The European Commission gave Microsoft Corp. one more chance to remedy what it terms as monopolistic behavior. "The commission has gathered additional evidence from a wide variety of consumers, suppliers and competitors. This evidence confirms and in many respects bolsters the commission's earlier finding...
SEATTLE-Streaming-video company RealNetworks Inc. today announced a deal with Sprint PCS to offer an Internet-style media player to Sprint's Vision customers-an offering that marks a significant change in RealNetworks' wireless strategy.RealNetworks will offer its content, which includes feeds from CNN, NPR and others, through...
The European Commission gave Microsoft Corp. one more chance to remedy monopolistic behavior."The commission has gathered additional evidence from a wide variety of consumers, suppliers and competitors. This evidence confirms and in many respects bolsters the commission's earlier finding that Microsoft is leveraging its...
Streaming video company RealNetworks Inc. today announced a major deal with European powerhouse Vodafone Group plc, a move that many in the industry say puts RealNetworks at the head of the wireless video movement."This is the largest commitment by a carrier in the world"...
RA'ANANA, Israel-Streaming video company Emblaze Systems Ltd. announced it will conduct a streaming video trial with U.K. carrier MmO2.To participate in the trial, MmO2 has selected 350 customers using the O2 Pocket PC-based xda, the Nokia 7650 and the Nokia 3650. Users will be...
Wireless streaming video over mobile phones is now available at a store near you.Internet video company RealNetworks Inc. today planned to launch a wireless Web site featuring streaming content from several media companies, as well as a promotional program for content providers and carriers....
SEATTLE-RealNetworks Inc. released its first quarter 2003 financial results and announced it has reached the 1 million customer mark for its online entertainment subscription service.The company reported a net loss of $2.8 million or 2 cents per share, a drop from the year-ago profit...
CANNES, France-RealNetworks Inc. announced two mobile media-related partnerships at this week's 3GSM World Congress in Cannes, France. The company said Hong Kong wireless operator CSL will cooperate with Nokia to provide mobile video services based on RealNetworks' technology. The video service will give mobile...
LONDON-Operating system company Symbian said ARM, Hewlett-Packard Co., Motorola SPS, RealNetworks and Texas Instruments joined the company's Platinum Partner program. The company also said it will work with ARM and TI to closely integrate and optimize its operating system with the technologies from ARM...
NEW YORK-RealNetworks Inc. hopes to hit one out of the ballpark with a new broadcast service for mobile-phone users.Wireless subscribers with data-enabled phones can log on to RealNetworks' site and subscribe for audio feeds of any Major League Baseball game. Users will receive text...
SEATTLE-RealNetworks made enhancements that increase the ease of use and add functionality to its RealOne Mobile PlayerThe company released a new user interface and functionality for the RealOne Mobile Player that it said will increase user ability to manage digital media with features including...
SEATTLE-RealNetworks made enhancements that increase ease of use and add functionality to its RealOne Mobile Player this week.The company released a new user interface and functionality for the RealOne Mobile Player that it said will increase user ability to manage digital media with features...
SEATTLE—Sony Corp. said it will buy a 1 percent stake in RealNetworks inc., and will collaborate with the streaming media company on a variety of technologies and devices.While the companies did not specifically mention any wireless initiatives in the news release, both RealNetworks and...
SAN DIEGO—Wireless streaming media company PacketVideo Corp. said it will cut an unspecified number of jobs in order to realign itself with the sluggish economy.Fernando Corona, the company's senior vice president of marketing, said PacketVideo had 225 employees before the layoffs, but he wouldn't...
TEL AVIV, Israel—Wireless streaming media company Emblaze Systems Ltd. released its financial results for last year, showing net losses of $29 million and no relief in sight for at least the next year."2001 will be remembered as a year of significant global economic downturn...
NEW YORK—Motorola Inc. will port Emblaze Systems Ltd.'s MPEG4 multimedia player into its DragonBall MX1 microprocessor, which is one of the major processors used by personal digital assistant makers and mobile-phone manufacturers."This is a significant agreement for us," said Sasson Darwish, Emblaze's president. "It...
Streaming content onto wireless devices seems like a perfect match of technology. Without the hard drive space required to download and save large files, streaming content to wireless devices is a good way for wireless customers to experience large data files.PacketVideo Corp. has jumped...
While the market for consumers who might want to watch streaming video or listen to streaming audio on their wireless devices is debatable, chip manufacturers are going ahead with plans to integrate streaming content technology into chips in case that demand materializes.Toshiba Corp. unveiled...
WASHINGTON-Aggressive industry lobbying and strong bipartisan backing by the Washington state congressional delegation in this election season of giving helped win removal of a measure that would have killed the VoiceStream Wireless Inc.-Deutsche Telekom AG merger in the final days of the 106th Congress.Sen....
The underwriters of Vyyo Inc.'s recent initial public offering exercised their options to purchase the entire over-allotment of more than 1 million shares of common stock, bringing the total offering size to approximately 7.7 million shares at $13.50 per share. The underwriters included Banc...
