Milia '99... Flash info n `degree' 3...latest news... latest news. . .PARIS--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Dec. 18, 1998-- Milia mil·i·a n. Plural of milium. '99, the International Content Market for Interactive Media, will be held February 9-12 1999, in Cannes at the Palais des Festivals. The conference programme, sponsored by Intel GmbH Europe and ADAMI will start the afternoon of February 8th. In this December Flash Milia, read on for more information on the following exhibitors... ALFABETA GAMMAFON MULTIMEDIA (SWEDEN)... MULTIMEDIA BUSINESS AUSTRIA (AUSTRIA)... DORLING KINDERSLEY MULTIMEDIA (UK)... THE LEARNING COMPANY - EDUSOFT (France)... TF1 (France)... NEWS AMERICA DIGITAL PUBLISHING (USA)... CNNFN CNNFN CNN Financial Network (USA)... DEUTSCHE TELEKOM Deutsche Telekom AG (ISIN: DE0005557508, FWB: DTE, NYSE: DT, LSE: DEU, TYO: 9496 ) (abbreviated DTAG) is a telecommunications company headquartered in Bonn, Germany. It is the largest telecommunications company in Germany and in the EU. (GERMANY)... -- February 10th is Developer Day at Milia! Because creativity and talent are key to the industry, 200 qualifying freelance programmers, graphic and sound designers and scriptwriters will be invited to attend Milia as of February 10th free of charge. Candidates can apply online at www.milia.com NOW. -- February 11th is Enhanced TV/Broadband Day, sponsored by Intel GmbH Europe and The Fantastic Corporation which will include the following events: - Seeking Interactive Broadband Content for Convergence on New Revenues' Co-organised with Martin KING, Quick Com (Switzerland) - The Broadband Keynotes PC meets Broadband: Unleashing the Next Generation Interactive Experience Co-organised with Ronald J. WHITTIER, Senior Vice President and General Manager, Content Group, Intel Corporation (company) Intel Corporation - A US microelectronics manufacturer. They produced the Intel 4004, Intel 8080, Intel 8086, Intel 80186, Intel 80286, Intel 80386, Intel 486 and Pentium microprocessor families as well as many other integrated circuits and personal computer networking (USA) - 'Partnership Forum: Broadband meets Enhanced TV' Co-organised and hosted with Ferhan COOK, MediaPlay International (UK)- A unique industry networking event with two sessions to watch out for: Session 1 - ENHANCED TV Enhanced TV (ETV) is one example of interactive TV. It is used in particular in reference to Two-Screen Solutions TV + PC services. Generally users of these ETV services have their TV and computer in the same room, and navigate their web browser to a particular program-specific Web SHOWCASE: THE PRESENT AND THE FUTURE Session 2 - BROADBAND: THE NEW BATTLE FOR THE EYEBALLS More information to come in January... Don't miss the deadline! You want to adapt one of your games into a cartoon? A cartoon into a game? Future participants have until the 31st of December to register for the Partnership Forum 'Cartoon Animation and PC/Video Games.' This event is sponsored by Autodesk/Kinetix and Charente Developpement and co-organised and hosted by Frederique Doumic, Metabole (France). Milia '99 hosts the second edition of the "The Cartoon Animation and PC/Video Games Partnership Forum", a unique platform dedicated to the meeting and business development of game developers/publishers with audiovisual producers. This forum, which includes two different sessions, will take place Wednesday, February 10th from 2:30 to 6:00 p.m. Last year this event enabled major professionals such as Gaumont Multimedia, Saban or Dupuis to bring their projects and strategies face to face with such important names as Ubisoft, Electronic Arts and Infogrames, and gave organisations such as Futurikon, Les Armateurs, Imagination in Motion and Master's Copyright the opportunity of forging strategic links with game development teams. Among participants confirmed for the first session, "I Want My Game!!" include: - Michel Cassius, European Director for New Business, Electronic Arts (UK) - Catherine Simon, Vice-President of Studio, Head of Infogrames Heroes, (France) - Dan Winters, Senior Executive Producer, Disney Interactive (UK) And for the second session "I Want My Movie!!": - Emmanuelle Petry, Head of Coproductions, Nelvana Enterprises Inc. (Canada) - Marc Du Pontavice Marc du Pontavice is a French animator who is the creator of "Oggy and the Cockroaches" ("Oggy et les Cafards"), "The Extreme Ducks", "The Magician", "Space Goofs", and "Ratz". He is an executive producer from Gaumont, which is based in France. , Managing Director Gaumont Multimedia (France) For registration or more information, please contact Frederique Doumic (Metabole at 33 1 47 58 77 22 / email: fdoumic@imaginet.fr or Janice Johnston Howie (Milia) at 33 1 41 90 44 71 / Email:janice_johnston-howie@midem-paris.ccmail.compuserve.com or download the registration form directly at: http://www.milia.com. Milia '99 is pleased to welcome exhibiting companies taking part in national Group Stands / Pavilions. Australia: Australian Stand Austria: Austrian Federal Economic Chamber Baden-Wurttenberg: GWZ - Baden-Wurttenberg Belgium: Wallonie Bruxelles Images Canada: Team Canada / Equipe Canada China: China National Publications Import & Export Corporation Europe: Media Programme of the European Union European Union (EU), name given since the ratification (Nov., 1993) of the Treaty of European Union, or Maastricht Treaty, to the European Community