The perfect Social Media Camera?

I've got a bunch of interesting jobs here at TechWeb. Some jobs have titles (currently, I've got three official titles). Others don't. One of my lesser known roles has to do with our video strategy across TechWeb's Web properties and events. I wore a similar hat when I worked for ZDNet and thanks to innovative video cameras like Panasonic's AG-HVX200, we were able to publish nicely produced video without sacrificing too much of the speed of blogging. But now, in an effort to move the ball forward again, I can't find the right camera (requirements below).

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Shining on Microsoft's SilverLight

Microsoft Silverlight is a cross-browser, cross-platform and cross-device plug-in for delivering the next generation of .NET-based media experiences and rich internet applications for the Web. This paper provides insight into migrating your online video experiences from Windows Media Player to Silverlight. It outlines considerations for upgrading your client experiences, protecting your content and advertising using digital rights management, content encoding, as well as HTTP-based delivery using a streaming server or Web server.

Link to the downloadable Guide

PeerTV to Launch version 3.0 of Media Xplorer at IPTV WorldForum 2009

Raanana, IL (February 26, 2009) - PeerTV, developer of hardware and software solutions for the Internet-based TV market, will launch its new edition of MX 3.0 client/server technology at IPTV World Forum 2009, to be held on 25-27 March in London.

MediaXplorer 3.0 technology and application prevail a new concept of products and services that enable the launch of advanced Internet Media service, targeting TVs as the display device.

PeerTV will demonstrate at the forum the new MediaXplorer widget-based application, PeerTV's MX Gateway 3.0 technology (MX 3.0), running on PeerStation advanced internet TV STBS.

Steaming Media.com

Solana Productions First to Shoot 2010 Lincoln MKT in Secret Road Test

San Diego December 29, 2008 -- Solana Productions, Inc., a San Diego video production company, was chosen by Ford Motor Co. to shoot the first high-definition (HD) videotape of the 2010 Lincoln MKT during a secret road test in the California desert.

Solana's HD cameras captured the revolutionary touring vehicle in action on a special track built by Ford at the Inyokern Airport near the desert community of Ridgecrest, north of Los Angeles. The 2010 car boasts Lincoln's highly anticipated 3.5 liter EcoBoost twin-turbo V6 Engine, and offers several environmentally conscious features.

Destination Services San Diego Chooses Shindy Media to Provide Hollywood-Style Video to Clients

San Diego, CA, February 26, 2009 --(PR.com)-- Forget plain, boring corporate event videos. Clients of Destination Services San Diego (DSSD), a locally-headquartered destination management company, can now have Hollywood-esque, red-carpet style video documentaries of their corporate events held in San Diego. This unique offering is made possible through the new partnership of DSSD and Shindy Media, producer of entertainment-driven video and web content for marketing and branding. Such videos can be used as exciting giveaways for event participants to extend the value of each conference, as a compelling recruiting tool for prospective employees, and as footage for a company’s media relations efforts, among many other uses.

“We’re really intrigued to offer this to corporate clients,” said Ron Marcus, CEO of Shindy Media.

“People like to be entertained. The concept behind our work is to provide corporate coverage that is also entertaining. We believe this will be an effective tool for building team spirit, recruiting and PR. In partnering with DSSD, we’ve found a company that shares our philosophy of service to clients, and I think it’s a really good fit.”

It's all Irish

The American Ireland Fund is bestowing their 2009 Heritage Award to the accomplished daughters of prominent San Diego families of Irish descent at a 'green' gala honoring them and their proud heritage.

San Diego Voiceover artist (and Irishman) Dennis Regan voiced the narration for a video president produced by Lenny Magill's Time Zone Multimedia. Bob Sexton of Sexton Communications produced the video for the organization.

San Diego Set Simon & Simon Replay

Well over two years after Season One was released by Universal, Shout! Factory continues their much-welcomed pick-ups of Uni TV library titles with Simon & Simon - Season Two, a six-disc, 22-episode collection of the funky little So-Cal detective series that became a surprise Nielsen hit this 1982-1983 season.

'Rent' Control?

Is the Broadway musical Rent too provocative for high school? Yes, in the view of some high school officials and parents. At least three of the planned high school productions, in California, Texas and West Virginia, have been canceled after administrators or parents raised objections about the show's morality, its portrayals of homosexuality and theft, and its frank discussions of drug use and HIV, according to administrators, teachers and parents involved in those cases.

Three San Diego productions of the musical are scheduled for the summer: one by Francis Parker School, and two by local youth-theater companies – Actors' Conservatory Theatre San Diego and California Youth Conservatory Theatre, according to the Web site for Music Theatre International, which licenses “Rent: School Edition.”

San Diego Zoo Video Online

Media companies and television networks are launching Web shows regularly, but so are universities and zoos.

The San Diego Zoo and the Rhode Island School of Design both recently launched Internet TV projects to promote cute animals and college admissions, respectively. For all the details on these next-generation Web producers, check out this week’s installment of the New Media Minute.