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One’s two new large LCD monitors for the professional
market include built-in, freestanding desktop support,
making them ideal for studio and remote applications.
The 19-inch LM-1911R and 15-inch LM-1511R feature
high-brightness, active matrix LCD displays employing a
unique rackmount design that tilts up or down to
optimize the viewing angle. Also included is an
integrated swivel stand on the rear of both units to
allow tabletop use.
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NVIDIA Corporation announced today the
availability for download of the PC game demo for one of
the most unforgettable interactive adventures of the
holiday season, The Chronicles of Narnia: The Lion, The Witch and The Wardrobe from Buena
Vista Games. Beginning today, PC gamers can download the official 187
MB demo, which includes two complete levels (“Frozen Lake” and “Rescue
Edmond”) from the currently available game.
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Andrew
Rowley has released version 2 of Picnam, a program for
renaming and recording information about digital images
on Windows XP/2000/98. Picnam is a quick and easy way to
rename digital images and record information about them
in an associated text file.
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New
dotPhoto Shows Add Soundtracks To Your Life - Leading
photo sharing service makes it easy for anyone to create
emotion-packed digital photo shows with awesome musical
soundtracks, by uploading MP3s from their own digital
collection, or choosing from the site’s expanded library
of 300 popular songs
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Canopus announced the
new PCI Express (PCIe) based EDIUS NX realtime mixed
HD/SD video editing solution that takes advantage of
the affordability and high performance of new
dual-core CPU computer systems that feature PCI
Express interfaces.
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AtomFilms® (www.atomfilms.com),
the Web's leading service for original entertainment
programming, today announced a powerful end-of-year
programming lineup that will give viewers a respite from
the pressures of the holiday season. AtomFilms has
packed its weekly release schedule with world-class
short films and animations, including premieres from
Aardman and JibJab, a timely political satire, an
Oscar-winning animation and much more.
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"Digital Video
Production Cookbook" (Kenworthy, O'Reilly, US
$29.95) will
show you how to create
sophisticated-looking visual effects, dramatic
shots, and powerful
sequences using low-cost methods adapted from
high-end professional techniques.
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Attention digital
photographers - B&H is pleased to announce that we
will again be partnering with National Geographic
Traveler magazine to offer three seminar series this
fall and next spring.
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 What kind of camcorder
are you
using? Have you tried a new DVD Camcorder?
According to the latest market research from NPD
Intellect, the DVD format now accounts for 22
percent of the camcorder market, double a year ago.
And Sony DVD Handycam® camcorders represent a
whopping 85 percent of this unit total here in the
U.S. Sony also leads the total U.S. camcorder
industry with nearly 50 percent market share for all
camcorder sales.
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Exactly
four months after making its debut on AOL Music (
http://www.aolmusic.com
), Top 11 Countdown, the
first-of-its-kind
interactive daily music video countdown show that
viewers control, will mark its 100th show.
Co-hosted by AOL Music VJs Egypt and Jesse Blaze, the
100th episode of the ground-breaking music video show
will air on Friday, November 11.
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The CON-CAN Movie
Festival (www.con-can.com),
organized by the CON-CAN Media Plaza, Tokyo, Japan,
is an online audience-interactive film festival
targeting shorts up that express the very souls of
their creators. The 3rd round of the event currently
calls for entries (must ARRIVE by Feb 28, 2006). The
CON-CAN Movie Festival accepts submissions up to 20
minutes in length without an entry fee.
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Need space to store your
video and still image files? Sony Electronics today
announced the debut of the 5 GB Compactvault™ removable
hard disk drive that uses Compact Flash type II slots,
such as those found in digital still cameras. The new
drive is designed for photo enthusiasts and so-called "prosumers".
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The Horror Channel
(THC), the leading broadband content provider of
horror, terror and suspense programming, announced
today that it will host an online streaming video
and simultaneous live web chat at
www.horrorchannel.com beginning at midnight
Eastern Time on Friday, November 11th (9:00 pm
Pacific Time). Fans logging on to the web
channel at
www.horrorchannel.com will be treated to the
feature film, Night of the Living Dead. At any time
during the film, fans may participate in a live chat
with actress Kyra Schon, who appeared in the film 37
years ago as little Karen Cooper.
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If
you need more storage space for your Mac Mini or
iMAC, check out the new ADS Tech (www.adstech.com)
Mini Drive Kit will begin shipping in mid-November. With
the Mini Drive kit, Mac® users can quickly and easily
increase their storage capacity — a key requirement for
consumers who use their Mac mini or iMac 5 as a digital
hub or home entertainment center. The plug-and-play
device can also be used to back up files and to transfer
files from one Mac computer to another. Currently, up to
400GB of storage capacity can be added simply by
plugging an IDE Ultra DMA 33/66 or ATA-100/133-compliant
hard disk drive into the ADS Tech Native Bridge Board
inside the drive kit's enclosure.
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Need
an easy way to find stock footage for Mac based videos
and multi-media projects? Check out Thought Equity's new
Stock Footage Search widget at
www.thoughtequity.com. The mini-application enables
Mac users to search, view results, and download footage
from Thought Equity’s entire library of broadcast
quality footage, directly from their Mac Dashboard. The
search widget keeps critical production tools, such as
stock footage, close at hand within the Mac’s existing
desktop support format.
