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HandheldCareer Moves: May 10, 2007Authored by dmw on May 10, 2007 - 12:28pm.
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Time Warner Inc. today announced that the Company and Chris Albrecht have agreed that he will no longer serve as chairman and CEO of Home Box Office, effective immediately. Career Moves: April 30, 2007Authored by dmw on April 30, 2007 - 10:23am.
Bebo, a UK social networking site, today announced the appointment of Angel Gambino to the newly-created position of Vice President, Music. In her new role, Ms. Gambino will be responsible for helping artists and labels use Bebo's base of 31 million users worldwide, enabling them to extend their reach and form one-to-one relationships with their audience. She will also have responsibility for devising partnerships between artists and brands and retailers.
HandHeld Entertainment Acquires Putfile.com for $7.1 MillionAuthored by Mark Hefflinger on February 6, 2007 - 12:52pm.
San Francisco - HandHeld Entertainment, a maker of portable media players, said on Tuesday that it has acquired Putfile.com, a U.K.-based free digital media service featuring user-generated content, for about $7.1 million. Career Moves: February 1, 2007Authored by dmw on February 1, 2007 - 1:39pm.
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CBS Corporation announced that its Board of Directors has elected Leonard Goldberg, one of television and film's most accomplished producers and executives, to serve on the company's board. Goldberg has served as President of 20th Century Fox, Head of Programming at the ABC Television Network and as Head of Production for Screen Gems (now Columbia Pictures Television). Portable Media Player Maker HandHeld Raises $3.83 MillionAuthored by Mark Hefflinger on January 18, 2007 - 11:21am.
tags: Deals | Mobile | Music | CE | PMP | Handhelds | Handheld | Private Placements | Placements | ZVUE |
HandHeld Entertainment Acquires YourDailyMedia.comAuthored by Mark Hefflinger on December 18, 2006 - 12:14pm.
San Francisco - HandHeld Entertainment, a maker of portable media players and owner of a network of entertainment sites, announced on Monday that it has acquired YourDaliyMedia.com for $1.06 million. The site, which attracts 1.8 million unique monthly visitors, features a library of more than 4,500 user-generated videos and other items, including photos, games and jokes. The acquisition grows San Francisco-based HandHeld's media library to nearly 11,000 videos.
HandHeld Entertainment Acquires FunMansion.com for $1.1 MillionAuthored by Mark Hefflinger on December 1, 2006 - 12:57pm.
Port St. Lucie, Fla. - User-generated video site FunMansion.com has been acquired by HandHeld Entertainment, a San Francisco-based maker of portable media players that also operates an online video store.
tags: Deals | Mobile | Video | CE | Acquisitions | PMP | Handheld | Video-Sharing | UGC | FunMansion |
HandHeld Entertainment Acquires Dorks.com for $1.5 MillionAuthored by Mark Hefflinger on November 14, 2006 - 2:34pm.
 San Francisco - HandHeld Entertainment, a maker of portable media players, said on Tuesday that it has acquired Seattle-based Dorks.com, an aggregator of user-generated content, for $1.5 million. The deal includes $500,000 in cash, and the remainder in the form of a five-year, $1 million note, convertible to Handheld's stock.
HandHeld Completes Reverse Merger; Raises $7.6 MillionAuthored by Mark Hefflinger on March 2, 2006 - 8:19am.
San Francisco - HandHeld Entertainment, a San Francisco-based maker of portable media players, said on Thursday that it has completed a reverse merger and landed $7.6 million in a private placement. The company said that it completed a reverse merger with Vika Corp. on February 10, then sold 3.8 million of its shares for $2 each to institutional and other accredited investors. Its stock will begin trading on the Over-The-Counter Bulletin Board on Monday under the symbol "HNDH." HandHeld launched its line of ZVUE portable media players in 2003, and recently launched a test version of its video download store.
Sprint Nextel to Offer FanView Handheld Scanner at NASCAR EventsAuthored by Mark Hefflinger on February 9, 2006 - 3:25am.
