Broadcast
Industry News:
Chyron and Grass Valley Group Integrate Products to Speed News Editing Process
DIVA Granted Patent for iTV and VOD Features
Teranex Intros New Up-Converter For DTV Broadcasters
ViewCast Bundles PresenterPRO Software with Niagara Portable Streaming Systems
FREE 'Real-Time' Live Streaming Video Software Offered by VectorMAX Corp.
Western Digital to Offer 120 GB, High-Performance Desktop Hard Drive
TiVo Signs Licensing Agreement With Sony
Corum Guides FAST Multimedia to Acquisition by Pinnacle Systems
Leitch Awarded Emmy for Developments in Shared Video-Data Storage Technology
Time Warner Cable Readies for Large Scale VOD/SVOD Rollouts
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DTV NewsBytes: US TV in China; iTV at the Gas Pump
AOL Time Warner Makes Inroads into Chinese TV, While Interactive TV Entertains Customers While They Fill 'Er Up
By Charlie White
In this edition of DTV NewsBytes, see how AOL Time Warner is making a move into Chinese cable TV while bringing Chinese programming to American cable TV systems. Also, take a look at a company that will bring even more entertainment to Americans -- this time at the gas pump where customers will be able to check out sports scores, news, weather information, and most importantly, interactive advertising.
Video Tutorial: Naval Ring
Faking 3D text in Adobe After Effects 4
by Brian Maffitt
In this clip from Total AE, instructor Brian Maffitt gives a fast-paced recipe for creating a Saturn-like ring of text around an orange. Brian gives the Stroke, Path Text and Basic 3D filters a good workout, stresses the importance of pre-composing, and tops it all off with an inverted mask. This is a great "fake-3D" effect you'll be glad to add to your arsenal. So come on ... orange you going to watch this clip?
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Best software for creating demos of other software
I sell software. I'd like to create a "video-like" demonstration of my software perhaps with captions and/or sound. Of course I want to distribute the demo over the web. My demos could be anywhere from 5 minutes to 1 hour. I've been told producing a streaming video might be a good route.
Thomson Multimedia Receives Emmy
Scientific And Technological Award Recognizes Company's Achievement in Storage Area Network (SAN) Technology
Edited by Charlie White
Thomson multimedia has been awarded a Scientific and Technological Emmy Award for pioneering developments in shared video-data storage systems technology for use in television video servers.
Quantel Wins Emmy For Inspiration Integrated News System
Tapeless news production at ITN honored by NATAS
Edited by Charlie White
Quantel has won an Emmy for outstanding achievement in technological advancement from the USA's National Academy of Television Arts and Sciences.
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