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Blackmagic Design
announced DeckLink Extreme with PCI Express (PCIe)
compatibility with the new Power Macintosh G5 systems
announced today by Apple Computer Inc. DeckLink Extreme
PCIe is a PCI Express version of Blackmagic Design's
famous DeckLink Extreme capture card that features a new
high speed PCI Express 1 lane interface running at 2.5
Gbps, which is more than 6 times faster than FireWire
based solutions.
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ROO (OTCBB: RGRP), an
online video broadcaster, and 24/7 Real Media Inc (Nasdaq:
TFSM), a pioneer in interactive marketing and
technology, today announced a global partnership whereby
24/7 Real Media will serve advertising in-stream and in
association with ROO’s extensive library of video
content. 24/7 Real Media and ROO will promote their
combined content and advertising solutions to the more
than 850 networked sites within the 24/7 Web Alliance. more |
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Digital Anarchy announced the availability of
Data Animator 1.0, a new way of creating animated
charts and graphs. Currently available for
Windows; a Macintosh version will be released on
Nov. 15, 2005. “We recognize that many After Effects
users are doing corporate and business graphics,”
said Jim Tierney, founder of Digital Anarchy. “With
Data Animator, designers will no longer need to rely
on clunky chart graphics from PowerPoint or deal
with Flash import issues. They can generate charts
and graph animations without having to leave After
Effects.
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Ulead® Systems, Inc.
announced the release of Ulead PhotoImpact® 11.
The latest version introduces an all-new interface
system providing distinct modes for beginners and
advanced users along with 16-bit editing/RAW support and
next-generation tools for high-end digital photography
and creative design.
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VitalStream, Inc. (OTC
Bulletin Board: VSTH), today announced the next
generation of its Streaming Service for Windows
Media, providing its customers with enhanced
load-balanced traffic management, authentication of
live and on-demand events and advanced business
intelligence tools. VitalStream's Streaming Service
supports the latest versions of Windows Media and is
compatible with any Web-services authentication
system, including .NET and SOAP-based verification
systems.
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Red Giant Software today
announced the availability of Magic Bullet™ Editors 2,
the world’s first real-time film look plug-in for
desktop video editors. Using the new DeepColor RT GPU
render engine, Magic Bullet Editors 2 Look Suite plug-in
now runs up to 12x faster than the CPU alone—allowing
users to do real-time film look treatments on the
desktop in standard definition.
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Although still in the
early stages of deployment, IP video services in Asia
Pacific are ramping up and will grow by nearly 80%
annually through 2010, reports In-Stat (http://www.in-stat.com).
In-Stat forecasts that by 2010 this market’s revenue
will reach US$4.2 billion. China, Japan, India, and
South Korea will account for the majority of regional
growth, the high-tech market research firm says.
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Roxio®, a
division of Sonic Solutions® (NASDAQ: SNIC),
the leader in digital media software, today introduced
Easy Media Creator 8, the most significant upgrade ever
to its industry-leading digital media suite. Easy Media
Creator 8 seamlessly merges advanced technologies from
Roxio and Sonic into the most comprehensive suite of CD
and DVD authoring, burning, photo, video, and music
applications available.
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About the size of a deck
of playing cards, the stylish Sony Cyber-shot®
DSC-N1 camera is a high-performance, 8-megapixel model,
with a large, 3-inch, touch-screen LCD, which is rare
for a compact camera of this size. The new model
features a new album function that automatically stores
up to 500 of your favorite images in VGA resolution, and
uses them to create dynamic slide shows with music and
transition effects right in the camera.
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InterVideo®,
Inc. (NASDAQ: IVII) announced InterVideo DVD Copy™ 4,
the latest release of its award-winning, three-step
software for making high-quality copies of unencrypted*
CDs, DVDs, video, music, photo and data files. DVD
Copy enables consumers to meet all of their video
duplication, conversion and reproduction needs with a
single solution. With the new version, InterVideo adds
"most-wanted" features such as automated Internet file
copy support, support for handheld and gaming devices
and support for the new DivX® Media Format features
introduced with DivX 6.
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Online Media Technologies
Ltd. new AVS Video Converter version 4.1, handles video
capturing, converting between a variety of video
formats, basic editing, DVD authoring and burning.
Version 4.1 provides extended support for Mobile Video
formats. AVS Video Converter users can decode and encode
video of any supported formats to 3GPP/3GP2, MP4, PSP-compatible
video for further viewing on cell phones, Sony
Playstation Portable devices, PDAs and other mobile
devices.
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Final Draft, Inc announced
the release of Final Draft AV, version 2.5, a
significant upgrade to their self-contained,
full-featured word processor specifically designed for
dual-column, audio-visual scriptwriting. The dual-column
format is used by professionals and consumers who write
and produce commercials, documentaries, industrial
films, DV shorts and other non-linear scripted material.
Final Draft AV 2.5 includes the revolutionary new
Rearrange Guide Line as well as expanded importing and
exporting capabilities to assist with non-creative
collaborators during the script approval process.
Available immediately, Final Draft AV 2.5 ships with
both Windows and Macintosh platforms on a single CD.
