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RawFlow, a leading provider of live peer-to-peer streaming technology for internet broadcasts announced that it will exhibit and sponsor the IPTV World Forum in London in March 2007. The company will also demo its revolutionary to-be-launched live publishing tool for User Generated Broadcasting more
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Internet Video Magazine (http:www.internetvideomag.com) today announced they have added a hundred new Internet Videos to their featured spotlight of Best Videos of the Week, Best Video Web Sites of the Week, Best Music Videos of the Week, and as well to the Parody Commercial, Funny, Political, Cat & Dog, and Star Wars videos sections. There's a bunch of new flicks at the Holiday Films section including great new Santa and Winter Holiday movies. more
In response to the consumer demand for a single software application, Sony Media Software has broken out DVD Architect Studio that was previously included in the Vegas Movie Studio+DVD bundle. You no longer have to buy the entire Vegas Movie Studio to use htis powerful DVD creation application for DVD authoring for movies, song compilations and picture slideshows. more
Try out the new version of Adobe Phtoshop Cs3 - Adobe Systems Incorporated (Nasdaq:ADBE) introduced a beta version of Adobe Photoshop CS3 software, the next release of the world standard in digital imaging, on Friday, December 15th. Adobe is delivering a widely available Photoshop CS3 beta to enable customers to more easily transition to the latest hardware platforms, particularly Apple's new Intel-based systems. The beta is available as a Universal Binary for the Macintosh platform, as well as for Microsoft(r) Windows(r) XP and Windows Vista computers. more If you can hum the melody, Navio can find it for you on the web. Nayio Media, Inc. launched the first melody-based Internet search tool on its website, Nayio.com. Nayio’s humming search tool guides consumers to songs even when they don’t remember the words; on Nayio.com, if you can hum it, you can find it. Through a strategic partnership with Napster (Nasdaq: NAPS), the digital music pioneer, the service cross-references the hummed melody with Napster’s massive library of more than three million songs and delivers a list of potential matches. more
Send a Stupid Video Holiday card to your friends and family! StupidVideos.com (www.stupidvideos.com), the leading user-generated video site for humorous stunts, bloopers, standup comedy and everyday laughter, today introduced a new service, called SV eCards, through which users can send their friends and family free video egreetings that stream popular StupidVideos clips. more Newer Technology, Inc. (NewerTech) today announced that the implementation of engineering enhancements on the award winning NewerTech miniStack V2 combo external storage solution and integrated FireWire and USB 2.0 port expansion hub has resulted in even quieter operation. more December 9, 2006- San Diego, CA - Internet Video Magazine announces 10 New Years Resolutions for the Home Video Enthusiast and Home Movie Maker. Maybe you have been making home movies and tapes for awhile and somehow your friends and family never seem to want to watch them? These resolutions may help turn your video experience around... more
This looks pretty cool. Now kids can direct, produce and screen their own action movies with the Marvel Heroes Ani-Movie from Jazwares, Inc. Using the latest stop motion, digital technology, the Ani-Movie lets young filmmakers create and edit action-packed movies and view them on their own television OR upload it to YouTube! more
AtomFilms® (www.atomfilms.com) debuted an all-new version of its award-winning entertainment web site, introducing a broadband television experience that makes it easy to discover, watch and share thousands of original short movies and web shows. Among the site's new features are a syndicated video player that can be embedded on other sites, a high-resolution video playback option, and customizable channels and content alerts. more With director brandon dickerson as its central directorial talent, kaboom productions has launched music video division BOOM. For dickerson, who is known for his clips for Sixpence None The Richer, Thousand Foot Krutch, Dishwalla, Kenny Wayne Shepherd, Vince Gill and Switchfoot, the move was sparked by the desire to have complete representation under one roof. For kaboom founder/executive producer lauren schwartz, establishing BOOM further solidifies the company as a complete content provider. more Mac Users and Windows Users can now easily add extra monitors to their machines without having to open up their machines and add in special video cards. Matrox Graphics Inc. announced that the Matrox DualHead2Go™ and TripleHead2Go™ are now compatible with Windows and Mac® systems. From the Graphics eXpansion Module (GXM) product line, both DualHead2Go and TripleHead2Go are palm-sized boxes that connect externally to a notebook or desktop computer and uniquely allow users to attach two or three monitors respectively for an incredible multi-monitor configuration. This is great for video editing! more
JVC now offers an alternative to the "one size fits all" approach to noise canceling headphones with the introduction of a dual-mode model that allows users to choose the mode that best suits the situation. more
Adopt a Booty Today - Please help us with this very serious campaign to get booties treated nicely. They're the most maligned creatures on Earth. You've been asked to adopt babies, soldiers, communities, highways, rivers, streams, cats, dogs (including pit bulls) and virtual pets. Some of you kind souls responded generously by adopting these people, creatures, things or natural wonders. Booties are natural wonders too more
So you want to direct or make your own movie but don't have any money? Or a script or even a cameraman? Film School in a Box (FSB) is launching a unique new product that allows anyone to create their own feature film. Shot in real time and on multiple cameras, the gripping footage is an unfolding thriller waiting to be shaped. Shot on 11 security cameras, the voyeuristic ‘neo-noir’ thriller unfolds a whodunit mystery surrounding the murder of a young girl. And since the movie can be edited into as many unique films as there are filmmakers who lay their hands on it, the film you choose to make will ultimately be your own. more Sundance Institute, a champion for independent filmmakers for over 25 years, announced that it is joining forces with the GSM Association (GSMA), whose members serve more than 2 billion mobile phone customers across the globe, to create the Sundance Film Festival: Global Short Film Project, a groundbreaking pilot project that will showcase and extend the reach of the independent short film genre to mobile users worldwide. more
LuxuryTravel.TV, launching in the first half of 2007, is produced by Luxury Travel Media. The company currently publishes Luxury Travel Magazine, www.luxurytravelmagazine.com, the Internet's most comprehensive information resource for discerning travelers. more
Avid Technology, Inc. (NASDAQ: AVID), announced that its consumer division, Pinnacle Systems, Inc., is expanding its popular Pinnacle PCTV™ product family with the addition of Pinnacle PCTV To Go. This new product gives customers the ability to enjoy their home entertainment systems from any location in the home or around the world. Easy wireless setup, integrated Microsoft Windows XP Media Center Edition (MCE) support and comprehensive digital video recorder (DVR) capabilities make Pinnacle PCTV To Go a must-have for anyone interested in watching high quality TV shows, sporting events, movies or news on a PC, anytime, anywhere. more JVC Professional Products Company introduced the GY-HD200U high definition camcorder that features HDV 720/60P true progressive image acquisition, new 14bit A/D converter and standard 14.4v power system, this camera has been eagerly anticipated by independent filmmakers, stringers and sports videographers. more
Sorenson Media is shipping Sorenson Squeeze 4.5 for both Macintosh and Windows operating systems New Features: - Up to 3x faster than Squeeze 4.3 - DVD disc burning - New 3GPP, PSP, Blu-ray and HD-DVD Presets - Reading and writing metadata for all major output formats - Works natively on both PowerPC and Intel-for-Mac using Mac Universal Binary code - Integrate Apple's H.264 Diamond Multimedia (www.diamondmm.com), has begun shipping two PCI-E versions of the X1950PRO with AGP versions in December. The Viper X1950PRO represents the pinnacle of achievement in a wide-ranging series of high-performance graphics cards produced by Diamond and featuring the powerful ATI Radeon® chip that outperforms any other single or dual-slot solutions. This card uses the Radeon X1950 GPU and comes in both 256MB and 512MB GDDR3 interfaces. It has a core clock speed of 575MHz and a 1.38GHz memory speed. It supports Dual DVI (x2 Dual-link), HDTV, D-sub and VIVO. more
Bella Corporation announced the immediate availability of their latest product, the DV Keyboard 3.0. Designed for the home video enthusiast, the DV Keyboard offers Bella’s unique built-in jog/shuttle controller – the world’s first and only keyboard to offer this feature. The jog/shuttle controller allows users to edit faster and more efficiently, offering precise control over their audio and video clips.
