Video everywhere at DEMOFall 2007


The DEMOFall 2007 conference had several interesting streaming video offerings and we’ve clipped some of the highlights from NetWorkWorld’s excellent review below. Also see the demo.com video archives Here.

MotionDSP’s FixMyMovie.com
Very cool technology that replicates the stuff you see on CSI - crime investigators taking a piece of grainy video and being able to clarify it enough to make out the license plate of the perp’s car. These guys take video shot on a cellphone and clean it up - fixing color, removing blockiness and other artifacts. Right now, it’s free to consumers to use at FixMyMovie.com. It accepts most major video formats with a cap at 20MB file size and 352×288 resolution.

DF Splash from Digital Fountain
Digital Fountain’s technology breaks up a file into various bits and somehow is able to reassemble them on the receiving end in way that helps eliminate latency issues. The company is putting the technology to use in its new DF Splash content delivery network, slated to launch in January 2008.

Search with ClipBlast
A new video search engine that’s been busy crawling the Web for video content for the past three years and is now being unleashed to the public. ClipBlast offers two means of search: Through a web site or through a desktop widget that can display video directly in the app or redirect viewers back to the content owner’s site.

Also of interest - so says the machine:

NAB 2007: Dead Man Walking?
Nobody puts it better than GigOm’s Paul Kapustka, describing the Washington Post’s new online video feature: A quick visit to Sunday’s Washington Sketch video from D.C. reporting vet Dana Milbank shows how powerful off-the-cuff video can be, pairing the rich (looks like HD) visual images with the deep background and snark

SuperNova 2007 - Conference Videos Online
We're coming to this a bit late.. the SuperNova 2007 event was held last month to explore "Business, technology, and social interactions". "Intelligence is moving to the edges, through networked computers, empowered users, fluid digital content, distributed work teams, and powerful communications devices. At the same time, new opportunities are

Lo-Fi St. Louis Does Rag-time Blues
Great resource for all you down south blues fans. We came across this one-on-one video interview with Pockey Lafarge and knew you'd be swinging..!!

CES 2007 Video Vault
Here's a peek at the hottest gear on display at this years CES event in Las Vegas, CNET TV is covering the show floor with video. As always, there are plenty of debut products but only 12 will win the CNET's Best of CES awards. See what's new, meet the

Giant Aquarium with Whale Sharks!
The Okinawa Churaumi Aquarium is the biggest fish tank in the whole world with a plaque from Guinness to prove it. They also have three whale sharks, the largest and one of the rarest fish species known to man, in that gigantic ocean zoo! Check out this quick video

Nielsen to Measure Mobile Web Video
Nielsen Wireless announced will begin measuring mobile phone users to see how many people use content services such as mobile Internet and mobile video and what impact this has on established media behavior. The company estimates that in the first quarter of 2007, more than 33 million persons 12 and

Doc Searls NPR Presentation Video Link
Doc Searls talks about two of the competing metaphors that exist on the Internet - the static Web vs. the dynamic Web - at an NPR session today. QT Here. We were hoping he'd pull a Doc Vader move with that fan in the foreground.. lol Via: Andy Carvin's Waste of Bandwidth

Media Rights Launches Upstream Public Media
Hello Upstream! In response to the rapid changes occurring in online media distribution, Arts Engine decided it was both timely and vital to provide our take on the field with an eye toward social impact. Upstream will not only show keep abreast (how about two?) of what's new in online

Fierce 15 IPTV Innovators 2007
This year's Fierce 15 IPTV Innovators are small telcos, the majority with 30,000 lines or fewer, that have deployed IPTV via fiber-to-the-home or hybrid copper/fiber systems. Many of the innovators have been among the first to employ MPEG-4 or its Microsoft counterpart in order to deliver high-definition channels to cutting-edge

WebVideo Summit 2007 Announced
The WebVideo Summit will feature 80 speakers with "breaking news, new companies, hot products, video screenings and special events, the conference will force video professionals to re-think the way they approach Web video projects, as well as re-invent themselves to adapt in this rapidly-changing medium. Addressing opportunities and challenges

Time Warp
Future :: Google to Combine AdSense with YouTube
Past :: OMMA Roundtable Talks Web Video

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