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For the third consecutive year, DDB Worldwide (NYSE: OMC) is partnering with ihaveanidea, advertising's intellectual archive, to stage Portfolio Night, the ad industry's only global portfolio review and recruitment event.
Bringing Portfolio Night to students and young people aspiring to...
Before Noon Post Production Sound Services, Inc. (Before Noon,) has been launched as an independent, "forward thinking," full service audio post production company for the entertainment and corporate industries. Before Noon is helmed by multi-Emmy Award winning audio specialist Peter Cole, a...
Thomson today announced the availability of the NexCode™ HD AVC Encoder, a next-generation encoding solution that provides compression tools to create content in Blu-ray Disc™ and other high-definition formats. The cutting-edge solution for post production is the most powerful and flexible HD...
India's leading media and entertainment executives will discuss their country's rapid growth in the entertainment industry on Wednesday, April 16, during the NAB Show in Las Vegas. The super session, titled "Tune-in to India's Entertainment Economy - From Emerging to Surging," will be led by...
Taking center stage in the digital entertainment revolution, Unicorn Media (www.UnicornMedia.com) today announced an open call for video content for its highly anticipated new free entertainment service. Unicorn Media is emerging from stealth mode this week,...
TiVo Inc. (Nasdaq:TIVO), the creator of and a leader in television services for digital video recorders (DVRs), announced an agreement with YouTube(TM) that will offer access to YouTube videos directly from the TV via a TiVo DVR. The service will be available later this year to broadband-...
The world's most awarded music, sound and audio identity company, Elias Arts (http://www.eliasarts.com.>(http://www.eliasarts.com.), announced today that indie composer/guitarist Mike Semple, former bandmate in Giant...
R/GA, the agency for the digital age, has partnered with Nokia to create a new global campaign, "The Urbanista Diaries," to promote the recently launched Nokia N82. It features a 5-megapixel camera and integrated GPS.
Urbanista Diaries is an extensive three-phase campaign that engages...
Electronic Arts Inc. (NASDAQ:ERTS) and Massive Inc., a wholly owned subsidiary of Microsoft Corp. (Nasdaq:MSFT) and a leading network for video game advertising, today announced an expansion and two-year extension of their agreement to offer dynamic in-game advertising for EA video games. The...
Autodesk, Inc. (Nasdaq: ADSK) announced that developers of its Autodesk Maya Fluid Effects System have been awarded Technical Achievement Awards from the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences. The Maya Fluid Effects System allows digital artists to create realistic animation of liquids and...
Pando Networks, the leading provider of peer-assisted content delivery services and NBC Universal announced today that Pando has been selected to provide video delivery services for the new NBC Direct service.
NBC Direct will offer free hi-resolution downloads of programs across the NBC...
Advertising.com, part of AOL's Platform-A advertising business, announced today the launch of its new Performance Video Product which, through the integration of its proprietary AdLearn technology, will provide advertisers with in-video ad formats and pre-roll inventory placement on a cost-per-...
VoloMedia (formerly Podbridge), the leading provider of advertising, metrics, and reporting solutions for downloadable media, today announced that Timex, a leader in outdoor and sports-performance timepieces, has kicked off a new podcast advertising campaign on Podrunner, the award winning...
VideoBloom has done it again. After noticing there was a plethora of research discussing the demand side of online video yet little research focusing on the supply side, VideoBloom created the Video-Enabled Web Index, or VIEW Index. The VIEW Index will give insight into the companies and sectors...
The membership of the Writers Guild of America, West (WGAW) and the Writers Guild of America, East (WGAE) today voted overwhelmingly in favor of lifting the restraining order and ending their 100-day strike that began on Nov. 5. 3,775 writers turned out in Los Angeles and New York to cast...
An inside look at online advertising from Slingo.com, a top casual game site, reveals some important lessons for online video advertisers.
If you thought there was a lot of video content online now, you haven't seen anything yet. More than 154 million Americans will watch online videos...
American Airlines is unveiling a fully integrated advertising approach that utilizes various media – television, print and online – to focus on international premium class travelers and to increase awareness of American's premium travel experience.
The campaign, created by TM Advertising...
The Society of Motion Picture and Television Engineers (SMPTE) is seeking proposals for technical papers and tutorials for presentation during the 2008 SMPTE Technical Conference & Exhibition. Proposed papers are to be informational in nature and must address technical theory, application or...
ad:tech San Francisco, an interactive marketing and technology conference and exhibition, will be held April 15-17 at the Moscone Center in San Francisco. Attendees will learn how to become masters of two-way conversation in the expanding world of digital marketing.
ad:tech will explore...
Method, a leading brand experience agency, today announced the appointment of TV industry veterans Geoff Katz and John Gilles as Vice Presidents of Media and Entertainment. The latest additions to Method's growing executive team, Katz and Gilles will drive Method's business strategy and...