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Apple Soundtrack Pro 2 Workshop in the Current DIGITAL PRODUCTION
If Apple's original slogan long ago was “The Computer for the Rest of Us”, Soundtrack Pro 2 could today be called “The Recording Studio for the Rest of Us”.
Total rebellion: Intempo’s Rebel downloads music directly as MP3 files from FM radio – free and without advertising, presenters or news
Always have the latest hits on your iPod - without spending any money? The Rebel makes it possible. Intempo's innovative recorder downloads the most-played hits from any FM radio programme as MP3 files - and does so entirely legally.
Two eneloop Products Win iF Design Awards
Sanyo has received 2008 iF product design awards for the eneloop rechargeable battery and solar-powered eneloop Solar Charger.
Dolby Demonstrates Mobile Media Technology
At CeBIT 2008, Dolby Laboratories will demonstrate audio technology for portable computers, media players, and mobile phones.
GAMEplace evening: Music & Sound in Games
As part of the international Musikmesse in Frankfurt, GAMEplaces will address the subject of 'Music & Sound in Games' on March 14.
Alternative Trim Levels for Lynx Aurora
The Lynx Aurora 16/1824 converter replaces the standard model’s +6 dBV/+20 dBu settings with +18 dBu and +24 dBu full-scale trim levels.
VOVOX power mains cables receive CE marking
What has long been established knowledge among hi-fi freaks is still hotly debated among sound engineers: the effect of 230 V mains cables on sound quality.
Redmatica and Wavemachine Labs present new products at Musikmesse
The Italian software forge Redmatica presents its entire
range of EXS24 sample management software:
Edirol Updates VC-300HD Multi-Format Converter to Version 2
Edirol has added a substantial set of new features to its VC-300HD video converter.
Chinese mobile-phone users love multimedia
The mobile phone is an extremely popular entertainment device in China. According to a current study by US market research company M:Metrics, multimedia applications such as music, photos and games are the favourites among Chinese mobile-phone owners.
Sony Introduces PCS-XG80 Full-HD Conferencing
Sony has introduced the PCS-XG80, a 1080i videoconferencing system supporting six-site HD calls, dual streams and live annotation.
US music star releases album exclusively as mobile-phone download
Music industry pins hopes on mobile-communications market.
Dolby Demonstrates Mobile Audio Technologies
Dolby is demonstrating Dolby Mobile and aacPlus technologies for phones and portable media players at Mobile World Congress.
Memup Introduces Mediadisk MX
Memup has introduced the Mediadisk MX multimedia hard drive with capacities up to 1 TB and 1080i HDMI or DVI output.
SAE Institute opens European Degree Center in Oxford
Just one hour from London lies Oxford, the city of "dreaming spires" and home to one of the the oldest and most renowned universities in the world. This international centre of academic education, has now also been chosen as the location of the new European SAE Degree Center and thus provides the unique environment for study, knowledge and experience
Skype: “We have WLAN voice quality under control”
Playstation Portable becomes a VoIP device through a company update
ARD remains confident in digital radio relaunch
In its 16th report, the KEF cut the ARD’s €140 million registration for a 2009–2012 digital terrestrial radio relaunch by around 90%.
Your own personal music studio at home
Primera Technology’s “PTRip” makes it very easy to transfer music tracks from optical media to Windows Media Player or iTunes
Legal music downloads deliver record result
34.5 million songs sold – physical market continues to decline.
MTV partners with mobile video service ViiF
Using a short break to watch a music video on a mobile phone or catch up on the latest music news: the partnership between MTV Networks Germany and mobile video service ViiF now makes this possible.
EU ends proceedings against Apple over iTunes prices
The European Commission has ended competition proceedings against electronics group Apple over differing prices for downloading music from the iTunes online shop.
Dolby presents innovative audio and imaging technologies
At this year’s Consumer Electronics Show (ICES), Dolby Laboratories, Inc. is presenting technologies that transform picture and sound to greatly enhance the digital entertainment experience.
KORE 2 Demo Available for Windows and Mac
Native Instruments has released a demo of KORE 2, the second generation of its multifunctional host system.
Cirrus Logic DSP Adds Dolby Volume
Cirrus Logic has introduced the CS48DV2 audio DSP with Dolby Volume processing for digital television applications.
KONTAKT 3 Demo Available
Native Instruments has released a KONTAKT 3 demo for Windows and Mac OS X with a tailored selection from the full sampler library.
