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July 9, 2010 - San Diego, CA - Are you making Internet Video?

Online Video Contests - Make Money, Win Prizes and Get Famous - San Diego, CA - July 9, 2010

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The Benro A-150EXU Digital Tripod Kit: a New Standard for Entry Level Digital Photographers

Elmsford, NY - July 8, 2010 - Benro is pleased to announce the A-150EXU Digital Tripod Kit. Exceptionally compact and lightweight, it’s a tripod that’s definitely not light in features.

Ideal for the digital photographer who recognizes the need for stability and sharp photos that only a tripod can deliver, it only weighs 2.2 lbs but can easily support cameras up to 4.4lbs. read the press release

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blinkx Serves Up Tasty Cooking Clips From Top Recipe Sites to Please Any Palate

Hundreds of videos to help fill your plate, from gourmet to family friendly to kosher meals, now available at www.blinkx.com

SAN FRANCISCO, CALIF.—July 8, 2010—blinkx, the worlds largest video search engine, today announced partnerships with Food Wishes, Weelicious, Feed Me Bubbe and Cooking with Cathy to offer users a wide range of cooking-related programming that is sure to please every palate. Through the partnerships, content will be fully searchable and viewable at www.blinkx.com. Leveraging its unique AdHoc platform, blinkx will also place contextually relevant advertising against the videos and share resulting advertising revenue with the partners. read the press release


National Peace Corps Association Holds ‘My Piece of the
Peace Corps’ YouTube Contest in Honor of 50th


Entrants can win up to $2,500 for short videos on how the Peace Corps changed their lives read the press release


Dialogic® PowerMedia Products Enable Real-Time Multimedia Communication Applications Over Advanced Networks

Dialogic Sets New Industry Benchmark for Range of Software-based Development APIs and Protocols that Support Advanced Voice and Video Multimedia Applications

Parsippany, New Jersey, July 8, 2010 Dialogic Corporation ("Dialogic"), a global provider of world-class products and technologies for multimedia and signal processing, today announced the Dialogic® PowerMedia™ media processing product family that enables customers to rapidly deliver innovative real-time multimedia communications solutions over advanced communications networks, including the 3G/4G mobile networks and the PSTN, enterprise communication networks and the Web. read the press release


Boris Continuum Complete 7 FxPlug Now Available

Over 210 comprehensive filters for Apple Final Cut Pro, Motion, and Final Cut Express

Marlborough MA - July 8, 2010 -
Boris FX, the leading developer of integrated effects technology for video and film, today announced that Boris Continuum Complete 7 FxPlug (BCC 7 FxPlug) is now available. BCC 7 FxPlug brings over 210 filters to Apple Final Cut Pro, Motion, and Final Cut Express. The new release features a 3-way color grade filter with built-in keying and masking tools, a video noise reduction tool, an OpenGL particle engine, and real-time title flare and luma glow effects.
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Digital Rapids Releases Powerful Flux HD Hardware and New Encoding Software Upgrade

June 28, 2010 -- Markham, Ontario: Digital Rapids today announced that the company is now shipping the powerful new Flux HD video capture and pre-processing hardware, plus a previously-unannounced new version of the Stream software for the company's encoding and live streaming systems. New features in version 3.3 include enhanced Apple(r) iPad(r) and iPhone(r) encoding, script command insertion, open caption overlay, Vobile VideoDNA fingerprinting support and more. read the press release


DXG Rolls Out 79 dollar QuickShots Camcorders

CAPTURE HD VIDEO AND UPLOAD QUICKLY TO YOUTUBE WITH COLORFUL DXG QUICKSHOTS CAMCORDER LINE

New Line of Digital Lifestyle Camcorders Feature True HD Video Capture, Compact Pistol-Grip Design with Simple Controls, and Five Vibrant Color Options – All for $79 read the news announcement


Johnsonville 'ShareYourVille' Video Contest

Online Video Contests - Make Money, Win Prizes and Get Famous - San Diego, CA - June 25, 2010

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June 24, 2010 - One Day on Earth is an online community of diverse perspectives that, together, will document the 24-hour period of October 10, 2010 (10.10.10) with the goal of creating a more accurate picture of life on this planet. One Day on Earth offers a new platform to celebrate and engage citizen journalists, vloggers, and documentarians. read the news


June 22, 2010 - AvTake is glad to announce that today, version 3 of its CutFour HD software for realtime live video mixing has been released.

