| | | | Frost & Sullivan Recognises AmberFin with the 2013 Global Customer Value Enhancement Award in the Media and Entertainment Video Transcoders Market
Cost-effective, future-proof transcoding solution offers high-quality video output and delivers best-in-class value to customers
Based on its recent analysis of the media and entertainment (M&E) video transcoders market, Frost & Sullivan recognises AmberFin with the 2013 Global Customer Value Enhancement Award. The company’s iCR transcoding system supports a wide array of media formats whilst delivering the correctly formatted subtitle, caption and ancillary data, with a rich feature set that fits easily into any broadcast workflow. AmberFin’s quality control measures also execute detailed checks, improving the quality of the final deliverable and minimising errors and problems.
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| | | | Bodega’s Merhar Takes The Insanity Out Of The Home Garden For Preen
 New York/San Francisco-based content creation/production company Bodega director Dave Merhar exposes extreme measures for weed-free gardens in the comedic new :15 “How I Do It – I Use Preen Garden” for Preen out of Merkley + Partners, NY. The spot features ruthless de-weeding tactics including a man who torches his weeds with a flamethrower and a woman in absolute histrionics over pulling and spraying. The campaign also features the additional :15 “How I Do It – I Use Preen Mulch.”
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| | | | BroaMan Showcases Its Repeat Platform Devices At The 2013 NAB SHOW
Repeat48 and Repeat48CWDM Offer Point-to-Point 3G/HD/SD-SDI Video Conversion
BroaMan, a leading German manufacturer of professional digital video, audio and data network solutions providing routing, format conversion and management for a variety of markets, including broadcast, post production and AV, will exhibit its affordable Repeat48 and Repeat48CWDM plug-and-play video conversion solutions at the 2013 NAB Show (Booth C8443).
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| | | | BroaMan To Showcase Its Repeat Platform Devices At NAB 2013
Repeat48, Repeat48CWDM Offer Point-to-Point SD/HD/3G-SDI Video Conversion
BroaMan, a leading German manufacturer of professional digital video, audio and data network solutions providing routing, format conversion and management for a variety of markets, including broadcast, post production and AV, will exhibit its affordable Repeat48 and Repeat48CWDM plug-and-play video conversion solutions at the 2013 NAB Show (Booth C8443).
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| | | | Matthews Studio Equipment to Debut Five New Support Products at NAB 2013
Matthews Studio Equipment, manufacturer of specialized support for the entertainment industry will debut five new products at NAB 2013. Booth C5437. Known for discovering and nurturing unique specialized hardware, camera and lighting support – like MATTHEWS MAX MENACE ARM, which recently won inventor Key Grip Richard Mall an Academy Award©, MSE plans to introduce five new products: Technology that Complements Your Imagination.
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| | | | Pastuhov Keeps Pictorvision Eclipse Flying
 Aerial cinematographer Phil Pastuhov is one of the busiest shooters in the business. He’s always charged with interesting jobs – and usually halfway around the world. It is, after all, a global production community these days. And, wherever he goes – it’s usually Pictorvision’s Eclipse aerial camera stabilizing system that takes him through the challenges with ease.
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| | | | Codex Travels the Globe with “Zero Dark Thirty”
 Codex recorders and digital labs support Codex/ARRIRAW workflow.
Codex digital cinema technology continues to prove its metal under the most challenging production conditions. Its latest test came on Zero Dark Thirty, Kathryn Bigelow’s gripping telling of the hunt for Osama bin Laden. Codex recorders and digital labs were employed to capture, manage and process camera data for a production that traveled to remote locations, accumulated huge amounts of original camera media, and shot some scenes in near-total darkness.
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| | | | AlphaDogs Digital Service Station Takes Off In The Great White North
An alternative solution for delivering content is now available in Toronto, Canada. All clients need to do is shoot and edit
In today’s world of post-production, it is not uncommon to feel overwhelmed by all of the different delivery specs, not to mention making sure you have the correct tools in place to deliver projects on time within the allotted budgets. Most independent content producers are not given the luxury of owning expensive decks and working with a limited production and post-production team in getting projects completed makes things even more challenging. AlphaDogs Digital Service Station® has been providing an alternative solution for delivering content in both an easy and affordable fashion since its inception in 2004 and has now expanded services to include Toronto, Canada.
