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. 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

Small Dole, West Sussex, UK, 21 October 2009 - Creative design house 7thSense, the specialist in AV media serving for visitor attractions, 3D theatres, planetariums and digital signage, has supplied four of its Delta media servers to the Museum of Science and Industry, Chicago for the new Giant Heart within the YOU! The Experience exhibit, which opened Oct. 8, 2009. more

Music 2 Hues

Enfield, Connecticut–October 20th, 2009 Music 2 Hues, a leading supplier of Production Music & Sound Effects to the, Film, Video, Animation, & Multimedia Industries, announced their newest Flagship CD title, “Solo Piano,” is now shipping worldwide. Solo Piano is now available on Audio CD, or it can be downloaded in Mp3 and WAV file formats. “This release satisfies the needs of our clients that have been asking for a CD of soft and emotional solo piano music beds, for all visual and multimedia support,” says Andy Wells, president of Music 2 Hues.

“Our updated Download Center offers our clients the ability to purchase individual tracks from all of our 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

Washington, DC - Interface Media Group, Inc. (IMG), Washington, DC’s premier production and post-production company has acquired Virginia based Alexandria Productions, Inc. Alexandria Founder and President Joel Westbrook is joining the company as IMG’s Executive Producer, overseeing original production, co-production and multi-platform projects. more

Studer is supplying two flagship Vista consoles to Peel Media for two large radio studios under construction in the new MediaCityUK complex at Salford Quays in Manchester. more

Vaddio, the global leader in robotic PTZ cameras and camera control systems in the audiovisual and videoconferencing industries, will cross into the global broadcast market at this year’s IBC. IBC is the leading international forum for the electronic media industry, attracting over 1,000 exhibitors from more than 130 countries. With the show just around the corner, Vaddio would like to review its latest broadcast product offerings that will be on display at the show, including new PTZ cameras, seamless switchers and video scalers/converters.

“Our products are shifting more and more to the broadcast realm,” explains Rob Sheeley, president of Vaddio. “Because IBC is the premier global broadcast event, we are thrilled to introduce our products and get the broadcast community acclimated to our technology. We do more than just AV and videoconferencing. IBC is the ideal event to demonstrate our broadcast capabilities.”

Leading the booth this year will more

The Switch expands network capacity to offer Uncompressed HD-SDI paths between NY and Los Angeles

Scott Beers, president and CEO of Beers Enterprises, Inc. (BEI), owner and operator of The Switch™ announced today that the company has increased its network capacity between The NY Switch and The Los Angeles Switch to include uncompressed HD-SDI between the two locations. more

MINNEAPOLIS, MN (August 18, 2009) – Vaddio, the leading manufacturer and OEM distributor of specialty PTZ cameras and high-end camera control systems, supplied Australian-based Vizcom Technologies with 15 Model 70 PTZ robotic camera systems for recording and documenting medical simulation in the Health and Wellness Building at Edith Cowan University (ECU). more