| | | | Walmart and Warner Bros. Give Superman Fans Exclusive Opportunity to See "Man of Steel" First
Tickets to the June 13 nationwide advance screening on sale at Walmart on May 18
Superman fans, mark your calendars! Walmart announced today that it has partnered with Warner Bros. to give its customers exclusive access to see Warner Bros. Pictures and Legendary Pictures' "Man of Steel" in theaters nationwide before the film's official release. This program marks the first time in entertainment history that a studio has partnered with a retailer to provide such an opportunity for fans.
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| | | | Christie Positions Customers For Decades Of Growth With Wide Range Of Innovative Products, Services And Financing Options At Cinemacon
 “Innovation Theatre” to showcase latest advances in High Frame Rate Projection
Christie®, a global visual technology company, will showcase a wide range of innovative cinema projection solutions, backed by its monitoring and support services, at Caesars Palace in Las Vegas, April 15 – 18. Christie is the world’s largest manufacturer, installer and servicer of DLP Cinema® projectors and once again has the show’s largest CinemaCon exhibit area to confirm its position as the “Exhibitor’s Choice” for attendees of this pre-eminent gathering of movie theater owners from around the world.
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| | | | Steele Opens New Santa Monica Location With Superbowl Spots, Feature Film, Stereo 3D Project For CI/Sony, And Mariah Carey Video For “OZ: The Great And Powerful”
 STEELE Studios, a leading creator and producer of visual content for Films, Commercials, Television, Broadcast, Music Videos and Online/Viral Media, has relocated its offices to 1131 Olympic Blvd., Santa Monica, CA, 90404. Ph: 310/450-0600. Jo and Jerry Steele, co-founders, STEELE Studios, made the announcement.
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| | | | Vizrt Presents View of the IP-Based Newsroom of the Future
 Bringing the IP future of Broadcast News into focus
The creation, distribution and on-air display of broadcast graphics are perhaps the most complex, labor and time intensive parts of the news production process. That’s why it’s important for news department staff to work collaboratively and in many cases simultaneously to get the story out before the competition does.
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| | | | Aframe Helps STV’s Iconic Game Show “Catchphrase” Expedite a Prime-Time Comeback
 STV Saves a Full Week of Production Time, Plus Costs, Using Aframe’s Cloud Video Platform To Power Collaboration And Cloud Storage For Over 1500 Graphic Sequences
Aframe announced that STV Productions is using Aframe’s cloud video production platform to expedite collaboration and lower production costs for “Catchphrase,” a remake of the classic game show airing this March on ITV. In a relaunch where snazzy graphics make all the difference, Aframe’s platform allowed STV’s production team to develop over 300 rich animation collections and store them securely in the cloud – then shave a full-week off of a demanding 7-week production cycle by cutting upload and download times as well as allowing anywhere, anytime review by a distributed team of animators and producers.
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| | | | 32TEN Studios Hosts 2012 MMTB Awards Event, And Begins Indie Film Showcase
 Studio Also Upgrades Its Historic Theater with 2K/3D DLP Projector
32TEN Studios recently hosted the Movie Makers Throughout the Bay (MMTB) 2012 Annual Awards ceremony, which was held in the historic 32TEN Theater. In addition, the studio has also begun playing host to its new series of regularly held Indie Showcase Screenings, presenting a variety of independently produced films shot in and around the Bay Area.
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| | | | Blackmagic Cinema Camera Honored with Popular Science’s “Best of What’s New” Award
 Blackmagic Design today announced the Blackmagic Cinema Camera was honored with Popular Science’s “2012 Best of What's New” award. Each year, the editors of Popular Science review thousands of products in search of the top 100 tech innovations of the year; breakthrough products and technologies that represent a significant leap in their categories. Blackmagic Cinema Camera was awarded for its innovation and execution in the digital film camera space, incorporating entirely new ideas and functions. “For 25 years, Popular Science has honored the innovations that surprise and amaze us - those that make a positive impact on our world today and challenge our view of what’s possible in the future,” said Jacob Ward, editor-in-chief of Popular Science. “The Best of What’s New Award is the magazine’s top honor, and the 100 winners chosen - from among thousands of entrants - each a revolution in it’s field.”