Velocity Micro announced the availability of ultra-performance machines based on the groundbreaking Intel® Core™ 2 Extreme QX6700 and Intel® Xeon™ 5300 series processors. The new CPUs, which fit four execution cores in a single CPU package, can be ordered in Velocity Micro’s ProMagix line of workstations and in select Raptor series gaming PCs.
EyeWonder announced the full release of its all-new AdWonder™ Flash Component and Certification program. EyeWonder's new Flash module enables agencies to dramatically improve production efficiencies creating Online Video and Rich Media Ads. The new Certification Program enables creatives to highlight their expertise with the Component. more Alienware® the leading manufacturer of high-performance desktop, notebook, media center and professional systems is continuing to feed the needs of graphic-hungry users. The PC maker will equip its most powerful desktops with the unprecedented new NVIDIA® GeForce(TM) 8800 GTX graphics processing units (GPU) in single or dual-GPU mode with NVIDIA SLI(TM) technology. Customers purchasing award-winning Area-51® 7500, Aurora(TM) 7500, and ALX desktops will be able to configure their systems with the industry's first GPU to be fully compliant with next-generation DirectX 10 games and applications. more
Other World Computing (OWC) announced the introduction and immediate availability of the new pocket-sized, totally bus-powered, OWC Mercury On-The-Go Pro FireWire 800/400+USB2 portable storage solutions which utilize performance Serial ATA (SATA) 2.5" Hard Disk mechanisms to provide capacities of up to 200GB and priced starting from just $209.99. The OWC Mercury On-The-Go Pro is the first-ever pocket sized, 2.5" SATA HD-based storage solution available to consumers. more WATCH THE 2006 “mtvU WOODIE AWARDS” ONLINE & ON-AIR STARTING NOVEMBER 2 @ 8pm ET
The Financial Times has launched an exclusive series of video interviews with global business leaders called View From The Top. The interviews, hosted by ROO Media, the global provider of online video technology and syndicated content, feature global CEOs giving their views on the world of business today and predictions for the future of their industries. Since launching View From The Top FT Video traffic has quadrupled. It's sort of like MySpace for home do-it-yourselfers! BobVila.com, one of the Internet’s most-visited and longest-running home improvement websites, has launched a “MyProjects” site that allows users to incite communication with one another through the sharing of ideas, photos and videos in a blog area. This has been created in conjunction with the new season of the “Bob Vila” nationally syndicated series. more
Facebook, the Internet’s leading social utility, today announced that for the first time people can access Facebook’s share functionality on multiple websites to share video, photos, news and other content with their friends on Facebook. Websites that add a link to share on Facebook will enable people to distribute content by posting it on their Facebook profiles or by sending it to specific Facebook friends without ever leaving the original website. Rhozet Corporation today announced the availability of Carbon Coder version 2.0, the latest version of the company's enterprise-level transcoding solution for broadcast and web professionals. Carbon Coder 2.0 provides a host of enhancements such as accelerated transcoding and support for additional video formats including H.264, MXF OPAtom, JPEG 2000, DPX, and AAC. more
Adobe Systems Incorporated (Nasdaq:ADBE) introduced the public beta of Adobe® Soundbooth™ software, a new innovative and intuitive audio software product for creating and editing audio and fixing common audio flaws using visually-oriented tools. Unveiled to customers for the first time this week at the MAX 2006 Adobe user conference in Las Vegas, creative professionals now have the opportunity to test this new beta download and submit feedback to the Adobe Labs at http://labs.adobe.com/soundbooth. Adobe Soundbooth is available for both Intel-based Macintosh and Windows systems.
Dulles, VA and Boston, MA October 30, 2006—AOL and Brightcove launched today a distribution service that can enable video publishers to sell high-quality video downloads through the AOL Video portal (http://video.aol.com) and receive up to 70% of the revenue generated from their sales. The new service promises to expand the distribution options for video publishers and the choices for consumers. more
Adobe Buys Serious Magic - Adobe Systems Incorporated (Nasdaq:ADBE) acquired Serious Magic Inc.™, maker of video software and communications tools for creative professional, business, consumer, and education markets. With Serious Magic solutions such as DV Rack extending direct-to-disk recording and monitoring into the field and Visual Communicator and Vlog It™ delivering the power of video communication to general business users and casual bloggers, the acquisition strengthens Adobe's leadership position in video software -- for both video professionals and consumers. more
JVC Professional Products Company rolls out GY-HD250U high definition camcorder. As part of its growing ProHD line, this next generation full HD resolution camcorder is the first HDV model to offer studio capabilities, and features 720/60p capture and recording for electronic newsgathering. more
ClipBlast! (www.clipblast.com) unveiled ClipBlast! VideoView™, a weekly benchmark of video supply and demand online. When it debuts on Nov. 6, ClipBlast! VideoView will serve as a snapshot of both what
Digital Anarchy announced the release of a Universal build for their Microcosm Codec. Microcosm is a 16-bit, lossless codec that achieves incredible compression ratios while maintaining absolute image fidelity. The codec supports alpha channels and works in all QuickTime-based applications, including After Effects, Final Cut Pro, Premiere Pro, and Avid. This new release adds compatibility for all host software running on Macintosh-Intel systems natively or through Rosetta. more
TechSmith Corp. announced the availability of Camtasia Studio 4, enabling individuals with no programming or multimedia expertise to create screencasts of software demonstrations, interactive training, online marketing content, and PowerPoint-based video presentations that can be delivered to portable media players including the Apple iPod.
Sony Mylo is a real cool device. We played with one the DemoFall2006 conference and were very impressed. This could be the hottest thing for the upcoming holidays. This product is designed for people who use instant messaging as a primary form of communication and networking for their social life. The name mylo stands for “my life online” and the communicator lets you use instant messaging, browse the Internet, listen to music, send emails and view photos concurrently.
