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Monday, July 23, 2007

Internet Video News, Camcorder Reviews, Video Software review, Internet Video Trends

CyberLink PowerDirector 6 is designed to make video editing straightforward and simple, especially for home users who want good results quickly and with a minimum of fuss (www.cyberlink.com). While PowerDirector supports higher-end features like the new high-def formats and widescreen DVD, its focus is on "magic" automated assists for video editing, and sharing through portable devices (Apple iPod and Sony PSP) and the Web (YouTube). more

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Do you think you can win a date with one of the four hottest women in the world? Fat chance - but at least you will have fun trying.

And if you do win, do you think you will get a good night kiss? Yeah, right.... Check out Heavy.com's Massive Mating Game.

New York – July 23, 2007 Heavy.com, one of the web’s leading online brands and the leader for 18-34 year old guys, has launched the second season of Massive Mating Game (MMG), following 2006’s wildly successful season. In keeping with last season, guys will still get to watch viral videos featuring four of the hottest girls on Earth—Heavy just made winning the game a whole lot easier. more

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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 - Adobe Soundbooth Review - Audio for Video

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Why Hollywood Loves Search

Marc Esper is NBC Universal’s Vice President of Search. Esper, recruited a year and a half ago from AOL’s brand marketing team, is charged with making sure that NBC Universal’s 40 websites – including properties like Sci Fi Channel, NBC and Universal Pictures -- show up properly in Google and Yahoo!, blogs, YouTube, discussion boards and the myriad other ways users discover content online.

“Each site has different marketing goals,” he said. “But each needs to tap into the huge online user base. We derive enormous synergies and cost-savings by having a group that focuses day in and day out on search.” more


ONLINE VIDEO: HOW DOES IT REALLY STACK UP AGAINST TV? WeShow to offer human-powered guide to make online video as entertaining & organised as television -

With media commentators in both the UK and US predicting that the Internet is rapidly replacing television as the preferred viewing medium for many, a Kelton Research survey commissioned by WeShow (www.weshow.co.uk) reveals that the online video viewing experience still leaves a lot to be desired for many users.

The Kelton Research survey, conducted in June 2007 via an email invitation and online survey, found that while a staggering 126 million people in the US alone view online videos, 96% cannot find the videos they are looking for when initially conducting a search for specific content, and 61% were simply overwhelmed by the amount of online videos that exist. more


Do you want to learn how to play an instrument and rock out?

Check out TrueFireTV. Their video content ranges from interactive music instruction, interviews with top artists, live performances, gear demonstrations, new product showcases and other exclusive footage.


The TrueFire TV network is currently comprised of eleven vertically branded stations; Guitar Player TV, Bass Player TV, Keyboard TV, EQ TV, Sam Ash TV, Jazz Improv TV, Little Kids Rock TV, Premier Guitar Clinics, All Star Guitar Night TV, Mr 335 TV and TrueFire's All Access TV. press release

The free version features over 200 full-length video lessons for your sampling pleasure. TrueFire members can log-in for access to charts, tab, notation, text, rhythm tracks and other tools. Try TrueFire TV now...


Another one bites the dust - the online video hosting - user generated content battle scores its first big casualty. It's not enough to just have eyeballs, - now you got to make money. As Homer Simpson would say "dohh"

Grouper to serve as online talent agency

The online video site Grouper, which Sony Corp. bought last year for $65 million, is exiting the crowded and risky user-generated video business and focusing on finding professional talent for Sony's film and TV studios.


JVC Company of America today announced the launch of a new consumer high definition camcorder that combines a 3-CCD image sensor, high definition 1440 x 1080 recording and embedded 60GB hard disk storage in a compact size that fits in the palm of the hand. Built-in 60GB HDD for 7 Hours of HD Recording In addition to an SP mode that allows up to about seven hours of HD recording, the GZ-HD3 is also equipped with an XP mode that records at a higher bit rate for those extra special scenes. There's also a 1440CBR mode, which is convenient for those who wish to edit using HDV-compatible software. more

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Video, Broadcasting and Internet Video Press Releases

ONLINE VIDEO: HOW DOES IT REALLY STACK UP AGAINST TV? WeShow to offer human-powered guide to make online video as entertaining & organised as television - With media commentators in both the UK and US predicting that the Internet is rapidly replacing television as the preferred viewing medium for many, a Kelton Research survey commissioned by WeShow (www.weshow.co.uk) reveals that the online video viewing experience still leaves a lot to be desired for many users.