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| | | | RODEO FX, One Of The World’s Premiere Visual Effects Companies For Major Motion Pictures, Launches Advertising Division
 New Unit Welcomes André Ü Montambeault As Creative Director/Senior Flame Artist/Colorist
RODEO FX, one of the world’s premiere visual effects companies, regularly contributing unique visual imagery to Hollywood’s blockbuster motion pictures, has launched an Advertising Division. Concurrently, André Ü Montambeault has been named to the new division as its Creative Director, Senior Flame Artist and Colorist. Montambeault reports to Benoît Touchette, who serves as VP of the Advertising Division. The announcements were made today by Sébastien Moreau, President/VFX Supervisor/Founder, RODEO FX.
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| | | | Frame Rate Changes a Breeze for Nowell and Pictorvision Eclipse
 Aerial cinematographer David B. Nowell, ASC has been spending a lot of time in the air recently, shooting for major motion pictures. And, whether it’s been over New Orleans or New Zealand, California or Canada, New Mexico or New York, Ohio or Iceland, he counts on Pictorvision’s Eclipse to capture outstanding gyro stabilized images.
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| | | | Bully Pictures to Represent Danish Design/Animation Studio Frame
 Production company also adds Director Luke Savage.
Continuing to expand and broaden the scope of its creative talent, Bully Pictures has agreed to become the exclusive, U.S. representative for award-winning Copenhagen design, motion graphics and live action studio Frame. Frame, whose work spans advertising, web media and broadcast branding, is known in the U.S. for its work for MTV, Adidas, Nike, Lincoln, Citgo, VH1, Gatorade and Volkswagen.
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| | | | Steele Studios Completes Extensive VFX Work On Brand New TV Campaign For Overstock.Com
 Steele Produces Complex CGI Shots Featured Within Five Spot “O Is The One” Campaign
Steele Studios, a leading creator and producer of visual content for television, film, music videos, and commercial projects for Fortune 500 companies, has completed and delivered extensive visual effects work featured within a brand new TV campaign promoting client Overstock.com. Jo and Jerry Steele, co-founders, Steele Studios, made the announcement.
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| | | | Image Matters Powers High Frame Rate Digital Cinema Quality
At IBC 2012, Image Matters will contribute to the evolution in advanced imaging. It will announce a new system for evaluating high frame rate digital cinema quality. Built around the Image Matters I’m XS video board for extreme imaging, the system will allow high frame-rate image streams of 2K 120 fps and beyond.
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| | | | OConnor 120EX Shines in Antarctica for Digital 3D Productions
 Digital 3D, a Los Angeles-based production company, is known for taking their gear on wild rides. Its Emmy-winning Director of Photography/Producer Ken Corben pushes boundaries so that viewers can experience worlds they would never get to see on their own. Earlier this year, Corben and a crew of ten departed Ushuaia, Argentina for the Antarctic Peninsula aboard the 74’ sailboat, Pelagic Australis. Their mission was to shoot penguin colonies underwater, from the air and on land/ice with a shooting package that included their 3D Epic beam-splitter with Zeiss and Nikon primes supported by the 120EX fluid head from OConnor, part of Vitec Videocom, a Vitec Group company.
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| | | | Brazilian Video Services Provider Casablanca Online Purchases Large Complement of FOR-A Equipment
 FOR-A Corporation of America, a leading manufacturer of video and audio systems for the broadcast and professional video industries, announces that Casablanca Online—a leading provider of satellite communications services based in Sao Paulo, Brazil—has purchased a large complement of FOR-A signal processing equipment. The order includes the following FOR-A equipment: FA-9500 video signal processor, FRC-8000 frame rate converter, and HVS-300HS HD/SD video production switcher.
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| | | | Guilmette Relies on Vinten® Vision blue5
 Boston-based sports camera operator and Director of Photography Tom Guilmette recently added Vinten’s new Vision blue5 head to his one-man-band shooting package. He says it is the perfect complement, whether he’s shooting a segment of the ongoing Spotlight Performer videos for Men’s CWS NCAA Baseball or going on location for exciting background images.
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| | | | Marzano Keeps Pictorvision Eclipse Flying
 “Filmmaking in Europe over the past 12 months has been phenomenally busy and the highlight has undoubtedly been the arrival of the Pictorvision Eclipse to Flying Pictures in the UK,” says aerial camera operator and Director of Photography John Marzano. “It has significantly enhanced the creative element of aerial cinematography.”