Pinnacle Studio 11 Gains Three Add-On Packs
Scorefitter and Title Extreme add soundtrack generation, short stingers, title templates and text effects to Pinnacle Studio 11.
Audiobook Download Market Breaks $100 Million Mark
The market is also developing rapidly in Germany
Adobe Announces Flash Media Server 3
Improved protection for video streaming in HD format / New pricing model
End of Beta Phase: Adobe Flash Player 9 Supports H.264 Codec
Videos in HD quality and high-quality audio playback on the web
New Flash Player Available
Adobe Is Making the New Flash Player Version 9.0.115.0 Available for Download.
Full Christmas Programme with ClipInc.
Nine new stations play Christmas music around the clock.
Soundarchiv Opens Marketplace for Sound Effects
Soundarchiv.com has launched an open marketplace where sound professionals can sell effects and atmospheres worldwide.
Halle Mixing Stage Earns Dolby Premier Licence
The MMZ cinema mixing stage in Halle has become Germany’s first studio to receive a Dolby Premier Licence.
DTS Audio Technologies Support Tensilica’s HiFi 2 Audio Engine
DTS and Tensilica have announced a close collaboration to develop and implement leading DTS technologies for Blu-ray Disc and HD DVD in Tensilica’s HiFi 2 Audio Engine.
PTV Offers AJA FS-1 Broadcast Converter
AJA's FS-1 converts SD and HD analogue or digital video and audio, with frame synchronization, format conversion and network control.
MCI supplies Al Jazeera
MCI received from Al Jazeera Children’s Channel the contract to build a 10-camera HD outside broadcast van. It is the first HD transmission van for the Children’s Channel based in Doha, Qatar.
Sybase 365 launches new gateway for MMS content
Central connection enables direct delivery of rich media content to millions of mobile users.
osTube 2.0 Released — Free Video Community Framework
The first Media Content Management System (MCMS) with significantly expanded functionality.
Riedel Connects Rugby World Cup Venues
Riedel links 12 Rugby World Cup stadiums with Artist 64 intercom matrices, TETRA radio networks and more than 3,000 handsets.
Blackmagic presents: Design Multibridge
Multibridge Pro 2 and Multibridge Eclipse are Blackmagic’s comprehensive in/out solutions for HD/SD-SDI, HDMI, analog video and multichannel audio (analog and digital) on Mac and Windows.
Avid supports DC Days
At a press conference, Avid press spokesman Michael Dalock-Schmidt explains Avid’s commitment to this year’s digital creation days. We have put the explanation online.
LifeSize: Affordable HD products for video conferencing
LifeSize Communications launches three new HD video-conferencing systems at different performance levels.
MP3 inventors from Fraunhofer IIS inducted into the »Consumer Electronics Hall of Fame«
At a ceremony in San Diego, California, USA, the American Consumer Electronics Association inducted Prof. Dieter Seitzer, Prof. Heinz Gerhäuser and Prof. Karlheinz Brandenburg into its Hall of Fame.
Apple-Starbucks deal for music downloads with Akamai infrastructure
Dedicated content servers for faster music downloads in Starbucks branches / Rollout in USA continues
Kaspersky Lab analyzes first MP3 spam wave
Kaspersky Lab has subjected the MP3 spam mails that appeared for the first time to an initial analysis. Based on the findings obtained from this, the company expects that this form of spam will not prevail.
Premiere for first German HD radio
Radio Regenbogen launches three digital programmes on October 25
Led Zeppelin in the iTunes Store
THe Digital Box Set can be pre-ordered from today for around 80 euros
The MP3 search engine eSpew.com cooperates with HooQs(TM) and launches a service for free music downloads to mobile phones
eSpew, the world’s largest online search engine for free downloads of MP3 music, is growing, with over 19 million MP3 songs and more than 1.3 million visitors per month.
First MP3 spam in circulation
Once again, a new round in the competition between spam senders and spam filters is being ushered in. For the first time, a spam e-mail with an MP3 attachment has been caught in antispameurope’s filters.
ITG discussion on the subject of podcasts
The event on October 30, 2007, at the IRT, Munich (10:00 to 17:00) deals with the subject “Streaming Media, the Internet equivalent of radio and television”.
3rd SAE Alumni Convention/SAE Alumni Award 2007
Exhibitors from all areas of media present their products, and visitors can obtain information on current technical and scientific topics in specialist lectures as well as panel discussions. On the first evening of the convention, the Alumni Awards will be presented in the following categories: best audio production, best multimedia production, best short film, best 3D visual FX project, best business idea.
