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The Business Journal of Phoenix - July 10, 2006
http://phoenix.bizjournals.com/phoenix/stories/2006/07/10/story16.html

Glendale filmmaker receives national media award

CouryGraph Productions received a Bronze Telly Award for a short documentary on the Glendale Fire Department Safety House, a film trailer used to educate people about fire safety at various locations around the city.

The Telly Awards honor outstanding local, regional and national cable TV commercials and programs, as well as video and film productions.

The program receives more than 12,000 entries each year from all over the country. Ed Sharpe, director of Glendale-based CouryGraph, said this was his first year entering the contest.

The 14-minute film focuses on fire department volunteer Dennis Davis, who uses the trailer to train children and adults on how to escape from a burning structure.

The film is available on The Glendale Daily Planet, an Internet video news source which Sharpe manages.

For more: www.glendaledailyplanet.co m.

The Glendale Star

June 22, 2006 - B5

Local Internet Video News Company Wins Telly

Ed Sharpe director of CouryGraph Productions, who oversees The Glendale Daily Planet - KKAT Streaming TV, Glendale's homegrown Internet video news source, received the Bronze Telly Award as recognition of his programming.

The Telly Award honors outstanding local, regional and national cable TV commercials and programs, as well as video and film productions. The award organization annually showcases the best work of advertising agencies, production companies, television stations, cable operators and corporate video departments.

Sharpe and CouryGraph Productions received the Bronze Award for a 14minute movie documenting The Glendale Fire Department Safety House. Glendale Fire Department Volunteer Dennis Davis, who teaches the fire safety class involving this vehicle, was the subject of the video.

The Telly Awards receives in excess of 12,000 entries each year from 50 states and foreign countries.

"It is honor to receive a highly respected national award for work in publicizing events that take place in the city of Glendale," Sharpe said. "The Telly awards highlight the high standards of excellence we wish to achieve. In addition, it is our wish to provide our viewership with information they can trust and enjoy."

The Glendale Fire Department Safety House trailer was purchased with a FEMA Grant and provides realistic training for youth and adults on escape tactics from burning structures. Dennis Davis, Glendale Fire Department volunteer and class teacher, travels around the city to schools and adult centers introducing and refreshing people on the wisdom of fire safety. This unique training aid is often on display at city events. In addition, earlier this year,

The Glendale Daily Planet was the recipient of a bronze Millennium Award, and CouryGraph Productions netted a silver Millennium award for a movie on Glendale Gaslight Inn.

The work of CouryGraph Productions and other participative community journalists may be viewed 24 hours a day, seven days a week at www.glendaledailyplanet.com.

Restoring houses, making movies!
Always something interesting to do in
The Catlin Court Historic District!

Cheryl owner of 'Comforts of Home' in Catlin Court Welcomes us to the Catlin Court Association Booth at the Downtown Fair.

Dawn Monahan Catlin Court Assn. President and Cheryl owner of 'Comforts of Home' in Catlin Court

Ed Sharpe and Cindy Nossek take a moment to pose in front of the Catlin Court Association - Membership is made up of both residences and businesses such as Ed Sharpe's .

Tim Quinn proud Catlin Court Home home owner who narrated a Historic Home tour segment on his house for CouryGraph Productions and Ed Sharpe from Glendale Daily Planet / KKAT-IPTV Examine the CouryGraph Productions Davey Award.

David Goulet Ocotillo District Councilperson and Ed Sharpe from Glendale Daily Planet / KKAT-IPTV Examine the CouryGraph Productions Davey Award.

CouryGraph Productions Receives the Davey Award for Production of Catlin Court Historic Home Tour
Glendale AZ: Ed Sharpe director of CouryGraph Productions, who oversees The Glendale Daily Planet - KKAT Streaming TV, Glendale Arizona's own homegrown Internet video news source; is the recipient of a Silver Davey

Ed Sharpe

from the 2006 Davey Awards Competition. The award was given for CouryGraph Productions video Catlin Court Historic Home Tour Home #13, which was narrated by homeowner Tim Quinn.

Tim Quinn and Lori Green have been a significant and driving influence in the improvement of Catlin Court over the past few years. They moved to Catlin Court in 2002 and worked to restore their historic home gaining the admiration of neighbors and even national recognition through HGTV filming of her home.