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| | | | Can Communicate goes wild with Quantel Pablo
 Top London Production Company chooses Quantel Pablo for Sky3D documentary, 'Safari Park Adventure'
It has been an incredibly busy couple of months for Can Communicate, one of Europe's leading 3D production companies. From working on Alice Cooper's infamous fright show, 'The Night of Fear', to Sky3D's recent ten part observational documentary, 'Safari Park Adventure', Can Communicate has pushed the boundaries of 3D television content. The company operates on two Quantel Pablos, sharing workflow via a GenePool, assisted by its recent investment in a Neo grading panel. 'Safari Park Adventure', filmed at Woburn Safari Park, follows the day-to-day activities of the park's keepers and animals. The series was shot on Sony P1s with Canon HJ22 lenses, producing over 300 hours of footage for the ten part documentary.
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| | | | AJA Announces T-TAP™, Thunderbolt™ Power in the Palm of Your Hand
 T-TAP Utilizes Thunderbolt™ for High-Quality 10-bit SD, HD and 2K Output in a Tiny Form Factor
AJA Video Systems announced T-TAP™, a very small new bus-powered device that takes advantage of Thunderbolt™ connectivity for high-quality 10-bit SD, HD and 2K output through SDI and HDMI connections. This new adapter enables a simple, unobtrusive means of getting professional video and audio out of any Thunderbolt™-enabled Mac system.
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| | | | Dashwood Updates and Expands the Stereo3D CAT Product Line
The award-winning Stereo3D CAT™ 3D calibration and analysis software has been updated to version 1.1 with new features and is now available in reduced-price and free versions
Dashwood Cinema Solutions, developer of stereoscopic software for the Mac, is pleased to announce the immediate availability of price-reduced and free versions of the award-winning Stereo3D CAT™ stereoscopic calibration and analysis software. This marks the first time this powerful stereoscopic monitoring, analysis and playback software is available for use by anyone with a Mac computer and a compatible HD capture device.
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| | | | Heller Keeps Eclipse in the Air
 When a high-end production being shot in New York requires aerial cinematography, chances are they call Brian Heller. And the first place he turns to is Pictorvision for the Eclipse aerial camera stabilization system.
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| | | | Bemis Balkind Expands Digital Team
Creative agency Bemis Balkind’s Digital Team has added fresh expertise to its growing personnel roster by naming Elisabeth Lucas as Creative Director, Digital, and Adele Martin as Senior Project Manager, Digital. Both Lucas and Martin will report to Curt Doty, Bemis Balkind’s GM Digital/Executive Creative Director. The announcement was made today by agency partners Peter Bemis and Aubrey Balkind.
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| | | | Safe Harbor Computers Now Providing Customers with Live Chat Shopping Experience
Adds live pre/post-sale support for post production professionals
Safe Harbor Computers, a leading supplier to video editors, 3D animators and post production professionals, has announced that they are now providing live chat support to customers around the world. Building on the highly-rated customer service that they’re known for, the new live chat feature is another simple and user-friendly option now available to customers throughout their shopping experience.
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| | | | Grass Valley Adds 3D Support Across Its EDIUS Editing Software and STORM 3G Editing Platforms
Grass Valley™ has unveiled a powerful 3D toolset for its EDIUS® multiformat nonlinear editing software and has added 3D support for editing peripherals that provides users with a complete stereoscopic 3D postproduction workflow. The STORM™ 3G and STORM 3G Elite editing platforms —are both supported via the EDIUS timeline with stereoscopic 3D I/O through a single 3G SDI source and/or dual 3G SDI signals.
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| | | | Transforming 3D As We Know It: Autodesk 123D Family Expands
 Autodesk 123D Catch and Autodesk 123D Make Technology Preview Available for Download
SAN RAFAEL, Calif.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Autodesk, Inc. (NASDAQ:ADSK), a world leader in 3D design, engineering and entertainment software, introduced two exciting offerings in the company’s emerging Autodesk 123D family— Autodesk 123D Catch and Autodesk 123D Make Technology Preview. The offerings enable anyone to quickly and easily capture 3D models from the world around them, and additionally turn 3D models into their own artistic creations. The new technology is further proof that Autodesk is continuing to push boundaries in personal manufacturing, empowering more people to imagine and create things, and share them with others whether for fun, learning or profit.
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| | | | Pictorvision's Eclipse and Iwerks Take to the Air for Major European Feature
 When pilot and aerial coordinator Marc Wolff began prepping for a large format feature to be shot in Budapest, he decided to pair Pictorvision's Eclipse with the Iwerks camera, as an alternative to IMAX(R). "With large format filming becoming so popular in the past few years, it's a great relief to have a choice between IMAX and Iwerks for stabilized aerial filming," he says. "And, of course, to be able to pair the equipment with the Eclipse, the top-of-the-line aerial stabilized system.