Klassik Radio is thrown off the network by Kabel Baden-Württemberg
The nationwide and publicly listed broadcaster Klassik Radio has been taken completely off the network by Kabel Baden-Württemberg (Kabel BW).The specialist magazine Werben & Verkaufen (W&V) reports this in its issue
appearing on Thursday.
MAGIX Expands Video deluxe 2008 Range
MAGIX Video deluxe 2008 adds timecode scene detection, batch conversion, HD disc output and expanded effects, audio and animation tools.
Legal music downloads grow by 37 percent
The boom in legal music downloads continues. In the third quarter of 2007 alone, 9.3 million digital products were downloaded from the Internet, media control reports. "The past quarter was the strongest single quarter in history," says Ulrike Altig, managing director of media control. The increase corresponds to 37.1 percent compared with the same period of the previous year.
Microsoft hesitates with Zune player in face of «difficult German market»
Microsoft will not compete against Apple’s iPod with its Zune music player in Germany in the short term. «The German market for MP3 players is one of the most difficult in the world». Stephan Brechtmann, who is responsible for the «Entertainment & Devices» division at Microsoft Germany, said this on Saturday at an information event in Kitzbühel.
dc days: Light in the GEMA jungle
The delicate question of music licenses is clarified as part of a lecture.
BerlinCalling Opens Mobile Content Market
BerlinCalling launches a marketplace for mobile video, sound and animation, with artists retaining copyright and receiving half the revenue.
Sonnet Adds FireWire 800 and USB Ports
The Tango Express 800 PCIe card adds three FireWire 800 and three USB 2.0 ports for Mac Pro, Power Mac G5, Xserve and Windows PCs.
Download Steinberg’s Sequel Free to Try It Out
The Sequel music software, introduced to the market in spring 2007 by Steinberg Media Technologies GmbH, is now available as a trial version on the manufacturer's website.
On Course for Success with the Right Voice
The sound of a voice plays a decisive role in what impression and emotional attitude arise in a listener. The voice of one and the same person can have a completely different effect – for example confident, soothing or insecure. The decisive factor is the speaker's current emotional state. With the new Power2Voice software, it is now possible to recognize the emotional effect of one's own voice and optimize it to suit the context and listener.
Concerns about ARD’s planned online «media library»
The «media library» planned by ARD is meeting with concerns at the Rhineland-Palatinate State Chancellery, which has the leading role in media policy. It must be examined whether the project for free downloading of television and radio programmes from the Internet is covered «in peripheral areas» by the state treaty.
pong de: Experimental Music and Media Festival
From November 3 to 24, 2007, there will once again be exhibitions and performnaces at the Cologne media festival.
Swiss HD Radio Trial Enters Second Phase
Switzerland expands its HD Radio field trial with a Lucerne repeater, public test receivers and work on EPG, visual radio and surround sound.
Getty Opens Soundtrack Music Licensing
Getty Images launches Soundtrack with more than 20,000 independent recordings for radio, television, film, advertising and digital media.
Steinberg Presents Nuendo 4
The audio solution comes with new features for Audio Post, Studio Production and Live Recording.
HD Radio Days 2007 in Lucerne
Ruoss AG and Radio Sunshine, supported by BAKOM
(Federal Office of Communications), have been conducting the first large-scale field test
for HD Radio in Europe since March 2006.
Harsher Penalties for Music Pirates
Amount in dispute raised to 20,000 euros per piece of music
Revenue from Music Downloads Climbs to 60 Million Euros
The market for digital music is growing by 25 percent in 2007. Two thirds of revenue is generated with men.
Sony Updates Home Studio Software Suite
Sony updates Vegas Movie Studio, Sound Forge Audio Studio and ACID Music Studio with Windows Vista support and guided tutorials.
Apple Presents Logic Studio
After Final Cut Studio for video, Apple is taking on the audio market with the upgrading of Logic Pro to Logic Studio.
DigiCut ST by D.A.V.I.D. Presented
Alongside its video portfolio, the Munich-based D.A.V.I.D. GmbH is presenting the DigiCut ST video editor for the first time in Amsterdam.
Multibridge Pro Adds 3 Gb/s SDI and 2K
Blackmagic's PCIe Multibridge Pro combines 3 Gb/s dual-link SDI, HDMI, analogue video, multichannel audio and 2K capture.
Barix AG Presents New Broadcasting Technology
Swiss Barix AG presented the new Exstreamer 1000 for audio distribution and the new Annuncicom 1000, a voice-over-IP device for STL transmission/monitoring of voice programmes, in Amsterdam.
