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iPhone pushes video, web access usage
The iPhone is the most popular device for accessing news and information on the mobile Web, with 85% of iPhone users accessing news and information in the month of January, according to research from M:Metrics. Not less than 30.9% of iPhone owners watched mobile TV or video, versus a 4.6 market average.

Learn to Make Movies - Mad Dog Podcast - all about stop-motion animation, indie film, distribution, music rights, and digital video, etc.  Episodes range from 18 to 30 minutes in length. more

To expand the idea of their new  "Ghosts" project, Nine Inch Nails are inviting their fans to find, create and submit visuals to accompany the album's music. They will then spotlight the best - this can include music videos, or a short film, or something completely abstract. You can use only one track from the album, or use multiple tracks. Join the Ghosts Group at YouTube

Do you need to create and edit audio for your video? Sony ACID Music Studio 7 is designed for consumers or prosumers who want to create original music using loops or recording vocals, instruments, or using MIDI -- DJs and remix artists, home recording studios and musicians, video and multimedia producers, podcast and streaming media creators, educators, trainers, and presenters. more

How to Edit and Play HD Video on the Desktop: HDV and AVCHD - The Guide to Consumer Software for HD Video Playback & Editing

Hulu Launches  - Hulu, the online video joint venture between NBC Universal and News Corp, officially launched, , after 18 weeks of invitation-only beta testing. In addition to content from NBC, Universal and Fox, the company has announced new content partnerships with Warner Bros. Television Group, Lionsgate, and sports leagues NBA, NHL and NCAA.

Sony PMW-EX1 Review  by Antonio Tibaldi
The Film director/videographer gives us a hands on review of the Sony PMW-EX1

How to Keep Your Camcorder Steady While Moving - for Professionals, Broadcasters, A Guide to Camcorder Stabilization Solutions and Technologies

MySpace, in cooperation with the Department of Defense's Armed Forces Entertainment and America Supports You program,  announced the launch of Operation MySpace, a landmark concert event designed to bring troops serving in Kuwait a taste of home and enable the MySpace community to show their support for troops serving overseas.
 
On March 10, MySpace Co-Founders Tom Anderson and Chris DeWolfe, along with some of today's most popular musical acts, participated in a 3-hour plus MySpaceLive! concert in Kuwait that will be streamed in high definition flash video. Performances included the Pussycat Dolls, Jessica Simpson, Disturbed, Filter, DJ Z-Trip and the comedic genius of Carlos Mencia. more

Who are the top sites for sharing video? This list from RealSEO might surprise you - it is from Dec of 2007 but has lots of great info and links.

How to Edit and Play HD Video on the Desktop: HDV and AVCHD - The Guide to Consumer Software for HD Video Playback & Editing

The new Pinnacle Studio MovieBox Plus and MovieBox Ultimate complete hardware and video editing solution that also works with analog video.  more

BurstMedia launches video advertising channel
BurstMedia this week launched the Burst Video Channel, a collection of content-rich web sites that provide advertisers with market-targeting capabilities and nearly 200 million impressions per month.

Looking for Work? Looking for a video producer? Check out Bid4Vid.com . The idea's real simple. Need a video produced, for your business, for a Web campaign, for your family, for a nonprofit? Post a video job on  the site and then select from the best bids from producers who've registered on the site.

Did you make it to the Mobile World Congress (aka 3GSM) this year to see the lates and coolest technologies for video over mobile devices, over phones, etc., etc.?  Telecom TV was on the ground in force at Barcelona providing six hours a day of live TV coverage of the event. And they didn't just cover the waterfront but all the halls, marquees and tents as well as the palace on the hill at the back of the show where the annual GSM Awards Night attracted the great and good of stage screen and mobile handset. You can see all the coverage of Mobile World Congress at www.telecomtv.com/mobileworldtv.

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MySpace, in cooperation with the Department of Defense's Armed Forces Entertainment and America Supports You program, today announced the launch of Operation MySpace, a landmark concert event designed to bring troops serving in Kuwait a taste of home and enable the MySpace community to show their support for troops serving overseas.
 
