DCD Business Report articles from July 2004

DCD Business Report archives from July 2004

Debating the PIRATE Act: When Worlds Collide.(Protecting Intellectual Rights Against Theft and Expropriation Act)
July 5, 2004... As the month of June came to a close the U.S. Senate passed through a series of bills which have exponentially raised the heat on the debate between peer-to-peer file sharing technology over the Internet and the more traditional modes of...

Glickman Named By MPAA--Valenti A Tough Act To Follow.(Motion Picture Association of America)
July 5, 2004... In the midst of increasing debate over copyright protection technology, international media piracy and mounting pressure from the online distribution community, the movie industry will lose its key and most vocal champion as Jack Valenti...

Networks: The Ultimate Commerce Channel.
July 5, 2004... There are numerous ways that peer-to-peer (P2P) file-sharing technology can be applied to media-commerce applications. Project JXTA, an open-source project under the auspices of Sun Microsystems' Chief Scientist Bill Joy, is encouraging...

Survey Finds Consumer Interest in Media Hub Concept.
July 5, 2004... A new survey published by Ipsos-Insight, a global market research firm serving the entertainment media and technology industry indicates that nearly three out of four, or 72 percent, of U.S. consumers say they are interested in a product that...

High-End Video Devices Change Viewing Patterns.(Brief Article)
July 5, 2004... According to the just-released "2004 Ownership and Trend Report" from Knowledge Networks/SRI, 4 percent of U.S. TV homes report owning a DVR, a figure that has doubled in the past six months; 6 percent have an HDTV set, up 50 percent over six...

EFF's Patent Busting Project.(Electronic Frontier Foundation)
July 5, 2004... Companies trying to patent fundamental elements of the Internet are being stopped by the Electronic Frontier Foundation's (EFF) "Patent Busting Project." "It was only a few years ago that an electronics company attempted to patent the...

Chipset for 16x Speed Rewritable DVD Drives.(Brief Article)
July 5, 2004... NEC Electronics Corporation (Kawasaki, Japan) and its subsidiary in Europe, NEC Electronics (Europe) GmbH (Dusseldorf, Germany), introduced a chipset for rewritable DVD drives that supports 16x recording speed in DVD-R and DVD+R formats. The...

RealNetworks Signs Distribution Agreement with Novell.(open source Helix Player )(Brief Article)
July 5, 2004... RealNetworks, a Seattle-based provider of media delivery technology, has formed a distribution agreement with Linux software developer Red Hat, to ship its open source Helix Player with Red Hat's desktop PC software. The company signed a...

Technoprises Signs Development Deal With Lucent.(Technoprises, Ltd.)
July 5, 2004... Technoprises, Ltd., formerly BVR Technologies Ltd., has signed a licensing and development agreement with Lucent Technologies relating to several new platforms for a wide range of Internet Protocol (IP)-based, video-on-demand services (VOD),...

Data Filter.(What's Happening)
July 5, 2004... What's Happening: Steve Winwood, of rock and roll fame, has entered into an agreement with "Access Hollywood" to demonstrate the commercial potential of P2P file-sharing networks. The deal is one of the first to use sponsored downloads to...

Getting To The Core of AACS LA.(Advanced Access Content System License Administrator )
July 19, 2004... Advanced Access Content System License Administrator (AACS LA) has at its core a digital rights management (DRM) specification called "broadcast encryption" which member companies propose to protect high-definition (HD) content on...

MPAA Piracy Study Looks At Movie Downloads.(Brief Article)
July 19, 2004... A recent study conducted by the Motion Picture Association of America (MPAA), in cooperation with Online Testing Exchange (OTX), indicates that worldwide illegal Internet movie downloading is one the rise. The report states that about one...

EMX Mirrors Packaged Media Industry Convergence & Consolidation.(Entertainment Media Expo)
July 19, 2004... Entertainment Media Expo (EMX), produced by IRMA (International Recording Media Association) and CMP Information, and sponsored by Media-Tech Association, brings together six separate packaged media conferences and exhibits under one umbrella....

Acacia Research Hits Snag With Markman Order.
July 19, 2004... Last week, as Acacia Research Corporation reported that it had negotiated over 150 license agreements with cable, satellite and Internet service providers, for what it claims are patents relating to the transmission and receipt of compressed...

Bertelsmann's Request To Dismiss Napster Case Denied.
July 19, 2004... Despite attempts by Bertelsmann AG and venture capital firm Hummer Winblad to dismiss the lawsuits filed against them for funding Napster, U.S. District Court Judge Marilyn Patel is permitting the case to proceed through its discovery phase....

Video And Software Outpace Audio On P2P Networks.
July 19, 2004... A study of 30 countries' downloading habits conducted by the Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development (OECD) reports that, for the first time, video and other non-audio files are experiencing more growth on filesharing networks...

Data Filter.(Niche Media Ventures, Inc.)(Apple )
July 19, 2004... Data Filter What's Happening: Online DVD rental firm Netflix, based in Los Gatos, Calif., has reported a 90 percent increase in revenue in its second quarter this year with $120.3 million in revenue compared with $63.2 million in revenue...

Changing Strategies & New Partnerships Foster Market Growth.
July 19, 2004... In the quest to increase profits and maintain leadership positions in fast-paced markets, major corporations often retain a fluid structure, adding new divisions to focus on specific market sectors and developing relationships with other...

DVD Still The Reigning Home Entertainment Medium.(The Digital Entertainment Group)
July 19, 2004... Members of The Digital Entertainment Group (DEG), an industry funded nonprofit organization comprised of Hollywood studios, movie distributors and major consumer electronic companies, met with top retailers and industry leaders last Thursday at...