Tuesday, October 21, 2008

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Get Real and Create Your Own Reality TV Show

Do you have a concept for a reality-based TV show, but aren’t sure about the next steps? In his new book, Reality Check (Focal Press, $19.95, October 08), successful talk-show host, Michael Essany, takes you from idea…to reality! Loaded with practical, step-by-step advice on the art and business of producing reality TV, this helpful how-to features insights from Mark Burnett, Dick Clark, as well as other top producers in the industry. READ THE PRESS RELEASE

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Fastest Growing Single Day Film Festival to Deliver Hi Def Video over the Internet using Award Winning Vusion Video Streaming

LOS ANGELES, Calif., - 25 September, 2008 – The ELEVATE Film Festival, the fastest growing single day film event in the World, today announced that selected films from the event will be available on the Internet using Vusion’s HD Video Streaming service. The quality of the Vusion service is so good that portions the event will be streamed to large format monitors and screens during the festival. The ELEVATE Film Festival will be held on October 5th, 2008 in the Nokia Theatre – L.A. LIVE in Los Angeles, California. Read the Press Release

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NVIDIA NEWS

SANTA CLARA, CA-OCTOBER 16, 2008- Today NVIDIA introduced its new accelerator for Adobe® Creative Suite® 4 software, the NVIDIA® Quadro® CX. This new GPU provides creative professionals with a faster, better, more reliable way to maximize their creativity. Quadro CX was architected to deliver the best performance for the new GPU-optimized features of Adobe Creative Suite 4. Read the Press Release

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Partnership with CafePress creates open marketplace for anyone to create, share, and sell designs for the best-selling Flip Mino Camcorder

SAN FRANCISCO, CA ­ October 14, 2008 -- The makers of the acclaimed Flip Video(TM) family of camcorders today announced a next-generation personalization platform that invites consumers to choose from thousands of professional designs or custom design their own Flip Mino camcorder. Read the Press Release

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MADISON, WI - Oct 14, 2008 - Sony Creative Software, a leading provider of professional video and audio production applications, today announced ACID Pro 7 digital audio workstation software, available in early November. Unlike any other software offering in its class, ACID Pro 7 software offers powerful and intuitive DAW functionality for today's media professional including multitrack recording, 5.1 surround sound mixing, robust MIDI sequencing and best-in-class loop-based music production. Now Microsoft Vista compatible, ACID Pro 7 software enables a faster and more flexible creative environment by providing precise control over the music creation process through enhancements such as a new mixing environment, MIDI track freeze, tempo curves, improved Beatmapping, and additional import/export options. Read the Press Release


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Rafter Video Contest

Asthmatic Kitty and Microcinema invite you to create a music video for one of three Rafter songs. Below are three links. Download the mp3s, pick your favorite song and make a music video. Upload your music video to the Rafter Sweaty Magic Contest group on YouTube. A specially selected panel of celebrity judges, including Dan Deacon, Sasha Barrese, Christine Starkman, The Liars, Yo Gabba gabba, Leslie Hall, and Adrian Grenier, will judge the videos.

The contest began on August 28th and will run until 11:59PM EST November 15th, 2008. We'll announce winners here on
asthmatickitty.com on December 1st, 2008. The three songs to choose from: Sweat, Juicy or Salt. 1st Prize - $1000, 2nd Prize - $500, 3rd Prize - $250. Three runner ups will be chosen by Asthmatic Kitty staff and will receive some AK related goodies (i.e. t-shirt and CDs.)
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Dailymotion Expands DIY Web Video Category with Howcast Partnership

Agreement brings library of high quality how-to video clips to world’s largest independent video sharing site

New York, NY – October 14, 2008 – Dailymotion, the world’s largest independent video sharing site, today announced an agreement that will bring Howcast's collection of high quality, engaging how-to videos to the global entertainment website. The deal expands Dailymotion’s growing collection of do-it-yourself videos, which combines licensed DIY content with some of the most popular DIY content from individual creative contributors. Read the Press Release

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Metacafe and Microcinema International
Unveil MetaFest 2008 Finalists

