{"id":24390,"date":"2011-03-03T04:57:19","date_gmt":"2011-03-03T04:57:19","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/alienbabeltech.com\/main\/?p=24390"},"modified":"2011-03-05T04:26:37","modified_gmt":"2011-03-05T04:26:37","slug":"gdc-day-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/alienbabeltech.com\/main\/gdc-day-2\/","title":{"rendered":"GDC 2011 &#8211; Day 2"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><script type=\"text\/javascript\">\/\/ <![CDATA[\n                                 google_ad_client = \"pub-7021221536180758\"; \/* 468x60, created 11\/11\/09 *\/ google_ad_slot = \"1949837292\"; google_ad_width = 468; google_ad_height = 60;\n\/\/ ]]><\/script><\/p>\n<p><script src=\"http:\/\/pagead2.googlesyndication.com\/pagead\/show_ads.js\" type=\"text\/javascript\">\n<\/script><\/p>\n<blockquote>\n<h6><span style=\"color: #00ccff;\">The following is by G. A . &#8220;Andy&#8221; Marken, President of <a href=\"http:\/\/www.markencom.com\/index.htm\" onclick=\"_gaq.push(['_trackEvent', 'outbound-article', 'http:\/\/www.markencom.com\/index.htm', 'Marken Communications']);\" ><span style=\"color: #00ccff;\">Marken Communications<\/span><\/a><span style=\"color: #00ccff;\"> Inc. He has kindly agreed to report on the Game Developer&#8217;s Conference (GDC) happening in San Francisco from March 28 through April 4th  for ABT. As with everything that we publish at AlienBabelTech, the opinions expressed are solely those of the individual writer and do not necessarily reflect the views and the <strong>opinions of the rest of the ABT staff.<\/strong><\/span><\/span><strong><span style=\"color: #00ccff;\"> <\/span><span style=\"color: #00ccff;\"><span style=\"color: #00ccff;\"> \u2013Mark Poppin,<\/span> <span style=\"color: #00ccff;\">ABT Senior Editor<\/span><\/span><\/strong><strong> <\/strong><\/h6>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><strong>GDC Day 2<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>The bad thing about events in Northern California is that there are always a number of them going on in the tech industry and usually they have a knack to overlap.<\/p>\n<p>Take today.<\/p>\n<p>Yes GDC is still on but then down in San Jose is a two-day OTTCon (over the top conference) taking place.\u00a0 No biggie you say but these are the guys\/gals who are going give us a hint on what we\u2019ll be watching, where we\u2019ll be watching it, how we\u2019ll be watching it.<\/p>\n<p>Affects the way you work with games too!<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><strong>OTTCon Snapshot<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong> <\/strong><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/i1.wp.com\/alienbabeltech.com\/main\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/03\/GDC-2-1.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-24392\" title=\"GDC-2-1\" src=\"https:\/\/i1.wp.com\/alienbabeltech.com\/main\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/03\/GDC-2-1.jpg?resize=447%2C350\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/alienbabeltech.com\/main\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/03\/GDC-2-1.jpg 447w, https:\/\/alienbabeltech.com\/main\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/03\/GDC-2-1-300x234.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 447px) 100vw, 447px\" data-recalc-dims=\"1\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>These folks have a huge challenge ahead of them.\u00a0\u00a0 They\u2019re busting each other\u2019s chops trying to figure out exactly what tomorrow\u2019s TV entertainment is going to be like especially since people seem to want to push it to every screen you have (and even will be thinking about).<\/p>\n<p>That\u2019s not so bad but they\u2019re really trying to figure out how they\u2019re going to get their money out of it!\u00a0 And how does it fit into\/compete in the YouTube online spectrum?\u00a0\u00a0 It does!<\/p>\n<p>They were an energetic crowd but the first thing you realize is that they don\u2019t have any better idea where TV is going than you do\u2026but they say it with confidence\/conviction so it \u201cfeels\u201d so!<\/p>\n<p>Diffusion Groups says there will be 100 million households with iNet connected TVs by the end of this year.\u00a0 The connected devices like your game console or Roku box makes it a lot easier to download streams from the Net.\u00a0 The cable guys in the audience were a little worried because some of the analysts were saying 20 percent or more of the customers could cut their cords and that means $1 billion less in revenues.<\/p>\n<p>Two of the box producers going head-to-head were Boxee which recently received a venture capital infusion wants to be the connecting device with an under $200 box.\u00a0 They hope to have three million users by the end of the year.<\/p>\n<p>Of course Roku countered by saying people don\u2019t want a box, they already have enough of them.