Finland: SATU SATU Special Anti-Terrorist Unit (authority in the Philippines) RY (Association of Independent Producers) France: SCPP SCPP Self-Consistent Polarization Propagator (Societe Civile pour l'Exercice des Droits des Producteurs) France: SESAM SESAM Semiconductor Saturable Absorber Mirror SESAM School of Environmental Science and Management (University of the Philippines Los Baños College) SeSAM Security Enhanced System for Access Management France: SPPF SPPF Seychelles People's Progressive Front SPPF Solid Phase Pressure Forming SPPF Spacelab Payload Processing Facility SPPF Serebii's Pokemon Palace Forums (Societe Civile des Producteurs de Phonogrammes France) Malaysia: Multimedia Development Corporation The Netherlands: NCH NCH National Coalition for the Homeless NCH National Coalition for History NCH National Council for Hypnotherapy (UK) NCH National Center for Homeopathy NCH Notched NCH National Claims History NCH Nielsen Clearing House (Netherlands Council for Trade Promotion) Quebec: SODEC SODEC Société de Développement des Entreprises Culturelles (French; Canada) (Societe de Developpement des Entreprises Culturelles) Scandinavia: ICBS ICBS International Committee of the Blue Shield ICBS Incorporated Church Building Society ICBS International Conference of Banking Supervisors ICBS International Cigar Band Society ICBS Inter-Connected Business System - Nordic Stand Taiwan: CETRA CETRA China External Trade Development Council (Taiwan) (China External Trade Development Council) News America Digital Publishing's President James Murdoch James Murdoch is the name of multiple people:
News America Digital Publishing, formed in November 1997, is the electronic publishing An umbrella term for non-paper publishing, which includes publishing online or on media such as CDs and DVDs. division of News Corporation's News America Publishing Group, responsible for operating the company's Internet properties: Fox Sports Online (www.foxsports.com) delivers up-to-the-minute scores, stats, video coverage and exclusive contributions from the popular FOX Sports on-air crew. Fox News Online (www.foxnews.com) tracks breaking news from around the world; pioneered the use of video footage on the Internet; and became the first consumer news web site to offer free real-time stock quotes. In March 1998, FNO FNO From Now On FNO For No One (Beatles song) FNO Futures and Options (investment banking) FNO Fixed Network Operator (telephony) FNO Frozen Natural Orbital FNO For Nerds Only unveiled Fox Market Wire (www.foxmarketwire.com), the most extensive cost-free personal investment news and research site available on the Internet. TV Guide Entertainment Network (www. tvgen.com) is the ultimate entertainment destination for celebrity news, movie buffs and TV fans. Users enter the world of entertainment with photos, news, and gossip; movie reviews, preview videos; soaps; sci-fi; trivia; games and shopping. James Murdoch, President of News Corporation's News America Digital Publishing, declares 'Milia is a unique forum for us to communicate to industry leaders NADP's vision for the future. I am delighted to be participating as a keynote speaker at this year's conference.' Deutsche Telekom introduces their new 'CMGA', multiplayer games application, to a specialist public for the first time. Deutsche Telekom, with revenues of DM 67.6 billion in 1997, is Europe's largest telecommunications company See telecom company. and the third-largest carrier worldwide. Offering a complete range of products and services in Germany, Deutsche Telekom is the leader in mobile communications services with more than 17 million homes connected. Deutsche Telekom operates the world's most dense cable television network. The company's on-line service T-Online currently has more than 12.4 million customers, making the company the largest Internet provider Internet provider - Internet Service Provider in Europe. Deutsche Telekom serves customers around the world through regional units, joint ventures and affiliated companies Affiliated Companies A situation that occurs when one company owns a minority interest (less than 50%) in another company. Also refers to companies that are related to each other in some way. Notes: An affiliated company is sometimes referred to as a subsidiary. . At Milia '99, Deutsche Telekom's multiplayer games application will be presented to a specialist public for the first time under the slogan 'CMGA - Community of Massive Gaming Agency'. With the special multiplayer application, the help of an online-compatible PC and appropriate supplementary software, the player can play electronic games Electronic Games was the first video game magazine published in the United States and ran from 1981 to 1985. Co-founded by Arnie Katz, Joyce Worley and Bill Kunkel, it is unrelated to the subsequent Electronic Gaming Monthly. at home with several players at the same time via the Deutsche Telekom network. The application can be accessed by all Internet users - irrespective of irrespective of prep. Without consideration of; regardless of. irrespective of preposition despite the type of line available. The application solution offers the customer the opportunity of communicating with other users in respect of electronic games: in this way, people can arrange to play together or exchange information. At Milia '99, Deutsche Telekom expects professionals to express great interest in CMGA 1. (body) CMGA - Computer Management Group of Australia 2. (body) CMGA - Community of Massive Gaming Agency. and foresees the number of content producers and providers interested in this application to increase. First time exhibitor CNNFN to showcase their new 'World Business Today' on CNNfn.com. CNN CNN or Cable News Network Subsidiary company of Turner Broadcasting Systems. It was created by Ted Turner in 1980 to present 24-hour live news broadcasts, using satellites to transmit reports from news bureaus around the world. Financial News launched CNNfn, a network devoted to financial news and information, in December 1995. CNNfn is one of the first digital non-linear news network, the first network designed to launch simultaneously on television and the Web, and the first network to offer business programming throughout prime time. CNNfn's coverage of a broad range of business, financial and consumer issues gives small investors and professionals alike financial news that is unmatched in its scope and depth. CNNfn.com is the companion site to CNNfn and is among the Internet's leading sources for business news, financial intelligence and free business services. The CNNfn.com web site offers users breaking business, financial and market news, and in-depth analysis of the US and global economies, the technology industry and companies in the news. "We are participating in Milia'99 to showcase 'World Business Today', the newest section on CNNfn.com, dedicated to 24-hour coverage of global financial markets. WBT See Windows-based terminal. on CNNfn.com reflects the growing importance of our international audience and further ensures that our users around the world have access to the in-depth news and market coverage that are the site's signature strengths," declares Chris Forman, Vice President of Interactive for CNNfn. The Learning Company - Edusoft returns to Milia to source new products and make contacts. Managed by Jean-Pierre Nordman, TLC TLC total lung capacity; thin-layer chromatography. TLC abbr. 1. thin-layer chromatography 2. - Edusoft is the French subsidiary of the group The Learning Company, one of the top publishers worldwide of edutainment and cultural CD-ROMs and video games See video game console. . Represented in over 40 countries in Asia, the Americas, Europe and Australia, with a retail network of over 30,000 sales locations worldwide, the TLC group also counts more than 200,000 schools among its clients. With a turnover of nearly 4.4 billion francs in 1998, TLC - Edusoft today offers one of the most complete 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). catalogues destined des·tine tr.v. des·tined, des·tin·ing, des·tines 1. To determine beforehand; preordain: a foolish scheme destined to fail; a film destined to become a classic. 2. to families and schools in France An incomplete '''list of colleges in France: Lycée
The company's primary objective is to integrate new technologies in the domains of knowledge, education and leisure. Among the Learning Company best-selling CD-ROMs include: 'Reader Rabbit', 'Learn to Speak', 'Berlitz', 'Body Works 6.0', 'National Geographic', 'PrintMaster' and video games 'Creatures', 'Myst' and 'Riven'. In 1997, the company sold over 1 million CD-ROMs in France alone. At Milia '99, TLC - Edusoft plans to source new products from the U.S. and Europe, meet editors and make contact with creators who are looking for Looking for In the context of general equities, this describing a buy interest in which a dealer is asked to offer stock, often involving a capital commitment. Antithesis of in touch with. editors for their product. Dorling Kindersley Multimedia to preview new edutainment titles at Milia '99. World-renowned international publisher, Dorling Kindersley, has relaunched its electronic publishing division as DK INTERACTIVE LEARNING. In the four years since its first publications were released to the market (ex. 'Eyewitness Encyclopaedias', 'The Way Things Work', 'The Ultimate Human Body', etc.), DK has established an unrivalled list of reference and edutainment CD-ROM titles published or licensed in every major market in the world. Now DK is looking to evolve once more. DK believes that there is a new thirst for educational products around the globe, both in homes and in schools. This new demand goes hand in hand with the realisation that, when equipped with high-quality educational software, the computer is a uniquely effective learning tool, for both children and adults. INTERACTIVE LEARNING is therefore the focus of DK's newly named division. DK already successfully publishes a range of titles in the UK covering testing and assessment for the age groups 7-11, 11-14 and 14-16 in Math, English, Science (including Physics, Chemistry and Biology) and Geography. With many of their CD-ROM titles already published in up to 27 languages, DK is looking to offer titles for licensing that can really be said to offer value and benefits to the customer. Their aim is, as always, to create successful saleable products that educate, entertain and inform. At Milia '99, watch out for a preview of new edutainment titles to be published in 1999: 'The Eyewitness World Atlas' and 'Science Reference Library', their first titles created specially for DVD-ROM DVD-ROM: see digital versatile disc. A read-only DVD disc used to permanently store data files. DVD-ROM discs are widely used to distribute large software applications that exceed the