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12 Centimeter Multimedia Corp. 3350 Scott Boulevard, Building 61 Santa Clara, CA 95054 408/350-9000 Fax 408/350-9012 www.12cm.com 12 Centimeter Multimedia Corp. (12CM) offers DVD and CD-ROM encoding and authoring solutions. […]

Robert Herbold is not the John Sculley of Microsoft. Then again, Bill Gates isn't Steve Jobs and Procter & Gamble isn't PepsiCo. When the world's most successful software mogul brought [...]

Many computer manufacturers are incorporating multimedia features such as CD-ROM into their new products because consumer interest in multimedia technology is growing. For example, demand for computers with CD-ROM capability more than doubled in 1992 to 359,000 units. In addition, the price of multimedia equipment and software is beginning to fall; many systems are available for about $2,000, with software titles priced as low as $39. Multimedia equipment offered by several computer manufacturers is also discussed., Technology seen spreading across price spectrum Personal computer suppliers who have been working on and trying to sell CD-ROM-based PCs for several years acknowledge that they finally turned a corner [...]

After all the trials and tribulations of creating a CD-ROM product, one of the greatest frustrations is getting the product into the public eye. Publishers know that no one will […]

A small Ann Arbor software company may change the way we entertain, educate and create. Can it become the digital Disney? The year is 1985: Steven Jobs, the brash boy [...]

Multimedia Music Titles Have Slow Sales NEW YORK - Lackluster sales are causing some record labels to re-evaluate their marketing and development strategies for enhanced CD and other music-themed multimedia […]

Despite a comparatively weak Christmas season for retailing, CD-ROM entertainment titles seem to have held their own. But in a hit-driven business like this one, there were typically a few […]

"Object-oriented" promises a panacea for multimedia: a rosy future where developers can create titles simply by clicking and dragging objects. Over the past year, there has been a flurry of […]

The ground did not literally shake in San Jose, Calif., during the International Multimedia and CD-ROM Conference that ended in late March, but historians may look back on the conference […]

Data from the European Leisure Software Publishers Association and Chart Track Ltd indicate that the market volume and value of non-game CD-ROM market increased by 81% and 59%, respectively since 1996. The market for leisure CD-ROMs is divided into the education, reference and utility titles. The introduction of hydrid CD-ROMs, which have connections to an Internet website, represents an important innovation because they enable the programme to be kept-up-to-date after purchase. However, Digital Versatile Disc (DVD) is expected to gradually replace CD-ROM.

Allegiant Technologies Inc. this month confirmed that its line of SuperCard authoring products will be acquired by IncWell Digital Media Group Ltd. in June, pending shareholders' approval. The products are […]

New York-As DVD-ROM hardware trickles into the retail market, software publishers are shoring up their positions by porting existing titles to the platform rather than developing new ones. Just as […]

Whether they are used to build a house or a multimedia application, tools are vital components of any industry. In the computer market, VARs are the conduit of choice for […]

Labels Eschew Premium Pricing, 'CD Extra' Flagging LOS ANGELES - Sony Music Entertainment has altered its strategy for marketing enhanced-CD titles. Instead of releasing and marketing its multimedia music discs […]

It has been in business for 131 years, but these days the people at Carswell publishing sound as nervous as the staff at any startup. ``Everyone's nervous,'' acknowledges Gary Rodrigues, [...]

Random House has established the RandomSoft division to distribute multimedia products. RandomSoft will distribute Legend Entertainment's science fiction multimedia titles initially. RandomSoft is developing its own multimedia titles that it will distribute before Jan 1, 1996. The company plans to distribute its products in computer stores and software stores but will expand to bookstores if the market is feasible., NEW YORK--Random House, the world's largest general trade book publisher, has formed a division devoted solely to the distribution of multimedia products. Called RandomSoft and based here, the new unit [...]

Demo Kiosks Out, Returns Head Down LOS ANGELES - After two years of trial and error, video retailers are getting better at selling multimedia products, thanks to their ability to […]

HOW MULTIMEDIA FITS into the bookstore has been a major topic in these pages in recent months; in this issue, we've decided to turn the tables and look at how [...]

Multimedia sees its heyday New York Market explodes for distributors; sales up 100% Distributors' multimedia business has increased by the truckload as video and sound continue to grip the channel's […]

Pressed To Kill Publishing: Today's multimedia markets demands one thing--smash hits. And here come the giants who know how to make 'em. If you're not playing this tune, get ready […]

Compton's NewMedia, which develops, publishes and distributes multimedia software, has decided to concentrate on distribution of CD-ROMs from its own sources and from other publishers. Compton's will continue to develop and produce its interactive encyclopedia. New CD-ROMs will include rock and roll music, a new interactive encyclopedia of history, plus children's games., CARLSBAD, Cal.--It's hard to believe now, but it wasn't long ago that software buyers for the retail channels had to seek out consumer products from distributors to fill up shelf [...]

