| | | | Blackmagic Design Demonstrate 3 New Video Capture Cards at Broadcast Video Expo
New DeckLink HD Extreme, DeckLink Studio and DeckLink SDI now available
Blackmagic Design Inc. today announced they will showcase their new awarding winning product line including the new DeckLink HD Extreme, new DeckLink Studio and new DeckLink SDI shown for the first time to the broadcast and post production industries at Broadcast Video Expo 2009. The complete Blackmagic Design product line will be shown including a wide range of converters and router products.
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| | | | Blackmagic Design Announces DeckLink Studio 2
The world’s first low cost 10 bit SD, HD switchable editing card with SDI, HDMI, component, S-Video and composite capture and playback, hardware down converter and 4 channel balanced audio for €545
Blackmagic Design today announced DeckLink Studio, a new model capture card designed as a replacement for standard definition cards, with increased analog connectivity for older analog equipment as well as SDI/HD-SDI and HDMI connections for the latest cutting edge digital equipment.
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| | | | EditShare Acquires Geevs and Lightworks Technology
EditShare expands product family to include Geevs ingest/playout solutions and Lightworks editing
EditShare®, the technology leader in cross-platform collaborative editing and shared media storage systems, today announced at IBC 2009, the acquisition of Geevs broadcast video servers and the Lightworks non-linear editing platform.
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| | | | Matrox Announces Matrox Convert DVI
Inexpensive SD/HD SDI Scan Converter with Genlock
Matrox® Video Products Group today announced Matrox Convert DVI, an SD/HD SDI scan converter with high-end features priced at just $995 US. Matrox Convert DVI lets users convert high-resolution DVI sources into HD or SD video for broadcast, display, and recording.
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| | | | NVIDIA CUDA Technology Used to Recover Historic Apollo 11 Man on the Moon Video
Lowry Digital Relies on NVIDIA GPUs to Recover Historic Video by Upgrading 1960s Television Footage to 21st Century High-Definition
When NASA's original Apollo 11 moon landing video was accidentally destroyed, it seemed the world had lost a visual record of one of man's greatest achievements. Fortunately, unique digital video restoration technology from Lowry Digital, powered by NVIDIA® Tesla™ GPUs (graphics processing units) with CUDA™ technology, has enhanced television coverage of the original video so that we can now watch Neil Armstrong take a giant leap for mankind in high-definition (HD).
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| | | | StereoBrain Helps Transform 3D Post Production
Inition will present the latest version of the StereoBrain Processor, a 3D HD video processing unit created for stereoscopic 3D production, post and broadcast, on stand 4.C70 at the IBC this year (September 11-14).
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| | | | Harmonic Features ATSC Mobile Video Compression Technology at NAB 2009
Harmonic's Encoders Power ATSC Mobile DTV Demonstration with Sinclair; Latest Generation Technology Frees Up Bandwidth and Delivers High Quality Mobile Video
Harmonic Inc. (NASDAQ:HLIT) today announced that its market-leading DiviCom® encoders and ProStream™ 4000 multi-screen platform will power ATSC Mobile DTV technology demonstrations at NAB 2009.
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| | | | Vivid Broadcast Goes Live with FOR-A Switcher
FOR-A UK has delivered one of the first HVS-300HS 1M/E HANABI SD/HD portable video mixers off the production line to independent UK production company Vivid Broadcast. Vivid has already proved the mixer's value, putting the mixer through its paces at a live event.
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| | | | HP Reinvents the Workstation
New "Z" line delivers design and performance breakthroughs
HP today unveiled the HP Z Workstation series –a reinvention of the product category from the core outward that offers customers unprecedented performance, value and serviceability in a sleek new design.
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| | | | First Commercial Deployment of MAXedit® in the U.S.
MaxT’s MAXedit® Server Edition Integrated with Bitcentral’s Precis at Fisher Stations KBAK and KBCI
MaxT Systems Inc., developers of server-based media applications and high-performance storage solutions, today announced the first commercial deployments of its MAXedit® Server Edition in the United States. The HD/SD multi-user, browser-based craft editing solution was bundled by Bitcentral as part of two recent sales of its Precis® 4.0 News Production System.
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| | | | Blackmagic Design Announces New DeckLink HD Extreme with Dual Link SDI
Blackmagic Design Inc. today announced the new DeckLink HD Extreme, a more powerful version of the original award winning DeckLink HD Extreme card. The new DeckLink HD Extreme has all the features of the original model, which it replaces, plus now adds Dual Link 3 Gb/s SDI for 4:4:4 quality and a new hardware down converter for simultaneous HD and SD playback at the same time.
