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March 2006 Internet Video Magazine Newsletter
The last few months have been very exciting as we visited various big technology shows - CES and 3GSM - to personally witness the transformation of streaming video from a desktop oriented media for playback to a mobile oriented playback ecosystem.
This evolution has many implications ? for technology developers, equipment vendors, service providers and of course, the content producers, as well as those of us who just like to watch cool video and movies over the Net.
What kind of programming will be the most popular? What technology will win out? Will people actually pause talking on their cell phones long enough to watch a TV show, albeit one that is only 30 seconds or a minute long?
Stay tuned?.
We have updated our how to make a movie and our professional production pages, and added many new titles to the Book Review sections. We have also added new content to our Free Video Tools sections. Also, check out the new and improved Internet Video Magazine Streaming videos. One click access to steaming video, news and music videos from throughout the world!
Recent Internet Video Magazine articles, trend pieces and columns. All of these can be found at Articles, Tutorials, News, Product & Book Reviews and Items of Interest or http://www.internetvideomag.com/articles_1111.htm.
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CBS Corp. wants to inject a little madness into online media. The TV network plans to make all early-round games from the NCAA basketball tournament, known as March Madness, available for free on the Internet. When the tournament gets into full swing March 16, it will mark the first time a major broadcaster has shifted such an important programming franchise onto the Web without charging a subscription fee. CBS Will Offer March Madness Free Online at The Los Angeles Times
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If you are a video or broadcast professional, you ought to check out the new CC300 from TV One. The CC-300 is conceptually the same as a video production switcher platform, and anyone comfortable with television production technology will immediately be comfortable with the operation of the controller. It provides broadcast quality push buttons, a precision fader and a precise positioning joystick, for video editing and processing.
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Video Shooter by Barry Braverman explains how to create a compelling visual story for any video project. The author's from-the-trenches insight provides a fresh tutorial for modern video storytelling. Key topics include equipment selection, set-up, camera operation, shooting techniques, lighting, and audio.
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Interested in the next generation technologies for Internet video streaming and communications? Check out this report from Informa Telecoms & Media about the quickly emerging HSDPA networks. High Speed Download Packet Access may be the Holy Grail technology that enables end users to watch and access high quality streaming video on their phones and other mobile devices.
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Canon Breaks Broadcast HD Price Barrier - With features not usually found at this price, its no wonder the High Definition XL-H1 has captured a lot of attention.
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You want news and you want it on video and you want it when you want it? The Associated Press and Microsoft Corp. on Wednesday launched a new service which allows the news cooperative's member Web sites to offer free video news clips and share in advertising revenue generated from the service. AP, MSN Launch Online Video-News Service
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Looking to create and send out your video blog from web cams, cell phones and mobile devices? BLOGTV enables anybody who has a web cam or a 3G phone to start his or her own TV show and broadcast it over the Internet. LIVE. People with 3G phones can watch LIVE BLOGTV video shows on the mobile BLOGTV site ? it's 24/7, interesting, genuine, live content, Created by real people!
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Check out the F-Word. Cinequest announced the debut episode of its new video Podcast and online show entitled, The F Word, an irreverent and comedic look at the world of film, technology, filmmaking and life outside of celluloid too. The show will be available as a video Podcast on Apple's iTunes? (NASDAQ: AAPL) as well as via the Internet's premier independent film delivery site, Cinequest Online (www.cinequestonline.org). Renowned as the Silicon Valley based film institute that is redefining and expanding the concept of film festival via year-round distribution services and technology showcases, The F Word scratches the underbelly of the normally serious institute.
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Teachers and Instructors. Looking for a great guide for iLIfe for the Classroom? Check out the new special edition of Jim Heid's best-selling interactive guide to Apple iLife '06. It includes practical information especially for K-12 teachers. Digital media guru Heid shows how digital media can be an integral part of the classroom routine, enhancing the learning experience in many subject areas.
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Move over music videos.. now there are book videos. When HarperCollins' Amistad imprint wanted a fresh, new way to promote Lolita Files' fifth novel, Sex.Lies.Murder.Fame, it jumped on the hottest promotional bandwagon in publishing and created its first online book video. Online book videos bring words to life USATODAY.com via Yahoo! News - Thu, Feb 23, 2006
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The new Sanyo VPC-HD1 high definition video and still image recorder looks like a prop for a Star Wars movie or the latest version of Star Trek. The new Sanyo VPC-HD1 is a cool looking and affordable combination digital still camera and MPEG4 High Definition video recorder. It is tiny - only 3.1" x 4.7" x 1.4". It can capture great looking stills - up to 5 megapixels, perfect for printing out big images! By using a 2 GB SD card, you can store up to 40 minutes of High Definition video.
