Word: replays
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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Imagine losing the Vietnam War, then going back for a replay. That's what Russia appears to be doing in Chechnya. Three years after suffering one of the most humiliating defeats in its history at the hands of a small, improvised army of Chechen guerrillas, Russia last week was once again in a state of undeclared war with the mountainous republic. And the conflict is about to escalate dramatically. The first Russian ground forces have crossed the frontier, thrusting into two northern Chechen districts, while Russian commandos--the Spetsnaz--are reportedly moving into the northeast. In keeping with the best...
...Crimson attempted to rejuvenate itself in the third game, but it was unable to change the momentum of the match. In what appeared to be a replay of the two earlier games, UMass again jumped out to an early lead, holding an 11-4 advantage. However, the Crimson rallied together and ran off three consecutive points, slicing lead...
Analysts give TiVo, which plans to sell shares in an IPO, the early lead in the competition, noting that it has outstripped Replay in sales and investment partnerships. Last week, apparently to boost its dealmaking power with Hollywood, Replay named Kim LeMasters, former president of CBS Entertainment, as its chairman and CEO. "They have not brought me in for my ability to figure out what bugs are on the CPU," LeMasters says. "They brought me in for that portfolio I brought from Hollywood and for my different mind-set and my ability to examine the marketplace...
...cofounder Mike Ramsay. "We're going to build it into television sets and DVD players...It will eventually get embedded into every device." Ultimately, several companies will manufacture the boxes under license. Philips currently makes TiVo's box, and this month TiVo signed another deal with Sony; Replay has a similar agreement with Panasonic...
...Replay's LeMasters will also be helpful in negotiating peace with the networks, which are unsure whether to love the new technology or hate it. A number of media companies and TV networks have invested in TiVo and/or Replay. But many of the same players (including Time Warner, parent company of TIME) also formed the Advanced Television Copyright Coalition, which has threatened to sue the companies in the future for nonpayment of copyright license fees. No one, of course, is making such noises anymore about VCRs, which also record copyrighted material...