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Top Stories
o iPod Plant Defangs Lawsuit Against Chinese Journalists
o Hollywood Studios Expand Blu-ray Movie Distribution to Japan, Europe
o Electronic Arts Signs In-Game Ad Deals With Massive, IGA Worldwide
o CEA, Public Knowledge Deride RIAA Copyright Education Campaign
o Sirius to Offer Internet-Only Service, "Best of" Howard Stern Uncensored
o TiVo Subscribers Up 24% to 4.4 Million; Loss Widens on Legal Costs
o California Senate Approves Video Franchising Bill
o MSN to Stream CW Shows Before First Network Broadcasts
o SinglePoint Raises $30.8 Million, Acquires Mobile Media North America
o NeoMedia Kills HipCricket Deal, Raises $5 Million

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DMW Announcements
  DMW Events Listing
    · Digital Music Forum - October 4-5, 2006 - West Hollywood, CA
  Job Opportunities at DMW - Join the DMW Team!
  Digital Entertainment & Marketing Awards - Submissions Deadline: September 15


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Briefly Noted
o Allot ISP Software Throttles Encrypted BitTorrent Traffic
o Sprint Launches Mobile Radio Service, Buy Two Get One Free Downloads
o Handleman Company President Resigns
o Sony UK Introduces Walkman NW-200 Series Sports MP3 Players
o J/Arista Records Website Debuts "Clip of the Week" Feature
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Netflix Launches Personalized Trailers; Aims to Host 10,000 Previews
o Live Nation Posts Archival Motorsports Clips on Google Video

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Top Stories

o iPod Plant Defangs Lawsuit Against Chinese Journalists

San Francisco - Following an outpouring of negative publicity, the Chinese manufacturing plant Apple hired to make its iPods has largely taken the teeth out of a defamation lawsuit it filed against two Chinese journalists who reported on alleged sweatshop conditions at the plant, CNET News.com reported. Initially, manufacturer Foxconn sued the China Business News reporters for $3.8 million (30 million yuan); their assets were also frozen as part of the proceedings. Reporters Without Borders, a free press advocacy group, sent an open letter to Apple CEO Steve Jobs asking him to intervene on behalf of the journalists. The amount of damages sought by Foxconn has now been reduced to a token sum of 1 yuan, while the reporters' assets have also been unfrozen. An Apple spokesman told News.com the company is "working behind the scenes to resolve the issue." An Apple investigation into Foxconn found the company was not violating the $100-a-month minimum wage for the region, but was in violation of Apple's code of conduct for overtime hours.
http://tinyurl.com/mgqgr (CNET)
http://www.rsf.org/article.php3?id_article=18691
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o Hollywood Studios Expand Blu-ray Movie Distribution to Japan, Europe

Culver City, Calif. - The major Hollywood movie studios on Thursday announced release schedules for around 75 Blu-ray Disc movie titles in European and other foreign markets, to coincide with the availability of Blu-ray hardware in Europe, Japan, Australia and Korea. Sony Pictures Home Entertainment's initial titles, slated to launch in October in all new territories, include "Hitch," "The Exorcism of Emily Rose," "Hostel" and "Underworld Evolution." Warner Home Video plans to release 10 Blu-ray Disc titles in European markets in late 2006. Twentieth Century Fox Home Entertainment will launch its first eight Blu-ray releases in Japan on Nov. 10, and in North America, Australia and Europe on Nov. 14. MGM did not break down its Blu-ray title distribution by region, but said it will offer two titles on Nov. 28 and two more on Dec. 5. Both Paramount and Disney also plan to expand distribution of their Blu-ray titles overseas, while Universal remains the only major studio committed to exclusively supporting Blu-ray's rival, Toshiba's HD DVD format.
http://biz.yahoo.com/prnews/060831/lath005.html?.v=59 (Sony)
http://tinyurl.com/nneno (Warner Bros.)
http://tinyurl.com/nyzzf (Fox)
http://tinyurl.com/lggh5 (MGM)
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o Electronic Arts Signs In-Game Ad Deals With Massive, IGA Worldwide

Redwood City, Calif. - Video game developer and publisher Electronic Arts on Thursday announced its entry into the in-game advertising market, signing new agreements with in-game ad providers Massive Incorporated and IGA Worldwide. Financial terms of the deals were not disclosed. New York-based Massive, a recent Microsoft acquisition, will deliver in-game ads for several of EA's titles for the Xbox 360, including "Need for Speed: Carbon." IGA Worldwide will enable advertisers to place ads within up to three EA titles, including "Battlefield 2142." "In places like a basketball court, football stadium or roadside in a racing game, advertising is not only nice to have, but it's an essential component to create the fiction of being there," said Chip Lange, EA's vice president of online commerce.
http://biz.yahoo.com/bw/060831/20060831005161.html?.v=1
http://biz.yahoo.com/bw/060831/20060831005198.html?.v=1
http://www.ea.com
http://www.massiveincorporated.com
http://www.igaworldwide.com
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o CEA, Public Knowledge Deride RIAA Copyright Education Campaign

