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- On-Demand Wimbledon Tennis: BBC Wimbledon Interactive gives digital satellite TV viewers the ability to choose between five different live tennis matches on BBC1 and BBC2 on Sky (16MAY01) (BBC) (related.link) (related.link)
In addition to BBC Wimbledon Interactive on Sky, the news announcement states there is "BBC's Bafta-winning Wimbledon Interactive enhanced text which returns to digital terrestrial (ONdigital) screens" and "A new enhanced text service is also provided for digital cable (Telewest) viewers for the first time this year." In the first related link, a Sky news announcement states, "Interactive coverage of Wimbledon is just one of the many interactive services available via Sky digital and the digital satellite platform."- More On-Demand Tennis News: BBC Wimbledon Interactive on Sky uses OpenTV technology (16MAY01) (OpenTV)
The news announcement states, "The BBC will also use OpenTV technology to enhance its coverage of the British Open Golf Tournament (Lytham St. Annes, July 19-22) on the BSkyB digital satellite platform."- Enhanced Wimbledon Tennis: ONdigital to again provide BBC Wimbledon Interactive using the BAFTA award-winning interactive service providing live scores and stats, Wimbledon tennis news, match results, player profiles and statistics, Wimbledon championship guide, and interactive quiz (16MAY01) (ONdigital)
The news announcement quotes ONdigital interactivity director Matt Seaman as stating, "This service was extremely popular with our viewers last year and it is sure to be even more of a hit this summer."- Broadband Pool Tournament News: Las Vegas Riviera Hotel uses Tut Systems technology to provide live broadband internet broadcasts of the recent American Poolplayers Association Annual 8-Ball Classic and 9-Ball Shootout Singles Tournaments (16MAY01) (TUT)
The news announcement quotes Riviera Hotel operations vice president Brian Benschneider as stating, "The APA Tournaments' webcast is a great example of how our new broadband service offerings can really enhance our guests' experience with the tournaments, while allowing pool fans across the world to take part in the event. We expect these new services to attract and retain many new conference customers in the coming months." For other recent interactive on-demand sports TV news, you can click here to check out news items regarding pay-per-view soccer matches, protecting TV broadcasts from broadband webcasts, and interactive TV sports betting.- Digital TV Gaming News: Gaming Internet confirms plans for raising £8 million-£12 million for developing interactive digital TV platforms for Gaming Internet services including interactive Gobarkingmad greyhound channel and Zap Casino with planned initial rollout of digital TV offerings on Sky by June 2001 (16MAY01) (Netimperative)
- $2.7 Billion In Interactive TV Games By 2006: Datamonitor releases two reports " iTV Games and Gambling 1st Edtion" and "Online Games & Gambling 4th Edition" and forecasts combined revenues of $5.6 billion from online and interactive TV gaming in Europe and the US by 2005 with two-thirds of online gamers to be via videogame consoles by 2005 (16MAY01) (Datamonitor) (alt.link) (related.link) (related.link) (related.link) (related.link) (related.link)
The news announcement quotes Datamonitor games analyst Jacob Hayler as stating, "The television has traditionally been the center of entertainment in the home and this will help the rapid uptake of iTV applications. Interactive TV will overtake the PC as the platform of choice for casual gaming and it will be imperative that games industry players focus their strategy on the television audience." In the first related news item, Revolution magazine quotes one of the Datamonitor reports as stating, "The online gaming industry will have to charge users to play. By 2005, subscriptions and pay per play will represent almost 90% of the revenues of the market."- Digital Entertainment Forcing TV And Film To Adapt To The Younger Videogame-Playing Audience: Syracuse University's Center for the Study of Popular Television Director Robert Thompson says Professional Skateboarder Tony Hawk is the superstar who communicates to teenage boys via videogames (15MAY01) (Mercury) (alt.link)
The San Jose Mercury News quotes Syracuse University's Center for the Study of Popular Television director Robert Thompson as stating professional skateboarder Tony Hawk is "a guy who, for teenage boys, is Elvis Presley, John Wayne, James Bond and Michael Jordan all rolled into one." The Mercury News reports Hawk is not a movie star, TV star, or a music icon, but that "Hawk's medium is video games. And he represents a potential revolution in the U.S. entertainment business."- Three Way Videogame Console War: XBOX versus GameCube versus Playstation 2 (16MAY01) (Standard) (related.link) (related.link) (related.link) (related.link) (related.link) (related.link) (related.link) (related.link)
