Kaltura and Intelligent Television Partner to Enhance Cultural and Educational Projects With Rich-Media Collaboration
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NEW YORK, NY, Jan 28 (MARKET WIRE) --
Kaltura, Inc., a pioneer in Collaborative Media, and Intelligent Television, a
new
nonfiction media company, announced today that the organizations will work
together on several joint experiments revolving around culture and education
usingrich-media in the community.
"Intelligent Television is all about educational productions, public
media,and community projects, so Kaltura's concept of group collaboration in
rich-media fits our business philosophy like a glove," said Peter B. Kaufman
from Intelligent Television. "Featuring the Kaltura platform in our new
productions and in our research projects with moving image archives is very
exciting."
The companies invite the community to join and contribute time, skills and
ideas, as well as suggestions of relevant projects.
"It's great to work with Intelligent Television, a producer with the same
values and visions of community and joint creation as Kaltura," said Ron
Yekutiel, Chairman and CEO of Kaltura. "This relationship is an important
addition
to the Kaltura Global Network, en route of making Kaltura the standard of
online rich-media editing and collaboration."
Kaltura and Intelligent Television will work on a variety of joint
projectsincluding a new documentary history of the Korean War with Jigsaw
Productions
and Intelligent Television's multiyear Memory Project.
"The Longest Winter" tells the story of America in the Korean War based on
the book "The Longest Winter" from Pulitzer Prize-winning journalist David
Halberstam. "The Longest Winter" film is centered on eyewitness accounts and
archival media, including rare color film shot during the conflict. Producers
Intelligent Television and Jigsaw Productions combine traditional narration,
contemporary voices from soldiers and others caught in the events, interviews
with veterans, and Halberstam's words and voice to bring a new sensory
experience to the telling of wartime history -- and a fresh sense of relevance
for the television viewer of today. Using Kaltura's platform, the archive of
material from the film and many of the interviews that are being conducted will
be
made available to the public to annotate and mix online -- see more at
http://www.kaltura.com/index.php/browse?kshow_id=99428.
The Memory Project is a blend of new and archival media about the nature
ofmemory produced by award-winning filmmaker Vanessa Roth. Kaltura technology
will
also be featured prominently in the work of Intelligent Television's new
educational
video studio, which the company launched in November 2007.
About Intelligent Television
Intelligent Television produces innovative films, television, and video in
close association with leading cultural and educational institutions and
world-renowned producers, directors, and cinematographers. Intelligent
Television's
productions, research projects, consulting services, and conferences focus on
making educational and cultural material more widely accessible worldwide.
Intelligent Television's productions seek to network production facilities,
production and archival expertise, and digital media content at cultural and
educational institutions. The company's productions are supported by
foundations,
corporations, government agencies, and individuals. Intelligent Television's
research projects explore new ways of funding and opening educational and
cultural
content.Intelligent Television's conferences draw leading thinkers from around
the
world committed to broadening access to truth and beauty. Intelligent
Television
consulting services help commercial and noncommercial institutions that market
and
distribute moving-image and recorded-sound archives. In 2007, with two years of
seed
support from the William and Flora Hewlett Foundation, Intelligent Television
launched an educational video studio to produce high-quality video resources
systematically for education.
For more information visit http://www.intelligenttelevision.com.
About Kaltura
Kaltura is a New York-based pioneer in Collaborative Media, allowing
groupsof users to create rich-media projects together using video, audio, and
animation, similarly to what wiki platforms enable with text. Kaltura's
revolutionary concept of group-video-making provides the incentive and
opportunity for people to 'lean forward' and create rich-media with
friendsand like-minded people. Kaltura's technology is implemented in the
kaltura.com portal, available to all for free; and is also licensed to other
websites, social networks, and brands for their customized and integrated
use. Together, Kaltura's partners comprise the Kaltura Global Network, the
world's largest network of re-mixable, shared and legal rich-media content, and
creators. Founded in 2006, Kaltura's management and advisory team includes
top notch advertising, marketing, and media executives as well as seasoned
technology entrepreneurs, including co-founders of ICQ, Cyota, and Destinator
Technologies.
Since its public launch in September 2007, Kaltura has won the People's
Choice
Award at both the TechCrunch40 event, and the Mashable Open Web Awards. For
more information visit www.kaltura.com or visit the Kaltura blog at
www.kaltura.com/blog/.
For more information:
Lisa Bennett
Kaltura
(212) 981-3965
Email Contact
Charlotte Jones Voiklis
Intelligent Television
(917) 482-5499
Email Contact
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