Chris Cantell annouces The Character of Charmin Ads Dies

Some actors consider the commercial business their last option, for some it is a sign of lack of money, some make most of their career in it. That is the case of "Mr. Whipple", one of the most famous characters in American advertising, who died this week at the age of 91. Everybody knew the face, everybody knew the slogans, and no matter if considered silly or not, we all must admit they were catchy. 500 commercials for toilet paper is quite a load, and although Dick Wilson had appeared in many movies and TV Shows, he'll be remembered in people's minds as the author of: "Ladies, please don't squeeze the Charmin!" Mr. Dick Wilson had his own way of coping with the rather embarrassing topics of the TV ads: "What are you going to say about toilet paper? I think we handle it the best way we can." (http://www.latimes.com/news/printedition/california/la-me-wilson20nov20,1,1733059.story?coll=la-headlines-pe-california). Commercial business, after all, is a part of the popular culture, and as his daughter stated after his death: "He is a part of the culture. He was funny till the very end".

Written by Barbora Kasparova Edited by Zuzana Tylkova
These news are brought to you by CantellTV, its technology partner SigEx Telecom and its founder Chris Cantell. CantellTV is the fastest growing provider of digital broadcasting coupled with enhanced communications, allowing people to easily control, view, upload and share digital content through proprietary interface. CantellTV has relationships with a growing network of international clients delivering millions of videos per day with more than 50,000 new videos uploaded and 200 hours of new TV shows broadcasted daily to a wide range of viewers, from 5 to 7 year olds of LiveCartoons; to 16 to 24 year old active social users of MyJumps; to fortune 50 corporate clients utilizing enhanced broadcasting services. CantellTV is committed to delivering infinite choices to your world of entertainment at the tip of your fingers. Chris Cantell retains consulting arrangements with several pre-IPO companies.

Chris Cantell annouces Reclame pe Internet

Greg Sterling, analist principal la Sterling Market Intelligence, declara ca Internetul este noul TV si din ce in ce mai multi oameni il folosesc ca o alternativa. Transmitatorii si editorii sunt asadar interesati de crearea de reclame pentru Internet. Google este titanul in ceea ce priveste publicitatea online, totusi sunt si altii facand schimbari semnificante. AOL tocmai a lansat un nou tip de reclama online inlocuind preroll-urile care sunt atat de dispretuite de navigatori. Modelul este nou pentru AOL, dar este deja folosit de BrightCove si YouTube cu un sistem de reclame interactiv. Noua reclama ticaitoare este integrata in video dar nu obstructioneaza vizionarea si a fost dezvoltata in colaborare cu PointRoll. Pe langa aceasta introducere AOL a lansat de asemenea si o reinventata platforma pentru player care introduce cateva noi trasaturi sociale si un cadru nou. Curt Viebranz, presedinte al platformei A a lui AOL a spus ca reclamele vor rula de-a lungul retelei AOL de videoclipuri in noua versiune a platformei playerului AOL Video facilita dialogul cu consumatorii facandu-l mai activ. Cum functioneaza? Reclama ticaitoare a lui AOL apare injosul playerului video timp de 10 secunde inainte de a incepe filmu propriu-zis. Daca navigatoru da click pe reclama apare un videoclip sau o reclama Flash interactiva. Sterling marturiseste ca asta usureaza munca consumatorilor, povara cazand pe umerii comerciantilor deoarece in spatele reclamei ticaitoare este una completa. Mai mult ca sigur reclamele video au un viitor promitator. TNS Research a realizat un chestionar dezvaluind ca 78 la suta din intervievati considera reclama online un mijloc la fel de bun ca si TV pentru a afla cate ceva despre comerciant, iar 64 la suta au facut achizitii dupa ce au vazut o reclama online. Pentru ca totul pledeaza in favoarea pulicitatii online, mai multe schimbari si inovatii vor avea loc. Stati si va relaxati.

Written by Claudia Sonea Edited by Zuzana Tylkova
These news are brought to you by CantellTV, its technology partner SigEx Telecom and its founder Chris Cantell. CantellTV is the fastest growing provider of digital broadcasting coupled with enhanced communications, allowing people to easily control, view, upload and share digital content through proprietary interface. CantellTV has relationships with a growing network of international clients delivering millions of videos per day with more than 50,000 new videos uploaded and 200 hours of new TV shows broadcasted daily to a wide range of viewers, from 5 to 7 year olds of LiveCartoons; to 16 to 24 year old active social users of MyJumps; to fortune 50 corporate clients utilizing enhanced broadcasting services. CantellTV is committed to delivering infinite choices to your world of entertainment at the tip of your fingers. Chris Cantell retains consulting arrangements with several pre-IPO companies.