Digital Foci's new Picture Porter portable digital photo album with hard drive and card reader lets you instantly and securely save and view digital photos and video on an internal 40 GB hard drive wherever you go, so you can keep snapping away and not worry about running out of memory card space. With its high-capacity hard drive, you can now carry your collection of digital photos and video with you all the time right in your pocket and view them anywhere you go on Picture Porter’s bright 2" color LCD screen. With Picture Porter, you can rotate, zoom, pan your pictures, view EXIF information, and play picture slideshows for friends. You can even connect Picture Porter to a TV and share your photos and music with family and friends on a big screen in the comfort of your living room. more
A Vlog is a Vlog - If you are in San Francisco, please consider visiting the Vlog is a Vlog exhibition. October 13th - November 18th, 2006 - Gallery Hours: Thursday, Friday, Saturday, 3 - 6pm or by appointment, 510.467.4818 - MISSION 17, 2111 Mission Street at 17th St., on the fourth floor above "Thrift Town." - See selections from the collection on-line at www.avlogisavlog.blogspot.com more
Mobile Streams and Showtime Networks Inc. announced today that Mobile Streams has built an Off-Deck WAP portal to provide mobile users with access to content from SHOWTIME programs for the first time. WAP, or Wireless Application Protocol, is a secure specification that allows users to access information instantly via handheld wireless devices such as mobile phones, pagers, two-way radios, smartphones and communicators. Mobile users with 2.5G or 3G handsets will be able to access the mobile offering, subject to carrier and handset capabilities. more PodCamp is coming to Pittsburgh - This will be the second in what's become a growing number of PodCamp "un-conferences" around the country. This is a free grassroots event dedicated to sharing information and ideas regarding blogs, vlogs, audio and video podcasting and portable media in general. more
PureVideo Networks, operator of popular video sites, StupidVideos.com (comedy) and GrindTV.com (action sports), today unveiled the Company's first utility, called PureVideo Search (www.purevideo.com). Still in beta, PureVideo Search is the Internet's first meta search engine for video, combining the accuracy of a crawl-based search with the timeliness of a feed-based search, and returning the most comprehensive and relevant results from the entire Web. PureVideo Networks' proprietary analysis determines rankings, displaying each result with an associated thumbnail image and a link to view the video at the respective publisher site. more
MAGIX announced Webradio Recorder 2, consumer software that lets everyone download and record all the latest hits off the Internet for free. 100% legal, Webradio Recorder 2 records over 3,000 International Internet radio stations and provides an improved worldwide receiver with stations to suit everyone’s musical taste. Favorite radio programs can be recorded automatically and individual songs can easily be separated from whole radio shows, burned onto CD, and archived onto a hard drive. more Focus Enhancements, Inc. (NASDAQ: FCSE) announced the availability of version 2.0 software which adds native QuickTime HDV support to its industry leading Direct To Edit (DTE) FS-4Pro HD, FS-C and DR-HD100 recorders. The upgrade will be available for purchase in disc format on the Focus Enhancements website for $39. Diamond Multimedia (www.diamondmm.com), a leading manufacturer of PC graphics cards, sound cards and communications products, today begins shipping the X1300 PCI 256MB Viper video card. This cinematic 3D graphics card is the first Vista-ready PCI video card from Diamond and the most affordable graphics card to offer high-end features like high-definition (HD) display, using ATI's heralded Avivo display technology. more
Rhozet Corporation today announced that its Carbon Coder video transcoding technology has been selected by mobile video pioneer Actimagine for online transcoding. Rhozet's automated transcoding software allows Actimagine's partners to conveniently and remotely prepare full-length movies for playback on mobile devices. more
Looking for easy to use versions of Adobe Premiere and Adobe Photoshop? Adobe Systems d (Nasdaq:ADBE) announced that that the latest versions of Adobe Photoshop Elements 5.0 and Adobe Premiere Elements 3.0 software for Windows are now shipping. Photoshop Elements offers innovative ways to organize, edit and share photo creations in new and entertaining ways. For video enthusiasts, Adobe Premiere Elements provides a simplified user muvee, the pioneer and leader in Instant Personal Video, has released its new photoMemories stylePack, specifically designed for making muvees out of digital pictures. This plug-in stylePack for muvee autoProducer software features 6 new styles: Adobe Systems Incorporated (Nasdaq:ADBE)announced an update to the public beta of Adobe® Photoshop® Lightroom(tm) software is available for download from Adobe Labs (http://labs.adobe.com/technologies/lightroom), this update unites the product feature set for Windows® and Macintosh platforms, giving professional photographers a new way to import, manage and showcase large volumes of digital photographs. More than 325,000 people have opted to try Lightroom during the beta period and feedback has been fueled by over 3,400 of them sharing input in Adobe online forums. The final version of Adobe Photoshop Lightroom is expected to ship in early 2007. more Yahoo! acquired Jumpcut, a multimedia company at the forefront of video "remixing" and the creator of a Web property and application that offers a publishing tool and an interactive user community. The acquisition of Jumpcut complements Yahoo's multimedia strategy and includes assets such as a strong team, unique technologies, emerging brand, business partnerships and a growing community of users. To learn more, details are available in a post on the Yahoo! Search Blog, http://www.ysearchblog.com/archives/000358.html and http://blog.jumpcut.com/. Koral, a provider of Enterprise 2.0 solutions for businesses, today announced the launch of its free-to-use Content Management solution at DEMOfall 2006. “Over the last 12 months we’ve seen a massive growth in Web 2.0 applications for consumers to help them manage their videos, photos, and blogs” said Mark Suster, CEO of Koral, “Koral is the first of a new breed of Web 2.0 solutions for businesses. Koral helps people store, share and search the business information that lives in documents, emails, web pages, and folders – while keeping everyone in sync.” more Atom Entertainment is launching a new NewsGames section on AddictingGames.com. All the games that will be on this channel will all be created around headlines in the news that will mock the most popular cultural topics of the day. Most of the games are expected to be all user generated as well so with the current technology anyone can become a game creator and it's almost as quick and easy as making the online videos. Atom is also putting its resources into getting additional content through a new business relationship with Persuasive Games, a leader in developing, producing and distributing electronic games for persuasion and instruction. more Avid Technology, Inc. (NASDAQ: AVID), today announced that its Consumer division, Pinnacle Systems, Inc., is unveiling several new products. The additions include the Pinnacle Studio MovieBox™ and Pinnacle Studio™ MovieBoard families, both of which allow consumers to preserve analog video content in digital format and easily create movies for sharing via DVD, the Web or Podcasting. The company has also introduced two new TV viewing products – Pinnacle PCTV™ HD Pro Stick and Pinnacle PCTV MCE Companion – for those who want to watch TV remotely on their personal computers or integrate their TV viewing experience with Microsoft® Windows® Media Center Edition (MCE). more
The Webby Awards today launched its 11th Annual Call for Entries with the debut of major new awards in online film and video and interactive advertising. Hailed as the "Oscars of the Internet" by the New York Times and "one of the most prestigious awards in the world" by the BBC, The Webby Awards is the leading international award honoring excellence on the Internet. more
Dovetail (www.dovetail.tv) is putting out a call for entries for a film competition to be judged by Dovetail users. The winning filmmaker will receive $1,000 cash and 10,000 shares of stock in the new company. Dovetail invites independent filmmakers to take their best films off the shelf and put them onto screens in the homes of Indie film fans everywhere via Dovetail. The call for entries in Dovetail's "Off the Shelf and Onto the Screen" film competition is now open through September 30, 2006. more
Content delivery network VitalStream today announced it has been selected by MySTACK, the first online video site and social network for high school athletes, as its exclusive provider for Flash video streaming. more New InterVideo iVideoToGo Platinum Converts DVDs, Video Files to iPod and PSP Movies. asy, 3-step Solution Delivers iPod and PSP Movies with Smooth, Flawless Playback more
Fliqz (www.Fliqz.com) announced a new tool that they say will allow any website to host video easily and for free. Gone are the days of expensive back-end hardware maintenance and the severe time sink related to hosting video. Now, via a quick embeddable piece of HTML code, a site can offer its users video functionality straight through their own site, not a third-party’s. more
Serious Magic, Inc.™ announced DV Rack 2.0, the latest version of its direct-to-disk recording and monitoring software to help generate superior quality video from an SD or HD camera connected to a laptop. With DV Rack 2.0, Serious Magic strengthens the power of its 10 production tools and now offers a version with real-time capture support for DVCPro50 and DVCProHD cameras. more
In an unprecedented move, NBC Universal and its broadcast affiliates will launch an independent business-to-business marketplace designed to aggregate, monetize and distribute both NBC Universal and third party video to tens of millions of unique users worldwide. Launched with the participation of over two-dozen media partners, the nbbc (National Broadband Company) connects content owners, website owners and advertisers to create a robust viewing experience across the web. more
SONY UNVEILS CHIC NOTEBOOKS FOR THE HOME - Fashionable Colors and Design Make VAIO N Series PCs Stylish Accessories for all Abodes. Designed to compliment any home's motif, Sony today unveiled the VAIO® N Series notebook computer line featuring cool colors, smooth lines and a simple sense of style for people who want to balance form with function. more
ClipBlast! (www.clipblast.com), a pioneering video search technology, today introduced the industry's first online video search toolbar. ClipBlast’s patent-pending technology gives users the ability to search for video clips from across the entire web – a capability that even search-engine stalwarts like Google and
ViewCast® Corporation has launched its Osprey-530 digital video capture card, the newest addition to the company's Osprey Studio Series, with all the inputs and features broadcast professionals expect. Available immediately, the card offers a combination of digital and analog inputs for live and on-demand video streaming, and interfaces with high-end broadcast gear. It is the direct result of feedback from broadcast professionals for a cost-effective solution to their needs. more
Adobe rolls out upgraded versions of Adobe Elements - Photoshop Elements and Premiere Elements. These are the light versions of Adobe's top of the line imaging products for digital cameras and camcorders. Both programs include much of the performance of their higher level brethren but with a much simpler and easier to use interface.
