SPW Releases
DG FastChannel, Inc. (NASDAQ: DGIT), a leading provider of digital media services to the advertising, entertainment and broadcast industries, today announced that it closed a new six–year, $145 million senior credit facility with BMO Capital Markets as lead arranger. The senior credit facility...
Burst Media, a leading provider of advertising representation, services, and technology to independent web publishers, today announced the introduction of the BurstVideo InBanner ad unit and the Burst Video Channel. BurstVideo InBanner allows advertisers to use existing video assets to deliver a...
Twistedtracks.com now offers royalty free licensing for over 10,000 music compositions and sound effects to producers of corporate and entertainment media.
"What is the sound of one hand clapping?" Those tricky Zen monks won't tell you. But the elusive answer may just be heard among the...
One of the country's leading digital media production agencies joined forces with the world's leading basketball equipment maker to spread inspiration to residents of New Orleans during the recent NBA All-Star week celebration. A production crew from Visual Concepts of Windsor, CT worked with...
Z Group Films recently wrapped a shoot at the Las Vegas Palms Hotel for a 30-second Courvoisier film. The film tells a story of a wild night in the Sin City with vivid images and rich color brought to life by director Michael LaBellarte utilizing cutting...
Adobe Systems Incorporated (Nasdaq:ADBE) today announced Adobe® Director® 11 software, a major upgrade to the company's powerful multimedia authoring tool for building interactive applications and rich content. The latest release contains a flexible and easy-to-use authoring environment enabling...
TSNStudios (TSNS) has launched a new service for the film production, entertainment and gaming industries. Through an application of the advanced Extreme Loading® technology developed by its sister company Applied Science International (ASI), TSNS has succeeded in creating a level of visual...
Getty Images Inc. (NYSE:GYI), the world's leading creator and distributor of visual content and other digital media, announced today that it has entered into a definitive merger agreement to be acquired by affiliates of the private equity firm Hellman & Friedman LLC in a transaction valued...
Yankee Group today announced that IPTV will redefine pay TV in the United States. IPTV will change the competitive landscape for subscription services by morphing the service from one-size-fits-all traditional broadcast TV into an open, flexible, customizable offering, tailored to the needs of...
Eyeblaster, the independent global leader in integrated digital marketing services, today announced the general availability of three groundbreaking media and campaign management solutions: Campaign Monitor, Excel-based Trafficking and Eyeblaster Analytics Plug-in for Excel. The solutions cover...
TNS, the global market information and insight provider, today announced that it has created a new entity called TNS media. The move combines the North American operating units TNS media intelligence and TNS media research along with newly-acquired companies Compete and Cymfony under one...
Interpolls, a leading rich media technology company, announced today it is working with Scion to launch a Rich Media Widget campaign to showcase the auto-maker's new xD, xB and tC model vehicles. The online campaign launches this week with Scion's Rich Media Widget, designed by Attik, appearing...
Lightstir Studios and StoneKap Productions, Ltd. introduced the P2Forge Suite, an integrated suite of applications designed to build and improve modern video production and post-production workflows. Developed as an in-house production toolset, its extensive and practical capabilities help...
Early attempts to bring networked video to consumers' television screens have fallen far short of success, but that may change soon with the arrival of new vertically integrated solutions and business models, according to a recent study from ABI Research. Thus far, initial product offerings have...
Nancy Hill has been appointed to serve as president and chief executive officer of the American Association of Advertising Agencies, which was confirmed by the AAAA Board of Directors this afternoon in New York City.
Hill, 49, a veteran leader of AAAA member agencies on both coasts, has...
TiVo Inc.(NASDAQ: TIVO), the creator and leader of advertising solutions and television services for digital video recorders (DVRs), announced this year's top Super Bowl commercial moments. This information was prepared using aggregated, anonymous, second-by-second audience measurement data...
The Nielsen Company today announced that it has made a strategic investment in NeuroFocus, an innovative firm that specializes in applying brainwave research to advertising, programming and messaging. The two companies will work together in an alliance to develop new forms of measurement and...
Acision, the messaging and charging company of choice for over 300 network operators and service providers worldwide, and OgilvyOne Worldwide, a WPP company and the global leader in interactive marketing, today announce that they have forged an alliance for mobile marketing. The alliance...
Riptide Music, a leading source of licensed music for the advertising, feature film, film trailer, television, TV promo, and videogame industries, has announced exclusive worldwide representation of the Fuel Records catalog, comprised of over 10,000 historic masters. The announcement was made...
The Directors Guild of America's National Board of Directors voted unanimously this afternoon to recommend ratification of the new three-year collective bargaining agreements between the DGA and the Alliance of Motion Picture and Television Producers (AMPTP), DGA President Michael Apted...