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LONDON - Hugh Grant traveled to Brussels to meet with European Union regulators this week to continue his push for media ownership restrictions.

Amid the phone hacking scandal, the actor has called for restrictions on British tabloids newspapers and such media moguls as News Corp. chairman and CEO Rupert Murdoch.

On Tuesday, Grant met with the EU's media regulator, Neelie Kroes, to share his views. "Europe in our dreams would help us to restrict...the amount of a certain media that you could own," Reuters late Tuesday quoted him as saying after the meeting. "Otherwise you have these big corporations dictating our public life."

Reuters also quoted him as saying that he would like to see rules restricting the market share that a single media company could control, but expressed doubt that the British government would pursue such a limit. He didn't specify a market share limit he would like to be targeted.

EU rules don't specifically regulate media market share as the common European market's competition rules cover all industries.

Grant's comments came as the Leveson Inquiry in the U.K. continues to explore media ethics and possible new regulations. They also came after U.K. media regulator Ofcom recently said it opposes absolute ownership limits, but suggested a review of media plurality every four or five years.

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Syracuse, NY (PRWEB) June 27, 2012

Air Innovations (AI) environmental control systems business supports numerous industries with extremely demanding requirements for temperature and humidity control, filtration and pressurization as well as those with unique packaging and installation considerations. The award-winning companys expertise was recently highlighted in three trade magazines:

Air Innovations customized environmental control solutions for cleanrooms at a federal laboratory were featured in the June issue of Controlled Environments magazine. "Customized Cleanroom Applications Meet Today's Environmental Challenges," was written by AI President and CEO Michael Wetzel, P.E.

AIs clienta government facility that develops and operates unmanned scientific spacecraft for Earth observation, astronomy, and space physics missionsrequired close-tolerance temperature and humidity control, filtration and pressurization that had to be configured for six different applications.

Challenges that confronted Air Innovations included maintaining cleanrooms to 0.1 inches of positive pressure, using cooling media that ranged from a 15-ton direct expansion cooling unit for humidity control to a 3.5-ton chilled water system for personnel comfort, and matching environmental control systems design parameters to the laboratorys space and programming restrictions. Other features AI incorporated were high static pressure fans to provide airflow through long runs of ductwork, proportional-integral-derivative controllers to precisely adjust process control setpoints, and re-heaters for tighter temperature control.

All of AI's equipment was non-outgassing so it would not interfere with lenses and other apparatus being built in the laboratory.

For the aerospace industry, Air Innovations has designed and manufactured the environmental controls used in the manufacturing of satellites, an airborne laser and a portable air conditioning system for transporting rockets to the launch pad. An in-depth look at the type of environmental controls Air Innovations created for a client that launches military materiel into outer space can be viewed in Ready for Launch, which also was written by Wetzel and appeared in the May issue of Aerospace Manufacturing and Design magazine.

From the pharmaceutical industry's point of view, perfecting the timing and precision of moisturizing and drying procedures can eliminate or at least drastically reduce coating problems. How Air Innovations mitigated inefficiencies in one clients tablet coating department is explained by Wetzel on PharmaManufacturing.com in "Environmental Control for Fluid Bed Machines."

Air Innovations (AI), established in 1986, is a leader in specialty air conditioning, refrigeration and environmental control solutions for end users and original equipment manufacturers around the world. The companys systems are standard solutions or custom designs that feature close tolerance control of temperature (to +/-0.01C), humidity control (to +/-0.5% stability), filtration and pressurization, and can be configured into a variety of packaged spaces. AIs capabilities range from concept development to prototyping, from sample runs to mass production.

The company also manufactures its own brands of environmental control products that are used by: fine wine collectors (Wine Guardian); supermarket florists (Floratech); hospitals (IsolationAir); and, homeowner health care (HEPAiRx). AIs capabilities range from concept development through prototyping to mass production.

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News Corp. is contemplating what once was unthinkable splitting its entertainment and publishing operations into separate companies. The company Tuesday confirmed that it was considering a breakup of the $52-billion global media conglomerate.