Adobe Systems Incorporated (Nasdaq: ADBE) today announced two milestone upgrades to its digital photo and video products for consumers, Adobe(r) Photoshop(r) Elements 5.0 for Windows(r) and Adobe Premiere(r) Elements 3.0 for Windows. The unique integrated functionality of the products allows users to do more with their photos and videos, whether adding impact to photo slideshows with video effects and transitions, providing dramatic pauses to videos with freeze frame effects or creating professional-looking printed CD/DVD labels and covers. more
Blip.tv, an online video sharing site that hosts and distributes Web-based TV shows and videoblogs, announced today that its premium content will be available for television viewing through Akimbo’s Internet video-on-demand service. By showcasing its highest-quality and most popular online video series through Akimbo, blip.tv ensures that the best user-generated video will be available in millions of homes across the
Avocent Corporation (NASDAQ: AVCT), a leading provider of audio-visual connectivity and control solutions, today announced the Emerge ECMS2000U digital workstation extender, which provides hardware-based extension for digital/analog video, USB keyboard and mouse, USB media, and audio signals. The Emerge ECMS2000U extender makes it possible to back-rack broadcast quality servers without impact to post-production operations. more
Owning a Global Internet TV Station Now Affordable for Any Individual, Business, Civic Group, School, Church, Chairity or Organization on Wi-Fi TV (TM). In the world of traditional TV, a few super powerful conglomerates control the majority of the airwaves. But thanks to Wi-Fi TV Inc. (PINKSHEETS: WTVN), the ownership of a global Internet TV channel, viewable by virtually anyone in the world with access to a high-speed Internet connection, is attainable by ordinary citizens, businesses, and affinity groups with sales representation available through the AdCalls ® Marketing Team. more
Envivio Inc., the leading provider of MPEG-4 based video encoding systems and Intel Corporation, the world's largest chip maker, announced a technology collaboration. Envivio and Intel will collaborate to optimize the leading performance of the Intel® Xeon® Processor 5100 Series with Envivio® standard definition (SD) video encoders in order to benefit from the latest technological improvements such as Multi Core Technology. This collaboration will accelerate the adoption of Intel technologies by Envivio for its leading 4Caster™ B3 flagship encoding system. more Final Draft, Inc., publisher of Final Draft, the world’s #1-selling scriptwriting software, will honor 10 finalists from their 7th Annual Big Break! International Screenwriting Contest, sponsored by Microsoft, on Thursday, October 26 at Montmartre Lounge in Hollywood. Big Break! is a global screenwriting competition designed to support emerging creative talent by rewarding winners with cash, prizes and exposure to the entertainment industry through meetings with industry professionals, studio executives and agents. more Two New Switchers from Gefen Offer Sophisticated HDTV Integration with Serial Communications Control. Gefen continues to build on the success of its high definition video switchers, offering a new 8x1 DVI Switcher and enhanced 4x1 HDTV Switcher for multiple source integration. more
Do you need a way to organize and collaborate on your productions and projects? Check out the new Koral. Koral, a content collaboration company delivering Web 2.0 for Business, announced that it was selected to participate in DEMOfall 2006, the premier launch venue for new products, technologies, and companies. The event will be held Sept. 25 – 27 in San Diego, California. Koral has created an exciting product that will help us manage the overwhelming number of documents on which we collaborate daily more
MyMovieNetwork is a new service catered to the indie, amateur and student film makers. MyMovieNetwork is a community for film makers that provides tools to showcase their work around the world by posting their movies highlight their work portfolios and education, network and collaborate with fellow movie makers, discuss best practices, etc. All members and visitors can watch, critique and rate work quality while at the same time enjoy the entertainment provided to them for free. more
SanDisk ® Corporation (NASDAQ:SNDK) introduced the V-Mate™ Video Memory Card - a video memory card recorder that allows users to record video from video inputs such as over-the-air television as well as cable, satellite, DVD players, personal video recorders (PVRs) like TiVo and video cassette recorders (VCRs) onto their flash memory cards. Consumers can then take their memory card from the V-Mate and insert it into their mobile phone, PDA, handheld game console like the Sony PSP™ (PlayStation® Portable), video music player or notebook computer to play back their videos on the go. more
ExpertVillage.com, the largest producer of how-to videos for the Internet, today announced it has budgeted $2 million to produce 75,000 new Internet friendly how-to videos over the next eighteen months, using freelance filmmakers/videographers. With the dramatic increase in availability of Internet video, consumers have become accustomed to getting information on the Internet in video form. ExpertVillage.com currently has over 1300 high-quality expert-based Internet videos available online, and plans to significantly expand its catalog of content available either direct to consumers via the Internet, download onto portable video players, or via corporate partners seeking to package content into broader service offerings. more Working with HDV by Chuck Gloman and Mark J. Pescatore. Written by two authors with loads of hands-on experience and rigorously tech edited, this book aims to demystify the technology and techniques of working with HDV so that people can get the most out of the format. This book is written at a level accessible to beginners and is heavily illustrated with stills, charts, and photos. The whole process, from project planning to distribution on DVD, is covered. more
Blip.tv, an Internet media company that hosts and distributes Web-based TV shows and videoblogs, today announced it was named the #1 online video sharing website by Light Reading, the world's leading online publication for the telecommunications industry. In a comparison of 45 video sharing sites, blip.tv led the industry with its simplicity, accommodating technology and media partnerships. more
DomainZoo.com is now offering customers a free email account, 5-page web site builder and quick blog account for any new, renewed or transferred domain purchase. more
It's a LCD TV, no, its a computer. Its a TV/PC combo unit and a DVR! Sony's new VAIO® LS1 TV/PC Combo combines the power of a PC with a quality LCD and stylish design. "Sleek, yet highly-functional, this new device compliments any room in the house where space is at a premium, but entertainment, performance and style is a must. Featuring a framed display with a transparent border for a stunning, floating effect, the LS1 model packs the essentials for powerful computing into a slim chassis discreetly hidden behind the back of a flat-panel 19-inch WSXGA+ (1680 x 1050) LCD display."