\u00a0\u00a0 Instead they want a viewing, entertainment experience.\u00a0 Roku officials noted that the industry is still at the early adopter phase and that to bridge the gap the solution \u2013 whatever it is \u2013 has to be simple and bulletproof.<\/p>\n<p>TDG Research said it is less about cutting the cord than it is replacing Pay TV with OTT or add services\/capabilities to expand the market.<\/p>\n<p>TDG says that by 2014 OTT revenues should be about $5.8 billion but the picture isn\u2019t exactly crystal clear.<\/p>\n<p>The best \u2013 most thought provoking part of the 1<sup>st<\/sup> day\u2019s activities was a panel discussion on what our TV was going to be like in 2030.<\/p>\n<p>2030 is interesting and challenging but they may have picked a period 20 years out because no one would remember when the date arrives to tell them they were right or wrong.<\/p>\n<p>Intel told the audience that by 2015 there was going to be 500 billion hours of video available OTT.\u00a0 Cisco\u2019s Scott Puopolo made the brilliant observation that that was a lot of video for us to try and find what we wanted.<\/p>\n<p>It\u2019s also going to play havoc with pay TV operators, broadcasters and content owners.\u00a0 He said that OTT viewing would become very fragmented and highly specialized by interest areas.\u00a0 The practical result would be the old CPM ad formula would quickly disappear because the mini-markets didn\u2019t fit the old market model.<\/p>\n<p>To give us some ideas as to what we can expect, Puopolo showed the results of a recent Cisco survey of 50 TV experts on what the TV industry would look like in 20 years.\u00a0 For the most part their report said the experts \u2013 spread across the industry \u2013 agreed.<\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 30px;\">&#8211;\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Channel surfing will become an exercise of the distant past.\u00a0 They feel device makers like Roku and Apple will really move units but no one mentioned Google TV in the mix\u2026hhmm!\u00a0 Replacing the exercise the on-demand streams will be customized to what you want to\/like to watch, what friends\/family watch and even where you\u2019ll be enjoying it.\u00a0 Right now it looks like Roku\u2019s space to lose or win.<\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 30px;\">&#8211;\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Remote controls will disappear because\u2026they\u2019ll be an app for that.\u00a0 All of the players already have iPhone, iPad and Android apps so no need for the dumbed down remote.\u00a0 The majority of the experts said that by 2030 TV could go beyond the <em>minority Report<\/em> experience and the TV would simply deliver up content that was appropriate for your mood.<\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 30px;\">&#8211;\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 This one defies our \u201cconventional logic\u201d but you\u2019ll just have one screen, \u201cyour screen.\u201d\u00a0\u00a0 It could be a mirror, painting or \u2026\u00a0 Some thought it might be expandable, flexible or ..worn!\u00a0 Of course with all of that said no one sees bandwidth still sucking (our word, not theirs) and no one was optimistic that the cost would be overly \u201creasonable.\u201d<\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 30px;\">&#8211;\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Big concern from the content owners\/pipe providers and ad folks is how they were going to \u201cinvest\u2019 ad dollars when everything is becoming more contextual, interactive.\u00a0 A number of the experts said that advertising would become more personalized with an inventory of ads sitting somewhere that would be provided to you based on your viewing activities\/habits.\u00a0 That\u2019s probably okay as long as people can be 100 percent assured that their personal data isn\u2019t being shared\u2026that\u2019s a tough sell!<\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 30px;\">&#8211;\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Since you no longer channel surf\u00a0 you\u2019ll also do away with just crashing on the couch with chips and a drink.\u00a0 Instead you\u2019ll become a part of the entertainment like gamers are today using social networking so that you are completely involved in making the romance happen or solving the crime.\u00a0 The experts agree that it won\u2019t be long that we\u2019ll be experiencing storytelling across multiple media but perhaps a little better than this year\u2019s Oscar event.\u00a0\u00a0 It can only get better as we get more involved.<\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 30px;\">&#8211;\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Like what you\u2019re watching, enjoying with our constantly evolving social media you can share the experience with friends\/family in the future.\u00a0 Not teleporting but telepresence which may be okay for the time being.