September 2008 Articles, News Items, Product Reviews
EchoStar Buys Sling
EchoStar Communications announced late on Monday night that it
had finalized an agreement to acquire Sling Media and its
placeshifting technology. The transaction values Sling at about
$380 million (€269m) for cash and EchoStar options, the company
said. The deal is expected to close before the end of the year.
VeniceWalk - So you want
to be a TV or film producer but don't have the financial backing or the
Hollywood connections to make your dreams and projects come true? Create
a short pilot and/or demo and stick it up on the net, promote the heck
out of it, and maybe fame and fortune will come your way. Check out
Robert Hegyes and his VeniceWalk project.
Its a good way to go.
Adobe
Systems Incorporated (Nasdaq:ADBE) announced two major
upgrades to its digital photo and video software for
consumers: Adobe® Photoshop® Elements 6 for Windows® & Adobe
Premiere® Elements 4 for Windows. These programs provide
almost all the features of Adobe Premiere and Photoshop at a
much reduced cost and are vastly easier to learn and master.
. Available separately or together in a single retail
package, Photoshop Elements & Adobe Premiere Elements
software give photo and video enthusiasts more creative ways
to organize, edit, create and share digital photos and home
movies.
more
HD_DVD versus Blu-Ray
- Q4, 2007 is seen by many as a crucial
time in the life of both HD-DVD and Blu-ray
Disc (BD). This may be the point at which
the format battle will potentially be won or
lost – and, more importantly, where the long
term success of high definition discs will
be decided.
read the report from
Understanding & Solutions
YouTube, now owned by Google, may still be the 800-pound gorilla
of video sharing sites, but an impressive number of rivals--some
merely clones, others offering unique twists--are nipping at its
heels.
They whittled down an
initial list of
50 contending services
to 17 topflight sites that they tested to determine the single best
place to share your videos online.
Blip.tv's
video quality and functionality made it our overall Best Bet, but
each free service has strengths in areas that others may not.
In addition, they list
the top ten sites in their
Top 10 Video Sharing Sites
chart.
How to Put
Your Summer Vacation Up On The Web- The Secrets of Shooting,
Editing and Posting Your Summer Vacation
Videos- This is your
guide for what you need to do before you go
on your trip, how to capture and document
it, and then, how to share it via the Internet.
iMovie8
Review - New Video Editing Software from
Apple
Since Apple released iMovie 8 they must
be working overtime listening to
complaints from those who have come to
love iMovie's timeline simplicity.
Before you get excited, only to be
disappointed. iMovie 8 is not
an upgrade to iMovie 6. It is like a
weird cross breed between Windows Movie
Faker and iPhoto. In fact it should of
just been called something else because
- THIS IS NOT IMOVIE!
more
 YouTube
faces yet another lawsuit over unauthorized content – this
time by rebellious rock star- Prince. The singer said he
would strike out at the video portal and other major sites
to “reclaim hi art on the Internet” and dismissed claims the
Google unit has no control over content uploaded by its
users.
In a statement issued by
representatives, Prince said YouTube is able to “filter porn
and pedophile material but appear[s] not to filter out the
unauthorized music and film content which is core to their
business success.”
YouTube already faces myriad content suits, including a US$1
billion claim by Viacom. It claims to be developing content
filters but nevertheless, says the Digital Millennium
Copyright Act, which merely requires operators to remove
infringing content following formal notification by
copyright holders, protects it from liability.
Adobe Previews Flash
Media Server 3 at IBC
Major
Performance Gains and Innovative Features
Anchor Upcoming Release
IBC
2007, AMSTERDAM — Sept. 6, 2007
— Adobe
Systems Incorporated (Nasdaq:ADBE) today
unveiled new features that will headline the
upcoming release of Adobe® Flash® Media
Server 3. This major new release will offer
the unique combination of traditional
streaming media capabilities and a flexible
environment for creating and delivering
interactive social media applications to the
broadest possible audience.
more
Motion Picture and Video Lighting, Second
Edition, is your indispensable guide to
film and video lighting. Written by the
author of the industry bible Cinematography,
this book explores technical, aesthetic, and
practical aspects of lighting for film and
video. It will show you not only how to
light, but why. Written by a professional in
the field, this comprehensive book explores
light and color theory; equipment; and
techniques to make every scene look its
best.
more
Are
you trying to do cool chromakey effects? Trying to
put your actors and friends in strange and far away
locations without leaving the set? Check out this
article all about how to light for Green Screen or
Blue Screen effects.
more
The Home
Network/Entertainment Connection Is…Easy
.... Or maybe not. Check out this
great opinion column by contributor
Andy Marken,
ASK A NINJA
AskANinja.com
Wins 2007
People's Choice Podcast
Award
For Best Video Podcast
And Releases 50th Episode
Featuring Jessica Lee Rose
a.k.a. LonelyGirl -
The Best Video
Podcast Trophy was
awarded to co-creators,
Kent Nichols and
Douglas Sarine, on
August 15th, 2007.