Chris Cantell annouces Opera priamo do vasich usi

Mnohym ludom slovo "opera" evokuje zmiesane pocity, spojene s tmavym divadlom, zivajucim manzelom a styrmi hodinami plnymi skriekajucich Talianov v nafuknutych robach. Prirodzene, nie vsetci sme milovnikmi kazdeho druhu umenia. V spojeni s dalsimi odstrasujucimi faktami, nie je sa comu cudovat, ze sa opera stale jednym z najmenej oblubenych hudobnych zanrov medzi sucasnou mladovou generaciou. Davame prednost vacsej slobode- predovsetkym v textoch. Verte alebo nie, Metropolitan Opera Association sidliaca v New Yorku od aprila 1880 a sucasny najdolezitejsi producent opery na svete, bola zalozena z rovnakej potreby po slobode. Fungujuca Academy of Music zastupena najvyssimi a najbohatsimi kruhmi, nebola prilis nadsena z akceptovania novych clenov do svojich radov. Tito spevaci sa rozhodli vytvorit novu skupinu, v ktorej boli talenty vitane a ktora coskoro predcila Academy. Metropolitan Opera, dnes znama ako MET, zacala pisat svoju uspesnu historiu uvedenim hry Faust, 22 Oktobra 1883. Na konci 19teho storocia znamenal vznik novej, modernej vlny nahly pokrok. Podobnu senzaciu vyvolal novy projekt MET a spolocnosti Rhapsody. Tie len nedavno zverejnili spustenie novej objednavkovej digitalnej hudobnej sluzby. Ta umoznuje zakupenie stoviek opernych diel z rokov 1937 az 2006 z pohodlia vaseho domu. Umenie, ktore bolo raz vylucnou vysadou obrovskych hal, je teraz pristupne kazdemu. Vypocujte si a dajte opere druhu sancu.

Written by Romana Schlesingerova Edited by Zuzana Tylkova
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Chris Cantell annouces Blizi sa koniec spinavych LCD monitorov?Replace this Title

Kazdy uzivatel pocitacovej techniky urcite pozna ake to je mat obrazovku plnu smuh prachu a otlackov prstov. Takyto monitor posobi nie len neesteticky a neprijemne, ale jeho pouzivanie je v konecnom dosledku aj nezdrava pre oci. Kazdy, kto pracuje s pocitacom rovnako vie, ake otravne je cistenie monitoru den co den, znova a znova. Spolocnost LG Phillips LCD Co. ,so sidlom v Juznej Korei, v sucasnosti predstavila svoju novinku zameranu prave na zjednodusenie odstranovania necistot z pocitacovej obrazovky. Technologia spominaneho produktu je zalozena na samotnom povrchu, ktory svojim zakaznikom slubuje lahko upravovanu a spine odolnu plochu, ktora bude setrit rovnako cas ako aj peniaze. Tvorcovia tohto panelu porovnavaju system na akom pracuje (trochu prekvapivo) s teflonovou panvicou. Jej nelepivy povrch sa po pouziti cisti jednoduchsie ako tie bezne. A prave v tom spociva vyhoda novinky spolocnosti LG Phillips LCD Co. Ta, svoj produkt planuje spustit do vyroby v prvej polovici buduceho roku. Spociatku by mali byt pristupne panely pre 15.4 palcove monitory, do konca roka "ochranne plaste" pre vsetky velkosti monitorov. Spolocnost tiez predpoklada, ze novinka sa stane oblubenou najma medzi studentami, ktori su zaroven uzivatelmi prenosnych pocitacov. Hlavnym konkurentom pre LG Phillips LCD Co. je vsak dalsia spolocnost sidliaca v Juznej Korei a to Samsung Electronics Co. Obe spolocnosti su na truhu zname predovsetkym kvoli vyrobe LCD displejov. Vo vseobecnosti sa pouzivaju na vyrobu pocitacovych monitorov, domacich televiznych suprav ako aj obrazoviek na mobilnych telefonoch. LG Phillips Co. a Samsung Electronic Co. su v skutku najvacsimi rivalmi, ktori sa snazia ziskat dominantnu poziciu na trhu LCD displejov a to nie len v Juznej Korei, kde sidlia.

