DV Finance Report Newsletter Premiering in February; Provides financial insight to multimedia developers and financiers.SAN FRANCISCO--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Jan. 16, 1995--Zeroing in on the burgeoning multimedia title financing market, DV Finance Report, published by DV Magazine, is premiering in February as a monthly newsletter for matching digital media developers and publishers with financiers. DV Finance Report will deliver critical information to companies on how to find promising products to invest in, as well as information for individuals on how to get financing for multimedia products and use it effectively. Analysts estimate current annual financing of digital media titles is several hundred million dollars, which will grow into a billion dollar plus market by the end of the century. DV Finance Report is targeted toward developers, publishers, content providers and financiers of all types, including private investors, corporate partners, venture capitalists Venture Capitalist An investor who provides capital to either start-up ventures or support small companies who wish to expand but do not have access to public funding. Notes: Venture capitalists usually expect higher returns for the additional risks taken. , investment bankers Investment Banker A person representing a financial institution that is in the business of raising capital for corporations and municipalities. Notes: An investment banker may not accept deposits or make commercial loans. , distributors, bundlers, advertisers/sponsors and insurers. Editorial content will focus on the nuts and bolts nuts and bolts pl.n. Slang The basic working components or practical aspects: "[proposing] of multimedia financing, with articles written by practitioners in the field. Features will include financing strategy, title development, an industry scoreboard, profiles of current investment opportunities, a roundup of the hottest resources for title ventures, and case studies of how actual deals came together. Charter subscription rates are $350 per year. "Interactive media will have as much impact on human communication and culture as the invention of language, the printing press and television," according to according to prep. 1. As stated or indicated by; on the authority of: according to historians. 2. In keeping with: according to instructions. 3. Scott Mize, editor-in-chief of DV Finance Report and founder of Title Connections, co-publisher of the newsletter. "We want to open up opportunities in this new medium for as many people as possible." Prior to starting Title Connections, Mize, 33, co-founded Zelos, a San Francisco-based publisher of personal learning products on CD-ROM CD-ROM: see compact disc. CD-ROM in full compact disc read-only memory Type of computer storage medium that is read optically (e.g., by a laser). . Before that Mize was Apple Computer's multimedia content evangelist, where he managed relationships with many of the first wave of developers of CD-ROM products. "Our mission is to provide our readers with the tools to succeed," Mize said. "We help title ventures get to a point of maturity and provide a market to finance them. For financiers, we help maximize return on investment." "DV Finance Report is an example of the quality information services See Information Systems. that we are providing to address the needs of the growing and diverse digital video marketplace," according to publisher Peter Karnig. "Focusing on the business side of the emerging digital video industry, DV Finance Report joins DV Magazine and DV Planet Studio in our growing selection of information services with one that is focused on the business side of the emerging digital video industry." DV Finance Report is a collaboration between Digital Video Magazine (DV) and Title Connections Inc. Based in San Francisco San Francisco (săn frănsĭs`kō), city (1990 pop. 723,959), coextensive with San Francisco co., W Calif., on the tip of a peninsula between the Pacific Ocean and San Francisco Bay, which are connected by the strait known as the Golden and Peterborough, NH, DV provides monthly reviews, news and advice to producers of digital video media. DV is part of IDG's world-wide family of computer publications. IDG IDG International Data Group IDG Integrated Drive Generator IDG Installation Design Guide IDG Internet Discussion Group IDG Inset Dielectric Guide IDG International Dangerous Goods (mail, shipping) is the foremost publisher of computer-related information, with 222 computer publications in 65 countries. Located in San Francisco's "multimedia gulch," Title Connections provides advisory and matching services to financiers, content providers, publishers and developers in the field of CD-ROM, on-line systems, interactive television and other digital media. The DV Finance Report is produced from Title Connections' offices at 600 Townsend St., Suite 170E, San Francisco, CA 94103. Phone 415/252-7400; fax 415/252-7403. E-mail address See Internet address. e-mail address - electronic mail address is titles@netcom.com. CONTACT: Agora agora (ăg`ərə) [Gr.,=market], in ancient Greece, the public square or marketplace of a city. In early Greek history the agora was primarily used as a place for public assembly; later it functioned mainly as a center of commerce. Marketing International Maxine Bingham, 408/496-6744 agoramktng@aol.com Title Connections Deborah Poehner, 415/252-7400 titles@netcom.com |
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