In addition, Green and Quinn brought the entire neighborhood together to accomplish projects ranging from clean-up drives to obtaining grants for restoration of properties. In addition Green was the recipient of the Ruth Bryne Historic Perseveration award for her work in the Catlin Court Historic District community.

Commenting on CouryGraph Productions award, Tim Quinn said, "Your video profile on the Home Tour has proved invaluable as a tool in the Catlin Court District's efforts to bring knowledge of our neighborhood to a broader segment of the public. I am appreciative of your skills in capturing the very essence of my home."

Lori Green continued, "You did a beautiful job on capturing the experience. The music really sets the stage. You made my house look absolutely charming."

Catlin Court, which began in 1914, was one of the earliest, fashionable neighborhoods in the township of Glendale. Many of the former mayors, wealthy merchants, doctors, reverends, builders and educators lived in these homes. Through the work of Quinn and Green, and other proud homeowners, this neighborhood is quickly becoming a sought after address once again.

"It is honor to receive a highly respected Davey Award for work in publicizing events that take place in the city of Glendale," said Ed Sharpe, Director for CouryGraph Productions and its subsidiaries. "This national award highlights the high standards of excellence we wish to achieve. In addition, it is our wish to provide our viewer-ship with information they can trust and enjoy.

"Our office is in the commercial section of Catlin Court Historic District and seeing the residents taking such active steps to revitalize this area is amazing!" Sharpe stated.

The 2nd Annual Davey Awards were sponsored by The Creative Group, the leading creative professional staffing company in the world, ADWEEK magazine, FSB (Fortune Small Business magazine) and OnRequest.

The Davey Awards exclusively honor the "Davids" of creativity, the finest small firms, agencies and companies in the world. David defeated the giant Goliath with a big idea and a little rock - the sort of thing small firms do each year. The annual International Davey Awards honors the achievements of the "Creative Davids" who derive their strength from big ideas, rather than big budgets. The Davey Awards is the leading awards competition specifically for smaller firms, where firms compete with their peers to win the recognition they deserve.

In winning a Davey, CouryGraph Productions joins the ranks of other high-profile winners of this most sought-after award. "The incredible quality and growth of entries again proves that creative excellence, fresh ideas and great conceptual execution is a hallmark of the best small agencies and firms" noted Linda Day, a director of the IAVA. She added, "On behalf of the entire Academy, we are honored to have judged the 2nd Annual Davey Awards and thrilled to recognize such a diverse and accomplished pool of creative work."

The Davey Awards is judged and overseen by the International Academy of the Visual Arts (IAVA), a 200+ member organization of leading professionals from various disciplines of the visual arts dedicated to embracing progress and the evolving nature of traditional and interactive media.

This award, among the numerous Telly, Aegis, Accolade, Marcom, Berkeley Film festival awards and being an official selection for he New York Independent Film and Video Festival, herald the end of a productive and well recognized year of 2006 for CouryGraph Productions. To see CouryGraph Productions news and video productions visit www.glendaledailyplanet.com.

From ICOM Magazine

Courygraph Productions Wins Two Tellys
Glendale, AZ: CouryGraph Productions Walks Off with 2 Telly Awards for the News Video "Heroism - First On The Scene"

Ed Sharpe of Courygraph Productions

saluting Glendale Arizona Police Department and other first responders.

Ed Sharpe and CouryGraph Productions of Glendale Arizona was the proud recipient of a pair of Bronze Tellys for a 6-minute video produced for KKAT-TV/ Glendale Daily Planet. The Telly Awards are the industry's premier competition for peer recognition of outstanding video and film productions for cable and emerging media.

"Heroism - First On The Scene" was honored in the "News/Documentary" and the "Education" category for its outstanding production quality by a distinguished panel of judges representing industry professionals from around the country.

The video was created to inform citizens of Glendale Arizona of the news, but also to serve as a historical document that can be referred back to in years to come. Sharpe's video , features an interview with Glendale Police motor officer Sgt. Joseph Turitto about first response to an accident scene and also about accident details and investigation.

Young lady's car mentioned in the movie

Steve Conrad, Chief of Police for the City of Glendale commented:

"This film does a great job of acknowledging the efforts of the men and women of the Glendale Police Department. As first responders we have the opportunity to reach out and help the public each and every day. Accident Investigation has become a science and our Department is proud of the level of expertise that has been achieved by our Vehicular Crimes Unit. Congratulations to Ed for receipt of this award and recognition of this project."