San Francisco - The Recording Industry Association of America's (RIAA) "back to school" anti-piracy educational campaign has been criticized by a number of trade associations and public interest organizations as "inaccurate, self-contradictory, and a disservice and embarrassment to the respectable institutions that RIAA has enlisted." The Consumer Electronics Association, Computer and Communications Industry Association (CCIA) and Public Knowledge have in particular targeted a website the RIAA set up for students and a free DVD it is distributing that they say distort the doctrine of "fair use" of copyrights. The RIAA materials indicate that it is fine to make a CD copy for yourself, but it is criminal to do so for a friend. "Making copies for your friends, or giving it to them to copy, or e-mailing it to anyone is just as illegal as free downloading," the video states. "First, we were told we should not enforce our rights," an RIAA representative responding to critics of the video told CNET News.com. "Now we are told education is wrong, too. We won't accept such a do-nothing approach. We'll continue to work with respected higher-education groups to engage students to think critically about these issues."
http://www.ce.org/Press/CurrentNews/press_release_detail.asp?id=11128
http://tinyurl.com/lfyas (CNET)
http://www.campusdownloading.com/dvd.htm
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o Sirius to Offer Internet-Only Service, "Best of" Howard Stern Uncensored

New York - Sirius Satellite Radio, a provider of subscription radio programming with 4.7 million subscribers, plans to launch an online-only subscription service that will charge the same $12.95 per month as its satellite-based service, according to a post on the Sirius Backstage blog. Sirius Internet Radio Plus will offer all Sirius channels, with music streamed at 128kbps and talk channels streamed at 48kbps. Separately, New York-based Sirius announced plans to broadcast classic, unedited material from Howard Stern's last 20 years on the air. The uncensored footage, culled from user requests from 23,000 hour of tape, will air during Labor Day weekend.
http://tinyurl.com/zc5v9 (Sirius Backstage)
http://biz.yahoo.com/prnews/060831/nyth093.html?.v=68
http://www.sirius.com
http://www.howardstern.com
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o TiVo Subscribers Up 24% to 4.4 Million; Loss Widens on Legal Costs

Alviso, Calif. - TiVo, a provider of digital video recorder hardware, software and services, announced on Thursday that it now counts 4.4 million subscribers, a 24% increase from a year ago. The company also reported a wider loss of $6.45 million for the second quarter, up from $892,000 a year ago -- attributed largely to legal costs associated with its patent dispute with DISH Network parent EchoStar Communications. Earlier this month, a federal judge ruled in TiVo's favor and ordered EchoStar to pay the company $89.6 million in damages.
http://tinyurl.com/zgd3p
http://biz.yahoo.com/ap/060831/earns_tivo.html?.v=3 (AP)
http://www.tivo.com
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o California Senate Approves Video Franchising Bill

Sacramento, Calif. - The California State Senate voted 33-4 on Wednesday night in favor of a bill that would open the state's cable franchising process and make it easier for telecommunications firms like Verizon and AT&T to offer digital video services in California. Currently, in California and many other states, telcos must seek approval from each individual county or city in which they wish to offer services like Verizon's FiOS TV or AT&T's U-Verse. The California bill now goes back to the state Assembly, where it is expected to come up for a vote on Thursday or Friday.
http://biz.yahoo.com/prnews/060831/nyth047.html?.v=61
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o MSN to Stream CW Shows Before First Network Broadcasts

Los Angeles - The new CW Network, which will combine programming from UPN and WB, has partnered with Microsoft's MSN to offer full streaming episodes of four of its prime-time series before their broadcast premieres, according to The Hollywood Reporter. The free-to-watch and commercial-free episodes of the CW's "America's Next Top Model," "Everybody Hates Chris," "Supernatural" and "Runaway" will be posted on MSN.com a week before they air for the first time on TV. MSN has also hosted episodes of Fox's "Prison Break" and "Varnished."
http://tinyurl.com/n325a (Hollywood Reporter)
http://www.cwtv.com
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o SinglePoint Raises $30.8 Million, Acquires Mobile Media North America