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Although the Internet is changing the way movies are distributed, archived, and advertised, few in the entertainment industry are willing to close the doors on the multiplex for good. The desire for a communal experience and the visceral punch of seeing a blockbuster on the big screen always has made film palaces special places. Traditional viewing habits remain entrenched, and it might be years before consumers are ready to break away from the tried and true. Who Cares About Internet TV? NewsFactor via Yahoo! News, Feb 24
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If you want to make Flash Video - you need to check out Wildform and its new program, WildPresenter, which enables anyone to easily create outstanding Flash presentations, product demos, training videos, and sales & marketing materials. WildPresenter includes: 1) a screen recorder that can record anything you see or hear on your computer; 2) a unique PowerPoint to Flash converter that creates fully editable files including text, art, animations and transitions (and doesn?t require PowerPoint); 3) a video/audio converter; 4) a suite of drawing, flowcharting and text tools; 5) software to capture video and audio from a webcam, microphone and videotape; 6) an animation and transition generator; 7) a text effects engine; and 8) a user-friendly timeline editor to put it all together.
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John Cromie's QuickTime for .NET and COM Developers is the first guide to QuickTime for developers who are using popular RAD tools such a Visual Basic .NET, C#, and Visual Basic 6. A general introduction to QuickTime is followed by a detailed explanation of the QuickTime architecture from a.NET and COM perspective, liberally accompanied by code snippets.
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The Wedding Video Handbook by Kirk Barber is a great book if you are thinking about making money by making wedding videos. Not fancy with only B/W illustrations, this how-do-it manual is a wonderful down to earth, in the dirt guide to how to make a profit and keep your sanity in the dog eat dog business of making and selling wedding videos. This practical advice can be applied to other types of video production businesses more
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Want to edit online? No more software or local video editing on your personal PC? At the 2006 Photo Marketing Association (PMA) convention, muvee, the pioneer and leader in Instant Personal Video, launched its new muveeOnline web service. The first and only of its kind, muveeOnline is a back-end Web service that brings muvee's award-winning automatic video production capabilities to photo-/video-sharing portals, as well as a host of other online web communities where digital media content is uploaded and shared. When integrated with these portals, muveeOnline enables end users to automatically create polished, edited video productions using their personal photos and video clips that are hosted on the portal, without having to download and install any software.
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It's here and it?s in stock! Now you can buy one. Canon's High Definition video camera, the XL H1 camcorder comes with a 20x HD video zoom lens with Superior Canon Optics that provides broadcasters with a low-cost 1080i resolution option for ENG, Documentary or Reality TV production. Filmmakers will also appreciate the extensive Cine controls and 24 Frame rate option the XL H1 camcorder offers. Canon's "professional jackpack" features include uncompressed digital HD-SDI output for seamless integration into broadcast studios or high-quality image transfer to non-linear editing systems.
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DV Filmmaking: From Start to Finish covers all aspects of the new digital video frontier, for amateurs and professionals alike--from the nuts and bolts of timecode and aspect ratio; to framing, lighting, and sound recording; as well as editing, special effects creation, and distribution. This book is written for filmmakers at varying experience levels--taking an integrated approach to media production, and emphasizing the ways different aspects of the process work together to create a vital work of digital art.
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New cool videos at Best Internet Videos of the Week
Can you read minds? Do you have psychic powers? Are you telekinetic? Check out this weird little video from Lenny Boudreau. You've got the power... oooooh... Mastermind
This is really cute and funny. Take a classic Disney animated flick and add some funny dubbing and new voices. Its one of the top flicks at YouTube. Its the really funny dubbed Disney movie
Looking for just the right present to get your sweetheart for their birthday? Maybe you love the Home Shopping Channel? Have you thought of the gift that keeps on giving. That's right, maybe pick up your phone and buy an AK-47. If the video won't stream, you can download the clip and share it with friends.
This is pretty cool. With a big name star no less. Fluent Dysphasia by Daniel O'Hara. - After a hard night of drinking a man wakes to find that he's fluent in Gaelic...but can no longer speak English. Interview with the Vampire's Stephen Rea stars as a man facing a Celtic conundrum in this tongue-twisted comedy.
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More great video and video web sites at Best Video Web Sites of the Week
WAMtv, out of the UK, is a great site for alternative music video and programs. In March, they announced that they added another 7 videos and 1 dj mix to the archive. Membership to the archive costs ?3 per month or ?1 for a 24 hour download pass. However, once you have downloaded a video it is yours to keep. Sign up for a monthly pass and help support the WAMtv cause!! The main live channel has brand new stuff from all the major music artists and much more, including great live gigs from the Exchange in Edinburgh.
CMP, one of the leading publications in the technology ecosystem, especially for those who are extremely engineering oriented, is now producing and hosting its own streaming video news show, aptly named, "The News Show." Not only does it cover the bleeding edge, it also invites video submissions from the audience who want to express their personal technology opinions. Check it out.