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| | | | EditShare Showcases Complete Collaboration Products At BVE
Exhibit features EditShare FLOW, Storage Series, XStream Series and Ark solutions
EditShare™, the technology leader in cross platform collaborative editing and shared media storage systems, will be exhibiting EditShare's Complete Collaboration lineup of storage and workflow solutions at the Broadcast Video Expo (BVE) 2009, held at Earls Court 2 in London from February 17 to 19 on stand B30 (first booth on the right of the main aisle entrance).
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| | | | Flash XDR ships with MXF and QT Support
Convergent Design announced today MXF file support for their award winning Flash XDR portable recorder/player. MXF support enables users to import video/audio files into most PC based editing programs, including Avid, Vegas, and Edius .
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| | | | MAXedit Server Edition Endorsed by Bitcentral
Maximum Throughput, developers of server-based media applications and high-performance storage solutions, today announced that its MAXedit® Server Edition has been endorsed by Bitcentral, a leading manufacturer and reseller of news production systems, based in Irvine, California.
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| | | | Avid Introduces Next-Generation Avid Active ContentManager
Version 3.0 creates more efficient news workflow by extending news content to Web and wireless devices
Avid Technology, Inc. (NASDAQ: AVID) today unveiled Avid Active™ ContentManager 3.0, a solution for broadcasters looking to simplify multi-channel news workflows and create more revenue opportunities by broadening the delivery of content to the Web, wireless devices and other IP-based distribution points.
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| | | | TAMUZ Broadcast Co / TAMUZ USA to Introduce Class 1 Monitor at HD World
Manufacturer To Also Highlight Low Light EBU Compliant Digital Broadcast Model, High-Res Large Screen Monitors, And Life-Lengthening TCP/IP Software
TAMUZ Broadcast Co. / TAMUZ USA, the official North and South American divisions of TAMUZ GmbH - a leading German designer and manufacturer of high-quality single or multiple screen LCD monitors, has announced plans to introduce the US East Coast to its Class 1, high-end Imperial Eagle monitor along with its broadcast quality Black Milan - a hybrid multi-view monitor available in configurations of either 4 or 16 inputs at HD World.
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| | | | Ikegami Announces new Flash-based GF™ Series tapeless HD ENG system
High Definition Technologies for Tapeless ENG, Multiformat CMOS Image Capture, Compact HD Acquisition, and Full-Resolution, Color-Accurate Monitoring Among Products Shown
Ikegami, which introduced the industry’s first tapeless camcorder more than a decade ago, will display its revolutionary new Flash-based GF™ Series tapeless HD ENG system at the HD World Conference and Exhibition, in New York.
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| | | | Zasco Productions Deploys Panasonic AV-HS400 Multi-Format HD/SD Live Switcher For High Profile Entertainment, Broadcast Events
High-Performance HS400 Used for Image Magnification at Gloria Estefan, Wiggles Concerts
Zasco Productions (Chicopee, MA), a full service video, audio, lighting, rental, staging and multimedia production company, recently invested in Panasonic’s AV-HS400 multi-format video switcher to serve its event, corporate and broadcast clients.
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| | | | GRS Uses Alchemist Ph.C--HD Standards Converter to Deliver HD Conversion and Finishing Services
Comprehensive Conversion System Enables Live International Broadcast of High-Profile Sports and Entertainment Events, Supports Post-Production on Award-Winning Films
Snell & Wilcox today announced that New York City post house GRS is using the Alchemist Ph.C – HD motion compensated HD standards converter to meet the demands of international program exchange and high-end finishing, working on award-winning films such as "Fahrenheit 9/11," "Taxi to the Dark Side," "The Education of Shelby Knox," and "Sicko."
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| | | | Sundance Digital Unveils Digital Delivery Management Engine
New Application Provides Cost-Effective Solution that Streamlines Workflow Transfer from Cache Servers to Broadcast Video Servers
Sundance Digital, a part of Avid Technology, Inc. (Nasdaq: AVID) and an award-winning provider of high-performance television automation solutions, today announced that it has unveiled the new Sundance Digital® Delivery Management Engine (DDME) – a cost-effective application that provides broadcasters, local stations, cable channels and cable origination operations with a streamlined solution for file-based ingest of third party material.
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| | | | Softron Media Services Introduces OnTheAir Switch
Macintosh Based Matrix Switch Provides Control to All Users on Mac Network
Softron Media Services today formally introduced and announced the immediate availability of OnTheAir Switch, version 1.0. OnTheAir Switch provides all Macintosh users in a network the ability to control matrix switches from their workstation.