Bellevue, Wash. - Wireless Services Corp. announced on Thursday that it has raised $30.8 million in new financing -- a portion of which was used to acquire Mobile Media North America -- and has changed its name to SinglePoint. Ignition Partners led the investment round; previous investors Northwest Venture Associates, Madrona Venture Group, Intel Capital and SeaPoint Ventures also participated. Bellevue, Wash.-based SinglePoint provided mobile messaging technology while operating as Wireless Services Corp.; Mobile Media North America, a unit of Norway-based Mobile Media, develops mobile media broadcasting technology in addition to interactive TV, mobile games and mobile storefronts. SinglePoint said the combined company will offer content owners, media companies and advertisers services to help them create, deliver and confirm premium mobile messages and interactive TV messaging campaigns.
http://biz.yahoo.com/prnews/060830/sfw090.html?.v=64
http://www.mobilemedia.com
http://www.gosinglepoint.com
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o NeoMedia Kills HipCricket Deal, Raises $5 Million

Fort Myers, Fla. - NeoMedia Technologies, a diversified technology company, announced that it has terminated its $4.5 million deal to acquire HipCricket, a Connecticut-based provider of mobile marketing technology to broadcasters and brand marketers. Fort Myers, Fla.-based NeoMedia said that the two companies were unable to come to final terms following their previously announced letter of intent. NeoMedia also announced that it has raised $5 million in convertible debt from Cornell Capital Partners. The company's holdings include mobile marketing technology firms 12snap, Sponge and Wurselen, and Mobot, a developer of mobile visual recognition technology.
http://www.neom.com/press_releases/2006/20060830B.jsp
http://www.hipcricket.com

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DMW Events Listing


October 4-5, 2006
West Hollywood, CA
www.digitalmusicforum.com/west

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West Hollywood, CA
www.lagamesconference.com

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Digital Music Forum West - October 4-5, 2006

www.digitalmusicforum.com/west/
October 4-5, 2006 - Bel Age, West Hollywood, CA

For the past six years, the most influential decision-makers in the music industry have gathered at Digital Media Wire's annual Digital Music Forum in New York to network, do deals and share ideas about the future of the music business. Participants have described the event as a "melting pot of the best of the best in digital music," where ideas are shared and opinions don't go unchallenged. It is with this illustrious background that we are pleased to announce the launch of Digital Music Forum West at the Bel Age Hotel in West Hollywood, October 4-5, 2006.

KEYNOTES & FEATURED INTERVIEWS
Nic Harcourt, Music Director & Host of Morning Becomes Eclectic - KCRW
Thomas Hesse, President Global Digital Business, Sony BMG Music Entertainment
Jim Griffin, Managing Director, OneHouse LLC / Co-Founder, Pho Group
John T. Frankenheimer, Chair, Music Grp Partner and Co-Chair, Loeb & Loeb LLP
Ralph Simon, Chairman, Emeritus & Founder, Mobile Entertainment Forum Americas

PANELISTS
Dave Goldberg, VP & GM, Yahoo! Music
David Pakman, CEO, eMusic
Amanda Marks, EVP, eLabs, Universal Music
Scott McKenzie, Group Editorial Director, Billboard
Ed Delfs, VP, Nat'l Ad Sales, RealNetworks
Laura Goldberg, COO, Napster
David Del Beccaro, President, CEO & Founder, Music Choice
Aydin Caginalp, Partner, Alston & Bird
Stephen Murray, President, Entertainment, BurnLounge
Erik Flannigan, VP, Programming, AOL
Mark Lam, Chairman, Exec Committee & CEO, Live365
Gerrit Meier, SVP & GM, Clear Channel Online Music & Radio
Shervin Pishevar, President & COO, Freewebs, Inc.
Gerd Leonhard, CEO, Sonific LLC
David Hyman, CEO & Founder, MOG
Dominique-Sébastien Forest, VP, Business Dev, Puretracks LLC
Paul Leakas, General Manager, Nielsen Mobile
Raghav Gupta, Director, Bus Dev & Strategy, Brightcove
Tim Bucher, CEO & Chief Product Officer, ZING
Brian Garrity, Senior Correspondent, Billboard
Kelli Richards, President & CEO, The All Access Group
Scott Fedewa, SVP & Exec Producer, Live Nation
Dave Ulmer, Marketing, Digital Media Services, Motorola
John Puterbaugh, CEO, Nellymoser
Maria C. Thomas, VP & GM, NPR Digital Media
Albhy Galuten, VP of Digital Media Tech Strategy, Sony Corp of America
Ted Casey, SVP, B. Dev & Partner Relations, MusicNet
Dave Jaworski, Founder & CEO, PassAlong Networks
Mark Pascarella, President, Gotuit Media Corp.
Ken Parks, SVP, Strategy & Bus Dev, EMI Music
David Marcus, VP of Strategic Marketing & Business Dev, Ticketmaster
Gary Cohen, General Manager, AOL Music Now
Tess Taylor, President, NARIP
Jozef Nuyens, Founder/SVP, Int’l Dev., PassAlong Networks
Mark Lafferty, CEO, DCIA
Lance Ware, CEO, SyncCast

