Quote of the Day: "The personal life deeply lived always expands into truths beyond itself." ~ Anais Nin
On this Day: In 2007, Apple's iPhone went on sale.
Sports TV Gets Social Too much, not enough, or just right? That seems to be the key questions concerning the proper use of social media, not just by the public but by sports networks during sporting events and other programming.
Avid Completes Orad Acquisition Avid says there is very little product overlap, describing Orad's product line as "highly complementary" to the AvidMediaCentral platform.
NewBay Launches Technology Leadership Cloud Summit This VIP, invitation-only event for technical executives and managers at TV stations, networks, and media and entertainment operations is scheduled for Aug. 5-6. Lodging and meals are covered for qualified attendees.
"High Speed Bridge to Cloud Storage" is a new ebook from Signiant that introduces Signiant Flight (previously known as SkyDrop), a SaaS solution for accelerated transfer of content to and from cloud storage.
"Using Cloud Playout to Simplify Your Disaster Recovery Plans" from Imagine Communications describes how using its Cloud Disaster Recovery system can provide private or public cloud-based disaster recovery for broadcast and video playout operations.