand wireless coverage, increase capacity, and support high-speed data and mobile Internet applications.
http://ragingbull.lycos.com/mboard/boards.cgi?board=EDIG&read=640314
TI is with IBOC-DigitalRadio. Agere/Lucent is with Sirrus/XM-DR. Both set to ePAC/tPAC/AAC... Kinda a win win for us :) March 13 - 20 in Hannover, Germany, Eureka DAB Solution Powers Breakthrough DAB Radio Product for Maycom A low cost Eureka digital audio broadcast (DAB) radio receiver solution from Texas Instruments Incorporated (TI) NYSE: TXN) has enabled the industry's first portable DAB radio for Korea-based Maycom Co., Ltd. TI's digital baseband and analog chipset powers the unique DAB radio and will be used in future Maycom digital radio products. Maycom will launch the digital radio at CeBIT 2002,
http://www.ti.com/sc/docs/newsletter/news/sc02030.htm
Don't forget this is coming with DataPlay and others -
http://ragingbull.lycos.com/mboard/boards.cgi?board=EDIG&read=894047
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By: emit $$$$$
14 Dec 2001, 01:42 PM EST Msg. 858897 of 929712
Even though Robert has stated we're the primary intigrator doing DataPlay technology in and bringing it/them to market.... I for one have to stay realistic and assume that we are referred to as ''primary'' because we intialized it and may have received the first contracts with Samsung and Toshiba; therfor being primary for the time-being. However - IMHO I don't believe we'll be doing DP innogration for all its OEMs ie,. Reo etc.
What we've achieve with Samsung and our current music players should easily carry us.
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Why Go To Digital Radio?
Radio's venerable tradition of providing entertainment and information to people across the world is given a new lease on life with the move digital. First, the sound quality of digital radios will be greatly improved - imagine CD quality sound via your current radio stations. Static and interference are significantly reduced in digital radios. Second, digital radio will provide a new array of never before available data-rich services broadcasted to the public. These services could include traffic, sports, weather, stock prices, etc. LCDs could display this data via text, images, and/or video. Third, these new digital radios will converge with different types of compelling end products including: MP3 player/radio; cell phone/radio; and PDA/radio.
http://www.tidsp.com/sc/docs/innovate/radio/whydr.htm
SGE - Interesting,,, Be nice to see their meaning of portable. My 757-GX2 YAESU is considered portable but is bigger that an indash and the rectifier even larger. Some indash systems that detach from the dash for security reasons are considered portable also. I would think this is going to be an Auto or boom-box type player - but we never know. Remember , IBOC will be using tPAC and or AAC if recollection serves right.
From CK's post...
''Automotive digital radio appears to be a logical early target for the IBOC system. But the broadcast service could eventually be received in a variety of devices, including clock radios, portable radios or PCs, just as analog radios are installed in more than 800 million devices in the United States today, according to TI. ''
Just wonder if they'll put a HD/DP/SD slot on it and a 'Record' button.
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''A Java virtual machine sits on top of the RTOS and interfaces with the system applications. DaimlerChrysler engineers reportedly incorporated the QNX RTOS because Java middleware was critical for their interoperability needs, and QNX was originally born of the Java world, so they knew the two would be compatible''
ptsc's future -- imho
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MP3 codec sounds good on new pc's - Atrac3, AAC , Qdx drivers to portables - ease e dp md ported to auto.
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Telematics being a somewhat new industry and having half-dozen major contenders with forwardlooking vertical markets.... new designs using write-back mp3 n VR capabilities should keep Eclipse at the forfront. Hey People, !We are now the manufacturer of the biggest n fastest growing auto sound system on the market.
Take Note.... World
DataPlay Next... market favor
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March 1, 2002 / News Archives
HP's First WDA Grabs Market Attention
By Seng Li Peng
There is certainly an air of excitement when it comes to new wireless gadgets, whether it is in the west or east.
On personal digital assistants (PDAs) alone, total shipments grew 17 percent in 2001, with eight million units shipped during the year, according to a recent report by Cahners In-Stat Group. The Group anticipates that the market for PDAs should continue to experience double-digit growth over the next few years, peaking at 30 percent in 2004.
On mobile phones alone, there are about 550 million subscribers in the world currently. By 2005, it is estimated that the figure will grow to a staggering 1.2 billion and beyond.
Capitalizing on the exponential growth in the PDA and mobile phone market, HP has came up with its very first WDA - the Jornada 968 - a full-color integrated PDA and phone combination based on Microsoft's Pocket PC Phone Edition. This product will also help expand its Jornada family line of wireless products that include the 540 and 560 series PDAs and 700 series of handheld devices.
Although the company has not ruled out that the product will be CDMA (code-division multiple access - used in the countries such as the US) compatible one day, it's main target markets right now are Europe and parts of Asia that are on the GSM (Global System for Mobile communication) or 2G and GPRS (General Packet Radio Service) or 2.5G network.
Countries such as Japan and Korea will not be able to utilize the product as they are already on the 3G networks.
Like the Jornada 560, the 968 is designed and manufactured in Singapore and the first two countries that have been singled out as the initial launch pads are Singapore and Australia.
