Archive for April, 2009

ITN Source has signed an exclusive representation deal with Asian News International (ANI), to license its content across all platforms globally. ANI has the most comprehensive compilation of footage from South Asia including the Asian Films library which dates back to the late 1930s.

ANI will sit within ITN Source’s current collection which totals one million hours and includes the Granada, Reuters, Channel 4, British Pathe, FOX Movietone and UTV archives. The addition of ANI will give TV, film, education, corporate customers a greater selection of South Asian footage to choose from for their projects. more

NAB, LAS VEGAS, April 22, 2009 – Sales Performance Associates today announces the launch of a comprehensive survey to benchmark the current state of sales, sales management and tactical marketing capabilities in media technology companies. In addition to sales and marketing executives, the survey will also poll top level corporate executives in companies delivering solutions or services used for content creation, acquisition, production, distribution, delivery, management, measurement and monetization. more

New Spot to Air on MTV, Internationally and a Hilarious Viral Version Featuring ‘The Condom Fairy’

EL SEGUNDO, CA – BEST* Company Ever (www.bestcompanywebsite.com), the creative production house led by directors Laura Murphy and Eileen Doherty, has produced a condom commercial that actually uses sex to sell condoms. The new spot for Lifestyles Condom’s newest product called Skyn features three attractive young couples in some serious back-scratching, toe-curling action. The spot will break later this month on MTV and air internationally with an even racier version. more

Digital media, lighting & solutions specialists Projected Image Digital hosts 2 informal open days next week – April 22nd & 23rd – at its west London training and demonstration space.

This offers visitors a chance to examine the latest products from this world close-up and in-depth, in a relaxed and convivial atmosphere, with PI-Digital staff on hand to answer all questions. more

Paul Weller rocked the O2 Arena in London with a blistering set encompassing tracks from his new album, “22 Dreams� as well as classics from his extensive back catalogue, proving once again that he’s one of the most enduring mavericks of UK indie rock.

The show’s spectacular video design was the work of creative director Justine Catterall, who also produced custom content for 12 songs of the set. more

Solution Enables Fast, Easy Migration of Legacy Formats to Omneon Server Platforms

SUNNYVALE, Calif. — April 18, 2009 — Omneon Inc. today announced the release of the Omneon MediaBridge™ application, a software solution that enables users to make a smooth migration from Avid® MediaStream™ servers to the Spectrum™ or MediaDeck™ media servers. The MediaBridge solution converts media without transcoding, enabling faster-than-real-time transfers to the Spectrum system and making content available for immediate access and playout. more

Collaboration Leverages Powerful Video Processing and Reliable Playout With World-Class Graphics in Best-of-Breed Integrated Solutions

SUNNYVALE, Calif. — April 18, 2009 — Omneon Inc. and Pixel Power today announced a partnership to integrate more complete solutions for their customers. The two companies’ collaboration enables delivery of best-of-breed platforms that leverage leading broadcast technologies to their fullest capabilities while maintaining the high level of performance typical of solutions from a single vendor. more

Omneon to Transfer Castify Operations to Aspera; Combination Strengthens Product Offering and Aligns Development Efforts With Core Strengths

SUNNYVALE, Calif., and BERKELEY, Calif. — April 18, 2009 — Omneon Inc. and Aspera Inc. today announced that they have agreed on the terms of a broad partnership in which Aspera will acquire the Omneon Castify content distribution business unit and the two companies will collaborate on making CDN solutions more widely available to broadcast and technology markets. Omneon will continue to market the ProCast CDN™ product, with Aspera assuming ongoing development engineering and operational responsibility for the technology, with the goal of creating a more powerful and complete content distribution platform for customers. Aspera expects to integrate its fasp™ transport technology with ProCast CDN and the Omneon APIs to create a highly manageable and high performance solution for moving content between Omneon systems. more

Festival Seeks Features, Shorts and Music Videos For 5th Annual Event

Los Angeles, CA & Tucson, AZ — (April 21, 2009) — The Tucson Film & Music Festival (TFMF) is proud to announce its official Call for Entries for the 5th Annual festival October 2 – 4, 2009 in beautiful Tucson Arizona. The Tucson Film & Music Festival is a weekend-long event featuring live music and films, emphasizing films and filmmakers with a connection to Arizona or the Southwest. TFMF accepts documentaries, narrative features, shorts, and music videos. more

OLD LYME, CONNECTICUT – APRIL 2009: Sennheiser is introducing the 2000 Series, a professional, entry-level wireless microphone system at NAB 2009. The 2000 Series includes rugged products for a wide range of wireless applications. Handheld and body-pack transmitters with single or twin receivers are available for stage, broadcasting and installed sound applications. For monitoring, professional users can combine the diversity receivers of the series with single or twin monitor transmitters. more