Telestream acquires live production and streaming specialist Vara Software

Nevada City, Calif., August 27, 2008 – Telestream, the provider of Flip4mac, Episode and FlipFactory content repurposing and workflow automation products, today announced that it has completed the acquisition of European-based Vara Software Ltd., a privately-held company. The acquisition adds the products, technologies and employees of Vara Software to those of Telestream, Inc., a privately-held […]

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wondertouch releases significant feature enhancements for particleillusion for MAC OS X product line

ST. LOUIS (August 27, 2008) – wondertouchâ„¢, a leading software developer of high performance particle effects creation tools, today announced that new versions for its particleIllusionâ„¢ 3.0 and particleIllusion SE line of product offerings on the Mac® OS® X are now available. The updates to particleIllusion 3.0, wondertouch’s industry standard, full-featured standalone particle effects application, […]

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Canon U.S.A. announces the introduction of the new EOS 50D digital SLR camera

LAKE SUCCESS, N.Y., August 26, 2008 – With the demand for digital SLR cameras reaching unprecedented levels, Canon U.S.A., Inc., a leader in digital imaging, is answering the call with the announcement of the next evolution in advanced amateur digital SLR photography, the EOS 50D Digital SLR Camera with 15.1 megapixel resolution and Canon’s new […]

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Wonderdog Media produces Pacific Northwest medical news network with Panasonic AG-HVX200 P2 HD

SECAUCUS, NJ (August 25, 2008) – Wonderdog Media (Tacoma, WA), one of the Pacific Northwest’s premier digital video production companies, has made Panasonic’s solid-state AG-HVX200 P2 HD camcorder its mainstay acquisition tool since early 2006. The award-winning facility specializes in corporate and commercial video, and is dedicated to serving non-profits such as CARE International and […]

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Showdown at the RWVC Corral: Mac Encoder Shootout Redux

After reading last week’s Real World Video Compression article that compared four Mac compression tools, I suggested a more comparative test that took time to standardize encoding settings to level the playing field. In the initial shootout, default templates and encoding settings were used for the most part. That’s not to say that the initial […]

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