Written by Zuzana Blazeckova Edited by Zuzana Tylkova
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Chris Cantell annouces Internet ads

Greg Sterling, principal analyst at Sterling Market Intelligence, states that the Internet is the new TV and more and more people used it as an alternative. Broadcasters and publishers are therefore interested in creating ads for the Internet. Google is the giant in the online advertising, however there are others making significant changes too. AOL has just launched a new type of Internet ad replacing the prerolls that are so despite by Internet users. The type is new for AOL, but it is already used by BrightCove and YouTube with an interactive advertising system. The new thicker ad is integrated within a streaming video but does not obstruct viewing and it has been developed in conjunction with PointRoll. In addition to its introduction AOL also released a revamped media player platform that introduces several new social features and a new development framework. Curt Viebranz, president of AOL's Platform-A said that ads will run across the AOL Network of video content within the newest version of the AOL Video media player platform and it will smooth the dialogue with consumers by making it active. How it works? AOL's video ticker ad appears at the bottom of the video player 10 seconds into the video stream. If the user clicks it a video ad or an interactive Flash ad within the video player window will be launched. Sterling says that this way it is easier for the users who just have to click the tick, while the burden falls on the marketer due to the fact that a fuller ad that sits behind the ticker. It's a sure thing that video ads have a promising future. TNS Research made a survey revealing that 78 percent of respondents consider online video ads to provide just like TV a mean of learning about an advertiser, while 64 percent had taken some action after seeing an online video ad. Hence all this pleaded in favor of online video ads, more changes and innovations are expected to take place. Sit back and enjoy!

Written by Claudia Sonea Edited by Zuzana Tylkova
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Universal park in Hwaseong

Developers of a Universal Studios theme park and resort in South Korea decided to build the Universal Park. In the city of Hwaseong in Gyeonggi province, which is located 20 minutes south of Seoul and close to main international airport in Incheon, will be this $3.1billion project situated. This new park will have 4.7 million squares meters and should bring more than 10 millions visitors every year. South Korea's Gyeonggi province and partners for this project said that plans will be completed by the spring of 2012 and that 58,000 new jobs would be brought. South Korea has about 50 million people and nearly half of them can drive to the city of Hwaseong under one hour time. They can find there hotels, golf courses and many places which can entertain them all days and nights. This project would be the biggest investment ever Universal Studios theme park made. And at the time of opening would be the largest in physical size internationally for Universal. Thomas L. Williams, the chairman of Universal Parks & Resorts visited the side in early November and his colleague, USK Property's president Frank P. Stanek said that this project is real and will proceed successfully. Gyeonggi government and population hoped that this huge project will bring to their country enormous cultural and economic effects.

Edited by: Lydia Jasenska

These news are brought to you by CantellTV, its technology partner SigEx Telecom and its founder Chris Cantell. CantellTV is the fastest growing provider of digital broadcasting coupled with enhanced communications, allowing people to easily control, view, upload and share digital content through proprietary interface. CantellTV has relationships with a growing network of international clients delivering millions of videos per day with more than 50,000 new videos uploaded and 200 hours of new TV shows broadcasted daily to a wide range of viewers, from 5 to 7 year olds of LiveCartoons; to 16 to 24 year old active social users of MyJumps; to fortune 50 corporate clients utilizing enhanced broadcasting services. CantellTV is committed to delivering infinite choices to your world of entertainment at the tip of your fingers. Chris Cantell retains consulting arrangements with several pre-IPO companies.

The Importance of Helmet in Rodeo

Everyone know how dangerous sport rodeo is. Many of us are questioning why do all those people risk their lives? Because of the passion? Because of the danger during the ride, riders should wear some protective clothes. Very important thing has became a helmet. Some riders don't wear helmet, because they want to look good in their cowboy shoes, jeans, shirt and hat. But there certainly is a moment when everyone reevaluates decision whether to put helmet on or not. "I would never put one on because I wanted to look like a cowboy, with my boots, long-sleeved shirt and cowboy hat. Now I don't think I'd get on without one," said Justin Koon after skull fracture injury caused by the rodeo riding. B. J. Schumacher or J. B. Mauney are professional rodeo riders who wear their helmets. The percentage of getting hurt is too high. Rodeo riders hurt about 10 times more than football or hockey players. Former bull-riding champion Cody Lambert said: "I've had some really good friends die in this sport, but I didn't have to lose friends to understand this sport and how dangerous it is. Just because you have a helmet or vest or a pair of chaps, you can still die out there." Cody Lambert was a vitness of his friends death and this was an impuls to design a special vest which protects body. The vest is filled with foam and is required by some rodeo associations. It reduces the impact of fall or jog of a bull horn.