The Kelton Research survey, conducted in June 2007 via an email invitation and online survey, found that while a staggering 126 million people in the US alone view online videos, 96% cannot find the videos they are looking for when initially conducting a search for specific content, and 61% were simply overwhelmed by the amount of online videos that exist. more


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WAYNE, NJ, July 19, 2007 – JVC Company of America today announced the launch of a new consumer high definition camcorder that combines a 3-CCD image sensor, high definition 1440 x 1080 recording and embedded 60GB hard disk storage in a compact size that fits in the palm of the hand. Built-in 60GB HDD for 7 Hours of HD Recording In addition to an SP mode that allows up to about seven hours of HD recording, the GZ-HD3 is also equipped with an XP mode that records at a higher bit rate for those extra special scenes. There's also a 1440CBR mode, which is convenient for those who wish to edit using HDV-compatible software. more


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St Petersburg, FL (July 17, 2007) - TrueFire TV, an internet TV broadcast network delivers 20-milllion musician-centric videos to players, students and enthusiasts in over 170 countries. Video content ranges from interactive music instruction, interviews with top artists, live performances, gear demonstrations, new product showcases and other exclusive footage.

The TrueFire TV network is currently comprised of eleven vertically branded stations; Guitar Player TV, Bass Player TV, Keyboard TV, EQ TV, Sam Ash TV, Jazz Improv TV, Little Kids Rock TV, Premier Guitar Clinics, All Star Guitar Night TV, Mr 335 TV and TrueFire's All Access TV. Media partners include Music Player Network, Jazz Improv magazine, Sam Ash, Little Kids Rock, 335 Records and other music industry companies and labels more


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FASTEST VIDEO ENCODING SOLUTION SHIPS; KULABYTE™ RELEASES VERSION 1.0 OF ITS PROFESSIONAL ENCODER - New Paradigm for Professional Video Encoding Delivers Cross-Platform Content With Industry-Standard Codecs, Including VP6 for Flash® 8

FOR RELEASE ON: MONDAY, JULY 16, 2007

SAN MARCOS, TX – Kulabyte, a leading provider of advanced audio and video processing technologies, today announced that it has shipped the industry’s fastest video encoding solution, Kulabyte Professional Version 1.0. The product effectively presents a new paradigm for video encoding, as it is the first to leverage the power of multi-core video processing, enabling professionals to deliver cross-platform content with noticeably improved picture quality and bandwidth savings. more


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SAN FRANCISCO and ST. LOUIS (July 16, 2007) blinkx (London AIM: BLNX), the world’s largest video search engine, has partnered with Vibe Solutions Group (VSG) to add Pyro.TV, a revolutionary Internet TV channel service, to its searchable index. Under the terms of the agreement, blinkx users will be able to search for and have access to thousands of video channels on Pyro.TV, ranging from mainstream broadcast programming to niche channels. more


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LOS ANGELES--(BUSINESS WIRE)--60Frames Entertainment, a new company dedicated to the financing, ad sales and syndication of professionally-produced online content, launched today. 60Frames provides professional content creators access to financing, speed to market, greater ownership over their intellectual property and participation in all revenue streams including advertising. The company will also collaborate with advertisers to create immersive online branding to better connect their company and products to targeted audiences. Consumers will be able to view 60Frames original programming through top video portals, social network Web sites, and mobile and emerging broadband outlets. 60Frames will be working with artists that include visionary filmmakers Joel and Ethan Coen, who will create content for 60Frames, as well as serve on a Creative Advisory Board. more


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EyeWonder Releases AdWonder™ 9.0 Flash Component to Support Adobe Flash CS3 Professional

New Flash Offering Solutions for the Online Advertising Community Highlighted in Four-City Tour

ATLANTA — JULY 12, 2007 – EyeWonder, Inc., rich media and digital video’s fastest-growing technology innovator, today announced the launch of its AdWonder 9.0 Flash Component, the latest version of its revolutionary video and rich media advertising authoring tool. With this launch, EyeWonder has become the first Adobe solutions partner to assist the advertising community using Adobe® Flash® CS3 Professional and Flash Media server solutions. more


