Penton Media's Digital Content Producer and millimeter Magazines Announce Vanguard Award Winners

Business Wire, Jan 2, 2008

NEW YORK -- Penton Media's Digital Content Producer([R]) and millimeter magazines have announced the winners of its 2007 Vanguard Awards. The awards highlight groundbreaking hardware and software professional products for video production and postproduction, selected by the editors and writers of the magazine and introduced in calendar year 2007. A complete listing and profiles of award winners appear in the December 2007 issue of Digital Content Producer, and are available online at www.digitalcontentproducer.com.

The 2007 Vanguard Award winners are:

Adobe: Creative Suite 3 Production Premium

Adobe: Flash Player 9

AJA Video Systems: Io HD

Apple: Final Cut Studio 2

Blackmagic Design: Intensity Pro

Ciprico: MediaVault 5100 series

Microsoft: Silverlight

Panasonic: AVC-Intra

Panasonic: BT-LH80W

Red Digital Camera: Red One

Reed Giant: Magic Bullet Looks

Sony: BVM-L230

Sony: PMW-EX1 and SxS flash memory card

Digital Content Producer is part of Penton Media's Entertainment Technology Group, which includes media offerings for the film and video, pro-audio, staging and broadcast industries. Digital Content Producer is the print and online information leader in the film and video marketplace, offering award-winning editorial content innovative event blogs and podcasts. Digital Content Producer's family of products includes millimeter and Sound & Video Contractor magazines, digitalcontentproducer.com, and the Digital Content Producer Newswire, HD Focus, and HD at Work e-newsletters. Visit www.digitalcontentproducer.com to learn more. Other Penton entertainment technology-related print, online and event properties, including Broadcast Engineering([R]), Electronic Musician([R]), LDI([R]), Live Design, Mix([R]), Music Education Technology, Radio and Remix([R]).

Penton Media, Inc. is the largest independent business-to-business media company in the U.S., serving more than six million business professionals every month. The company's market-leading brands are focused on 30 industries and include 113 trade magazines, 145 Web sites, 150 industry trade shows and conferences, and more than 500 information data products. Headquartered in New York City, the privately held company is owned by MidOcean Partners and U.S. Equity Partners II, an investment fund sponsored by Wasserstein & Co., LP, and its co-investors. For additional information on the company and its businesses, visit www.penton.com.