Panasonic introduced the SDR-S150 SD camcorder that can record high quality video onto a 4GB SD card. Following in the footsteps of the popular SDR-S100, the SDR-S150 is compact, lightweight and features the high-quality 3CCD camera system and MPEG2 recording. The SDR-S150 improves on its predecessor by accepting the new 4GB SDHC Memory Card, a next-generation media that allows recording for up to 3 hours and 20 minutes. more
Aja Supports New Apple Mac Pro - AJA Io for Seamless Video Workflow Available Now for Intel-Based Mac Pro; Version 3 Software Update for KONA Video Cards Supporting Mac Pro more
Blackmagic Design Inc. today announced support for the new Apple® Mac Pro® systems based on Intel Xeon processors. All Blackmagic Design PCI Express based video capture cards are supported as a free update from the Blackmagic Design website. Supported products include DeckLink HD Extreme, DeckLink HD Pro 4:4:4 PCIe, DeckLink SP PCIe, DeckLink Extreme PCIe, and Multibridge Extreme and Multibridge Pro. Blackmagic Design customers will be able to purchase these new Mac Pro systems and use any PCI Express based DeckLink card or Multibridge editing system. more
Streamload, Inc. a leading provider of online digital media services, announced the availability of Streamload Web Services™, an offering comprised of Streamload Storage and Processing Services (SPS) and the Streamload Platform application programming interface (API.) Streamload’s two distinct Web Services options enable developers to build software applications, Internet-connected hardware, and online services with a reliable and infinitely scalable data storage infrastructure and no upfront costs. Through Streamload Web Services, developers and companies can now offer their customers around the world the capability to store their personal digital content, share their content without limits, collaborate, incorporate their own metadata (tags), and utilize their media on-demand from any platform or Internet-connected device. more
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Online Video Growth Will Be Driven by Portable Devices and Download-to-Burn - While 2006 has seen a rapid increase in consumers' use of online video, spurred by the breakout success of websites such as YouTube, the vast majority of video content delivered over the Internet is still held captive on the PC. ABI Research believes that the over the next five years new viewing options such as network-enabled video players and download-to-burn will add momentum and broaden the overall market by giving consumers additional choices in how they consume video content. more smarTVideo™ Technologies, Inc. (OTCBB: SMVD.OB) and Content Asia Network (CAN) have executed and officially launched the very first Chinese language mobile video channel in the U.S. With three live feeds to the CAN channel, consumers of the smarTVideo™ mobile television network now have real-time access to premium Asian content including TV shows, movies, videos, sports, news, comedy, drama, and cultural programming. more
RealTechNetwork launched its Video Content Network that enables publishers of RealTechNetwork to place video content on their approved web sites through the RealTechNetwork Video Content Network. Publishers who do not currently have a video player to play streaming media can utilize RealTechNetwork's video player to show various forms of content to their visitors 24/7. more
Want to get more screen acreage for editing and image manipulation? You need a video card that supports multiple monitors. Diamond Multimedia (www.diamondmm.com) is now shipping the first two models in its new line of business video cards called BizView®. The BizView BV200 and BV300 video cards each support two digital LCD monitors and are half the size of regular video cards, fitting into both standard and low profile cases. Both models have low-heat output and dual DVI and TV-Out support. The BV200 features 128 MB DDR memory for PCI connection. The BV300 features 256MB GDDR2 memory for PCI Express connection as well as HDTV support. more
FoodNetwork.com is now serving up helpings of original broadband. Hosted by critically acclaimed twenty-something celebrity chef and author Dave Lieberman, "Dave Does" chronicles all the latest culinary trends with stops in New York City, Boston, Portland and Philadelphia. The first three short webisodes will spotlight donuts, school food and coffee. more
MTV Networks (MTVN), a division of Viacom, Inc. (NYSE: VIA, VIA.B), today announced a definitive agreement to acquire Atom Entertainment, Inc., a portfolio of four leading online destinations for casual games, short films and video, for $200 million. Acquiring Atom Entertainment advances the company's multiplatform strategy of building an engaging universe of music, gaming, entertainment, news and interactivity for targeted audiences. more
"AOL, Google, Yahoo!, MSN, Apple, major Broadcast TV networks, Pay-TV services and local TV stations are all working on ways to blend their video assets with personalized TV services," says Gerry Kaufhold, In-Stat analyst. "The future of television is slowly being defined online, where the big Internet portals are finding ways to blend professional video with their high-touch services that follow consumers from screen to screen during the course of a typical day." more
Victor Company of Japan, Ltd. (JVC) today announced the upcoming release of the world’s first single-sided 8cm DVD-R Dual Layer (DL) disc for camcorders. The new single-sided 8cm DVD-R Dual Layer discs have a single-sided recording capacity of up to 2.6 gigabytes (GB), which is 1.8 times the recording capacity of conventional single-sided 8cm DVD-R single layer blank media. The new discs allow up to 55 minutes of continuous recording using the standard mode on DVD camcorders. more
Canon U.S.A. today has announced two new camcorders. The Canon HV10 HD camcorder is the worlds smallest and lightest HDV camcorder, while the DC22 DVD camcorder has the ability to record to dual layer DVD's for nearly double the recording time.
Blip.tv and CNN today announced that they are giving the power of broadcasting to ordinary citizens everywhere.
Canon just announced two new 3 chip HD camcorders for high end enthusiasts and professionals. Building on the image quality of the award winning XL H1 model, the XH A1 and XH G1 HD camcorders offer a Genuine Canon 20x HD zoom lens, Super Range Optical Image Stabilization, 60i, 24F, 30F frame rates and total image control. The XH A1 model will be available in late October for an estimated selling price of $3,999*, while the XH G1 model adds HD-SDI output with embedded audio and timecode; Genlock synchronization and Timecode In/Out and will be available in mid-November for an estimated selling price of $6,999*. more
Reallusion announces new upgrade of CrazyTalk - CrazyTalk™ 4.5 adds more animated content and facial expression presets for virtual actors, animation layers for adding graphics and special effects with transitions. Custom graphics can be attached to the virtual actor's face and tracked along with the facial animation for easy overlays of disguises, masks, glasses, and all facial props. more
Fun Little Movies, (FLM) announces the first broadcast television commercial promoting an original, made-for-mobile series. It is now airing on major TV networks including UPN, Fox, BET and ABC. The commercials promote the new mobile series “The Pool,” which will debut exclusively on FLM’s global mobile comedy channels on August 9. Toyota Motors North America is the sponsor of “The Pool,” the first non-derivative mobile series sponsored by a major brand. more
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Sony just announced the their new HDR-UX1 and HDR-SR1 Handycam® camcorders - the first consumer camcorders to record in full 1080i HD resolution and Dolby® Digital 5.1 surround sound, offering a choice in recording media. While the HDR-UX1 model records directly to readily-available, three-inch DVD discs for effortless playback and sharing, the HDR-SR1 camcorder’s built-in 30GB hard drive facilitates mass video storage as well as in-camcorder and PC editing. more Adrenaline Entertainment, Inc. (Pink Sheets: ADNL), which produces Adrenaline Nation TV, the leading channel for cutting edge independent music TV, innovative independent and short films and adrenaline sports for the highly coveted 18-49 demographic, today announced that it has teamed with retired Sheriff Gerald Hege to launch a new reality show for finding and fixing up classic cars: “Sheriff Hege’s What’s in the Garage?” The ANTV channel currently reaches 28 million homes across the U.S. more Grass Valley is offering a 30-day free trial of their EDIUS Pro version 4 Nonlinear Editing Software - To kick off the availability of EDIUS Pro version 4, the Grass Valley(tm) business within Thomson today announced a free 30-day trial of this latest version of the realtime, multiformat video editing software. The EDIUS Pro version 4 30-day trial will give editors a chance to try new features such as multicam support, nested sequence editing, improved trimming tools, alpha-channel support in the HQ codec, and keyframe support for color correction. These new capabilities boost EDIUS Pro's reputation as a highly flexible craft editing solution that delivers maximum productivity to video professionals. more
Fabrik - its a new solution for online storage of video, stills, video and other files more
Adobe announced Lightroom beta for Windows. Now available for both the Windows and Macintosh platforms, Adobe Lightroom beta is a new way for professional photographers to import, select, develop and showcase large volumes of digital images. Cross-platform support gives Adobe the unique opportunity to incorporate feedback from the entire photographic community, ensuring that everyone can participate in the beta process more
JVC's new GY-HD110U will be available by the end of July 2006. With the same design as the GY-HD100U, the GY-HD110U implements a number of additional features requested by our growing circle of producers and cinematographers and now added to the multiple-award winning GY-HD100U. more
Yahoo! launched a site featuring short videos created by students from renowned film schools to humorously tell the world that Yahoo! is changing. In addition, Yahoo! is inviting all users to submit original videos through Yahoo! Video (video.yahoo.com) with their own creative take on the theme.
Want to store a lot of video? SanDisk ® Corporation (NASDAQ: SNDK) today introduced a 4-gigabyte (GB)1 SD High Capacity (SDHC ™ ) card. The new cards, which support capacities of 4GB and higher, are rated Class 2 for speed and performance and can store more than 2,000 high-resolution pictures, more than 1,000 digital songs or up to 8 hours of MPEG 4 video.
