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Red Herring today announced that Akamedia was named a Finalist of Red Herring 100 Europe, an award given to the top 100 private technology companies based in the EMEA (Europe, Middle East and Africa) region each year.
“This year’s impressive list of submissions from companies demonstrates Europe’s growing role as a major center of innovation in the global technology sector,” said Red Herring Editor-in-Chief Joel Dreyfuss. “The exceptional accomplishments of European technology startups and entrepreneurs are a testament to the rapid advancements being made in building the European innovation ecosystem.”
Red Herring’s lists of top private companies are an important part of the publication’s tradition of identifying new and innovative technology companies and entrepreneurs. Companies like Google, eBay, and Skype were spotted in their early days by Red Herring editors, and touted as leaders that would change the way we live and work.
Red Herring will honor the Red Herring 100 Europe Finalist companies at its Red Herring Europe 2008 event. Scheduled for April 14-16, at the Westin Dragonara

In partnership with the International Awards organised by the IE Club, the Journal du Net organises a readers' prize. You can vote for us at the following: VOTE HERE!. There is nothing to win but mindshare of the entrepreneurial environment.

Akamedia has been nominated by the IE Club in France as one of 30 most promising start-ups with international focus. The Award ceremony will happen on the 14th of June with the participation of great entrepreneurs: Geoffroy Roux de Bézieux (Virgin mobile & ThePhoneHouse), Denis Payre (Kiala & Business Objects) et Tariq Krim (Netvibes).
You can check the program and download the invitation!
Take a look at the list of the nominees.

With three production companies involved in the coverage of the biggest film festival, Akamedia will provide during the 12 days of the event great images to many broadcasters around the globe. Our technical staff and partners especially installed a server within' the media zone of "Le Palais des Festivals" connected with a 2 Gbits dedicated line to the Internet! Media clients should be able to download most clips @ 3 times the real time!
We will provide the coverage of the festival ON (the press conference, the trailer, some extracts & the red carpet for each film in competition and the other main movies), the festival OFF (all the scoops and side events of the two weeks), as well as a finished 3mn-daily report available on subscription!

We are preparing a paramount coverage of the 2007 Cannes Film Festival in High Definition. All the stars, all the press conferences, the red carpets and some exclusive footages will be shot in an amazingly beautiful quality. The coverage will be available for all media usages: TV, Web, Mobile & IPTV. In 2006 for example, the full coverage was available on the French IPTV channel Freenews provided by the alternative ISP Free.

We think that broadcasters can make a big step forward by providing their audience with a unique VIP access in Video On Demand to the whole coverage of the Festival: The most exclusive days of the movie industry, as if you were an invited professional and an accredited journalist!

Contact us for more information...

Michael Wesch is a assistant professor of cultural anthropology at Kansas State University. He made this amazing clip explaning how Web 2.0 is changing the way we relate to each other. He also mention that we have to rethink copyright, authorship, identity, ethics, aesthetics, rhetorics, governance, privacy...

Watch the video

We received this morning a very cool email informing us that Akamedia had been selected as one of the 70 "Nominees for the European ICT Prize" out of 450 applications from 30 countries.

The next stage should ended on the 19th February with the final selection of the 20 Nominees for the European ICT Grand Prize.

The press releases can be found there:
Nominations for 2007
French nominees for 2007

The site of the prize is there:www.ict-prize.org

We just tested the beta version of Joost and we are amazed by the work they did on the user interface.

With Joost, you can browse the video content and the channels as if you were using a media center. The video quality is quite OK in full screen. But the killer idea is the fact that you can add kinda-widget-plug-ins on your screen that enable chating, rating, jabber and Gmail instant messaging... That is cool!

Starting this month, Akamedia will offer the amazing production of IHA to its clients. The coverage of Turkey, the greater Middle East, but also Central Asia and Europe, will be included in the World News feed provided by Akamedia.

About IHA...
IHA is one of the biggest news agency in the Middle East. Ihlas News Agency has been providing news services to Turkish, European, American and Arabic television companies and many Turkish dailies and radios. As a member of one of the biggest media groups in Turkey, IHA follows the latest agendas worldwide. IHA covers Turkey, Europe, the greater Middle East, the Arabian Peninsula and the Central Asian states. IHA races against time with its television news department and photo and wire news department, providing quality news all over the world.
IHA

The famous celebrity photo agency based in Hollywood will provides its new video production to Akamedia for distribution in Europe.
Bauer Griffin

The Press Association, the experienced and famous UK national news agency, part of the PA Group, just signed with Akamedia to distribute its video production outside the UK.

About The Press Association...
The Press Association is the national news agency of the UK and Ireland, covering all the news that matters 24 hours a day, 365 days a year. Since 1868, The Press Association have been setting the UK news agenda with fast, fair and accurate reporting for national and regional, daily and weekly newspapers; TV and radio broadcasters; Magazines, periodicals and contract publishers; and digital platforms – websites, open space TV, mobile phone operators. From the core newswire services to video bulletins for digital platforms, The Press Association is providing a continuous stream of news, images, information and data.
The Press Association

Akamedia just signed with the Turkish based News Agency Cihan. Cihan's journalists cover most European and Middle East countries with a great focus on Sports and Celebrity news beyond hard news.
Cihan

Akamedia just signed a distribution deal with ZDF to provide access to the amazing archives of the German public TV.

About ZDF Enterprises...
ZDF Enterprises was founded in the year 1993 as a 100% private subsidiary of ZDF, one of the biggest and most renowned television broadcasters in Europe. On behalf of ZDF, ZDF Enterprises is responsible for worldwide program sales, the implementation of international coproductions, license purchasing for quality programs, marketing online rights and the merchandising of strong ZDF program brands.
ZDF Enterprises

Akamedia has been selected for the 2006 edition of Tremplin Entreprises as one the Top 30 most innovative start-ups in France.

Co-organized by the French Senate and Essec Business School, Tremplin Entreprises is the premier venture capital event in France, equally indispensable for both venture capitalists and the entrepreneurs behind innovative projects. The eighth edition takes place on July 5th and 6th, 2006, in the prestigious setting of the Luxembourg Palace, Paris, France.
www.tremplin-entreprises.senat.fr

Big Pictures, based in London, is a main photo agency in the celebrity segment. The agency will start to produce video together with photo. Big Pictures will rely on Akamedia to distribute its production to TV channels.
Big Pictures