- XBOX Online Players To Talk To Each Other: Microsoft's Robbie Bach expects XBOX to change videogames the way MTV changed music (16MAY01) (BBC)
The BBC quotes Microsoft XBOX's Robbie Bach as stating, "X-Box is going to change the way video games the way MTV changed music Online console gaming over broadband will change the face of video games forever." The BBC reports, "Microsoft says gamers will be able to talk to each other over the internet connection, eliminating the need to use a keyboard for online chats."- XBOX Launch Date: Microsoft announces XBOX videogame console to be on sale beginning November 8, 2001, with an estimated retail price of $299 in North America (16MAY01) (Microsoft) (related.links: a b c d e f g h i j k l m n o p q r s t u v w x y z )
The news announcement states, "Xbox games will blur the lines between fantasy and reality."- XBOX Videogames Via Broadband Internet: Microsoft XBOX to get broadband videogames from 27 videogame publishers (16MAY01) (Microsoft)
- GameCube Launch Date: Nintendo GameCube to launch in Japan on September 14, 2001, in North America on November 5, 2001, and in Europe during early 2002 (15MAY01) (Nintendo) (related.links: a b c d e f g h i )
The linked news item is a news announcement for "2001 e3 - NINTENDO GAMECUBE Frequently Asked Questions."- GameCube Uses ATI "Flipper" Graphics Chip: ATI and Nintendo provide preview of graphics technology for Nintendo GameCube videogame console (16MAY01) (ATI) (alt.link)
The news announcement states, "NINTENDO GAMECUBE features a revolutionary graphics processor, called the 'Flipper' chip, from ATI. This highly integrated processor includes both a 2D and 3D graphics engine, a DSP for audio processing, all system I/O functions including CPU, system memory, joystick, optical disk, flash card, modem and video interfaces, and an on-chip high bandwidth frame buffer."- GameCube Said To Have Better Videogames: Nintendo to rely on better programming to make better videogames that would make GameCube better than rival videogame consoles (16MAY01) (CNET) (related.link)
- AOL Anywhere For Accessing Video-On-Demand Movies: AOL Time Warner CEO Gerald Levin wants to put every movie ever made on a whole bunch of servers and provide broadband video-on-demand to any device (15MAY01) (SCMP)
In covering last week's Fortune Global Forum in Hong Kong, the South China Morning Post (SCMP) quotes AOL Time Warner CEO Gerald Levin as stating, "What I would like to do is to put every movie ever made on a whole bunch of servers, broadband access not just to your PCs but also to all kinds of mobile devices and we have video-on-demand. You can pick which movie you want to watch, when you want to watch it and where you want to watch it. That's the ultimate in consumer choice and freedom. You can do the same with music, music videos, even books. We are just waiting for this to happen. I think we are in the first innings now." Unless you were watching Jay Leno or David Letterman last week, this particular session was broadcast last week on PBS's Charlie Rose show.- AOL Anywhere Extends To TV Videogames: Sony Computer Entertainment and America Online team up in new relationship for providing internet access for Sony Playstation 2 and integrating AOL features including instant messaging, chat, and email into Sony Playstation 2 software development kits for online videogames (15MAY01) (AOLTW) (alt.link) (related.links: a b c d e f g h i j k l m n o p q r s t u v )
The various related linked news items harp on the Sony-AOL deal being a strategic alliance against the Microsoft XBOX. You can click here for other recent news items about Sony Playstation 2 and Microsoft XBOX.- Sony Playstation 2 As Convergence Entertainment Device: Sony wants Playstation 2 to conquer the living room as the covergence entertainment device that provides videogames, movies, television, music, and internet (16MAY01) (CNET)
CNET quotes Sony Computer Entertainment of America president Kaz Hirai as stating, "We see a convergence of entertainment - film, music, broadcasting. We are obviously the brand for the living room."- AOL Connects Sony Playstation 2 To World Of Streaming Video & Multimedia: Sony Computer Entertainment President Kazuo Hirai says deals with AOL, RealNetworks, and Marcomedia will allow Sony Playstation 2 owners to access streaming video and multimedia content over the internet (15MAY01) (FT) (related.links: a b c d e f )
The Financial Times quotes Sony Computer Entertainment President Kazuo Hirai as stating, "These deals will allow PS2 owners to access multimedia content over the internet, and in particular streaming video. Online gaming is a really important part of our strategy. It builds on the business we have built up over the past six years, and it will help us provide compelling content. It's a whole new world."- Sony Playstation 2 Gets Flash: Sony Computer Entertainment and Macromedia to include Macromedia Flash Player on Sony Playstation 2 (16MAY01) (Macromedia) (alt.link) (related.links: a b c d )
