— New 5-year warranty now comes standard with all A-T 40 Series mics —

STOW, OH, November 5, 2009 — As part of its unparalleled dedication to its end users and confidence in its products, Audio-Technica, a leading innovator in transducer technology for over 45 years, is extending the warranty on its entire acclaimed line of 40 Series microphones. Effective immediately, all 40 Series microphones purchased through an authorized U.S. A-T dealer now come standard with a 5-year warranty. Recent purchases from authorized U.S. A-T dealers, going back to January 1, 2009, are also covered retroactively by this extended warranty.

Included in the warranty are the recently-unveiled AT4080 and AT4081 Bidirectional Active Ribbon Microphones, AT4050ST Stereo Condenser Microphone and AT4047MP Multi-pattern Condenser Microphone, which debuted to much excitement earlier this fall. Also covered are classic 40 Series models such as the more

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

Production and Branding Company Flexes Creative Muscle for Vaseline Men & ESPN.

NY, NY – (November 7, 2009) — Phoenix Productions was tapped for a second year by Unilever to create and produce an integrated brand creative and custom advertising campaign for Vaseline Men and ESPN.

Phoenix Productions produced four HD television commercials as well as online and print media featuring “Brothers” star and former NY Giants defensive end Michael Strahan.

Phoenix Productions shot Strahan demonstrating various 15-minute workouts that conclude with the application of Vaseline Men fast absorbing lotion. In addition to the live action, Phoenix created graphic assets and stills for the print, TV and online media. The spots, which are now airing nationally, can also be seen, along with behind-the-scenes footage, at strongerskin.com.

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ORCHARD PARK, NY - As the temperatures in Western New York continue to drop, the Buffalo Bills’ game day presentation is heating up thanks to RF Central’s RFX-CMT-II camera mounted transmitter and RMR-X6-II diversity receiver’s rock solid signal coverage. more

INLET TECHNOLOGIES TO ENABLE NBC UNIVERSAL’S LIVE ONLINE VIDEO STREAMS DURING THE Vancouver Winter Games, February 12-28, 2010

RALEIGH, NC – NOVEMBER 05, 2009 – Inlet Technologies, a leader in live streaming and video-on-demand solutions for digital media, has been selected to provide Microsoft Internet Information Services (IIS) Live Smooth Streaming online video for NBC Universal during the media company’s coverage of the XXI Olympic Winter Games from Vancouver, February 12-28. The announcement was made today by Perkins Miller, senior vice president, digital media, NBC Olympics; Scott Guthrie, corporate vice president of the .NET Developer Platform at Microsoft Corp.; and John Bishop, senior vice president of strategy and business development, Inlet Technologies.

Inlet’s SpinnakerTM family of encoding solutions is uniquely suited for live sports as it provides broadcast-quality streams over the Internet to multiple screens and devices. With its built-in support for adaptive streaming protocols, including IIS Live more

NY Production House Honored for Excellence in the Category of Consumer TV, Campaign

New York, NY — (November 5, 2009) – The 39th Creativity Annual Awards (CAA) recently recognized COLLECTIVE with Silver honors for the production company’s powerful integrated PSA campaign Robin Hood Responds, which broke summer 2009. Among a field of entries from 37 countries and 37 U.S. states, COLLECTIVE was recognized in the category of Consumer TV, Campaign.

As one of the longest running independent international advertising and graphic design competitions in the world, CAA honors work from around the globe, with a judging panel comprised of some of the most prestigious design firms in the US. The CAA-honored work is further showcased with the competition’s “Annual Book,” a 400-page archive of the year’s top work in print, web, advertising and media design.

“We’re delighted our peers have honored us with a Creativity Award, more

Los Angeles, CA, November 5, 2009—BIRD Design, a strategic creative consultancy based in Hollywood, CA, and Buster, the motion graphics and animation division of the LA-based, award-winning, marketing and production agency Stun Creative, have collaborated to create a brand re-fresh on behalf of the multi-platform network, FEARnet, across all media. BIRD Design’s Peter King Robbins and Tabitha De La Torre made the announcement, in conjunction with Stun Creative Co-Presidents Brad Roth and Mark Feldstein.

Eric Shiu, FEARnet’s Head of Marketing, engaged BIRD Design for this project. He said, “We asked BIRD to ‘re-fresh’ the network in a sophisticated and nuanced way—avoiding the expected, while clearly communicating fear in all its forms: Horror, Thriller, and Suspense. Achieving this allows FEARnet to speak directly to its core audience in an authentic way, while extending its appeal to a broader audience, and by more

Many of This Season’s Most-Watched Programs Feature Autodesk Technology

Post-production houses regularly turn to digital entertainment creation software from Autodesk, Inc. (NASDAQ: ADSK), to help bring movie-like visual effects into millions of homes in this season’s most-watched television programs. Highlights include a 3D video game universe in “House,” the evocative color finishing of “Mad Men” and the UEFA Europa League rebrand.

Ascent Media, which provides creative and technical services through its worldwide network of media facilities, including Encore Hollywood, RIOT and Level 3, uses a combination of Autodesk Flame and Autodesk Inferno visual effects software, Autodesk Lustre color grading software, Autodesk Smoke editorial finishing software and Autodesk 3ds Max 3D animation, modeling and rendering software on more than 25 shows this season, including “NCIS,” “CSI: NY” and “House” (comprehensive more

Santa Fe Springs, Calif. (November 3, 2009) – Enhance Technology, Inc.(ETI), the leader and pioneer in the design & implementation of hybrid I/O technology, will demonstrate its medical imaging storage solutions at the 94th Scientific Assembly and Annual Meeting of the Radiological Society of North America (RSNA) in Chicago, IL from November 29th to December 3rd, 2009.

The annual RSNA Scientific Assembly is an opportunity for medical imaging professionals to access the cutting-edge technology in storage systems. Medical professionals attending the RSNA show will learn how storage solutions can allow them to protect and store important data. ETI will showcase enterprise storage products such as the UltraStor RS16 and UltraStor ES3160, as well as award winning desktop storage systems with promotional incentives. Attendees are welcome to visit Enhance Technology at booth# 2760 in Hall A.

For those that will be present at the show, Enhance Technology more

HSL continues its touring relationship with legendary Bristol-based electronic/trip-hop collective Massive Attack, supplying all lighting equipment and crew to the current UK and European tour, working with lighting designer Robin Haddow.

Says HSL project manager Mike Oates, “It’s great to be working with Robin and Production Manager James Baseley and Tour Manager Dave Lawrence and their team again. Massive Attack have been one of the UK’s most influential and creative bands over the last 2 decades, and their live productions are always inventive and interesting. This one is no exception”. more