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Multiplatform Ads Clean Up at Cannes

USA TODAY
June 30, 2009 - CANNES, France -- Barack Obama's historic win as president also made history at the world's biggest ad competition, where his election campaign won one of the most coveted marketing awards. ...
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High court won't block remote storage DVR system

Fort Worth Star-Telegram (Fort Worth, Texas)
June 30, 2009 - PHILADELPHIA -- Cable TV operators won a key legal battle against Hollywood studios and television networks on Monday as the Supreme Court declined to block a new digital video recording system that could make it even easier for viewers to bypass commercials....
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Strong Ratings for BET Awards and Jackson Tribute

Associated Press
June 30, 2009 - NEW YORK--The BET Awards turned into an impromptu Michael Jackson tribute and preliminary ratings show that it had the event's biggest audience ever. ...
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Television

Penn & Teller's Showtime Series Returns

Associated Press
June 30, 2009 - NEW YORK -- The array of shameless quacks and generally delusional true believers are such easy targets for Penn & Teller that it can feel like they're shooting guppies in a barrel with a missile launcher. ...
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ESPN Scales Back Role of Maguire

USA TODAY
June 30, 2009 - One of TV football's longest-running fixtures won't be regularly popping up on games this fall. ...
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HBO Returns to Proven Formula

USA TODAY
June 30, 2009 - The search has been on all year to find boxing's next superstar. ...
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Film & Entertainment

Jacko Jokes Cut From 'Bruno' Premier

United Press International
June 30, 2009 - Hollywood studio executives say they are discussing cutting a scene in the new comedy "Bruno" that relates to Michael Jackson. ...
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Sad Movies Have Therapeutic Value, Experts Say

The Pittsburgh Tribune-Review
June 30, 2009 - Some movies are designed to tug gently on your heartstrings. ...
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`Transformers': Worst-Reviewed $400 Million Hit?

Associated Press
June 30, 2009 - LOS ANGELES--After just five days, "Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen" is halfway to $400 million in the U.S., a box-office milestone only eight other movies have reached. ...
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Display Systems

NEC's 82-Inch LCD Display Named Best Digital Signage Product at InfoComm 09

Business Wire
June 30, 2009 - NEC Display Solutions of America, a leading provider of commercial LCD displays and projectors, today announced that its MultiSync LCD8205 professional-grade display was named the Best Digital Signage Product at InfoComm 09, the largest professional audio-visual tradeshow in the world. ...
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Carroll Advertising Chooses Daktronics Digital Technology for First Massachusetts Digital Billboard Installation

PrimeNewswire
June 30, 2009 - BROOKINGS, S.D. -- Carroll Advertising of Boston, Mass., recently installed Massachusetts' first digital billboard display. ...
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Rudder For Business and Popstar Networks Partner to Provide National Digital Signage Network Implementations

MARKETWIRE
June 29, 2009 - Rudder For Business, a leading North American technology deployment organization for Digital Signage, POP (point-of-purchase), and related technology services, and Popstar Networks, a leading developer and provider of passive, interactive and mobile digital media software and support services, announced today a strategic partnership for deployment of national large-scale digital signage networks. ...
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Pro Audio

Pioneer Now Shipping New Elite Architectural Speakers

Business Wire
June 29, 2009 - Pioneer Electronics (USA) Inc. brings audiences to the heights of immersive home theater with the new Elite architectural speaker line available now at authorized dealers nationwide. ...
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New Media Player TronMe Auto Re-Mixes MP3s and Adds Video For Free

Business Wire
June 25, 2009 - Millions of mp3 tracks are about to become interactive through the new generation of free media players and the .ivs audio format. ...
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Junger Audio's Level Magic Technology Wins New Fans

Middle East Company News
June 24, 2009 - Dynamics processing specialist Junger Audio has made a number of significant sales in the Middle East, indicating that its unique Level Magic technology for controlling the level and loudness of broadcast audio is providing broadcasters with a viable solution to an increasingly irritating problem. ...
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Broadband/Mobile

Layoffs and Networking: To Tweet or Not to Tweet?

Associated Press
June 30, 2009 - NEW YORK -- It happens to you. ...
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Google Tests Program for Mobile Ads

San Jose Mercury News
June 30, 2009 - Seeking to extend its beachhead on mobile devices, Google said Wednesday it has started selling advertising on behalf of developers of applications that run on the iPhone and Google's mobile Android software. ...
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Facebook Picks David Ebersman As New CFO

Associated Press
June 30, 2009 - NEW YORK -- David Ebersman, a former executive at biotech firm Genentech, was named Monday as Facebook's chief financial officer. ...
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Radio

Public Radio Has Cash Woes

The Herald-Sun
June 30, 2009 - CHAPEL HILL -- Like many local organizations, WUNC 91.5 FM is feeling the crunch during this economic climate. ...
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Baseball, Radio Still Go Hand in Hand

The Philadelphia Inquirer
June 30, 2009 - After waiting in line for hours at Richie Ashburn's 1997 public viewing, grown men, tears in their eyes, left behind transistor radios. ...
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Arbitron Welcomes Opportunity to Discuss PPM With Congress

PRNewswire-FirstCall
June 30, 2009 - COLUMBIA, Md. -- Arbitron Inc. , in response to reports that U.S. House Committee on Oversight and Government Reform has requested information from the Federal Communications Commission regarding the impact of the Portable People Meter(TM) (PPM(TM)) on radio listening estimates, has issued the following statement: ...
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Content Management

TechCrunch Taps Cotendo As Its Preferred Content Delivery Network

MARKETWIRE
June 30, 2009 - Cotendo, a content delivery network and innovator of software-focused CDN technologies, today announced that its Content Delivery Service has been adopted by TechCrunch as its preferred CDN platform. ...
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Caringo CAStor 3.0 'Cluster in a Box' Enables Virtual CAStor Cluster in a Single Server

PRNewswire
June 30, 2009 - AUSTIN, Texas -- Caringo Inc., the leading provider of content storage software enabling clustered storage for active and archive content, today announced volume shipments of its new CAStor(TM) 3.0 "Cluster in a Box" software, which creates easily scalable, self-managing clustered content storage that suits cloud and scalable, file storage infrastructures....
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Bluenog Releases ICE 4.5 to Enterprise 2.0 Community

PRNewswire
June 29, 2009 - PISCATAWAY, N.J. -- Bluenog announces the availability of Bluenog ICE 4.5, the only Enterprise 2.0 application development platform built on pre-integrated open source collaboration, content management, presentation and reporting projects. ...
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Post Production

'Transformers' Special Effects Guru Gives Machines a Ninja-Like Fluidity

The Baltimore Sun, Maryland
June 30, 2009 - The wizardry of computer graphics has become so other-worldly that it's easy to imagine the army of specialists that worked on Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen hidden in some underground laboratory-bunker, scurrying like super-intelligent lab rats to create "sights no one has ever seen before" under the excruciating pressure of a hugely expensive franchise picture. ...
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IGH Solutions Introduces Expanded Line of Dynamic Images Products

PRNewswire