Word: multimedia
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Friday, Nov. 18. Wu Man and Ensemble. Organized around Chen Yi’s mesmerizing “Ancient Dances,” Wu Man brings her prodigal skill on the pipa, an ancient instrument similar to the lute, in a gripping multimedia performance. 8:00 p.m. Sanders Theatre. $23-38. Tickets available at the Harvard Box Office...
...Korea's biggest networks will start broadcasting free of charge to users with mobile devices made by Samsung, LG and others, bypassing mobile networks completely. Mobile phones and television companies "are coming together and creating lots of questions like, 'Who owns the customer?'" says Richard Sharp, vice president of multimedia at Nokia. As with many nascent technologies, though, there are some hurdles to overcome before mobile TV goes mainstream. It's not yet clear, for example, whether consumers are willing to pay the estimated $650 (less if operators subsidize them) for TV-ready handsets. Mobile-TV broadcast companies also face...
...aren't more deals being done? The 26% ownership restriction is one problem. Tariq Ansari, managing director of Mid Day Multimedia, owner of the popular Bombay newspaper Mid Day, says that most foreign investors want the cap to be higher?at least 49%?before they'll invest in Indian papers. Supporters of the cap point out that many countries have restrictions on foreigners entering their newspaper market?why shouldn't India? Then there's the claim that without the cap, illicit money could enter the local industry. "Would you want funds that have terrorist linkages to enter the media?" asks...
...processing 2,800 passengers per hour. For meetings and layovers, a posh 298-room Grand Hyatt Hotel should take care of your needs. It's not all business, however: to enliven the commodious space beneath the building's 80-foot ceilings, the airport has added large sculptures, paintings, multimedia displays and mosaics. But to many, the real work of art is Terminal D itself...
...Samsung and LG - are known to be preparing such devices, which will bring wi-fi phoning more into the mainstream. "2006 will be a big year for [mobile] wi-fi," predicts Nokia senior vice president Ilkka Raiskinen, noting that wi-fi will become a standard feature in Nokia's multimedia and business phones next year, and that by 2006 Nokia will put it into many midrange models (it currently offers wi-fi only in an $800 phone called the 9500 Communicator). At handset maker Motorola, chief strategy officer Richard Nottenberg echoes Nokia's views, and pledges that Motorola will next...