The news announcement quotes Sony Computer Entertainment CEO Ken Kutaragi as stating, "PlayStation 2 is positioned to become the focal point of the consumer's living room Internet and entertainment experiences. The Macromedia Flash Player is essential for delivering the interactive Web experience that consumers have come to expect. With support for Macromedia Flash Player, SCEI immediately gains more than 700,000 Macromedia Flash developers able to deliver Web content to PlayStation 2."- Sony Playstation 2 Gets RealPlayer: Sony Computer Entertainment and RealNetworks to include RealPlayer 8 and RealNetworks client technologies on Sony Playstation 2 and in the Sony Playstation 2 Software Development Kit (16MAY01) (RealNetworks) (alt.link) (related.links: a b c d e f g h i j k l m n o p q r s t )
The news announcement states, "As part of this alliance, Dynamic Network Authentication System, a newly developed proprietary authentication system for PlayStation 2, developed by Sony Computer Entertainment will leverage RealNetworks' RealSystem iQ technologies to establish a highly-secured copy management system."- RealPlayer On Nokia Media Terminal: Nokia and RealNetworks announce availability of RealPlayer on Nokia Media Terminal (16MAY01) (Nokia) (alt.link) (related.link)
You can click here for other recent Nokia news regarding the new Open Standards Terminal (OST) Developer Network established by Nokia and CollabNet. The Nokia Media Terminal is supposed to be OST-compliant.- Linux Games For TV: Nokia and Loki Software make deal to pre-install Linux games from Loki on the Nokia Media Terminal (16MAY01) (Nokia) (related.link)
- TV Gameshow Screen Play: Game Show Network to enhance "Mall Masters" television gameshow for telewebber synch-to-broadcast TV-PC two-screen gameplaying using SpotMagic SpotSimulcast technology and for WebTV Plus one-screen gameplaying using ACTV HyperTV technology (15MAY01) (ACTV) (related.link) (related.link)
- Related Game Show Network News: Liberty Digital 1Q highlights include the Game Show Network's growth to 34 million subscribers (15MAY01) (LibertyDigital) (alt.link)
- Interactive TV Does Java: Liberate Technologies and Sun Microsystems make deal to extend Java technology across Liberate TV Platform product line (15MAY01) (Liberate) (alt.link)
The news announcement states, "Liberate intends to deliver the first Java technology-based application environment that can run on the millions of low-cost, basic digital set-tops already installed in consumer homes today.... Liberate will initially target the Liberate TV Navigator Compact client for the Motorola DCT-2000 class set-top boxes for compliance with the Java 2 Platform, Micro Edition (J2METM) specification."- Converging Broadcast & Telecom In Europe: iMagicTV European Operations Senior Director John Rand to discuss convergence of broadcasting and telecommunications in the 21st Century at Mediacast and ECC, London, May 21-23, 2001 (15MAY01) (iMagicTV)
The news announcement states, "iMagicTV's software enables telcos such as Kingston in the UK and Telenor in Norway to provide multimedia services to their subscribers over their existing broadband networks."- BSkyB gets 100% full control of British Interactive Broadcasting and the Open interactive service after British Telecom exercises option to sell 19.9% stake to BSkyB (15MAY01) (Netimperative) (related.link) (related.link) (related.link) (related.link) (related.link)
- Other BSkyB News: Enteraction TV becomes first independent commercial content developer of Sky WML-based enhanced TV application in BSkyB enhanced TV developer programme (14MAY01) (EnteractionTV) (related.link)
The news announcement quotes Enteraction TV CEO Mark Cullen as stating, "We have always believed that enhanced TV, where video is an integral part of the interactivity, will be the killer application in driving forward t-commerce and interactive applications. This puts us in a unique position to help our clients and partners develop contextual interactive relationships in a way that is impossible in the sterility of the text-based 'walled gardens' that have characterised the digital platforms until now. I am sure the two cable companies will quickly move in the same direction."- Interactive Revolution: UK Ecommerce Minister Patricia Hewitt says digital television currently enjoys a market of over 3 million viewers and internet take-up continues to grow at remarkable levels in the UK (15MAY01) (VNUNET) (related.link) (related.link)
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- On-Demand Wimbledon Tennis: BBC Wimbledon Interactive gives digital satellite TV viewers the ability to choose between five different live tennis matches on BBC1 and BBC2 on Sky (16MAY01) (BBC) (related.link) (related.link)
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