First-ever 3D Yosemite Documentary in Production

3D Film Factory (3DFF), an innovative San Diego based company specializing in 3D digital technologies, recently began production on an original documentary showcasing one of America's greatest natural treasures in 3D - *Yosemite National Park.

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Hulu and YouTube compete for online audience

A battle of quality versus quantity is shaping up in the online video world, as upstart Web site Hulu takes on YouTube, the reigning giant.

Although YouTube has huge traffic and name recognition, Hulu, which focuses solely on Hollywood-produced content, may turn out to be the better business.

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Adobe in Push to Spread Web Video to TV Sets

The denizens of Hollywood and Silicon Valley have, by and large, vastly different value systems, role models, even tastes in cars, food and clothing.

But they increasingly agree on one thing: a standard for online video called Adobe Flash.

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A Day In the Life of a Voice Over

This is a funny but true look at one session in the life of a hapless voice over. It also touched, at the end, on how the client can also make an editor miserable. Kind of Monty Pythonesque posted by Patty Mooney at My Life In Business - 1 week ago This is a funny but true look at one session in the life of a hapless voice over. It also touched, at the end, on how the client can also make an editor miserable. Kind of Monty Pythonesque.

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Video streaming resources

Live Internet streaming is transmitting audio or video content over the Internet as it happens. On-demand streaming is transmitting pre-recorded audio or video content to viewers or listeners when they request it through their computer or other Internet appliance.

There are new services coming online regularly that can be a great resource for producers. They can help complete the circle with clients. It's starts with the production, but then they need an efficient way to distribute the product. Streaming provides an additional outlet and could be an additional source of income for producers. And once clients learn more about the possiblities, they have more reasons to increase their output.

These services can include "live & on-demand Windows Media video/audio, Live & on-demand Flash video/audio, and MP3 audio. In addition, downloading iPod audio and video Podcasts .

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Podcasting Goes Mainstream

The pods have arrived.

Podcasting was born of the collision between social media and the iPod. Or, as Wired described it in a March 2005 article, “the bastard offspring of the blog and the Apple MP3 player.”
Back then podcasting was the domain of a few tech aficionados who saw it as a cheap and easy outlet to broadcast their views. All they needed was a microphone, some off-the-shelf software, and an installed base of iPod owners and Web surfers.

But things have changed.

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