DCD Business Report articles from September 2004

DCD Business Report archives from September 2004

Windows Media Player 10--All The Power of 'One'.
September 13, 2004... Microsoft released Windows Media Player 10 (WMP 10) earlier this month with a flurry of new market applications marking the company's apparent ongoing drive to make Windows the ubiquitous engine driving the digital media universe. From audio to...

Fresh From IBC.(International Broadcasting Conference)
September 13, 2004... As this issue of DCD Business Report went to press, Microsoft was making more news on the trade show floor at IBC 2004 (International Broadcasting Conference) in Amsterdam. Microsoft and Thomson released the Thomson-brand IP1001 and...

From EMX: Packaged Media, Still The Leader.(Entertainment Media Expo)
September 13, 2004... From August 30 to September 1, a new event in the packaged media domain, Entertainment Media Expo (EMX), produced by the International Recording Media Association (IRMA) and CMP Information, Inc., and presented by Media-Tech Association,...

7th Annual DVD Awards Winners.(Brief Article)
September 13, 2004... * Best in Show: The Lord of the Rings: The Two Towers (Extended Edition), New Line and Laser Pacific (Each label submitted the title separately, not as a joint entry). * Blockbuster Theatrical: The Lord of the Rings: The Two Towers...

Copy-Protection Legislation Makes Rounds.
September 13, 2004... Congressman Lamar Smith's, (R-Texas), Chairman of Courts, the Internet and Intellectual Property Subcommittee of the House Judiciary Committee, proposed Piracy Deterrence and Education Act (PDEA, H.R. 4077), was approved by the House Judiciary...

Brilliant Digital Entertainment and Altnet File Suit.(Overpeer, Inc)(Loudeye, Inc)(Media Sentry Inc)
September 13, 2004... Claiming its efforts at cooperation have proven fruitless, Brilliant Digital Entertainment (BDE) a subsidiary of Altnet has filed a civil suit against a number of companies and organizations alleging the breach of the "TrueNames" patent it...

Digital Cable TV to Grow by 2009.
September 13, 2004... JupiterResearch, has forecast that overall U.S. cable television subscriber growth will remain flat through 2009, increasing from 73 million households in 2004 to 75 million households in 2009. However, according to the report, digital cable...

Top 20 DVD Titles (Week ending September 5).
September 13, 2004... Top 20 DVD Titles (Week ending September 5) Weeks On: 2 Label: Fox Last Week: 146 This Week: 1 Title: Passion Of The Christ Weeks On: 1 Label: Disney Last Week: --- This Week: 2 Title: Lion King Ii-Simbas Pride Weeks...

Data Filter.(DVDs (Digital videodisks))
September 13, 2004... What's Happening: DVD Forum Europe Conference 2004, scheduled for November 3-4 in Prague, Czech Republic. Understanding & Solutions of the U.K. is organizing the event. Subjects to be covered during the two-day conference are dual layer...

Alliance Promotes SVP Content Protection Technology.(Secure Video Processor)
September 13, 2004... In a press event at the current and ongoing IBC Show in Amsterdam, STMicroelectronics, of Geneva, Switzerland, and Thomson, of Cedex, France jointly announced the formation of the SVP (Secure Video Processor) Alliance. The new venture was...

Mobile Phone Vendors Join Forces to Drive Cellular TV.(Open Mobile Alliance)(Sony Ericsson)(Nokia)(Brief Article)
September 13, 2004... Motorola, NEC, Nokia, Siemens and Sony Ericsson have joined forces to drive new mobile broadcast services and terminals through the Mobile Broadcast Services work, started under Open Mobile Alliance, OMA. A likely spearhead service of...

Intel's Gelsinger: Call for Internet Upgrade.(Brief Article)
September 13, 2004... At last weeks' Intel Developer Forum in San Francisco, Pat Gelsinger Intel Chief Technology Officer said that the Internet needs to be upgraded with a new layer of abilities to make it safer, more useful, reliable and accessible. By adding...

Apple Creates iTunes Affiliate Program.
September 13, 2004... With new entrants to the burgeoning online music industry hot on its heels, Apple launched the iTunes Affiliate Program, extending marketing opportunities to third parties. The new program offers direct links to a la carte singles and albums...

Online Music Sales, A Changing Landscape.
September 29, 2004... Yahoo! boldly entered the online music world last week, announcing its $160 million purchase of Musicmatch. With company representatives stating their intention to make Yahoo! the "major player in digital music distribution," a subtle change in...

G-SAM Encourages Media Owners To Act Creatively.(Global Society for Asset Management)
September 29, 2004... The history of technology's impact on the media entertainment market up to now has been marked by creative adjustment. The emergence of videotape birthed a home video market and the introduction of DVD took video production to deeper levels of...

IFPI: 'Pirated CD Trafficking Is Slowing Down'.(International Federation of the Phonographic Industry)
September 29, 2004... The International Federation of the Phonographic Industry (IFPI) wellknown as the piracy "watch dog" of the worldwide CD music industry has released new CD piracy figures. The report claims that global sales of pirated music hit a record at 1.1...

John Kennedy To Succeed Jay Berman at IFPI.(Brief Article)
September 29, 2004... In related news, John Kennedy will replace Jay Berman as IFPI Chairman and CEO, beginning January 1, 2005. Kennedy has been actively involved in IFPI's work for several years, participating on the Main Board and chairing the European Regional...

Data Filter.(briefs)
September 29, 2004... What's Happening: Sony made known its plans to add native MP3 support to its portable music players available in the United States. According to industry reports, the first products with MP3 capability will include Sony's new flash...

Recorded Global Music Sales Down 7.6 Percent.(Brief Article)
September 29, 2004... Newly released figures from London-based International Federation of the Phonographic Industry (IFPI) and published in "The Recording Industry In Numbers" (RIN), eleventh edition, show that global sales of prerecorded music (on tape and CD)...

Internet Use Tops TV Viewing -- 46 To 34 Percent.(Brief Article)
September 29, 2004... The Online Publishers Association (OPA) has published a "Generational Media Study," the fourth installment in a series of research reports detailing the viewing choices of 18 to 34 year-old media consumers. The study, conducted by New...

MP3 Player Market To Reach $58 Billion By 2008.(Brief Article)
September 29, 2004... The worldwide MP3 audio player market is booming, and is expected to reach nearly $58 billion in revenues by 2008, representing a five-year compound annual growth rate of 20 percent, according to the "Worldwide Compressed Audio Player Forecast...

DTV Changeover Pushed Further Back?
September 29, 2004... The transition from analog to digital TV (DTV) broadcast, reception, and viewing in the United States is not moving along as quickly as industry groups such as the FCC (Federal Communications Commission) and NAB (National Association of...

DVD Round-Up.
September 29, 2004... Dual-layer (DL) DVD drives and recordable media are making their way into the production and consumer markets enabling recording of video content at higher speeds and with greater capacity. Dual layer and high-speed DVD disc drives and media...

DVD Forum Europe Conference 2004.(Brief Article)
September 29, 2004... The DVD Forum Europe Conference is scheduled for November 3-4, 2004 in Prague, Czech Republic. The program is being developed by international consulting firm Understanding & Solutions in cooperation with the DVD Forum. A highlight of the...