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AOL's Advertising.com to Launch Japanese Joint Venture

Authored by Mark Hefflinger on November 20, 2006 - 6:13pm.
Baltimore - Advertising.com, a Baltimore-based unit of AOL that operates a large display ad network, said on Monday that it has struck a deal with Mitsui & Co. to create a new joint venture serving the Japanese online advertising market.
tags: Deals | Internet | Marketing | Advertising | AOL | Asia | Japan | Joint Ventures | Advertising.com | Mitsui |

News Corp., Softbank to Launch MySpace Japan Joint Venture

Authored by Mark Hefflinger on November 6, 2006 - 7:28pm.
Tokyo - A report in Japan's Nihon Keizai newspaper states that News Corporation and Softbank are set to launch a 50-50 joint venture that will bring the MySpace online social network to Japan, Reuters reported.
tags: Internet | Social Networking | MySpace | Asia | Japan | Joint Ventures | News Corp. | Softbank |

Sony Online, WizKids to Develop Online Version of "Pirates CSG"

Authored by Mark Hefflinger on August 10, 2006 - 12:30pm.
Indianapolis, Ind. - Sony Online Entertainment announced on Thursday a joint venture with Bellevue, Wash.-based WizKids Incorporated, to develop an online version of the developer's "Pirates Constructible Strategy Game."
tags: Games | Sony | Online Games | SOE | Joint Ventures | Sony Online | WizKids |

Japanese Electronics Giants Partner to Develop Internet TVs

Authored by Mark Hefflinger on August 9, 2006 - 1:16pm.
Tokyo - A group of Japanese consumer electronics firms that includes Matsushita, Sony, Sharp, Toshiba and Hitachi have announced plans to develop a joint standard for Internet-based televisions, the Associated Press reported.
tags: Video | TV | Sony | CE | Toshiba | IPTV | Matsushita | Japan | Joint Ventures | Hitachi | Sharp |

Mark Burnett, Emilio Estefan Partner on Multimedia Joint Venture

Authored by Mark Hefflinger on August 9, 2006 - 1:07pm.
Los Angeles - Reality TV producer Mark Burnett ("Survivor," "The Apprentice") announced on Wednesday that he has formed a joint venture with music producer Emilio Estefan, to develop multimedia entertainment for the Hispanic community that will be distributed on the Internet, mobile devices and network broadcast.
tags: Internet | Video | Music | Fitness | Hispanic | Joint Ventures | Mark Burnett | Emilio Estefan |

SanDisk to Team With Toshiba on New $5 Billion Japanese Plant

Authored by Mark Hefflinger on August 4, 2006 - 12:21pm.
Milpitas, Calif. - Japanese electronics giant Toshiba said on Friday that it will team with Milpitas, Calif.-based SanDisk to build a new $5.2 billion flash memory plant in Japan. The companies have jointly operated a Japanese plant for the past year, but said that rapid growth in the flash memory market from the proliferation of products such as MP3 music players and mobile phones has necessitated a larger facility. The new facility, to be known as Fab 4, is expected to be operational by late 2007, with an initial capacity of 2,500 wafers a month. By late 2008, the companies said that the plant will be able to produce 67,500 wafers a month.
tags: Tech | Career | CE | Investing | Toshiba | Storage | Japan | SanDisk | Memory | Joint Ventures | Chips |

XM, Sirius Jointly Developing Radio That Can Receive Both Services

Authored by Mark Hefflinger on June 21, 2006 - 2:16pm.
Los Angeles - A joint venture funded by the nation's two satellite radio providers -- XM and Sirius -- is looking to develop radios capable of receiving both companys' broadcasts, the satellite radio blog Orbitcast.com reported.
tags: Radio | Audio | Satellite Radio | Music | CE | XM Radio | Sirius | Joint Ventures | PMP |

Commodore, Content Factory Launch Video Game Joint Venture

Authored by Mark Hefflinger on June 12, 2006 - 12:58pm.
Amsterdam - Commodore International Corporation (CIC), holders of the rights to the Commodore video game brand, announced on Monday that it has invested $22.7 million in a video gaming joint venture with Amsterdam-based The Content Factory.
tags: Games | Deals | Investing | Games Deals | Joint Ventures | Commodore | Content Factory | CIC |

AOL, Covad to Launch Joint Broadband Service

Authored by Mark Hefflinger on May 23, 2006 - 7:27pm.
Dulles, Va. - Continuing its quest to migrate dial-up customers to broadband, AOL said on Tuesday that it has struck a deal with Covad Communications Group, a Silicon Valley-based provider of voice and data communications services, to offer a joint high-speed Internet service.
tags: Deals | Internet | Tech | Broadband | AOL | Tech Deals | ISP | Video Tech | Joint Ventures | Portals | Covad |

K2B in Joint Venture to Market "Place-Shifting" TV Technology in Asia

Authored by dmw on May 16, 2006 - 12:43pm.
New York - K2B, a developer of TV "place-shifting" technology that lets users watch their home TV channels and recorded programs while away on Internet-connected devices, announced on Tuesday a strategic partnership with Asian online entertainment firm Emphasis Services Limited (ESL). New York-based K2B said the deal includes a major cash infusion, and new sales and marketing support for its products in Asia. The companies formed a joint venture called TV2Me Laboratories, which aims to drive wider adoption of K2B's TV2Me technology around the world.
tags: Deals | Tech | TV | CE | DVR | Tech Deals | Asia | Video Tech | Joint Ventures | K2B | Place-Shifting | ESL |

Warner Music Forms Korean Digital Music Joint Venture with SK Telecom

Authored by dmw on May 11, 2006 - 12:45pm.
Hong Kong - Warner Music International has partnered with South Korean telco SK Telecom to form a new joint venture that will distribute music from Warner's Korean artists both online and to mobile phones in Korea. Warner will have majority ownership of WS Entertainment, which will be funded by $8.6 million from Warner Music Korea and SK Telecom's Seoul Records, as well as the SK-KTB Music Investment Fund. "Today's first-of-its-kind agreement with SK Telecom, one of the world's most technologically advanced media distributors, is part of Warner Music's broader strategy to partner with a wide array of innovative companies to sign, develop and distribute music-based content," said Alex Zubillaga, executive vice president of digital strategy and business development at Warner Music Group.
tags: Deals | Music Deals | Mobile Music | Music | Korea | Investing | Warner Music | Joint Ventures | SK Telecom |