Retail price is $199 or $49 for registered users of
previous versions
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AtomFilms® and Intel
Corporation launched the Intel Indies Film Contest with
a call for short film entries available at
http://intel.atomfilms.com. Filmmakers who enter
before the November 21, 2005 deadline will compete for a
grand prize that includes worldwide distribution from
AtomFilms, $25,000 in cash and $20,000 in digital home
equipment from Intel. Winners will be announced at a
major film festival in January 2006.
The contest asks entrants to create films that imagine
what they would do with a magic wand. The theme allows
entrants to fully unleash their imagination and tell the
story of how they would transform their world, to make
it better, easier, and more exciting, all through the
magic of movies.
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Sony announced a
new, free update to its Vegas® 6 non-linear professional
video and audio editing platform for registered users.
New features include file import support for Sony DVD
Handycam® camcorders, full resolution MXF reader
capabilities for Sony XDCAM Professional Disc system
camcorders, and file exporting and publishing to the PSP
system. more |
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BlazeVideo, Inc. announced
BlazeDVD 4, the latest version of its award-winning DVD
playback software. BlazeDVD 4 is a full-featured and
easy to use DVD, Video CD, Audio-CD and media file
player. It is stable, simple and superior in quality and
can meet all demands on DVD playing. Record DVD
Video/Audio: Record your favorite DVD movie into MPEG2
video or MP3 audio file for future viewing, video
clipping or foreign language learning; Smart
Stretch: A new smart compensation technology, lets you
enjoy any movie with 16:9 aspect ratio on any screen
mode, without distortion;
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TV One now offers four
ultra-compact components that enhance television images
and rebuild synchronizing signals. Included within the
TV One-task™ line, these components provide high-quality
signal performance that is both improved and stable.
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Ulead® Systems, Inc.
started shipping Ulead MediaStudio® Pro 8, the latest
version of Ulead's professional video editing software.
The new release incorporates a wide range of
enhancements. Smart Compositor is a unique, all-new tool
for quickly creating professional composited opening
sequences or segues. A new single track editing
interface, Smart Proxy mode for efficient HDV editing,
advanced color correction, and 5.1 Surround audio
editing all combine to make this the perfect package for
professionals and enthusiasts alike.
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AtomFilms is announced new
distribution partnerships with major portals and video
search engines including AOL, Singingfish and Blinkx.
Additional distribution partners include Yahoo Video
Search and Download.com. The agreements will introduce
millions of new viewers to AtomFilms' unique content
offering of the best short-form film and animation from
new and innovative producers. Each of the companies will
promote the content for viewing on the AtomFilms website
expanding the AtomFilms audience (already at 5 million
monthly) and helping satisfy its strong advertiser
demand.
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Big-Boys.com announced the launch of their
first annual college video contest. As students
head back to school from their summer vacations,
Big-Boys is offering them an opportunity to cash in
on their memorable college moments - by capturing
those moments on video, and submitting them to Big-Boys.com.
Big-Boys will pay over $20,000 for original videos
in just the fall quarter alone, and will also bring
celebrity status to the creators and stars of the
videos themselves.
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The Mac GarageBand
program is a powerful tool that enables almost
anyone to create professional sounding recordings
and use the Web to publish and distribute to a broad
audience. The latest GarageBand 2 update includes
even more of the sophisticated musical instruments
found in the first version, powerful new tools, and
professional features for recording, editing,
mixing, and publishing songs. Unfortunately, the
best techniques aren't covered in the "manual" you
get with GarageBand or in its electronic help
screens. more
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Looking for a single web
site where you can store, access and share all of your
multimedia files? Check
out the MediaMax form Streamload. Streamload
MediaMax helps consumers centrally store, organize,
access, and share their entire media collection. For
the first time, people have the freedom and tools to
share their home videos and photos in full-quality
original formats and also access their music, TV shows
and movie recordings remotely via the Internet.
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Diamond Multimedia
announced the Diamond Multimedia Stealth X550, which
features the ATI Radeon X550 graphics chip set and
256 MB of DDR2 memory. It's just the thing for the
PC gamers and those who would like a great graphics
experience while surfing the web, editing videos
or simply viewing digital photos
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GEICO, the nation’s fourth largest private passenger
auto insurer, announced a contest aimed at bringing its
famous mascot, the GEICO Gecko, to the silver screen.
The new “Golden Gecko” competition challenges all
film-lovers, from aspiring Coppolas to amateur
videographers, to develop a concept for a feature film
starring the Gecko. Entrants are invited to submit a
15-second movie trailer dramatizing their video concept
to www.goldengecko.com, where the public will be able to
view and vote on each contender.
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SmartSound's new Indie
Film Music Pack gives independent filmmakers the
creative flexibility and control to get a powerful,
professional-quality music score for a small cost.
Priced at just $499, it includes the SmartSound
Sonicfire Pro software and a choice of any 25
royalty-free tracks from SmartSound's library of more
than 1,200 cuts. Sonicfire Pro helps filmmakers tailor
the tracks to fit the exact length and mood needed to
score a scene. And because the tracks are royalty-free,
the rights are cleared from festival screenings to
theatrical or DVD releases.