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| | | | AlphaDogs Digital Service Station Takes Off In The Great White North
In today’s world of post-production, it is not uncommon to feel overwhelmed by all of the different delivery specs, not to mention making sure you have the correct tools in place to deliver projects on time within the allotted budgets. Most independent content producers are not given the luxury of owning expensive decks and working with a limited production and post-production team in getting projects completed makes things even more challenging. AlphaDogs Digital Service Station® has been providing an alternative solution for delivering content in both an easy and affordable fashion since its inception in 2004 and has now expanded services to include Toronto, Canada.
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| | | | Matrox Announces Quad HD-SDI Capture Card for Live Streaming with Telestream Wirecast
 Matrox VS4 is Ideal for Creating Multi-Camera Internet Broadcasts of Sports, Religious Services, Corporate Meetings, and Other Live Events
Matrox today announced Matrox® VS4™, a four-channel HD-SDI capture card for use with Telestream Wirecast for Windows webcasting software. In a single PCIe slot, Matrox VS4 provides up to four independent HD-SDI inputs with up to 16 embedded audio channels per SDI source, taking up an absolute minimum of the precious real estate inside a PC. Matrox VS4 not only sends video feeds to Wirecast for streaming, it simultaneously records all the original video and audio feeds to disk – ready for post-event editing.
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| | | | Matrox News From IBC 2012
Matrox Announces Quad HD-SDI Capture Card for Live Streaming with Telestream Wirecast – Matrox VS4 is Ideal for Creating Multi-Camera Internet Broadcasts of Sports, Religious Services, Corporate Meetings, and Other Live Events
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| | | | Vinten Radamec APS Pedestal Positioning System
 Vinten Radamec®, part of Vitec Videocom, a Vitec Group company and world leader in robotic camera support systems, introduces a revolutionary robotic camera pedestal positioning system, APS (Absolute Positioning System). The APS system seamlessly integrates with Vinten Radamec’s Fusion robotic pedestals, delivering unrivalled positional accuracy and operational flexibility never before possible with free-roaming robotic camera support pedestals.
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| | | | ABS Broadcast Modernizes Playout with Grass Valley K2 Edge
 Leading independent broadcast playout facility ABS Broadcast has designed its ABSolute Delivery Platform transmission service to offer new and innovative services to assist its customers to better monetize their content by leveraging the integrated capabilities of the Grass Valley™ K2 Edge™ automated playout system.
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| | | | Anton/Bauer Batteries Support Production of Climate Change Documentary “An Uncertain Future”
 CINE VCLX and DIONIC 90 Are Batteries of Choice While Filming in the Arctic
When award-winning filmmaker David Wright of Planet Earth Pictures agreed to travel to Alaska and film the upcoming educational documentary, An Uncertain Future, he chose batteries from Anton/Bauer®, part of Vitec Videocom, a Vitec Group company, and a premier global provider of batteries, chargers, lighting and other mobile power systems for the professional broadcast, video and film industries, to power his equipment. Wright traveled with a supply of Anton/Bauer’s DIONIC® 90 and CINE VCLX batteries to support his Panasonic HDX900 and Canon XF105 cameras, as he embarked on a month-long excursion to Cooper Island, a remote location off the coast Alaska, as well as a voyage around Svalbard in the Norwegian Arctic, to shoot a documentary on biologist Dr. George Divoky who is conducting climate change research.
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| | | | OConnor Accessories for Cine Look
 While filming his documentary Gas Monopoly, Austrian director and cinematographer Richard Ladkani combined the Sony PMW-F3 with accessories by OConnor, part of Vitec Videocom, a Vitec Group company, to achieve a special look. The project was technically daring and consequently a challenge for the experienced cinematographer.
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| | | | LED Solutions Take Centre-Stage for projectiondesign® at ITEC 2012
 Military simulation show highlights renewed focus on raising performance and reducing cost of ownership
Norway’s projectiondesign® returns to the ITEC Defence, Training, Simulation and Education show this year with the most comprehensive line-up of products it has ever offered to the defence training and simulation market.
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| | | | Pond5 Reaches 1 Million Stock Video Clips as Growth Accelerates
Media Maker’s Marketplace Celebrates with a Day of 100% Royalties, Plus a Party at SXSW
Pond5, the pioneering online marketplace for stock media and creative components, announced today that the one-millionth clip had been added to its stock video collection, making Pond5 by far the largest and fastest-growing collection of royalty-free video on the Web. The site also offers millions of stock images, audio files, and other creative components for use as raw material in media productions of all types.