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| | | | Steele Studios Completes On-Air Stereo 3D Graphics “Refresh” Package For Client 3NET
 Debuting November 4, Steele’s All New S3D Graphics Package Is Comprised of Over 60 Elements,Including Main Logo Open, Interstitials and Promos
Currently celebrating its 15th anniversary year, Steele Studios, a leading creator and producer of visual content for television, film, music videos, and commercial projects for Fortune 500 companies, has completed and delivered a massive, on-air Stereo 3D graphics package for its client 3net, the joint venture, 24/7 3D television network from Sony, Discovery and IMAX. Jo and Jerry Steele, co-founders, Steele Studios, made the announcement.
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| | | | Nowell Calls on Pictorvision’s Rain Spinner for Major Wet Work Aerials
 Aerial cameraman David B. Nowell, ASC has been using Pictorvision’s Eclipse for major features since the system first came out. The gyro-stabilized system has allowed him to capture exciting one-of-a-kind shots. Recently however, he was tasked to put the system to the test while shooting off the West Coast of Vancouver Island.
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| | | | Eden FX Creates Opening Sequence For Dreamworks Pictures’ Stereo Feature“Fright Night”
Describing the work, Eden's VFX Producer Andrea D'Amico said, "The famous DreamWorks logo had never been used in a stereo Live Action movie before so we were thrilled to have the opportunity to convert it to 3D. Then the design of the ‘Fright Night’ opening called for the clouds of the logo to transition seamlessly into the CGI clouds of an ominous sky with lightning. Director Craig Gillespie's vision was for the viewer to fly through a tunnel of menacing clouds and lightning flashes before bursting out to an aerial shot of the landscape below which begins the film."
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| | | | Safe Harbor Computers Announces New Location
Increases square footage, allows for future growth and expanded custom workstation production
Safe Harbor Computers, a leading reseller to video and 3D professionals, today announced that it has sailed to a new location. A Waukesha (Wis.) based firm since its founding a quarter century ago, Safe Harbor is now docked on Milwaukee’s south side, as part of the ICM (International Commerce and Marketing) Corporate Building Complex. The move took place on September 17th, 2011.
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| | | | Creative Consultancy Bemis Balkind Names Curt Doty GM and Executive Creative Director of Agency’s Newly Expanded Digital Group
 Doty Had Been President of Trailer Park's Advanced Content Division
After two decades of spearheading creative and strategic initiatives both on the client side (ABC, Universal) and the service side (Pittard Sullivan, Trailer Park), Curt Doty has joined legendary creative consultancy Bemis Balkind, and will spearhead the agency’s newly expanded Digital Group in the next phase of its client offerings in the areas of digital content, advertising, and distribution. Doty will serve the company as both its GM and as Executive Creative Director, Digital.
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| | | | University of South Carolina Athletics Make Broad Implementation of Panasonic P2 HD Gear
 VariCam 2700s, P2 HD Handhelds and Shoulder-Mounts Used for Coaching Shows Airing on FOX Sports South, Football Coaching Analysis, Game Web Streaming
As the University of South Carolina’s (Columbia, SC) Gamecocks prepare for the 2011 football season, sports journalists are predicting a repeat of the team’s historic 2010 SEC East championship win and beyond. The Gamecocks’ coaching and player accomplishments are already being documented with AJ-HPX2700 P2 HD VariCam® camcorders, which are being utilized to shoot the coaches’ show that, beginning August 28, will air Sundays on FOX Sports South.
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| | | | Mooradian’s “Happily Divorced” Chooses Vinten Support
 Vinten, a Vitec Group brand, announces that George Mooradian ASC has selected Vinten Vector series heads and peds for his new series for TV Land. “I couldn’t do Fran Drescher’s new situation comedy ‘Happily Divorced’, without Vinten support,” says cinematographer George Mooradian ASC. “I couldn’t make Fran’s gesticulations as atmospheric and expansive without the Vintens working on the set.
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| | | | Gravity Names Roy Eventov As Creative Director, Digital
 Eventov Most Recently Was Vp/Director Of Design/CD With MRM Worldwide
Gravity, an international creative, content and brand communications company, with offices in New York, Los Angeles, and Tel Aviv, has named Roy Eventov as Creative Director for the company’s Digital Group. In his new position, he will provide creative direction and innovation for the company’s biggest digital clients. He joins Gravity from MRM Worldwide. The announcement was made today by Shemi Levi, Gravity’s Chief Digital Officer.