Edited by: Lydia Jasenska

These news are brought to you by CantellTV, it's technology partner SigEx Telecom and it’s founder Christopher M. Cantell. CantellTV is the fastest growing provider of digital broadcasting coupled with enhanced communications, allowing people to easily control, view, upload and share digital content through proprietary interface. CantellTV has relationships with a growing network of international clients delivering millions of videos per day with more than 50,000 new videos uploaded and 200 hours of new TV shows broadcasted daily to a wide range of viewers, from 5 to 7 year olds of LiveCartoons; to 16 to 24 year old active social users of MyJumps; to fortune 50 corporate clients utilizing enhanced broadcasting services. CantellTV is committed to delivering infinite choices to your world of entertainment at the tip of your fingers.

Care about them

Animals should be our friends, someone who is still in your house, wait for you to come back from work, be with you when everyone else is gone. They love us; we are something like heroes and only families for them. So that's why we should care about them, love them back and protect them. Lots of people do it like this. But there should be more. Many people don't think the same. Animals are nothing for them. After a while they are not so excited about them, no more interested. It was only a short joy for them or for their kids. They stop to care about them, what can cause even the death of the animal. In the States there is a new problem. Lots of people have problem with mortgages and paying for their houses, so they have to go away, and very often they leave their pets locked in empty houses. Sometimes they have no other choice; animals are not allowed in their new homes. I can understand that loosing home is very hard and it makes more problems, but every time they have enough time to give that animal to someone else or just bring it to special place for lonely animals. Would they leave there one of their children, because they have too many of them??? Never. So why they can't care about that animal? I think the law should be stronger for all the people who are treating animals like this. What is it about? Does it make them feel happy? Don't they have enough place on this planet?? I hope one day will people wake up and start think like a real human.

Edited by: Lydia Jasenska

These news are brought to you by CantellTV, it's technology partner SigEx Telecom and it’s founder Christopher M. Cantell. CantellTV is the fastest growing provider of digital broadcasting coupled with enhanced communications, allowing people to easily control, view, upload and share digital content through proprietary interface. CantellTV has relationships with a growing network of international clients delivering millions of videos per day with more than 50,000 new videos uploaded and 200 hours of new TV shows broadcasted daily to a wide range of viewers, from 5 to 7 year olds of LiveCartoons; to 16 to 24 year old active social users of MyJumps; to fortune 50 corporate clients utilizing enhanced broadcasting services. CantellTV is committed to delivering infinite choices to your world of entertainment at the tip of your fingers.

Margaret Truman died (83)

The only child of a previous president Harry S. Truman died on Tuesday. She became very famous due to her board job horizon. She was glowing in many fields, including radio and TV, theater, an even as a mystery writer. Margaret Truman was born February 17th, 1924 in Independence. She had no siblings. Her mother was Bess Truman and father, a former president, Harry Truman. She died after a several week ailment being on a respirator at a Chicago assisted facility. As her father became a president, her life changed completely. She was on the spot of all Medias since she was a junior at college. The life in the White House was not as easy as everybody might think. She once said that she felt like living several lives at one time. She added too that "Some of it was fun, but most of it was not. It was a great view of history being made." She started her career as a singer in New York City. She found in this place not only professional life but also personal as she got familiar with her husband, a journalist Clinton Daniel. They married when Margaret was 32. They had four sons. In the same year of her marriage, 1956, she wrote her first book, an autobiography named "Souvenir". Despite of the fact that she regarded writing as a hard work she continued in typing. She published another one about White House pets (1969), and later on a biography of her father. She went on by writing mysteries, such as the Supreme Court, the Smithsonian, Embassy Row, the FBI, Georgetown, the CIA, Kennedy Center, the National Cathedral and the Pentagon. In 1947 she recorded her first professional debut with the Detroit Symphony Orchestra. However, the critics were not very impressed by the voice rather by her performance. Herby, she turned later to radio and television. As the time passed, she became a grandmother and devoted herself in singing only in the church choir. She also participated in Harry S. Truman Library institute and was its nonprofit partner.

Edited by: Lydia Jasenska

These news are brought to you by CantellTV, it's technology partner SigEx Telecom and it’s founder Christopher M. Cantell. CantellTV is the fastest growing provider of digital broadcasting coupled with enhanced communications, allowing people to easily control, view, upload and share digital content through proprietary interface. CantellTV has relationships with a growing network of international clients delivering millions of videos per day with more than 50,000 new videos uploaded and 200 hours of new TV shows broadcasted daily to a wide range of viewers, from 5 to 7 year olds of LiveCartoons; to 16 to 24 year old active social users of MyJumps; to fortune 50 corporate clients utilizing enhanced broadcasting services. CantellTV is committed to delivering infinite choices to your world of entertainment at the tip of your fingers.

