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SINGAPORE--(Marketwire -06/17/12)- Signiant, the market leader in intelligent file movement software for the media and entertainment industry, announced today at BroadcastAsia2012 that Future Reality, a leading supplier of creative technology and services, will resell Signiant solutions to film, broadcast and post-production customers in Australia.

Under the new partnership agreement, Future Reality will add Signiant's secure media file transfer solutions to its extensive portfolio of software and service offerings. Experts in production systems for editing, content creation, digital intermediate workflow and film-resolution shared storage solutions, Future Reality also provides a range of system design, installation and integration services; hardware and peripherals; and high-speed international network connectivity. Future Reality's customers include Animal Logic, Deluxe, Digital Pictures, Nine Network and XYZ Networks.

"Increasingly digital production environments require more efficient ways for content owners and creators to ingest, move and distribute media," said David Edgar, Managing Director at Future Reality. "Signiant gives these organizations the level of security, acceleration, automation and enterprise control they need -- together with flexibility and ease of use -- in a suite of compatible software solutions. We are delighted to add this powerful file transfer software to our technology offerings."

Used today by many of the world's top broadcasters, studios, media service providers, sports networks and game developers, Signiant's products include Managers+Agents, optimized for automated batch file transfers, advanced resource management and workflow integration; Media Exchange, featuring desktop, Web and mobile interfaces for moving file-based media between internal and external users; and Media Shuttle, offering enterprises of any size the convenience and ease of use of cloud-based file-sharing services without the file size limits or security risks associated with storing media assets in the cloud.

"With years of success serving the needs of broadcast and post-production customers in Australia and New Zealand, Future Reality truly understands the requirements of media enterprises," said Michael Burnie, Managing Director for Signiant Asia-Pacific and Japan. "The partnership between our companies allows Future Reality to address growing market demand in the region for more cost-efficient and reliable file-based media transfer solutions, and also enables Signiant to further increase its ability to secure media exchanges within and between organizations worldwide."

For a complete list of Signiant resellers, visit http://www.signiant.com/partners/channel-partners.

Editor's Note: Visit Signiant in stand 4U2-04 at BroadcastAsia2012, June 19-22, Suntec Singapore. For more information on this event, go to http://www.broadcast-asia.com.

About Future RealityFounded in 1993, Future Reality provides technology and services for broadcast television, video post-production and film special effects companies in Australia and New Zealand. The Future Reality brand is well-known and trusted by customers for quality and professionalism. With extensive industry knowledge and nearly two decades of experience selling and supporting software-based systems across a broad range of platform and operating systems, Future Reality has a proven track record of strong technical pre-sales and post-sales support for the products they carry, which include Apple, Assimilate, Avid, Bright Technology, Codex Digital, Da Vinci, EMC Isilon, HDS and Sohonet. For more information, visit http://www.future.com.au.

About SigniantUsed by the world's top content creators and distributors, Signiant is the market leader in intelligent file movement software for the media and entertainment industry. The company's powerful software suite optimizes existing enterprise network infrastructure and media technologies to ensure secure digital media exchanges, workflow efficiency and superior user experiences. Headquartered in Burlington, MA, with offices around the world, today Signiant connects tens of thousands of media professionals in more than 50 countries. For more information, visit http://www.signiant.com.

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Date: Saturday Jun. 16, 2012 7:23 PM PT

While mega social networks are ideal for connecting with the masses, social media experts say users are beginning to look for a more personal online experience.

Changes to Facebook and Google+ give social networkers complete control over who can see each photo, video, status update and anything else that's shared online.

"Part of the shift is people are discovering they would like to have a Facebook for people who are closer to them," said Mitch Joel, a social media heavyweight and president of Montreal-based digital marketing firm Twist Images.

Joel said mega social networks are ideal for connecting with acquaintances, but not necessarily your inner circle.

Vancouver-based blogger Kris Krug agrees.

"Compared with hanging out, talking on the phone and Skyping, Facebook is less personal, less intimate, more wrought with misunderstanding and miscommunication," he said.

Krug points to social networking site Path, which markets itself as a personal environment designed for close friends and families and limits each of its two million users to 150 connections, as an example of a more tight-knit community.

However he said recent changes to Facebook, the introduction of "close friends" and "family" lists for example, are giving users a new level of privacy, control and comfort online.

Krug added that as social networks continue to grow at a rapid pace, there's plenty of room for new players.

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Kenya Gouch, 17, Detroit

"The media's the most powerful entity on earth. They have the power to make the innocent guilty and to make the guilty innocent, and that's power because they control the minds of the masses."

-- Malcolm X.

Media is an outlet used to inform, entertain and persuade. Often times, the media exposes people and situations for something they or it may not want to be portrayed as. The world of journalism can be controversial. With that said, it has to be left up to a brave sort of person to report within the media and utilize the right to free press. Writing for a school newspaper limits this freedom. What happens when a story is written but cannot be published under the disapproval of the school's principal?

Communication and Media Arts High School seems to be one of the finer schools in Detroit. It is supposedly more advanced academically than others. At least this is what the school would like people to believe. Lately, under the new supervision of Principal X, the school has become more focused on discipline, not education. This is becoming a concern for students and parents that has yet to be addressed. Kids are learning less due to the fact that their teachers are more concerned with minor violations of rules. Half of class time is spent checking uniforms, and passing out detentions to students, instead of teaching them vital information in preparation for college.