A copy of this video will be placed on file with the city of Glendale Arizona and also the Glendale Historical Society. Glendale Daily Planet distributes the program at no charge 24/7 over the Internet at www.glendaledailyplanet.com.

Ed Sharpe, Courygraph Productions on crash scene using still camera as video camera rolls

"We knew that the finished video met all of our expectations, but winning an Telly Award just confirms it," said The Chief, editor of the Glendale Daily Planet / KKAT-Internet Streaming TV. "We've worked with CouryGraph many times over the last few years and have always been impressed with their creativity and professionalism."

The video, which was produced and directed by Ed Sharpe, features the interview with Glendale Police motor officer Sgt. Joseph Turitto and they explore first response to an accident scene also included is a narration by the officer as to the extent of damages, causes of the accident the took place at 59th Avenue and Cactus. The video footage includes the image documentation of the extent of damage to the vehicles.

Sgt. Joesph Turitto, Glendale Police Department

"I'm thrilled with the award. It's wonderful the production has received this recognition," said Ed Sharpe, Director of CouryGraph Productions. "I think the award is reflective of our staff's excellence." In addition, Sharpe wanted to thank Sgt. Joe Turitto, who was the interviewed police officer for this film.

Reflecting on scenes he has encountered where Police and Fire Department personal are laboring to help accident victims, Sharpe comments, "Every time they are there... They analyze facts to make the decision... They act on that decision... They save lives! I am in awe how this is handled so well ... time after time."

Founded in 2004, CouryGraph Productions specializes in video, film, and interactive media, serving the needs of many Metro Valley-of-the-Sun online news sources, cable channels, businesses and institutions.

Contact Information: Glendale Daily Planet - Ed Sharpe 623-435-1522 or info@glendaledailyplanet.com.

From ICOM Magazine

Glendale Arizona Internet Television Broadcasters Honored With Gold Hermes Creative Award
Glendale, AZ: CouryGraph Productions, creator of KKAT-IPTV and Glendale Daily Planet was recently honored by the Association of Marketing and Communication Professionals (AMCP) with a gold Hermes Creative Award.

Hermes Creative Award

Hermes Creative Awards recognizes outstanding work in the industry while promoting the philanthropic nature of marketing and communication professionals.

"Our team is extremely honored by this recognition," said Ed Sharpe, Director of CouryGraph Productions which created KKAT - IPTV for Glendale Daily Planet. "This award reflects the quality of our methodology and work of our engineering staff to implement unique and innovative streaming methods for local programming on the Internet. Sharpe continued, "I think our product is a result of the entire city's interest, advice and participation... " In addition, Sharpe wanted to thank Bill Schreiner, who collaborated on the engineering aspects of the site.

Bill Schreiner comments" The Glendale Daily Planet, despite it’s whimsical name, is a serious social/technical experiment in local journalism...." He continued ". The brainchild of long time Glendale resident, Ed Sharpe, The Glendale Daily Planet provides professional quality video journalism at the local level with global distribution"

Sharpe states " It is not just about showing news and events today... Archived footage of all of our shows will be put on file with the appropriate historical societies thus forming a 'time capsule' of video footage representing this time in the city's period of dynamic growth.

Ed Sharpe

Schreiner continued: "As a volunteer engineering and I.T. technical consultant to The Planet, and long time Internet broadcaster, I consider working with Ed as a privilege and assisting in this endeavor as a public service: an experiment in true local democracy. The Glendale Daily Planet should serve as a prototype for small community Internet TV stations nationwide.

Finally Sharpe wanted to extend his thanks to other people in the newspaper, radio, television and cable industry that have counseled him and provided an example of technique and values. "I would be nothing without them" Sharpe stated.

CouryGraph Productions Won the Gold Hermes Creative Awards (http://www.hermesawards.com) for its Internet Television Channel KKAT-IPTV,which is an online news source for Glendale Arizona. The Hermes Creative Award is for creative professionals and organizations involved in the concept, writing and design of traditional and emerging media.

"The judges were impressed with the effort and use of technology in creating a truly 'local' news operation yet allowing global accessibility online" said Ed Dalheim, chairman, advisory board, Association of Marketing and Communication Professionals.

Hermes Creative Awards recognizes outstanding work in the industry while promoting the philanthropic nature of marketing and communication professionals. The awards, chosen from 3,000 entries this year, are administered and judged by the Association of Marketing and Communication Professionals (http://www.amcpros.com). The international organization consists of several thousand marketing, communication, advertising, public relations, media production and free-lance professionals.