CutFour HD is easy-to-use software that will mix up to four HD live video inputs through Black Magic Design PCIe capture cards. CutFour HD supports Decklink series and Intencity Pro with SDI, HDMI, component, Y/C and composite video I/Os. Additionally, CutFour HD has input channels for titles, images, a video player, and screen capture. CutFour HD enables the simultaneous preview of all live video input channels without external video monitors. read the press release


blinkx Partners with CriticalPast to Offer Historic Video Clips

Over 50,000 videos from history's most iconic moments now available on www.blinkx.com

SAN FRANCISCO, CALIF.—June 22, 2010—blinkx, the worlds largest and most advanced video search engine, today announced a partnership with CriticalPast,www.criticalpast.com, a global online resource for royalty-free, historic video footage. CriticalPast's video library includes some of history's most iconic moments from over 4,000 locations worldwide and dating from the 1890s to modern times. This collection of over 50,000 videos will now be available at www.blinkx.com. Leveraging its unique AdHoc platform, blinkx will also place advertising against these videos and share resulting revenue with CriticalPast. read the press release


Temperature@lert Selected by Metro-NYC Gourmet Food Distributor Cindy Sue Products to Monitor Freezers

“Hors d'oeuvre Specialist” Ensures Food Quality and Safety with Temperature@lert Cellular Sensor Technology

Cambridge, Massachusetts – June 21, 2010 – Temperature@lert (http://www.temperaturealert.com) today announced that Cindy Sue Products, a New Rochelle, NY based gourmet hors d’oeuvres distributor, is using the Temperature@lert Cellular Temperature Sensor to make sure their high quality products are safely refrigerated 24/7. read the press release

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Today, Slamdance, an international independent film festival, and Adobe Systems Incorporated announced the first annual Re-Cut Film Competition open to emerging editing talent worldwide, including film students in higher education. Entrants will have the opportunity to re-edit a scene from the indie classic MALL COP by Palm d'Or winning filmmaker and GREY’s ANATOMY editor David Greenspan. read the press release


Online Video Contests - Make Money, Win Prizes and Get Famous - San Diego, CA - June 18, 2010

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IBC2010 Press Release – 18 June 2010

IBC2010 Innovation Awards celebrate remarkable collaborations

The shortlist for the IBC2010 Innovation Awards features projects from around the world and applications from the preservation of formal content to bringing new excitement to sports coverage. The IBC Innovation Awards are unique in celebrating not just the technology but the collaboration between suppliers and end user to create commercially successful and creatively empowering solutions. read the press release


Red Herring North America 100 award

June 17, 2010

Technology Entrepreneurs and Venture Capital Leaders Celebrate

Top 100 Privately Held Companies from North America in San Diego, California on June 22-24, 2010

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Temperature@lert’s Wi-Fi Temperature Sensors Picked to Monitor Critical Building Systems at Bluefield State College

Wi-Fi temperature sensors monitor hot water temperatures in two buildings, pool temperature, and heating/cooling temperature in a third facility.

Cambridge, Massachusetts - June 17, 2010 – Bluefield State College Research and Development Corporation, a Bluefield West Virginia based non-profit organization that provides dormitory housing for higher education, conference room facilities, technology-based small business incubator facilities, and economic development enhancement for southern West Virginia and southwest Virginia has deployed Temperature@lert’s Wi-Fi Edition (http://www.temperaturealert.com) to ensure that environmental controls and necessary amenities can be easily and safely monitored by student Resident Advisors (RA’s). read the press release


Menlo Park, Calif.—June 16, 2010—Flock, Inc, originator of the Social Web Browser™, today announced a complete redesign of their pioneering product, making it the first and only social Web browser built on the superfast Chromium open source platform. Flock® is intended for active social media users, and anyone who seeks to better manage the large volume of information and relationships they interact with online each day. The dramatically new Flock lets Internet users get more from their browser by allowing them to consume their social media and Web content as it occurs, discover the best of the Web through their friends, and better manage and nurture their valued relationships by staying connected with anyone at any time while they browse for work or fun. The company also announced that Google’s industry-leading Web search is the new default in the Flock browser. read the press release


Encoding.com Powers Integrated Video Encoding Features for Giant Realm, Kaltura, vzaar and Other Video Management Platforms

Encoding.com announces new features to its Application Programming Interface (API), enabling customers and partners to bundle Encoding.com’s powerful video encoding service within their own customer-facing platforms.

Cisco Eos, Giant Realm, Kaltura, and vzaar are early adopters of Encoding.com’s white-label solution.

San Francisco, CA (PRWEB) June 16, 2010 -- Encoding.com, the world’s largest video encoding service, today announced new features to its Application Programming Interface (API), enabling customers and partners to bundle Encoding.com’s powerful video encoding service within their own customer-facing platforms. Cisco Eos, Giant Realm, Kaltura, and vzaar are early adopters of Encoding.com’s white-label solution, which provides the seamless integration of cloud-based transcoding services directly into the video production workflow. Encoding.com customers and partners benefit from ubiquitous media format support, unmatched scalability via the utilization of cloud services, cost savings, and the assurance of timely video delivery with the industry’s only guaranteed service level agreements. read the press release


Stupeflix Studio now available to Google Apps users to create professional videos easily

SAN FRANCISCO, June 15th, 2010

- Today Stupeflix announces the integration of its Studio web application within the Google Apps Marketplace™, Google's online storefront for Google Apps™ products and services. Businesses can now create professional videos easily from the comfort of their Google Apps account. read the press release

ShowStoppers & MobileTrax team up to produce mobile & wireless press/demo events

AUSTIN, TX. and WELLINGTON, FL., 15 June 2010 - ShowStoppers and MobileTrax are teaming up to produce a series of press and demo events that define the future of mobile and wireless innovation.