On March 10, MySpace Co-Founders Tom Anderson and Chris DeWolfe, along with some of today's most popular musical acts, will participate in a 3-hour plus MySpaceLive! concert in Kuwait that will be streamed in high definition flash video using Kulabyte's XStream Live Solutions exclusively on the official Operation MySpace profile: http://myspace.com/operationmyspace. Performances will include the Pussycat Dolls, Jessica Simpson, Disturbed, Filter, DJ Z-Trip and the comedic genius of Carlos Mencia. more

Buying a Camcorder is more confusing than ever before - There are a plethora of technologies to pick from as well as a bewildering assortment of features and capabilities. It is not easy. Here is the guide to what you need to know in order to buy the right kind of camcorder for you, your family and your business

Are you interested in just what's inside a camcorder? Check out TeardownTV from EE Times - Inside the Flip Ultra - Simplicity defined: See how the designers of the Flip Ultra digital camcorder brought complex video and video-sharing technology to the masses. Even Oprah liked this one.

Great Internet - Video Hoaxes - from ComputerWorld Magazine

Like the monster movie Cloverfield, the Haiti spaceship video was a good con because the special effects looked realistic enough -- but not so realistic that they looked like a Hollywood production. The Los Angeles Times outed the French special effects guru who created the video, although "Barzolff" (as the Times called him) was surprised by the intense reaction. more hoaxes

Telecom TV Report - Barcelona: the pitter-patter of tiny steps but no big leaps
TelecomTV has completed its usual exhilarating week at what used to be called 3GSM - now Mobile World Congress - at Barcelona. And by about now it’s customary (once the exhaustion has subsided but before the memories have followed) to somehow wrap things up. Usually this involves leveraging disparate events and announcements into a rickety structure that just about stands up without assistance. However, this year, no such structure or theme suggests itself. Click here for full story

This is fun - eWEEK Magazine's Technology in Film Awards
In honor of the 80th Annual Academy Awards, which take place on Sunday, eWEEK presents its own version of the Oscars -- The eWEEK Technology in Film Awards. READ MORE...

Andy Marken RANTS _ The pro writers are back writing. The pro producers are back producing. The pro owners are back doing whatever they do. The pro consumers are ... on the Web surfing and when the mood strikes them channel surfing on TV. People around the globe and across the age groups are finding they have more news, information, entertainment options -- professional, semi-professional and sloppy amateur. They like the new diversity and options. The big question is will Tellywood ever regain its "ownership" of the consumers' eyeballs and viewing habits again? Andy's RANT

New box brings open IPTV home
A Dutch company is trying to bring IPTV to the masses over the Internet via a business model that uses corporate sponsorships to subsidize distribution of a key piece of hardware that ties together Internet video with existing video products. More about United Content Distributors. from Telephony OnLine

If you are looking for a simple to use program that enables you to easily capture and edit your videos, and then create and burn DVDs featuring your home movies and family adventures, then the new Movie Factory 6 from Corel could be the product for you. With a list price of just $49.99, this latest version of Movie Factory adds several important and powerful new capabilities to an already impressive piece of consumer video editing software. more

Politics, politics and more politics. The Internet, and Internet streaming video, is becoming a powerful channel for promoting politicians and their views. Check out this very cool video promoting Barack Obama and his ideas, his campaign. Whether or not you like him, regardless of whether you support his ideas or not, this is a very well produced video that you ought to watch. DipDive - Obama Song Hey Hillary, your turn.

 How to make a zombie for $50 and win fame on the Web

Erik Beck and his cohorts on IndyMogul.com produce videos showing how to create zombies, ninjas and other special effects on shoestring budgets. The offbeat site has attracted a devoted following of aspiring moviemakers.

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Super Tuesday Video Voting Mash Up - YouTube has established a centralized hub for Super Tuesday-centric political videos. Voters, candidates and news organizations can upload their footage to the site and tag it with a geographic location on the Super Tuesday YouTube Channel where it can be tracked and viewed on a Google Map. more VERY COOL

Checkout the Eyespot Mash-Up site - Create Your Ideal Presidential Candidate Video Mix .  It's your Election. Don't like just one candidate? Mix em up! Make a An Obamillary or a McCainabee mix! They are providing a starter pack of the candidates ads and speeches to start with.  this is a blast - Eyespot.com

UFO Haiti

MTV's 'Choose or Lose' Citizen Journalists Cover Every Super Tuesday State With First-Ever Live Mobile-to-Web Broadcasts.  The real-time, on-the-spot reports will be streamed live all day from correspondents' video-equipped mobile phones to MTVNews.com and ChooseorLose.com. more

Traffic skyrocketing for video-sharing sites - IBLNEWS, Spain -Traffic skyrocketing for video-sharing sites - Unique users to video-sharing sites (dominated by YouTube) have doubled over the last year. The spread of broadband connection, the widespread use of video by a variety of websites, and the increasing of amateur video makers are factors for the longer term.

