Thursday, August 21, 2003
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2:13 PM
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T.O.S OF JAPAN CHOOSES LOUDEYE
Loudeye Corp (www.loudeye.com) announced a wireless music digital distribution agreement with T.O.S Co., LTD. (www.tos.ne.jp), a leading ringtone provider in Japan. Loudeye is providing music content, programming services, music samples, copyright license clearing and royalty reporting and settlement to T.O.S. for rich media ringtones to be marketed and sold to wireless subscribers of KDDI-AU, one of the largest wireless carriers in Japan.
As of June 2003, KDDI-AU had 14.7 million wireless subscribers, including over 11.5 million EZweb wireless Internet subscribers and 8.6 million third generation mobile phone subscribers (www.kddi.com/english).
The Japanese Society for the Rights of Authors, Composers and Publishers reports an average of 110 million ringtones were downloaded each month in Japan throughout 2002. Global research and consulting company, Strategy Analytics, forecasts that the downloadable ringtone market, including rich media ringtones, will increase to $4 billion by 2008.
Through its licensing agreements with all five major labels and hundreds of independents, Loudeye operates the world's largest archive of digital music with more than 4 million full song tracks.
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Posted by Roberto
9:40 AM
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ENVIRONMENTALLY-RESPONSIBLE SUV?
Ford Model U features night vision technology for collision avoidance and a natural speech interface for navigation. This SUV is powered by a 2.3-liter supercharged, intercooled hydrogen internal combustion engine mated to an electric transmission.
The Model U has got soy-based body panels, seat foam and grease as well as corn-based tires and sunflower-seed-based engine oil. Much of the Model U can be recycled or is biodegradable so as not to further pollute the soil when its life is over.
Ready to buy? We hope this is not a prototype for pr purposes, as has so often occurred with so called green vehicles in the past. Could this be a sign of things to come, or a modern version of Cheech's van from "Up in Smoke"?
Ford Model U website
Tuesday, August 19, 2003
Posted by Roberto
11:20 AM
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THE BOOM, THE BUST, NOW WHAT?
The Future of technology is the title given to a special double issue of BusinessWeek Magazine! Very interesting articles from top minds and industry leaders, towards a deeper understanding of the tech industry.
The Future of technology on BusinessWeek Online
Wednesday, August 13, 2003
Posted by nicholas
9:39 PM
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JUMBOTRON GOES LIVE AT EURO FESTIVALS
The Jumbotron has become an expected feature at festivals. It is a series of giant screens next to the stage, displaying SMS, and photo messages from the crowd. Revellers access by short code the Jumbotron and interact instantly with the whole party
Incentives such as instant wins and back stage passes are offered to players.
Simon Stanford, MD of UK based TrinityStreetDirect has compiled a database of 4.5m while running interactive festival campaigns for firms like Carling, Pot Noodle, and Pantenewe.
"We can provide great incentives for consumers and excellent brand-building, data gathering and product sampling opportunities for our clients," says Stanford.
Thanks to info source Centaur Communications Ltd.
Thursday, August 07, 2003
Posted by Roberto
11:40 AM
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CLUB NINTENDO
Nintendo plans to strengthen its marketing by introducing a points system similar to frequent flier schemes for air travelers, in which consumers would accumulate points by buying its software.
They plan to begin the new program in Japan and the United States by the end of this year aiming to have 300,000-500,000 users to sign up for the program in the first year after release.
Customers who buy new games can register in the program, called "Club Nintendo," and accumulate points which can be used for items related to Nintendo's games.
Tuesday, August 05, 2003
Posted by Roberto
5:17 PM
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CHINA ONLINE ADVERTISING SPENDING 1st HALF 2003: 43.5 MILLION DOLLARS (CNY360 Million)
Online Advertising Spending per Year:
:. 2001: 47 Mio Dollars
:. 2002: 60 Mio Dollars
:. 2003 1st half: 43.5 Mio Dollars
In China, the online ads accounted for 0.64% of China's total advertising spending.
Source: Shanghai iResearch Co.
China's three major Internet portals, Sohu.com Inc., Sina.com and Netease.com Inc., confirmed the growth in online ad revenues during the first half of 2003.
Exchange rate: $1=CNY8.28
Posted by Roberto
10:52 AM
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NINTENDO GBA/GAMECUBE SALES UPDATE
Last May, Kyoto-based Nintendo said it aimed to sell six million GameCube consoles and 20 million GBA machines worldwide in the business year (end: March 2004).
Nintendo's past quarter (April, May, June) sales figures:
:. 80,000 GameCube consoles worldwide - shocking weak sales of GameCube!
:. 3.24 million Game Boy Advance (GBA) - GBA SP, the newest entry in the Game Boy line,
has seen strong demand since its February-March launch worldwide.
Sales in April-June were 83.82 billion yen, up five percent from the same period a year ago
In terms of operating profit, April-June earnings amounted to only 21 percent of its first-half forecast of 35 billion. On the other hand, Nintendo, typically earns around 70 percent of its operating profits in the second half, when the Christmas shopping season pushes up demand.
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