Wanting to publish a story about to matter, I wrote an article about it and it was pronounced that the article could not run. Our principal declared that the story "made our school look bad." I felt that the issue was very important and should have been printed in the newspaper as other important information is printed. However, Principal X was not allowing it. As editor, I had to make the decision of which was more important: satisfying the principal or releasing the truth.

In the end, it was left up to me to determine whether or not publication of the story was significant. Being a person who strongly believes in principles such as honesty, I felt that getting the truth out was vital. The article was published and I faced the mild consequences. Truth in the media is extremely critical as most people have strayed away from the idea. However, this is one thing I will forever concentrate on.

Gouch graduated from Communication and Media Arts High School in Detroit on June 6. She will attend Columbia College Chicago in the fall.

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CHATHAM, ON, June 14, 2012 /CNW/ - (TSX:L): Canadians got busy voting in the President's Choice BBQTown Contest in the hopes to bring a massive one of a kind BBQ party to their town! For their efforts Chatham is the lucky community that will host the President's Choice BBQTown Grand Prize Event on August 11!

Chatham will receive a BBQ party in their town for up to 5,000 people with fantastic food, hosted by Chef Tom Filippou, Executive Chef for President's Choice Cooking Schools and Bob Blumer , host of Food Network Canada's World's Weirdest Restaurants. There will be a performance by multi-platinum, JUNO Award winning recording group Hedley, and on behalf of the community, $25,000 will be donated to President's Choice Children's Charity to support a local nutrition program. To top it all off, Chatham residents will attempt to set a new Guinness World Records achievement for the most hamburgers assembled in one hour!

Nine other communities will win a secondary prize which includes a stop on the President's Choice BBQTown Tour:

Log on to http://www.pcbbqtown.ca on June 21st to find out where and when the BBQ party will be happening in each town!

These nine lucky communities will get a free BBQ party for up to 2,000 people in their town, complete with our best President's Choice BBQ grill items, a visit from the PC Ice Cream Shop truck, and free family entertainment such as a balloon animal artists and a fire juggler!

Have fun all summer long with President's Choice products and visit pc.ca for great recipes! Don't forget to 'Like' us on Facebook and 'Follow' us on Twitter! Twitter hash tag - #PCBBQTown.

About Loblaw Companies Limited TSX: L

Loblaw Companies Limited, a subsidiary of George Weston Limited, is Canada's largest food retailer and a leading provider of drugstore, general merchandise and financial products and services. Loblaw is one of the largest private sector employers in Canada . With more than 1,000 corporate and franchised stores from coast to coast, Loblaw and its franchisees employ more than 135 000 full-time and part-time employees. Through its portfolio of store formats, Loblaw is committed to providing Canadians with a wide, growing and successful range of products and services to meet the everyday household demands of Canadian consumers. Loblaw is known for the quality, innovation and value of its food offering. It offers Canada's strongest control (private) label program, including the unique President's Choice, no name and Joe Fresh brands. In addition, the Company makes available to consumers President's Choice Financial services and offers the PC points loyalty program.

About Hedley: Hedley's recent highlights include: near double platinum certification forStorms(2011); awarded 'Pop Album of the Year' at the 2012 JUNO Awards; double platinum certifications for every previous studio album; over 1,500,000 digital singles sold; 15 career JUNO nominations and two wins, twelve consecutive #1 videos at Much Music; multiple Top 10 singles; and listed as one of the top 100 touring artists in the world of 2010 (Pollstar, October 18 , 2010).

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The iOS update to the My Xbox Live app has made it possible to use an iPhone to control an Xbox 360. Here's how to set it up.

Microsoft's update to the My Xbox Live app 1.5 brought along support for controlling an Xbox 360 straight from an iPhone. (The update was rolled out across all iOS platforms, but for whatever reason, this feature only works with an iPhone.) Here's how to get it to work.

First, you'll want to make sure that your Xbox 360 and iPhone are connected to the same Wi-Fi network. You can check the Wi-Fi status by going to settings on the iPhone and network settings on the Xbox. Once you've confirmed that both devices are using the same Wi-Fi, head over to the settings area again on the Xbox and then enter Console Settings. From there, you'll want to navigate down to Xbox Companion. Click on Available, then return to the home screen. Your Xbox is now ready to interact with any kind of companion application.

If you haven't already done so, download the My Xbox Live app from the App Store, run it, and log in with your Xbox Live credentials. One connected, you can initiate a companion link-up by sliding over to the Quick Play menu. A green title in the middle should say "Connect to Xbox." Click on the button and a notification on the screen of your TV should flash indicating that you've made the connection. Now take a look at your iPhone's screen. If a layout of Xbox buttons hasn't automatically shown up, click the three dots in the corner to bring up the menu, and select Controller.

You should now be able to navigate through the Xbox menu using the onscreen buttons on your iPhone. Functionality really doesn't go beyond that, but it might be easier to scroll through the Xbox's various media apps and content delivery portals this way.

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