We have a new addition to our Guides section. It's another installment of Afterdawn's Digital Video Fundamentals series that explains the basics of Resolution and aspect ratios.
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https://www.afterdawn.com/guides/archive/digital_video_fundamentals_-_color_formats.cfm
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Sony has started making what it calls "minisodes" of various television shows available online. Each minisode is comprised of a television that's been stripped down to just be just 3-5 minutes long. The shows, which are sponsored by even shorter ads from Honda, can be seen on MySpace, and even added to individual MySpace pages. Sony also has a website which hosts what they're calling the Minisode Network, where you can find links to the minisodes.
According to a release from MySpace, new ones will be added each week and more than 500 total will be online by the end of 2007. It's not clear whether this means that new shows will be added as well or if the 'minisodes' will remain restricted to the current 15.
Sources: CNET News
Minisode Network
In response to a lawsuit filed in April by Hitachi, LG Electronics has filed a countersuit claiming Hitachi is infringing on their plasma display panel patents. The two electronics giants have been working on a licensing agreement since 2005, but seem to have a fundamental difference of opinion over what is covered by each company's patents.
Jeong Hwan Lee, executive vice president and head of the LG Electronics intellectual property center, vowed to "uncompromisingly protect" LG's intellectual property and blamed competition in the global display market for the number of lawsuits that have cropped up in the industry.
Source:
PC Magazine
Today at NXTcomm, a major telecommunications industry event, Microsoft announced the most recent updates to its IPTV platform. Microsoft Mediaroom, as the platform is now known, has been updated to include features for sharing music and images from your home computer, multiple picture in picture capabilities, and a development environment for creating custom multimedia applications. It also now includes support for DTT (Digital Terrestrial Television) signals.
“In the highly competitive television market, a well-regarded brand can be a very strong asset,” said Christine Heckart, general manager of worldwide marketing for Microsoft TV. “By leveraging Microsoft Mediaroom as an ingredient brand, service providers can take advantage of the worldwide awareness, positive attributes and consumer preference for Microsoft-based solutions.”
Source: Microsoft
A new Digital Video Fundamentals guide is available in our guide section. :
This series of guides is aimed at beginners who want to gain a better understanding of basic subjects and terminology in digital video.
Read it at:
https://www.afterdawn.com/guides/archive/digital_video_fundamentals_-_color_formats.cfm
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We have a new guide in our Guides section. It's actually the first in a series of guides I'm calling Digital Video Fundamentals. The series will be aimed toward beginners who want to understand the basics. Today's new guide is on Frames and Framerates.
Read it at:
https://www.afterdawn.com/guides/archive/digital_video_fundamentals-frames_frame_rates.cfm
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