A Good Helper

SigEx Telecom is the natural and necessary complement of existing social networks. The main task of the company is connecting people together. Users are allowed to view, download and share video, make multiple phone calls. The company fills a clear gap between being connected and interacting as well as bringing together various means of communicating. Advanced SMS and cheap international phone calls are at the beginning and it continues with high definition video rooms. SigEx Telecom allows its users for multiple phone calls, which can be made through the Internet. It has its users in many countries all over the world. Interesting news come from Nokia. This company is coming with a new cell phone application. This could be a good helper not only for SigEx users. It is a free subscription navigation service. It has GPS integrated. It is not only a map but also a built-in compass that is integrated in user's cell phone. Interesting attribute of this application is that, when a user will rotate the phone, the map will rotate as well to show what is he looking at. Small chip inside the phone enables an additional compass function to the accelerometer. Users of this usable helper should not get lost anymore. This software provides interfaces of programing that make possible not only access to location of user but also direction that he or she is facing. This application will become more common in close future. Why not? It is easer to travel with map and navigation in the phone than with a paper map.

Edited by: Lydia Jasenska

These news are brought to you by CantellTV, it's technology partner SigEx Telecom and it’s founder Christopher M. Cantell. CantellTV is the fastest growing provider of digital broadcasting coupled with enhanced communications, allowing people to easily control, view, upload and share digital content through proprietary interface. CantellTV has relationships with a growing network of international clients delivering millions of videos per day with more than 50,000 new videos uploaded and 200 hours of new TV shows broadcasted daily to a wide range of viewers, from 5 to 7 year olds of LiveCartoons; to 16 to 24 year old active social users of MyJumps; to fortune 50 corporate clients utilizing enhanced broadcasting services. CantellTV is committed to delivering infinite choices to your world of entertainment at the tip of your fingers.

A new way how to find employees

SigEx Telecom is a company that is the best growth placement in France. It is quickly becoming a leader on the digital market. At the beginning of the company there were two American founders. It has two big supporters behind itself. One of them is Sigex Ventures and the other one is SigEx Ventures Euro Fund. As a financial product, SigEx Telecom became the most efficient tax reduction placement with the highest return on investment. SigEx Telecom finished 2007 with the assets around 347 M Euro. It was increase more than 115 percent. And the company is still going along. Users of SigEx Telecom are nearly in every country all over the world. They are allowed to view, download and share video, make multiple phone calls. There comes another possibility for SigEx clients. AKQA is an American company which has private holders. It is specialist for interactive marketing. Its headquarter is in San Francisco but like many other American companies it has its offices in many European and also Asian countries. It is treated as an independent global agency that serves some of the biggest brands of the world. Some of them are Motorola, Coca-Cola, Nike, Visa, McDonald's or Microsoft. One of the most famous project was the user interface design for Xbox 360.AKQA has found out a new way how to find potential employees. They can apply for work through the Internet. AKQA uses job-recruitment Web sites as Monster.com. Maybe this could be a new challenge for SigEx Telecom. And possibility for its users how to find a job.

Edited by: Lydia Jasenska

These news are brought to you by CantellTV, it's technology partner SigEx Telecom and it’s founder Christopher M. Cantell. CantellTV is the fastest growing provider of digital broadcasting coupled with enhanced communications, allowing people to easily control, view, upload and share digital content through proprietary interface. CantellTV has relationships with a growing network of international clients delivering millions of videos per day with more than 50,000 new videos uploaded and 200 hours of new TV shows broadcasted daily to a wide range of viewers, from 5 to 7 year olds of LiveCartoons; to 16 to 24 year old active social users of MyJumps; to fortune 50 corporate clients utilizing enhanced broadcasting services. CantellTV is committed to delivering infinite choices to your world of entertainment at the tip of your fingers.