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Canopus Previews
New HD Codec Technology at IBC That Delivers 1920 x
1080i Resolution
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DRD Systems announces the release of
VideoReDo Plus, a feature-enhanced version of the
company's popular VideoReDo MPEG editor.
VideoReDo Plus allows consumer and professional users to
edit MPEG videos in mere minutes rather than the
multi-hour sessions required by traditional video
editing software.
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Macromedia, Inc. (Nasdaq: MACR) today announced
Macromedia Flash® Media Server 2, server software that
offers a unique combination of traditional streaming
media capabilities and a flexible development
environment for creating and delivering innovative,
interactive media applications.
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At IBC
2005, Canopus made a number of significant EDIUS
Pro 3 announcements, including support for JVC’s new HD
camera; a new EDIUS Speed Encoder for HDV; a new HD
codec, the HQ+ codec that delivers 1920x1080i
resolution; as well as announced the EDIUS Pro 3 bundle
with BIAS SoundSoap2 and Adorage Canopus Edition.
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Sony's new Cyber-shot®
R1 camera is the world's first integrated lens
digital still camera to combine a
professional-grade, 10.3-megapixel image sensor and
the flexibility of live preview while shooting. With
its ultra-wide Carl Zeiss Vario-Sonnar T* zoom lens
(24mm - 120mm) and free-angle, two-inch LCD, the
Cyber-shot R1 brings professional level imaging
performance to mainstream consumers.
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FOCUS Enhancements announced the new FireStore FS-2E
Studio Direct To Edit®
(DTE) recorder that records video to FireWire disk
drives in edit-ready, native DV-NLE file formats –
eliminating the need to capture, transfer or convert
clips prior to the edit stage of production. more |
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Sony introduced
a simplified LF-X11 12-inch LocationFree TV with
expanded wireless range and the LF-PK1 LocationFree
Player Pak for PC users.
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Blackmagic Design
announced the immediate availability of DeckLink 5.1
software for Apple Mac OS X, which enables new software
driver HD down conversion in 720p mode on all DeckLink
models, and a new cross conversion allowing 720p
mastering to 1080i broadcast decks in real time.
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Serious Magic, Inc.
today announced Master Sets Library Suite, a
collection of virtual sets designed exclusively for
ULTRA, Serious Magic's keying software. Using
virtual sets opens up the creative field for
videographers," said Karl Miller, director of
content at Serious Magic. "However, they offer
practical benefits as well. They eliminate the need
to build, store and maintain expensive sets and
provide a huge amount of flexibility for everyday
use."
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SmartSound Software
announced the release of four new CDs from its Movie
Music collection. The CD provide musical content for the
SmartSound technology included in many popular home
video editing software packages, including Pinnacle
Studio, CyberLink PowerDirector 4 and Ulead Video Studio
8. These new music CDs will give home video creators
additional options when using SmartSound's technology to
create the perfect soundtrack for popular home movie
subjects.
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dotPhoto, a
new Internet multimedia and photo sharing
community service allows anyone with photo
messaging services enabled with a major wireless
carrier—including Verizon Wireless, Cingular/AT&T,
Sprint/Nextel Communications, and T-Mobile. Open
a free account at
www.dotPhoto.com, register for the service,
and start emailing their images.
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Roxio announced
Toast 7 for Mac computers. Toast 7 includes a
number of features that make previously impossible tasks
a reality for Mac users. These features include
multi-image High Definition slideshows with pan and zoom
effects, transitions and background soundtracks, audio
DVDs with over 50 hours of rich Dolby®
quality music and advanced navigation, and data
spanning, which allows users to backup large files,
folders and applications across multiple CDs and DVDs.
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Organize your digital
photos with Collectorz.com Photo Collector
Find your photos by searching a structured database -
Amsterdam, The Netherlands, August 22, 2005.
Software company Collectorz.com released its new product
Photo Collector, a digital photo collection manager for
Windows 95/98/ME/NT/2000/XP.
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Easy Website Pro 2.0
gives everyone the opportunity to create a professional
website - PhotonFX Software has released Easy
Website Pro version 2.0, a Windows 98/ME/NT/2000/XP
program that makes it easy for everyone to create a
professional website.
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TV One announced five new
high-definition home theatre system components that
extend the range of DVI signals and offer a versatile
number of display options. Part of the TV One-task™
product group, the devices are all fully HDCP compliant,
and collectively join to form the 1T-DVI Series.
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Macromedia, Inc. (NASDAQ:
MACR) announced powerhouse new product
releases with revolutionary video tools for encoding and
publishing video to the web. The new releases include
Flash® Professional 8, the latest version of the Flash
authoring tool used to create rich interactive content,
and Dreamweaver® 8, the industry's choice for
professional web development. Video techniques
traditionally used for broadcast television and film
such as alpha channel, effects and animation, are now
available in the latest Macromedia product releases and
accessible through intuitive user interfaces and
workflows. more |
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Sonic Solutions®
(NASDAQ: SNIC), today launched
DVDit® Pro 6,
packed with innovative new features, precision tools and
fine-tune controls, presented
in a completely customizable workspace that is optimized
for productivity. The latest version enables authors to
deliver engaging Hollywood-quality DVDs with advanced
navigation systems, stunning menu designs, sophisticated
behaviors, and with the inclusion of
eDVD® 4, rich
web-linked interactivity.