Are you looking for a way to wirelessly transmit your captured still images from your digital camera to your computer or wifi network? Check out the eye-fi card review. New

The Future of Internet TV?  Why would a well-known music business executive walk away from a successful career (and a seven-figure salary) to become the next Internet entrepreneur?  Just ask Tim Devine, founder of Webcastr.com, a new company whose slogan says it all - ‘the Best of Internet TV.’ more

This is really cool. Introduced at CES 2008, the Liquid Image Digital Underwater Camera Mask allows scuba divers and snorklers to record underwater photos and video hands free.   more

We love to mash up video - especially when we can do it online. Check out this new site dedicated to promoting the new Rambo movie - this mash up site allows you to mix and match a bunch of video and still clips from the latest Rambo film, add a bunch of special effects, sound effects, music, slow mo and more- to create your own Rambo Movie trailer. Its a lot of fun. You can even pan the image around, zoom in, add transitions, titles, etc. When you go to the Rambo site, the link to the mash-up is on the far right. When you are all done, you can post it to the site and share it with other Rambo mash up fans. You can also share a link or embed the completed mash-up on your own web page. VERY cool stuff. http://dev.rambofilm.com/mashup/index.html

Looking for a video editing program that is easy to use? And FREE?  You can download and use Pinnacle Systems free VideoSpin™ video editing and sharing application from www.videospin.com. more

The Plug-In Pavilion - The editor's tools: 3D compositing, titling, FX creation, lighting, color-correction and more with  BorisFX, Graffiti 5.1, Red 4, and Boris Blue 2.

High Definition is the next wave in video. Everyone wants their video to look great on the giant screen TV and on their DVDs. Here is a short guide to some of the top High Definition Camcorders and associated video editing gear. HiDef Camcorder Guide

Don't mess with the Scientologists. This just in from MediaPost - Scientologists Threaten Gawker Media With Legal Action Over Cruise Video
by Wendy Davis
When a nine-minute video of Tom Cruise touting the Church of Scientology hit the Web recently, the group quickly sent out takedown notices. Many publishers complied, but not Gawker Media's Nick Denton. Now, the notoriously litigious Scientologists have complained to Gawker that the video was pirated and have demanded its removal. - Read the whole story...

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The Video Philanthropy Contest starts on Valentines Day 2008 http://www.thinkgiving.com.   The idea is to combine both video creativity and charity and allow video creators to promote social causes they believe in with creative, entertaining and informative videos. Their first video contest theme is to create a Video Thank You to a friend, family member or charity group. details: http://www.imagine.thinkgiving.com/pages/contest_details.html

thinkgiving.com is a new site that has just launched and is devoted to combining creativity in video, art, photo and design with charitable and worthwhile causes.

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Lighting for Interviews Do you know how to light an interview properly for video?

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               A Look at 3:2 Pulldown - 24 frame production in a 30-frame world. All about Drop frame versus Non-Drop Frame

 

 

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Do you like to Make Stuff? Are you geeky and love technological puzzles and projects? Then check out this new book - Make The Best of 75 Projects - After two years, MAKE has become one of most celebrated new magazines to hit the newsstands, and certainly one of the hottest reads. If you're just catching on to the MAKE phenomenon and wonder what you've missed, this book contains the best DIY projects from the magazine's first ten volumes -- a surefire collection of fun and challenging activities going back to MAKE's launch in early 2005.

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This is really cool.  Wireless Back-Up for Sanyo's Xacti HD Flash Camcorders - At CES, Seagate Technology (NYSE:STX) and Sanyo announced that Seagate’s Digital Audio Video Experience™ (D.A.V.E.™) Technology Platform, allows consumers to shoot freely without the worry of filling up the internal 4GB or 8GB memory. By connecting D.A.V.E. technology to the Sanyo Xacti HD Digital Movie Camera using USB, users are essentially adding up to 60GB of storage. more

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"World's Smallest HD Camcorder" Debuts at CES

Panasonic unveils the HDC-SD9, the "world's smallest and lightest" High Definition camcorder at the Consumer Electronics Show, weighing in at just 0.6 pounds and about as tall as an iPhone.

 

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Read This - 10 New Years Resolutions for the Video Maker - How to make your family and event videos look and sound better

 

 

 

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Make FLASH Easy - Wildform develops video, animation and presentation software including the Flix Flash video encoder, the Wild FX Pro video titler and text animator, the Linx easy Flash editor and the Wildform Video Library.
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