The lucrative film and television operations including the 20th Century Fox film studio, the top-rated Fox broadcast network and the profitable Fox News Channel would form one company. News Corp.'s newspapers, HarperCollins book publishing assets and education businesses would comprise a second publicly traded company.

Wall Street has agitated for years for News Corp. to shed its slow-growth newspaper holdings, which include the Wall Street Journal, the New York Post, the Times of London, the British Sun tabloid and papers in Australia. But Chief Executive Rupert Murdoch, who built his powerful media empire from a single newspaper in Australia, long had resisted the idea.

Investors welcomed the news of a possible spinoff, driving News Corp. shares up 8.3% in trading Tuesday to $21.76.

No final decision has been reached, according to a person familiar with the discussions. The Wall Street Journal first reported the possible restructuring, a concept that has been debated internally. The Journal said Murdoch recently warmed to the idea.

"That is a very significant move of historic type," said Claire Enders, a British media analyst who has followed News Corp. for at least two decades.

The shift comes after nearly a year of turmoil following revelations that reporters for Murdoch's News of the World tabloid in London had hacked into voice mail messages left for a missing 13-year-old girl, who was later found slain.

Allegations of widespread illegal phone hacking led News Corp. to close down the News of the World tabloid and abandon a $12-billion bid to acquire all outstanding shares in the profitable satellite TV provider British Sky Broadcasting it doesn't already own. Numerous former company executives have been arrested in connection with an investigation by Scotland Yard, including Rebekah Brooks, the former head of the company's News International unit.

The damage has reached the Murdoch family. The 81-year-old media baron was criticized in a report from a parliamentary committee as being unfit to run an international company. Murdoch's youngest son, James, resigned as chairman of BSkyB this spring, ahead of the damning parliamentary report.

The scandal also has taken a financial toll on the company, which has incurred some $167 million in legal fees and civil settlements paid to victims of the phone hacking.

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Brightcove (BCOV), a leading global provider of cloud content services, today unveiled the App Cloud Dual-Screen Solution for Apple TV. The new solution enables media publishers to develop rich content apps for the iPhone and iPad that simultaneously control content, data and information presented on an HDTV while displaying synchronized content on the iPad or iPhone. The unique dual-screen solution leverages Apples AirPlay technology, which allows viewers to use applications that simultaneously present content, interactive options and data on both the touch device and an Apple TV.

With Brightcoves new App Cloud Dual Screen Solution for Apple TV, media publishers can capitalize on the growing consumer trend of using mobile devices while watching TV. A national survey of more than 2,000 Web-enabled smartphone users conducted by Razorfish and Yahoo! found that 80 percent of respondents are mobile multitasking while watching TV.[1] Brightcove customers can now leverage this trend by offering their audiences a variety of enhanced viewing experiences, including the ability to stream programs to an HDTV while enjoying relevant content on the app such as actor bios, past-season recaps, trivia, photos, and more.

The App Cloud Dual-Screen Solution for Apple TV opens the door to a new kind of content experience for the connected consumer that blends the rich contextual information that fans crave with HD television viewing, said Jeremy Allaire, Brightcove chairman and chief executive officer. App Cloud is transforming the iPad and iPhone app experience by marrying rich contextual content for mobile devices with online video viewing on the living room television.

Availability

Brightcoves new Dual-Screen App Solution will be included in the new App Cloud software development kit (SDK) and available to the open source community, enabling content owners of all kinds to accelerate time-to-market for building engaging dual-screen experiences with Apple TV and AirPlay. The availability of the dual-screen solution coincides with Brightcoves introduction of App Cloud Core, a free developer edition, also announced today at the Brightcove PLAY 2012 global customer conference. App Cloud Core enables developers to build an unlimited number of mobile applications using HTML5 and JavaScript. [See separate release]

To learn more about the Brightcove App Cloud content app platform, visit http://www.brightcove.com/content-app-platform.

Watch Live at Brightcove PLAY

Brightcove will be live streaming the introduction of the Dual-Screen App Solution and other new App Cloud features during the Brightcove PLAY 2012 global customer conference keynote session today from 9:00 - 10:30 am ET. Tune in live at play.brightcove.com.

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