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AJ-HPX2000s Are Assigned to Production/Promotion, AG-HPX170s to Drive Flypacks, and AG-HVX200As Capture Campus Footage Fed Back to Network (Secaucus, New Jersey--January 15, 2010) The Big Ten Network, the first nationally distributed television network dedicated to covering one of the nation’s premier collegiate conferences, has invested in multiple Panasonic P2 HD camcorders to handle field production assignments at the 11 campuses throughout the conference, as well as production and promotion at the network’s Chicago headquarters.

Year-long celebration for one of the oldest businesses in television (Valley Cottage, New York--January 15, 2010) Vinten®, a Vitec Group brand, is proud to celebrate its 100th anniversary as a global leader in camera support technology.

(Anaheim, California--January 15, 2010) No longer reserved exclusively for the professional broadcaster, Holophone is now making its PortaMic 5.1 and PortaMic Pro camera-mountable surround microphones, both currently shipping, available to the M.I. market. Using the company’s patented design, both PortaMic models allow users to simply capture, from a single point source, a discrete surround recording during live performances, events and even in-studio surround sound tracks, providing a 3D immersive play-back experience. With advances in online networking sites, such as YouTube, MySpace and Facebook, there is an increased need for online content. By using a Holophone to capture live performances, bands can now offer its fans a realistic surround experience. Through the surround sound mix, fans can now get a true representation of the performance, enabling them to feel like they were there.

(Billerica, Massachusetts--January 15, 2010) Broadcast Pix™ announced today that Premiere Entertainment Network, a video production company based in Sherman Oaks, Calif., is using the Broadcast Pix Slate™ 1000 integrated production system during its live coverage of red carpet events. According to Brad Sexton, founder and partner of Premiere Entertainment, the company has been hired by movie studios, music companies, and broadcast networks to produce live, multi-camera red carpet event coverage since 2000. The company had rented satellite trucks in the past, but recently decided to invest in its own production truck to save money and improve production quality. Its new vehicle is a HD mobile production truck, complete with satellite dish, green room, and edit suite.

Method closures allow you to bind variables into the scope of an anonymous function. Watch the value of local variable 'i' in the example below in the returned anonymous function. It is a bit twisted but results show the scope of local variable 'i' is bound in the returned function from newCounter.CODE AT PASTIEpackage{ import flash.display.Sprite; public class ClosureAS3 extends Sprite { public function ClosureAS3() { init() //giv-em-the-jit :) } public function init():void { //create a counter var counter1:Function = newCounter(); trace( counter1() ); //1 trace( counter1() ); //2 trace( counter1() ); //3 var counter2:Function = newCounter(); trace( counter2() );

The United Nations humanitarian chief announces a flash appeal for $562m (£346m) to help victims of the Haiti earthquake.

Hello, a couple of months ago, I was asked by some developers about adding support for Apache Ant. They wanted to have ant support because they either wanted to use HFCD in their build processes or they used Flex IDEs (IntelliJ IDEA, FDT, etc) other than Flex Builder. I thought that sounded right plus, I [...]

The Iraq Inquiry met behind closed doors to hear from the general who ran UK operations in the conflict, it emerges.

A mother and her boyfriend are charged with murdering her 15-month-old daughter in Oldham, Greater Manchester.

Guinea's wounded coup leader agrees to let his deputy lead the country while he recovers from an assassination attempt.

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A man has been shot dead at a gun club in Leicestershire, but police say it is not yet known if the incident is suspicious.

UK firefighters rescue a two-year-old girl from a building in Haiti, as Britons give more than £2m to an emergency appeal.

A second man is arrested after a woman was run over as she tried to stop a thief stealing her sports car in Wigan.

A major Cadbury shareholder indicates US food giant Kraft will have to raise its hostile takeover offer if it wishes to win support.

La situation en Haïti est critique, les secours peinent à atteindre des sinistrés livrés à eux-mêmes. La colère monte dans la population.

Several US army officers should face investigation over their supervision of the Fort Hood massacre suspect, a report says.

La Côte d'Ivoire est le premier pays qualifié pour les quarts de finale après sa victoire 3-1 contre le Ghana.

For those of you seeking (ha!) a solution for progressive video seeking, you’ll definitely want to take a look at the xMoov Server (formerly xMoov-PHP). It’s a free, open-source solution for accessing parts of your video that haven’t yet been downloaded — mimicking the seeking behavior of streaming (alá YouTube).

Ces enquêtes préliminaires visant des suspects de crimes commis sous le IIIe Reich sont susceptibles de déboucher sur deux nouveaux procès.