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| | | | Pictorvision Goes 3D for Deutsche Telecom Spots
 Pictorvision announces that their state-of-the-art Eclipse 3D aerial system was recently flown carrying a pair of RED ONE M-X cameras for a Deutsche Telecom (the parent company of T-Mobile) package of spots called “A Thousand Little Things.” Directed by Paul WS Anderson (Event Horizon, Resident Evil series and the upcoming re-make of The Three Musketeers), the spots were shot in Berlin and Los Angeles by Director of Photography Vern Nobles.
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| | | | Grass Valley's ADVC G-Series Now Shipping
(National Association of Broadcasters Convention – Booth# SL106) — The Grass Valley™ highly anticipated new line of conversion tools in its ADVC product range is now available and will begin shipping following NAB 2011. The four new ADVC G-Series converters are self-contained and offer a number of premium features, such as frame synchronization, 3D stereoscopic signal conversion, and true 1080p capability with 3Gb/s SDI at a highly affordable price. The significant performance and low cost of the ADVC G-Series makes today's higher-end 3G and 3D production formats within reach of a wider professional audience.
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| | | | Al Kass Adds Large Scale HD Outside Broadcast Capabilities with Grass Valley
(National Association of Broadcasters Convention – Booth# SL106) -- Al Kass, the Gulf region's premiere sports broadcaster, is adding to its outside broadcast capabilities with two large outside broadcast trucks being built by Grass Valley™. The two trucks and their support vehicles, together valued at approximately $15 million (€11 million), will give Al Kass the capability to cover larger events in across the region.
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| | | | Grass Valley Unveils New Innovations for Channel Branding and 3 Gb/s Facility Infrastructures
(National Association of Broadcasters Convention – Booth# SL106) -- Today, Grass Valley™ showcased a number of new features and functionality for its Maestro™ Master Control and Channel Branding system as well as its Concerto™ Series of SD/ HD/3G video routing switchers. The Maestro master control innovation is designed to help broadcasters comply with government regulations regarding the distribution of Emergency Alert System (EAS) messaging while the latter enables customers to upgrade their baseband infrastructures to accommodate higher SDI data rates up to 3 Gb/s.
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| | | | Stardust's Holographic Worlds for Blackberry & BBDO Moscow
3D Holographic Illusions Shown within a Unique 3D Display 'Station' Highlight Global Connectivity of the MTS Blackberry Storm2 Smartphone
Bi-coastal production company Stardust has been tapped by BBDO Moscow to create eye-popping holographic video content for client Blackberry MTS that will be shown on a unique, new mixed-reality 'presentation station' (RealFiction's Dreamoc 3D Display).
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| | | | HTC EVO 3D From Sprint Offers Consumers The Ultimate Glasses-Free 3D Experience
 Sprint also brings the popular and powerful HTC EVO experience to a 4G tablet, HTC EVO View 4G, this summer, with new digital pen technology that makes it possible to make notes on Web pages, ebooks, PDF documents and more, in an easy and natural way
As the first national wireless carrier to launch the groundbreaking data speeds of 4G, Sprint (NYSE: S) today announced the upcoming availability of its 21st and 22nd 4G-capable devices – HTC EVO™ 3D and HTC EVO View 4G™ on America's Favorite 4G Network.1 HTC EVO 3D takes the mobile multimedia experience to a new level, providing the ability to capture and view in 3D and share at 4G speeds, offering consumers the ultimate glasses-free 3D experience. Sprint also announced HTC EVO View 4G, introducing a tablet to the award-winning EVO family.
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| | | | I-MOVIX to Present Information Session at 2011 NAB Show
At the 2011 NAB Show, I-MOVIX CEO Laurent Renard and Project Manager David Bourgeois will team up with Fletcher Sports Vice President Dan Grainge to deliver a session entitled "Extreme Slow Motion: When Bringing the Invisible to Light Becomes a Breeze."