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| | | | New Adobe TV Programming Comes Online
Unique Creative Suite 3 Video Content Available Via Adobe Media Player and New Web Destination
Adobe Systems Incorporated (Nasdaq:ADBE) today announced Adobe® TV, a free online video resource for expert instruction and inspiration about Adobe products, including the company’s Creative Suite 3 family of world-class creative tools.
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| | | | Fujitsu and Reldata enable high performance 10 Gigabit iSCSI Unified Storage
RELDATA 9240 Unified Storage Solution Powered by Fujitsu 10Gb Ultra-low Latency Ethernet Switches
Fujitsu, a leading provider of 10-Gigabit (Gb) Ethernet switches and innovative computer products, and RELDATA, a supplier of industry-leading consolidated and unified storage systems, today announced the interoperability of the Fujitsu XG 10 GbE family and RELDATA 10GbE 9240 Unified Storage Solution.
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| | | | Panasonic and Various Broadcasting Equipment ManufacturersCollaborate on P2 HD Compatibility
Panasonic, the leading brand for which Matsushita Electric Industrial Co., is known, today announced that leading broadcast equipment manufacturers including FUJIFILM Corporation, FOR-A Company, Ltd., Thomson Grass Valley and Omneon, Inc. have agreed to collaborate with Panasonic in the development of peripherals and systems compatible with Panasonic P2 HD Series professional broadcast video products. The specific areas of collaboration are described as follows:
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| | | | News: Harris Corporation Introduces New Standards in Digital Signage Networking at Global Gaming Expo
Harris® InfoCaster Digital Signage™ Solutions Address Challenges of Managing Large, Complex Presentation Networks in Casinos and Resorts
Harris Corporation (NYSE:HRS), an international communications and information technology company, will feature new standards for digital signage networks within casino and resort environments with the introduction of InfoCaster Digital Signage™ solutions for casinos at the Global Gaming Expo (G2E), being held November 13-15 in Las Vegas.
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| | | | News: Telestream Expands Distribution in Australia and New Zealand
Adimex to serve as master distributor of Telestream desktop products to enhance local sales support throughout the region
Telestream, the leading global provider of encoding-based media workflow solutions, today announced a master distributor relationship with Adimex of Australia.
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| | | | News: NewTek On 48-City North American Tour
Latest technology for Live-Production, Motion Graphics and Post-Production to be demonstrated
NewTek, Inc., manufacturer of industry-leading video and 3D animation products, is on a 48-city LIVE Tour demonstrating how to work faster and lower costs using NewTek tools. The tour, spanning January through April, highlights TriCaster PRO™, SpeedEDIT™ and 3D Arsenal™.
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| | | | News: Bella Corporation Introduces Catapult
Bella Corporation, known for its innovative and award-winning video editing keyboards, today introduced its newest product: Catapult. Catapult is the world's first device to allow capture of video footage from DV or HDV video cameras directly to iPods or virtually any USB drive, and begin editing immediately. A battery powered device not much larger than a Blackberry, the Catapult eliminates the time consuming and tedious task of digitizing video footage.
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| | | | News: Ciprico Announces Compatibility of MediaVault
Ciprico Inc., a leading storage solutions provider for content creation, management and delivery applications, today announced the compatibility of its MediaVault 4210 RAID storage arrays with the Bluefish444 Dual link 4:4:4 and Single link 4:2:2 HD and SD capture cards.
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| | | | News: Avid Acquires Sundance Digital, Inc.
Deal broadens company’s broadcast workflow solutions with powerful automation capabilities
Avid Technology, Inc. (NASDAQ: AVID) announced that it has acquired Sundance Digital, Inc. for approximately $12 million in cash. Sundance – which is based in the Dallas, TX area – is a leading developer of automation and device control software for broadcast video servers, tape transports, graphics systems and other broadcast station equipment. The acquisition further widens Avid's worldwide leadership position as the provider of choice among broadcasters for digital systems to produce, manage, control, and play back television programming.
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| | | | News: Blackmagic Design Announces the Immediate Availability of a New Low Cost Uncompressed 4:4:4/4:2:2 Capture Card
The new DeckLink HD Pro PCIe features PCI Express for both Mac OS X and Windows Computers
Today, Blackmagic Design announced the immediate availability of a new low cost Dual Link HDTV 4:4:4 12 bit SDI capture card with high quality 14 bit analog video monitoring. The DeckLink HD Pro PCIe instantly switches between HDTV and standard definition modes, giving editors greater flexibility and choice when working in a variety of formats. Due to its Dual Link 4:4:4 video quality and unique Blackmagic-designed 14 bit analog video outputs, DeckLink HD Pro PCIe is the highest quality broadcast video card available, perfect for the most demanding high-end television and feature film post production.
