May 2006


General22 May 2006 02:30 pm

Mango DSP raises $1.5m
Globes, Israel - 21 hours ago… year. Mango DSP develops and markets digital signal processing (DSP) systems for the homeland security and digital video markets. …

Home security can be a do-it-yourself project
Bradenton Herald,  United States - May 21, 2006… costs, he says. As for convenience, wireless components can be linked to computers or digital video recording devices. Users also …

Switched Digital Video Comes Home
Communications Technology, NY - May 2, 2006… discussion by several of the top CTOs in the cable industry at the recent National Show, we know the deployment plans for switched digital video (SDV), or lack …

Comcast to test giving clients free digital video on demand
Baltimore Sun, United States - May 13, 2006PHILADELPHIA // Comcast Corp., CBS Corp. and General Motors Corp. are testing a new concept in video on demand: Prime-time TV shows …

On-Demand Media Consumption on the Rise
ADOTAS, NY - May 18, 2006… to online radio, and/or own one or more On-Demand media devices such as a portable digital audio and video player (eg iPod) or a digital video recorder (eg TiVo …

Orb enables global access to media anywhere, anytime
Informitv, UK - May 21, 2006… Users of TiVo Series 2 digital video recorders are also able to play and program their television recordings from anywhere in the world using a DVR Everywhere …

Engineering Firm Post-Produces A Digital Short Film That Will Be …
PR Web (press release), WA - May 21, 2006used its proprietary Digital Video To Film transfer process to create the 35mm print of the short film entitled “Atenea Y Afrodita” that will be shown at “Tous …

VXIS Adopts Configurable ARC(TM) Video Subsystem For Portable …
Business Wire (press release), CA - Apr 25, 2006… Taiwan office. Visit www.arc.com for more details. VXIS develops semiconductor chips for digital video imaging systems. The company …

C-COR, OpenTV Team Up for Switched Digital Video
Communications Technology, NY - May 8, 2006Vendors are finding ways to fine tune switched digital video (SDV) now that it has moved from the realm of being a future technology to real-world deployments. …

General21 May 2006 04:31 pm

My Precious 15 Minutes in the Spotlight
Indian Express - AdnanSami andBappiLahiri,respectively. The countrywide search, on-the-spot audi-tions and grand finales these are preceded by aTVcampaignblitz, postersandbillboards. We advertise on the channel whenever auditions are to take place, says Deepak

For Teens, MySpace.com Is Just So Last Year
TechNewsWorld - MySpace’s notoriety could be a turnoff for young people who are looking for an online community of their own, said Amanda Lenhart, a senior researcher for the Pew Internet and American Life Project. Lenhart has studied teens’ online behavior since

8 marines among 40 dead in Iraq
Daily Times - * Iraqi militants post video of downed US chopper BAGHDAD: Eight US marines and a sailor were among at least 35 people killed in the war-ravaged Iraq on Monday. The US Marines and sailor were killed in action on Sunday in Iraq s western Anbar

C-SPAN wants Colbert video taken down
MSNBC - WASHINGTON - Political comedy often is intended to stir controversy, but this doesn t usually involve broadcasting rights and the public affairs network C-SPAN. The cable network asked two Internet video providers, YouTube and IFILM, to pull clips

It’s Not What Snow Doesn’t Say, It’s How He Doesn’t Say It
Washington Post - It began as the Tony Snow show. It turned out more like “Oprah.” The new White House press secretary gave his first televised briefing yesterday, and the former Fox News commentator was dispatching questioners with a sprightly blend of barbs

General20 May 2006 04:32 pm

New CW Lineup Melds Best Of UPN, WB 
Two weeks after its supposed series finale, the family drama “7th Heaven” was revived as part of the first schedule by the fledgling CW network, which combines programming from the WB and UPN.

Telco TV Is Coming. So What? 
Phone companies are desperate to sell video services, but whether channel surfers will watch is another story.

Do-it-yourself security system is best bet to catch a thief 
Y our home security system is monitored 24-7 by a central station. When activated, the system sends out a loud alarm that supposedly will frighten away intruders.

