Released on: December 22, 2007, 3:10 am

Press Release Author: Ed Sharpe

Industry: Computers

Press Release Summary: CouryGraph Productions, creator of KKAT-IPTV and Glendale
Daily Planet was recently honored with a gold Ava Award.


Press Release Body: Arizona, USA, Dec 22,2007--CouryGraph Productions, creator of
KKAT-IPTV and Glendale Daily Planet was recently honored by the Association of
Marketing and Communication Professionals (AMCP) with a gold Ava Award for
excellence in news.

\"The advent of moving pictures over a century ago spawned a continually changing
world for communicating with visual technology. Methods of capturing, recording,
processing, storing, and transmitting a sequence of still images has evolved into a
technological and creative art form\" Ed Dalheim, chairman, advisory board,
Association of Marketing and Communication Professionals explains.

He continued: \"Technology continues to provide us with new ways to use moving
pictures but while the messenger medium evolves, the object is still the
same...using a sequence of moving pictures to entertain and inform.\"

The international Ava Awards recognizes outstanding work in the visual technology
industry while promoting the philanthropic nature of marketing and communication
professionals.

\"Our team is extremely honored by this recognition,\" said Ed Sharpe, Director of
CouryGraph Productions which created KKAT - IPTV for Glendale Daily Planet. \"This
award reflects the quality of our methodology and work of our engineering staff to
implement unique and innovative streaming methods for local programming on the
Internet. Sharpe continued, \"I think our product is a result of the entire city\'s
interest, advice and participation... \" In addition, Sharpe wanted to thank Bill
Schreiner, who collaborated on the engineering aspects of the site.\"

Bill Schreiner comments\" The Glendale Daily Planet, despite it's whimsical name, is
a serious social/technical experiment in local journalism....\" He continued \". The
brainchild of long time Glendale resident, Ed Sharpe, The Glendale Daily Planet
provides professional quality video journalism at the local level with global
distribution\"

Sharpe states \" It is not just about showing news and events today... Archived
footage of all of our shows will be put on file with the appropriate historical
societies thus forming a \'time capsule\' of video footage representing this time in
the city\'s period of dynamic growth.\"

Schreiner continued: \"As a volunteer engineering and I.T. technical consultant to
The Planet, and long time Internet broadcaster, I consider working with Ed as a
privilege and assisting in this endeavor as a public service: an experiment in true
local democracy. The Glendale Daily Planet should serve as a prototype for small
community Internet TV stations nationwide.\"


CouryGraph Productions won the international Ava Awards (http://www.avaawards.com)
for its Internet Television Channel KKAT-IPTV and Glendale Daily Planet, which are
an online news source for Glendale Arizona. The international Ava Awards are for
creative professionals and organizations involved in the concept, writing and design
of traditional and emerging .film, analog and digital productions viewed in a wide
variety of mediums- from movie screens to televisions to computer screens and mobile
devices..

The international Ava Awards recognizes outstanding work in the industry while
promoting the philanthropic nature of marketing and communication professionals. The
awards, chosen from 1,700 entries this year, are administered and judged by the
Association of Marketing and Communication Professionals (http://www.amcpros.com).
The international organization consists of several thousand marketing,
communication, advertising, public relations, media production and free-lance
professionals.

Sharpe had one honorable mention also in the 2007 Ava Awards for The documentary of
The City Of Glendale\'s Public Works Week Proclamation which he created for the city
to use on the National Public Works Week website, (
http://www.apwa.net/About/NPWW/2007/celebrations.asp ). This video had won several
other national awards.

About CouryGraph Productions / Glendale Daily Planet / KKAT-IPTV in Glendale, AZ

Glendale Daily Planet, the parent organization of KKAT-IPTV was started in 2004 as
the first community journalism news site in Glendale and perhaps all of Arizona,
Serving The Metro West Side of the Valley of the Sun, Glendale Daily Planet has
witnessed, participated in and recorded the further rejuvenation of the downtown
core, the meteoric rise of the \'Glendale Sports Empire\' and the restoration of
historic sections of the town.

The work of Ed Sharpe from CouryGraph Productions and other participative community
journalists and engineering staff may be viewed, 24-hours a day, seven days a week
at www.glendaledailyplanet.com
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Contact:

Ed Sharpe
CouryGraph Productions
Arizona, USA
623-435-1522
info@glendaledailyplanet.com
http://www.glendaledailyplanet.com

Web Site: http://www.glendaledailyplanet.com

Contact Details: Ed Sharpe
CouryGraph Productions
Arizona, USA
623-435-1522
info@glendaledailyplanet.com
http://www.glendaledailyplanet