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| | | | Ross Video Acquires FX-Motion Robotic Camera Systems
 Ross Video has announced the acquisition of FX-Motion, a robotic camera systems company based in Brussels, Belgium. FX-Motion is now Ross Robotics, adding a new product line into Ross’ Video Production Technology portfolio.
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| | | | IABM Annual Conference Providing Keys to Success to be Held Dec. 1-2 in Windsor, U.K.
Conference Will Focus on How to Succeed Through Change to Meet Today's Challenges and Those of the Future
The IABM (International Association of Broadcasting Manufacturers) annual conference will be held Dec. 1-2 at the Savill Court Hotel, Windsor, U.K. Open to all within the broadcast and media technology supply industry, the conference, entitled "Adjusting to New Business Models — Profiting From the Journey," will provide invaluable insight into the changing needs of our industry and how to address them. Through an intensive program of keynote presentations and discussion groups, the conference will put success under a microscope, examining the agents of change and how business can adopt and adapt to succeed.
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| | | | A Duo So Good, They Put You in Two Places at Once
 American Airlines flies to 250 cities in 50 countries around the world, but its latest destinations - under the ocean and into your living room - required some help from the post experts at Absolute. The studio's Lead VFX/Flame Artist Dirk Greene once again teamed up with Believe Media Director Gerard de Thame in order to kick out this adventurous pair of spots for the airborne giant.
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| | | | Thor Takes an Urban Safari with Škoda
 Thor, who is represented in the U.S. by Madheart, has directed a new spot for Czech car maker Škoda and Leagas Delaney, Hamburg, in which a couple goes on a fantastic drive through an urban jungle.
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| | | | Anton/Bauer Hits The Road With The John Lennon Educational Tour Bus
 Power Solutions Help Maintain a Professional and Safe Production Environment for Students
Continuing the company’s commitment to education, Anton/Bauer®, a brand of The Vitec Group, and the world’s premier provider of batteries, chargers, lighting and other mobile power systems for the professional broadcast, video and film industries, recently donated several products to The John Lennon Educational Tour Bus, a non-profit program that brings a state-of-the-art and professionally staffed mobile audio and video production studio to schools, youth organizations, community events and music/technology expos throughout North America.
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| | | | Absolute's Beautiful Transformation
 Ever wonder what a superhero would look like if their powers allowed them to transform into a bottle of iced tea?
Neither did we, but Absolute makes us wish we had in their latest spot for the launch of 100% Natural Lipton Iced Tea, a product of the Pepsi Lipton Partneship. In collaboration with DDB London and recurring partner Sonny London Productions Director Emil Moller (e-on, TFL, Bee TV), Absolute transforms a street-walking city girl into a living embodiment of Lipton tea's three ingredients: water, tea leaves and sunshine.
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| | | | POP Sound®, Inc. Serves “Delectable” Sound for “Jiro Dreams of Sushi”
 POP Sound provided sound editorial and mixing services for Jiro Dreams of Sushi, director David Gelb’s new documentary. Re-Recording Mixer Tim Hoogenakker led the sound team for the film, which tells the story of an 85-year-old master sushi chef from Japan and his quest to create the perfect piece of sushi. Magnolia Pictures recently acquired North American rights to the film, just ahead of its screening at the Tribeca Film Festival in New York.
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| | | | Litepanels 1x1’s Shine for French Race Kart Film
 The narrow curves of the MK Circuit in Scientrier, France, make race kart tires screech. DSLR filmmaker Richard Walch kneels on the edge of the circuit and shoots the action-packed kart film, “The Racetrack” with his EOS 5D Mark II. Roaring motors dominate the ambient noise on the set of the Canon Europe shoot. Also in on the action: LED lights from Litepanels, a Vitec Group brand. Four Litepanels 1x1 production lights put a race kart per-fectly into focus for the film's making-of documentary.
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| | | | Nice Shoes Helps Timex Reposition Nautica and Ecko Unlimited Brand Watches
 Nice Shoes has made a foray into re-branding with an in-store film and two spots for Timex that made their premier Baselworld 2011, the World Watch Jewelery Show in Switzerland. The New York-based creative post studio has been working direct-to-client over three months to help creatively reposition two of the watch giant's brands, Nautica and Ecko Unlimited.
