DDD to open 3D web portal - sorry no exact date - The stock is being pushed very low as a fund sells its shares and at the same time institutions are buying shares every day.
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Checquemate is changing their name to C3D - this is in process and no exact date set yet.
Company has a small float of 4 million shares.
The 3D.COM web portal houses four inter-related and extensively inter-linked sites. Together, these four areas comprise the ulitmate destination for 3D content and tools on the web:
Zone (zone.3d.com) features entertainment and "infotainment" content such as interactive games, animated shorts, episodic stories, streaming video, movie clips, etc. Zone provides much of the "mass appeal" of the portal and, as it grows, can "spin off" particularly popular or high-profile features into their own web areas or domains. For example, one of the Zone's areas being developed is the "World Virtual Reality League" (WVRL) where computer gamers meet in live, head-to-head action.
Works (works.3d.com) is an informational area with tutorials, online manuals, help sections, and resources for teachers. Initially, the tutorials archive covers the Strata software line, but will expand to include other types of applications as well. It also includes online manuals, and educational resources.
Club (club.3d.com) consists of a collection of membership/community services such as message boards, chatrooms, job listings, 3d.com email account registration, and a "partner pavilion" of member-constructed web pages and galleries showing their work.
Shop (shop.3d.com) is the online shopping and download area, forming 3D.COM's e-commerce component. Listings on Shop will include over 40 Strata software products, that can either be ordered on CD-ROM or registered and downloaded directly from the Shop. Other 3D-related products and resources will also be available, including everything from texture and shape collections, computer games, plug-ins, applications, videos, and CD-ROMs. Moreover, shop. 3d.com hosts "virtual catalogs" for all kinds of products. Online customers can manipulate virtual merchandise as if they were actually handling it. E-commerce will never be the same.
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DDD's Many Revenue Streams:
C-3D Digital?s 2D to 3D conversion technology is being leveraged to establish several revenue sources, which should continue to drive DDD's dramatic top-line growth and lead to near-term profitability.
Channel Subscriptions
Partnerships with leading cable operators nationwide will fuel subscriptions to the C-3D Television Network. As channel subscription sales increase and costs remain stable, DDD will enjoy expanding gross profit margins. DDD's pay-per- view television offering, the Hotel Movie Network, is also gaining momentum. HMN revenue experienced explosive growth with a 400% annual increase.
Software Sales
Recent revenue gains are attributable to Strata, Inc., a leading computer graphics software firm acquired by the Company in mid-1999. Currently over one million creative professionals worldwide use Strata software.
Strata has established a healthy presence in the entertainment industry. Notably, Strata software helped produce the world's top selling CD-ROM game MYST; popular TV shows Hercules, Xena; and the 1998 MTV ¸ Movie Awards; the Warner Brothers and Blockbuster websites; and Hollywood movies Batman Forever, Contact, and Wild, Wild, West. Strata is a best-seller in Japan and additional distribution agreements abroad should be highly profitable.
Consumer Products
DDD has the capability to take billions of dollars of feature films that have brought comfort, satisfaction, and excitement to viewers worldwide and reintroduce the films in 3D to meet existing demand and enter new markets.
By retaining the exclusive rights to license titles domestically and internationally, DDD's converted 3D films will drive a burgeoning consumer products market. Videos and Dads of C-3D Digital?s 3D films will be marketed to a large global base of VCR-owners and will be distributed to major retail stores and sold over its Internet portal.
Technology Licenses
DDD is licensing its proprietary 3D conversion technology to television, VCR, and other electronics manufacturers. DDD also plans to license its 3D stereoscopic technology to Web companies interested in adding a 3D component to their websites.
Bundling Deals
The Company is reaping the rewards of several marketing agreements that combine DDD's Strata software VideoShop? with popular video editing equipment. Copies of the Strata VideoShop software are "bundled" with video converters, creating a premium package for home users and professionals to create their own videos in true, stereoscopic 3D. Revenues from bundling agreements are million-dollar transactions that have the potential to grow significantly in the future.
Advertising Revenue
DDD's stereoscopic 3D technology creates a new spin on Internet-based advertising. Due to its uniqueness, the 3D.COM Virtual Reality Portal? is expected to drive a large flow of traffic to the site to provide the perfect landscape for Internet advertisers.
Do your own DD for DDD.
I should let you know I'm heavily invested in this one - I'm in low, I'll ride the price down and back up.
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