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| | | | I-MOVIX Debuts Latest SprintCam® Vvs HD at 2011 NAB Show
At 5,800 fps, Enhanced System Takes Frame Rates and Broadcast Integration to New Level
At the 2011 NAB Show, I-MOVIX will debut the latest version of SprintCam® Vvs HD (Phantom®-Powered), the groundbreaking ultra-slow-motion system for live HD broadcast production. Raising the industry ultra-slow-motion performance bar yet again, SprintCam Vvs HD now operates at frame rates up to 2,700 fps in 1080i50 or up to 5,800 fps in 720p60 (more than 200 times slower than live action) and provides instant replay at native HD resolution and image quality.
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| | | | Boogie Studio Creates Unique Animations for Videotron
Interactive Digital Signage System Anchors New Montreal Flagship Store
Montreal-based audio and VFX house, Boogie Studio recently handled CG character animation for an innovative in-store interactive display for Videotron – a leading telecommunications provider in Quebec.
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| | | | Roy Taylor Joins MasterImage 3D to Head 3D Display Business
 Former NVIDIA VP named EVP and GM, 3D Display, to drive adoption of auto-stereoscopic 3D displays
MasterImage 3D, LLC has named Roy Taylor Executive Vice President and General Manager, 3D Display. The former NVIDIA VP moves from Silicon Valley to Hollywood, joining MasterImage 3D to drive adoption of its auto-stereoscopic 3D displays and strengthen content partnerships across the mobile ecosystem.
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| | | | Pictorvision Supports First 3D Artbeats Shoot
Pictorvision announces that Artbeats, in collaboration with cinematographer Doug Holgate, has chosen the new eclipse 3D aerial rig for a stock footage shoot. “We pride ourselves in specializing in footage that is difficult to shoot, things that have high production value,” explains Artbeats’ Phil Bates.
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| | | | Safe Harbor Announces TSUNAMI and Mac Pro Loyalty Upgrades
Offering up to $1,500 or more in workstation discounts to Safe Harbor Tsunami and Mac Pro owners
Safe Harbor Computers, a value added reseller for professional video and graphics production, today announced the availability of a limited time Loyalty Upgrade for users who have purchased a TSUNAMI or Mac Pro workstation from Safe Harbor in the past.
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| | | | SHOOTERS Post & Transfer adds Smoke Artist to Roster
Shooters Post & Transfer, the full-service creative post house, has just added Smoke/Flame Artist Mark Longchamps to its creative team. Longchamps brings more than 15 years of editorial and broadcast design skills as well as feature film experience to Shooters’ lineup.
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| | | | Vizrt Escenic and Mobiletech Join Forces to Simplify Publishing to Mobile Devices
As cell phone technology improves and more people rely on their phones for access to a variety of information, the problem of formatting that information has increased. Web pages must look good on both a full size computer screen and on the small screen of a mobile device. Traditionally, this process has required a significant amount of extra work for a publisher.
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| | | | Blind Creates Second Video for Raveonettes
Blind Founder/ECD/Director Chris Do, in a direct-to-client relationship with The Raveonettes, their management at The Orchard and Vice Records, just pushed out his second video for this Danish alt-rock duo.
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| | | | 4-D Creative Media purchases eQ for HD finishing
 New York, USA media production house chooses Quantel for toolset, quality and multiple format handling capabilities
New York's 4-D Creative Media has purchased a Quantel eQ equipped with the QColor in-context color correction option to handle its growing high definition finishing needs. 4-D Creative is a media production company with a significant broadcast and advertising track record in the heart of Manhattan New York.
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| | | | NVIDIA RealityServer Propels 3D Cloud Computing Using GPUs
First of its kind GPU-based cloud computing solution provides interactive, photorealistic 3D applications accessible from any Web connected device
NVIDIA, inventor of the graphics processing unit (GPU), and mental images, world leader in rendering technologies, introduced today the NVIDIA® RealityServer® platform for cloud computing, a powerful combination of GPUs and software that streams interactive, photorealistic 3D applications to any web connected PC, laptop, netbook and smart phone.
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| | | | Luma Pictures Re-Teamed with Oscar winners Joel & Ethan Coen for "A Serious Man"
Film's Sole VFX Supplier, Studio Delivers 100 Shots Including 3D Village and Panoramic 3D Matte Paintings
Luma Pictures was the sole visual effects provider for Focus Features' "A Serious Man", the new film from Academy Award winners Joel and Ethan Coen, opening in select cities beginning October 2nd and expanding throughout October.
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| | | | Livestream Launches Livepack
The world’s first solution for wireless live streaming at HD quality
Livestream today announced the availability of Livepack, a turn-key hardware solution for wireless live streaming at HD quality to hundreds of thousands of viewers on the web. Livepack is available immediately from Livestream, the leading live Internet video platform.