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Save money on phone
services. CallWave, Inc. (Nasdaq:CALL
- News),
a leading provider of VoIP enhanced services, today
announced nationwide availability of the CallWave Mobile
prepaid cell phone, the first pay-as-you-go phone
service with VoIP-enabled features that help customers
stretch their airtime, control their costs and enjoy a
higher quality phone service.
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Mydeo
today announced they are working with Microsoft to
enable millions of Windows XP Service Pack 2 users to
share their videos on the web using Mydeo’s global
streaming network and Windows Media Video 9. The video
streaming company has integrated its service into the
popular home video editing package Windows Movie Maker 2
to allow users to upload their videos directly from its
familiar interface.
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Akimbo, the first
Internet-to-TV video on demand service, has added RSS
and Atom Feeds to its service.
This is the latest innovation from Akimbo, which
recently also was the first to bring the
popular Web trend of video blogging to the TV.
Akimbo is pioneering ways to offer TV viewers the
incredible diversity of programming that the Internet
makes possible while also making it easy to find and
download programs for watching on-demand. more |
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Internet Video Magazine (www.internetvideomag.com)
today announced that it has added links and postings for
hundreds of new online videos and movies, as well as for
video oriented and streaming media web sites.
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X-OOM Software, a leading
publisher of multimedia software tools that help
consumers get the most out of their digital media, today
announced that X-OOM Movies on PSP_ is now generally
available in the North America at www.x-oom.us and other
leading download sites, including www.download.com. It
will also begin appearing at major retailers, including
EB Games and others throughout August.
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Sony's new Cybershot
DSC-T5 camera combines Carl Zeiss Vario-Tessar®
optics with 5.1 megapixel resolution, a 3x optical
zoom lens, a 2.5" Clear Photo LCD screen, 32 MB of
internal memory for storage and easy transfer to an
optional Memory Stick® media card*, and
increased battery life compared to previous T Series
models, with up to 240 shots per charge. You can record
MPEG video with 640x480 pixel resolution at 30 frames
per second.
A
1-gigabyte Sony Memory Stick card can hold up to 12
minutes of VGA-quality 640 x 480 MPEG video.
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In late August, JVC's new lines
of hard drive camcorders will finally hit the shelves.
The new JVC Everio G Series camcorders record to a
built-in hard disk drive and will be available in 20 and
30 gigabyte (GB) versions, offering unprecedented
camcorder storage capacity. At high res, they can record
up to seven hours of DVD movie-quality video. They also
record more than 10.5 hours at a quality level
comparable to a DVD camcorder’s 30-minute mode.
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Green Day, Gwen and Missy nabbed the
most nominations for the upcoming MTV Music Video
Awards show. P. Diddy will host show on August 28.
Green Day will
also be performing at the 22nd annual VMAs, along
with 2004 fave Kanye West (who will perform a cut
from his forthcoming Late Registration album)
and Kelly Clarkson, whose "Since U Been Gone" scored
nominations for Best Female Video and Best Pop
Video.
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Hal Landen's latest book,
"Marketing with Digital Video: How to Create a Winning
Video For Your Small Business or Non-Profit," shows how
small-budget businesses can take advantage of today's
affordable digital
technology to produce effective business videos.
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Internalsoft has released
My Internet eXperience Browser (MixBrowser) v. 1.7, a
powerful Windows application that makes it easy to
capture web pages, images, and Flash animations, and
save them for offline browsing. In addition to being a
full-featured online web browser, MixBrowser lets you
easily build a personal knowledgebase and picture
library, and view them even when you're not connected to
the Internet.
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Matrox ®
Video Products Group announced that the Matrox Axio™
family of realtime HD and SD editing platforms is now shipping
worldwide. Matrox Axio is designed to give users the highest
finishing quality, coupled with the most comprehensive realtime
feature set, at an affordable price point.
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Sling Media, Inc. announced the
nationwide availability of the Slingbox that transforms
Windows XP based PCs and laptops into personal on-the-go
digital TVs. The Slingbox allows individuals
anywhere-anytime access to their own living room
television experience with no additional monthly service
fees. Enabling consumers to watch their cable,
satellite, or personal video recorder (PVR) programming
from wherever they are, the Slingbox turns any
Internet-connected laptop or desktop PC into a personal
TV.
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According to Informa
Telecoms and Media, the market for erotic content for
mobile devices is predicted to be worth USD2.3bn by
2010, but realization of this is highly dependent on
mobile phone carriers and
content providers working with regulators in order to
determine solid controls and age verification
procedures.
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AOL’s Singingfish, a leading video
and audio search engine and a service of America Online, Inc.,
announced today it will begin featuring optimized video content
feeds from more than 13 new partners including:
AtomFilms, Big-Boys.com, CBSNews.com,
CNN, Healthology, Inc.,
Hollywood.com, IFILM, Like Television, ManiaTV.com,
MarketWatch from Dow Jones &
Company, The One Network,
ROO Media
and TotalVid.
