Sound Forge 5.0 Now Shipping
MADISON, WI (Mar. 20, 2001) -- Sonic Foundry Inc. today announced that its Sound Forge 5.0 digital audio editing system is now shipping to all distribution channels and is available for sale at www.sonicfoundry.com.

Vancouver Film School offers more than $200,000 in scholarships
VANCOUVER (Mar. 19, 2001) -- Vancouver Film School launched its 3rd annual competition awarding scholarships of more than $200,000 in value, Marty Hasselbach, Director of Operations for the post secondary school, announced.

Media 100 Announces Cleaner Live
MARLBORO, MA (Mar. 19, 2001) -- Media 100 Inc. announced the launch of Cleaner Live, the first live streaming application to deliver real-time, high-quality capture and Internet streaming in both the Windows Media and RealSystem 8 streaming formats simultaneously.

Adobe Premiere to Support Real Time Effects on the Mac
SAN JOSE, CA (Mar. 19, 2001) -- Adobe Systems Incorporated today announced that Adobe Premiere 6.0 will support real time digital video (DV) editing on the Macintosh platform. Adobe Premiere customers have had access to real time capabilities on the PC for several years, and due to recent advances in Apple QuickTime 5, these capabilities are finally available on the Macintosh.

Intel Introduces One Gigahertz Mobile Pentium III Processor
SANTA CLARA, CA (Mar. 19, 2001) -- Intel Corporation introduced the mobile Pentium III processor at 1 Gigahertz (GHz) featuring Intel SpeedStep technology. The company says it is the world's fastest mobile PC processor and is designed for full size and thin-and-light notebooks.

Gateway Intros $2500 Notebook With 1GHz PIII, 15.7-inch Screen
SAN DIEGO, CA (Mar. 19, 2001) -- Gateway, Inc. today delivers a true no-compromise notebook for power-users on the go. Combining the world's fastest mobile processor with the largest notebook screen, Gateway's new Solo 9500 allows customers to break the traditional boundaries of power and phone cords to deliver powerful presentations and experience the Internet.

Crystal Lake Entertainment Shoots With Panasonic DVCPRO Progressive
LOS ANGELES, CA (Mar. 16, 2001) -- Crystal Lake Entertainment of Encino, CA recently selected Panasonic Broadcast’s AJ-PD900WA 2/3” DVCPRO50 Progressive camcorders to shoot, in its entirety, “Extreme Close-Up,” the latest theatrical film directed by Sean Cunningham, creator of the “Friday the 13th” franchise

Matrox Releases RTMac
MONTREAL, CANADA (Mar. 14, 2001) -- Matrox Video Products Group today announced the release of the Matrox RTMac real time editing card for the Apple's Power Mac G4 line. For use with Apple's new Final Cut Pro 2, RTMac provides real time editing features at a price of $999 US in North America.

Apple To Ship Final Cut Pro 2
CUPERTINO, CA (Mar. 14, 2001) -- Apple today announced it plans to ship Final Cut Pro 2 March 19. Final Cut Pro is Apple's digital video editing application, a direct competitor of Adobe Premiere. According to Apple, version 2.0 offers realtime editing and compositing features for realtime cards like the Matrox RTMac, which has also just been announced.

CyberLink Announces PowerVCR II 3.0
Taipei, Taiwan (Mar. 14, 2001) -- CyberLink is shipping the latest version of PowerVCR II; the software that turns a personal computer into a DV, TV and digital video recording center. PowerVCR II 3.0 users will be able to enjoy the program's new features and video quality enhancements for recording in VCD or DVD format, from numerous video input sources connected to the PC.

Henninger Education Center Offers Final Cut Pro Class
ARLINGTON, VA (Mar. 13, 2001) -- Henninger Education Center announced its first Advanced Final Cut Pro class will be conducted on March 28 through March 29.

Adaptec Ships DVpics Editing System
MILPITAS, CA (March 12, 2001) -- Adaptec, Inc. announced that it has added DVpics, a new consumer video editing system, to its desktop product line.

ShowBiz Expo Now Presented by Film & Video Magazine
WHITE PLAINS, N.Y. (Mar. 09, 2001) -- Film & Video magazine has announced that its parent company has acquired ShowBiz Expo, the premier gathering for entertainment production professionals to learn about the latest technologies that drive the television, video, film and commercial production, post-production and multimedia industries.

1394 Trade Association Sets Annual Developers' Conference
SANTA CLARA, CA (Mar. 08, 2001) -- The 1394 Trade Association today announced that it will hold its annual 1394 Developers' Conference at Microsoft headquarters July 31 through Aug. 2.

OS X Heads Toward Manufacturing
Cupertino, Calif. (Mar. 07, 2001) -- Apple has announced that Mac OS X has gone gold master and is now on its way to manufacturing for release March 24.

New Broadway Web Site Unveiled
MARLBORO, MA (Mar. 06, 2001) -- Data Translation unveiled Broadway's newly designed Web site. Used by professionals and enthusiasts alike, Broadway Pro is a fully integrated system that allows users to simply connect a video camera or VCR to a Windows-based PC to create videos for live web streaming, multimedia documents, presentations, web pages, video CDs, DVDs, and digital archives.

Mindready Delivers Stand-Alone I/O-400 Module for 1394
PARIS (Mar. 06, 2001) -- Mindready Solutions Inc. today announced the launch of a new intelligent IEEE-1394 stand-alone I/O module (SD-IO-400) -- a small footprint, micro-controller module.

ZOOM CULTURE to Make Waves at Spring Break 2001
RESEARCH TRIANGLE PARK, NC (Mar. 05, 2001) -- This week, ZOOM CULTURE announced that it is sending fifty of its top Zoom Directors to cover the sun, surf and sins that will take place during this year's annual rite of passage.

Pinnacle Studio Action Helps Kids Make Movies
MOUNTAIN VIEW, CA (Mar. 05, 2001) -- Pinnacle Systems, Inc. is now shipping Studio Action, an educational video editing package for kids that gives them the creative tools they need to make their own movies.

Canon Announces Media 100 CineStream Software Promotion
LAKE SUCCESS, NY (Mar. 02, 2001) -- Canon U.S.A. has developed two special promotions that provide free Media 100 DV editing software with the purchase of either the Canon XL1 or GL1 digital camcorder.

USC School of Cinema-Television Opens Center for Digital Arts
LOS ANGELES (Mar. 01, 2001) -- One of the most ambitious projects in the USC School of Cinema- Television's history will culminate with today's opening of the state-of-the-art Robert Zemeckis Center for Digital Arts.

Media 100 Announces Availability of Cleaner MPEG Charger
MARLBORO, MA (Mar. 01, 2001) -- Media 100 Inc. today announced the availability of Cleaner MPEG Charger, an MPEG software package for Cleaner 5 users that allows comprehensive control over MPEG-1 and MPEG-2 content creation for DVD, Video CD, CD-ROM and digital broadcasting.

Online Movie Studio MyMovieIdea.com Brings Your Ideas to the Big Screen
LOS ANGELES, Calif. (Mar. 01, 2001) -- MyMovieIdea.com has secured millions of dollars in production financing and is waiting to finance your great movie ideas.

Media 100 Ships CineStream
MARLBORO, MA (Mar. 01, 2001) -- Media 100 Inc. today announced that CineStream, a software-based interactive streaming media authoring product for Web developers and professional content creators, is available immediately, priced at $499.