<\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 30px;\">&#8211;\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 We\u2019ll finally get to the point where you\u2019ll smell, taste and feel the activities, food, roller coaster, car driving down the road.\u00a0 And you\u2019ll be able to watch\/examine events from various points of view without special glasses.<\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 30px;\">&#8211;\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 You watch the TV commercials where you move from room to room, home to bus to airplane watching your show on an endless variety of shapes, sizes, locations of screens.\u00a0 Expect that\u2026and more.<\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 30px;\">&#8211;\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 In case you haven\u2019t noticed there is a tsunami of use generated content and more and more of it is pretty darn good.\u00a0 HD cameras and HD lenses on your smartphone make it fast, easy to capture spot news or complete stories.\u00a0 The new more powerful processors are also capable of easily handing editing\/authoring and uploading to the \u201ccloud.\u201d\u00a0\u00a0 One of the panelists noted that this was already with smartphones in Asia where smartphone manufacturers have included copies of muvee\u2019s automatic video production software that does all the work, including adding a sound track in just a few minutes.\u00a0 Executives said we would probably see phones with the bundle in the U.S. mid-year and it would improve from there.<\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 30px;\">&#8211;\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 With the interactivity, executives are increasingly confident that viewers will begin \u201chelping\u201d to write the show\u2019s episodes using social network activities and online collaboration.<\/p>\n<p>It was surprising how much of this seemed like \u201cwell yeah, so???\u201d<\/p>\n<p>It also gave us an opportunity to look at GDC in a different light.\u00a0 We\u2019ll probably view each session and each HW\/SW solution we see a whole lot differently the rest of the week.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Tools, Platforms<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Whether it was for the Nintendo, Sony, MS, PC, Android or IOS platform there were more than 100 development, production, distribution tools introduced at GDC (ok maybe more but they just keep breeding).<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/i2.wp.com\/alienbabeltech.com\/main\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/03\/GDC-2-2.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-24395\" title=\"GDC-2-2\" src=\"https:\/\/i2.wp.com\/alienbabeltech.com\/main\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/03\/GDC-2-2.jpg?resize=480%2C314\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/alienbabeltech.com\/main\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/03\/GDC-2-2.jpg 480w, https:\/\/alienbabeltech.com\/main\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/03\/GDC-2-2-300x196.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 480px) 100vw, 480px\" data-recalc-dims=\"1\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Sitting on the floor, standing in line, seated in one of the sessions one of the most widely discussed topics seemed to be which platform you should develop your next great winner for.<\/p>\n<p>Everyone agreed that to develop your game play for every available platform was the sure path to mediocrity at the least and disaster at the worst.\u00a0 Executives advised the developers to pick their platform or platforms carefully and then use their social\/marketing skills to build the playing audience.<\/p>\n<p>For example Spry Fox developed a successful release of <em>Triple Town<\/em> and we wouldn\u2019t even think of the Amazon Kindle as a playing platform\u2026who knows today?<\/p>\n<p>If you ask the platform folks for advice they\u2019re going to tell you they are out to change the world and they believe it and will do what it takes to help you help them succeed.\u00a0 Of course when they\u2019ve achieved their success then it\u2019s a whole different ballgame and suddenly you\u2019re the stepsister who can\u2019t go to the ball.<\/p>\n<p>Even platforms like Zuch\u2019s Facebook has been known to shutdown sites with little or no notice so you\u2019re left with a game that desperately needs a new home which means all new development work.<\/p>\n<p>One person noted you don\u2019t make the game you want to make you make the game that will optimize their platform and make them look the best.<\/p>\n<p>Then your success or failure is in the hands of the gods!<\/p>\n<p>We all know of people, games, concepts that have been thrown out or blocked by various platform owners.<\/p>\n<p>It also means your profits suffer and your creative control decreases.