Sales of multimedia encyclopedias have grown steadily as CD-ROM drives become more widespread among computer users. For many users, the encyclopedia is justification for buying a CD-ROM unit. Grolier Electronics Publishing was the first company to offer an electronic encyclopedia. It now competes with Microsoft's Encarta and Compton's NewMedia's Compton's Interactive Encyclopedia. Each product has its own advantages and features., Whether they're included in the software packages of new PCs, bundled on multimedia upgrade kits or sold separately in software stores, multimedia encyclopedias are hot. 'Buying reference CD-ROMs makes consumers [...]

Multimedia software producers should be marketing their products at home video stores. That is the consensus of multimedia software producers attending the 1994 East Coast Video Show at the Trump Taj Mahal Hotel in Atlantic City, NH. Video stores can provide a method for multimedia software manufacturers to expand their market. Home video stores are not intimidating to consumers like some computer stores are.

Oracle Corp. used Disney's Epcot Center in Orlando, Fla., as a backdrop to name 25 vendors within its 'Set-Top Alliance,' an attempt to foster set-top interoperability and jump start the [...]

San Francisco -- Some vehicles on the information highway will have Macromedia technology under the hood, according to the multimedia company. At its fifth annual user conference, held here last […]

AT THE ABA convention this year, a major topic of conversation for booksellers was multimedia: 'Well, I'm thinking of trying it, but should I take the plunge?' 'How do I [...]

ON JUNE 29, jUSt a stone's throw from its original location in Ann Arbor, Mich., the BordersWaldenbooks Group division of Kmart celebrated the opening of its newest Borders Books & [...]

-------------------- All over America families are sitting down to play their favorite game, Monopoly. But instead of throwing the dice they're clicking a mouse. And soon they'll be pointing to […]

Blockbuster Entertainment Corp is testing a multimedia software and hardware rental program at 58 stores in the San Francisco Bay Area. Customers can rent multimedia CD-ROMs for three nights for $4, and hardware platforms for $17.95. Displays at each store feature all five major interactive multimedia hardware platforms. The program has encountered several problems, including a shortage of software and the incompatibility of the various hardware types., SAN FRANCISCO--Blockbuster Video is trying to find out whether interactive multimedia and couch potatoes will mix. In an effort to find out whether consumers are willing to take home compact [...]

Sales of CD-ROM hardware and software are increasing, and both manufacturers and retailers are benefitting. Sales growth is expected to reach 30-40% in 1994. Lower prices are making the products more attractive to mainstream consumers. Manufacturers are bundling hardware and software, and computer hardware company Media Vision Technology Inc has started publishing its own CD-ROM titles. Software stores such as Egghead Inc are selling more multimedia upgrade kits of CD-ROM drives. Other companies' products and marketing strategies are described., You can read the Bible on it, prepare your taxes with it, or use it as a karaoke sing-along. It seems as though all the world's information is becoming available [...]

A NEW OS COMPETITION IS SHAPING UP, BUT THIS ISN'T ABOUT WINDOWS OR NT. IS IT TIME TO LAY YOUR MONEY DOWN? SET-TOP SOFTWARE BY SEAN SILVERTHORNE -------------------- Forget those […]

Some industry experts believe that the market for educational software for children is growing quickly. According to Warren Buckleitner, the publisher of Children's Software Revue, the number of educational software programs has increased from 100 to 600 since the early 1980s. Mary Rogers, the president of a computer chain that markets children's software exclusively, believes that the quantity and quality of children's software has increased dramatically. In addition, more powerful computers allow better graphics and other features to be incorporated into children's software., Multimedia PC programs bring education to life First, the good news: there are more software packages for teaching 3-to-11-year-old children today than ever before. And the number of quality titles [...]

Buyers of PC-based multimedia products say they respect OS/2, but what they use is Windows. It appears IBM is listening. The Armonk, N.Y., computer giant is developing Windows versions of […]

New York--Video retailers shouldn't worry about the advent of new technology because they can travel the 'electronic superhighway,' too. At least that's the vision of Eric Doctorow, president of Paramount [...]

Recent advances in multimedia hardware, software, and networking are beginning to inch forward this long-overhyped technology. For five years, multimedia applications have been expected to explode but still haven't. Now […]

WordStar International Inc.'s recent formation of a multimedia-title division may be the first step in CEO Ron Posner's grand plan to build a multimedia publishing empire, according to sources. Posner […]