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| | | | News: Ikegami shipping Mindspeed
HSS-3000 HDTV/SDTV Large Production and HSS-300 Compact Production Switchers Designed for High-End Broadcast Applications
Mindspeed Technologies Inc. (NASDAQ:MSPD), a leading supplier of semiconductor solutions for network infrastructure applications, today announced that Ikegami Electronics, one of the world's leading manufacturers of high-quality professional broadcast equipment, is shipping its HSS-3000 and 300 series multi format production switchers utilizing Mindspeed's high definition/standard definition (HD/SD) broadcast video co-axial cable driver and multi-rate automatic reclocker devices.
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| | | | News: Thomson buys 33-1/3% stake in HD video editing leader Canopus, intends to launch public tender offer to acquire remaining shares
Adds Critical Video Editing to Grass Valley ProAV and Broadcast Portfolio – Key Revenue Growth Boosters for Thomson
Thomson (Euronext Paris: 18453; NYSE: TMS) today announced that it has signed an agreement to acquire 33-1/3% of the issued and outstanding shares of Canopus Co., Ltd, a Japan-based leader in high-definition desktop video editing software, through a private transaction with Chairman and CEO, Hiroshi Yamada, and members of his immediate family. Thomson also disclosed today that it will launch a public tender offer for the remaining Canopus shares on Tuesday, December 6, 2005.
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| | | | News: DeckLink 5.1 for Apple Mac OS X
Blackmagic Design releases Macintosh update for all models of DeckLink broadcast video cards with HD 720p down conversion and 720p to 1080i cross-conversion.
Today Blackmagic Design announced the immediate availability of DeckLink 5.1 software for Apple Mac OS X, which enables new software driver HD down conversion in 720p mode on all DeckLink models, and a new cross conversion allowing 720p mastering to 1080i broadcast decks in real time.
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| | | | News: Macromedia Announces End-To-End Solution For High-Impact Online Events
New Breeze events solution and experienced services team allow marketers to gain more leads at lower cost per lead
Macromedia, Inc. (Nasdaq: MACR) today announced the availability of an all-inclusive Web event solution, providing customers everything they need to create, host and manage a web seminar for a fraction of the cost of a typical trade show or in- person event.
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| | | | News: Blackmagic Design's DeckLink HD Pro
Blackmagic Design today announced that the DeckLink HD Pro™ has been certified to work with Adobe® Premiere® Pro 1.5. The certification provides industry professionals with confidence that DeckLink HD Pro, the world's highest quality broadcast video card, will be able to seamlessly integrate within any HD post-production environment using the latest Adobe® Premiere® Pro technology.
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| | | | News: TANDBERG Television Integrates Windows Media Video 9 and MPEG-4 AVC Encoders With Microsoft IPTV Edition Platform
Video encoding integration provides operators with increased video compression choice for deployment of broadcast-quality IPTV services
TANDBERG Television today announced that it has extended its integration collaboration with Microsoft to offer broadband network operators a complete suite of TANDBERG advanced encoding solutions for both Windows Media Video 9 (Microsoft's implementation of VC-1, the proposed SMPTE standard) and MPEG-4 AVC, fully integrated with the Microsoft TV IPTV Edition software platform. The move enables broadband operators to offer competitive IP-based digital television services with live, broadcast television programming at half the bit-rates required for MPEG-2, while maintaining the same picture quality.
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| | | | News: Boris FX To Be Included with Sony Digital Pictures
Limited version includes a Stabilizer and Chroma Key Filters
Boris FX, the leading developer of integrated effects technology for video and film, today announced that Boris FX LTD for Vegas will be bundled with Sony Digital Picture Vegas Video nonlinear editing system. This limited version of Boris FX is designed to work exclusively with Sony Digital Pictures Vegas Video. Boris FX LTD for Vegas includes two filters, the Stabilizer and the Chroma Keyer, which work as a standalone application. These two filters are taken from Boris FX, the industry standard for integrated effects creation.
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| | | | News: Sony Launches New Version of Its Vegas+DVD Production Suite at NAB 2005
Upgrades to Vegas and DVD Architect Software Offer Integrated Support for Optimized HD Production
Sony Media Software announced upgrades today to its award-winning Vegas® nonlinear video and audio editing system and DVD Architect™ authoring program. These two applications form the core of the new Vegas+DVD™ Production Suite, specifically upgraded for HDV, which also includes a Dolby Digital® AC-3 multi-channel encoder for 5.1 surround output.
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