<\/p>\n<p>By the same token when the platform begins to become more successful and your game becomes more popular the platform folks also are more helpful in promoting your games\u2026they want to highlight leaders\/winners just like everyone else.<\/p>\n<p>Of course there are times when operations like Zynga (which we discussed yesterday) becomes so strong, powerful, far reaching that the viral marketplace.\u00a0 Of course because of Zynga\u2019s dramatic success, Facebook has changed their rules but that\u2019s to be expected.<\/p>\n<p>Within platform organizations \u2013 as they become more \u201ccorporate\u201d there is more big business play and less of the \u201cfeel\u201d you got into game development for but that\u2019s to be expected.<\/p>\n<p>One of the speakers \u2013 who wasn\u2019t too subtle \u2013 noted that within any large corporation or major platform firm there was a department responsible for \u201clegal screwage.\u201d\u00a0\u00a0 Legal departments are far too professional to all it legal screwage but they do know how to do it \u2026 very well!<\/p>\n<p>They\u2019ve trained in it.\u00a0\u00a0 They\u2019ve specialized in it.\u00a0\u00a0 They\u2019ve honed their craft to a fine art.<\/p>\n<p>Why?<\/p>\n<p>Well let\u2019s see there\u2019s money to be made and they figure they might get it before you do.<\/p>\n<p>Of course it isn\u2019t \u201call\u201d bleak.\u00a0 If you don\u2019t like the contract or the terms\u2026walk away.<\/p>\n<p>If it\u2019s a good idea the next team you approach will listen a little more closely.\u00a0 There are more solid platforms out there today than there are good\/insanely great games.<\/p>\n<p>The packed session seemed to have more people taking notes than any one we\u2019ve sat in on\u2026to date.<\/p>\n<p>Our guess not many people came to GDC to play.<\/p>\n<p><strong>AutoDesk \u2013 Middleware Kings<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/i1.wp.com\/alienbabeltech.com\/main\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/03\/GDC-2-3.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-24396\" title=\"GDC-2-3\" src=\"https:\/\/i1.wp.com\/alienbabeltech.com\/main\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/03\/GDC-2-3.jpg?resize=480%2C330\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/alienbabeltech.com\/main\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/03\/GDC-2-3.jpg 480w, https:\/\/alienbabeltech.com\/main\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/03\/GDC-2-3-300x206.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 480px) 100vw, 480px\" data-recalc-dims=\"1\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>It\u2019s a good thing GDC isn\u2019t far from Autodesk\u2019s Hq because\u00a0 they rolled out a humongous number of very robust, exciting products in their Entertainment Creation Suites\u2026and more!<\/p>\n<p>They must have had every team in the organization working on game development solutions because they rolled out;<\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 30px;\">&#8211;\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Global illumination middleware Beat 2012<\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 30px;\">&#8211;\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 HumanIK 2012<\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 30px;\">&#8211;\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 2012 Entertainment Creation suites<\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 30px;\">&#8211;\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 A slew of modeling, animation, rendering 2D, 3D software products<\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 30px;\">&#8211;\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Softimage 2012 (a company they rescued from Avid) rolled out a wide array of tools and solutions<\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 30px;\">&#8211;\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Laundry list of movie, video game, broadcast products that will allow people to produce multiplayer, interactive content for the TV environment of 2030<\/p>\n<p><strong>Nvidia Came To Play<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong> <\/strong><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/i1.wp.com\/alienbabeltech.com\/main\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/03\/GDC-2.41.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-24398\" title=\"GDC-2.4\" src=\"https:\/\/i1.wp.com\/alienbabeltech.com\/main\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/03\/GDC-2.41.jpg?resize=470%2C332\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/alienbabeltech.com\/main\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/03\/GDC-2.41.jpg 470w, https:\/\/alienbabeltech.com\/main\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/03\/GDC-2.41-300x211.