26 Films by 23 Filmmakers from 10 Countries -
Judging Now Open for $1,000 Online Audience Favorite Award
Palo Alto, CA - October 10, 2008 - Metacafe® and Microcinema International today unveiled finalists for MetaFest 2008, a juried online and offline film festival presenting the best in international creative and contemporary short-form video entertainment. Short-film enthusiasts are invited to vote for their favorite between now and October 31, 2008 at 11:59 p.m. PDT at MetaFest Finalists. Read the Press Release

MOUNTAIN VIEW, Calif., October 10, 2008 Pinnacle Systems, Inc., a part of Avid Technology, Inc. (Nasdaq: AVID), today highlighted how busy consumers can put more fun in Halloween with a free download of its VideoSpin by Pinnacle video editing software. Using the software, even people who have never edited a movie before can create, email and upload high-quality videos to popular websites such as YouTube®. Rated best choice of the “free” video-editing programs*, VideoSpin has more than half-a-million existing users. Read the press release

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NEW YORK, NY and BURBANK, Calif. (October 7, 2008) – Dailymotion, the world’s largest independent video entertainment website, and the Warner Bros. Television Group (WBTVG) today announced a content distribution agreement to bring all 13 episodes of the Canadian cult-hit television series “jPod” to Dailymotion.

Beginning September 25, “jPod” will be available to Dailymotion users for free streaming at (http://www.dailymotion.com/group/jpod), with all 13 episodes posted at launch. “jPod” can also be seen at TheWB.com (www.thewb.com), WBTVG’s new premium, ad-supported, video-on-demand, interactive and personalized network. Read the Press Release

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DV Expo Gets "Behind The Camera" With Focus On RED ONE, Sony EX3 and Panasonic AVCCAM; Offering Hands-On Training and Education

12th Annual Event Being Held November 4 - 6 at the Los Angeles Convention Center

(Los Angeles, CA, October 7, 2008) -- DV Expo today announced that this year's event will feature in-depth educational sessions offering technical information and training on the industry's hottest cameras, including a day-long Digital Cinematography Supersession and training on the RED ONE, Sony EX3 and Panasonic AG-HMC150 cameras. Read the Press Release

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Internet Video Magazine Goes Spooky for Halloween – Best Halloween Videos

Adds How To Make Video Articles for Internet Video Professionals, Hobbyists and Enthusiasts

October 2, 2008 – San Diego, CA – This month, Internet Video Magazine (http://www.internetvideomag.com) has created a special new Halloween video section which spotlights some of the Internet’s best Halloween videos. Targeted to video makers, families, kids, these Halloween videos feature a wide spectrum of styles and content – from serious scary to funny to excessively goofy and maybe even stupid. We have included some old classic Halloween videos as well as a new crop of spooky and goofy Halloween oriented Internet videos. more

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Peachpit Releases Web Video: Making It Great, Getting It Noticed

BERKELEY, CALIF. (Oct. 1, 2008)— Peachpit today announced the publication of Web Video: Making It Great, Getting It Noticed , by Jennie Bourne with Dave Burstein. This innovative book shows readers how to take their video from concept to prominence on the Web, getting noticed and making money along the way. more


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Online Film Festival Taps Dead Horse as One of Inaugural Slate of Feature Films

A charismatic group of Ohio filmmakers who, in just two weeks, produced, wrote and directed a darkly comedic independent feature film about murder-plotting Midwest carpet salesmen has been selected to be one of a handful of feature films to appear on the launch of www.filmgo.net, an online film festival developed with the specific purpose of generating awareness and distribution opportunities for independent films. more

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SONY BRIDGES GAP BETWEEN HIGH-DEFINITION PROSUMER AND PROFESSIONAL VIDEO PRODUCTION - One New Camera Brings Cinematic Film-Look for Amateur Videographers and Another Offers Advanced Production Capabilities for Directors of Photography

Sony is expanding its industry leading line-up of high-definition video products with two new HDV™ cameras designed to meet the needs of professionals and prosumers. more

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Dell Studio Hybrid Video Spotlight - from HotHardware.com

With a low-power Intel Core 2 Duo processor under its hood, the Dell Studio Hybrid is capable in many mainstream user applications and could make for a decent Home Theater PC. Aficionados may scoff at the system's integrated Intel X3100 graphics, however, the Studio Hybrid has more than enough power to playback full 1080p resolution content with its Core 2 Duo dual core processor, 5400RPM 160GB hard drive, and DDR2-667 system memory. As a minimalistic business-class machine, family computer or college-bound bookshelf PC, the Studio Hybrid has all of the basic features of a full sized system, in a sleek, stylish, eco-friendly footprint. Come on by the site and check out the Dell Studio Hybrid in our latest video spotlight...