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Wouldn’t it be great to access all the music on your computer and make phone calls from your computer while walking around the house? Now you can with LTB Audio’s Q-Bean, your PC’s new best friend. Q-Bean, a digital wireless device offers everything from digital CD-quality audio to a built-in microphone for speech and remote control features for Windows Media Player, Media Center, iTunes users as well as music and movie playback. With Q-Bean you can have a secure conversation and talk and listen with no delay perfect for paltalk, Skype and other VoIP applications. Q-Bean is able to remotely control various software applications. For example with Q-Bean you can access functions on Windows Media player such as volume up/down, pause and play enabling you to carry your entire media collection wirelessly from your computer. While many wireless devices may have problems with interference, Q-Bean utilizes a unique technology that secures the frequency between the transmitter (linked to your computer) and receiver allowing for secure conversation that no one else can overhear. more

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Campbell, Calif., July 11, 2007 -- Focus Enhancements Inc (NASDAQ: FCSE), a worldwide leader in media management and Ultra Wideband (UWB) wireless technology, today announced that the HX-1 Portable HD Video Switcher, first unveiled at NAB2007, is now available. Featuring the highest quality switching and video effects, the HX series of HD video switcher are easy to set up and operate, feature full 10-bit internal processing and meet the highest broadcast standards. From live outside broadcasts to inside production shoots, the HX line is perfect for news/sports broadcasters, production studio owners, educators, and video directors for places of worship. more


Sunday, July 15, 2007

Internet Video News, Articles, Reviews

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Are you looking for money or backing to create an Internet video masterpiece? Have a great idea but no funding? 60Frames Entertainment is a new company dedicated to the financing, ad sales and syndication of professionally-produced online content. 60Frames provides professional content creators access to financing, speed to market, greater ownership over their intellectual property and participation in all revenue streams including advertising. 60Frames will be working with artists that include visionary filmmakers Joel and Ethan Coen, who will create content for 60Frames, as well as serve on a Creative Advisory Board more
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Last Stop for Paul is the Webby-award nominated Internet series, produced, directed by and starring multiple Emmy-winner Neil Mandt. It will open in theaters this October-the first Internet 'webisode' series in history to get a theatrical release.

Shot entirely on location, Last Stop for Paul, a buddy-road comedy like none before, chronicles the adventures of two friends who travel around the world to scatter the ashes of their recently deceased friend. As they travel from country to country they meet a myriad of interesting characters and have the adventure of a lifetime.
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Want to shoot high def video but don't want to lug around a big camcorder? Looking for a small and easy to use AVCHD Camcorder HD Camcorder that records to FLASH memory card? Check out the new Panasonic HDC-SD1 more info.

FREE Adobe CS3 Instructional Videos, Books and Tutorials - Learn About PhotoShop, Adobe CS3, Premiere Pro, Illustrator CS3, Flash CS3, Film Editing, Adobe Media Player, etc

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If you are looking for a powerful, full featured and relatively easy to master video editing program, you should take a look at the Pinnacle Studio family and especially the most recent entrant, Pinnacle Studio Ultimate 11. Regardless of what format you shoot in, or how you plan on sharing and distributing your finished videos, Studio 11 has an answer. read the review


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Microsoft's LiveStation Looming In Web TV Wars
by Gavin O'Malley
New details have emerged concerning LiveStation, the peer-to-peer Web TV service being readied by Microsoft and Skinkers, a British software developer.

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Sunday, July 08, 2007

Internet Video News and Announcements - Book Review

Are you afraid of Adobe PhotoShop CS3? Too complicated, too many options? Do you have a new digital camera and want to know more about how to make great looking digital images? Do you need to master the process of transforming average "digital snapshots" into works of art? Check out this review of two very cool books geared to the digital photographer beginener.

Digital Photo Projects For Dummies

Teach Yourself Visually - Adobe Photoshop CS3

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This is pretty cool. Now you can watch HD TV on your desktop computer or laptop - The Pinnacle PCTV HD Stick enables consumers to view live television on their PC complete with pause, rewind and fast-forward time-shifting functionality. You can even record your favorite programs for viewing later. more

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Show In A Box- a complete tool for video bloggers - check it out at http://showinabox.tv

Based on the WordPress blogging tool, ShowInABox is a package of tools that make WordPress better suited for video.