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Serious Magic, Inc. is now shipping
Ultra 2,
the new version of its professional keying software. A recent winner
of TV
Technology's Best of NAB award, ULTRA 2 is unique in the
professional video
market for offering flexible keying features that enable users to be
more productive, work faster and achieve better quality results.
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MeeVee, the premier developer of personalized television
search and recommendation engines for consumers, today
announced the public launch of its beta site: http://www.meevee.com.
Meevee.com incorporates a unique combination of personal
recommendation, customized program guides and TV
planning tools for consumers. The service offers a free
search engine that enables smarter, easier navigation of
the rapidly expanding line-up of television programs
available today.
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Thought Equity's next
generation e-commerce web site includes advanced
search, purchase and real-time delivery options.
The new site features online purchase and instant
delivery that allows customers to download footage
clips and collections immediately upon purchase. In
addition to traditional tape and DVD delivery, users
also benefit from transcoding on-demand, which
converts master files to the online delivery format
of choice.
more
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VASST
(Video Audio Surround Streaming Training), a leading
provider of training resources for multimedia
professionals and hobbyists, today announced that it has
partnered with B&H, a top reseller of professional
photography, video and audio equipment, to co-sponsor
the B&H / VASST Community Event Series, a succession of
low-cost, high-value seminars targeted towards the "Promedia"
community (Pro Audio, Video, Lighting & Non-Linear
Editing).more |
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Datavideo's new
SE-500 Analog Video Switcher with 4 inputs.($999
MSRP) includes 4 video inputs (each one is S-Video
or Composite),
1 AUX audio and 2
microphone inputs, Chroma adjustment, Digital video
transitions including Split, Wipe, Fade, Dissolve
and Picture-In-Picture and RS-232 control.
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Popwire Technology's Compression Master 3.1 now
includes enhanced features, extended format support as
well as Tiger and QuickTime 7 compatibility. Among the
highlights are H.264 (AVC) video, Windows Media MBR,
High Definition (HD) support, Flash video and full
QuickTime video integration. The new product upgrade
will be free for existing customers. more |
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muvee Technologies, the
pioneer and global leader in Instant Personal Video, has
launched it’s new zero-click automatic video production
tool, muvee quickSpin. Offered as a free download,
quickSpin takes fast, easy and fun muvee-making to the
extreme, and adds in an element of surprise. Upon
launch, muvee quickSpin’s intelligent media selection
technology scans a user’s My Documents folder for video,
pictures and music, and automatically creates a finished
muvee for preview in a matter of seconds without any
user intervention
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JVC Professional
Products Company's new SR-DVM70U 3-in-1 video
recorder/player is perfect for both professionals and
home users. This compact deck combines MiniDV, DVD, and
Hard Disk Drive Recorder making video archiving and
media duplication more convenient and cost-effective. In
addition, the SR-DVM70US has a 160 GB capacity that
offers high storage capacity and long recording times
with selectable recording rates.
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Creative Network Design (CND),
announced the release of NetMix™ Pro MetaPlug™, a new
audio plug-in for Digidesign’s award-winning Pro Tools®
professional audio system which enables audio editors to
instantly upload audio files securely to any
professional media asset management system or FTP site. more |
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Nippon Telegraph and Telephone Corporation today
announced a PC cluster-based, video stream product,
named the i-Visto eXmedia server, which can
simultaneously handle up to ten 1.5-Gbps of uncompressed
high definition television (HDTV) video streams in
real-time using an IP network.
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Search Automator,
Inc, announced the release of Search Automator v1.0, a combination search
engine/browser framework that automates queries
across 14 categories, from Web to audio searches
and from reference to RSS/blog searches.
more
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InterVideo Offers Free
Multimedia Software Suite for Download -
For a limited time,
InterVideo is offering a free download of MediaOne SE at
www.intervideo.com. InterVideo MediaOne SE is
the ideal solution for anyone who wants a powerful media
suite in one package. This broad digital media
suite allows users to perform several multimedia tasks
including photo management, editing/authoring home
videos to CD, creating music CDs and burning
compilations and slideshows to CD for playback on a PC
or on a consumer player as a VCD.
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SmartSound Software, Inc., has announced a
partnership to deliver software and royalty-free music
to customers of Artbeats. Artbeats customers can now get
the award winning SmartSound Sonicfire® Pro soundtrack
creation software for free with qualifying purchases of
Artbeats footage and a SmartSound Music two-pack.
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Do you like to watch the
CSI shows? If so, you'll love playing CSI: Miami™
The Board Game. Players assume the role of a Miami Crime
Scene Investigator, racing
against the other players to collect the evidence and
prove means, motive and opportunity to solve the crime.
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Yahoo! announced the general
availability of Yahoo! Video Search which includes new
partnerships with Buena Vista Pictures, CBS News, CMT,
Discovery Communications, MTV, Reuters, Scripps Networks
(Home & Garden Television, The Food Network), VH1 and
more, making Yahoo! Video the most comprehensive video
search product on the Web by bringing more mainstream
video content to consumers.
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Inscriber®, a subsidiary
of Leitch Technology Corporation (TSX: LTV) and a
leading provider of SD/HD solutions for professional
digital
video, has launched a complete new line of HD graphic
solutions for the
broadcast, cable, satellite and post production
industries. Inscriber’s
innovative solutions are designed to assist broadcasters
making the
transition to HD and those launching new HD channels.