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 470px) 100vw, 470px\" data-recalc-dims=\"1\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><strong> <\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Ok it\u2019s a cheap shot to keep your attention but we did want to show that the audience seemed to be fairly well divided into both sexes.<\/p>\n<p>The game industry is no longer for bleary eyed, shallow skinned guys (if it ever really was)!<\/p>\n<p>But Nvidia announced a series of strategic alliances with firms to show off and support their PhysX, APEX, 3D vision technologies.<\/p>\n<p>It\u2019s become easy to see why really ambitious developers use their platforms for system development and soon for smartphone development\/play.<\/p>\n<p>Nvidia has the right mixture of cross-platform physics and expertise to maximize game play realism and enjoyment.<\/p>\n<p>One executive said that one of the divisions is also working closely with Hollywood and the content industry to help them deliver totally interactive social media entertainment, involvement.<\/p>\n<p>Not sure what we\u2019ll call the company then.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Eyes Have it<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong> <\/strong><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/i1.wp.com\/alienbabeltech.com\/main\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/03\/GDC-2.52.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-24401\" title=\"GDC-2.5\" src=\"https:\/\/i1.wp.com\/alienbabeltech.com\/main\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/03\/GDC-2.52.jpg?resize=480%2C377\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/alienbabeltech.com\/main\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/03\/GDC-2.52.jpg 480w, https:\/\/alienbabeltech.com\/main\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/03\/GDC-2.52-300x235.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 480px) 100vw, 480px\" data-recalc-dims=\"1\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><strong> <\/strong><\/p>\n<p>While it certainly wasn\u2019t part of GDC there was a strong wave of interest in the announcement Lenovo and a firm called Tobii made today at CeBit (the big trade show in Europe).<\/p>\n<p>Tobii (get it two eyes?) demonstrated a new eye-tracking technology that would allow you to control computer functions just by looking at points on the screen.<\/p>\n<p>The company isn\u2019t bashful, they want to take eye-tracking and eye control to anyone\/s\/everyone\u2019s computer and viewing environment.<\/p>\n<p>It\u2019s just in its infancy but reports are that you really can control the computer simply by having it follow your gaze.\u00a0 It will automatically brighten and dim depending on how you look at the screen.<\/p>\n<p>If and when it takes off it really could be a big step forward in eye-recognition and become a truly natural interface for folks.<\/p>\n<p>Initial eye control is limited to simple functions\/tasks but you can imagine what it will do for people with limited capacities if they can point, select, scroll, communicate, develop\/play games.<\/p>\n<p>The new Lenovo\/Tobii prototype is truly proof of concept of eye-tracking technology and it has the potential of becoming one of our standard system interfaces very quickly.\u00a0\u00a0 The key then will be to make it smaller, less expensive, more versatile, more reliable.<\/p>\n<p>Don\u2019t know but we\u2019d love to get our hands \u2013 ooppss eyes on one and see if it\u2019s half as good as the early reports say.<\/p>\n<p>If it is next year\u2019s GDC may have a whole new level of education sessions.<\/p>\n<p>Tomorrow?<\/p>\n<p>Again we\u2019ll have to divide our time\u2026GDC and the \u201cquiet gorilla\u201d in town \u2026Apple!!!!<\/p>\n<p># # #<\/p>\n<p><strong>by:   G.A. &#8220;Andy&#8221; Marken<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong> President<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong> Marken Communications Inc.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong> <a href=\"mailto:Andy@markencom.com\">Andy@markencom.com<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<blockquote><p>Please join us in our <a href=\"http:\/\/alienbabeltech.com\/abt\/index.php\" target=\"_blank\">Forums<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Become a Fan on <a href=\"http:\/\/www.facebook.com\/pages\/AlienBabelTech\/123268467142\" onclick=\"_gaq.push(['_trackEvent', 'outbound-article', 'http:\/\/www.facebook.com\/pages\/AlienBabelTech\/123268467142', 'Facebook']);\" target=\"_blank\">Facebook<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Follow us on <a href=\"http:\/\/twitter.com\/alienbabeltech\" onclick=\"_gaq.push(['_trackEvent', 'outbound-article', 'http:\/\/twitter.com\/alienbabeltech', 'Twitter']);\" target=\"_blank\">Twitter<\/a><\/p>\n<p>For the latest updates from ABT, please <a 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A . &#8220;Andy&#8221; Marken, President of Marken Communications Inc. 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