The lightweight product, weighing 194 gram and measuring 137 x 77.8 x 16.7 mm, is similar in design to that of Jornada 560 series except that it is slightly longer. The device is also equipped with entertainment features such as an MP3 player, games and a streaming video player and comes with a 64MB Ram, up-gradable to 128MB Ram for customers who want higher storage space.
It's removable and rechargeable Li-Polymer battery pack allows up to 150 to 180 minutes of talk time.
Shipment of the products is expected to begin in June this year and the company estimates that about 500,000 units of the 968 product will be manufactured for the region by the end of the year.
HP hopes to market the product not only to consumers but to the various vertical markets and government sectors as well.
Earlier, the Singapore Police Force (SPF) has embarked on a pilot project called mPOD where officers will be equipped with the portable device (connected to backend databases of SPF) to conduct screening of persons and vehicles on the beat, without the need to relay the requests to the Operations Room, thereby achieving faster screening results and freeing the latter to concentrate on call-handling and coordinating major incidents.
Police officers will also be able to obtain instantaneous and up-to-date critical operational information at their fingertips, which will enable them to make informed operational decisions and increase their productivity through providing better one-stop service to the public.
As demonstrated in the SPF, a WDA can come in handy. Although the concept of WDA is still relatively new, its potential in the market is excellent because it offers users a two-in-one device to the end user. This means that they no longer have to handle a PDA and a mobile phone separately.
The Jornada 928 was first introduced in GSM World Congress held in Cannes on 19 February and again in a press conference in Singapore on 28 February 2002.
Other WDA products on the market include the SPH-1300 from Samsung and Palm VII.
What about FYE - eom
Just shows MeTV is in good company.
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Intel and Excalibur Technologies Announce Name for New Venture
Convera Will Deliver Interactive Media Services;
Company also Names Board Designees
Santa Clara, CA and Vienna, VA, September 11, 2000 - Intel Corporation (Nasdaq: INTC) and Excalibur Technologies Corporation (Nasdaq: EXCA) today formally announced the name of the new company they will form to deliver interactive media services. The new company will be named Convera.
Intel and Excalibur announced May 1 that the two companies would form a new publicly traded company specifically to enable media rich content from organizations such as sports leagues, media and entertainment industry companies, and Global 2000 corporations to be delivered online. The transaction between the two companies is subject to regulatory review. Excalibur shareholder approval is expected to be completed later this fall.
In addition, the two companies announced five designees to the board of directors of Convera. Gerhard H. Parker, executive vice president, Intel Corporation, Andrew D. Bryant, senior vice president, Intel Corporation, and Herbert A. Allen, president and chief executive officer, Allen & Company Incorporated were named as designees. In addition, Ronald J. Whittier, senior vice president, Intel Corporation and proposed chairman and chief executive officer of Convera, and Patrick C. Condo, president and chief executive officer, Excalibur Technologies and proposed president and chief operating officer of Convera, have been designated as directors of the Convera Board. Convera expects to name two additional outside directors.
The mission of Convera is to achieve a leading role in the interactive media services market segment by enabling owners of valuable media assets to extract value from their assets by making them securely available over IP networks - Internet, intranets and extranets.
About Intel Corporation
Intel, the world's largest chip maker, is also a leading manufacturer of computer, networking and communications products. Additional information about Intel is available at www.intel.com/pressroom
About Excalibur Technologies
Founded in 1980, Excalibur Technologies Corporation is a recognized leader in high-performance, search-powered, multimedia content management solutions for intelligently capturing, indexing, managing, accessing and utilizing valuable digital content - including text, images and video. Excalibur works with Global 2000 corporations, software developers, application service providers and government agencies to power Intranet and Internet solutions, corporate portals and eCommerce sites.
Intel's IIMS is same as Convera.com's ISIS - IMHO
Look who originated it.
Loudeye has signed with all 5 major record labels for music via internet portals.
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Didn't we just TM a 3GO -
''Intel executives, in remarks at the Intel Developer Forum, Spring 2002, also outlined the progress of several industry initiatives such as 3GIO, a high speed interconnection technology between devices within the computer''
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F-15 , "Let's Roll"
Come on rio, lqid, ibm... Asia
We'll get MS / VICOM via wirless DataPlay, CF n Microdrived - Unigue gizmos will proliforate for security and dedicated pda network sys - serious high-end. edigesque.
funny, time-based
write-back. Cache'd n pulsed. lol
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DataPlay on AOL/MP3 links today.
http://aolsvc.pcworld.aol.com/computercenter/aol/article/0,aid,79044,00.asp
At Bottom...
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Bet 'Daytona' is a kiosks or a Set-Top-Box type device or Auto infotainment related.
Regardless.... Think we're going to soon hear about this new Device/Player Whatever it is...
RPs reference to a Daytona Device via Evolution.
http://ragingbull.lycos.com/mboard/boards.cgi?board=EDIG&read=900770
via wolfpack-
Read SHT 01 thru 17 - Intel Scemats ref under Daytona -
http://www.intel.com/design/wireless/telematics/designcenter/3901SATMD.pdf
Comes up under Daytona search on Intel site...
hmmmmm
found by rstring
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I see FPLY incorporating DataPlay ability within it's Kiosks coming via Transworld/MS and FYI.
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I also remember reading that they plan to package DP in CD size cases/containers to utilize existing shelf slots.
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