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| | | | DigitalFilm Tree Puts Xytech's MediaPulse in Place
Post Production Innovator Also Extends Platform with Encore
Xytech, the leading global provider of facility management software to the broadcast and media services industries, announced today that Hollywood-based post production company DigitalFilm Tree has selected the MediaPulse platform and its innovative new extension, Encore, to manage its full-service production, post and consulting operation.
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| | | | Blackmagic Design Announces DeckLink 4K
Blackmagic Design today announced DeckLink 4K, a new 3 Gb/s Quad Link SDI capture card that supports SD, HD, 3 Gb/s HD, 2K and 4K capture and playback using a single PCI Express slot for only $595.
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| | | | Blackmagic Design Announces HyperDeck Studio
Blackmagic Design today announced HyperDeck Studio, a new uncompressed 10 bit broadcast recorder for Solid State Disks (SSD) that features dual slots to allow automatic recording onto the next disk when one record disk fills, allowing unlimited duration recording. HyperDeck Studio is easy to use and combined with the highest quality uncompressed video recording and playback is the broadcast deck for the 21st century. HyperDeck Studio retails for only $995.
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| | | | SSL Introduces New Console I/O Unit And Enhanced Redundant I/O Capability
New Alpha-Link Live-R Adds Redundant Fibre Connectivity to Low-cost Alpha-Link Live Console I/O Unit and New ‘Loop Redundancy Mode’ Expands Redundant Console I/O Capability
Solid State Logic will introduce the new ‘Alpha-Link Live-R’ console I/O unit and expand redundant fibre connectivity options at the 2011 NAB Show (Booth C3310). The new Alpha-Link Live-R unit adds a set of redundant MADI optical fiber connections to the existing Alpha-Link Live low cost console I/O unit.
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| | | | CoreMelt Unleashes CoreMeltFREE
Bundle of 33 Visual Effects Plug-ins Gives Motion Artists and Editors a Free “Taste” of Company’s CoreMelt Complete V2 Product Line
CoreMelt, the leading provider of advanced video plug-in effects, today announced CoreMeltFREE, a compelling new collection of 33 visual effects plug-ins based on CoreMelt Complete V2, the company’s highly regarded and comprehensive line of professional products featuring over 200 GPU accelerated plug-ins for faster rendering and workflow.
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| | | | GrooveMaker® Cool & Dre Apps released from IK Multimedia
Create today’s hip-hop/club beats with iPhone, iPod Touch and iPad
IK Multimedia is proud to announce GrooveMaker Cool & Dre for the iPhone®, iPod touch® and iPad® are now available from the iTunes App Store; the artist-inspired music creation and loop remixing apps featuring the sounds of today’s hottest R&B/hip-hop genre.
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| | | | Modus FX Delivers Visual Effects for "Source Code"
Montreal Studio Serves as Lead Facility for Next Duncan Jones Thriller
Montreal-based visual effects studio Modus FX served as the lead facility for Duncan Jones' upcoming action thriller "Source Code", scheduled for release on April 1.
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| | | | OptiTrack Insight VCS Virtual Motion Capture System Ships to Customers Worldwide
Adopted by Leading Pre- and Post-visualization Companies for Live-action Virtual Camera Work at a Competitive Price
Previewed to widespread acclaim at SIGGRAPH 2010, OptiTrack's Insight VCS virtual camera system is now available to customers worldwide. Offered at a third of the price of competing systems, the Insight VCS is ideal for previsualization and production in game and CG film projects of any scope, ranging from AAA games to independent films.
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| | | | OptiTrack's Insight VCS Brings "Avatar" Magic to Every Studio
Optical Virtual Camera System Enables Live-action Camera Work for CG Filmmaking at a Competitive Price; Compatible with all Optical Motion Capture Systems
Filmmakers and game cinematographers are increasingly turning to real-time virtual production technologies to blend real-world tools with their virtual world.
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| | | | Actus Digital Brings Global Channel Monitoring Solutions to IBC 2010
Media Recording, Enrichment & Repurposing technology breaks digital boundaries; broadcasters able to capture, monitor and repurpose any channel transmission from around the world
Actus Digital, a provider of web-based media monitoring and management solutions for broadcasters, government agencies and content producers, today announced that it will be showcasing its groundbreaking global channel monitoring solutions at the IBC 2010 exhibition, held in Amsterdam from September 10 – 14, 2010 on stand 4.A91.