In-Home Digital Convergence: Reality TV, Or Not Ready For Prime Time? 
Most Americans don’t know how to make the most of new digital video options, while many remain concerned about hidden costs and ease of use of devices making their way onto the market, suggests a new study from Ipsos, the global survey-based market research firm.

Appleton’s Micron To Unveil 8-Megapixel Image Chip 
Will let small cameras and cell phones record high-definition video.

AMD Issues Statement on Dell Decision to Offer Customers Choice 
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Verizon Customers in Wesley Chapel, Fla., Have a Choice for TV Service 
WESLEY CHAPEL, Fla., May 19 /PRNewswire/ — Nineteen thousand households here can now get Verizon FiOS TV, with amazingly sharp pictures and sound and offering a true choice for subscription television and On Demand programming, via the company’s all-digital, fiber-optic network.

General19 May 2006 07:31 pm

TI AMD FX60 Extreme - PCs
PC Authority - Features/Specs: 2.6GHz Athlon 64 FX-60; 1GB PC3200 DDR RAM; Asus A8N32-SLI-Deluxe motherboard; 2 x 250GB HDD; LG-GSA 4167B dual-layer DVD-RAM writer; DVD-ROM; 256MB Nvidia 7800 GT graphics; 19in BenQ 91G LCD; Creative 2500 2.1 speakers; Videomate

AMD Gives Boost to Mobile Processors
NewsFactor Network - “Dual-core technology is becoming critical as the popularity of digital media grows among consumers and people need to manage MP3 files, digital video recordings, and pictures,” said Matt Mazzantini, AMD’s marketing manager for mobile processors

From: $115 to $196
Digital Video Editing - MainConcept, a worldwide leader in codec technology, has announced the availability of its JPEG2000 SDK for NAB 2006. At the show in Las Vegas , the company will demonstrate this brand new SDK in action with its J2K Codec application for Windows. The

FPGA cores run latest video standards
Electronics Talk - Intellectual property cores for video applications are compliant with the newest Pro-MPEG and HD.264 standards for video distribution. Note: Readers of the Editor s free email newsletter will have read this news when it was announced. Send us a

AMD Unveils Powerful Notebook Chips
NewsFactor Network - The new AMD processors boast power management functions that extend the battery life of a laptop computer. The multicore design also has enhanced performance for image processing, audio and video encoding, and 3D graphics rendering. The new dual-core

From: $260 to $295
Film Imaging - Flash Streamlines Video on the Web DMN Interview with two of the movers and shakers at Macromedia By Charlie White Macromedia Flash has come a long way since its inception. Now that it’s been teamed up with high quality video, its usefulness in Web

AMD delivers multi-tasking performance on-the-go with first 64-bit
Turkish Weekly - AMD (NYSE: AMD) today introduced AMD Turion 64 X2 mobile technology, the first and only family of 64-bit dual-core processors designed for thin and light notebook PCs. AMD Turion 64 X2 mobile technology allows people to get more from their mobile

Breaking the PC/TV Barrier
Red Herring - It may be the last frontier in home entertainment, but an Internet startup and a TV upstart are lining up the wagons to begin the journey across the nominal last 10 feet in America s living rooms separating the TV set from the home computer

Three Macs that run Windows, too
San Francisco Gate - Main Business & Finance Page : Stock quotes, portfolio, funds and more Small Business Center : A new resource for small businesses. Get expert advice, forms and more. SFGate Technology : It’s a high-tech world - - we just plug you into it In a

General18 May 2006 11:32 pm

U.S.: Outtakes show al-Zarqawi as poor gunman
CNN - BAGHDAD, Iraq (CNN) — Terrorist leader Abu Musab al-Zarqawi is seen as a less-than-accomplished gunman on a “complete” version of last week’s Web video, according to a U.S. military commander. Maj. Gen. Rick Lynch on Thursday showed excerpts of the

Career-path renaissance
Contra Costa Times - Dan Brown’s book sparked renewed interest in religion and art, and altered some careers along the way. Religious art expert Doug Adams is a professor at Pacific School of Religion in Berkeley. Drawn from Da Vinci Audio: Adams on the dangers of “Da

