January 2008


General30 Jan 2008 12:30 am

Fox Using Super Bowl to Promote Highest-Rated Shows
Mediaweek - Fox will use its Feb. 3 Super Bowl telecast to promote a couple of its highest-rated shows, including American Idol, House, Family Guy, Prison Break and Moment of Truth. All of the promos will be in high definition and were made exclusively for the

Whiteboard Labs: Digital Messaging Gets an Upgrade New Channel of
dBusinessNews.com - Account holders can record a video greeting and then attach Flash movies, picture slideshows, another video (in either .mov, .mp4, or .flv formats), or PowerPoint presentations. From there, a link with a screenshot preview is sent to the recipient

The Nez Perce: A People in Exile
Spokane Spokesman-Review - This video was compressed as a FLV (Flash) file using Sorenson Squeeze. I am transitioning all my video work to Flash for several reasons. First the file size compared to Quicktime is about a third less even after going to a 480 px wide player

A Good Starting Point for Learning About Video
WebProNews - Camtasia Studio 4 - an indispensable application for creating screencasts (eg, narrated PowerPoints presentations or recording application demos) and for its simple and powerful features for producing movies in formats like FLV (perfect for use on the

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dBusinessNews.com - Account holders can record a video greeting and then attach Flash movies, picture slideshows, another video (in either .mov, .mp4, or .flv formats), or PowerPoint presentations. From there, a link with a screenshot preview is sent to the recipient

General28 Jan 2008 05:30 am

On2 Technologies Licenses Configurable Video Codec RTL to Taiwanese
Forbes - Customers include Nokia, Samsung, Sony, Freescale, AMS, Atmel, Adobe/Macromedia (Flash video), AOL, Sony, Skype, Facebook, VideoEgg, Brightcove, Move Networks and XM Satellite Radio. For more information please visit www.on2.com. SOURCE On2

TED and BMW Team Up to Share the Power of Ideas With a Global Audience
The Auto Chanel - The talks are being distributed across multiple formats to reach the greatest audience possible (Flash Video, QuickTime, MPEG-4 video, MP3 audio, VideoEgg, GoogleVideo, iTunes music store). Anyone with a web browser can watch TEDTalks online at www

40m IPTV households expected worldwide by 2010
Advanced Television - The software, a module for PeerApp s carrier-grade UltraBand solutions, supports the HTTP video streaming protocol and caches traffic from Windows Media Player, Adobe Flash Video, Apple QuickTime, RealNetworks RealPlayer

NTT DoCoMo in talks on Android-based mobile phone
Computerworld Australia - The two companies said they are also planning to bring more Google services, such as Google Maps, to handsets and build in support for Flash video so that users can access and stream content from YouTube. Google will appear as the default start page

Internet Television And The Need For Open Standards: Open Internet
MasterNewMedia.org - The IMB should handle playback with standard codecs including MP3, Flash Video (VP6), H.264 , and VC-1 . Finally the IMB should support a simple, standardized programming model that would enable ad insertion and analytics integration through web

On2 Technologies Empowers Adobe(R) Flash(R) Video with new Multi
Earthtimes - Available off-the-shelf, the Hantro 9100 multi-decoder provides manufacturers and service providers with an immediate and cost effective solution to significantly enhance the Flash video experience in mobile phones and other handheld devices. As a

General27 Jan 2008 05:30 am

Microsoft’s Bill Gates Shows Mobile, Car Computers (Update1)
Bloomberg - Google Inc. is the top choice for consumers searching the Internet, and its YouTube site leads for Web video. Google also competes with Microsoft in providing local business listings on computers and mobile phones. 11th Keynote

Sector Glance: Web Video Stocks
Forbes - Shares of most Web-based video providers declined Thursday, with Netflix Inc. falling a day after the company reported fourth-quarter earnings. The Los Gatos, Calif.-based the online DVD rental service operator said Wednesday it earned 24 cents per

General26 Jan 2008 08:31 am

Source Interlink Media Selects NINJA Mobile to Deliver Ad-supported
Forbes - NINJA Mobile’s scalable solutions include ad-supported streaming video, social networking, and interactive content. NINJA Mobile is headquartered in Los Angeles, California with offices in Tokyo and Bangalore. For more information, visit http://www

At Last, free songs from the major labels on your PC
Media Life Magazine - The site was based in Taiwan and let consumers watch streaming video of strip shows and other live performances for a price. The bust-up is part of a nationwide campaign launched after President Hu Jintao said that the internet was a threat to the

Florida adopts open-content reading platform
eSchool Online - You can’t interact; you can’t be part of that dialogue,” said Ben Hubbard, co-manager of webcast Berkeley, a local site delivering course and event content as podcasts and streaming video. Online education lacks the control to verify that the