e.Digital Corporation (fka EDIG)

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Industry Synopsis: Part 2. Updated
Industry Synopsis: All Investors – e.Digital Corp.

Aug. 30, 2000-- Bertelsmann (BMG), the world's largest international media enterprise, launched tj net to provide a new service for mobile phone users in Italy. Tj net expects to add additional centers in Germany, UK, France and Benelux in Europe, as well as in the U. S. and Japan. Tj net transforms mobile phones into cost-free receivers for a wide variety of music and top news stories. http://www.inin.com/News/PressReleases/pressreleases.asp?id=118

Sirius Satellite Radio & XM Satellite Radio seek interoperability using Lucent’s EPAC and AAC for the Automotive and Stereo Industry. IMO – This will be Huge for e.Digital per handheld reception and recording of streamed/downloaded content.
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XM Satellite Radio Set to "Rock and Roll" with IBM
http://www.ibm.com/Press/prnews.nsf/jan/96BBCCD93032E5A8852569CE0056D169
http://www.newmediamusic.com/articles/NM01040140.html

January 10, 2001- NTT DoCoMo to Start Music Distribution to PHS Users
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A look at VR in ‘Telematics’ within the Auto Industry with Intel and IBM
http://www.ragingbull.lycos.com/mboard/boards.cgi?board=EDIG&read=542328
http://www.ibm.com/Press/prnews.nsf/jan/DC3F600187220BF9852569CE0057BC67
http://biz.yahoo.com/prnews/010106/nv_motorol.html

PacketVideo & e.Digital – Although there is yet a confirmed partnership. IMO e.Digital and PV are well aware of each other and will eventually work together on advanced video platforms.

June 13, 2000 - PacketVideo today announced that it has agreements with over 35 global media and online companies to trial the delivery of video to wireless devices. Warner Bros, FOXSPORTS.com, E! Entertainment, ABCNEWS, Sony Pictures Digital Entertainment etc,. , PacketVideo - Interview
http://boss.2.navisitestreaming.net/real/2/fconf/000825/28_robert_tercek.smi
http://www.packetvideo.com

Time Werner & PDA’s. July 28 - Signaling the entertainment industry's determination to move aggressively into the dawning wireless-entertainment field, Time Warner Inc. is developing original programming that will be beamed to handheld devices. The company will work with PacketVideoCorp., a San Diego software firm backed by, among others, Intel Corp. and Texas Instruments Inc. The closely held concern already has conducted widespread trials of its wireless audio-video programming with other content giants, including Seagram Co.'s Universal Pictures, using mostly promotional material such as movie trailers.

February 15, 2000 - Intel and PacketVideo Complete StrongARM Optimized Wireless Multimedia Decoder. http://www.investorshub.com/beta/read_msg.asp?message_id=91284

Lucent Streams Entertainment To Cell Phones. Wireless device users are way beyond using their cell phones just for phone calls, they want entertainment, and they want speed. The communications equipment giant is teaming with wireless video start-up PacketVideo to develop this next-generation device.

Motorola with PacketVideo Demonstrate Video and Audio for Mobile Devices
http://www.corporate-ir.net/ireye/ir_site.zhtml?ticker=MOT&script=410&layout=-6&item_id=...

Bell & PacketVideo - http://biz.yahoo.com/cnw/010111/bell_mobil.html

March 7, 2001 -Nortel Networks and Packetvideo form streaming media partnership. Under the agreement the companies will integrate PacketVideo's streaming media solutions, which support such services as wireless video messaging, wireless video games and remote video monitoring,
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March 20, 2001 - PacketVideo Partners with Symbian to Provide Mobile Video Software for Smartphones - Symbian's licensees include Ericsson, Kenwood, Motorola, Nokia, Panasonic, Psion, Sanyo, Siemens and Sony. http://ragingbull.lycos.com/mboard/boards.cgi?board=EDIG&read=641600

(These Music/Video distribution services will probably become subscription based; incorporating Set-Top-Box and Automotive PBJ link-ups via Handheld Voice Remotes using TWIRL and Bluetooth Technology – And should arrive next year, if not this year.)

May 2, 2000 - ZapMedia.com, Inc. (ZapMedia), today announced a ground-breaking partnership with Gannett Co., Inc./ USA TODAY (NYSE: GCI), one of the nation's largest media conglomerates, to provide an all-in-one Internet driven, interactive entertainment environment, making it a reality for consumers today. With the click of a button people will serve up music, movies, television, the Internet, and email using ZapMedia's co-branded products and services
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(Reuters 10-10-2000) - The National Music Publishers' Association Inc. (NMPA) and the Recording Industry Association of America (news - web sites) (RIAA) said Tuesday they have agreed on procedures for licensing of musical compositions, or songs, that are distributed on the Internet. The RIAA represents big record companies, including Seagram Co. Ltd.'s Universal Music, Bertelsmann AG's BMG, Sony Corp.'s Sony Music and Time Warner's Warner Music Group and EMI Group Plc (news - web sites).