Hundreds of top journalists, analysts, bloggers and industry innovators will preview new mobile and wireless devices, apps, software, services and tools for work, home and play at the fourth-annual ShowStoppers for the Mobile Holidays, an invitation-only press event. read the press release


innovative technology fosters smooth audio replacement for DSLR and other video

Vancouver, British Columbia ­ June 15, 2010 ­ Singular Software, red-hot developer of automation applications for post-production, has released the first beta download for the recently announced DualEyes™. Winner of TV Technology's 2010 Mario Award for its breakthrough technology, DualEyes is designed as a standalone application for the automatic synchronization of video and audio clips for dual-system audio production. Designed to work alongside any video editing application, DualEyes is powered by the same advanced technology as the popular PluralEyes product, but is streamlined for the task of replacing in-camera scratch audio with separately recorded high-quality audio. read the press release


vzaar enables iPhone Users to Now Monitor and Update their Video Content

vzaar, The UK’s Largest Video Platform, Releases iPhone App

London, UK, June 15th 2010 – Today, online video hosting platform vzaar (http://vzaar.com) released the vzaar video app for iPhones that enables their customers to update online video content while on the move.

vzaar, whose customers include Toys”R”us and The Press Association, claims this application will give its users the ability to upload and share content when mobile as well as manage and monitor video content.

This release comes on the back of the Objective-C Framework API that enables iPhone and iPad developers to build video apps for the Apple iFamily devices. read the press release


SAN FRANCISCO (June 14, 2010) – Starting today, viewers can now enjoy live Internet television on their phones, respond to TV channel promotional offers and use their social networks to talk about whatever they’re watching.

A new service, theChanner, begins offering mobile TV access to live TV broadcasts from networks and stations that stream across the globe. Moreover, it gives people using iPhone and Android handsets a revolutionary way to discover, view and discuss TV content on Facebook, Twitter, and more. Viewers can comment on the various channels, share their favorites and discuss specific topics with their community.

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Media 100 Suite Version 1.6 Now Available

Expanded Support for Tapeless Digital Formats, New Support for Adobe After Effects CS5

Marlborough MAJune 14, 2010 – Media 100, a leading provider of advanced editing systems for the corporate, broadcast, postproduction, and new media industries, today announced that Media 100 Suite Version 1.6 is now available. Version 1.6 supports Calibrated Software’s Calibrated{Q} MXF Import, AVC-Intra Decode, and DVCProHD Decode products, allowing Media 100 Suite editors to directly open MXF files, import and playback AVC-Intra media, and playback media created in the DVCProHD codec. In addition, Version 1.6 includes Boris XML Transfer Version 2 for Media 100 Suite, giving users the ability to export Media 100 Suite timelines to Adobe After Effects CS5.

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Free Corel VideoStudio Pro X3 Update Delivers Enhanced Color Correction and Integrated Advanced DVD Authoring

Many New Enhancements to Corel's High-Speed Video Editing Software Including Extended Camera Support and Performance Upgrades

Ottawa, ON -- June 14, 2010 -- Corel Corporation today announced the introduction of a free update for Corel VideoStudio Pro X3. This new update builds on the established strengths of VideoStudio Pro X3 in speed and creative effects, adding high-speed GPU- and multicore acceleration for video color correction, plus extended support for MPEG4 cameras. Customers also receive Corel DVD Movie Factory 7 SE for advanced DVD authoring and burning, now fully integrated and accessible from Corel VideoStudio Pro X3. read the press release

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Today YouTube launched "YouTube Play", the first biennial of creative video with the Guggenheim Museum. We want to unearth and showcase the very best creative video from around the world. To have your work considered, submit it at youtube.com/play.


GENIUS ANNOUNCES NEW WEBCAMS BUNDLED WITH CRAZYTALK SOFTWARE

New webcams boast innovative software that turns users
into Avatars for unique digital content sharing

MIAMI, FL -

(June 11, 2010)– Genius (www.geniusnetusa.com), a brand division of KYE Systems Corp., today announced new additions to the company’s extensive line of webcams, the iSlim 1300 V2 1.3 MegaPixel Webcam and the eFace 2050AF High Definition Webcam. Genius’ new webcams are plug-and-play ready, so no driver is necessary, and include a built-in microphone. read the press release


June 11, San Diego, CA

Get Famous - Make Money. Check out these new online video contests and video festivals -

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