NBC Inc. and News Corp. announced yesterday that they are calling their new video download site Hulu. The LA Times reports that "the site will start in a private testing format in October" and is designed "to compete with Web-based video sites such as Google Inc.'s YouTube. The site will...
This paper highlights how EMC's ILM solutions help telecommunications, media, and entertainment companies maximize the value of information throughout the enterprise, at the lowest cost, at every point in their information lifecycles. ILM works in automotive manufacturing and it works in other vertical industries, including the telecommunication, media and entertainment...
FOOD AND BEVERAGE CLOSE-UP-8 June 2009-Dave & Buster's Sets Date to Report Fiscal 2008 First Quarter ResultsC2008 - CloseUpMedia - newsdesk@closeupmedia.com Dave & Buster's, an operator of high volume entertainment/dining complexes, announced that it plans to report financial results for its fiscal 2008 first quarter before the Market...
LOS ANGELES & LISBON, Portugal -- CAA Sports, a division of leading entertainment and sports agency CAA, and Gestifute, a leading sports management company, have formed a global partnership to represent the world's premier soccer players and coaches. Clients include Manchester United's Cristiano Ronaldo, the 2007 and 2008 Professional Footballers'...
Former THQ executive Shiraz Akmal andglobal investment manager Jawad Ansari announced today the launch of a newinvestment firm, GCube Ventures. GCube is the first stage-agnosticinvestment firm to focus solely on the global game industry, one of thefastest-growing markets. The firm's initial focus is on opportunities inthe U.S. and Asia....
IODA , theglobal leader in digital distribution, marketing, and technology solutionsfor the independent music and film industry, today announced that Latinmusic labels Fuego and MCD Entertainment havepartnered with IODA for worldwide digital music distribution. The Companyalso announced the addition of Latin music retailers Fuego Entertainment...
Premier private jet charter company ChiefExecutive Air announced today a partnership with hip-hop entrepreneur SteveRifkind and his SRC Street Records Corporation label to provide a stableof award-winning artists exclusive access to Chief Executive Air's elitecharter services. Hoping to capitalize on the relationships Rifkind hasdeveloped over the last 25 years...
uWink Menu Now Available in Multiple Languages with a Touch of a Button LOS ANGELES -- uWink (OTCBB:UWKI), an entertainment and hospitality software company and operator of an interactive restaurant concept, announced today menu language translation. With the touch of button, uWink's menu is translated into Chinese, English,...
Net Revenues Expected to Exceed $31 Million Represents Highest Net Revenues Since the December 2005 Quarter CHATSWORTH, Calif. -- Image Entertainment, Inc. (NASDAQ:DISK), a leading independent licensee, producer and distributor of home entertainment programming in North America, announced today that it expects its fiscal 2009 first...
EMERYVILLE, Calif. -- Aspera, the pioneering company behind market-leading high-speed file transfer technologies deployed throughout the media and entertainment industry, today announced that its whole suite of software products seamlessly integrates with the IBM Media Hub Solution Framework, enabling digital content to be moved at maximum speed with unprecedented bandwidth...
WYOMISSING, Penn. -- Penn National Gaming, Inc. (Nasdaq: PENN) announced today that its Chief Financial Officer, William J. Clifford, will meet with institutional investors at 9:10 a.m. ET at the Oppenheimer 8th Annual Consumer Growth and Gaming, Lodging & Leisure Conference being held at the Four Seasons Hotel in Boston,...
Port Blakely Communities, an industry leaderin creating residential and mixed-use urban villages that embrace theprinciples of smart growth, today announced that Town & Country MarketsInc. will open a signature Central Market store at its High Streets projectin Issaquah Highlands. The 50,000 square foot store is planned to open in 2010....
Sequels to Popular Casual Hits Scheduled To Ship This Fall CHICAGO -- Midway Games Inc. (NYSE: MWY), a leading interactive entertainment software publisher and developer, today announced sequels to two of the company's top-selling casual games for Wii[TM] and Nintendo DS[TM]. Game Party[TM]2 for Wii, the sequel to...
TELECOMWORLDWIRE-8 July 2008-Nokia Siemens Networks participate in Telecel's launch of 3G broadbandC1994-2008 M2 COMMUNICATIONS LTD http://www.m2.com Finnish telecomms infrastructure company Nokia Siemens Networks, owned by the Finnish telecomms solutions provider Nokia (NYSE:NOK) and the German electrical engineering and electronics company Siemens, said on Monday (7 July) that the...
TELECOMWORLDWIRE-8 July 2008-EA and Hasbro to offer SCRABBLE games on Facebook and Pogo.comC1994-2008 M2 COMMUNICATIONS LTD http://www.m2.com Electronic Arts Inc EA (Nasdaq:ERTS), an interactive, entertainment software company, and Hasbro Inc (NYSE:HAS) announced on Monday (7 July) that the companies will deliver authentic SCRABBLE games to the Facebook platform...
SANTA MONICA, Calif. -- Activision, Inc. (Nasdaq: ATVI) today announced that, at a special meeting of stockholders held earlier today, it received the stockholder approval necessary to consummate the company's agreement with Vivendi, S.A. to combine Vivendi Games, Vivendi's interactive entertainment business, with Activision's businesses. All of the proposals required...
CALABASAS, Calif. -- Final Draft, Inc., publisher of Final Draft[R], the #1-selling scriptwriting software, and Script magazine, announces the executive lineup for its Take A Meeting Los Angeles event at the Beverly Garland. Executives from the following companies will be meeting face-to-face with scriptwriters for 15 minutes: Allumination...
DUBLIN, Ireland -- Research and Markets (http://www.researchandmarkets.com/research/4528ba/harrahs_entertainm) has announced the addition of the "Harrahs Entertainment - SWOT Framework Analysis" company profile to their offering. SWOT Analysis is a strategic planning tool used to evaluate the Strengths, Weaknesses, Opportunities, and Threats involved in a project or in a business...
LINCOLNSHIRE, Ill. -- Indalex Inc. has been awarded a contract by Permasteelisa North America to supply painted extruded aluminum components that will be used in curtain wall to clad twin hotel towers in Revel Entertainment's new resort in Atlantic City, N.J. The Indalex contract, valued at more than...
AUSTIN, Texas -- Thriller Publishing Inc. announced appointment today of the first two members - Barbara Kaczynski and Randy Jayne -- to its newly formed Strategic Advisory Board. Thriller is in the business of creating military and espionage themed video games from novels written by New York Times best-selling authors...
