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Cannes Film Festival Chooses Telestream Episode to Streamline Video Encoding
Episode Engine automates encoding of all Web videos for Festival de Cannes
Telestream®, the leading provider of digital media tools and workflow solutions, announced that its Episode® Engine professional video encoding application has been selected for the third year in a row to encode all Web videos for the Festival de Cannes. Episode was chosen for its ability to streamline the entire video encoding and delivery process, all within a single application. This year's Festival will be held May 15-26 in Cannes, France.
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The ACC Speeds Up Sports Content Distribution With Aspera
The ACC Advanced Media department used Aspera SDK to build a robust, customized video distribution portal with high-speed content transfers powered by Aspera faspex™
Aspera, Inc., creators of next-generation software technologies that move the world’s large data at maximum speed, today announced that the Atlantic Coast Conference (ACC), one of the premiere conferences in collegiate athletics whose league office manages championships for 25 sports that its 12, soon to be 15, member institutions compete in, has deployed Aspera’s patented high-speed transfer technology to power their digital sports content distribution service.
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SynthEyes Makes Tracks for Linux
News: SynthEyes Makes Tracks for Linux3-D Tracker now a 3-P Tracker: Linux, OS X, and Windows
The SynthEyes 3-D tracking application completes a triple-header with the introduction of its Linux version by developer Andersson Technologies LLC, joining the existing Windows and Mac OS X versions.
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ATEME Lauded for Superior Technology at NAB
Kyrion CM5000 Wins "STAR" Award From Editors of TV Technology
ATEME, a global leader in advanced video compression solutions for the broadcast industry, announced today that it has received TV Technology's STAR award for theKyrionTM CM5000, a major advancement in ATEME's product offering.
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QTube Connects Broadcast and Post Environments
Pablo Rio delivers high-end content to Enterprise sQ in new development unveiled at NAB
Quantel unveiled a new development that enables content created on Quantel's Pablo Rio high-end color and finishing system to be delivered to Enterprise sQ fast-turnaround broadcast production systems using Quantel's QTube technology. Today QTube is about far more than remote operations; QTube has grown into a technology that connects different geographies and different systems together.
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Major upgrade for Enterprise sQ streamlines workflows and boosts editing flexibility
Free of charge release gives V5 Enterprise sQ customers more options and open choices
Quantel released V5.2 software for Enterprise sQ fast-turnaround production systems. V5.2 is all about reinforcing Enterprise sQ's position as the system of choice for fast-turnaround production by further streamlining workflows and making editing more flexible and even faster.
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Gray Television Standardizes on Harris Broadcast Selenio™ Media Convergence Platform
Leading Broadcaster saves space and costs using Selenio for multiple signal compression, networking and processing tasks, including loudness control for CALM compliance
U.S. broadcaster Gray Television, Inc. has standardized on the Harris Broadcast Selenio™ media convergence platform to incorporate new efficiencies across its stations’ infrastructure and transmission operations. To date, Gray Television has installed Selenio at 10 of its stations, with many more sites to follow into 2014.
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Harris Broadcast Brings Digital Television to Tanzania
Turnkey DVB-T2 project sees Harris Broadcast supply headend and transmitters to Sahara Media for the nation’s first free-to-air digital broadcasting
Sahara Media Group, the leading independent media company in Tanzania, has announced its intentions to develop a wide-ranging digital television service across the country. Enabling this service is a DVB-T2 transmission network from Harris Broadcast including multiple DTV transmitters, over-the-air encoding and multiplexing systems, and test and measurement products to analyze signal integrity and compliance. The project also includes Harris Broadcast infrastructure and support equipment.
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Sistema Clube Extends Digital TV and AM/FM Radio Coverage with Harris Broadcast
Broadcaster expands ISDB-Tb DTV transition, improves over-the-air radio quality and grows mobile unit fleet with Harris Broadcast transmission and infrastructure technology
Booth N2503 —Sistema Clube, which operates an extensive radio and TV network in the Ribeirão Preto region of Sao Paolo, Brazil, is expanding and strengthening its over-the-air footprint with Harris Broadcast technology. The broadcaster has purchased four new Harris Broadcast Maxiva™ UAX UHF transmitters to support phase two of its ISDB-Tb digital transition, and is installing new Harris Broadcast FM and AM transmitters to improve its on-air radio broadcast signal quality.
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Avid Media Composer 7 Extends Real-time Production Everywhere
Industry’s preeminent nonlinear editing solution now available for $999; New release simplifies and accelerates file-based workflows, and offers Mac support for Interplay Sphere
Avid® (NASDAQ: AVID) today unveiled Media Composer® 7, featuring accelerated and simplified file-based workflows including optimized HD delivery from high-res source material and automated media operations. In addition, as a key component of the Avid Everywhere vision, the new release offers Interplay® Sphere for Mac support, extending real-time production everywhere. Used to edit more top-tier content than any other nonlinear editing (NLE) solution, Media Composer software is now available starting at $999 USD—bringing unprecedented value to post production editors.