As part of its mission, AMCP fosters and supports the efforts of creative professionals who contribute their unique talents to public service and charitable organizations. Hermes entrants are not charged entry fees to enter work they produced pro bono. In addition, the efforts of generous marketing and communication professionals are acknowledged through grants and special recognition.

Glendale Daily Planet, the parent organization of KKAT-IPTV was started in 2004 as the first community journalism news site in Glendale and perhaps all of Arizona. ., Serving The Metro West Side of the Valley of the Sun, Glendale Daily Planet has witnessed, participated in and recorded the further rejuvenation of the downtown core, the meteoric rise of the 'Glendale Sports Empire' and the restoration of historic sections of the town.

One aspect Sharpe is most proud of is the ability to have a continuous 24/7 stream of archived footage in the player but yet, when a special event arises, have the ability to go live interrupting the pre-programmed content to cover the event. With the advent of higher speed EVDO radio cards and compact portable satellite terminals the options are limitless.

Residents can now catch stories of interest on their schedule, taking advantage of the on-demand character of Internet media. No more waiting for 5 or 10pm and no need to program the TiVo. Important stories remain available, a mouse click away, for years in the online archives..

The work of Ed Sharpe from CouryGraph Productions and other participative community journalists and engineering staff may be viewed, 24-hours a day, seven days a week at www.glendaledailyplanet.com www.glendaledailyplanet.com.

From ICOM Magazine

Put the Glendale Daily Planet In your Pocket! Glendale IPTV Station Adopts RSS Personal On Demand Technology

Glendale, AZ -- The Glendale Daily Planet / KKAT-IPTV, an IPTV station owned by Ed Sharpe of Glendale, Arizona, unveiled today the latest technology to be deployed by the station. “Podcasting,” according to Sharpe, “Has been around for a few years. The public first heard of it in connection with Apple’s iPod and iTunes, but the technology goes far beyond that and has recently been referred to as Personal On Demand, or POD casting. It’s a way for individuals to retrieve the latest news from their favorite sources without having to visit the web site every day to check for new stories. They are automatically delivered to the individual’s computer, iPod, iPhone or other net capable cell phone.”

The version of this technology deployed by the Glendale Daily Planet was developed in collaboration with Achieve Radio, a 'State of the Art' IP Radio network also based in Glendale. According to Achieve Radio owner Bill Schreiner, “The engineering teams at the Glendale Daily Planet and Achieve Radio work very closely together. It’s a natural, since we don't compete for the same markets. The Glendale Daily Planet / KKAT-IPTV    handles Glendale Arizona news video and online news stories and Achieve Radio does motivational and inspirational  radio programming. From the engineering side, we deal with similar technology on a daily basis. Achieve Radio has been podcasting radio shows for over 2 years with great success and substantial acceptance from our world wide audience. The advances in personal devices, such as the iPhone and Blackberry, as well as the inclusion of RSS aggregators as standard features in most web browsers, have made video podcasting on a large scale practical and useful to a large percentage of Planet viewers, so we worked together to deploy a video podcast solution for the Planet.”

The use of this technology from the viewer’s perspective, according to Schreiner, couldn't be simpler. “RSS stands for Really Simple Syndication. And it is. A viewer simply adds the RSS, or Podcast, address to their RSS aggregator, a built in feature in recent browsers and many other soft and hardware devices, and presto, the most recent stories are automatically there, ready to be viewed.”

Both the Glendale Daily Planet and Achieve Radio have offered downloadable audio and video files for years. The new twist is the use of the RSS ( Really Simple Syndication). Ed Sharpe states that, “This technology is a time saver for our viewers. It frees them from having to visit our web site to check for new shows and stories. The headline, a short synopsis and a link to the video are now automatically at the viewers finger tips every day. They can check for new information on several sites in less time than it used to take to check one.”

Bill Schreiner adds, “Information on demand, in a timely fashion, is what the web is all about, of course. And this is another step up in that process.

Just think of it... The computer fetches your electronic based news for you, just like your dog brings you the newspaper in the morning!

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In addition to his work With KKAT-IPTV, CouryGraph Productions and the Glendale Daily Planet, Ed Sharpe is the webmaster for MCA-I Chapter 44 in Phoenix Arizona and a member of the national Media Communications Association-International Association.