Dell Studio Hybrid Desktop, A HotHardware Video Spotlight:

http://hothardware.com/articles/Dell-Studio-Hybrid-Desktop-A-HotHardware-Video-Spotlight/

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Live, Interactive Webinars Focused on Ensuring High-quality Video Editing and Sharing Experiences for End Users

MOUNTAIN VIEW, Calif., September 26, 2008 Pinnacle Systems, Inc., a part of Avid Technology Inc. (Nasdaq: AVID), today announced a series of free Pinnacle Life webinars designed to help users optimize their video editing and sharing experiences with Pinnacle Studio version 12. The monthly series of webcasts will premiere September 30th with a webinar on how to master Pinnacle Montage, a unique theme-based Pinnacle Studio feature that can be used to edit movies with up to 181 video tracks in minutes. more


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PLANO, Texas - Sept. 26, 2008 - The ViewCast Osprey®-700e HD video capture card has been named the winner of Streaming Media Magazine's 2008 Readers' Choice Award in the Encoding Hardware category. A product of ViewCast Corporation (OTCBB: VCST), the Osprey-700e HD was selected out of the nearly 4,000 votes cast by Streaming Media readers in the annual contest that recognizes the industry's most innovative streaming solutions.

The first HD-compatible product from ViewCast, the Osprey-700e HD is a robust, high-performance video capture and streaming solution for content owners and content aggregators who need to work with SDI video sources in both HD and SD formats. more

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San Jose, CA - September 23, 2008, IVT, maker of transformative, industrial-strength rich media video communication and webcasting software, today announced the launch of IVT PrimeTime™, the first media content repository and media management system with social computing capabilities for the enterprise. A high performance platform that makes video content easy to manage, store, organize, find, view, reuse and recommend, IVT PrimeTime enables organizations to expand the reach of their video communications and allows content creators and viewers to interact using social networking. more

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Dailymotion Launches Dailymotion Canada

World’s Largest Independent Video Sharing Site Extends Reach in the North American Market

New York, NY – September 24, 2008 Dailymotion, world’s largest independent video sharing site, today announced the launch of its new localized Canadian site, located at www.dailymotion.com/ca-fr or www.dailymotion.com/ca-en. Dailymotion’s Canadian launch will further extend the site’s reach in a key North American market. Building on several key international launches this year, the expansion also brings the number of international editorialized homepages to sixteen. Dailymotion Canada features homepages in both official national languages – (www.dailymotion.com/ca-en) and French Canadian (www.dailymotion.com/ca-fr). more

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Markham, Ontario (September 22, 2008) - Digital Rapids -- a leading developer of solutions for bringing television, video and movie content to the next generation of viewing devices -- has been honored with an IBC2008 Innovation Award for the company's contribution to the MICAH multi-format, digital media production workflow at leading global media and entertainment company NBC Universal. The award win in the Content Management category is shared between NBC Universal, Digital Rapids and a fellow technology supplier. more

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Sept 23, 2008 - This month, Internet Video Magazine (http://www.internetvideomag.com) has posted a variety of new articles designed to help professionals, amateurs and even kids, families and video enthusiasts to create and post their own Internet video movie masterpieces. In addition, Internet Video Magazine has added new video production articles geared to video, Internet and broadcast professionals.

This month we are featuring spotlights on the latest HD camcorders, the new Adobe Creative Suite 4, all about Camcorder batteries, how to improve your audio by using a shotgun mike, as well as looks at various new video and audio editing software solutions like Adobe Premiere Elements, CyberLink PowerDirector, Adobe Soundbooth, Pinnacle Studio, etc. more

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Ipera Leverages Revolutionary Video Enhancement Technology for Enterprise Video Server Market

New Pixel Xtream Video Transcoder Software Dramatically Improves Video Quality on Linux and Windows Corporate Video Servers while Reducing Bandwidth Requirements

