Virtual porn: ultimate tease
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The market for pornography on CD-ROMs is in the multi-million dollar range, despite its lack of marketing and distribution. CD-ROM producers in the field claim that the pornographic CDs are a driving force behind the improvement of CD-ROM technology. An adult CD-ROM can cost as much as $200,000 to produce and may take months to complete. In 1994, the producers of adult CD-ROMs netted $260 million. The CDs are produced by freelancers who may be bored with the usual CD-ROMs. Some of the producers work for mainstream companies as well. The CDs are sold in a variety of places, from record stores to the Internet. The CDs do not yet have a rating system, although an informal system lists CDs with partial nudity as 'mature,' CDs with full nudity as 'adult' and CDs with sexual activity as 'XXX.' Adultex '95, the first international trade show for the industry, will occur in Las Vegas in Nov 1995.
Publication Name: The New York Times
Subject: Business, general
ISSN: 0362-4331
Year: 1995
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I don't know who you are, but you're toast; game players around the world meet for battle in on-line arenas
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Multiplayer games played online over the Internet are emerging as a major industry. According to market researcher Forrester Research, the overall market for computer-based games, including ones for television-console systems, was worth about $5 billion in 1997, and in that year, revenue attributed to games played over the Internet was about 3 percent of the total. But the percentage is increasing, and Forrester foresees on-line gaming accounting for 25% of an $8 billion market by the year 2002. Forrester points out that a 1997 poll of game developers revealed that 76 percent of them had Internet games under development. America Online says more than 3.4 million people visited its popular Games Channel during Aug 1998. An AOL survey indicates that 76 percent of AOL players are 18 or older, and 51 percent are 35 or older.
Publication Name: The New York Times
Subject: Business, general
ISSN: 0362-4331
Year: 1998
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WebTV puts it all together
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The EchoStar DISHPlayer and associated services expands on the original WebTV concept. Users can now record TV programming on a hard drive from hundreds of TV channels, in addition to surfing the Web and sending and receiving e-mail, all through their TV. The DISHPlayer costs $299 or $199, depending on recording disk size, and includes a satellite dish, set top box, and remote. Satellite dish installation starts at $99. 40 channels service is $19.99 per month; 100 channels, $28.99; and so on up to 300 channels. WebTV Internet access is $24.95. Personal TV is $9.99. Personal TV allows viewers to record 12 hours on the largers 17.2 GB disk; the smaller disk is 8.6 GB. The system requires a phone connection for the Internet service.
Publication Name: The New York Times
Subject: Business, general
ISSN: 0362-4331
Year: 1999
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