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This group is for those within the Arts and Humanities sector, that are interested in streaming technologies and collaborations.

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During 2013, Jisc distributed a call for proposals from UK sites who were looking to undertake some innovative projects using technolgies within the arts. Jisc selected 3 projects, and provided funding in the region of £10,000 to each project. The projects were as follows:

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A new version of LOLA has just been released, which I’m sure will be of interest to you all. The most significant thing is that they have been working on reducing the bandwidth needed to run LOLA. The new version - LOLA v1.3.0 has the following new features:

- new video rendering features:

 - free stretch/zoom with fixed aspect ratio;

 - remote video window can be duplicated and zoomed differently;

 - new pixel interpolation techniques to render zoom in better quality;

- some preconfigured basic layouts for video windows;

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Janet has now created the Arts and Humanities Special Interest Group for all those within the community that want to share ideas and network with their peers. Anyone interested in future collaborations, and/or relevant technologies is welcome to join this group. 

The group will aim to meet face to face annually, and will help Janet with any future projects in this area.

If you are interested in learning more about the group or would like to join, please contact Emma.Smith@ja.net

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