Show In A Box consists of :

WordPress - blogging software.
K2
- an advanced theme for WordPress.
Vlogsplosion - a video-centric style for the K2 Wordpress theme.
vPIP - videos Playing In Place - a plugin that dynamically embeds videos in the page and creates an RSS feed for each video format.
PledgeDrive - (coming soon) a plugin that allows you to collect recurring monthly donations via PayPal.
VideoPress Related Videos - (coming soon) a plugin that allows the user to define related items for each post.

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Bridgestone Firestone North American Tire, LLC is turning to teens for solutions to help make our roads safer for everyone by launching the Safety Scholars Video Contest. The contest will award three $5,000 college scholarships for the most compelling and effective teen-created videos that drive home lifesaving messages on auto and tire safety. more


ADS DVD Xpress DX2 - Are you looking for a fast and easy way to transfer your movies and special events from old VHS, S-video or even beta video tape to a CD or a DVD disk? Or maybe you want to convert your old videos to a format you can watch on a mobile device like a Sony PSP, Apple iPOD or Zen Vision?


Artist in Residence, Bill Pankow
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Manhattan Edit Workshop are proud to present the Artist in Residence series. This video explores the highlights from an intimate session with Bill Pankow (Editor, The Untouchables, Carlito’s Way, The Black Dahlia). Watch while Pankow discusses the timelessness of the process, the prominence of performance, and entertaining anecdotes from his experience on major Hollywood films.

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How Green Are You? Enter To Be The Greenest Family In America!
Win a $1,000 American Express Gift Card, a $1,000 gift certificate to Whole Foods, an autographed copy of An Inconvenient Truth by Al Gore and a DVD. For complete details please read the Official Rules. Video Contest ends September 1, 2007.


Digital Video Professionals Association Launches FREE Online Adobe Production Premium Resource Center

The new DVPA Adobe Production Premium Resource Center is provided free-of- charge at the association website located at www.dvpa.com/adobecs3.html. more


Heavy.com, one of the web’s leading online brands and the leader for 18-34 year old guys, announced today that Punchline has been crowned the winner of the ContraBand battle-of-the-bands video contest, taking home the grand prize of $25,000. Over the four-month long contest, Punchline created 65 videos that were streamed more than 1,189,157 times. Here are the top 12 picks for Canadians to choose from were announced this week . more


If you are looking for a camcorder that works well, is very compact and ideally suited for both family and web video applications, you need to take a look at the new Everio GZ-MG555 hard drive camcorder from JVC. Record SEVEN hours or more! Read the Review


Adobe Launches Premiere Express - Free, web based video remixing and editing - create your own mash-ups at MTV, YouTube and PhotoBucket - This looks like a lot of fun. Many have predicted that online video editing will supplant computer based video editing sometime in the future. Companies like EyeSpot, Jumpcut, Cuts, Motionbox and others have already provided online video editing and now Adobe has joined the party. more


The Insiders Guide to Independent Film Distribution by Stacey Parks - If you want to make it in the indie film world, this is a great book to help you get started. It's not about how to make movies - it is about how to make money making movies. This is a great book for those new to the business as well as interesting refresher for those who already have a taste of the industry. more

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News and Press Releases

Adobe Photoshop is central to most digital photography workflows, and the introduction of CS3 is a major milestone in the maturation of this imaging suite. Photoshop CS3 Photographer’s Handbook: An Easy Workflow focuses on the critical elements of the workflow rather than covering every arcane feature. This Handbook is designed to get you working quickly in Photoshop. It provides the essential information for image editing along with step-by-step projects for more advanced Photoshop techniques. more

Athens, Greece (July 2, 2007) - Soundsnap is a new online platform for finding and sharing free samples, sound effects and music loops. Designed as a resource and community for musicians, sound designers, producers, film makers and web/video game developers, Soundsnap provides user driven content for use in virtually any kind of media production. Users can freely download and upload content to be legally shared and used in any media project.