October 23, 2000 – Delivering music through the Web, America Online Inc. In the latest sign that music subscription is emerging as a prominent avenue for delivering music through the Web, America Online Inc said it is developing an online music-subscription service, and Seagram Co.'s Universal Music Group has launched a test of a subscription-music service.

10/25/00 - LYCOS aims to be web music one-stop ...
Lycos took another step last week by signing a partnership with BMG Entertainment, a unit of Germany's Bertelsmann AG. Lycos will sell digital downloads of albums and singles by 100 of BMG's recording artists.

(Oct.31,2000) -Bertelsmann And Napster Form Alliance. Entertainment giant Bertelsmann AG (BTGGga.D) and controversial song-swap company Napster (news - web sites) Inc. said on Tuesday they formed an alliance to develop a new secure file-sharing music service.

Oct 31, 2000 -- Radio Free Virgin and Playboy.com, a wholly owned subsidiary of Playboy Enterprises, Inc., announced the launch of Radio Free Virgin, a downloadable0, CD-quality digital radio tuner available free of charge at www.radiofreevirgin.com.
http://billboard.com/daily/2000/1201_04.asp

Nov. 1, 2000 - Warner Music Group (WMG) and Microsoft Corp, In a multiyear agreement, WMG has selected Windows Media Format as a primary format for commercial music download initiatives in the United States and Canada, with security provided by Windows Media Digital Rights Management (DRM).

Nov. 2000 – PHILIPS SHOWCASES CLICKRADIO ON DIGITAL SET-TOP-BOX. Through an exclusive agreement with Lucent Technologies, ClickRadio uses the patented ePAC (Enhanced Perceptual Audio Coding) compression format to deliver secure digital music programming while protecting artists' copyrights. IMO - TiVo features are coming for Audio Content.
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12/15/00 - ONLINE music seller Soundbuzz has snagged a deal with major record label BMG to sell the music of artists; allowing purchase music in digital-file format for immediate download to their hard disk. using Intertrust and Liquid Audio to provide encryption and digital-rights management.

Jan 22, 2001 - IBM to Offer New Technology to Prevent Unauthorized Music Distribution on Web & IBM/e.Digital Player and Toshiba/IBM - EMMS .
http://www.ibm.com/Press/prnews.nsf/jan/E07957156C96DBD7852569DC0051460E
http://www.storage.ibm.com/press/hdd/micro/edigital.htm
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Toshiba and IBM’s EMMS.[/B] http://ragingbull.lycos.com/mboard/boards.cgi?board=EDIG&read=642853

NEW YORK, Jan. 16 2001 -- BMG Entertainment announced today a substantial expansion of its digital music offerings In addition, BMG announced that its labels are now making new releases simultaneously available as Digital Downloads.
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Feb. 22, 2001 - Vivendi/Universal, Sony team up for online Music site
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Feb 05, 01 - Qualcomm, MP3.com, Samsung To Stream Tunes To Phones.
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DALLAS, Feb 27 - Blockbuster Inc. & Universal Pictures films via its video on-demand service include RadioShack its stores for in-home entertainment, in whatever form our consumers want it delivered. http://www.agoracom.com/nonmemforum/msgreview.asp?id=67262&refid=0&orig=67262

Feb. 27, 2001 - Warner Music to Sell Downloadable Albums Beginning Next Week.
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March 14, 2001 - Hard Rock Cafe Teams Up With Liquid Audio to Launch Commercial And Promotional Digital Downloads on hardrock.com
http://ragingbull.lycos.com/mboard/boards.cgi?board=EDIG&read=637683

March 14, 2001 – Handleman Company one of the world's largest category managers and distributors of music, and Liquid Audio, Inc. will offer a catalog of more than 150,000 digital music downloads. http://www.handleman.com/f_news.htm

Mar 16, 2001 - Sony Marketing Asia-Pacific, PlanetMG uses Sony's ATRAC3 compression technology for secure music downloads and to prevent piracy.
http://ragingbull.lycos.com/mboard/boards.cgi?board=EDIG&read=638941

March 20, 2001 - Samsung and Sprint PCS Announce Agreement to Bring Compact, Full-Color PDA Phone to Market. http://ragingbull.lycos.com/mboard/boards.cgi?board=EDIG&read=642134

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. IMO - This is excellent news for ePAC http://ragingbull.lycos.com/mboard/boards.cgi?board=EDIG&read=640314

April 2, 2001 - RealNetworks and America Online Each to Launch Consumer Subscription Services Powered by MusicNet to Offer Extensive Collection of Secure Downloadable and Streaming Music. http://ragingbull.lycos.com/mboard/boards.cgi?board=EDIG&read=653048
May 7, 2001 - Computer retailer CompUSA Inc. and America Online have joined forces in a marketing alliance. Under the agreement, AOL products and services will be offered to CompUSA shoppers, and AOL will promote CompUSA across several brands.