We are also proud to
announce today's milestone
release of the 50th Ask A
Ninja episode titled
"Jessica Lee Rose",
featuring fellow video blog
super sensation Jessica Lee
Rose of LonelyGirl fame.
more
Sony
rolls out the latest version of
Vegas Pro 8
software, Vegas Pro 8 provides professional
editors with precise control over complex DV,
HDV and XDCAM projects through powerful
tools for editing material shot in
multi-camera environments. Vegas Pro 8 will
be available September 10, 2007.
more
Teenage driver held over 140 mph YouTube video
 LONDON
(Reuters) - A teenager has been arrested on suspicion of
having posted a video of himself on YouTube driving at
speeds of more than 140 mph, police said
Make Money on the Internet
With Your Videos -
A guide to the best web
sites that will enable you to convert your video into cold, hard
cash -
The Internet Video
Magazine Guide to How You Can make MONEY by
Posting your videos on the
Internet
YouTube
Virus Warning from Network World
Storm worm spam spoofs YouTube
A spam blast released over
the weekend invites recipients to see themselves in a
YouTube video, but the included link directs them to a Web
site that downloads a package of a dozen different pieces of
malware.
Time is money in Hollywood, where
increasingly complex shoots and
fast-changing camera set-ups mean that film
and television production sound crews must
stay on their toes and be prepared to 'run
and gun' at a moment's notice. Production
sound mixer Coleman Metts, C.A.S. has
adopted RF transmitters and receivers from
Sennheiser.
more
Video-Enabled Portable Media Players Will Outsell
Audio-Only Models By 2009 -
Driven by increased broadband
penetration, declining price points, and a growing
catalogue of online audio and video content, the
market for MP3 players and portable media players (PMPs)
will remain strong over the next five years, reports
In-Stat (http://www.in-stat.com).
Nevertheless, according to In-Stat's latest primary
research, the main reason consumers are purchasing
portable MP3 players and video-capable PMPs today is
for the devices' audio playback capability, the
high-tech market research firm says.
more
 Online
video's next step
San Diego
Union Tribune, United States - 3 hours ago
By Mike Freeman At the San Diego
headquarters of Internet video start-up Veoh
Networks, Dmitry Shapiro stands at the dry-erase board and
draws a graph that ...
Executive Insight: Social Networking -
 Executive
Insight:
Tacis Gavoyannis of Q Research talks to TelecomTV’s Guy
Daniels about the key trends coming out of the social
networking phenomenon. This is quite interesting
regarding who is using social networking and online
video and how it breaks down re ages and sex.
New
Jockey site takes on uncompliant underwear
Jockey
International (No. 311) is taking a light-hearted approach
to a timeless “problem:” uncomfortable underwear. Its new
site, StopSquirming.com, uses video clips depicting the ways
– discrete and otherwise – men and women battle ill-fitting
underwear. Taking Web 2.0 to its most intimate level, the
new site fosters interaction among consumers by posting
videos of visitors' "signature squirms" Visitors also can
vote on their favorite squirms.
YouTube Launches
InVideo Ad Platform
by Tameka Kee
Google's YouTube unveiled a new ad model,
offering advertisers like New Line Cinema
and BMW the option to run rich media and
video ads within both professional and
user-generated content. -
Read the whole story...
Title Design Essentials for Film and Video
No more bad titles or
credits. This book teaches and shows you how
to create great looking titles that pop out
of the screen and actually work. Whether you
are designing for film, for TV, for DVDs,
this is a great book for inspiration and
guidance when it comes down to adding the
graphics and info that are required for
every professional looking production.
Read the Press
Release.
It covers how to do animated and moving
titles, how to cut titles to music and
audio, and all the other techniques a pro
editor needs to know.
Here is
a surprising concept - sexy girls in bikinis and Internet
video... Check out
Bikini Masterpiece Theatre
- the hook here is
that there is a section where girls in skimpy bikinis read
Shakespeare. OK, I think that could help promote cultural
awareness and literacy. However, the other theatres on the
site are a bit more salacious and shallow as the women
discuss their breasts, their true confessions and other
topics of interest. Its not culture but it is fun.
Adobe
SoundBooth Review -
Adobe has included Soundbooth, in the new
Adobe Production Premium bundle, as
part of the new Adobe Creative Suite 3. Available
for both Windows and Intel-based Macs, the
new Adobe Soundbooth is a clean, yet
powerful, waveform editor, focused on audio
recording, basic editing, cleanup, and
enhancement with effects. In addition, it
includes tools for audio generation, both by
building loops from segments of clips, and
with AutoComposer for automatic creation of
customized scores. read the review
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Adobe
Soundbooth Review - Audio for Video
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