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LATIN AMERICA News, Sep 07, 2011


Can Netflix beat Latin America's pirates?
GigaOm
6, 2011, 8:23am PT 10 Comments Netflix officially launched its streaming service in Brazil on Monday, and the company will roll out in 42 additional countries and territories throughout Latin America and the Caribbean within the next few days, ...
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Brazil eyes Haiti troop pull-out
BBC News
The gradual reduction would be co-ordinated with the UN and other South Americannations with troops in Haiti. "We can't have a disorganised exit that creates a situation of chaos," Mr Amorim told the BBC. Mr Amorim said the security situation in Haiti ...
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BBC News
Polycom helps 35 healthcare institutions in 13 countries improve training and ...
Al-Bawaba
With its success clearly demonstrated, the model is now being deployed more broadly in new regions outside the Balkans including Africa, the Middle East, South Eastern Europe, and South America. The world-renowned International Virtual e-Hospital ...
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Netflix Brings It to Brazil
msnbc.com
Will Latin America migration decelerate through 2012? Things are already proving to be a challenge. Some Brazilians are already chiming in on Netflix's blog, complaining that the service offers too many American movies dubbed in Portuguese, ...
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Interactive TV News Round-Up (IV): NDS, Morega, Netflix, Miramax, Western Digital
InteractiveTV Today [itvt]
Beginning this month, Netflix members in Latin American territories including Mexico, Brazil, and Argentina will be able to instantly watch more than 140 Miramax movies, with dozens of titles being added on a rotating basis," Miramax states in its ...
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Upsurge in HD and VOD content demand spurs video server market growth
Computer Business Review
The US switchover was completed in 2009, the majority of Western Europe followed closely afterwards, while Latin America, Asia and the rest of Europe will complete the process by 2016. Increasing consumer demand for digital content has encouraged ...
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Haitian anger flares over alleged UN attack
Christian Science Monitor
Brazil's new defense minister has suggested that they will be pulling out of Haiti at some point in the near future and some of the other contributing countries in Latin America are questioning how long they must commit resources to this effort. ...
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Christian Science Monitor
Experimental Film the Focus at Madrid Festival
New York Times (blog)
Experimental video art takes the spotlight at Optica, a festival featuring works produced by filmmakers from around the world. From Sept. 16 to 18, fans and filmmakers alike will gather to screen recent films at La Casa Encendida arts center (2 Ronda ...
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New York Times (blog)
Video: Obama hits all-time low in new poll
msnbc.com
>> from south carolina . chuck todd is nbc's political director. he's here with the latest poll. people sending their kids back to school, report cards a couple months away. but the report card is here for the president and members of congress. the ...
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Brazil's Samba Tech Buys Videolog.tv ...
The Next Web
Both Samba Tech and Videolog.tv would then start to expand to other Latin Americancountries by early 2012, with Samba Tech opening an office in Miami. Mexico, Colombia, Chile and Argentina would only be its first targets; ultimately, Samba Tech's...
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The Next Web
Waiting on the Quadrennial Year Bump
Broadcasting & Cable
“Brazil is hosting the 2014 World Cup, and that is a huge event for Latin America, so a lot of people are converting to digital for that.” Specific sectors, such as archiving or technologies for multiplatform and IP video delivery, are also posting ...
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Broadcasting & Cable
Inside the Chilean miners' miracle at Vancouver Latin American Film Festival
The Vancouver Observer
Beyond the Miracle is his first directorial effort and is participating at the 9 th Vancouver Latin American Film Festival. The unflinching documentary recounts the accident in the Chilean mine of San José in Copiapo (north of Chile) where 33 miners ...
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Bolivia Bans Cars For “Day of The Pedestrian” (VIDEO)
Hispanically Speaking News
The idea of a vehicle-free day is not new; Several Latin American cities have held their own days dedicated to pedestrians and bicyclists, usually with great success and the exciting promise of more to come. Sunday's Day of the Pedestrian in Bolivia ...
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Hispanically Speaking News
Quick Hits LatAm: Mobile Market in Brazil, Online videos, Elections in the ...
Portada Magazine
Online videos: The new crown jewel of digital marketing? Will online video become the most effective tool for digital marketing? The importance and use of online audiovisual content in executing communications is growing every month in Latin America, ...
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Sharing a passion for hawk watching
EastBayRI.com
Mr. Carey will also show a brief video on the American Birding Association's Birder's Exchange, a program that brings donated optics to Latin American birders to help them become proficient birders and bird guides. Mr. Carey moved to Cambridge, Mass., ...
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Hollywood Expands New-Media Reach
Wall Street Journal
... Mr. Abrams' producing partner, will also play an active role in the new company. FactoryMade plans to focus its efforts on Latin America, working with Telefonica's subsidiaries in the region, Media NetworksLatin America SAC and Terra Networks SA.
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ScanSource, Inc. Launches Global Corporate Communications Group
MarketWatch (press release)
ScanSource POS and Barcoding in North America, Latin America and Europe delivers AIDC and POS solutions; Catalyst Telecom in the US, and ScanSource Communications in North America and Europe, provide voice, video and converged communications equipment; ...
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Everton FC striker Denis Stracqualursi excited by life in the Premier League ...
Liverpool Echo
Carlos Tevez might be desperate to see the back of the Premier League, but Everton's wide-eyedSouth American new-boy says he is living the dream – regardless of the weather. Stracqualursi, 23, signed on a season-long loan from Argentine club Tigre on ...
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Film forecast beyond festival and fanfare, PwC predicts a bright future for ...
DigitalJournal.com (press release)
At the same time markets in North and South America, Europe and the Middle East will see moderate to strong gains between 3% and 9%. "Revenues for filmed entertainment will be fuelled by the youth market and a variety of options for consumers to access ...