Sharpe also is a member of Sharpe also is a member of the National Academy of Television Arts and Sciences (NATAS), Society of Broadcast Engineers(SBE), Investigative Reporters and Editors(IRE), Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE), Society of Professional Journalists(SPJ), National Press Photographers Association (NPPA), and other associations.

The Glendale Arizona news work of Ed Sharpe from CouryGraph Productions and other participative community journalists and engineering staff may be viewed, 24-hours a day, seven days a week at http://www.glendaledailyplanet.com.

Listen to  Motivational Radio of Bill Schreiner and Achieve Radio at http://www.achieveradio.com

Ed Sharpe of Glendale Arizona wins Rocky Mountain Emmy Award for Breaking News/Continuing Coverage:
Glendale, AZ: Ed Sharpe of CouryGraph Productions / Glendale Daily Planet / KKAT-IPTV in Glendale, AZ was awarded a 2007 Rocky Mountain Emmy Award for the production of "The Laura Graff Hit and Run Accident - Search For The Driver".

The National Television Academy Rocky Mountain Southwest Chapter awarded the statuette. The chapter covers Arizona, New Mexico, Utah, and parts of California and Wyoming.

Ed Sharpe and Jennifer Jones with the Emmy
(photo by Bette Sharpe)

The Emmy Statuettes represents the highest honor bestowed in the Television Industry, making them the most coveted awards in broadcasting.

The presentation on the evening of October 6th was the 30th annual event for the organization. It was held at the plush Renaissance Hotel and Resort's Conference Center located near the University of Phoenix stadium in in Glendale Arizona.

Sharpe said, "There's more people involved in making "The Laura Graff Hit and Run Accident - Search For The Driver" and other news segments than you see on the surface. It's not just me!"

Sharpe added, "Many people have taken time to teach me videography, editing, writing, ethics in journalism and appreciated are the people that were great sounding boards to discuss ideas with - fantastic were family members that put up with me working all hours to get the job done... lets not forget the patient subjects as well we had for interviews when we started out our careers. Indeed! these are all the people who won this Emmy Award as well."

Glendale Police Chief Steven Conrad stated: "I would like to congratulate Ed on his latest Emmy! Ed is committed to providing our community with information about the efforts of public safety. This is video is a great example of a great police-media relationship."

Officer Matt Barnett, Glendale Police Department PIO, who narrated the Hit and Run segment congratulated Ed Sharpe "...I have worked with him many times in the past and Mr Sharpe is a pleasure to work with and is asset to the local journalistic community."

Glendale Police Dept. PIO Officer Matt Barnett

In addition to the award ceremonies, attendees were treated to a tour of Glendale 11, the City of Glendale Arizona cable channel's new world class HD studios and control room in the process of installation. This beautiful new media center is adjoining the plush Glendale Renaissance Hotel and Conference Center located near the University of Phoenix stadium located in he new Glendale Sports area.

The presentation was on the evening of October 6th at the 30th annual event held at the plush Renaissance Hotel and Conference Center located near the University of Phoenix stadium.

In addition to the award ceremonies attendees were treated to a tour of Glendale 11, the City of Glendale Arizona Cable channel, new world class HD studios and control room that are being installed in part of the media center.

About the Video:
Title: The Laura Graff Hit and Run Accident - Search For The Driver
Category: 73 Breaking News/Continuing Coverage
Item URL: www.glendaledailyplanet.com/media/Barnett%20police%20motorcycle-3.wmv

What the Video was about: Description On the evening of September 23, 2006 at 7:00 pm, Glendale firefighters responded to a car and motorcycle crash involving Laura Graff, a 24-year-old Glendale woman.

She was riding her motorcycle at 59th Avenue and Mercer Lane in Glendale Arizona. They found Graff barely clinging to life from the severe injuries caused by hit and run driver. The driver of the vehicle that hit Laura fled the scene. This footage was the first reporting of the event and a call for witnesses to help locate this driver. This driver remains unidentified.

Glendale Police Department PIO Officer Matt Barnett being filmed

Unlike a traditional television newscast, this production with it's call for information narrated by Glendale Police PIO Matt Barnett, still remains online shadowing the perpetrator. Someday they will be identified. Laura Graff survived and is undergoing therapy to overcome the effects of her injuries. You may also see the ceremony whereas she awarded the fire fighters, ambulance drivers and hospital trauma personal for helping save her life in an article at www.glendaledailyplanet.com.

