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Head of CTV Youth Channels, Live Earth President and Teen Artists To Headline Millennials Canada Youth Event on March 5

Authored by dmw on February 12, 2008 - 1:57pm.

Los Angeles, CA, February 12, 2008 -- Digital Media Wire, the leading digital entertainment publisher and events company, and Rogers MusicStore CANADIAN MUSIC WEEK, Canada's leading annual entertainment event dedicated to the expression and growth of Canada's music, media and entertainment industries, today announced an impressive line-up of speakers for Millennials Toronto, a youth-focused media and marketing conference at the Fairmont Royal York in Toronto on Wednesday, March 5, 2008.

tags: Games | Video | Marketing | Music | Youth | Events | Canada | Canadian Music Week | The Millennials Canada |

Viacom's MTV Networks Announces Global Digital Media Team

Authored by dmw on January 5, 2007 - 12:59pm.
New York - MTV Networks (MTVN), a unit of Viacom, today announced a new global digital media executive team that will provide strategic guidance and share best practices in operations, technology, and distribution for MTVN’s portfolio of multiplatform brands. The team will report to Mika Salmi, the newly hired President of Global Digital Media for MTV Networks, while directly working with the digital heads of MTVN’s various brands and business units.
tags: Video | TV | Music | Career | Moves | Youth | MTV | Viacom | Millennials |

Appeals Court Upholds Injunction on Illinois Video Game Law

Authored by Mark Hefflinger on November 28, 2006 - 2:41pm.
Chicago - The U.S. Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit has upheld a lower court ruling that declared an Illinois law banning the sale of sexually explicit games to minors in the state to be unconstitutional.
tags: Games | Law | Adult | Youth | Censorship | Legislation | Injunctions | Minors | Parental Control | Illinois |

Code.TV Launches Youth Luxury Lifestyle Broadband Channel in L.A.

Authored by Mark Hefflinger on August 17, 2006 - 1:11pm.
Los Angeles - Code.TV, a broadband network featuring lifestyle content targeted at young professionals earning over $100,000 a year, announced that it has launched a new channel in Los Angeles, following an initial offering in New York.
tags: Video | Marketing | Advertising | TV | Broadband | Youth | IPTV | Video Ads | LA | Los Angeles | Code TV |

Industrious Kid Launches Imbee Social Networking Site for Kids 8-14

Authored by Mark Hefflinger on June 16, 2006 - 12:38pm.
Emeryville, Calif. - Industrious Kid this week announced the launch of its Imbee social networking site, which is targeted at kids between 8 and 14-years-old.
tags: Launches | Internet | Social Networking | Youth | Internet Launches | Parental Control | Industrious Kid |

N.Y. Times: Students' High-Pitched Ringtone Inaudible to Teachers

Authored by Mark Hefflinger on June 12, 2006 - 12:24pm.
New York - The New York Times recently reported on a ringtone gaining popularity with students, which uses a high-pitched frequency inaudible to most adults as a means of circumventing classroom bans on calls and text messages.
tags: Mobile | Internet | UK | Ringtones | Youth | Education | Mosquitotone |

Bill Would Ban Minors' Access to Social Networks at Schools, Libraries

Authored by dmw on May 11, 2006 - 12:54pm.
San Francisco - House Republicans have introduced a bill that would prohibit minors' access to social networking sites at schools and libraries, CNET News.com reported. The Deleting Online Predators Act (DOPA), authored by Rep. Michael Fitzpatrick (R-Penn.) and backed by House Speaker Dennis Hastert, would ban students' access to sites that let them create personal profiles and that feature chat rooms and other forms of online communication that can subject them to sexual advances. "We've all heard stories of children on some of these social Web sites meeting up with dangerous predators," said Rep. Hastert. "This legislation adds another layer of protection." The director of the American Library Association's office of government relations, Lynne Bradley, told CNET News.com that librarians are "as protective of kids as any other protection in this whole field, but we do know there are legitimate uses (of social-networking sites)." Some schools already block access to sites like MySpace, Facebook and Friendster, prompting enterprising students to take elaborate steps like setting up online proxies to their home computers, which allow them to bypass filters and access the social networks from school computers.
tags: Internet | Law | Social Networking | Youth | Censorship | Bills | DOPA | Schools | Libraries |

Amp'd Adds "PhoneTag," "Homeland Security: Kim Jong Il Edition" Mobile Games

Authored by dmw on May 10, 2006 - 2:13am.
Los Angeles - Amp'd Mobile, a mobile virtual network operator targeting the youth and young professional markets, on Wednesday introduced two new mobile game titles it will offer its subscribers. "PhoneTag," developed with LivePlanet, is a massively multiplayer mobile game that utilizes location-based services, while "Homeland Security: Kim Jong Il Edition" is a first-person title developed internally at Amp'd.
tags: Games | Launches | Mobile | Mobile Games | Games Launches | MMO | Youth | Amp'd | MVNO | LivePlanet |

