<html><head></head><body style="word-wrap: break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; -webkit-line-break: after-white-space; "><div style="font-size: 12px; "><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: Arial; ">Greetings MIT TechTV Users!<span> </span><o:p></o:p></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: Arial; "> <o:p></o:p></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: Arial; ">We have some very exciting news that requires your attention and participation.<o:p></o:p></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: Arial; "> <o:p></o:p></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: Arial; ">MIT TechTV is undergoing some major changes as you read this to allow us to make the site bigger and better suited for your needs (more details below).<span> </span><o:p></o:p></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: Arial; "> <o:p></o:p></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: Arial; ">What this means for you:<o:p></o:p></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: Arial; "> <o:p></o:p></span></div><ul type="disc" style="margin-top: 0in; "><li class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: Arial; ">Any MIT TechTV video(s) that you have currently embedded (placed in your own website – all non-MIT TechTV pages) will need to be replaced with the new code after the site upgrade on Monday, August 23rd, 2010.<span> </span>This doesn’t have to be immediate, but please don’t forget.<span> </span>We will leave the old code working until the end of October 2010 to give you plenty of time to update your sites and to tell your friends to do the same.<span> </span><o:p></o:p></span></li></ul><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: Arial; "> <o:p></o:p></span></div><ul type="disc" style="margin-top: 0in; "><li class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: Arial; ">Also, any video file download links copied from MIT TechTV pages (the gray box to the right of a video under the title of “Formats”) will also need to be replaced after Monday, August 23rd, 2010 and before the end of October 2010.<o:p></o:p></span></li></ul><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: Arial; "> <o:p></o:p></span></div><ul type="disc" style="margin-top: 0in; "><li class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: Arial; ">In the unlikely event of a change of schedule, we will send out another email with more details.<span> </span>Also, keep an eye on the MIT TechTV Blog for more info and updates - <a href="http://scripts.mit.edu/~techtv/blog/">http://scripts.mit.edu/~techtv/blog/</a><o:p></o:p></span></li></ul><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: Arial; "> <o:p></o:p></span></div><ul type="disc" style="margin-top: 0in; "><li class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: Arial; ">That’s it!<span> </span>Everything else will continue to work; your MIT TechTV page links, accounts, emails, etc.<o:p></o:p></span></li></ul><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: Arial; "> <o:p></o:p></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: Arial; ">Why are we doing these changes? We are migrating to a new system that will allow us to expand the already rich feature set further to meet your demands.<span> </span>Not only will we have a more robust website, but we will also be able to provide the following functionality in the very near to near future:<o:p></o:p></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: Arial; "> <o:p></o:p></span></div><ul type="disc" style="margin-top: 0in; "><li class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: Arial; ">A new video player that moved the MIT TechTV logo off of the video so you can put your own group logo as a watermark on your video without ours getting in the way<o:p></o:p></span></li><li class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: Arial; ">Closed Captioning support for your videos<o:p></o:p></span></li><li class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: Arial; ">Integration with MIT’s Touchstone system to allow for easy course and other security systems and sites on campus (Stellar, etc.)<o:p></o:p></span></li><li class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: Arial; ">Web-based video editing to allow you to edit online without the need for your own editing software.<o:p></o:p></span></li><li class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: Arial; ">Direct recording function to allow you to record from your web-cam or other camera plugged into your computer directly to your collection<o:p></o:p></span></li><li class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: Arial; ">And much, much more coming in the future<o:p></o:p></span></li></ul><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: Arial; "> <o:p></o:p></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: Arial; ">As always, please don’t hesitate to contact us if you have any questions, concerns, suggestions or need any help.<o:p></o:p></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: Arial; "> <o:p></o:p></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: Arial; "><a href="mailto:TechTV@mit.edu">TechTV@mit.edu</a><o:p></o:p></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: Arial; "> <o:p></o:p></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: Arial; ">Thanks,<o:p></o:p></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: Arial; "> <o:p></o:p></span></div><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: Helvetica; ">Kris Brewer</span></p></div><div style="font-size: 12px; "><br class="webkit-block-placeholder"></div><div style="font-size: 12px; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 12px; "><div style="word-wrap: break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; -webkit-line-break: after-white-space; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="border-collapse: separate; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 12px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; letter-spacing: normal; line-height: normal; orphans: 2; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; widows: 2; word-spacing: 0px; -webkit-border-horizontal-spacing: 0px; -webkit-border-vertical-spacing: 0px; -webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: none; -webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; "><div style="word-wrap: break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; -webkit-line-break: after-white-space; "><div><div>-----------------------------------------------------------------------</div><div>Kris Brewer</div><div>MIT TechTV Webmaster & Community Liaison</div><div>MIT Video Productions & Digital Technologies</div><div>MIT Libraries: Academic Media Production Services</div><div><a href="http://techtv.mit.edu/">http://techtv.mit.edu</a></div><div><a href="mailto:brew@mit.edu">brew@mit.edu</a></div><div>617-452-3157</div></div><div><br></div></div></span></div></span></div></body></html>