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| | | | Clear-Com Helixnet™ Platform Makes European Debut at AES London
Clear-Com®, a global leader in mission-critical voice communication systems, is proud to announce the European debut of HelixNet™, a unified intercom platform that delivers a new generation of intercom products that share a common design philosophy ─ cabling simplicity, ease-of-use, networking flexibility and system intelligence.
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| | | | Pictorvision Plays a Big Role in "A-Team" 2010 Feature
 Second unit DP Larry J. Blanford is always excited when he can get to do aerial work himself. In the case of 20th Century Fox’s feature version of the 1980s television series "The A-Team", he says he was even more excited because he really got to put Pictorvision’s newest aerial camera stabilizing system, the Eclipse through its paces.
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| | | | Anton/Bauer DIONIC 90 Batteries Kick Water Productions Into High Gear for Extreme Adventure Shoots
 When action sports programming producer and star Kevin Cullen hits the road to capture extreme outdoor sports in HD, his battery of choice is an Anton/Bauer DIONIC 90. From riding an ATV through the rough country surrounding the source of the Nile in Uganda, Africa, to snowmobiling around an active volcano in central Iceland, these extremely harsh shooting conditions test both man and machine to the limits. That’s why Anton/Bauer, a brand of The Vitec Group, and the world’s premier provider of batteries, chargers, lighting and other mobile power systems for the professional broadcast, video and film industries, designed the DIONIC 90 to deliver consistently reliable performance even in the most challenging shooting environments on Earth.
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| | | | Ole Miss Sports Productions Chooses Canon Compact Studio HD Lenses
Combining Canon’s XJ22x7.3B IE-D HDTV Lens With a 1/3-Inch HDTV Camera Provides Long-Focal-Length, Lightweight, High-Quality System for Field Productions
Meeting the demands of providing HDTV coverage of 78 remote sporting events per year, along with a schedule of weekly studio productions is a challenging task for any collegiate video department. That’s why Ole Miss Sports Productions, at the University of Mississippi, chose to outfit each of its four 1/3-inch portable HDTV cameras with the 2/3-inch XJ22x7.3B IE-D Compact Studio HD lens from Canon U.S.A., Inc., a leader in digital imaging. The result is a compact HD lens-camera system that provides long telephoto capability, crisp, clean HDTV quality, and is also cost-effective and easily transportable.
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| | | | Sony Pictures Entertainment Selects FilmLight's Baselight for New Post Facility
Installation includes three Baselight EIGHT systems for new 4K DI grading theatres
FilmLight today announces delivery of seven Baselight colour grading systems to Sony Pictures Entertainment. The systems will be installed at its newly-built digital intermediate facilities on the Sony Studios lot in Culver City, California, and connected to the studio's Digital Backbone.
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| | | | Can Communicate undertakes all the Stereo3D for Channel 4's 3D week on Quantel Pablo
Four new one hour programs produced from scratch and three movies processed in just three weeks with Quantel Stereo3D technology
London-based Can Communicate is nearing completion of a challenging Stereo3D project for the UK's Channel 4 Television. The project involves the complete production of four one hour Stereo3D programs, and also the processing of three full length Stereo3D movies.
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| | | | Lückow First to use OConnor 120EXe Fluid Head on Major Feature
When VFX artist and Motion Control Supervisor Allan O. Lückow and Oscar-winning DoP Anthony Dod Mantle (Slumdog Millionaire) needed to create a handheld “look” while shooting Antichrist, the hotly anticipated new film by maverick director Lars von Trier, they turned to OConnor’s new 120EXe encoding fluid head for visual effects.
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| | | | Spy Post purchases Pablo 4K color correction system
San Francisco post house launches new Visual Effects unit with Quantel technology
Spy Post, the San Francisco post house known for its work in commercials and feature film post production, has purchased a Quantel Pablo 4K non-linear color correction system. The Pablo is equipped with a full raft of Quantel’s MME acceleration technology as well as Quantel’s Stereo 3D toolset.
