SYDNEY--10 Mar--AsiaNet/InfoQuest TOKYO OFFICE... SYDNEY: As part of its plan to expand its business throughout the Asia Pacific rim, Mooter Media Limited announced the grand opening of its Tokyo, Japan office. www.mootermedia.com F1 PARTY... SAKHIA, Bahrain: Hours from the start of this year's Formula One action getting underway in Bahrain, Red Bull hosted a spectacular Arabian Nights launch for Scuderia Toro Rosso's debut in the sport and Red Bull Racing's second year in F1. http://redbull.gepa-pictures.com http://www.presseportal.de/story.htx?firmaid=31636 BLOOMBERG TELEVISION... HONG KONG, and NEW YORK: Bloomberg, the leading global provider of data, analytics and news to the financial community, Thursday announced that distribution of its BLOOMBERG TELEVISION Asia Pacific service expanded by 47% in the region during the past 12 months, including the recent launch of BLOOMBERG TELEVISION on South Korean cable and mobile systems http://www.bloomberg.com FTSE4GOOD INDEX... SMITHFIELD, Va.: Smithfield Foods, Inc., has been named to the FTSE Group's prestigious FTSE4Good Global Index Series that is limited to companies demonstrating globally recognized corporate responsibility standards. http://www.smithfieldfoods.com HITACHI ROBOT... AMHERST, N.H.: Hitachi, according to a March 8, 2006 AP wire release, is developing a security robot that can map its surroundings and look for suspicious changes in the landscape. http://www.MobileRobots.com TICKETING TECHNOLOGY... MELBOURNE: bCODE, the universal provider of mobile ticketing solutions, today announced that it will showcase Mobile Ticketing technology to a group of customers at the Telstra Technology Showcase during the Melbourne 2006 Commonwealth Games. www.bcode.com TVIA CHIP... SANTA CLARA, Calif.: Tvia, Inc., a leading provider of multimedia digital display processors for advanced TV, emerging digital display and consumer electronics markets, Thursday announced the availability of the Tvia TrueView 5725 and TV5725 turnkey Reference Design Kits based on the TrueView 5725 advanced multimedia digital display processors. http://www.tvia.com RFID READER... HOLTSVILLE, N.Y.: Symbol Technologies, Inc., The Enterprise Mobility Company, Thursday introduced the Symbol XR480, an industrial-class adio-frequency identification (RFID) reader that supports today's European RFID standards and builds on the next generation architecture of the XR400. http://www.symbol.com ACADEMY AWARDS... LAKE OSWEGO, Ore.: Tut Systems Inc., an industry leader enabling the delivery of next-generation data and video services over broadband networks, Thursday announced that through its partnership with China Network Communications Corporation (CNC), it provided content contribution solutions for delivery of the 78th Annual Academy Awards to CCTV6, the movie channel of CCTV. http://www.tutsys.com PRICE INCREASE... WILMINGTON, Del.: DuPont Titanium Technologies Thursday announced a price increase in Asia Pacific for all DuPont titanium (TiO2) grades. http://www.titanium.dupont.com TOURISM AD... CANBERRA: Australia's Tourism Minister has labelled the banning of the word 'bloody' by the British TV advertising regulator (Broadcast Advertising Clearance Centre) as comical as exactly the same ad will appear in cinemas, in print and online in the UK. www.industry.gov.au SABRE EXPANDS... SINGAPORE: Sabre Holdings Thursday announced the expansion of its team in Singapore and China in line with the companys growing business success in Asia Pacific. http://www.sabre-holdings.com ACQUISITION PROPOSAL... SEOUL: Steel Partners II, L.P. and Icahn Partners LP, Icahn Partners Master Fund LP and High River Limited Partnership, collectively known as The KT&G Full Value Committee, on Thursday sent a letter to Kwak Young Kyoon, Chief Executive of KT&G Corp. decrying the company's failure to "seriously consider" their acquisition proposal. AsiaNet is a consortium of leading news agencies distributing unedited, translated news releases for worldwide clients. Visit www.asianetnews.net for full-text versions.