Dubai Media Incorporated Adopts Omneon Spectrumâ„¢ System for Scalable, Centralized On-Air Playout
SUNNYVALE, Calif. — March 1, 2009 — Omneon, Inc., a leading provider of media server and active storage systems, today announced that Dubai Media Incorporated (DMI), the official public broadcaster for Dubai, United Arab Emirates (UAE), and a major Middle East satellite TV broadcaster, has installed a new Omneon Spectrum™ media server system. Supplied by systems integrator Tevido LLC, also of the UAE, the Spectrum server system provides reliable, centralized playout of all six DMI channels to air. more
Cable TV, the captivating music video from elusive indie rockers Fol Chen via Chelsea Pictures director Chris Wilcha, finds Mad River editor Kelly McClean putting her inventive skills to work to deliver an eye catching edit that complements the quirky tones and rhythm of the band’s infectious lead single. 
What do you do when the gum you created lasts so long there’s no need to purchase a second pack? That’s the question that the makers of Stride gum tackle in WOW, the deftly satirical “winfomercial” directed by Geordie Stephens of bicoastal Tool of North America in collaboration with JWT, NY. 
Iceland-based agency Ennemm, together with the Crossroads’ directors Samuel and Gunnar, showcase the harsh depiction of unrestricted children in an adult world. In an effort to illustrate the effectiveness of Siminn’s free website filtering service, Siminn Netvari portrays impressionable young children in various scenes: a chaotic bar, a strip club, gambling and even entering a dangerous stranger’s house. With scenes set to an eerily somber Icelandic song and bearing a likeness to government smoking and drug PSAs, this unreservedly truthful ad helps to command attention in order to minimize the dangers of children surfing the web unrestricted. 
Director Geordie Stephens of Tool and agency Goodby, Silverstein & Partners recently collaborated for high-speed Internet service provider Comcast on two hilarious :30 spots starring the animated turtle couple, Bill and Karolyn Slowsky. The spots promote the increased speed that Comcast is offering for its Internet connections. 
The Icelandic Award show has nominated directors Samuel and Gunnar of multimedia and content creation firm Crossroads Films and Icelandic production company Sagafilm for four out of five awards in the “Best Commercial of the Year” category. The nominations follow up the award-winning duo’s gold medal in the same category in 2007 for their work on The Last Supper for Siminn, an Icelandic telecom company. 