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| | | | Wohler Ships 3G 16-Channel Audio Monitors With OLED Screen Technology
AMP1-16-3G and AMP1-E16-3G Leverage Forward-Looking Technologies to Meet Demands of Complex Multichannel and Surround Applications
Wohler Technologies Inc. today announced that the company's AMP1-16-3G and Dolby® E-capable and Dolby Digital Plus ready AMP1-E16-3G 16-channel multirate audio monitors, equipped with OLED (organic light emitting diode) screen technology, are now shipping.
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| | | | Genarts Lowers Cost Of Entry For Sapphire Visual Effects Software
License Rental Option Brings Benefits of Sapphire to Broader Range of Adobe After Effects, Apple Final Cut Pro Users
GenArts Inc., the premier provider of specialized visual effects software for the film, television and video industries, announced today a monthly license rental option for its flagship GenArts Sapphire™ visual effects software for Adobe After Effects and Apple Final Cut Pro.
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| | | | Bruno Munger Joins Digital Vision
Respected Technologist Tapped for Product Manager Role
Digital Vision, the premier supplier of mastering and finishing systems for film and television post-production, has announced that Bruno Munger will step into the role of Product Manager – Grading & Finishing, effective immediately.
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| | | | CoolIT Systems Tapped by BOXX to Liquid Cool the 4850 Extreme Workstation
Today, CoolIT Systems announces that BOXX Technologies, an innovator in high performance computing systems for visual effects, design professionals, and advanced visualization, will implement a custom liquid cooling solution from CoolIT Systems to aggressively dissipate heat in the 3DBOXX 4850 Extreme Workstation.
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| | | | Pond5 Celebrates 150,000 Clips, Inaugurates Free Clip of the Week
Breakout stock footage marketplace is now the fastest growing collection of inexpensive royalty-free footage on the web.
Stock footage marketplace Pond5.com announced today that it has marked a significant new milestone: it now offers video producers over 150,000 broadcast quality, royalty-free HD and SD stock video clips available for instant download.
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| | | | JMR to Showcase BlueStor PeSAN Storage Arrays and New FibreStream Fibre Channel RAID Product at NAB 2009
Storage technology innovator introduces groundbreaking and affordable storage solutions for the post-production and broadcast markets
JMR Electronics, Inc., a leading provider of scalable storage systems for video and data intensive applications, will showcase several new high performance RAID storage solutions as part of their BlueStor™ family for post production and broadcast at the NAB 2009 show in the Las Vegas Convention Center from April 20th - 23rd.
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| | | | JMR Debuts FibreStream Fibre Channel RAID Solution at NAB 2009
The newest addition to the company's BlueStor™ line delivers blazingly-fast performance in an affordable Fibre Channel RAID Product
JMR Electronics, Inc., a leading value provider of scalable storage systems for video and data intensive applications, is debuting its Fibre Channel RAID solution, FibreStream™, at NAB 2009 today. With playback speeds exceeding 1,300 MB/s, JMR's technology capability breaks the speed/price barrier by offering yet another affordable, enterprise-class storage system to the marketplace.
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| | | | Blue Ridge Communications Produces Programming with Hitachi HD Cameras
Hitachi Kokusai Electric America, Ltd., a leading provider of affordable, high performance cameras, today announced that Blue Ridge Communications (BRC)-a regional cable television, Internet, and VoIP provider serving Northeastern and Central Pennsylvania-is using two Hitachi SK-HD1000 native 1080i HDTV studio/field production cameras to produce programming for its local origination channel, TV13.
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| | | | Nineteen Fifteen Produces World's First Live 3D webcast
3D production company, Nineteen Fifteen, is working with Inition, the 3D technology specialist, to produce the world’s first ever live 3D gig for multi-million selling band Keane. The transmission will take place on Thursday April 2 at 8pm and will feature Keane playing a short set from the legendary Abbey Road Studios in London.
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| | | | Digital FX Adds Regions First Flame 2K Suite
New Suite Complements Smoke 2K Suite
Digital FX, a Baton Rouge based television and feature film post-production facility, today announced the addition of a the region’s first Flame 2K Visual Effects Suite.
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| | | | Canon’s professional 3-CCD HD camcorders are a top choice for affordable HDTV program production
Inspired storytelling, superior HDTV production values, and prudent budgeting are essential elements in the competitive world of producing innovative programming for today’s cable networks. For Varuna Entertainment, achieving these goals is made easier by using Canon’s XH G1 HD Camcorders to capture dramatic, challenging, and often dangerous footage for two of their latest cable “reality” series.