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ATEME Innovative Encoder Enables Remote Production
Kyrion CM5000 Encoder Enhances Video Quality, Reduces Necessary Onsite Equipment and Supports New SNG Use Cases
NAB SHOW BOOTH # SU7102 -- ATEME, a global leader in advanced video compression solutions for the broadcast industry, today announced that Turner Broadcasting has used ATEME's Kyrion CM5000 encoder in its dual channel version for remote production. Dedicated to broadcast contribution, the KyrionTM CM5000 offers Digital Satellite News Gathering (DSNG) operators the latest in encoding technology with unrivaled video quality and reliability.
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Appear TV Debuts compact full-featured Satellite Uplink/DTH Headend Solutionsat the 2013 NAB show
Appear TV, a leading global provider of next-generation headends for broadcast and IP television, is debuting its Satellite Uplink/DTH Headend Solution at the 2013 NAB Show (Booth SU7605). Designed as an efficient, space-saving innovative alternative to the multirack solutions currently in place at most satellite broadcast facilities, the new offering brings all the processes and functionalities required for DTH (Direct-to-Home), trunking and satellite distribution applications into a single 4RU hardware-based modular frame.
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Epoch Launches Workflow Virtualization Technology At NAB 2013
Broadcasters and studios realize radical improvements in workflow efficiency, flexibility and cost
Epoch announces the launch of its workflow virtualization technology for media production and distribution workflows. Epoch delivers a dramatically more efficient way to move and transform media that is easier and more flexible than today's manually engineered or Cloud-only workflows in the broadcast, film and video industries.
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Blackmagic Design Announces Blackmagic Pocket Cinema Camera
News: Blackmagic Design Announces Blackmagic Pocket Cinema CameraNew compact Super 16 digital cinema camera with 13 stops of dynamic range, allows shooting with a professional film look in a beautiful design that fits in your pocket!
Blackmagic Design today announced Blackmagic Pocket Cinema Camera, a beautifully designed, pocket sized digital cinema camera that includes powerful features such as Super 16mm sized 1080HD sensor, super wide 13 stops of dynamic range, built in SD card recorder for Apple ProRes, lossless compressed CinemaDNG RAW capture and active Micro Four Thirds lens mount, all in an attractive compact design for only US$995.
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Blackmagic Design Announces Ultra HD Recording for HyperDeck Studio Pro
News: Blackmagic Design Announces Ultra HD Recording for HyperDeck Studio ProBlackmagic Design today announced a new software update for its HyperDeck Studio Pro SSD recorder/player that will add Ultra HD recording in Apple ProRes 422 (HQ) format. This update will be available in May as a free update for all HyperDeck Studio Pro customers.
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Panasonic Unveils AJ-PD500 MicroP2 Half-Rack Recorderwith AVC-ULTRA Recording
News: Panasonic Unveils AJ-PD500 MicroP2 Half-Rack Recorderwith AVC-ULTRA RecordingClass200 Option Delivers Master-Quality Recording, Visually Lossless Compression; AVC-LONGG Affords High-Quality, Small File Size Recording at 6-50Mbps
Panasonic today announced the AJ-PD500, its first P2 HD recorder with native AVC-ULTRA recording and built-in microP2 card slots. The PD500 is also the first P2 deck that will record in full-resolution, 10-bit 1080/60p (in AVC-Intra Class100).
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Telestream Brings New Vantage Transcoding and Workflow Products to NAB2013
Vantage adds a new transcoder to its growing family of GPU-accelerated products, new formats including HEVC, new integrations for QC, high-speed delivery and watermarking, as well as the ability to run all Vantage capabilities in the cloud - providing the ultimate tool for automated media workflows
Telestream®, the leading provider of video transcoding and workflow products, today announced new products and capabilities for its award-winning Vantage® video transcoding and workflow orchestration products being demonstrated this week at the National Association of Broadcasters (NAB) conference in Las Vegas. New to Telestream's growing family of GPU-accelerated products is a transcoder for IPTV and cable VOD workflows, new formats including HEVC, new integrations for QC, high-speed delivery and watermarking, as well as the ability to run all Vantage capabilities in the cloud - providing the ultimate tool for automated media workflows.
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Anton/Bauer Showcases New Gold Spectrum Wireless Production Series At The 2013 NAB Show
News: Anton/Bauer Showcases New Gold Spectrum Wireless Production Series At The 2013 NAB ShowAnton/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, will showcase its new Anton/Bauer Gold Spectrum™ Wireless Series at the 2013 NAB Show (Vitec Videocom Booth C6025). A collaboration between Anton/Bauer and Vitec Group sister company Integrated Microwave Technologies, LLC (IMT), Anton/Bauer’s Gold Spectrum Series is comprised of the AB-HDRF Kit, AB-HDTX transmitter, AB-HDRX dual diversity COFDM receiver and/or AB Direct VU handheld receiver/monitor. The size of each component within the series makes it ideal for reality TV, ENG/EFP, OB and live event coverage.
