This Holiday Season, a couple recent Technological developments tie into an Annual Holiday Event, The Rolex Sydney Hobart Yacht Race 2009, as well as being a useful tool for staying in touch with friends and family across the miles in a new way. This was once only imaginable on “The Jetsons.”

Hello and thank you for checking up on us to see what’s new – Lots to talk about! If you have been following along, you know that along with doing our best to offer you free tips and hints on how to make you own or plan for your own videos to be done, we like to keep you up to date with what we are involved in. Tips always arise for you out of this as well.

For example, as we tell you about the Live Streaming Broadcast of the Rolex Sydney Hobart Yacht Race 2009 from aboard Merit, you will also see in this video how we use a handy remote computer access program called “LogMeIn” as part of our technology. You may find your own application for this program, as we did. Please take a few minutes to watch this video and then read about the short film regarding the event that Dan is putting the final touches on.

As the first highlight reel produced for the live Streaming Broadcast of Merit in the Rolex Sydney Hobart Yacht Race 2009, Dan Shinder demonstrates some of the behind the scenes technology. Remote computer access by LogMeIn has proved to be a very valuable tool, as Dan explains.


Doing a Live Stream from aboard a competing vessel in the Rolex Sydney Hobart Yacht Race is a FIRST! This trailer is for the short film, Merit The Return. This film, directed by Dan Shinder of Shin-Dig Film Production and Presented by Streaming Video Systems, is a Backstage Pass to what goes into preparing for one of the worlds most anticipated annual sporting events watched around the Globe, the Rolex Sydney Hobart Yacht Race 2009.

The film will be broadcast during the first time ever live stream broadcast of the event and utilizes a four camera system aboard Merit. The system was designed by Mark Christiansen of Streaming Video Systems. Mark is also aboard Merit for the race as a Watch Skipper in his forth Hobart Appearance! Dan Shinder is also working along side Tom Swanton at the SVS office in Brisbane directing and pumping out highlight reels and commentary spots “Brought to You by LogMeIn.”

The film was shot on location at Able Point, Airlie Beach, Brisbane, Sydney Harbor and the Whitsundays All in Australia. All eyes are on Merit this year, as the team won their division last year, in spite of taking a detour and rescuing 14 members of the ill-fated Georgia, which sunk 10 minutes after the rescue. For more info and to Watch the live stream, go to www.svsvideo.tv

APN has put together some intersting facts and history on the background of the annual event:

The Sydney Hobart Yacht Race starts on 26 December year, starting in Sydney Harbour and winging it’s way through the Tasman Sea, Storm Bay and the Derwent River.

It’s become an icon of Australia’s summer sport to rival the Melbourne Cup and the Ashes between Australia and England. It’s undoubtedly one of the biggest water sports events in the world.

Not only is the race internationally renowned for influencing the world of race communications and safety, but it attracts huge media coverage and is often regarded as being bigger then the America’s Cup and the Volvo Ocean Race, which are only held every five years.

The 2008 race began on Sydney Harbour at noon on Boxing Day, before heading south 630 nautical miles through the Tasman Sea, Bass Strait, Storm Bay and the Derwent River before finishing in Hobart, Tasmania.

Last year’s race consisted of 100 starters. This year is set to be bigger and better with contenders from right around the globe.

The race initially began as a cruise but was later turned into a race, after a visiting British Royal Navy Officer made the suggestion in 1945. The event has grown over the decades since, attracting crews from around the world and celebrated it’s 60th anniversary in 2004.

The current race record was set in 2005 by Wild Oats XI, which crossed the line in a time of 1 day, 18 hours, 40 minutes and 10 seconds.

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We hope you join us for some of the live event and support Dan and Tom on their 24 hr a day production efforts for the duration of the event, not to mention Mark Christiansen, Leo Rodriguez and the entire crew of Merit – and you’ll get to see the film! 

Wishing You a Wonderful Holiday Season,

The Shin-Dig Film Production Staff and our extended family, Streaming Video Systems