Fisher-Price to Release "Kid-Tough" MP3 Player, Digital Camera

Authored by dmw on May 3, 2006 - 10:18am.
East Aurora, N.Y. - Toymaker Fisher-Price on Wednesday announced details on the release of its MP3 player and digital camera designed for preschoolers. The Kid-Tough FP3 Player features an expandable SD memory card slot and will begin selling in July for $69, while the company's Kid-Tough Digital Camera will feature 8MB of built-in memory -- enough to hold 60 pictures -- and will sell for $69 when released in June.
tags: Launches | Pricing | Marketing | CE | Youth | MP3 | Fisher-Price | Cameras | Toys | CE Launches |

Helio Launches Youth-Focused Mobile Phone Service with MySpace Link

Authored by dmw on May 2, 2006 - 11:10am.
Los Angeles - Helio on Tuesday announced the launch of its mobile virtual network, offering 3G cell phone service targeting young consumers with multimedia features. Among other multimedia features, Helio subscribers will be able to post photos and messages directly from their phones to their accounts on the MySpace social networking service; program live content feeds to be sent to their phones from partners including MTV and The Onion; and purchase and download mobile games for $5.99 each. The service runs on two handsets, the $275 Hero and $250 Kickflip, with calling plans ranging from $40 to $135 a month. "Helio is custom-built for the lifestyle of young people who have their mobile device at the center of their universe," said Sky Dayton, CEO of Helio and founder of EarthLink. "With Helio, mobile is about staying connected in innovative ways where sharing your world includes content like videos and games, or unique personalization that you know your friends will love." Los Angeles-based Helio said its service will be available at 1,000 retail locations by the end of May.
tags: Launches | Mobile | Internet | Social Networking | MySpace | Mobile Launches | Helio | Youth |

Oklahoma Legislature Approves Ban on Violent Game Sales to Minors

Authored by dmw on April 28, 2006 - 6:14am.
Oklahoma City, Okla. - The Oklahoma state legislature has approved a bill that would place video games in the same category as pornography and make it a felony to sell violent video games to minors. The proposed legislation now heads to Gov. Brad Henry (D), who has indicated he will sign it into law, GamePolitics.com reported. A bill that similarly aimed to deem such games as obscenity failed to make it out of the Utah state legislature. The video game industry has so far successfully sued to have any restrictions on the sales of video games to minors overturned, with courts in California, Illinois, Michigan and Washington, as well as the city of Indianapolis and St. Louis County ruling unanimously that the laws are unconstitutional on First Amendment free speech grounds.
tags: Games | Law | Commerce | Youth | Censorship | Violent Games | Oklahoma | Bans |

Gameloft Signs Deal to Publish Mobile Games Featuring Paris Hilton

Authored by dmw on April 18, 2006 - 6:36pm.
New York - France-based mobile game publisher Gameloft announced on Tuesday that it has signed a multi-year licensing agreement with Paris Hilton Entertainment Inc., to develop and publish mobile games featuring the hotel heiress. The first such title, which will be geared towards tweens and teenaged Hilton fans, is slated for release in the summer of 2006.
tags: Games | Launches | Mobile | Mobile Games | Gameloft | Youth | Paris Hilton |

Amp'd Mobile, Break.com Partner on College Comedy Tour

Authored by dmw on April 17, 2006 - 8:42am.
Los Angeles - Amp'd Mobile, a youth-focused mobile virtual network operator, announced on Monday that it partnered with entertainment site Break.com to sponsor a College Comedy tour, featuring stand-up comics Nick Thune and Jo Koy. Amp'd will produce behind-the-scenes footage from the tour, and will offer a live mobile TV broadcast of one of the dates from the tour to Amp'd Mobile subscribers.
tags: Deals | Mobile Deals | Amp'd Mobile | Break.com | College | Comedy | Youth |

MySpace Appoints Former U.S. Prosecutor as Chief Security Officer

Authored by dmw on April 11, 2006 - 1:25pm.
Santa Monica, Calif. - Social networking site MySpace, a unit of Fox Interactive Media, announced on Tuesday that it has appointed Hemanshu Nigam as chief security officer, who will oversee safety, education and privacy programs as well as law enforcement affairs for both MySpace and other Fox Interactive Media properties. Nigam previously served in a similar role at Microsoft, and has been a federal prosecutor and an advisor to the White House on cyberstalking. MySpace, which now claims more than 68 million members worldwide, has come under fire lately from parents' groups and various schools, and also received negative press for several incidents where sexual predators assaulted minors they met on MySpace. The Santa Monica, Calif.-based company also touted the steps it has taken to increase privacy and security for its members. These include setting a minimum member age of 14, and deleting underage profiles; limiting public access to profiles of members under 16; limiting access to adult-themed groups to those 18 or older; working with all levels of law enforcement; and providing parents with links to free Internet filtering software. The company also said it partnered with the National Center for Missing and Exploited Children and the Advertising Council on a series of national public service announcements that promote online safety.
tags: Internet | Law | Social Networking | Music | MySpace | People | Career | Moves | Youth | Hemanshu Nigam |