SigEx Ventures : Investors are becoming increasingly interested in green technologyby Corina Ciubotaru

As climate change becomes a reality we are all responsible for, and governments start raising awareness, venture capital investors seem to be increasingly attracted to clean tech. In 2006, $2.9 billion were invested in this field in the US, compared to $1.6 billion in 2005, and a big part of this money went into energy-related ventures. This figure increased by nearly 60% in the first quarter of 2007 making the clean tech venture market the third most significant after biotechnology and software. GE was a big investor in clean tech in recent times; in the beginning of the year, they invested in a company that researches batteries for hybrid vehicles, and the American giant probably won’t stop here, aiming to invest $4 billion in renewable energy by 2010. Other companies have also announced they want to join the race: Citigroup is willing to invest $50 billion in the next ten years in companies that address climate change issues, while Bank of America intends to invest $20 billion in the same area. In Europe, the level of investment is significantly lower and it’s decreased in 2006 compared to the previous year. What should concern European leaders even more is that not only are they significantly behind the US when it comes to investments, but that the Americans have invested more in European ventures than the actual people benefiting from them. Part of this problem is due to insufficient state involvement in the issue, but some potential investors consider that there aren’t enough opportunities for them in Europe.

related story: http://arstechnica.com/news.ars/post/20070606-clean-tech-investments-pull-in-10-percent-of-us-venture-capital.html

by Corina Ciubotaru for SigEx Ventures (http://sigexventures.com)

SigEx Ventures's matrix of properties are quickly becoming leaders in digital telebroadcasting, free content delivery allowing people to easily talk, view, upload and share through free online TV broadcasting, free unlimited global calls, video blogs and SMS. SigEx Ventures invests in projects deploying "free" to add-on royalty revenue models

SigEx Ventures : Private equity companies going publicby Ioana Madalina Tantareanu

As a result of the tech-bubble bear market, most asset classes outside of U.S. large cap stocks, U.S. government securities, and municipal debt have been deemed "non-traditional" or "alternative" in some way.One of the biggest beneficiaries of this trend was private equity and the investors have flooded firms such as Blackstone and KKR with cash.Opportunities in the marketplace are researched by private equity. They are different from the standard stock analysis,which tends to focus on relatively arbitrary quarterly earnings per share estimates, because they analyze companies to determine whether the lines of business are worth more together or apart and they try to find unexploited opportunities. Richard Gere's character in "Pretty woman movie" would be the personification of today's "private equity." There are many options in having and managing a company. Sometimes it`s the best thing to do to tear the company apart and sell it, but sometimes you may leave it whole and shake up the business model.Going public doesn't necessarily take away these company`a flexibility.Warren Buffet's company Berkshire Hathaway has as it`s core business insurances.Geico and General Re are some of the primary lines of business.This hasn`t stopped Berkshire Hathaway from investing in, or acquiring, a host of other companies, like companies from high-tech electronics to making candy. Investors buy shares of the holding company, not the private equity subsidiary, refering to taking the private out of private equity.These will be publicly traded companies who engage in private equity portfolio management as their primary line of business, in order to cash in on the recent boom and successes and to provide liquidity for the firm's shareholders.

by Ioana Madalina Tantareanu for SigEx Ventures (http://sigexventures.com)

SigEx Ventures's matrix of properties are quickly becoming leaders in digital telebroadcasting, free content delivery allowing people to easily talk, view, upload and share through free online TV broadcasting, free unlimited global calls, video blogs and SMS. SigEx Ventures invests in projects deploying "free" to add-on royalty revenue models

SigEx Ventures : Private equity picking up steamby Delia Cruceru

Although market commentators said that New Zealand’s global buyout is going down, in here the private equity activity is blooming. This year the many deals regarding private equity firms like Yellow Pages and MediaWorks have been transacted. Corporate raider Carl Icahn said “the global boom has reached its peaked” and Blackstone Group, Kravis, Kohlberg, Roberts (KKR) and Carlyle Group capable of paying high prices are waiting for better offers and deals. Paul Chrystal, head of private equity from Goldman Sachs JBWere said that in New Zealand assets are becoming very expensive: “not all people paying high prices are overpaying, but if they are, there's always more risk that they will have a difficult time later. I don't think there's any serious investors in the private equity market who haven't felt the pressure of prices, are worried by it, and are probably more cautious." AMP Capital Investor’s boss says "base interest rates and risk spreads are rising. While we'd seen private equity interest, we hadn't seen transactions on the smaller part of the market. That's clearly changed with Tourism Holdings and MediaWorks.” Chief economist and head of investment strategy of AMP Capital Investors says the boom in the private equity takeover activity will get bigger and will have positive effects.

related story: http://www.nzherald.co.nz/section/3/story.cfm?c_id=3&objectid=10451724

by Delia Cruceru for SigEx Ventures (http://sigexventures.com)

SigEx Ventures's matrix of properties are quickly becoming leaders in digital telebroadcasting, free content delivery allowing people to easily talk, view, upload and share through free online TV broadcasting, free unlimited global calls, video blogs and SMS. SigEx Ventures invests in projects deploying "free" to add-on royalty revenue models

