ATEME Announces Kyrion Product Family at NAB - First to Support ...

ATEME(TM) SA, an acknowledged leader in MPEG-4 video compression solutions, today announced the Kyrion® family of HD encoders and transcoders, to be shown for the first time at NAB 2007. Kyrion is the world's first MPEG-4/AVC solution to target a broad range of DTV applications, all using unique ATEME technology for unmatched picture quality and upgradeability.

Kyrion includes a live video stream encoder, an offline file encoder and a transcoder - all of which use state-of-the-art MPEG-4/AVC encoding to enable HD video to occupy far less bandwidth than comparable MPEG-2 encoding. By way of example, a Kyrion-encoded HD program transmitted at 6 Mbps provides the same level of A/V quality as an MPEG-2 HD program transmitted at 19 Mbps. Kyrion enables broadcasters to offer more HD channels to their customers without costly network infrastructure upgrades.

Bad Toys Holdings, Inc. Announces Southland Health Services, Inc ...

Bad Toys Holdings, Inc. (OTCBB: BTYH) announced today that effective March 23, 2007, Southland Health Services, Inc., its former wholly owned subsidiary, closed its acquisition of certain assets of Tri-County Ambulance, LLC of Ellijay, GA. Southland also announced that Jackie Ellington, the owner of Tri-County Ambulance, accepted a position with Southland to manage the newly acquired Georgia operations.

Larry Lunan, CEO of Southland Health Services, Inc., stated, "We are extremely excited about this acquisition as it expands our services to eight states. We expect this acquisition to immediately provide in excess of $2.5 million in revenues annually to Southland. Ellijay is located in an area we believe to be a prime growth area north of Atlanta and should present numerous opportunities for our Company.

Nigeria: PTDF Review Committee: How Neutral is the Senate President?

A LOT of kudos have gone the way of the person of Ken Nnamani, the Senate President for the maturity, reticent poise and seeming neutral posturing in the handling of affairs of the Senate. Even the die-hard advocates of the Chief Olusegun Obasanjo presidency will agree that Ken Nnamani's courageous carriage of his political convictions saved Nigeria from the political cauldron that the nation was turning into due to the constitutional review debate as it affects tenure elongation.

One can also add that the toga of the Senate President has been a fitting couture physically and mentally for Nnamani who has restored dignity and integrity to the Senate without abusing the magistracy of his office. However, in recent times, the Senate President's vision and perception of issues seem to be increasingly blurred by the deluge of praises from those who believe that a ritualistic attack of President Obasanjo is the cornerstone of their true existence and the only sure way to remain relevant.