Court Throws Out Michigan Law Restricting Video Game Sales

Authored by dmw on April 3, 2006 - 6:33pm.
Washington - The U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Michigan has thrown out a Michigan state law that restricted the sale or rental of mature or adult-rated video games to minors. Judge George Caram Steeh placed a permanent injunction against implementation of the bill, which was signed into law by Michigan Gov. Jennifer Granholm in September -- calling it unconstitutional. The Michigan law would have fined retailers who sold such games to minors $5,000. "Judge Steeh's ruling represents a sweeping rejection of the state's claims regarding the harmful effects of violent video games and we will move immediately for reimbursement of the substantial legal fees incurred in this court fight which the state could have, and should have, never triggered," said Douglas Lowenstein, president of the Entertainment Software Association (ESA), a video game industry trade group. Courts have consistently ruled thus far that laws banning the sale of video games to minors are unconstitutional restrictions on First Amendment free speech rights, having overturned similar laws in Illinois, California and Washington.
tags: Games | Law | Youth | Censorship | Violent Games | Ratings | Michigan | ESA | Injunctions | Minors |

Youth Virtual Mobile Network Helio Partners with MySpace

Authored by Mark Hefflinger on February 16, 2006 - 8:33am.
Los Angeles - Helio, a new youth-focused mobile network operator joint venture between EarthLink and South Korea's SK Telecom, announced on Thursday that it has signed an agreement with MySpace, News Corp.'s social-networking site with 55 million members. The MySpace Mobile service will let Helio subscribers view MySpace profiles and photos, blog, send and receive MySpace messages, and post photos taken with Helio phones directly onto MySpace. The Wall Street Journal reported that Helio, set to launch in the U.S. in the spring, will receive $440 million in funding from its backers. The company's first two handsets -- the "Hero" made by Pantech and "Kickflip" made by VK Mobile -- were introduced on Thursday.
tags: Mobile | MySpace | Helio | Youth | Partner |

Survey: European Youth Increasingly Ditching TV, Radio for Web

Authored by Mark Hefflinger on June 23, 2005 - 8:38am.
London -- European youth are spending less time watching TV and listening to the radio in favor of surfing the Internet, according to a survey of 15-24 year-olds across Europe conducted by the European Interactive Advertising Association (EIAA). Of those surveyed, 46% said they watch less TV as a result of using the Internet; 34% said they talk on the phone less; 33% said they read fewer newspapers; and 22% said they don't listen to the radio as much. In terms of overall media consumption, European youth still spend the most time watching TV (31%), compared with radio (27%), the Internet (24%) and newspapers (10%). Almost half of the young people surveyed said they were prepared to pay for music online (47%), while 25% said they would pay for online gaming. "The 15-24 age group is the holy grail for most advertisers and the EIAA research conclusively demonstrates the extent to which the internet now represents an essential media for this audience, increasingly replacing other media including TV and radio, said EIAA chairman Michael Kleindl.
tags: Internet | Radio | TV | Youth | Power | Web | Survey | Teenager | satistics |

Report: 40% of Youth Market Receptive to Ad-Supported Mobile Video

Authored by Mark Hefflinger on May 26, 2005 - 6:16am.
Overland Park, Kan. -- Among males aged 13-34, music is the most appealing wireless multimedia service, followed by mobile TV and video, and multiplayer 3D gaming, according to a 1,000-participant survey conducted by The Management Network Group. The study also found that 40% of respondents said they would be receptive to mobile video clips that were free to watch but required them to also view multimedia advertisements, while under 20% were interested in mobile video monthly subscription services. Thirty-five per cent of respondents reported strong interest in downloading music to their cell phones, while 21% were very interested in mobile multiplayer games. "The new generation of consumers is demanding greater choices, a more personalized telecommunications experience and will influence the direction that carriers will need to take as 3G and future mobile technology is delivered to the marketplace," said TMNG chairman and CEO Rich Nespola.
tags: Mobile | Video | Reports | Youth |

Yahoo, Clear Channel, Friendster Team to Promote Youth Voter Registration

Authored by Mark Hefflinger on February 5, 2004 - 10:20am.
Los Angeles -- Web portal Yahoo, radio giant Clear Channel and online social networking site Friendster on Thursday jointly announced their support for Declare Yourself, a nonpartisan, non-profit organization founded by producer Norman Lear whose goal is to register young voters for the 2004 election. Yahoo will promote the organization on its websites, as well as through an 18-city college campus tour, which will also be promoted on Clear Channel radio stations. Clear Channel will also provide space for Declare Yourself at festivals and concerts it promotes, offering on-site voter registration. Friendster, with its network of five million users, will host voter registration parties on the campus tour, in addition to linking to DeclareYourself.com and inviting presidential candidates to post their own personal profile on Friendster.com.
tags: Yahoo | Youth | Clear Channel | Friendster Team | Registration |