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Profile: Living Black produced and presented by Karla Grant, SBS Television Australia
In 2009 Karla Grant is in her 7th year as Presenter and Executive Producer of Living Black, SBS TV's prime-time national Indigenous current affairs program. Karla was appointed Executive Producer of SBS's Indigenous Media Unit in 2002 and from there, developed the concept for Living Black which first aired in February 2003.
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JVC's Dave Walton talks about company's latest HD cameras
JVC recently introduced two ProHD camcorders that can record files to standard SDHC memory card that you can buy at virtually any discount department store or shopping mall. The handheld HM100 and the shoulder mount HM700 will be showcased at the upcoming NAB2009 show in Las Vegas. DMN spoke with JVC's Dave Walton on aspects of both cameras. Read on for more information on JVC's offerings.
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Fujitsu's IP-9500e MPEG-4 Encoder
CBS' Evening News with Katie Couric recently began broadcasting in high definition. The network turned to Fujitsu Computer Products of America, Inc., which used their IP-9500e MPEG-4 AVC encoder, in conjunction with Sencore's MRD3187A Decoder, to deliver high quality HD, while using half the bandwidth.
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The state of the broadcast industry: The Switchover to HD
With High Definition television becoming more and more a part of our daily lives, consumers are now finding themselves scrambling to find content from their cable or satellite providers. Blu-ray and digital download services such as iTunes are giving people a vast amount of choice when it comes to movies and television shows, but what is happening with broadcasters? It almost seems like they are being left behind when it comes to switching their facilities over to HD to satisfy the growing consumer demand for HD content.
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Avid's "New Thinking"
With the recent release of Media Composer 3.0, new hardware configurations, a price cut on both hardware and software, and its "New Thinking" philosophy, Avid is turning a lot of heads in the post production industry. DMN contributing editor Kevin McAuliffe had the chance to ask Kirk Arnold, Executive Vice President of Customer Operations at Avid Technology about some of these bold steps.
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Ant Neely: Not Fit for Human Consumption
Ant Neely, musician and Mac enthusiast has been scoring a show out of the Netherlands. The actors use motion capture to grab all of the action then transfer the data to 3D characters. While talking to Ant about the show, I also found out that he is also geotracking his latest CD: Not Fit for Human Consumption
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VegasHD offers HD broadcast services targeted at the out of town broadcaster
A broadcast production and digital fiber services company has opened in Las Vegas to give out of town broadcasters the capability to take advantage of local HD and broacsat services without the expense of driving in their own broadcast trucks. Called VegasHD and started by industry veterans Gordon Wason, Jim Rutledge and Robin Leach, the company hopes that its offerings will afford out of town broadcasters a cost effective solution to getting their stories out of Las Vegas.
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DMN Podcast Episode 39: IMUG Founder Carey Dissmore and Co-chair Steve Kahn
With NAB 2008 coming up I decided to get two great guys on the horn. Welcome to Carey Dissmore and Steve Kahn. Both are fantastic content makers. Carey is the founder of International Media Users Group (www.imugonline.com ), and Steve is the Co-chair. Their event at NAB is the ever popular MediaMotionBall.
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DMN Podcast Episode 34 ? Director of Photography Aaron Platt
I love cinematographers. They have saved my life on many occasions by making a bad shot decision look great. A good one is hard to find. If you find that magic one, keep him or her by your side forever.
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DMN Podcast Episode 33 ? Phillip Hodgetts discusses OpenTVNetwork.com
How to make money with media on the Internet has been the $64,000 question for more than a decade. Merchant prices always seem to crush any vision of selling content for micro amounts. Price the content too high and it will never sell.
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