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At
NAB, Serious Magic, Inc.T announced its HDV PowerPak for
DV Rack. This solution allows videographers who own HDV
cameras to capture, display and analyze high-resolution
HDV content seamlessly into DV Rack. The HDV PowerPak
for DV Rack will be available for $195 in late June.
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AtomFilms and
Lucasfilm Ltd. announced the 8 winners of the 2005 Star Wars Fan
Film Awards in a special ceremony held amongst the tens of thousands
of Star Wars fans at Lucasfilm’s fan convention. The winning
fan films are now available for online viewing at
http://starwars.atomfilms.com.
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NAB 2005 -
All the news - camcorders, editing gear, broadcast
and multimedia equipment. Too many press releases - too
much new gear - too many video and production toys |
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SonnyBoo Makes it Big -
Several Sonnyboo
Productions will appear on the big screen before
major Hollywood releases across North America. The
first short film, entitled “License Exam”, will
begin showing through Screenvision’s extensive
network to an estimated 5,000 screens to supplement
their pre-show advertising with short form
entertainment.
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At
NAB 2005, Serious Magic, Inc.T announced UltraT 2, the
latest version of its professional chroma key software.
At its launch, ULTRA was the first software to offer
highly-realistic composites from DV (4:1:1) sources shot
in less-than-ideal environments. Additionally ULTRA
introduced VirtualTrakT technology which creates shots
visually similar to those previously achieved only with
hardware-based virtual set systems costing hundreds of
thousands of dollars. With ULTRA 2, Serious Magic
substantially advances this award-winning solution
offering flexible features that enable users to be even
more productive, work faster and achieve better quality
results.
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VBrick Systems Introduces MPEG-4 Encoder/Decoder at
NAB 2005
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VBrick will be showcasing its new VBrick 6200 MPEG-4
encoder/decoder video appliance for always on
interactive video sessions over low to medium bandwidth
networks. It can be used for visual communications over
LANs, Intranets, VPNs, or the Internet. The bandwidth
can be adjusted from 56K to 2Mbps to meet your network
requirements. In addition to interactive video, the
VBrick 6200 can also be used for streaming over any IP
network to PCs, Macs, or TVs. It is ideal for distance
learning, news distribution, employee training, event
broadcasts, and surveillance.
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At
NAB 2005, JVC will be showing off its ProHD
product line-up. ProHD adopts the HDV™ format to make
high quality HD image recording on DV tape. By including
professional capabilities such as 4 channel audio, time
code, true 24p HD, and dual media direct recording to
hard disc, ProHD becomes a tool that can be easily used
to produce film-like quality HD programming in a variety
of applications.
more
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Sony Shows their HD
Highway at NAB - HD Technology Covers an Array of
Applications Including TV and Movie Production, Network
News, Digital Cinema, Event Videography and Electronic
Cinematography
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MAGIX just announced
MP3 Maker 10 deLuxe
software that organizes, repairs, and converts all
digital music for easy access and portability.
MP3 Maker 10 deLuxe also converts
LPs and cassettes; restores
damaged music files; and
burns professional music mixes to CD or DVD – all for
only $29.99.
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MSN Video, a premier
provider of streaming video content online, and IFILM, a
leading video entertainment destination on the Web, are
joining forces to deliver IFILM content to MSN Video’s
free streaming entertainment channel at With the
added IFILM programming, MSN consumers will now have
access to the some of the most celebrated, irreverent
and timely filmed content on the Web.
more
Need great PR for your high tech
product or service? - Contact Davis-Marrin
Communications - the best for High Tech Public
relations and media relations
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For
the first time, Macintosh OS X users can now make,
edit, and play Windows Media from within QuickTime-based
media applications. Telestream’s Flip4Mac products
bridge gaps between Microsoft Windows Media format and
the Apple Macintosh platform.
more.
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The new CS-470 from TV One offers
high-performance computer-to-video scan conversion along
with a genlock and overlay feature. Capable of
converting computer graphics to standard NTSC or PAL
video, the rackmount CS-470 is equipped with an onboard
digital luminance keyer that enables graphics to be
keyed over an external composite or S-Video signal, and
can additionally be used to key-out black areas of
computer images, which can then be replaced with
external video.
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Canopus Corporation today announced an update to EDIUS
Pro 3 professional nonlinear editing software and new
Format Support Modules that let editors customize EDIUS
editing solutions with formats specific to their studio
set-up. The update to EDIUS Pro 3 includes new
professional features, such as HQ batch capture from HDV,
advanced audio tools and precise color correction
controls, designed to help editors create the highest
quality productions
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Version 1.7 of Profound
Effect's Useful Assistants, the premiere workflow
automation tool for Adobe After Effects, is now
shipping. Version 1.7 comes with 118 time and money
saving assistants.
more
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Portable version of the successful H2-PRO is world’s
first camera-mountable surround microphone to enable
recording of 5.1 channels of discrete surround sound for
Broadcast ENG and other applications.
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Representing the first offering within TV
One's newly-christened C2-7000 Series, the dual-channel
C2-7100 video processor is equipped with a pair of
completely independent scaling engines and two video
mixers that deliver wide-ranging performance features
never before found within a single rackmount device.