The 2006 Indie Gathering Film Festival and Convention has awarded an Honorable Mention laurel to the short film, Flash McCool: Something’s Fishy Here. The low budget short was presented by E & E Entertainment, Directed by Exavier Wardlaw, shot and cut by Eckloff Wardlaw and written and produced by Norman Johnson. more
ViewCast Corporation's Niagara GoStream, a single-channel, portable streaming media encoder, is now shipping to customers. GoStream creates and presents video and audio over the Internet with a simple, easy-to-use operator interface, and is designed both for streaming experts and beginners. It is portable and can quickly transfer from indoor environments to remote locations. GoStream is targeted to organizations looking for a low-cost solution to meet their streaming video needs. more
New Book - The Battle of Las Vegas - Reveals the Inside Story of the Law's Battle to Remove the Influence and Corruption of Organized Crime from Sin City's Streets and Casinos more
Peachpit today announced Edit Well, the PDF rich media newsletter about Final Cut® Studio, featuring audio interviews, video tutorials, and industry expert articles and columns. Developed in collaboration with Apple-Certified Trainer Larry Jordan, Edit Well offers an authoritative look inside Final Cut Studio, Apple’s all-in-one audio- and video-editing suite which includes Final Cut Pro® 5, Motion 2, Soundtrack® Pro, DVD Studio Pro® 4, and Compressor. more
1394 vs USB - 1394 is being strongly challenged by USB in PC and peripherals markets, but there are signs of life in consumer electronics (CE), reports In-Stat (http://www.in-stat.com). Digital televisions, cable set top boxes, and DVD recorders are all driving 1394a growth in the CE segment, the high-tech market research firm says. In addition, the High-Definition Audio Video Networking Alliance (HANA) has endorsed 1394 as a transmission medium for high-definition content, a development that may spur adoption of 1394 in home video networks. more
Streamload announced Streamload MediaMax now offers a full suite of media sharing and remote access applications that include free file backup and file synchronization in one online service. Users can store, organize, access, and share their entire digital media collection from one integrated online service. Version 1.5 integrates the management and sharing of online and offline media, by incorporating new features, a simplified user interface, and integrating free downloadable client software, called Streamload MediaMax XL, into the Streamload MediaMax service. Streamload MediaMax XL application’s automatic backup and sync enables users to always have their files when and where they need them without the hassle of manual uploads. Users of the service can also invite friends and family to sync folders on their computers. Without any additional effort beyond putting the files on their own computers, users can automatically share photos and personal video instantaneously with others who are subscribed to their synchronized folders. more
CDLHN is encouraging high school seniors and college-aged teens to create their own 30 second PSA on meningococcal disease prevention. This is a great opportunity for teens to express their creativity while doing something for the community. Selected PSAs will be featured at www.gotmyshot.org and www.cdlhn.com and on an upcoming DVD in August. more
FrameFree Technologies, developers of a family of products that provide easy and efficient authoring and compression of motion imagery, today announced the launch of FrameFree Studio, the first digital imaging software that allows for the creation of compelling movies from still photographs without a steep learning curve or compromising quality at any bandwidth. more
Optibase, Ltd. (NASDAQ:OBAS), a leading provider of advanced digital video solutions, today announced that it will demonstrate its IPTV and digital video solutions at Broadcast Asia 2006, June 20-23, 2006 in Singapore. The company will showcase Optibase’s flexible model design providing customers with future-proof video solutions to meet the evolving requirements of Telcos and service providers. more
TMPG, Inc. (www.tmpg-inc.com), has released its advanced, high-quality video encoding software: TMPGEnc 4.0 XPress. The new version is twice as powerful than previous versions and includes a host of new functions and advancements. TMPGEnc 4.0 XPress gives video aficionados the power to take virtually any video file and encode it to any number of today's most popular file formats. more
muvee has teamed with recording artist, Jason Mraz, to launch an online muvee-making contest that gives fans the chance to create muvees that weave their own footage into the artist's original 'Geek In The Pink' music video. This is pretty cool. Jason Mraz fans can now enter the 'Geek and Me' muvee contest at www.jasonmraz.com/multimedia. Fans simply need to upload their own video and/or pictures, up to maximum combined file size of 20MB. On the back-end, the muveeOnline web service will then automatically blend and synchronize the fan's footage with footage from Jason Mraz's music video to create a unique finished production. The user is then sent an email with a link to play and watch their 'Geek and Me' muvee. They can also opt to have their muvee posted on the 'Geek and Me' muvee gallery for voting, or make more muvees. more
It's JerryTime! (http://www.itsjerrytime.com), the first podcast ever nominated for an Emmy Award, announces the debut of its latest episode 7, called "The Brute". more
The ‘What The Hell Did I Just Watch?’ festival is looking for films and videos. The festival concentrates on showing the funniest produced comedy with a blind eye to production value, star power, or marketability. We simply want the funniest thing out there. more
ClipShack™, the online video-sharing community hosted by Reality Digital, launched the site out of beta today with a line up of new interactive features around webcam capture and sharing. The ClipShack Interactive feature allows users to easily capture and send or share webcam video messages, as well as recording webcam reviews for top movies or books, or entering webcam contests. more
Logipole Konverter 3.51 supports over 1230 multimedia formats and offers viewing/editing/conversion options for all major audio, video, image and text formats. Konvertor 3.51 comes jam-packed with features like an overstuffed sandwich - instantaneous conversion from one format to another, screen capturing options, easy file labeling, applying personal notes, special effects and filters to images (blur, resize, charcoal, shear, rotate, contrast and so on), PDF creation and tons of other handy perks. more
Internet Video Magazine (www.internetvideomag.com) today announced the launch of the new “Why Is My Film Cool” feature that is designed to help aspiring video and filmmakers get their creative efforts seen and noticed. With dozens of sites hosting videos for free, and hundreds of thousands of video clips being uploaded every day from film makers worldwide, how can a good video or film stand out? more
JVC Professional Products Company announced new, more flexible and more economical D-ILA projector systems, along with a price restructuring of all of its popular front projection models. Three new systems are being introduced, in partnership with Anchor Bay Technologies, developer of the DVDO high performance video processor. JVC continues to offer its 1080p models with a state-of-the-art processor co-developed in conjunction with Faroudja. This brings to 10, the total D-ILA front projector packages offered by the company, priced from $6,995 to $21,995. more
NRMC Report - The State of IPTV 2006: The Advent of Personalized Programming,” the new NMRC report finds: “With the expansion of broadband access and the growth of computing and video production equipment, industry analysts believe IPTV is realizing its potential as a viable programming platform that can compete with cable, satellite and other traditional video mediums more
MAGIX's new Movies2go lets you easily transfer videos and slideshows to all your mobile devices, including portable video players (such as PlayStation Portables PSP and iPods), cell phones, PDAs, and laptops, to experience and show off your videos to friends wherever you go. more
Want to put video on your iPOD or other portable digital or media device? “VideoSync software makes it easy for users of portable digital devices to take and view their favorite videos wherever they go,” says Kimi Matsuki, TMPG CEO. “Users now can transfer videos from their PC using just this one program and a simple mouse click. With VideoSync, there is no longer any need to buy separate software titles for each mobile device a person uses.” more
TV One has done it again, created user-friendly seamless switchers and scalers that incorporate the award-winning CORIO2 technology. The new C2-1000 series has five new pieces that are feature laden and flexible giving the customer exactly what they need with a price anyone can afford. The five new units range from $1,295 to $2,295 and consist of two Down Converters, two Up Converters and a Universal Scaler. more
iReadNet launches author video blog using webcams, P2P file sharing, and streaming media to create a quick, easy and inexpensive word-of-mouth platform for book authors - "Nothing sells a book like an author reading," says Kurt Aldag, president and founder of iReadNet (www.ireadnet.com), announcing the launch of a video blog for authors called AuthorCams (www.authorcams.tv). "AuthorCams offers writers the opportunity to crank up their personal buzz machines with nothing more than a webcam and an Internet connection." more
Always dreamed of starring in your own TV spot and getting the chance to talk about the issues that are important to you? Would the possibilities of adding video content to your products help you to generate more sales and more exposure for your business? Then now is the time to join the Internet Television Revolution and sign up for MomMeTV http://www.mommetv.com/ more
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If you write for broadcast, media or for the movies, you will be interested to know that Final Draft has released updates to its two leading script writing products, Final Draft and Final Draft AV. more
Panasonic and Sony Corporation announced specifications for "AVCHD", a brand new high definition (HD) digital video camera recorder format the two companies jointly established. The AVCHD format allows for recording and playback high-resolution, digital HD images using 8cm DVD media. more
Put the You in YouTube - Internet Video Magazine Announces the How to Guide to Posting Your Videos and Movies Online - It's easy to create and post your video online at YouTube, GoogleVideo and others Internet Video Magazine (www.internetvideomag.com) announced the launch of new Make a Net Video and Free Video Tools guides which make it easy for anyone to create and upload their own personal videos, movies and video blogs to free online video hosting services like YouTube, OneTrueMedia, MySpace, ViralFlix, GoogleVideo and StreamLoad. more
JVC Company of America announced the upcoming availability of a new 3CCD hard drive camcorder with an internal 30GB (gigabyte) hard disk drive. The new JVC Everio G Series GZ-MG505
Aquafadas announces the release of iDive 1.7 , an update of its award-winning digital video catalog for Mac OSX.
