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Dynavisions Schweiz AG presents the new SOLO HD 200 to the public. For the first time, it will be possible to display all high-resolution films and videos from the Internet in HD quality without being restricted to the services of one provider. SOLO HD 200 will be available from specialist retailers from February 2008.

During a tour of the International Consumer Electronics Fair in Berlin, the Chairman of the Broadcasting Commission of the Federal States, Kurt Beck, defended the digital strategy of ARD and ZDF from attacks by private competitors

"The Niels Ruf Show" on Sat.1 Comedy is produced in anamorphic widescreen format.

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"Interactive Media" and "Education and Science"

Based on the award-winning CCE Pro Encoder, Cinemacraft Japan launched its new MPEG2 DVD encoding system last week. Highlights include virtual multipass encoding, which allows 2-8 analysis passes to be made in one real-time pass. Also now included: Segment Re-Encoding, for the subsequent re-encoding of segments.

The new version of DVD-EXTRA STUDIO - a JavaScript and database based DVD authoring solution is now available for all customers. New features include: Adobe After Effects 6.5 and Adobe Photoshop CS integration, subtitle automation, a JavaScript debugger, Type 3 instructions and support for the Macrovision Analogue Protection System (APS).

Blackmagic - manufacturer of the DeckLink video card series for PC and Apple - yesterday introduced the new version 4.8 for Windows. New features include: Real-time effects in Adobe Premiere Pro, 3:2 pulldown in HD and Photoshop plug-ins. With version 4.8, SD Material Cross, Additive and Dip-to-Black transitions are supported in real time. Further real-time effects are to follow.

eMotion, Inc, provider of digital media management solutions, will demonstrate the ability to manage, view and annotate media assets on wireless mobile devices at IBC 2001.

TopEnd visualisation - from the Onyx to the desktop system

Now DVCs uncompressed Digital Disc Recorder with 220GB integrated into a 4 HU RACK

Based on the IBM IntelliStation, yello! delivers the latest generation of turnkey solutions for video editing with discreet edit and combustion via its sales partner dcp.

It keeps growing and growing and growing: the Artbeats Digital Film Library has added several hundred new clips in the last 6 months alone.

CineStream from Media 100 with integrated "EventStream" technology enables web developers and content creators to realise software-based interactive streaming media authoring

The "Lossless" codec delivers pristine, uncompressed image quality, maintains image integrity throughout the workflow and measurably improves efficiency and performance

MediaPress Pro SDI delivers SDI capturing capabilities for DVD production

The HD-PCI is a PCI-bus card covering MPEG-2 HD video and audio decoding, which offers an affordable solution for HDTV playback applications. MPEG-2 data stored on the PC systems hard disk can easily be brought to the screen.

FAST Multimedia announced a new product at NAB 2001: FASTstudio.DV. This means that the professional editing software FASTstudio can now also be purchased as a basic package with a card set for desktop or notebook.

At NAB 2001, ECHOlab presented two new ECHOlab 5000 and two new ECHOlab 2000 digital video mixers.

Avid Unity ProEncode Streamlines Media Conversion and Automates Encoding for Web Streaming and Other Formats

Discovery Communications first adopter of joint solution incorporating Convera"s Screening Room and Artesia"s TEAMS digital asset management solution

Key Milestone Reached in Delivering Industry"s First Fully-Integrated Digital Broadcasting Solution

Key-MediaWorks" support of Virage SmartEncode to be demonstrated at NAB 2001

Addresses the Need for Integrated Off-Line Storage in Media Asset Management

DVC extends the HD-SDI Series with new affordable Converter Boxes

With the ClipServer DVC now also offers a MPEG and DV Video Server

The new FASTstudio version 2.55 and the FX software option for 3D effects are now available.

Thanks to support for a new MPEG2 hardware decoder, complex DVD-Video titles can now also be created on Windows 2000 platforms and offer DTS sound

New at edit: Publishing of video content on the web, connection of smoke and fire systems and workflow improvements

Grass Valley's web media publishing solution offers more streams per unit

Technology previews of news offering feature partial file restore technology for ultra-fast archive retrieval, real-time shared storage option

RAVISENT Technologies Inc., a provider of digital audio, video software solutions and Internet appliance technology, today announced a licensing agreement with DVC Digitalvideo Computing GmbH

Multi-Format Broadcast Video Server. The ClipServer is a multi-format video server based on Drastic Technologies Software and assembled by DVC Digitialvideo Computing.

Sands Exhibition Centre Stand # S4147

Hollywood DV-Bridge is the name of the new external converter box from FAST-Dazzle for transferring analogue and digital video material between PC and video camera. The market launch is planned for February 2001. Price: DM 899.

— Avid Technology, Inc. (NASDAQ: AVID) today announced that it acquired the remaining 50 percent ownership stake in iNews, LLC. Avid and the Grass Valley Group each had held a 50% stake in iNews.

Despite the extended range of functions, the second generation of Daikin's professional DVD authoring software has been significantly reduced in price