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Netflix teams up with Miramax for Latin Am. rollout
VatorNews
Prior to its partnership with Netflix, Miramax signed deals with iTunes, Amazon'sVideo on Demand, and BestBuy's CinemaNow. Miramax has also inked a deal with Hulu. There are currently some 205 million Internet users in Latin America, so Netflix has a ...
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VatorNews
Baby Jaguar Tries To Roar (VIDEO)
Huffington Post
This might not be the sound you would expect to hear from one of the biggest cats in South America. But this adorable Jaguar cub is only just beginning to assert himself. The Philadelphia Zoo introduced Lucha, a male Jaguar, born on June 3. ...
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Globecomm Tops 100 Channels and Greater Than 875000 Broadcast Hours of High ...
MarketWatch (press release)
... video content, the public switched telephone network or their corporate headquarters, or government offices. We currently have customers for which we are providing such services in the United States, Europe, South America, Africa, the Middle East, ...
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'Foursquaropoly' Wins Advertisers' Attention
ClickZ News
"We've had calls from India, London, South America… It's been kind of crazy," she said. "We tweeted about the video once and that's it. We didn't really promote it." McDonald wouldn't name the agencies that have pinged her team that includes partners...
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ClickZ News
Britney Spears Wants A 'Spectacular' Party For Her 30th Birthday
Backseat Cuddler
I'm gonna be in South America so I'll have to do something pretty fun. A carnival of Britney?” Spears, who launches her world tour in Russia on the 22nd of September, will hit the UK in October and has heard that Prince William was a fan and had a ...
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Telefónica states intent with corporate restructure
Telecoms.com (blog)
Under the new regime, Telefónica's operating companies will be grouped into two units; Europe andLatin America. Figures from Informa Telecoms & Media's World Cellular Investors for Q211 put the total operator subscriptions for properties where ...
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Operation Koh-e-Sufaid in Kurram agency, Pakistan. (Dunya News video)
Critical Threats Project
[7] The militant problem was exacerbated when TTP militants, fleeing Pakistani military operations in their traditional safe havens in Swat and South Waziristan, joined their affiliates based in Kurram and neighboring Orakzai agencies. ...
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MUSEUMS/GALLERIES LIST
The Jewish Week
Through photographic collages, poetry and video, the artist has created various works inspired by Jewish communities from South America to Russia, from the 13th century and to the last century. Yeshiva University Museum at the Center for Jewish History ...
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Now Mexico, South America and The Caribbean Can Hate Netflix, Too
Benzinga
Next week, Mexico, Central America and the Caribbean can finally welcome Netflix's tantalizing-but-tarnished brand of streaming video content. In the future, Netflix hopes to bring additional headaches and heartache to as many countries as possible.
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Silicon TV Tuners Value Expected To Reach US$ 750M In 2015, Says
Digital Broadcasting (press release)
Silicon tuner shipments into Latin America will grow at CAGR of 30.5%. In North America, silicon tuners built into TV sets, will grow with a Compound Annual Growth Rate (CAGR) of 22.5% through 2015. Many European TV sets already include silicon TV ...
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Amazon On Film – Gently Down The Stream
Little White Lies (blog)
Ever fancied taking a trip through the heart of South America at a budget price? Well in a matter of months you could be joining millions of others as you sail down the Amazon river from the comfort of your own home… Internet giants and creative ...
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Little White Lies (blog)
The Mexican TCO Threat has Entered Cyberspace
HSToday
Dmitry Bestuzhev, a Latin American specialist with the global Russian-based computer security firm, Kaspersky Lab, said TCOs turn to computer programmers to help them steal information to clone credit cards and passports. According to an investigation ...
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Britney Spears' Birthday Party Plans
Capital FM
"I'm going to be in South America so I'll have to do something pretty fun." So far it's been a good year for Britney who picked up an MTV VMA for Best Pop Video as well as the Michael JacksonVideo Vanguard Award for lifetime achievement last month. ...
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Netflix Gets Political as Pricing Threatens their Business Model
Gather.com
The company has just unveiled an online streaming service in Latin America, and they've also announced plans for expansion into Europe and Asia. Netflix just hired an executive to handle government relations in Washington, DC in a move that begs the ...
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Grandstream Announces New Partnerships
Channel Partners
And third, SURiX, a Latin America manufacturer of Door Phone systems connectable to telephony networks for buildings and gated communities, will begin offering Grandstream SIP Phones with its Door Phone Systems, with and without an IP PBX. ...
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Dream job for Durban's Lazola
Independent Online
By Billy Suter LAZOLA Dabula, who was earlier this year named as the first black female student to receive a BTech degree in Video Technology at Durban University of Technology, has landed her dream job. She is the presenter and assistant editor of a ...
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Independent Online
Independent Game Developers to Gather in LA in October at IndieCade To ...
MarketWatch (press release)
Like the independent videogame developer community itself, IndieCade's focus is global and includes producers in Asia, Latin America, Europe, Australia and anywhere else independent games are made or played. IndieCade was formed by Creative Media ...
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Rick Perry's Swing-Voter Problem
msnbc.com
He is so steeped in Austin and Paint Creek, and has such a colorfully controversial paper and videotrail, that his campaign persona may be a hard sell in precincts outside the Lone Star State. What's more, he enjoys reinforcing the archetype, ...
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Arizona's Case Against the Voting Rights Act
The Atlantic
It revolutionized Southern politics, opening the voting rolls to all, enabling the election of minority candidates and further creating an incentive for coalition politics that the old white South could never have produced. The Act uses two major tools ...
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