Sony Presents Vegas Pro 8 Production Suite
At IBC 2007, Sony Sony Creative Software presented its Vegas Pro 8 video and audio production suite.
Barix Adds Exstreamer and Annuncicom 1000
Barix will show the Exstreamer 1000 IP-audio distribution unit and Annuncicom 1000 Voice-over-IP system at IBC.
MainConcept Licenses Codec Technologies for Flash Player to Adobe
MainConcept AG, a worldwide leading provider of audio and video codecs as well as Software Development Kits (SDKs) for the broadcast and consumer market and for the film industry, today announced the licensing of its H.264 and AAC technology to Adobe Systems.
25 Years of CD: The Triumph of the Compact Disc
The technical revolution began with ABBA’s last album. The final songs by the Swedish superstars were the first to be pressed onto a completely new sound carrier in 1982. The CD
Concert Recordings Move to USB at the Venue
Startup di[rec] is remixing live concerts on site and selling authorised recordings on USB drives immediately after performances.
John Lennon’s Solo Catalogue in the iTunes Store
Apple has announced the availability of the John Lennon catalogue in the iTunes Store.
Universal Music Tests DRM-Free Downloads
Universal Music plans a five-month trial of music downloads without copy protection.
Hands on HD Draws 350 Production Professionals
The Hands on HD event combines seven days of camera, sound and postproduction training for 350 industry participants.
New version of AllCapture 2.0
Software manufacturer balesio presents the new version of its screen-video tool. ALLCapture enables professional screen recordings in real time and is now also available as an Enterprise version.
New channel “e.clips – The Entertainment Channel” launches on Premiere Star
New 24-hour channel with news from the areas of TV, cinema, video, games and music
launches in October. The focus is on German-language entertainment.
During research for NDR documentary: Stammheim tapes discovered
For more than thirty years they were considered destroyed: the audio tape recordings of the Stammheim trial against RAF founders Andreas Baader, Gudrun Ensslin and Jan-Carl Raspe.
Stones concert by Scorsese
Director Martin Scorsese has filmed a Stones concert. The film SHINE A LIGHT is in post. First pictures show a very interesting concert film.
Music charts: New rules in effect
The official German music charts are now open to "download-only" titles. The revenues generated, rather than the copies sold, are now decisive in determining the positions.
Germany Plans First HD Radio Field Trial
Radio Regenbogen, T-Systems and LFK plan Germany’s first HD Radio field trial for late August.
MCI Builds SWR’s First HD Studio
MCI is planning and building an HD compact studio in Baden-Baden for SWR magazine production.
Sennheiser advertises with elaborate 3D cinema spot
3D backgrounds from Maxwell Render, live-action shoot on 35mm with Arriflex 435 ES
ARD reaffirms its position on doping in cycling
In a conference call today, Friday, the directors of ARD once again reaffirmed their position on withdrawing from live reporting of the Tour de France 2007.
31 “Emmy” nominations for RTL II series
The American Television Academy has announced the nominations, awaited with excitement as every year, for the 59th presentation of the coveted television awards. This year, the RTL II series highlight "Heroes", with eight nominations, is among the biggest "Emmy" favorites.
OPIUM – DIARY OF A MADWOMAN a festival success around the globe
The H2O Motion Picture/ Hunnia Filmstudio/ EuroArts Filmed Entertainment co-production OPIUM - DIARY OF A MADWOMAN, which is based on the recently discovered diaries of Hungarian neurology pioneer Dr. Jozsef Brenner, is developing into a festival success worldwide.
More than 830,000 viewers flocked to “Harry Potter”
Harry Potter, the best-known of all wizard apprentices, is back in cinemas. 834,000 viewers stormed into "Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix" in the first two days, 377,000 of them on Wednesday at the various previews.
NDR Orders Two Quantel eQ Editing Suites
MCI will build two HD-SDI editing suites for NDR in Hamburg around Quantel eQ systems.
Halle Local Court finds: Downloading pirated copies is punishable
Not only the sale of illegal film and game copies, but also the downloading of such files constitutes a criminal act. This was the finding of the Halle Local Courtt on July 11.
Music industry steps up action against operators of illegal file-sharing networks
Making one's computer available as a server for illegal file-sharing networks can become expensive. In a preliminary injunction now served, the Hamburg Regional Court (case no. 308 O 273/07) ordered the provider of an eDonkey server to take his computer off the network as long as illegal music files are offered there for download.