About The National Television Academy: The National Television Academy is a professional service organization dedicated to the advancement of the arts and sciences of television and the promotion of creative leadership for artistic, educational and technical achievements within the television industry. It recognizes excellence in television with the coveted Emmy Award for News & Documentary, Sports, Daytime, Creative Craft, Public & Community Service, Technology & Engineering/Advanced Media and Business & Financial Reporting. Excellence in Prime Time programming and international programming is recognized by its affiliate, the Academy of Television Arts and Sciences.

Local Emmys are given in 19 regions across the United States. Beyond awards, the National Academy has extensive educational programs including National Student Television and its Student Award of Excellence for outstanding journalistic work by high school students, as well as scholarships, publications, and major activities for both industry professionals and the viewing public. For more information, please visit the website at www.emmyonline.org.

About CouryGraph Productions / Glendale Daily Planet / KKAT-IPTV in Glendale, AZ: Glendale Daily Planet, the parent organization of KKAT-IPTV was started in 2004 as the first community journalism news site in Glendale and perhaps all of Arizona - Serving The Metro West Side of the Valley of the Sun, Glendale Daily Planet has witnessed, participated in and recorded the further rejuvenation of the downtown core, the meteoric rise of the 'Glendale Sports Empire' and the restoration of historic sections of the town.

Laura Graff's motorcycle

One aspect Sharpe is most proud of is the ability to have a continuous 24/7 stream of archived footage in the player but yet, when a special event arises, have the ability to go live interrupting the pre-programmed content to cover the event. With the advent of higher speed EVDO radio cards and compact portable satellite terminals the options are limitless.

Residents can now catch stories of interest on their schedule, taking advantage of the on-demand character of Internet media. No more waiting for 5 or 10pm and no need to program the TiVo. Important stories remain available, a mouse click away, for years in the online archives.

Sharpe is a member of the National Academy of Television Arts and Sciences (NATAS), Society of Broadcast Engineers (SBE), Investigative Reporters and Editors (IRE), Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE), Society of Professional Journalists (SPJ), National Press Photographers Association (NPPA), Southwest Museum of Engineering, Communications and Computation (SMECC) member of the national Media Communications Association-International Association (MCAI) and other associations.

The work of Ed Sharpe from CouryGraph Productions and other participative community journalists and engineering staff may be viewed, 24-hours a day, seven days a week at www.glendaledailyplanet.com.

Interested in having your work seen by the world? Contact the Glendale Daily Planet / KKAT-IPTV to schedule airing! Use the email link on the site.

From ICOM Magazine

Another Journalist Films Ed Sharpe and
The Glendale Daily Planet in action!

Sam Salzwedel does a reel on
Glendale Daily Planet as we are covering the swearing in of the Police Chief Conrad a few months back.... This young ASU Journalism Student has a lot of promise in the media field.... watch.... and see how we also cover a story...

CLICK HERE TO SEE THE MOVIE...

Glendale Daily Planet /KKAT-IPTV News Goes Really "In Depth"
The Site Embraces 3D Video Imaging Technology Giving Users
‘Deep News Viewing Pleasure’!

Glendale, AZ -- The Glendale Daily Planet / KKAT-IPTV, an IPTV station owned by Ed Sharpe of CouryGraph Productions in Glendale, Arizona, unveiled the latest technology initiative to be deployed by the station. “3D,” according to Sharpe, “Has been around for since before the Civil War. The public first experienced it in the parlors of Victorian era homes as a form of entertainment and education with cards that had two images on them. Viewer consisted of either handheld devices or elaborate table top cabinet style viewers ” Photo By Bette Sharpe

Early 3-D Cameras from the SMECC Museum Collection L to R –
Rochester Optical Company 5x8 View Camera 1895,
Scoville 5x8 with Prosch Triplex Stereo Shutter 1889
Connely 5x7 ‘bicycle style folding stereo plate camera 1995
Photo By Ed Sharpe

Sharpe continued, " When you would place the card into a special 2 lens viewer you would be able to see a resulting three dimensional image of the scene. How did this get on the card? Easy! It was done with a camera with two lenses separated roughly the intraocular distance of your eyes."

The KKAT-IPTV 3-D NEWSCAM made its debut at the Country Inn & Suites at 20221 North 29^th Ave on January 15, 2008 during a Glendale Chamber Of Commerce Mixer. Regarded with high amounts of curiosity by party goes due to it's off two lens look, Sharpe was besieged with questions about it.

