SXSWorld
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Taking Care of Business to Business A look at companies who are part of the SXSWORLD Filmmaker Magazine just named Florida State University alumnus Nat Sanders one of "25 New Faces of Independent Film." Sanders, who graduated from Florida State in 2002, was working in Hollywood, editing a reality television show, when fellow alum Barry Jenkins summoned him to San Francisco to edit the fi lm Medicine for Melancholy (which SXSW in 2009). screened at During SXSW, VOPED announced the release of several new features to its Embeddable Video Platform and online Pay Per View system. The VOPED online Pay Per View system creates new, untapped online revenue streams for musi- cians and independent fi lmmakers through its video management applications and integrated pay- ment gateway. New features include 24-hour live streaming, improved fan management tools (including coupons), refunds, fan histories and enhanced Pay Per View analytics. Panasonic's DVCPRO HD will be the offi cial recording format for capturing the London 2012 Olympic Games. Turner Broadcasting is melding innovative technology with televi- sion broadcasting. During SXSW, Turner displayed a new applica- tion that allows mobile, web and tablet viewing of the NCAA Men's Basketball Tournament. Even Mark Cuban stopped by. MXL Microphones and Mogami cables visited the SXSW 2011 Gear Expo. The Revelation Stereo tube microphone, with two EF 86 electro Harmonix tubes, was debuted. Canon has won a duo of awards in the red dot: product design 2011 competition—the world's largest and Louisiana Entertainment, a state agency offering incentive programs for fi lm, music, interactive media and live performance, represented all things Louisiana at SXSW's trade show. Louisiana, especially New Olympic Broadcasting Services London (OBSL), the host broadcaster, also will use the P2 HD series with solid-state memory cards for video recording equipment, including P2 HD Camcorder AJ-HPX3100 and P2 Portable Recorder AG-HPD24, to support the Olympic broadcast. Orleans, was represented well all over town with numerous show- cases and parties as well as feature fi lms. Highlights included the debut screening of Live at Preservation Hall: Louisiana Fairytale, fea- turing a live performance by the Preservation Hall Jazz Band and Jim James of My Morning Jacket prior to the screening. And promoting his new Shreveport-shot fi lm, Super, Rainn Wilson wandered the streets of Austin in his superhero costume. contest. most distinguished The company's design PIXMA MG8150 printer and the X Mark I calculator series are both among the elite group of products recog- nized in this year's competition, with each awarded the famous "red dot" seal of approval for design quality. Exploring the artisanal cultural trend sweeping the culinary world, Ovation just premiered a new three-part series, In Search of Food. The program spotlights the popularity and resurgence of the "locavore" movement (cooking with locally sourced ingredients), which has invigorated local growers and farms around the country. 4 SXSW ORLD / M AY – J UNE 201 1