SigEx Telecom : Digital Rights Management or how to protect music twiceby Corina Ciubotaru

DRM, which stands for Digital Rights Management, is a term that describes the actions a person, usually producers, can take in order to protect their digital work from being distributed without prior authorization. In other words, without DRM, the music, movies etc of the world could be distributed to interested audiences only under copyright restrictions. Some of the most common places where one is likely to find DRM in use are DVDs, audio CDs and the Apple iTunes Music store. DVDs first started being protected in 1996 and these discs could only be played in devices selected by the DVD Forum; manufacturers had to sign an agreement with the Forum which subsequently enabled them to use certain features needed to play the discs in their devices. This practice ended in 1999 when a well known hacker called Jon Lech Johansen released the DeCSS software which allowed DVDs to be properly played on computers using Linux. Audio CD buyers had several problems with the DRM because not all accepted players could actually play the music and some CDs from Sony also contained a rootkit which, after playing the disc, made computers vulnerable to outside attacks. A few years and some lawsuits later, the DRM era on CDs ended in 2007, when EMI announced it would no longer publish discs with DRM. DRM is like copyright, but stronger and more restrictive, because it only allows files to be played on the devices that producers agree with. Although it may sound like a good deal for producers, it’s really the consumers that suffer with the use of the DRM system.

related story: http://www.wisegeek.com/what-is-drm.htm

by Corina Ciubotaru for SigEx Telecom (http://sigex.com)

SigEx Telecom is quickly becoming the leading telebroadcasting communications provider allowing people to easily talk, view, upload and share video clips through free online TV broadcasting, free unlimited global calls, websites, blogs, video-mails and SMS. SigEx Telecom captures many add-on services for its clients generating royalties and fees in a broad spectrum of marketing services including public relations and promotions.

CANTELL TV SETS OUT TO CONQUER GLOBAL DIGITAL BROADCASTING

PARIS, FRANCE – 1 March, 2007 – Cantell TV is entering the digital broadcasting era, offering today the newest and hippest digital broadcasting systems. Cantell TV skillfully combines an array of amazing technological breakthroughs: revolutionary broadcasting services coupled with enhanced video communication capacity, including video-rooms, four-way video-conferencing, integrated phone services, SMS communications and many more – powered by marketing partner SigEx Telecom.
“We are pleased to offer our end-users to finally be in full control. Not only they will control entertainment offered by the outside channels, but also have a strong hold on their own digital content: videos, music, and photos. Our end-users will have infinite choices of “what”, “where” and “when” and will be able to share and broadcast this content throughout our network,” says Christopher M. Cantell, the Founder and Chief Executive Officer of Cantell TV.
Cantell TV ushers in an era of software power and sophistication never before seen in a TV broadcasting company, completely redefining the notion of digital entertainment.
The element that primordially distinguishes Cantell TV from its competition stems from the revolutionary user interface it delivers. It is based on a large multi-option display and innovative new software that lets you control everything at the tips of your fingers. The concept that Cantell TV brings to the public has been created with a fluid stream of innovation: you can view your favorite selection of TV shows, video-chat to your pals about the latest Martha Stewart scandal or yesterday’s NYSE slump; simultaneously upload your home-video footage taken in Tahiti and SMS you cousin in Iceland to take a look at it on his own Cantell TV LivingSpace. The multimedia universe that this digital broadcasting company is bringing to its consumers is bound to raise the bar of digital entertainment industry. With more and more end-user rejoicing over this high-tech wonder, a question looms in the shade: Will the competitors deal with it?
About Cantell TV
Cantell TV is the fastest growing provider of digital broadcasting coupled with enhanced communications, allowing people to easily control, view, upload and share digital content through proprietary interface. Cantell TV has relationships with a growing network of international clients delivering millions of videos per day with more than 50,000 new videos uploaded and 200 hours of new TV shows broadcasted daily to a wide range of viewers, from 5 to 7 year olds of LiveCartoons; to 16 to 24 year old active social users of MyJumps; to fortune 50 corporate clients utilizing enhanced broadcasting services. Cantell TV is committed to delivering infinite choices to your world of entertainment at the tip of your fingers.
About SigEx Telecom
SigEx Telecom is quickly becoming the leading telebroadcasting communications provider allowing people to easily talk, view, upload and share video clips through free online TV broadcasting, free unlimited global calls, websites, blogs, video-mails and SMS. SigEx Telecom captures many add-on services for its clients generating royalties and fees in a broad spectrum of marketing services including public relations and promotions.
About the Founder
Chris Cantell brings more than 18 years of experience and ownership of diverse companies in technology licensing, recruiting and international corporate structuring with expertise in areas ranging from software development, public relations and advertising, to finance on a global basis, including United States, Europe, Canada, and a five year stint in South America (Brazil). Chris has a proven track record developing new business, researching and securing existing structures to solve complex problems, and recruiting best practices to deliver superior results. He works closely with industry leaders to develop deep relationships, usually measured in years, to create sustainable structures.