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Adobe Systems
Incorporated today announced a new release of Adobe Creative
Suite, the powerhouse design environment that revolutionized
print and Web workflows for creative professionals worldwide.
Adobe Creative Suite 2 integrates new full-versions of
indispensable design software — Adobe Photoshop CS2, Adobe
InDesign CS2, Adobe Illustrator CS2 and Adobe GoLive CS2 — with the all-new Version Cue CS2.
The recently released Adobe Acrobat 7.0 Professional also is
included, as a key application in this milestone software
release.
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Final Draft, Inc. announced
the launch of its 6th annual Big Break!
International Screenplay Contest. Big Break! is
an annual, global screenwriting competition designed to
promote emerging creative talent. The winner is awarded
$10,000 cash plus meetings with industry professionals
and additional prizes worth over $5,000. Many of the
previous years’ winning scripts have been produced or
optioned.
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CinemaNow Inc and Virgin Records will make the concert
video of Ben Harper and The Blind Boys of Alabama's
"Live at the Apollo" available for download in multiple
ways using Windows Media Video, including a
High-Definition format for the PC as well as versions
that can be played on various Windows Mobile-based
devices.
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The 4th Annual IMVF-Indie Music Video Festival is
now accepting music video entries for their next
program. Cross-continent and cross-genre punk-folk,
pop-rock, roots-goth, industrial-ska karaoke-blues,
screamo, hip-hop, avant garde et al independent
artists music videos.
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Submission
info online at http://www.imvf.com. info@imvf.com
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Pocketect announced the release of the DataStor Mini, a
miniature version of their award-winning DataStor USB
2.0 Portable Hard Disk Drive. Measuring just 3" x 3.5" x
½" and weighing only 3 ounces, the DataStor Mini is
smaller than a floppy disk but packs enough storage
space to hold over 10,000 MP3 songs, 58 CDs worth of
data, or 16 hours of digital video.
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ROOmobile.com provides access to a
wide variety of video content – just like watching
television - including breaking news, entertainment
stories, fashion catwalk parades, movie trailers &
sports videos – all available to be viewed on your
Windows Mobile powered device anywhere, anytime. Users
simply connect their mobile device to the internet, go
to
www.roomobile.com
and select videos from 7 different content categories
including News, Business, Fashion, Sports, Movies, etc.
more
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TSUNAMI MPEG Video Encoder XPress
makes it easy to import, improve and compress video from a wide
variety of sources, then output it for viewing on a desktop or
notebook computer, a Personal Video Player, a PDA or a DVD
player (separate authoring software required). Easy enough for
a beginner, and robust enough for advanced users, the Video
Encoder XPress Wizard guides users through the process to import
from multiple video sources and formats, including DV/AVI,
MPEG-1 and 2, Windows Media® Video, DVD-Video, DVD-VR and TV
programs captured using Windows Media Center Edition.
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Avid To Buy Pinnacle
Systems -
Avid Technology, Inc.
(NASDAQ: AVID) and Pinnacle Systems, Inc. (NASDAQ: PCLE) today
announced that Avid has entered into a definitive agreement to
acquire Pinnacle in a cash and stock transaction.
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Editors Keys, the world’s
number one supplier of video editing keyboard sets have now
officially launched their new keyboard sets for the following
programs: Adobe Premiere, Adobe Photoshop, Avid & Final Cut.
more
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CON-CAN Media Plaza (Tokyo, Japan) launched its website
in January 2005 and is now proud to present its first
major event: The Online Short Film Festival. Short films
of up to 20 minutes in length, any languages and themes
accepted - Deadline: March 31, 2005
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FUSE announces its
innovative online video encoder, FUSEAirplay - A
revolutionary way to manage, compress, preview, add and
distribute online video with superior results.
more |
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FOCUS Enhancements Inc. (NASDAQ SC: FCSE), a worldwide
leader in video production and conversion technology,
today announced it will demonstrate its new FireStore
FS-4 HD and FS-4Pro HD High Definition (HD) Portable
Direct To Edit(tm) (DTE) recorders at the National
Association of Broadcasters (NAB) convention in Las
Vegas from April 18th to 21st (Booth SL505, SL4255E).
more |
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SanDisk Corporation (NASDAQ:SNDK)
today introduced the Cruzer® Profile, a portable,
hi-speed USB 2.0 flash memory storage drive with added
personal security capability to safeguard data, images,
presentations and other personal information.
more |
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The Instant Book series from CMP
Books is designed to efficiently deliver the
essential skills readers need in their video and
audio projects - Instant ACID, Instant Surround Sound
and Instant Boris Effects.
more
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A new Flash Stock Movie website, StockFLA.com, offers a
collection of Flash Movies and Rights Protected Images.
StockFLA Includes various types of 3D Models, Background
Templates, Button Models, Video Loops, Generic - Scripted
Components and high resolution Photography.
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ikan Corporation has introduced a
new line of affordable LCD monitors for the video production and AV
markets. Comprised of a full line, ikan’s monitors feature a
range sizes from 2.5 inches up to 9 inches including one with VGA
and touch screen capabilities. All monitors feature antiglare TFT
displays with wide viewing angles.
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