NEWS - WARNER- ( BW)(CA-WARNER-ADVANCED-MEDIA) Warner Advanced Media Operations Announces the Launch of WAG's Accolade Family Spectacular on DVD
Business Editors
SAN FRANCISCO--(BUSINESS WIRE)--June 7, 1999--(Replitech)
WAMO / ACCOLADE INC. / GREENLEAF TECHNOLOGIES CORP.
Encrypted Game Bundle Represents A New Paradigm In Delivery of
Electronic Content Via The Internet
Warner Advanced Media Operations (WAMO), a business unit of WEA Mfg., a Time Warner Company, announced today the release of the Accolade Family Spectacular, the first encrypted game bundle for personal computers. The disc is comprised of a full length version of "Golf My Way" - 10 private lessons from Jack Nicklaus in MPEG-2 video and Super Bubsy, a leading children's game. Included are trial versions of three new release Accolade game titles: Jack Nicklaus 5, HardBall 6 2000 Edition, and racing Test Drive 5, along with the full, playable versions of each of the games encrypted on the disc for play after purchase via the Internet or by phone.
The Accolade Family Spectacular is the initial project for the WAG team, an exclusive business association between Warner Advanced Media Operations, Accolade, Inc. (now Infogrames North America) and Greenleaf Technologies Corporation. The three companies are marketing multiple computer game titles on a single DVD disc for distribution through PC-OEMs (original equipment manufacturers). The DVD software will be encrypted by Greenleaf, utilizing the company's proprietary "DigiGuard"(TM) security technology.
Richard Marquardt, Jr., Senior Vice President and General Manager of WAMO, explained, "The Accolade Family Spectacular, by aggregating several full length CD-ROM titles on a single DVD, creates a new revenue stream for both publishers and OEMs."
Christopher J. Webster, Executive Vice President of Greenleaf, further explained, "Greenleaf's encryption technology is a revolutionary content delivery system and business model with a range of applications that extends beyond computer game bundles. For now, we are focused on the PC-OEM market as users switch from CD to DVD drives. We see this new paradigm extending to the way electronic entertainment software is distributed through retail."
Warner Advanced Media Operations is the largest DVD manufacturing facility in the world, and represents over one third of the worldwide DVD capacity through the WAMO Worldwide Affiliate Program. WAMO is the co-developer of the DVD replication process and provides a complete DVD solution, including video compression, encoding, authoring and replication.
Many PC OEMs and interactive publishers have chosen WAMO to help them launch their DVD-ROM projects. These companies include Access Software, Accolade, Activision, Compaq, Creative Labs, Creative Multimedia, The Discovery Channel, Electronic Arts, Gateway, Hewlett-Packard, Hi-Val, Intel Corp., Interactual Technologies, Jazz Multimedia, Microsoft, Philips, Toshiba and Xiphias.
Infogrames North America is a global publisher of interactive entertainment software. Founded in 1983, the company ranks in the top 10 entertainment software companies worldwide, and is the sixth largest console software vendor. Infogrames currently develops and distributes award-winning computer and video games for the PlayStation(R) game console, Nintendo(R) 64, Nintendo(R) Color Game Boy, Sega(R) Dreamcast(tm), and personal computer platforms. Infogrames North America's headquarters are located in San Jose, Calif. For more information, visit the company's web sites at infogrames.net and accolade.com.
Greenleaf develops and markets computer data security and communication solutions to protect intellectual property from unauthorized access. Greenleaf owns and markets a line of proprietary high-tech products that provide computer software security protection and offers new ways to bundle and distribute software-based content.
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CONTACT: Frank LoVerme
Vice President, Sales
Advanced Media
Warner Media Services
(818) 543-6600
Frank_LoVerme@wmg.com
KEYWORD: CALIFORNIA
INDUSTRY KEYWORD: COMED COMPUTERS/ELECTRONICS
INTERACTIVE/MULTIMEDIA/INTERNET ENTERTAINMENT
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