Soundsnap launches with 30,000 available free sounds ranging 'from high quality music loops and music samples, sound effects such as animals, industrial, nature, sports, and human, to sound design, sound art, comic, unreal, and science fiction. more


Dulles, VA – July 2, 2007 – AOL today launched an update to its AOL Video portal (http://video.aol.com) with enhancements designed to make it even easier for consumers to find, watch and share more than 20 million videos from across the Web without having to visit multiple websites. more


Heavy.com, one of the web’s leading online brands and the leader for 18-34 year old guys, announced today that Punchline has been crowned the winner of the ContraBand battle-of-the-bands video contest, taking home the grand prize of $25,000. Over the four-month long contest, Punchline created 65 videos that were streamed more than 1,189,157 times. The top 12 picks for Canadians to choose from were announced this week and can be viewed on www.heavy.com/contraband2. more


Adobe Systems Incorporated (Nasdaq:ADBE) today announced the immediate availability of Adobe® Creative Suite® 3 Production Premium and Adobe Creative Suite 3 Master Collection software. Adobe Production Premium CS3 is the industry’s most comprehensive collection of integrated cross-platform post-production software tools, helping video professionals deliver stunning results for film, broadcast, DVD, Web, and mobile devices. Adobe Creative Suite 3 Master Collection combines 12 of Adobe’s new design and development products in a single box – the most comprehensive creative environment ever delivered. more


Cypress Partners with InPhase Technologies on Holographic Data Storage Drive -

Custom CMOS Image Sensor From Cypress Reads Data at 500 Frames Per Second

SAN JOSE, Calif. and Mechelen, Belgium, June 28, 2007 - Cypress Semiconductor Corp. (NYSE: CY) announced today that it has partnered with InPhase Technologies, the world’s leader in holographic data storage, to supply a CMOS image sensor solution for InPhase’s Tapestry™ holographic data storage system. more


Clippz.com Offers MySpace, Metacafe Video for iPhone

PRINCETON, N.J., June 27, 2007 -Clippz.com (www.clippz.com), the world's first and only way to "sideload" optimized video clips from the Internet to a mobile device, now offers its entire MySpace, Metacafe and YouTube collections encoded in Apple iPhone's H.264 file format - more than 500 free clips ready for sideloading into Apple's new cell phone. more


Green Communications - The Case Studies
To register, please visit
www.bdionline.com/greencommunications . For inquiries, please call 800.830.6687.

The green movement is more than just the latest trend. Companies and organizations are asking themselves how they participate in the movement. Business Development Institute and PR Newswire have partnered to produce a half day conference that specifically addresses the questions, issues, and opportunities facing the corporate communicator and marketer. more

Details:
Date:
Tuesday, July 24, 2007
Time: 1:30 p.m. - 6:00 p.m.
Place: Microsoft Executive Customer Briefing Center: 1290 Avenue of the Americas, New York, NY
Registration Fee: $195.
Website: www.bdionline.com/greencommunications


ON2 TECHNOLOGIES AND VIEWCAST ANNOUNCE PARTNERSHIP TO BRING LIVE ADOBE® FLASH® VIDEO SOLUTIONS TO MARKET -

ViewCast licenses On2 Flix® live Flash video software for its media appliances

TARRYTOWN, NY and PLANO, TX, June 27, 2007 – On2 Technologies, Inc. (AMEX:ONT), a leader in video-compression software and solutions, and ViewCast® Corporation (OTCBB: VCST), a global leader in the design and manufacture of the world's most advanced media encoding products, announced today that ViewCast has licensed On2’s live Flash video encoding technologies for integration with ViewCast’s streaming media appliances. more


Movavi launches free online video conversion service.
Web-based service lets users convert videos to run on cellphones, iPods, websites, vlogs; bloggers, designers can plug converter into any Web site, social networking pages

NOVOSIBIRSK, RUSSIA, JUNE 27, 2007 - Movavi today launched Movavi Online, a web-based service that enables users to convert video from one format to another - for sharing, podcasting, cellphones, iPods, and more - for free.
Movavi Online supports the advanced H.264 format used by Apple's new iPhone. The new service, available at http://online.movavi.com, generates video files specifically tuned for viewing in email, on mobile devices, for video blogging (vlogging) and video podcasting, and more. more



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