Daytona Beach, Fla. - Sprint Nextel on Thursday introduced the NASCAR Nextel FanView, a handheld device that will offer racing spectators a wireless telecast of the race, up to seven in-car camera channels, in-car audio feeds and other data features. Powered by technology from Kangaroo.TV, the device will be available to rent for $50 per day or $70 per weekend during all NASCAR Nextel Cup Series events.
Nintendo to Ship Redesigned DS Handheld in Japan in MarchAuthored by Mark Hefflinger on January 26, 2006 - 8:53am.
Tokyo - Nintendo has announced that it plans to release a smaller and lighter version of its DS handheld game console in Japan on March 2. The redesigned "DS Lite" will be 42% smaller and 21% lighter than the original DS, but will not offer a great of new functionality over the original DS, which has sold more than 13 million units worldwide since launching in late 2004. The company did not provide details on overseas launches for the DS Lite.
Report: Console and Handheld Online Gamers to Number 30 Million by 2009Authored by Mark Hefflinger on January 3, 2006 - 8:10am.
Scottsdale, Ariz. - Video game consoles and handheld game devices are greatly expanding the market for online gaming, according to a report from market research firm In-Stat. Gamers who play online via their Microsoft Xbox, Nintendo DS or other console numbered 3.4 million in 2004, and are expected to reach 30 million by 2009. In-Stat predicts Microsoft's Xbox Live online game service will see just under 50% annual subscriber growth between 2004 and 2009. For its part, Nintendo has eschewed online gaming for its GameCube, but has launched a network of Wi-Fi hotspots worldwide in connection with its free online game service for the Nintendo DS handheld. Meanwhile, Sony, which currently offers free online play through the PlayStation 2, is expected to have a big impact on subscriber growth and revenues over the next few years with the release of the PlayStation 3; it's unclear whether Sony will continue to offer online gaming for free with the new console, or try to generate revenue with a subscription service.
Sirius Introduces Handheld Satellite Radio, Traffic Data ServiceAuthored by Mark Hefflinger on August 25, 2005 - 6:57am.
New York -- Sirius Satellite Radio, a provider of subscription radio programming, on Thursday introduced its first handheld satellite radio, which also allows users to record and store up to 50 hours of Sirius content, or their own digital music files. The Sirius S50, which will go on sale in October for $359, features a black exterior, color screen and voice-assisted channel navigation. The company also unveiled the Starmate Replay and Sirius One, its smallest plug-and-play radios for vehicles to date, which will also ship in October. The $129 Starmate Replay will offer 44 minutes of "replay" capability, enabling TiVo-like pause, rewind and fast-forward functions, while the $79 Sirius One is small enough to clasp to a car's sun visor. New York-based Sirius also said it partnered with Navteq to launch a traffic data service for 22 major U.S. cities in November.
American Airlines Tests Handheld In-Flight Entertainment DevicesAuthored by Mark Hefflinger on November 16, 2004 - 5:14am.
Fort Worth, Texas -- American Airlines announced a three-month test of a new in-flight entertainment option for passengers, in the form of a handheld device that contains movies, music videos, TV shows, newspapers, video games and other content. The Personal Entertainment Device features an 8.9" wide SVGA LCD screen, and during the trial will be available free to first class passengers, and for between $10 and $12 per flight to main cabin passengers, who will be able to swipe their credit cards directly on the devices. Similar devices are offered on Alaska Airlines flights, while other airlines such as JetBlue and Independence Air have deals to offer passengers in-flight satellite TV service.
Sony Unveils PSP Handheld Gaming DeviceAuthored by Mark Hefflinger on May 13, 2004 - 2:05am.
Los Angeles -- Sony gave attendees at this week's Electronic Entertainment Expo in Los Angeles the first peek at its new PSP (PlayStation Portable) handheld gaming system, which it intends to release in Japan by the end of the year and in the U.S. and Europe by March 2005. The device, expected to cost between $199 and $299, features a 4.3-inch widescreen display, will support Wi-Fi networking, and also may be used to play music and video. Games will come loaded on Sony's new proprietary UMD discs, which are just 6cm in diameter and hold 1.8GB of data. Sony is also touting the UMD format as a means for record labels to distribute full-length albums with added video or other programming.