Event Co-Chairs
Ned Sherman, CEO & Publisher, Digital Media Wire
Ralph Simon, Chairman, Emeritus & Founder, Mobile Entertainment Forum Americas
Ted Cohen, Managing Partner, TAG Strategic

more to come...

REGISTRATION RATES:

Early Bird Registration: $399 until August 11, 2006
Pre-Registration: $499 until September 15, 2006
Registration: $599 until September 30, 2006
Door Registration: $699 (space permitting) 

Online Registration:
http://www.meeting-services.com/reg/en/register.asp?event=70

Phone Registrations: (310) 855-0033

WHEN: October 4-5, 2006

WHERE: Bel Age Hotel
             1020 N. San Vicente Blvd.
             West Hollywood, CA

INQUIRIES: Tinzar Than Sherman, VP, Marketing & Events, tinzar@digitalmediawire.com

For agenda, registration and event details, please visit
www.digitalmusicforum.com/west


 

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Digital Media Wire is growing and we are recruiting 2 full-time manager or director-level (depending on experience) hires to work in our industry leading events business in our Los Angeles office on the Sunset Strip in West Hollywood.

These individuals will be responsible for managing all aspects of event production, including creating and maintaining budgets, working on agendas, establishing and implementing marketing plans, organizing event-day logistics, and interfacing with senior executives at leading media and entertainment companies about speaking, sponsorship and advertising opportunities.

Applicants should be computer and Internet-savvy. Knowledge of PC, Internet/e-mail, Microsoft Outlook, Microsoft Word, Power Point, and Excel, and experience in event planning/management and existing relationships in the digital media industry are a "must". Basic skills in Front Page or HTML, Adobe Photoshop, and Quickbooks are a plus. Send resume to
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Digital Entertainment Media & Marketing Awards - Submissions Deadline: September 15

Submit your materials today for the Billboard and Digital Media Wire 3rd Annual Digital Entertainment Media & Marketing Awards and join the illustrious list of influencers who have been honored in this arena.

 

Submissions Deadline - September 15
Announcement of Finalists - By November 11
Awards Show - November 29

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Briefly Noted

o Allot ISP Software Throttles Encrypted BitTorrent Traffic

San Francisco -
Wired News reported on Thursday on a new service that allows ISPs to detect encrypted BitTorrent file-sharing traffic on their networks. Minnesota-based Allot Communications added the feature to its NetEnforcer device, after ISPs noticed that BitTorrent users were encrypting their file transfers to protect them from services like NetEnforcer that degrade their speed. Some ISPs estimate BitTorrent file transfers account for up to 50% of all traffic on their networks.
http://blog.wired.com/monkeybites/index.blog?entry_id=1548206
http://tinyurl.com/p63pg (Allot press release)
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o Sprint Launches Mobile Radio Service, Buy Two Get One Free Downloads

Overland Park, Kan. - Wireless carrier Sprint on Thursday announced the launch of Sprint Radio, a service that will offer over 50 channels of streaming radio and video from partners including NPR, ESPN and Radio Disney. The $5.95 per month service will be powered by technology from Palo Alto, Calif.-based mSpot. The company also launched several features for its Sprint Music Store, a mobile music download service powered by Massachusetts-based Groove Mobile. Customers can now receive mobile music recommendations based on past purchases, and for a limited time, will receive one free song with every two purchased from the mobile store.
http://biz.yahoo.com/bw/060831/20060831005378.html?.v=1
http://www.mspot.com
http://www.groovemobile.com
http://www.sprint.com
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o Handleman Company President Resigns

Troy, Mich. -
The Handleman Company, one of the largest distributors of music and video game hardware and software to retailers in the U.S., Canada and the U.K., announced on Thursday that president and COO John Beeder has resigned. The company said a disagreement with Beeder -- who had held the position for just over a month -- over its decision to enter the greeting card business led to a mutual agreement for him to step down. Handleman chairman and CEO Stephen Strome will assume Beeder's responsibilities.
http://biz.yahoo.com/prnews/060831/deth011.html?.v=62
http://www.handleman.com
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o Sony UK Introduces Walkman NW-200 Series Sports MP3 Players

