Microsoft’s patent for sending IMs on the same screen you’re watching TV on may either be way off the mark or a gold mine. Having already integrated MSN chat into their Windows XP MCE and Xbox 360 Media Extender, Microsoft is now making sure nobody else (aka Apple’s eventual media center) can follow without ponying up some gold doubloons. Will chatting over IM during TV even catch on?
Via: Gizmodo
Responding to demand for an affordable studio-capable HD camera, JVC developed the extremely versatile and compact GY-HD250U to ease the transition from SD to HD allowing customers to utilize much of their existing infrastructure - including cabling - while providing robust performance in both standard and high definition. In addition to its studio capability, the GY-HD250U offers the comfort and stability of a shoulder-style camcorder with a full complement of features needed for Electronic News Gathering (ENG), and cinematography applications.
The GY-HD250U offers flexible recording options for any production environment. The camera’s built-in HDV recording system records full raster high-definition video on inexpensive MiniDV cassettes. With the optional DR-HD100U Direct-to-Edit recorder, a hard disk workflow can be achieved, while simultaneously creating back-up material on digital tape.
Via: JVC Press Release
CNET has announced “CNET TV,” a new video on demand service that packages a selection of CNET’s popular video content for distribution on television and online. CNET TV will launch initially with partners Cox Communications Inc., TiVo Inc., and TVN Entertainment, in the second half of the year. Videos range from instructional to informative to entertaining, and are integrated throughout CNET’s family of sites, which include CNET.com, News.com, and Download.com. Video content includes CNET’s popular video franchises such as Insider Secrets, Weekend Project, and First Look from the Labs. For online users, the content will be programmable based on topics of interest, or by selecting a favorite CNET channel.
“We continuously seek out new technologies and marketing opportunities that let us engage with our customers” said Laurie Blum, senior media strategy manager at Best Buy Enterprise. “VOD is the ultimate environment to reach people that are highlyengaged, and we’re looking forward to extending our partnership with CNET as a charter sponsor.”
Via: Smartbrief.com
Joga.com is an online community created by Google and Nike for anyone anywhere in the world who shares a love for soccer, the world’s most popular sport. Joga is about getting to know your fellow fans; creating games and clubs; accessing athletes from Nike; and enjoying video clips and photos (you can even upload your own). You can strengthen existing friendships and begin new ones, join a wide variety of professional athletes and soccer communities, and even create your own to discuss soccer, exchange tips on the coolest moves, browse through various pitches worldwide, and plan your next game.
Joga is about “Joga Bonito” — Portuguese for “play beautiful.”
Advertising.com announced a new video ad network it says will supply about 61 million impressions per month to reach-starved media buyers. “It’s a combination of really large portal-like sites and some smaller sites with great content,” said Mollie Spilman, Advertising.com’s chief marketing officer. “What we’re finding with advertisers is they really want the content. In most cases we’re buying as much as we can get. There’s so much demand and there’s a lot of publishers adding this kind of content.”
Advertising.com is only the second high-profile in-stream video ad network to emerge. The first, called Instream, was beta launched by online video enabler Lightningcast last year and has over 50 participating publishers.
Via: Clickz
There are “reviews,” and then there are reviews. Most publications in the digital video industry don’t really tell you what you need to know, as evidenced by the fact that 80% of the verdicts out there are overwhelmingly positive. So after reading a hundred fluff pieces, you start to pay attention to who’s writing them. DV magazine’s Adam Wilt really puts cameras through their paces, and is exactly the kind of reviewer you want to hear from–he knows a hundred times more about cameras than you ever will. He’s just posted his comprehensive review of Canon’s XL H1, and gives it 4.5 out of 5 stars, saying, “this is the only camera in this price range I’d consider using as a B camera with the CineAlta.”
Via: DV Guru
Finally, a free online location where you can use all your media, create great looking movies and publish to anyone you choose. Whether you’re familiar with other video editing tools or not, you’ll find jumpcut’s online editor very easy to use and full of all the features you need. You can easily add and arrange content in your movie by dragging and dropping thumbnails, select the best parts of your video clips, change duration for your images, add your music or sound effects, choose transitions, add titles, cool effects and you don’t need to download anything, it’s all online.
Publishing to the world (or just your friends) is a snap, so easy that you’ll make it a habit. As soon as you’re done, just press Publish, enter your audience’s email addresses, press send and you’re done. They’ll get a simple link in their email. If you choose to make your movie public, it will be available for viewing, commenting and remixing on the jumpcut.com site. If you have your own website or profile page on another site, you can either post a link to your movie or embed your movies anywhere that lets you enter html.
Discovery Communications is teaming up with Google to offer online video clips of historic sites and popular landmarks. Silver Spring-based Discovery has been working to expand distribution of its content beyond television. The Internet video links will be integrated into the Google Earth mapping software. Initially Discovery will provide clips of ten U.S. national parks, including Yellowstone and Mount Rushmore.
Internet users who click on the Discovery links will be directed to a Discovery Web site with advertising. Discovery senior vice president Donald Baer says it will be a big money maker. Under the deal, Discovery will get to keep all ad revenue.
Via: ABC News
