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Third Sub-Meter Remote Sensing Satellite Completes Significant Milestone; Begins System-Level Testing LONGMONT, Colo., BOULDER, Colo. and ROCHESTER N.Y., Feb. 24 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- DigitalGlobe, a leading provider of high-resolution world imagery solutions, today announced that the WorldView-2 remote sensing instrument, provided by ITT Corporation's Space Systems Division, has been integrated by Ball Aerospace & Technologies Corp. into the WorldView-2 spacecraft and...
Outdoorsy, Green-Minded, Colorado-Rocky-Mountain Lovers Become Avid Filmmakers BOULDER, Colo., Feb. 10 /PRNewswire/ -- REI and Boulder Digital Arts announce the Spirit of the Outdoors Film Festival which will show local, novice filmmakers' love of the outdoors on April 25, 2009 at REI in Boulder, Colorado. Films of note will show locals who are environmentally conscious, active, energetic, and determined to make a difference in the world. REI and BDA have joined forces to create a venue...
Russell to become an Official Apparel Sponsor of the AVP Crocs Tour; Event Merchandising, Inc. (EMI) to Handle Onsite and Online Merchandising LOS ANGELES, Feb. 9 /PRNewswire/ -- AVP Pro Beach Volleyball, America's most authentic professional beach volleyball tour, today announced a new partnership deal with leading athletic apparel provider, Russell Athletic. The three-year agreement, effective January 2009, names Russell as an Official Apparel Sponsor of the AVP. Russell, in...
Indy Filmmaker Content to Form a New Internet Channel AmericaFree.TV Also Announcing Virtual Online Movie Festival CLIFTON, Va., Feb. 5 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- The Boulder International Film Festival will have a new sponsor this year - AmericaFree.TV (www.americafree.tv) of northern Virginia. BIFF will screen 55 films emerging from 31 filmmakers over Valentine's Weekend, Feb. 12-15, in Boulder, Colo. AmericaFree.TV will be an exclusive Internet broadcaster for BIFF and films shown live...
$50,000 grant from Dalbey Foundation buoys Boulder bike park plans BOULDER, Colo., Jan. 14 /PRNewswire/ -- Teaching kids to ride a bike will soon get a little easier in Boulder, thanks to a $50,000 grant from the Dalbey Foundation. The grant will be used to add educational features to the bike park slated for construction at Valmont City Park later this year. Fundraising efforts for the park have been led by volunteer and local cycling enthusiast Bobby Noyes, owner of Rocky...
Speakerheart(TM) artist Damien Horne has joined the founder of Samaritan's Feet, Emmanuel (Manny) Ohonme, on a 300-mile Samaritan's Feet World Walk to raise $1,000,000 and 300,000 pairs of shoes for children in need. In addition to offering a "Sole Music" compilation CD on Speakerheart.com to raise funds for the charity, Horne is also performing throughout the walk and writing a theme song along the way. "This journey is a reminder to us all to help those less fortunate than ourselves," said...
DigitalGlobe has extended its service agreement with Google to provide high-resolution satellite imagery for Google Maps and Google Earth. Financial terms of the agreement were not disclosed. According to DigitalGlobe, the new multi-year, non-exclusive content agreement continues DigitalGlobe's relationship as one of Google's providers of global high-resolution satellite imagery, with ongoing commitments for imagery on Google's current and future imagery platforms. Marc Tremblay, senior...
LONGMONT, Colo., Sept. 25 /PRNewswire/ -- DigitalGlobe, a leading global content provider of high-resolution commercial satellite imagery and geospatial information products, today announced that it has extended its service agreement with Google to provide high-resolution satellite imagery for Google Maps and Google Earth. The new multi-year, non-exclusive content agreement continues DigitalGlobe's relationship as one of Google's leading providers of global high-resolution satellite...
By MIKE SWAIN; Science Editor WILDLIFE rangers light a huge bonfire piled with dead crocodiles to try to halt the spread of a disease that is threatening a whole colony. More than 150 crocs have died in three months in an epidemic that is puzzling scientists. It is feared the infection is spreading because healthy animals are eating the dead ones. So all the carcasses are being torched at Olifants Gorge in Kruger Park, South Africa. It is known they are dying of pansteatitis from a...
Lijit Networks, Inc. (www.lijit.com), a company that provides search-powered applications for both individual online publishers and online publisher networks, announced today that it has closed a $7.1M series C round of financing, led by Foundry Group. Existing investors, Boulder Ventures and Colorado Fund I, managed by High Country Venture, also participated in the round. Lijit will use the proceeds from this financing to launch its search-powered ad network, which empowers publishers to...
