New And Improved Services Head BBC Response To Davies Review
LONDON -- The BBC set out its plans to ensure that every viewer and listener will benefit from the digital age. Replying to the report on The Future Funding of the BBC by the independent licence fee review panel, chaired by Gavyn Davies, the BBC promised enhancements for existing channels and exciting new services designed to deliver the full benefits of the new technology to all licence payers.

Play Pack: A Holiday Gift From Microsoft Windows 98 Second Edition
REDMOND, WA -- Microsoft Corp. announced the immediate availability of the Play Pack CD-ROM with Microsoft Windows 98 Second Edition. The Play Pack CD-ROM offers consumers the opportunity to experience the latest in digital media entertainment. Play Pack includes 18 songs in Windows Media from top labels such as BMG and artists like Sarah McLachlan and Puff Daddy, action-packed computer game demos, valuable digital photography offers, and MusicMatch Jukebox software that enables consumers to create their own PC music library.

BBC Radio Leads Commercial Radio
(BBC Radio has registered 50.3% share of listening compared with commercial radio's 48.0% according to the latest RAJAR figures (released October 28th). The figures, which cover July, August and September of this year, give BBC Radio a total reach of 30.6 million.

Beastie Boys Enable Fans To Create Customized CD Anthologies Online
Nasty Little Man Public Relations. Beastie Boys and Grand Royal/Capitol in conjunction with musicmaker.com and participating retailers to make available 150 songs beginning November 1st. Free bonus track "alive" offered to all participants.

General Announcements

Entertainment Boulevard To Provide Streaming Content And E-Commerce To Road Runner Subscribers
HERNDON, VA and MARINA DEL REY, CA -- Entertainment Boulevard, Inc., and Road Runner announced an agreement to deliver Entertainment Boulevard's content to Road Runner's more than 420,000 national subscribers. Under the terms of this agreement, Entertainment Boulevard will be providing streaming music videos and movie trailers to Road Runner's broadband users.

Tribune Invests In iExplore.com, Initial Early-Stage Venture Funding
CHICAGO, IL -- Tribune Ventures, the strategic investment unit of Tribune Company, has invested in iExplore, Inc., a Chicago-based start-up Internet company developing the first one-stop online resource for researching, purchasing and equipping adventure travel. Terms were not disclosed.

eBAY, AOL Brands Launch New Co-Branded Sites To Make Online Shopping Even More Convenient
DULLES, VA AND SAN JOSE, CA -- eBay, and America Online, Inc. announced the launch of four new co-branded sites on several AOL, Inc. brands that build on the successful launch of the co-branded eBay/AOL site earlier this year.

Television Newswire

ReplayTV Now Stores Twice As Many TV Shows For Same Price
MOUNTAIN VIEW, CA -- In a move bound to cheer holiday shoppers, Replay Networks, Inc. introduced ReplayTV 2020, a personal video recorder with twice as much storage capacity as its best-selling model and no increase in price.

Movie Newswire

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Game Newswire

Microsoft Delivers True Plug-And-Play, And Play-And-Play USB Keyboard Gives Meaning To The Phrase "True Plug-And-Play," Eliminates Under-The-Desk Acrobatics
REDMOND, WA -- Microsoft Corp. is providing new hope for PC gamers who don't enjoy crawling under their desks to wrestle with a multitude of wires and cobwebs just to swap out peripherals. With the new Microsoft keyboard featuring two USB ports, gamers can sit back and enjoy all the benefits of true plug-and-play with their USB mouse, game pads and joysticks without under-the-desk acrobatics. [MORE]

Electronic Arts Ships Knockout Kings 2000 For The PlayStation
REDWOOD CITY, CA -- Electronic Arts announced that it has shipped Knockout Kings 2000 on the PlayStation video game system. Knockout Kings 2000 is the only boxing game that allows fans of the "sweet science" to play as the legendary fighters who built the sport.

Taito's Psychic Force 2012 Set To Blow Gamers' Minds On Sega Dreamcast
GLEN COVE, NY -- Acclaim Entertainment, Inc. announced it is distributing the Sega Dreamcast version of Taito's anime-style 3D fighter, Psychic Force 2012. The game is scheduled to ship November 9, under the Acclaim Distribution, Inc (ADI) label.

Nintendo's Latest Pokemon Game Smashes Company Sales Record
REDMOND, WA -- The newest addition to Nintendo's Pokemon phenomenon, Pokemon Yellow Version: Special Pikachu Edition, has already sold more than 1 million cartridges since its debut on Monday, October 18. The Game Boy video game's overwhelming success at retailer locations across the country has made it the fastest selling Nintendo title of all time, beating out last holiday season's Nintendo 64 blockbuster The Legend of Zelda: Ocarina of Time.