London -
Sony UK on Thursday introduced a new line of Walkman NW-200 Series Sports MP3 Players, which will be released in Europe next month. The players are constructed of water-resistant aluminum and feature sports functions including real-time calorie usage, distance traveled, steps taken and running time. Other features include "Music Pacer," which matches the beats of songs from a playlist with a runner's gait; and "Shuffle Shake," which activates the shuffle feature when the player is shaken three times.
http://products.sony.co.uk/nw-s200_walkman.asp 
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o J/Arista Records Website Debuts "Clip of the Week" Feature

New York -
J/Arista Records, a label within Sony BMG, announced on Thursday that it will launch a "Clip of the Week" feature on its site that will stream exclusive footage from its artists such as interviews, live performances and music video outtakes. The feature launches with an exclusive interview with the mother of the late Luther Vandross, and a rare interview with Vandross himself. Other artists to be featured include Rod Stewart, Ruben Studdard and Barry Manilow.
http://biz.yahoo.com/prnews/060831/nyth070.html?.v=65
http://www.jrecords.com
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o Netflix Launches Personalized Trailers; Aims to Host 10,000 Previews

Los Gatos, Calif. -
Online DVD rental service Netflix, which counts more than 5 million subscribers, announced on Thursday that it has launched a new personalized movie trailers section on its website. The "Previews" section now houses all 1,000 trailers on the site in one area; Netflix expects to count between 5,000 and 10,000 by year's end. Los Gatos, Calif.-based Netflix's proprietary recommendation software will customize previews for subscribers, based on their movie rental and movie rating histories.
http://biz.yahoo.com/prnews/060831/sfth021.html?.v=67
http://www.netflix.com
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o Live Nation Posts Archival Motorsports Clips on Google Video

Aurora, Ill. -
Live Nation, a live event promoter and venue management company, announced on Thursday that it has posted archival footage from its motor sports division's events for viewing on Google Video. Live Nation motorsports events include supercross, Monster Jam, Nitro Jam drag racing series, arenacross and freestyle motocross. The video can be found by searching "LiveNation" on Google Video.
http://biz.yahoo.com/prnews/060831/lath050.html?.v=67
http://www.livenation.com
http://video.google.com

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Media Planner/Buyer PT & FT - White & Partners - Herndon, VA
 
Reports to Media Director. Identify appropriate traditional & new media options, develop objectives and strategies, analyze media, develop recommendations with supporting rationale, present recommendation internally, update plan regularly to reflect changes. Negotiate rates, placement and value added or promotional support, prepare and distribute insertion or broadcast orders, resolve billing discrepancies, regularly reconcile budget to actual amount spent. 2-4 years experience required. Experience includes planning for major media and broadcast buying. Please send resumes and salary requirements to: hr@whiteandpartners.com For more info visit our website.
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Online Sales Executive - Variety.com - Los Angeles, CA

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Job Opportunities at DMW - Join the DMW Team!

Digital Media Wire is growing and we are recruiting 2 full-time manager or director-level (depending on experience) hires to work in our industry leading events business in our Los Angeles office on the Sunset Strip in West Hollywood.

These individuals will be responsible for managing all aspects of event production, including creating and maintaining budgets, working on agendas, establishing and implementing marketing plans, organizing event-day logistics, and interfacing with senior executives at leading media and entertainment companies about speaking, sponsorship and advertising opportunities.

Applicants should be computer and Internet savvy. Knowledge of PC, Internet/Email, Microsoft Outlook, Microsoft Word, Power Point, and Excel, experience in event planning and management and existing relationships in the digital media industry are a "must". Basic skills in Front Page or HTML, Adobe Photoshop, and Quickbooks are a plus. Send resume to dmwjobs@digitalmediawire.com with “DMW Event Position” in the subject line.
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Video Broadcast Engineers - OMNITEC Solutions - Washington, DC

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Business Development Manager, Digital Media Content - Amazon.com – Seattle, WA

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Director of Sales, Games - Waat Media – Sherman Oaks, CA

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Sales Manager, West Coast – Inlet Technologies, Inc. – Raleigh, NC

Inlet Technologies (www.inlethd.com) provides world class encoding solutions in support of post production and video distribution. In addition, encoders and innovative application software are being developed for High Definition and Standard Definition in the area of video streaming and IPTV. Inlet needs a West Coast manager to grow the business and leverage key programmer and post relationships. In addition, Inlet is hiring a Director of Marketing to manage both strategy and marketing implementation across growing areas of new media. Send resume to: mpeter.cresse@inlethd.com.

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