DocuPyx.com, New Documentary Broadband Channel

From Pyxix, Showcases Winning Documentaries

And Video Reports From Around The World

LOS ANGELES, Dec. 21, 2006 / Pyxix™ Corporation, a diversified global media company, announced today the premiere of its new DocuPyx.com™ Document Channel. Pyxix also announced the winners of the first documentary contest; these are being showcased on DocuPyx.com. Over a dozen winners were awarded cash for displaying their work.

In addition, Pyxix today announced a new comedy channel, ComedyPop.com, and an enhanced horror channel, UrbanChillers.com.

DocuPyx.com will benefit creators and viewers, observed Professor Pat Aufderheide, director of the American University’s Center for Social Media, who was recently honored by the International Documentary Association. “Documentary filmmakers are searching for ways to reach new audiences over the Internet, without losing an ability to recoup their creative investment,” she said.

“This documentary channel will be closely watched by both veteran and emerging filmmakers. It also promises to bring hitherto unavailable films to new viewers,” Aufderheide said.

Pyxix Announces Top Winners Of Documentary Contest

Pyxix awarded the Grand Prize of its first documentary contest to Sheila Laffey for “The Last Stand—Heroes at Ballona Wetlands.” The film highlights successful efforts by celebrities and ordinary citizens to save the largest natural wetlands remaining in Southern California. Ed Asner, Martin Sheen and Ed Begley, Jr. are among the activists.

Second Prize went to Kathy Huang for “Night Visions,” which reflects on life and loss through the eyes of a young soldier returning from service in Iraq.

Other DocuPyx Award Winners

Voices Of Dissent: Activism & American Democracy, by Karil Daniels: Focuses on some of the brave citizens defending First Amendment rights and civil liberties against attempts to repress freedom to dissent.

The Sandcreek Massacre, by Donald L. Vasicek: Examines the open wound in the souls of the Cheyenne people from their perspective.

Copyright, Culture (Remixed) Volume 1 & Illegal Art, produced by Rebekah Farrugia and Jennifer Machiorlatti: Illustrates the gray areas of US copyright law and fair use by featuring the traveling “illegal art” show.

The Art Of Issa Benjamin, by Alfred Rasho: Portrays the 82 year old Assyrian calligrapher who preserved the ancient craft in his country.

Four other award winning documentaries will be shown in the future: Relative Freedom, by Anne P. Brown; And Then There Were Four, by Leah H. Bell; Perspectives, by Jeremy Guy, and Wildest Dreams, by Ron Strobel.

DocuPyx Recognizes Dutch Video Journalist For His Work In Africa

“Independent Video Journalists are an integral part of the DocuPyx community, and we are proud to recognize their work,” said Pyxix CEO Amit Tripathi. “Our featured video journalist, Ruud Elmendorp, has won numerous professional awards for his news and current affairs reporting from Africa.”

Video journalist Elmendorp is pleased that DocuPyx is enlarging the audience for video journalism. “In my opinion, the opportunities for documentaries via the Internet are still unexplored. DocuPyx is trying to change that, and I am honored to be part of the effort,” he said.

Three of Elmendorp’s video reports are now showing on DocuPyx.com:

Joseph Kony, Sudan: First press interview given by the elusive leader of the Lord's Resistance Army.

Night Commuters, Uganda: Tens of thousands of children travel hours every night to sleep in town and escape abduction by child soldier forces.

Kenya Drought: 3.5 million people in Kenya are facing starvation due to prolonged drought.

DocuPyx Plays Autobiographical Work at P.O.V. Life

“Connecting the world through individual perspectives is vital for our mission,” noted Tripathi. “The P.O.V. Life section provides professionals and new filmmakers an online space to show more personal and autobiographical works.”

Now showing on P.O.V. Life are:

The Telling Takes Me Home, by Heather Caravan: Celebrates the music of Guy and Candy Caravan and their contribution to the Civil Rights movement.

Our Pride: The Spirits of Black Japanese in Georgia, by Yohei Suzuki: Shows how biracial individuals relate to Japanese- and African-Americans.