Redwood City, CA (September 22, 2008) – Ipera Technology, Inc. a pioneer in advancing video enhancement technology, announced today Pixel Xtream™, a new video transcoder with built-in automatic and intelligent video enhancement functions. Specifically developed to run on Linux®- and Windows®-based corporate video servers, the new software builds on Ipera’s breakthrough Pixel Magic™ video enhancement technology for X-86-based PCs and servers. What makes Pixel Xtream so unique is that it not only dramatically improves video quality, it reduces bandwidth requirements. Pixel Xtream accepts most video formats as input and produces bitstreams in WMV, H.264 or FLV. more

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SmartSound® Sonicfire® Pro Version 5 Now Available; Becomes First Music Library to Offer Timing Control - Ability to precisely time musical events to key points in a video timeline adds incredible power and dramatic impact to productions

NORTHRIDGE, CA - SEPTEMBER 15, 2008 – SmartSound Software, Inc. announces the release of Sonicfire Pro 5, a groundbreaking new development in library music. With new music timing controls and searching features, Sonicfire Pro 5 gives professional editors the most complete customizable music library solution. more

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Focus Enhancements and JVC Professional Launch MR-HD100 Media Recorder for JVC ProHD Camcorders at IBC2008 -

Ultra-portable Media Recorder adds native file recording and ground-breaking ability to wirelessly tag media on the fly to JVC GY-HD200/201 and GY-HD251 Camcorders Amsterdam, The Netherlands (IBC2008) - September 15, 2008 -- Focus Enhancements Inc. (NASDAQ: FCSE), a worldwide leader in media management and ultra wideband (UWB) wireless technology, today announced that it will unveil its ultra-portable MR-HD100 Media Recorder for JVC at IBC2008 at the Amsterdam RAI Centre (Stand 9.D41) from September 12-16. The MR-HD100 is designed to interface specifically with JVC's award-winning GY-HD200E/201E and GY-HD251E series of ProHD camcorders and seamlessly integrates native file recording technology, extended record times, and the breakthrough ability to wirelessly log custom metadata in the field while shooting. more
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NSI Online Film Festival: Inaugural "Best of" winner announced

Winnipeg, MB: The eight minute drama Loonie has been selected as the winner of the $2,500 cash prize for ‘best film’ in the first round of the NSI Online Short Film Festival run by the National Screen Institute – Canada (NSI). more

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MobiTV and Media Excel partner to offer Integrated Transcoding & Video Streaming Solution for wireless service providers - Partnership will allow service providers to deliver next generation video services over mobile and broadband networks

AMSTERDAM – September 15, 2008 – MobiTV, Inc., a leading provider of advanced mobile and broadband IP Video distribution technology, and Media Excel, a leader in advanced real-time video encoding and transcoding solutions, today announced a strategic partnership agreement to jointly offer advanced video delivery capabilities to service providers. The combined solutions will enable service providers to leverage proven best-of-breed technologies and expertise for the development of next-generation high availability, high capacity video services over mobile and broadband networks. more


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On2 Rolls Out VP8 - On2 Technologies Unveils New Advanced Video Compression Format

September 13th, 2008

On2 video delivers over 50% bandwidth savings compared to leading H.264 implementations

AMSTERDAM, Netherlands, and CLIFTON PARK, N.Y. On2 Technologies, Inc. (Amex: ONT), a leader in video compression solutions, announced its latest video compression format, On2 VP8. This eighth generation of On2 video is the perfect solution for web TV, IPTV and video conferencing companies looking to differentiate their product and service offerings by delivering higher quality video using less data and requiring less system resource for playback. more


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First HD Encoder/Transcoder Based on Texas Instruments DaVinci™ Processor; Highest Density, Scalability in Industry Enables Customers to Simultaneously Distribute Over Broadcast, Web, and Mobile

Media Excel, a leader in advanced real-time video encoding and transcoding solutions, today announced that it is releasing its new HERA 4000 line of transcoder products at the International Broadcasters Convention (IBC) in Amsterdam. The HERA 4000 is the first video compression product that can stream two real-time, simultaneous HD streams in a single product. As the first encoder/transcoder to use the Texas Instruments DaVinci™ technology digital media processor, the HERA 4000 introduces a new platform for content creators that need to simultaneously distribute high-resolution video over broadcast, web, and mobile networks in an efficient, cost-effective manner. more