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- Subject: ****Commodore Allies with Mitsui for Japanese CDTV Group 10/14/91
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- NEW YORK, NEW YORK, U.S.A., 1991 OCT 14 (NB) -- Commodore
- International has announced a joint effort with Japan's Mitsui &
- Co. to form CDTV Consortium Japan. The group is to promote and
- develop Commodore CDTV players and software in Japan.
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- Commodore and Mitsui began inviting other Japanese companies to
- join the consortium prior to the opening of the Tokyo International
- Multimedia Expo '91. Commodore, Mitsui, and Dai-Nippon Printing Co.,
- one of Japan's largest printing companies, are the managing
- companies to disseminate information on CDTV to members.
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- The group will develop new software titles using multimedia
- techniques including motion pictures, Commodore said. It will also
- work on new products on the CDTV platform. Japan Electronics
- Publishing, PCM Complete, and others have already started
- planning for the development of software titles in Japanese.
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- ASCII and a number of other Japanese companies have expressed an
- interest in joining the CDTV Consortium Japan, Commodore announced.
- Japanese companies interested in the multimedia industry are
- expected to join the consortium and a full list of members will be
- announced soon.
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- The CDTV player, already on sale in the United States and Europe,
- is an interactive multimedia player aimed at home and business
- buyers. Commodore said CDTV could be used in vertical markets like
- point-of-sale displays, corporate training devices, and information
- kiosks. Currently, the CDTV Consortium Japan members are developing
- titles for these vertical and other markets.
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- In Europe and in the United States, 48 CDTV software titles have
- been released to date. Commodore said more than 100 are expected to
- be available by year-end.
-
- (Grant Buckler/19911011/Press Contact: Ronald B. Alexander,
- Commodore, 215-431-9100)
-