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| | | | Sky News Realises the Potential of Chyron Graphics
Chyron (Nasdaq:CHYR) today announced that Sky News is investing in 11 HyperX(3) graphics systems, together with a CAMIO Cluster Server and OMS (Order Management System) to fundamentally enhance the way graphics are generated and utilised for Sky News HD, which will launch in 2010.
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| | | | Telestream and Wowza Partner to Offer Live Video Production and Universal Streaming to iPhone, Web and TV Screens
Affordable video production and industry-first single-encode streaming to multiple screens to be demonstrated at IBC Show in Amsterdam
Telestream® and Wowza Media Systems® today announced an affordable solution for the creation and distribution of live video to multiple screens. Telestream's Wirecast™ live video production software works in conjunction with the soon-to-be released Wowza Media Server® 2 Advanced, the world's first multi-protocol platform to provide simultaneous media streaming to iPhone™, iPod™ touch, Flash®, Silverlight™ and QuickTime™ web players, plus IPTV set-top boxes from a single server.
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| | | | Band Pro to Distribute SI-2K Camera
Silicon Imaging, the developer of the award winning SI-2K Digital Cinema camera and Stereo 3D recording systems, has named Burbank-based Band Pro Film and Digital to be its exclusive distributor in the United States and Latin America.
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| | | | Chyron Delves into Forbidden Technologies
Chyron Corporation (NASDAQ:CHYR) today announced a technology partnership agreement to integrate Forbidden Technologies’ award-winning “FORscene” web-based video toolkit with Chyron’s AXIS Graphics web services.
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| | | | Chyron Workflow Integral To KMOV HD Local News Transition
Chyron (AMEX: CGS) has today announced that KMOV, the Belo Corp. (NYSE: BLC) owned CBS affiliate based in Missouri, has installed two HD/SD-switchable HyperX2 graphics systems; Channel Box, Chyron’s HD/SD-switchable channel branding and automated promo system; a CAMIO news graphic management solution; and iSQ, Chyron’s remote monitoring and playout application.
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| | | | TriCaster BROADCAST™ Serial Digital Portable Production System is Now Shipping
Provides digital broadcast tools including virtual sets for live production anywhere
NewTek, Inc., manufacturer of industry-leading video and 3D animation products, today announces it has begun shipping TriCaster BROADCAST™, its latest portable live production and virtual set system that offers producers the most extensive list of benefits and flexibility to date.
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| | | | NewTek Introduces TriCaster BROADCAST™ Serial Digital Portable Production System
Provides digital broadcast tools including virtual sets for on-location production anywhere
NewTek, Inc., manufacturer of industry-leading video and 3D animation products, today introduced TriCaster BROADCAST™, its latest portable live production and virtual set system that offers producers the most extensive list of benefits and flexibility to date.
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| | | | Pinnacle Studio Effects Plugins and Avid Liquid Effects Plugins Now Available from NewBlueFX
NewBlue Continues its Rapid Expansion into Video Effects Plugins and Video Transitions Plugins Market
After its recent release of video effects plugins for the Adobe Premiere Pro, Avid Media Composer, Avid Xpress Pro and Sony Vegas product lines, NewBlue, Inc. continued its widening rollout of video effects plugins by unveiling a host of new Pinnacle Studio™ effects and Avid Liquid™ effects.
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| | | | motion504 Creates Sleek CG In-Store Campaign For Target
Broadcast design & animation studio motion504 just completed a series of in-store spots for client Target. To promote its Photo Lab and Contact Wireless services and products, motion504 created whimsical and elegant animations, which will screen in Target stores nationwide.
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| | | | News: USD 1.4 Million Deal with TV Bandeirantes
Vizrt Joins the Brazilian Band
Vizrt Ltd. (Frankfurt Prime Standard, Oslo Main List: VIZ) announces today, that one of Brazil's largest national TV networks , TV Bandeirantes, nicknamed "Band," has placed a network-wide order for Vizrt's real-time 3D graphics systems.
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| | | | News: CafeFX Creates High Drama for Spider-Man
Crane destruction of a Manhattan skyscraper sets the stage for a classic rescue by Spider-Man
Feature film visual effects facility CafeFX created a vertigo-inducing crane disaster sequence for SPIDER-MAN™ 3, setting the stage for a classic Spidey rescue.
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