Air Force One Subject of Internet Hoax
ABC News - This Internet video image provided by Marc Echo Enterprises shows the words “Still Free” painted on what appears to be President Bush’s jet. The plane, was a hoax, the pranksters responsible for the grainy, two-minute Web video _ a New York fashion

Can TV’s and PC’s Live Together Happily Ever After?
New York Times - HOLY Grails, swirling myths and big lies seem to be in the air these days and we’re not just talking about a certain heavily publicized movie opening this week that is based on a certain megaselling novel. Rather, consider the much-ballyhooed

Upfront Gets Broader, Online Video Joins The Club
MediaPost - AT A TIME WHEN MADISON Avenue appears to be edging away from television’s upfront, a flurry of Web video firms are hoping to create one of their own. On Monday, ROO became the latest in a progression of online video players to announce an upfront

General18 May 2006 12:33 am

What Is Screencasting? An Interview With Jon Udell
MasterNewMedia.org - The word screencast was invented by by the columnist Jon Udell in 2004, who chose it among a list of definitions suggested by the web community. Udell first used the word in an article published on InfoWorld , describing the benefits of using

iriver Clix
PC Magazine - The Clix is a nice player that offers very good audio and photo quality, long battery life, and a host of extras. Cool-looking design. Very good sound quality. Lots of extras, including Flash video games. Long battery life. Click screen can be

General17 May 2006 04:30 am

iriver Clix 
The Clix is a nice player that offers very good audio and photo quality, long battery life, and a host of extras.

Adobe Video Technology Powers Leading Brands 
Adobe Systems Incorporated (Nasdaq:ADBE) today announced that customers including E! Networks, Jaguar, and Image Line are using Adobe video solutions to create and extend rich media content for television , DVD and the Web, resulting in increased viewership and brand awareness.

The Nintendo Revolution Given New Name: ‘Wii’ 
The Nintendo ‘Wii’ will battle against the Sony PlayStation 3 and Microsoft Xbox 360 in the next-generation console market…

General16 May 2006 08:30 am

On2 Technologies Announces Live Streaming Video SDK for Flash …
PR Newswire (press release), NY - Apr 24, 2006(Amex: ONT) today announced that it has completed the development of a new software development kit (SDK) for delivering live streaming video to the Macromedia …

State of Metro address opens free to public
The Tennessean, TN - 10 hours ago… broadcast live on News Channel 5+ (cable channel 50) and rebroadcast on Metro government access Channel 3. For online viewers, live streaming video again will …

Varsity Group buys advertising agency
Washington Times, DC - 2 hours ago… marketing. It also specializes in Internet education, content design and streaming video. Terms of the sale were not disclosed. …

Online Video Brings the Gym Home
ABC News - May 2, 2006Michele Galindo exercises with a streaming video from a website while in her Austin, Texas home on Wednesday, April 26, 2006. Now …

Dangerous Maneuvers Part II
KLFY, LA - 55 minutes ago… Small cameras, located high above a dozen key intersections throughout the parish, constantly beam a live, streaming video feed of the current traffic flow, to …

Popularity of BRI’s eagle cam overwhelms loon cam budget
knox.VillageSoup.com, ME - May 9, 2006… sponsors or hundreds of individuals willing to donate between $5 and $100 each — will give the $5,000 necessary to fund the loon cam’s streaming video for six …

General15 May 2006 09:34 am

Watermarks: A better DRM than DRM itself?
ZDNet Blogs - If you’re a digital content expert or you’ve encountered my series of blog posts on Digital Restrictions Management (DRM), then you should know by now that the “R” in DRM is officially for the word “rights” and not the “Restrictions” that I have been

Video Telephony: New Homecare Option For The Elderly
Medical News Today - Video telephony allows immediate contact with people at home, enables them to continue living at home and relieves pressure on care-providers by reducing physical journeys. It was first tested in Europe in the early 1990s using analogue cable. Though

General14 May 2006 01:33 pm

TANDBERG Television Re-Shapes the Future of Video Head-Ends with NAB Launch of iSIS 8000 IP System 
SOUTHAMPTON, England—-April 20, 2006–NAB introduction of new IP products and features, includes MX8400

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