As far as software, Paramount Home Entertainment, New Line Home Entertainment, Universal Studios Home Entertainment and Warner Home Video were all on hand, however New Line does not expect to release any discs on either format until early 2007.

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EA, along with Sony and Nintendo, have already pulled their explicit support of the Bill, but as a member of the Entertainment Software Association EA still supports the bill in a less vocal fashion.

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App stores are emerging as major channels for selling software in a range of categories, such as games, entertainment, news and productivity.

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Microsoft started as a software company, but it is slowly becoming an entertainment powerhouse.

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The software's Unix core makes it easy for Apple to cram stripped down versions of the software onto mobile phones and home entertainment gadgets, such as Apple TV.

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As well as being EA's chief executive, Mr Riccitiello also chairs the US's Entertainment Software Rating Board - which decides what age guidance and warnings should go on games packaging - and the Entertainment Software Association (ESA) lobby body.

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Micros Systems focuses on the restaurant, hotel and entertainment industries, for which it makes hardware (such as point-of-sale terminals) and management software.

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