Aldo's America, by Allison Melody Biggar: Traces a young man's struggle to survive in a world that considers him illegal, but he considers home.

About Pyxix

Pyxix™, a diversified media company, harnesses content, technology and services to create and deliver high quality original creative content. Pyxix, pronounced “pik-ses,” produces feature films, short films, video clips, scripts, education, documentaries and commercial programs for traditional, online and mobile entertainment. For more information, visit www.pyxix.net.

Press contact:
Hellena Smejda
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PyxWorld™/2008 Kicks Off Year-Long Program with

Competitions for Music, Documentary, Comedy, and Horror
 
PyxWorld™/2008 is “Connecting Artist With AudienceSM”
Via Multi-Media, Multi-Genre, Multi-National Events

Hollywood, CA, April 2, 2008.PyxWorldTM/2008, a year-long program of multi-media, multi-genre, multi-national events “Connecting Artist with AudienceSM”, was launched today by Pyxix® Corporation, a global diversified media company with a network of broadband entertainment channels.

Kicking off PyxWorldTM/2008 are competitions open to artists everywhere. Artists are invited to submit original content in various genres: music, documentary, comedy, and horror. More than $50,000 in cash, prizes and promotion will be awarded throughout the year. Winners will be showcased at a year-end awards gala in Hollywood. Artists are urged to submit their entries as soon as possible in order to qualify for more prizes and to get more promotion and feedback from worldwide fans and peers.

Anyone can become a member of any Pyxix entertainment channel by visiting DocuPyx™.com, ComedyPop™.com, UrbanChillers®.com or PyxTunes™.com. Membership is free. Members may participate in events and activities enabling artist and audience to connect.

PyxWorld/2008 to inspire and promote artists’ best works

“PyxWorld/2008 is an ambitious next step that Pyxix is taking to inspire, promote and distribute best works from filmmakers, comedians and musicians around the world. Our goal is ‘Connecting Artist With Audience™’ by eliminating geographic, language and economic barriers. Built upon our four innovative entertainment channels, PyxWorld/2008 is an exciting year-long program of events for our global community,” said Pyxix CEO Amit Tripathi.

“PyxWorld/2008 is being launched today with these competitions, and will continue throughout the year with a series of events, including gatherings and knowledge sharing events in America, Europe and Asia. PyxWorld/2008 events culminate in a December awards gala in Hollywood,” Tripathi explained.

Competitions are first of PyxWorld/2008 events

Phase one of PyxWorld/2008 is four competitions open to all artists — amateur, aspiring and professional — anywhere in the world and in any language and format. Viewers will provide feedback to submissions posted on DocuPyx.com, ComedyPop.com, UrbanChillers.com or PyxTunes.com. Finalists will be selected by a group of judges and the winners will be selected by audience vote. Finalists and winners will be recognized at the awards gala event in December in Hollywood.

Below are details about the four competitions.

Additional events will be posted on Pyxix.net

PyxWorld/2008 events will include face-to-face networking opportunities for artists and audience, knowledge sharing seminars and webinars, and local gatherings on three continents. Details of the events will be posted on Pyxix.net and on each of the four broadband entertainment channels, and will be e-mailed to members. Membership is free. Anyone can become a member of any Pyxix entertainment channel by visiting the broadband channels DocuPyx.com, ComedyPop.com, UrbanChillers.com or PyxTunes.com.

About Pyxix®

Pyxix® Corporation, Connecting Artist with AudienceSM, is a global diversified media company with a network of entertainment channels, products, technologies and services spanning the world. Pyxix can be found online at Pyxix.net. Pronounced “pik-ses,” the name is derived from the Latin and Greek words meaning both a constellation in the southern hemisphere and a plant capsule that releases seeds to initiate future growth. Similarly, Pyxix extends artists’ horizons and casts wide the seeds of creativity. Pyxix operates a number of broadband art, education and entertainment channels, including DocuPyx®, ComedyPop™, UrbanChillers® and PyxTunes™.

