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- Worldwide Availability of the Apple Multimedia Program
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- Contact:
- Tricia Chan
- Apple Computer, Inc.
- (408) 974-3886
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- Apple Announces Worldwide Availability of the Apple Multimedia
- Program
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- MACWORLD, TOKYO--February 12, 1993--Apple Computer, Inc. today
- announced the worldwide availability of the multimedia developer
- program through APDA, Apple's source for developer tools. The
- worldwide Apple Multimedia Program is designed to spur the
- development of multimedia products. The program provides marketing
- and technical information that enable Apple's partners all over the
- world to prosper in the growing areas of multimedia creation and
- playback.
- The Apple Multimedia Program has been well received in the United
- States and Canada since its inception in December 1992. Currently,
- over one hundred members have joined the program, representing the
- developer, consultant, producer, and systems integrator/VAR
- communities.
- There is a growing number of multimedia developers that take
- advantage of multimedia technologies that are built into all
- Macintosh personal computers. Technologies such as QuickTime
- (Apple's architecture to handle dynamic data types such as sound,
- video, and animation), newly enhanced CD-ROM software and CD-ROM-
- equipped Macintosh computers have enabled developers to create new
- and different multimedia products.
- "The availability of the Apple Multimedia Program worldwide
- represents Apple's continuing commitment to fulfilling the needs of
- the worldwide developer community," said Kirk Loevner, vice president
- of Apple's Developer Group.
- "The Apple Multimedia Program will provide our global multimedia
- community with critical resources for building profitable new media
- businesses," said Satjiv Chahil, vice president of Apple's New
- Business Initiatives Group. "We are pleased to be bringing our
- successful program to developers worldwide and reaffirming our
- leadership in multimedia."
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- Apple Multimedia Program
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- Apple Multimedia Program starter kit and quarterly mailings include
- the following:
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- Market Research Reports
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- -- Multimedia Developers and Producers: Industry Assessment
- -- CD-ROM and Laserdisc Trends
- -- Future reports on emerging multimedia market opportunities and
- important industry trends
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- Multimedia Design, Human Interface, and Production Video Series
- (in PAL and NTSC format)
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- Guidebooks
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- -- The Best of The QuickTime Forum
- -- Apple CD-ROM Handbook
- -- Apple CD-ROM Technical Guidebook
- -- The World of Macintosh Multimedia
- -- Demystifying Multimedia
- -- More guidebooks to help developers create multimedia products
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- QuickTime 1.5 Developer CD-ROM
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- Pricing and Availability
- The Apple Multimedia Program materials will be available in mid-
- March, 1993 through APDA. For specific price and availability
- information in your region, please refer to the attached list of
- international APDA offices.
- The Apple Multimedia Program is currently available in the United
- States and Canada. A special introductory discount is available to
- those who join before July 31, 1993. For more information about
- joining the program in these two countries, call (408) 974-4897, or
- send an AppleLink to DEVSUPPORT or an Internet message to
- DEVSUPPORT@APPLELINK.APPLE.COM.
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- Apple, the Apple logo, and Macintosh are registered trademarks and
- QuickTime is a trademark of Apple Computer, Inc.
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- Apple Press Releases
- PR Express
- News Break
- 2/9/93
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- Apple News Beat
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