capacity of a CD-ROM disc. , as well as 'Building Blocks', 'All About Me', 'My First Amazing Science Explorer', 'Learning Ladder', 'Mad About Maths' and 'Mad About English'. TF1 Interactive will be attending Milia for the first time. French broadcaster TF1 will be attending Milia for the first time to present the accomplishments of TF1 Interactive. Created in January 1998, TF1 Interactive coordinates the multimedia activities of TF1. In response to the development of the interactive media market, TF1 Interactive intends to capitalise on the editorial and technical know-how of TF1 and become a major producer of multimedia content. The participation of TF1 in the creation of World Online France, Internet service provider Internet service provider (ISP) Company that provides Internet connections and services to individuals and organizations. For a monthly fee, ISPs provide computer users with a connection to their site (see data transmission), as well as a log-in name and password. , is therefore part of their strategy. During the last year, the company has constructed a website open to the public whose aim is to be a true extension of the television channel. Today, that goal has been realised: TF1.fr offers both information linked to TF1's television programs and a true online information service. A team of a dozen journalists and graphic artists, using up-to-date information from LCI LCI Livable Centers Initiative LCI Life Cycle Inventory LCI Landing Craft, Infantry LCI La Chaine Info (French cable news channel) LCI Lean Construction Institute LCI Lions Club International and TF1, maintains the site with attractive and high tech sound and video images, text and hyper-text links. Anne Sinclair, Deputy Chief Executive Officer of Strategy and Information Development of the group, states: "Content is the future: our ambition is to produce original interactive content for the website and other media." Swedish success to be showcased at Milia '99 by Alfabeta Gammafon Multimedia. Alfabeta Gammafon Multimedia, founded in 1995, is a leading Swedish publisher of CD-ROMs for children, known for their high technical and artistic quality. Attending Milia for the third time the company will launch three new CD-ROM productions: -- In the 'Pettson and Findus' series, the company is launching 'Pettson and Findus in the Garden,' where one can explore the surroundings of Pettson's house and 'Pettson and Findus Christmas calendar'. These titles follow the award winning 'Pettson and Findus in the Toolshed' (1996) released in Germany and in Scandinavia, which recently received a Platina pla·ti·na n. Platinum, especially as found naturally in impure form. [Spanish, diminutive of plata, silver, plate, from Vulgar Latin *plattus; see plate.] award for having sold over 50,000 copies in Sweden alone. -- 'The Language Box', the first in a series of teaching aids teaching aids npl → materiales mpl pedagógicos teaching aids npl → supports mpl pédagogiques teaching aids teach npl , is a unique, poetic and humorous language learning experience on CD-ROM. -- 'Castor the Tailor' is the first CD-ROM in the well-known series of books on the beaver Castor, which have been translated into 15 languages. Ewa Tollmar, president of Alfabeta Gammafon Multimedia, says: "We feel that the timing of Milia is right for our titles. Next year there will be a big launch of 'Pettson and Findus' in an animated movie and a TV series in Europe, USA and Japan. We expect this to lead to an international breakthrough for the 'Pettson and Findus' CD-ROMs. Milia gives us an opportunity to establish contact with publishers worldwide." Top Austrian developers, producers, publishers and creators bring their interactive media technology to Milia '99. Multimedia Business Austria is a platform for the Austrian Federal Ministry for Economic Affairs to stimulate and support private multimedia initiatives in Austria. At Milia '99 Multimedia Business Austria will showcase a marketable and competitive range of products, titles and technologies of Austrian producers. The declared goal for the Austrian creators, developers and producers to be showcased on the Austrian stand is to encourage new partnerships and create bridges between content producers. Companies represented at the Austrian stand include: -- Chocolate Verlag: CD-ROMs ('Universe City Mathe Trainer'), Internet applications, E-commerce. -- Cure-Center for Usability, Research & Engineering : multimedia usability services. -- Dream Team Productions: CD-ROM producer ('ULS Universal Learning System'). -- Info Werkstatt: learning, management and maintenance software ('MBA Toolbox').' -- kraftWerk: new communications solutions and interactive content delivery. -- NETWAY: Internet service provider. -- Progis: developer of GIS (geographical information systems) and GeoInfotainment tools and products. -- Techno-Z FH Research & Development: sponsor of the EuroPrix MultiMediaArt '98, a European wide competition identifying and promoting the best Multimedia products on a pan-European level. The winner and the nominees will be present at the Austrian stand. -- TripleQ New Media: full service new media agency. -- Virtual Gates: content developer, online service ('Expeditionzone'). -- Virtual Real-Estate: multifunctional 3D real estate information systems. All Milia press releases are available on our web site: http://www.milia.com |
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