Packetvideo Corp

PacketVideo Corp. said Walt Disney Co. and Sony Pictures Entertainment are among 35 media companies that have agreed to participate in trials of PacketVideo's wireless video-delivery technology. The San Diego company is developing technology that enables video to be delivered via cellular telephone networks to personal digital assistants made by Casio Computer Co. and other companies.

Microsoft Corp. said Monday that PacketVideo Inc. has agreed to use its digital media delivery format, in a deal that gives the software giant a key foothold into the nascent market for mobile multimedia content delivery. PacketVideo, which had previously been seen as a key Microsoft rival in the race to bring rich video and audio content to mobile phones and mobile devices, said that the deal with Microsoft would help expand its range of customers.

William D. Cvengros, chief executive of investment firm Pimco Advisors LP in Newport Beach, is expected to be named today as chief executive of PacketVideo Corp., a closely held software developer. Jim Carol, 42, PacketVideo's current chief executive and co-founder, will become chairman and chief strategist of the company. Cvengros, 51, has said he would decide by the end of the year what he would do after Pimco was sold to Allianz AG in Munich.

Japan's largest mobile phone company said it will test a live video service for phones in October, using technology from San Diego-based PacketVideo Corp. to broadcast distance-learning material and monitoring video from day-care sites and homes. The deal between NTT DoCoMo and PacketVideo, announced by DoCoMo on Tuesday, lays the groundwork for the world's first commercial service to deliver streaming video to wireless phones. Beginning Oct.

Just when you thought your wireless phone had maxed out on features, along comes . . . movies? Well, it's not happening yet, but San Diego-based PacketVideo Corp. is creating a buzz with products that allow smart phones and personal digital assistants to handle streaming video over a mere 14.4 kilobit-per-second wireless connection.

Japan's largest mobile phone company said it will test a live video service for phones in October, using technology from San Diego-based PacketVideo Corp. to broadcast distance-learning material and monitoring video from day-care sites and homes. The deal between NTT DoCoMo and PacketVideo, announced by DoCoMo on Tuesday, lays the groundwork for the world's first commercial service to deliver streaming video to wireless phones. Beginning Oct.

Microsoft Corp. said Monday that PacketVideo Inc. has agreed to use its digital media delivery format, in a deal that gives the software giant a key foothold into the nascent market for mobile multimedia content delivery. PacketVideo, which had previously been seen as a key Microsoft rival in the race to bring rich video and audio content to mobile phones and mobile devices, said that the deal with Microsoft would help expand its range of customers.

Although the new-offerings market has shown signs of life this week, some companies are still backing off. San Diego-based PacketVideo Corp., for one, has shelved its planned $64-million initial offering, citing--what else?--market volatility.

It wasn't enough that Jon E. Jenett, a prominent Laguna Beach resident, agreed to pay about $10 million to a neighbor who accused him of embezzlement. He also must now sell his home and leave his swanky community for 10 years. Such were the terms of a highly unusual settlement reached late last week between Jenett and his one-time friends and neighbors, Sara and Thomas Hopper, who two years ago shocked the Three Arch Bay community by accusing Jenett of a massive embezzlement scheme.

It wasn't enough that Jon E. Jenett, a prominent Laguna Beach resident, agreed to pay about $10 million to a neighbor who accused him of embezzlement. He also must now sell his home and leave his swanky community for 10 years.

PacketVideo Corp. said Walt Disney Co. and Sony Pictures Entertainment are among 35 media companies that have agreed to participate in trials of PacketVideo's wireless video-delivery technology. The San Diego company is developing technology that enables video to be delivered via cellular telephone networks to personal digital assistants made by Casio Computer Co. and other companies.

William D. Cvengros, chief executive of investment firm Pimco Advisors LP in Newport Beach, is expected to be named today as chief executive of PacketVideo Corp., a closely held software developer. Jim Carol, 42, PacketVideo's current chief executive and co-founder, will become chairman and chief strategist of the company. Cvengros, 51, has said he would decide by the end of the year what he would do after Pimco was sold to Allianz AG in Munich.

Just when you thought your wireless phone had maxed out on features, along comes . . . movies? Well, it's not happening yet, but San Diego-based PacketVideo Corp. is creating a buzz with products that allow smart phones and personal digital assistants to handle streaming video over a mere 14.4 kilobit-per-second wireless connection.

Now that mobile phones have started connecting to the Web, a handful of technology companies are rapidly pushing wireless networks to the next level: delivering video streams from the Web to mobile phones and hand-held devices. Today, San Diego-based PacketVideo Corp. will launch the first Web site that delivers video over any U.S. wireless network to hand-held computers. Later this week, SolidStreaming Inc.