April 4, 2001 - In a Landmark digital-music announcement today, the MTV music network said that it had forged the first agreement that licenses music from all five major record labels for download off the Internet. http://ragingbull.lycos.com/mboard/boards.cgi?board=EDIG&read=654745
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April 5, 2001 - Yahoo! and Duet Announce an Alliance to Present and
Market the On-Demand Music Subscription Service Created
by Sony Music Entertainment and Universal Music Group.
http://ragingbull.lycos.com/mboard/boards.cgi?board=EDIG&read=655253

April 5, 2001 - HitHive's deal with EMI: music via cell phones
http://www.investorshub.com/beta/read_msg.asp?message_id=71535

May 20, 2001 – Vivendi Universal Acquires MP3.com in Move to Strengthen Digital Distribution Capacity and Web Audience. http://ragingbull.lycos.com/mboard/boards.cgi?board=EDIG&read=682979+

May 23 2001 – Vitaminic Announces New Music Publishing Company, ZipMind, the leading platform for the promotion and distribution of music on the Internet, announced today it will offer music publishing services to authors, publishers and third parties. Vitaminic offers the largest legal online catalogue of music in Europe. http://www.investorshub.com/boards/read_msg.asp?message_id=112443

June 5, 2001- -RioPort, & BestBuy - the leading music application service provider (ASP), today announced that it will distribute commercial music downloads to BestBuy.com(TM), the wholly-owned subsidiary of Best Buy Co., Inc. the nation's number one specialty retailer of
consumer electronics. http://ragingbull.lycos.com/mboard/boards.cgi?board=EDIG&read=689931
January 6, 2000 – E.DIGITAL AND RIOPORT, INC. COLLABORATE [/B] TO DEVELOP SEAMLESS, SECURE INTERNET MUSIC DELIVERY SYSTEM.
http://ragingbull.lycos.com/mboard/boards.cgi?board=EDIG&read=689937

June 6, 2001 – Napster secures its first music licenses from three of the five major labels, paving the way for the file-trading network to launch its new subscription service by the end of the summer. The service is expected to offer both radio-like streaming technology and downloading capabilities. MusicNet will be available through AOL, Real Networks and Napster.
http://www.wired.com/news/print/0,1294,44322,00.html

Kiosks – Coming 2001.
MTVi-RioPort/Bestbuy - http://ragingbull.lycos.com/mboard/boards.cgi?board=EDIG&read=689931
Handleman –LQID/JC Penny - http://www.handleman.com/f_news.htm

KIOSKS – Here & Abroad - http://www.riohome.com/RioMusicTeller.htm
http://biz.yahoo.com/bw/010115/ny_ibm_kio.html
http://asia.internet.com/biz/2000/12/1219-japan.html
http://www.liquidaudio.com/services/retailers/liqkiosk/index.html
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Daboss – Brought this to our Attention 3-24-2000
http://www.ti.com/sc/docs/general/dsp/momentum/iaudio.htm

Haiyaku’s Response: #258082
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Jimee11’s Response: #258031
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emit’s Response: #258056
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e.Digital & Lainer Worldwide’s Medical Dictation Handheld – Cquence Mobile. According to market analysts, the medical dictation market is the largest vertical market in the speech technology industry. http://www.edig.com/products/custom-cquence.html
http://www.lanier.com/ps/apps/cqmobile.html
http://www.speechtechmag.com/st.mag/sep00/doc_doc.shtml

Now Think About It……. It’s coming our way and involves much more than just music – Handheld mobile voice recognition, video on demand, VR Medical Records and (c)Publications & eBooks. e.Digital is the Codec/DRM and flash storage file management for Secure Internet Content and Advanced Handheld Design.

(February 15, 2001) E.DIGITAL HIRES FLEISHMAN-HILLARD INC. TO LEAD U.S. AND INTERNATIONAL MEDIA RELATIONS. The United States' largest public relations firm, to lead domestic and international media relations and communications. Michael Busselen, senior vice president, "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."http://www.edig.com/news/releases/pr021501.html

Think Global…DOS to MOS[/I] http://www.edig.com http://www.businesswire.com/photowire/pw.071400/bb3.jpg

This is all ‘My Humble Opinion’
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