Many of the members of Internet Video Magazine are independent film makers who use the net to promote and distribute their films and videos. Check out the www.ketchupeffect.com site to see a great example of how film makers can use a simple but well designed web site to promote their creation. The trailer is awesome.
Have you checked out YouTube? - home of thousands of internet videos. Most are very amateurish but you got to admire their creativity and guts to put these videos out there. For example, the Hello Kitty Theme Song is one of the most popular videos on the site. YouTube is sort of an video version of MySpace and attracts thousands of kids and young adults who post and share their videos.
Do you love National Lampoon? If so, you got to check out National Lampoon Toga! It is a 24-hour on-demand video service that features elements of National Lampoon College, the nation's largest and fastest growing independent college television network, features from the award-winning www.NationalLampoon.com website and materials from National Lampoon's current and rich history of motion pictures, DVD titles and television programming. We really love their collection of short videos. press release
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Press Releases and NEWS
Streamload, a leading provider of online digital media services, today announced a joint marketing partnership with end-to-end networking solutions provider, D-Link to provide 25 GB of free online storage to D-Link MediaLounge Player customers. more
Veoh Networks, Inc. debuted the latest version of the Veoh Network, a major evolution in Internet television. Veoh democratizes television distribution by allowing anyone with a broadband Internet connection to publish their videos to the world, without the restrictions of traditional broadcast mediums. Going beyond web-based video sharing, the Veoh 2.0 beta enables users to become true TV broadcasters that can distribute high-quality, television-length video to hundreds of millions of other broadband users. more
Looking to create and send out your video blog from web cams, cell phones and mobile devices? BLOGTV enables everybody who has a web cam or a 3G phone to start their own TV show and broadcast it over the internet. LIVE. People with 3G phones can watch LIVE BLOGTV video shows on the mobile BLOGTV site ? it's 24/7, interesting, genuine, live content, Created by real people! more
Pinnacle Systems, a division of Avid Technology, Inc., today unveiled a wide range of products that make it easier for consumers to record, preserve and share their personal videos on DVD and mobile devices and offer fast and easy ways for consumers to enjoy digital content on the go. more
ROO (OTCBB: RGRP), one of the world's largest online broadcast networks and a global leader in online video solutions, today unveiled its video content partnership with Internet Broadcasting, a national platform of more than 70 TV station websites. After a three-month beta test on six sites, ROO's video content and accompanying player will be added to selected content channels on 30 more websites ? giving visitors the latest video from a global network of content partners. The content channels include: Sports, Entertainment, Fashion, Science & Technology, Photography and Music. more
SanDisk ? Corporation (NASDAQ:SNDK) today introduced a 2-gigabyte (GB) SanDisk Ultra ? II SD ? Plus card, thus doubling the capacity of its award-winning storage card that combines USB connectivity and flash memory storage. The card looks and functions like a typical SD card and its high speed makes it ideal for digital cameras, camera phones and digital video cameras. Folding the unique card in half reveals a high-speed USB 2.0 connector that plugs into any USB port to easily and quickly transfer photos or other data to a computer without the need for a separate card reader. more
Wildform, Inc. released a new program, WildPresenter, which enables anyone to easily create outstanding Flash presentations, product demos, training videos, and sales & marketing materials.
WildPresenter includes: 1) a screen recorder that can record anything you see or hear on your computer; 2) a unique PowerPoint to Flash converter that creates fully editable files including text, art, animations and transitions (and doesn?t require PowerPoint); 3) a video/audio converter; 4) a suite of drawing, flowcharting and text tools; 5) software to capture video and audio from a webcam, microphone and videotape; 6) an animation and transition generator; 7) a text effects engine; and 8) a user-friendly timeline editor to put it all together. more
Samsung announced three new high resolution digital cameras - perfect for displaying images on HDTV television monitors and capturing high quality MPEG4 video. more
Want to edit online? No more software or local video editing on your personal PC?
At the 2006 PMA show, muvee, the pioneer and leader in Instant Personal Video, launched its new muveeOnline web service. The first and only of its kind, muveeOnline is a back-end Web service that brings muvee's award-winning automatic video production capabilities to photo-/video-sharing portals, as well as a host of other online web communities where digital media content is uploaded and shared. When integrated with these portals, muveeOnline enables end users to automatically create polished, edited video productions using their personal photos and video clips that are hosted on the portal, without having to download and install any software. more
Online Media Technologies Ltd., the owner of the www.AVSMedia.com project announces the release of AVS Video Converter 4.3. the latest version provides features developed to speed up and improve the entire home video processing including capturing, converting, editing, DVD burning and ripping. The new multi-language version introduces innovative tools for smoother handling video compression needs, new file formats support, the features based on the requirements of our customers and the overall enhanced performance over the last versions. more
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Copyright 2006 SRS Productions
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