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International Documentary News

DIFF, the Durban International Film Festival is calling for entries from around the world!

DIFF is South Africa 's longest running film festival and will take place from July 23rd to August 3rd, 2008.
The festival will present over 300 screenings of films from around the world, with a special focus on films from South African and Africa. 

Screenings will take place throughout Durban including township areas where cinemas are non-existent.

The festival also offers seminars and workshops featuring local and international filmmakers. Feature films, short films and documentaries are all welcome. The deadline for entries is March 31st, 2008 for short films and documentaries; April 15th, 2008 for feature films. Early submissions are encouraged!

For more information visit: www.cca.ukzn.ac.za

At CES, Pyxix adds PSP, iPod, Zune, 3gp capabilities

for "Connecting Artist to Audience"
 
3 Pyxix entertainment channels -- Urbanchillers, DocuPyx and ComedyPop -- are adding iPod video, PSP movies, Zune downloads and 3gp files, it was announced at CES International Consumer Electronics Show

Las Vegas, CES, International Consumer Electronics Show, -- January 9, 2008-- At CES, the International Consumer Electronics Show, Pyxix® Corporation, a diversified global media company, today announced new capabilities to deliver entertainment content to Sony PlayStation® Portable, Apple iPod® and Microsoft Zune® as well as 3gp smart phones. The announcement reflects the Pyxix mission of “Connecting Artist to Audience.”

This means that viewers of the Pyxix entertainment channels can download iPod video, PSP movies and Zune downloads to portable players, and 3gp files to smart phones.

Pyxix “Connecting Artist and Audience”

"Now Pyxix is making it possible for artists to share their content directly with audiences worldwide via mobile technology,” said Pyxix CEO Amit Tripathi from CES, the International Consumer Electronics Show taking place in Las Vegas.

Pyxix already supports broadband technology for viewing videos on PCs, and produces content for film, TV and DVDs.

“Entertainment has truly gone mobile in rapidly developing economies, such as India and China, where it has leapfrogged traditional technologies (TV and PCs)," he explained from CES.

"People use their mobile phones and portable devices to view films and shorts, play games, as well as social network. This is rapidly becoming a global phenomenon as technology spreads and content expands,” Tripathi said at CES.

“Our mission is to eliminate the barriers – including geographic and technological barriers – that separate the artist from the audience. This benefits both: artists can share their work without going through intermediaries, and audiences can participate in the creative process by providing feedback,” Tripathi added at CES.

3 Pyxix entertainment channels to provide mobile content

The first Pyxix entertainment channel to implement downloading of video files to portable devices and smart phones is Urbanchillers.com® “the original home of fear.” Viewers can subscribe to the site’s RSS stream and have PSP movies and iPod video delivered directly to their PlayStation Portable, iPod or ZUNE. They can also download 3gp videos to their smart phone.

In addition to Urbanchillers®, these capabilities are being added to other Pyxix channels, including DocuPyx™, ComedyPop™ and the soon-to-be-launched music channel.

Uploading also enhanced

At CES, Pyxix also announced enhanced uploading capability, making it faster and easier for artists to share their work with the world, instantly. The new Pyxix uploading technology allows artists and fans to connect directly, opening the door to global collaboration, thereby building a vibrant network of ideas and art from any genre, in any language. DocuPyx is the first Pyxix channel to implement the new uploading technology. Urbanchillers, ComedyPop and the coming music channel will follow.

About Pyxix Corporation

Pyxix® Corporation, a Los Angeles based diversified media company, is on a mission to improve communication, awareness and understanding among people throughout the world by “Connecting Artist To Audience.” Pyxix harnesses content, technology and services to aggregate, create and deliver high quality original content. Pyxix, pronounced “pik-ses,” produces feature films, short films, video clips, scripts, education, documentaries and commercial programs for traditional, online and mobile entertainment. Pyxix has three entertainment channels (Urbanchillers®, ComedyPop™ and DocuPyx™) and will soon launch a music channel. Pyxix also has a social and collaborative network for artists and their fans. For more information, visit www.pyxix.net.