Sharpe states" If you are just going to shoot a line up of people or a city council meeting, the advantage to 3D is not as apparent as if you are videoing cars coming towards you, fists flying towards the lens or parts moving towards the camera in a conveyor belt. In other words… extreme movement is good!”

The version of this technology deployed by the Glendale Daily Planet / KKAT-IPTV was developed keeping in mind that it was desirable for footage shot in this system of 3-D could be re-mastered for any future 3-D methodology. Sharpe elaborates ”If you have footage shot with two cameras, it can be used in a 2 color Anaglyph image 3-D system, or later chopped and sequenced into a field sequential viewing system format, or even run to two separate projectors that utilize polarizing technologies to produce the 3-D imagery.”

Anaglyph images are the most popular presentation of 3-D and the one most commonly associated with stereoscopy by the public at large. It is largely popular because of their ease in producing.

In an anaglyph, the two images are either superimposed in an additive light setting through two filters, one red and one cyan, or this process can be done electronically within the video editor. Glasses with colored filters in either eye separate the appropriate images and give you a ‘near real’ color scheme.

The use of this technology from the viewer’s perspective, according to Sharpe, couldn't be simpler. “The viewer just puts on the glasses and looks at the window on the webpage.”

Always willing to share innovative endeavors he is involved in, Sharpe enjoys collaboration and educating others on the technology at hand. Contact Ed and Glendale Daily Planet at http://www.glendaledailyplanet.com for information and resource links on 3D Technology

The future? Sharpe chuckles…” Probably like the 3-D image of Princess Leila in star wars that R2-D2 projected for Luke to view… no screens no glasses just… the image… but… it is still a ways off for living room news viewing!”

To learn more on the fascinating history of 3-d still and moving imagery give Google a workout! You will be entertained for days with the amount of information out there. In is fun to read about the ‘early’ 3-D movies that Hollywood turned out…

The cool KKAT is wearing a new set of shades these days!

Top 2 photos… Ed Sharpe for Glendale Daily Planet / KKAT-IPTV
records footage of the Mock Airline Crash at Mountain Ridge High School in Glendale Arizona for a 3-D News special on Glendale Fire Department Community Training Involvement
Photos by Daniel Valenzuela Glendale Fire Department

Photo above - Ed Sharpe for Glendale Daily Planet / KKAT-IPTV records footage of an interview with Glendale Fire Department PIO Daniel T. Valenzuela at the Mock Airline Crash at Mountain Ridge High School in Glendale Arizona for a 3-D News special on Glendale Fire Department Community Training Involvement
Photo by Glendale Fire Captain John Walter II.

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About CouryGraph Productions / Glendale Daily Planet / KKAT-IPTV in Glendale, AZ

Glendale Daily Planet, the parent organization of KKAT-IPTV was started in 2004 as the first community journalism news site in Glendale and perhaps all of Arizona... Serving The Metro West Side of the Valley of the Sun, Glendale Daily Planet has witnessed, participated in and recorded the further rejuvenation of the downtown core, the meteoric rise of the 'Glendale Sports Empire' and the restoration of historic sections of the town.

One aspect Sharpe is most proud of is the ability to have a continuous 24/7 stream of archived footage in the player but yet, when a special event arises, have the ability to go live interrupting the pre-programmed content to cover the event. With the advent of higher speed EVDO radio cards and compact portable satellite terminals the options are limitless.

Residents can now catch stories of interest on their schedule, taking advantage of the on-demand character of Internet media. No more waiting for 5 or 10pm and no need to program the TiVo. Important stories remain available, a mouse click away, for years in the online archives..

Sharpe is a member of the National Academy of Television Arts and Sciences (NATAS), Society of Broadcast Engineers (SBE), Independent Feature Project (IFP) (IFP/PHX), Investigative Reporters and Editors (IRE), Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE), Society of Professional Journalists (SPJ), National Press Photographers Association (NPPA), Southwest Museum of Engineering, Communications and Computation (SMECC), Association for Educational Communications and Technology (AECT) and other associations.

The work of Ed Sharpe from CouryGraph Productions and other participative community journalists and engineering staff may be viewed, 24-hours a day, seven days a week at http://www.glendaledailyplanet.com/ .

Interested in having your work seen by the world? Contact the Glendale Daily Planet / KKAT-IPTV to schedule airing! Use the email link on the site.

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