At NAB, JVC Professional introduced two new camcorders -- The high definition GY-HD200U camcorder is. targeted for independent filmmakers and stringers. It uses the “Compact-Shoulder” form factor popularized by the GY-HD100U, and is capable of HDV720/60P true progressive image acquisition due to the implementation of JVC’s new “Super Encoder” developed for the latest line of ProHD products.
The GY-HD250U high definition camcorder is the first HDV model to offer studio capabilities, and features 720/60p capture and recording for electronic newsgathering.
StreamerNet Corporation today announced it has begun shipping Version 3.0 of its Mobile Video ProducerSM audio/video streaming application. The newest version of the company's flagship software solution takes ease-of-use to unmatched levels for seven key streaming functions. more
Broadcast live video from your 3G cell phone to the rest of the world? ComVu is working closely with Modeo, a pioneer in mobile television broadcast technology, to provide millions of citizen reporters with the ability to broadcast breaking news live to a global television audience. more vMix, an online community for the distribution of video content, announces it's latest offering to the video and photo sharing generation in a free, web based, media application called PJ60. PJ60 is designed to make online sharing of photo-based slideshows easier and more effective than ever. Unlike other software where users have to pay to download, PJ60 is available for free at the click of a button. Using the latest features of Adobe's Flash 8, PJ60 gives novice users the ability to quickly upload their personal photos and arrange them to music in an easy to use timeline editor. more
Sony Media Software, a leading provider of professional video and audio editing software applications, has announced the launch of Cinescore™ software, a new concept in music creation technology that automatically generates complete custom soundtracks for movie makers, audio producers and other content creators who require royalty-free music to enhance and enrich their work. Cinescore software provides content creators with a broad palette of musical themes that can be customized to match the specific moods and genres of the surrounding work. Producers select a basic Theme, then the Cinescore music generation engine creates music that can be shaped to fit. The music's time and tempo, intensity, variation and repetition can be easily connected with associated video or voiceover down to frame level accuracy to create the perfect soundtrack without requiring any specialized musical knowledge or technical skill. more
TV One has developed the PX-710, a professional Time Base Corrector/Frame Synchronizer with Genlock. The PX-710 is a high performance Full Frame device that corrects time base errors in videotape playback producing clean, stable results. It is also multi-standard for worldwide television making it practical and convenient in every situation.
TV One has four new high performance Distribution Amplifiers. Two of the amps, the PD-750CV and the PD-750SV, are devoted to video exclusively while the PD-760CVA and the PD-760SVA are devoted to both audio and video. The product line is flexible and can accommodate every situation while ensuring exact replication of the original source signal. Click Here to read more...
Diamond Multimedia, a leading manufacturer of peripherals and accessories for getting the most out of PCs, is now offering trial and 'lite' versions of muvee autoProducer 5, which will be bundled on CD with its well known Viper and Stealth graphics cards, and XtremeTV TV Tuner/PVR. This partnership will enable Diamond XtremeTV TV Tuner/PVR and graphics card users to automatically create professional-quality home video productions that can incorporate pictures, videos and music inputs with synchronized style effects and transitions. more
Online Media Technologies Ltd. presents AVS Video Tools 5.1, the brand new version of its top-market complete solution for home video production. Now ultimate all-in-one suite of six fully featured, wizard-driven applications for capturing, multi-format cross converting, video editing, mobile content management, DVD burning and ripping handles all key user requirements for home video processing. AVS Video Tools 5.1 keeps all the advantages of its predecessor, AVS Video Converter and adds new tools and features for more enhanced yet maximum simplified work with your video and audio. more
VitalStream, Inc. (OTC Bulletin Board: VSHI), the world leader in audio and video streaming, today announced VitalStream Media Player for Flash, a dedicated application that makes viewing Flash video (FLV) content as simple as double-clicking an FLV file. Previously, developers had to create a Media Player within the Flash Development environment to view FLV content on their computer. Now, with full support for all FLV files including Flash 6, 7 and 8 encoded Flash video, the VitalStream Media Player for Flash saves valuable development time by eliminating cumbersome steps in creating Flash video projects. more
National Short Film contest for University and College students. - The contest is being hosted by www.theproject.tv and is structured as a 3-episode short film miniseries in which the student will have to structure, write, shoot, and edit a sequence of three, 3 minute short films which carry a common theme or topic throughout. more
Critical Mention, Inc., the leading Web-based television news search and broadcast monitoring service, today announced the formation of a new technology platform and business venture, ClipSyndicate, providing an exceptional value proposition for broadcasters, advertisers and Web site publishers in the “long tail” of the Internet. Broadcasters can extend the reach and value of their news clips, advertisers are able to get their video and banner ads in front of targeted “eyeballs” and Web site publishers are provided with the simplest way to syndicate and profit from timely and respected broadcast news segments that are relevant to their users/visitors.
Opera Software announced the first public Beta of Opera 9. This version includes Widgets, small Web programs running in their own windows that are fun, easy-to-use and live on users' desktops. The Opera 9 Beta also features support for BitTorrent, a popular file downloading technology, in addition to an easy-to-use content blocker and thumbnail previews of tabbed sites. more
VBrick Systems, Inc., an industry leader in affordable video over IP network solutions, introduced VBrick webcast kits that provide new levels of simplicity for setting up and broadcasting video/multimedia presentations. The VBrick webcast kit is an out-of-the-box presentation streaming solution that combines video, multimedia slides and web content, as well as interactive audience polling and Q&A capabilities. more
MAGIX MP3 Maker 11 now offers new intuitive features, such as MAGIX AudioID, which automatically identifies names and track information not only for complete CDs, but also for individual files in seconds. Other new features include MAGIX Headphone Surround, for a full sound experience on the move and at home, even when you have low-quality speakers– enjoy high-quality room sound wherever and whenever you want! You can also listen to, download and record Podcasts and Internet radio, burn CDs, create professional special effects, edit music and sound, and easily synchronize with mobile devices. MAGIX MP3 Maker 11 will be available in the retail channel and on www.magix.com on May 1, 2006 for $29.99. more
Politicians and liars should consider themselves warned: A new Web site (http://www.AmbushTV.us) is literally taking aim at the biggest hypocrites on Capitol Hill and in the mainstream media. Providing citizen journalists with a powerful Web-based platform on which to post videos they get after tracking down and interviewing elected officials, AmbushTV represents the most aggressive effort yet undertaken to provide citizens with cutting-edge tools to hold Congress and other national officials accountable to the people. more
SPYMAC Launches Spymac V – Easiest way to share movies, photos and music online
April 19, 2006, NY, NY – Spymac www.spymac.com, the largest Macintosh community with over 1 million members, announced today Spymac V with advanced new technologies, services and communities for Mac users. Also available for Windows, Spymac V is the fastest, easiest way to share movies, photos and music online using sophisticated new technologies, such as AJAX and WebDAV to create fast and easy photo and video galleries and the first drag-n-drop website creator for Mac users. Spymac V’s basic services are free, with full desktop integration, more storage space and software available to Spymac Club members at $25/year. Spymac V New Features include: Spymac Gallery offers 3GB of storage space for all your large collection of videos, photos and music more
Envivio Inc. introduces its first professional decoder for high definition (HD) content and a new decoder supporting mobile and standard definition (SD) content. The D1 and D5 join the field proven 4View™ Broadcast Series – the industry's first line of MPEG-4 professional decoders – to deliver improved quality and expanded application support within this ground breaking series. 4View D1 and D5 systems provide real time decoding and confidence monitoring of content as it passes from production through distribution and is repurposed for delivery over mobile, IPTV, enterprise and broadcast networks. 4View D1 and D5 systems are ideal for broadcasters and network operators taking advantage of the low bit rate and high quality compression of MPEG-4. more Grouper Networks Inc. announced Web uploading capabilities for its device-to-device video sharing service, making it easier than ever before to share video clips with any audience. Grouper also announced an affiliate program enabling third party Web sites to add video directly to their sites using embedded Grouper functionality more
MovieFlix.com (http://www.MovieFlix.com), announced that it plans to launch it's newest Web site, ViralFlix.com in 4th quarter 2006. ViralFlix will allow members to add user-generated content, enabling users to upload and share their favorite videos, animations, games and more. more "Flash 8: The Missing Manual" (Vander Veer , O'Reilly, $34.99 US) is the ideal instructor. This hands-on guide to today's hottest web design tool is aimed at non-developers, and it teaches you how to translate your ideas into great web content. "Flash 8: The Missing Manual" begins with a solid primer on animation, which helps you get comfortable with the Flash interface. Once you have these basics under your belt, "Flash 8: The Missing Manual" shows you how to: -Incorporate graphics, video clips, and soundtracks -Create reusable elements and templates to give your animations a consistent, sophisticated look -Customize your content with ActionScript, the Flash language that gives you maximum control -Publish your Flash creations for web surfers everywhere to enjoy -Learn good design principles and helps you avoid elements that can distract or annoy an audience more
Focus Enhancements, Inc. (NASDAQ CM: FCSE), a worldwide leader in video production and conversion technology, today announced the availability of its FireStore DR-HD100 Direct To Edit® (DTE) recorder. Focus Enhancements and JVC Professional designed the DR-HD100 to interface specifically with the popular JVC GY-HD100 series of ProHD camcorders.
