Leading stock video marketplace adds music and sound effects to its royalty-free collection

New York, NY, October 28, 2009 — Pond5.com, the fast-growing marketplace for stock video, has significantly expanded its offering by adding stock music and sound effects to it’s collection of downloadable royalty-free stock media. This major addition provides media producers everywhere with instant access to the full array of stock content needed in today’s production workflows.

The audio side of Pond5 launches with more than 15,000 sound effects and over 3,000 production music tracks, which will complement one of the leading stock video collections on the web. Pond5 now features over 240,000 royalty-free stock footage clips, with thousands more added each week. All media can be searched, previewed, purchased and downloaded directly from the site.

“We’re extremely excited about introducing audio on Pond5,” says CEO Tom Bennett. “We think the same factors more

NEW YORK, NY - NORTHERN LIGHTS POST (www.nlpedit.com) Assistant Editor Jacob Condon won third place in the annual Camp Kuleshov contest (http://aicetoo.org/nyck2009/), formerly known as Trailer Park, for his spy thriller mash-up trailer of 1989’s film “Field of Dreams” starring Kevin Costner and 1978’s “Superman”, starring Gene Hackman.

The annual genre-bending challenge, sponsored by the Association of Independent Creative Editors (www.aice.org), is only open to member company Assistant Editors. Their assignment is to concept and execute a completely new take on old film classics and create a :90 second trailer that promotes the films in a new light. Either switching the genre or creating a mash-up of two films.

Mr. Condon’s cut beat out over 30 other entries.

This is the fourth time that Northern Lights contestants have placed at the annual genre-bending conference. Including Scott Rankin’s first place win in 2006 with his reinterpretation of “Cocktail” as a more

Hurricane Gustav storm surge overtakes the West Side Pier in Gulfport, Mississippi. Cinematographer: Martin Lisius/StormStock. Medium: Kodak Vision 35mm.

ARLINGTON, Texas – There are few in the world who posses the unique set of skills developed by Prairie Pictures’ StormStock founder Martin Lisius. Lisius is part storm chaser, part cinematographer and part producer. Over the past 20 years, he has amassed the most dynamic collection of weather footage in the world. more

FORMERLY KNOWN AS ALAN ETT MUSIC GROUP, THE MUSIC COLLECTIVE IS A PREMIERE FULL SERVICE MUSIC PRODUCTION COMPANY

Los Angeles, CA, Oct. 19 — The Music Collective is proud to appoint multi-talented artist and composer Alec Puro to the post of Vice President/Creative Director/Composer, it was announced today by AECG President & CEO Alan Ett. An AECG company, The Music Collective is a premiere full service music production company. more

Minneapolis, MN, USA — (October 2009) – www.chiefmfg.com – Chief Manufacturing, the industry leader in projector, monitor and flat panel TV mounting solutions, is excited to announce its new line of mini projector mounts are now available.

Chief’s Mini RPA Elite (RSMA) is a miniature version of the popular RPA Elite® (RPM) projector mount, perfect for today’s smaller projectors. The mini mount features a newly designed universal projector interface bracket with convenient lamp and filter access, providing even faster installation and servicing of the projector. At almost half the size of the original Elite mount, the new mini mount includes the same great features, including micro-adjustments for precise registration, Centris® fingertip positioning, and Q-Lock™ keyed locking. The Mini RPA Elite maintains registration when disconnected, has integrated cable management and supports up to 25 lbs. more

CATALOG INCLUDES SUCH ROCK ‘N’ ROLL & BLUES CLASSICS AS JOHNNY BE GOOD, WHO DO YOU LOVE, SUSIE-Q, SURFIN’ USA & ROLL OVER BEETHOVEN

Los Angeles, CA, Oct. 7, 2009 – Opus 19 Music, LLC, an AECG company, will exclusively represent ARC Music, the iconic music publisher of some of the best known and revered blues and rock songs of the past fifty years, it was announced today by Alan Ett, CEO of AECG. The announcement follows the acquisition of the ARC Music catalog by Fuji Entertainment America (”FEA”), a subsidiary of Fuji Media Holdings. more

Northern Lights’ Ted Gannon composed and performed the music for Hilary Duff’s web video mini-series featured on Youtube called THE CHASE to promote her new clothing line for DKNY, “Femme”.

The first episode of THE CHASE, “Chapter One: The Beginning”, brought in over 350,000 views in its first week and became one of Youtube’s most watched videos. more

LOS ANGELES, CA – March 23, 2009 – Promax|BDA, the leading global association for marketing, promotion and design professionals working in the entertainment industry, announced today five of the keynote speakers who will address the 2009 conference delegation taking place June 16-18 in New York, NY at the Hilton New York Hotel. more

The Hollywood based Alan Gordon Enterprises, Inc. is now the exclusive distributor of a new line of production bags and accessories from Arri Media. In response to the market demand for affordable and practical accessories for film and video production people, ARRI Media has designed an extensive range of protective and durable fabric products catering to the everyday needs of camera crews. more

Fans from around the world can purchase pay-per-view access to historic sold-out musical event

SAN ANTONIO – August 28, 2009 – NewTek Inc., manufacturer of industry-leading video and 3D animation products, Panacea Entertainment and Todocast™, the affordable portable live satellite web-broadcasting system, announced today that they are offering pay-per-view tickets to a live stream of the upcoming sold-out Todd Rundgren concerts in Akron, Ohio on September 6 and 7 at 6:00 p.m. CT/7:00 p.m. ET and Chicago, Illinois on September 12 and 13 at 8:00 p.m. CT. Todd will be performing his watershed 1973 masterpiece, “A Wizard, A True Star” (AWATS) in its entirety for the first time, plus a second “surprise mystery set.” The ticket offers a two-day pass in each city that includes coverage of the concert and exclusive backstage access. more