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Comdex 2001: Sony Weds Wireless With AOL, Nokia
News Sony unfurled major alliances on Monday with AOL Time Warner and Nokia as part of its ongoing, years-long effort to become one of the defining and dominant companies of the Internet era. Although AOL Time Warner and Sony did not provide details on...
[November 13, 2001, 11:04]
Yahoo! And Sony Team Up Online
News And as the battle between AOL Time Warner and Microsoft for the placement of their online services on computer desktops grabs attention, Yahoo! In many ways, the deal reflects the benefits touted by AOL Time Warner since its merger at the beginning...
[July 31, 2001, 15:24]
Hollywood Named In On-demand Conspiracy Suit
News The lawsuit, filed in the US District Court for the Central District of California, named entertainment giants AOL Time Warner, Vivendi Universal and Sony as the conspirators that have been hindering Intertainer's business of offering movies-on...
[September 25, 2002, 6:27]
US Justice Department Eyes Online Video Efforts
News MovieFly, one of the upcoming services, is backed by AOL Time Warner, Sony Pictures Digital Entertainment, Viacom's Paramount Pictures, Vivendi Universal, and Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer. Record labels have banded together to form two online music services...
[December 24, 2001, 11:20]
The Music May Be Over For CDNow
News The filing indicated that the going concern issue was broached in connection with CDNow's terminated merger agreement with Sony and Time Warner. On 13 March, Time Warner and Sony scrapped a plan to acquire CDNow and merge it with the media giants...
[March 29, 2000, 15:41]
The Day Ahead: Online Music Earnings Nothing To Dance About
News The other real sticking point in the CDNow story is its merger with Columbia House, a joint venture between Sony and Time Warner. Via the recent Warner Music-EMI Music joint venture and its likely ties to Sony, CDNow can deliver never-ending stream...
[February 4, 2000, 11:51]
Record Labels Targeted In Napster Suit
News MusicNet, which is backed by RealNetworks, AOL Time Warner, Bertelsmann and the EMI Group, has already begun demonstrating its technology and is slated to launch on RealNetworks' site in less than two months.
[October 11, 2001, 12:01]
US Report: DVD Seeing Off Divx Threat
News While all the major Hollywood studios are planning to release movies on DVD, Time Warner Video and Sony Pictures Entertainment (the owner of Columbia and Tri-Star) have refused to commit their large library of films to Divx.
[September 10, 1998, 7:11]
A Year Ago: DVD Seeing Off Divx Threat
News Both Time Warner and Sony are part of the DVD Forum, and have a vested interest in the future of DVD. While all the major Hollywood studios are planning to release movies on DVD, Time Warner Video and Sony Pictures Entertainment (the owner of...
[September 10, 1999, 7:00]
Sony And NTT Partner To Take The PS2 Online
News At E3 this year, the company announced partnerships with AOL Time Warner, Macromedia, Real Networks, and Cisco to offer various applications for its PS2 network service. Sony Corporation and Japanese telecommunications leader Nippon Telegraph and...
[December 12, 2001, 9:46]
Yahoo! Sings Duet's Tunes
News Earlier this week, RealNetworks, AOL Time Warner's Warner Music Group, EMI Recorded Music and Bertelsmann's BMG Entertainment banded together to form a new subsidiary called MusicNet, which will create a subscription service as well.
[April 5, 2001, 16:20]
Columbine Victims Sue Video Game Giants
News AOL Time Warner, Nintendo of America, and Sony Computer Entertainment are among 25 companies that face a lawsuit filed by the families of the victims of the Columbine massacre. AOL Time Warner also declined to comment on the lawsuit.
[April 25, 2001, 7:46]
MusicNet, Pressplay Closing In On Labels
News That service is backed by AOL Time Warner, EMI and Bertelsmann. Pressplay announced Monday that it has signed a deal with BMG and said it is close to reaching an agreement with Warner Music Group. The service, which is backed by Sony and Vivendi...
[October 16, 2002, 9:25]
Sony, Warner License Anti-piracy Standard
News In response, Sony Pictures Entertainment and AOL Time Warner's Warner Bros.movie studios agreed to license the Digital Transmission Content Protection (DTCP) system. Warner and Sony are participants because we recognise the implications in...
[July 18, 2001, 11:35]
Next Windows Media Player Touts Services
News The move is part of Microsoft's increased emphasis on Web services and also an attempt to compete against similar offerings from rivals AOL Time Warner and RealNetworks, which are partners in a competing music service known as MusicNet.
[August 7, 2002, 8:36]
Pressplay Slips Onto MP3.com
News MusicNet is a coalition between RealNetworks, AOL Time Warner, Bertelsmann and EMI. Pressplay, a joint venture between Sony and Vivendi Universal, said MP3.com joins MSN, Roxio and Yahoo! People pay a monthly subscription fee to access Pressplay's...
[January 23, 2002, 12:02]
Movielink: Bring On The Experts
News Movielink, now set to launch in December, is backed by Sony Pictures, Viacom's Paramount, Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer, AOL Time Warner's Warner Bros.and Vivendi Universal. Meanwhile, the life expectancy of online entertainment ventures dwindled with the...
[July 11, 2002, 8:29]
RealNetworks Launches Subscription Music Service
News RealOne Music has drawn attention as the first such service to license content from MusicNet, a joint venture between RealNetworks and record label owners AOL Time Warner, Bertelsmann and EMI Group. Other services based on MusicNet are expected...
[December 4, 2001, 16:00]
Music Online: Big Boys Team Up On Delivery System
News The Universal/BMG alliance is reshaping the power structure of the music industry, which has long been dominated on technical issues by an alliance between Time Warner Inc.s Warner Music and Sony Corp.s Sony Music.
[May 6, 1999, 15:08]
MovieLink Expected To Use MPEG-4
News MovieLink is backed by Sony Pictures, Viacom's Paramount, Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer, AOL Time Warner's Warner Bros.and Vivendi Universal. So far, the online entertainment experiment has resulted only in high-profile commercial flops, such as the collapse...
[April 9, 2002, 11:15]