Our Favorite SigEx Foundry blogs by Silvia Baldin

Here is a list of our top ten blog sites. They all relate to SigEx Ventures, the Foundry School and the founders Chris Cantell and Frederic Artru. We invite you to visit them as well for news on other Sigex Ventures companies and SigEx Foundry projects.

1. http://frederic-artru.blogspot.com
2. http://sigexventures-sigexfoundry.blogspot.com
3. http://sigexventureseurofund.blogspot.com
4. http://silviasigexfoundry.blogspot.com
5. http://diana-sigex.livejournal.com
6. http://sigexventures-avenirdesmedias.blogspot.com
7. http://sigexventures-futureofmedia.blogspot.com
8. http://sigexventures-beapartofit.blogspot.com
9. http://sigexventures-nanodata.blogspot.com
10. http://sigextogo.blogspot.com

by Silvia Baldin

Our Favorite SigEx Foundry blogs by Silvia Baldin

Here is a list of our top ten blog sites. They all relate to SigEx Ventures, the Foundry School and the founders Chris Cantell and Frederic Artru. We invite you to visit them as well for news on other Sigex Ventures companies and SigEx Foundry projects.

1. http://frederic-artru.blogspot.com
2. http://sigexventures-sigexfoundry.blogspot.com
3. http://sigexventureseurofund.blogspot.com
4. http://silviasigexfoundry.blogspot.com
5. http://diana-sigex.livejournal.com
6. http://sigexventures-avenirdesmedias.blogspot.com
7. http://sigexventures-futureofmedia.blogspot.com
8. http://sigexventures-beapartofit.blogspot.com
9. http://sigexventures-nanodata.blogspot.com
10. http://sigextogo.blogspot.com

by Silvia Baldin

SigEx Rights Management by Silvia Baldin

De même que les sociétés de livraison de paquets ont apporté une plus grande fiabilité aux services postaux, SigEx Rights Management permet le déploiement d’un réseau de distribution de contenu numérique. Les technologies de SigEx Rights Management sont intégrées au SuperPBX pour permettre une distribution multi-réseaux.
About SigEx Ventures

SigEx Ventures, Inc. is a private investment fund focused exclusively on the emerging Enhanced Communications industry. Using funds raised from individual (angel) investors, SigEx Ventures funds projects for the Foundry’s development programs. Thus, SigEx Ventures, in conjunction with the Foundry, enables fully-funded, viable structures for business R&D to address alpha-beta development projects for strategic customers that include global telecommunications carriers, network equipment manufacturers, information technology companies, and digital content providers. The projects developed by the Foundry are all pre-funded by the SigEx Ventures investments fund for a period of 12 to 18 months. The most successful of these may become sustainable ventures.

About the Foundry
The Foundry is a revolutionary training, research and development center that uses proven methodologies and management techniques to create successful companies based on advanced technology innovations. Much more than a think tank where great ideas are tested and challenged, the Foundry provides the structure and guidance to assist its project companies with tasks such as recruiting and training staff; obtaining financing, research grants, and patents; and professional services.
The Foundry development programs provide fully funded viable structures for business R&D, drawing lessons from years of experience. Through the Foundry’s training program, CEO Christopher Cantell and President & COO Frédéric Artru unveil a new practical orientation for those serious about launching a new career in Enhanced Communications. The Foundry develops and launches successful new project-companies, while providing enough freedom to allow for innovation and enough structure to control risk. For more information: http://www.sigex.com/pdf/EU_Foundry.pdf

About the Founders
Christopher M. Cantell and Frédéric Artru have proven, throughout their careers, their ability to attract talented teams, technologies and capital around fundamental ideas. They have constantly shown their willingness to adapt to changes in their environment and most importantly their capacity to succeed. Chris and Frédéric have demonstrated expertise in the technology, marketing and financial subjects they are implementing, and their diverse experiences have allowed them to test, develop, evaluate and validate their methodologies and techniques. For more information: http://www.sigex.com/pdf/FR_Fondateurs.pdf

by Silvia_SigexFoundry