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| | | | Aardman Adopts Escape Studios' Online Learning Tool
Renowned Animation Firm Selects Modular and Flexible Maya Courseware to Augment In-house Technical Training
Escape Studios today announced that industry-acclaimed animation firm Aardman has selected Escape's comprehensive, yet easy-to-use Maya courseware and online learning system to augment its in-house computer graphics training program.
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| | | | Aerialexposures.Com Teams HDX900 And P2 Gear For Highflying Video Capture
P2 Gear Provides the Versatility that Allows Leading Aerial Photographer Arnie Itzkowitz To Deliver Breathtaking Shots for Bravo, Discovery, MTV Et Al.
Arnie Itzkowitz, owner of New Jersey-based AerialExposures.com and a longtime user of Panasonic production equipment, has recently paired his tape-based AJ-HDX900 multi-format DVCPRO HD camcorder with the solid-state AG-HPG10 P2 Gear portable P2 recorder to shoot sweeping video footage for such clients as Bravo, MTV, the Discovery and Travel Channels and WPIX-TV.
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| | | | Zaxcom to Receive Primetime Emmy® Engineering Award
Zaxcom, a pioneering provider of professional audio equipment, today announced that the National Academy of Television Arts and Sciences will present Zaxcom President Glenn Sanders and Chief Engineer Howard Stark with a 2008 Primetime Emmy® Engineering Award at the Engineering Awards ceremony on Aug. 23 at the Renaissance Hotel in Los Angeles.
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| | | | Tweak Software's RV Adopted by Lucasfilm Ltd.
Industrial Light & Magic , Lucasfilm Animation, Lucasfilm Animation Singapore B.V. and LucasArts Standardize on RV Playback Software
(San Francisco, California--July 30, 2008) Tweak Software, developers of RV, the image and sequence viewer for animation and visual effects, announced today that Lucasfilm Ltd. has selected RV as its playback tool of choice.
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| | | | Sundance Digital Delivers Ground-Breaking BXF Gateway to WJCT
PBS Station Becomes First in Nation to Integrate Standardized BXF Protocol
Sundance Digital, Inc., a part of Avid Technology, Inc. (Nasdaq: AVID), today announced that WJCT, a PBS station located in Jacksonville, Florida, has become the first station to deploy the new Sundance Digital™ BXF Gateway system.
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| | | | Studio Network Solutions Ships Evo™ Shared Storage System with New Features
Latest Advancement in Shared Storage for Post-Production Workgroups Offers Fibre Channel, 10Gb iSCSI SAN and NAS in One Box
Studio Network Solutions (SNS), a premier provider of post-production storage systems, today announced that its recently introduced shared storage system, Evo, is now shipping with additional new features.
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| | | | FTI Achieves 300 Year Archival Lifespan for its Superior Performance CD-R Optical Discs
FalconMedia Pro Century® Gold DVD-R Discs Offer 100 Years of Reliable Archival Data Storage
Falcon Technologies International (FTI), the leading manufacturer of optical data storage discs for professional and archival applications, today introduced a complete line of FalconMedia Pro Century Gold CD-R and DVD-R media with specially-optimized 24k Gold reflective layer designs and formulations that offer ultra-long 300 and 100 year archival lifespans, respectively, based on accelerated aging tests.
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| | | | FTI Introduces SmartWhite Printable Surfaces for Optical Disc Media Products
Compatible with Inkjet and Thermal Printers, FalconMedia Pro Discs Featuring SmartWhite Printable Surfaces Deliver the Ultimate Recording and Printing Quality
Falcon Technologies International (FTI), the worldwide leading manufacturer of optical data storage discs for professional and archival applications, today introduced a complete line of recordable discs featuring innovative SmartWhite printable surfaces.
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| | | | Solid State Logic Features Expanded Range Of C100 HD Digital Broadcast Consoles At NAB 2008
C100 HD, C100 HD-S and the New C100 HD-L Consoles Offer Range of Audio Solutions for Local, Regional and National Broadcasters
Solid State Logic, the world’s leading manufacturer of analogue and digital audio consoles and provider of creative tools for music, broadcast and post production professionals, featured its expanded portfolio of the popular C100 HD Digital Broadcast Consoles at NAB 2008, April 14-17, at the Las Vegas Convention Center.
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