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Shrek The Third Trailer

The trailer for Dreamworks (DWA’s) next major animated film is now up online. We are currently estimating Shrek III domestic box office of $340 million and worldwide box office of $662 million. Shrek 3 will face heavy competition. Remember, Shrek 3 opens domestically on May 18, 2007, two weeks after Spiderman 3 (Sony) and one…

I-phone launched

Apparantly, Cisco owns the brand iPhone despite the steady stream of speculation (including the street) of an Apple branded iPhone to be launched shortly. Presumably Apple will be in an uproar on the branding but Cisco is not exactly short on legal capabilities. Ironically, the phone itself appears targetted at the Wi-FI VOIP market and…

Myspace Mobile Launches on Cingular Phones

Myspace Mobile is now available on Cingular wireless phones; previously it had only been available on nascent start-up MVNO Helio. The $2.99/month myspace mobile application is a free-over-the-air download to Cingular Handsets (30 at launch, 20 more to come). We view this positively for News Corp. as it enhances the stickiness of Myspace.com (diminishing fears…

DVD Business is Maturing

Disney reported yesterday that Pirates of the Caribbean 2 shipped 10.5 million DVDs in its first week Reuters Story on Disney While that figure is the all-time highest level of DVDs shipped in 1 week, it falls short of the total home video units (VHS and DVD) shipped by Pirates 1 during its first week…