Nintendo Details New DS Handheld Game SystemAuthored by Mark Hefflinger on May 12, 2004 - 2:12am.
Los Angeles -- Nintendo has announced some of the details of its Nintendo DS portable gaming system, which it plans to launch in Japan and North America by the end of the year, and in Europe during the first quarter of 2005. One of the device's dual 3D screens features touch-screen input; the DS also features voice recognition, 16-channel sound and both short- and long-range wireless multiplayer capabilities. The DS will sport two processors, and play both legacy Game Boy Advance titles and the new gigabit-capacity DS cartridges. Nintendo said game titles in the works for the DS include a new Super Mario game, a Metroid game, a WarioWare game and PictoChat, which lets players send instant text and picture messages to one another. In addition, Nintendo said it has distributed over 100 development kits to companies that will create games for the DS.
Sony Delays Launch of PSP Handheld Game Device Until 2005Authored by Mark Hefflinger on February 26, 2004 - 7:51am.
Tokyo -- Sony Corp. has announced that it will not release its new PSP portable video game device in the U.S. in time for the 2004 holiday shopping season, instead opting to ship the PSP some time in the first quarter of 2005. Sony confirmed that the device will still launch this year in Japan, but will also delay the PSP's launch in Europe until 2005. "In order to ensure that the launch time frame is well supported, we want to allow developers and publishers sufficient time to optimize content for our new portable-entertainment platform," Sony spokeswoman Teresa Weaver told News.com. Analysts said the delay may benefit Nintendo, which plans to launch its own new portable handheld game, the dual-screened Nintendo DS, by the end of the year.
Report: Sony PlayStation Portable (PSP) Handheld to Sell for Around $400Authored by Mark Hefflinger on January 12, 2004 - 3:47am.
London -- Sony Europe president Chris Deering has hinted that pricing for the upcoming Sony PlayStation Portable (PSP) -- the company's foray into the handheld game market currently dominated by Nintendo's $99 Game Boy Advance -- would be in the range of around $400, GamesIndustry.biz reported. Deering said that Sony intends to generate a profit from the device on hardware alone. "We want to make it affordable for publishers to produce a wide range of entertainment and so royalties will be lower down in the mix this time round," Deering told U.K. trade paper MCV. Sony Computer Entertainment vice president Masutsuka Saeki said the PSP is planned for release in mid-December.
Nintendo Reports Strong Sales for Game Boy Advance HandheldAuthored by Mark Hefflinger on November 25, 2003 - 7:03am.
Redmond, Wash. -- Nintendo of America said this week that U.S. sales of its Game Boy Advance handheld video game and titles for the device will likely top $1.5 billion this year. Nintendo said it sold over 400,000 units of the device during October; the company expects to sell nearly nine million in 2003, up from the seven million it sold last year. Separately, Redmond, Wash.-based Nintendo of America said it named Reginald Fils-Aime as executive vice president of sales and marketing. Most recently, Fils-Aime was senior vice president of marketing at MTV Networks' VH1.
Sony to Introduce iPod Competitor, Details PSP Handheld Gaming DeviceAuthored by Mark Hefflinger on November 5, 2003 - 8:18am.
New York -- Sony Corp. has announced plans to introduce a portable digital music player next year to compete with Apple's iPod, Reuters reported. The company did not provide details for the product, other than to say it would be available for as little as $60 -- hundreds less than any iPod model. The company also provided some details for its planned PSP handheld gaming device, designed to compete with Nintendo's Game Boy Advance and slated for release by year-end 2004. "PSP will be the Walkman of the future," Sony executive deputy president Ken Kutaragi told Reuters, adding that PSP is more a platform of related devices with the capacity to add or subtract features that enable it to function as a music and video player, as well as a cell phone. Reuters said a prototype of the device appeared somewhat similar to Nokia's N-Gage, but featured a larger screen more comparable to that of a portable television.
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