Online Publishing

Digital content production (Digital Arts) have combined with powerful Content Management Programs (CPM) and created new forms of interactive network publishing.

The Affiliated Webmasters and iB enterprise managers have a tremendous combined technology/production services arsenal. Presently, the iBA network operations are involved in the development of a global iB operation that integrates Internet Broadcasting into established public and private communications industries.

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Digital Arts Content Production Services

Production of digital content is now the foundation of all publishing. The iBA invested in the Internet Broadcasting Network and the various value added network service applications so content could be published, distributed and management within the group's network. The iBA is a pioneer in digital rgb imaging, Television and Motion Picture production industries - making it an excellent production resource.

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It started in the "real" world...

In the "real" world, communications are still an important part of any endeavor. But, the "real" world has changed dramatically in its communication patterns since the Internet and World Wide Wed has become popular.

There are distinct differences in the technology used to produce communications, and the iBA owns and operates state-of-the-art facilities, design/consultation service groups, deployable production equipment/systems, and contract services capable of producing everything from color graphic to feature 35mm films.

Few people realize that the founders of the iBA, produced the technology that drives all rgb imaging color management/calibration. That's right, Paul D. Costa's US Patent #5,012,396 started a revolution in the film/TV industry known as rgb technology. Today, srgb is an IEC global standard for cross color palette referencing and white balance color management in all rgb imaging equipment. Most desktop graphic programs have srgb color management software driving the color palette and output (images/content) that goes to printers, display, and projection.

Between the years 1990 and 2000, the company that spun off the iBA, EXPOSION, consulted with over 1,000 radio and television networks, and all major digital broadcasting equipment manufactures - primarily integrating the srgb lighting/camera and studio calibration technologies into global broadcasting.

As a result of that work, the first "event" the iBA produced to focus the Internet Broadcasting industry into a loose knit community was the NAB 2000 Global Internet Broadcasting Demonstration. This event established the first deployable Internet Broadcasting Virtual Reality production/broadcast facility in the Las Vegas Convention Center Hotel (formerly the Debbie Reynold's Hotel), and utilization of the CastPro mobil video/encoding microwave transmission trucks - to produce four days and three nights of incredible news, event coverage, live broadcasting, and archive materials. The content was streamed over shared ISP outlets - some going to desktops around the world, some going to ABC New York, and some went online at the then new iBA global web page channel. Any of the material that involved a sponsor's content - was placed in the newly designed iBA Resource center - making that interactive operation one of the first public access "Marketing/Sales-on-demand" enterprises. A number of the sponsors utilized the iBA demonstration as a method of "distant learning" for their personnel and select clients.

An overwhelming success, the event proved overwhelming for the iBA. Both the sponsors and founders of the iBA realized that it would be years before the market - the online citizen who was equipped and connected with the quality of multi-media interactivity that enhanced their online experience enough to replace what they were using prior. While the success was being analyzed, new sponsors came in and urged that the NAB 2000 event be duplicated in Amsterdam at the IBC 2000 show.

The event in Amsterdam started out having serious logistic problems - ironically the digital production studio and necessary encoders all made it to the RAI center in Amsterdam in excellent shape. The sponsors who promised broadband connectivity as well as distribution of content produced - found that the RAI center had inadequate connectivity to say that least. The exhibitors collectively decided that connectivity/bandwidth would be rationed during the show - so each vendor could schedule when and what their iB would be. This put a squeeze on the content that the iBA demonstration studio/crew being streamed. However, immediately across from the iBA demonstration center - there was a German company who had constructed the OB Internet Broadcasting van - a Mercedes van and nice too!

Low and behold, the exhibitors loved the concept of matching the deployable studio we had constructed to their Mercedes van - and by the middle of the second day, several hours a day being broadcast out of their wireless transmitters were content produced from the iBA demonstration studio. At the end of the show, a contract had been signed for the design of four mobile Internet Broadcasting Studios. Today, the Internet Broadcasting Studios are as common in European broadcasting as Satellite trucks are here - and the first iBA system set the standard.

After these two events closed, serious study was given to the technology and potential market (audiences) for Internet Broadcasting. It was decided that much work was needed in the programming and backbone/backroom areas of interactive iB - so when the time broadband connectivity and user friendly value added network (online) service platforms evolved - the iBA would have the network of choice to support emerging iB enterprise.