Avid Technology and 24-7-footage.com to Bring Web-Based Stock Footage to Avid User Community via AvidProNet.com.Business/Technology Editors TEWKSBURY, Mass. and PASADENA, Calif.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--April 10, 2000 AvidProNet.com provides video professionals with easy access to high-quality stock footage library Avid Technology "Avid" redirects here. For the "Advancement Via Individual Determination" educational program, see AVID. Avid Technology, Inc NASDAQ: AVID is an American company specializing in video and audio production technology; specifically, digital non-linear media editing (NLE) , Inc. (NASDAQ NASDAQ in full National Association of Securities Dealers Automated Quotations U.S. market for over-the-counter securities. Established in 1971 by the National Association of Securities Dealers (NASD), NASDAQ is an automated quotation system that reports on :AVID), an industry leader in digital audio and video tools for information and entertainment applications, and 24-7-footage.com, a leading producer of professional-quality stock footage for the broadcast marketplace, today announced an agreement to provide Avid's user community with direct access to royalty-free stock footage libraries via AvidProNet.com(TM). AvidProNet.com, a B2B (Business to Business) Refers to one business communicating with or selling to another. See B2B e-commerce, B2C and B2G. B2B - business to business web services (1) Loosely, any online service delivered over the Web. Such usage appears in articles from non-technical sources, but not in IT-oriented publications, because definition #2 below describes the correct use of the term. portal for media professionals, will feature links enabling users to search for, select and purchase high quality stock footage through their browser browser Software that allows a computer user to find and view information on the Internet. The first text-based browser for the World Wide Web became available in 1991; Web use expanded rapidly after the release in 1993 of a browser called Mosaic, which used . "24-7-footage.com was established in direct response to the broadcast professional's need for immediate access to stock footage, regardless of location, time, day or week. We are pleased to have been selected by Avid, the leader in the professional editing arena, to participate in this program. We are very happy to provide Avid customers with direct access to our vast content resources via AvidProNet.com," said Jerry Skillett, President, 24-7-footage.com. 24-7-footage.com's product offering covers a wide variety of subjects including lifestyles, business, medical, science, space, sports, travel, and special effects special effects, in motion pictures, cinematographic techniques that create illusions in the audience's minds as well as the illusions created using these techniques. . In addition to being a top producer, 24-7-footage.com holds the exclusive license of several archival collections containing footage covering well-known historic moments, people and places. "We are delighted to add 24-7-footage.com to the increasing number of high-quality web-based resources and services available though AvidProNet.com," said Mike Rockwell, chief technology officer, Avid Technology. "We believe that integrating Web-based resources with Avid desktops - and that's the goal of AvidProNet.com - will bring enormous new efficiencies to Avid's user community." About 24-7-footage.com 24-7-footage.com, a subsidiary of 24-7-Digital.com, is a leading producer of broadcast-quality stock footage sourced to 35mm, 16mm, and Beta SP, available in a variety of digital and analog formats including 720 x 486 (NTSC (National TV Standards Committee) The committee that developed the television standards for the U.S, which are also used in Canada, Japan, South Korea and several Central and South American countries. Both the committee and the standard are called "NTSC. ), 720 x 576 (PAL (1) (Programmable Array Logic) A type of programmable logic chip (PLD) that contains arrays of programmable AND gates and predefined OR gates. PALs are defined by their number of inputs and outputs; for example, a 22v10 PAL means 22 inputs and 10 outputs. ), Beta SP, and D1 tape. The company has over 150 royalty-free stock footage titles currently in distribution with a customer-base consisting largely of broadcast producers in search of establishing shots, transitions, backgrounds and special effects sequences. For more information, visit www.24-7-footage.com. About Avid Technology, Inc. Avid Technology, Inc. is an international, industry-leading provider of digital audio and video tools for information and entertainment applications. Avid's products are used by a variety of customers worldwide including film, television and interactive content producers producing interactive video and audio content for the Internet Internet Publicly accessible computer network connecting many smaller networks from around the world. It grew out of a U.S. Defense Department program called ARPANET (Advanced Research Projects Agency Network), established in 1969 with connections between computers at the , TV news broadcasters, corporate communicators and consumers. For more information, visit Avid's Web site at www.avid.com. (c)2000 Avid Technology, Inc. All rights reserved. Product specifications are subject to change without notice. Avid is registered trademark and AvidProNet.com is a trademark of Avid Technology, Inc. All other trademarks contained herein are the property of their respective owners. |
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