The Potential of BroadbandTV to Create New Video Experiences - The Possibilities of BroadbandTV Go Far Beyond - "Any Content, Anytime, Anywhere" The past six months have seen an eruption in activity involving what TDG calls "BroadbandTV" - that is, video distribution over the open Internet more Winferno Software today announced PC Theater(tm), Are you a telecom developer or engineer? Check out this news from Enea - Enea Announces Open Source Inter Process Communications Technology for Distributed Systems New IPC technology is 20% faster than TIPC, scales from DSPs to 64-bit CPUs, and supports multiple operating systems
Indiepix.net announced the launch of the company's Download-To-Own(tm) system, Streamload, a leading provider of online digital media services, today announced a joint marketing partnership with end-to-end networking solutions provider, D-Link to provide 25 GB of free online storage to D-Link MediaLounge Player customers.
Veoh Networks, Inc. debuted the latest version of the Veoh Network, a major evolution in Internet television. Veoh democratizes television distribution by allowing anyone with a broadband Internet connection to publish their videos to the world, without the restrictions of traditional broadcast mediums. Going beyond web-based video sharing, the Veoh 2.0 beta enables users to become true TV broadcasters that can distribute high-quality, television-length video to hundreds of millions of other broadband users. more
Looking to create and send out your video blog from web cams, cell phones and mobile devices? BLOGTV enables everybody who has a web cam or a 3G phone to start their own TV show and broadcast it over the internet. LIVE. People with 3G phones can watch LIVE BLOGTV video shows on the mobile BLOGTV site – it's 24/7, interesting, genuine, live content, Created by real people! Pinnacle Systems, a division of Avid Technology, Inc., today unveiled a wide range of products that make it easier for consumers to record, preserve and share their personal videos on DVD and mobile devices and offer fast and easy ways for consumers to enjoy digital content on the go. more
ROO (OTCBB: RGRP), one of the world's largest online broadcast networks and a global leader in online video solutions, today unveiled its video content partnership with Internet Broadcasting, a national platform of more than 70 TV station websites. After a three-month beta test on six sites, ROO's video content and accompanying player will be added to selected content channels on 30 more websites – giving visitors the latest video from a global network of content partners. The content channels include: Sports, Entertainment, Fashion, Science & Technology, Photography and Music. more SanDisk ® Corporation (NASDAQ:SNDK) today introduced a 2-gigabyte (GB) SanDisk Ultra ® II SD ™ Plus card, thus doubling the capacity of its award-winning storage card that combines USB connectivity and flash memory storage. The card looks and functions like a typical SD card and its high speed makes it ideal for digital cameras, camera phones and digital video cameras. Folding the unique card in half reveals a high-speed USB 2.0 connector that plugs into any USB port to easily and quickly transfer photos or other data to a computer without the need for a separate card reader. more
Wildform, Inc. released a new program, WildPresenter, which enables anyone to easily create outstanding Flash presentations, product demos, training videos, and sales & marketing materials. WildPresenter includes: 1) a screen recorder that can record anything you see or hear on your computer; 2) a unique PowerPoint to Flash converter that creates fully editable files including text, art, animations and transitions (and doesn’t require PowerPoint); 3) a video/audio converter; 4) a suite of drawing, flowcharting and text tools; 5) software to capture video and audio from a webcam, microphone and videotape; 6) an animation and transition generator; 7) a text effects engine; and 8) a user-friendly timeline editor to put it all together. more Samsung announced three new high resolution digital cameras - perfect for displaying images on HDTV television monitors and capturing high quality MPEG4 video. more ROO (OTCBB: RGRP), an Online Video Broadcaster, today announced that the future of online television has arrived with the launch of a new player that is the first to allow broadband viewers to enjoy live broadcast and on-demand online videos on a single device. ROO's video player technology and robust on-demand and live content offerings provide Internet users with a full-featured, enhanced television viewing experience on a computer screen. Users with high-speed broadband connections can now watch DVD quality videos and programming either live or on-demand, at full screen just like they would on TV more Want to edit online? No more software or local video editing on your personal PC? At the 2006 PMA show, muvee, the pioneer and leader in Instant Personal Video, launched its new muveeOnline web service. The first and only of its kind, muveeOnline is a back-end Web service that brings muvee's award-winning automatic video production capabilities to photo-/video-sharing portals, as well as a host of other online web communities where digital media content is uploaded and shared. When integrated with these portals, muveeOnline enables end users to automatically create polished, edited video productions using their personal photos and video clips that are hosted on the portal, without having to download and install any software. more
ArcSoft is announcing new great products at PMA! Come visit ArcSoft at our Technology National Lampoon Toga is now live. Located on the internet at www.togatv.com, Toga! Is a 24-hour on-demand video service that will feature elements of National Lampoon College, the nation's largest and fastest growing independent college television network, features from the award-winning www.NationalLampoon.com website and materials from National Lampoon's current and rich history of motion pictures, DVD titles and television programming more ROO (OTCBB: RGRP), one of the world's largest online broadcasters and provider of turnkey broadband TV solutions for content creators, publishers and advertisers, today debuted its next-generation video content management system, G6 Enterprise. This new Internet video content management system is now providing clients with total control over the management and presentation of both their own online videos and as well as clips from ROO's extensive video library. The current G6 Media Publishing Platform is used by more than 100 ROO-powered client sites. more
Online Media Technologies Ltd., the owner of the www.AVSMedia.com project announces the release of AVS Video Converter 4.3. the latest version provides features developed to speed up and improve the entire home video processing including capturing, converting, editing, DVD burning and ripping. The new multi-language version introduces innovative tools for smoother handling video compression needs, new file formats support, the features based on the requirements of our customers and the overall enhanced performance over the last versions. more Vlog It is finally available! Serious Magic, Inc. announces the immediate availability of Vlog It to help users quickly and easily add video to their blog, or create a "vlog," in minutes. "Text blogs have given people a great way to share their personal thoughts, opinions and news with others online," said Mark Randall, president and Chief Magician of Serious Magic, a leading developer of next-generation video software and communications tools for business, consumer, educational and professional markets. "Vlog It adds a new dimension by letting bloggers share sights and sounds- instead of just text - with audiences." more
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