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Director Jon Richards Takes Anton/Bauer Atop The EDF Energy London Eye To Capture Epic Stunt
News: Director Jon Richards Takes Anton/Bauer Atop The EDF Energy London Eye To Capture Epic StuntGold SpectrumTM Wireless Kit and AB Direct VU Prevail During Mission-Critical Filming of Daredevil Jonathan Goodman
When Jon Richards, director of The Incredible Mr. Goodwin, a new U.K. television program chronicling the feats of the well-known daredevil and escape artist Jonathan Goodman, was tasked with capturing Goodwin’s escape from the EDF Energy London Eye ferris wheel for the show’s season finale, he needed a fail-proof production system. To this end, he utilized the new Gold SpectrumTM Wireless Kit and AB Direct VU handheld confidence monitor/COFDM diversity receiver 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, powered by the company’s DIONIC® HC batteries.
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XDT to Launch New Catapult Suite at NAB 2013
New version of Catapult Bridge redefines cloud-based WAN workflows
XDT Pty. Ltd., a developer of advanced software-based solutions for high-speed data transfers, announced it will launch the latest version of its flagship Catapult suite of products, including simplified fast access to cloud-based storage via NFS and CIFS, at NAB 2013.
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NVIDIA GPU Technology Conference: GTC Morning Call - Day Three
MILLION-WORD VOCABULARY – A GALAXY FAR, FAR AWAY – PEDAL TO THE METAL FOR GPUs – COMPUTING THE CURE
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Panasonic Announces April Delivery Of Faster, Highly Reliable, Lower-Cost MicroP2 Card Series
News: Panasonic Announces April Delivery Of Faster, Highly Reliable, Lower-Cost MicroP2 Card SeriesWorld’s First UHS-II Compliant Memory Cards
Panasonic today announced delivery and pricing information for its new microP2 series, the world’s first UHS-II compliant memory cards*, which continues the company’s evolution to higher-speed, lower-cost, more compact media. The simultaneous introduction of a microP2 Card Adapter assures that the new series of 64GB and 32GB microP2 cards will operate in current P2 hardware**. Panasonic has also announced a two-slot microP2 drive for plug-and-play offload of content.
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Panasonic Unveils AJ-PD500 MicroP2 Half-Rack Recorder With AVC-Ultra Recording
News: Panasonic Unveils AJ-PD500 MicroP2 Half-Rack Recorder With AVC-Ultra RecordingAVC-Intra200 Option Delivers Master-Quality Recording, Virtually Lossless Compression
Panasonic today announced the AJ-PD500, its first P2 HD recorder with native AVC-ULTRA recording and built-in microP2 card slots. The PD500 is also the first P2 deck that will record in full-resolution, 10-bit 1080/60p (in AVC-Intra100).
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AmberFin Offers Solution To Simplify The Complexity Of Captioning Workflows to Meet New FCC Regulation
News: AmberFin Offers Solution To Simplify The Complexity Of Captioning Workflows to Meet New FCC RegulationAt NAB 2013, on booth SU8505, AmberFin, a leading developer of file-based media ingest, transcoding and quality control solutions for content owners, broadcasters, sports organizations and post-production houses will demonstrate how new enhancements to its iCR software help meet the new FCC regulation mandating that all video content broadcast on television in the US now requires captions when it is distributed over Internet Protocol (IP).
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Bounce Transitions and Shatter Transitions for Final Cut Pro, Motion, Premiere Pro and After Effects
News: Bounce Transitions and Shatter Transitions for Final Cut Pro, Motion, Premiere Pro and After EffectsNattress releases two new transition effects to bounce and shatter footage on and off the screen
Noise Industries, developer of visual effects tools for the post-production and broadcast markets, introduces two brand new transition plugins from Nattress to FxFactory for FCP® X, Motion, After Effects® and Premiere® Pro. A package of four fun, bouncy effects, Bounce Transitions lets editors quickly bounce footage on and off the screen using realistic motion algorithms for natural bounce or spring movement. Nattress Shatter Transitions create dynamic transitions based on either breaking apart the outgoing video or bringing together the incoming video.
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SMPTE Issues Call for Papers for SMPTE 2013 Annual Technical Conference and Exhibition
Proposals Being Accepted Online Through June 21
The Society of Motion Picture and Television Engineers (SMPTE), today issued a call for papers for the prestigious SMPTE 2013 Annual Technical Conference and Exhibition, which will be held Oct. 22-24 in Hollywood, Calif. Proposals for technical papers to be presented at the conference are being accepted through June 21 via the SMPTE online content submission tool located at http://www.smpte.org/cfp.
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Codex Fuels 3D Workflow for “Life of Pi”
News: Codex Fuels 3D Workflow for “Life of Pi”Codex recorders capture stereo streams from paired Arri Alexa cameras used to shoot the 3D movie.
Codex technology occupied a key position in a groundbreaking 3D workflow used in the production of Life of Pi, the new, epic adventure film from 20th Century Fox and Academy Award-winning director Ang Lee. Codex recorders were used on the set to capture dual streams of data from pairs of Arri Alexa cameras used to shoot the movie. Additionally, Codex digital laboratory systems were employed near-set to manage and back-up the enormous amount of data generated by the stereo production.
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SynthEyes 3D Tracker Continues Rapid Advances
Stereo Workflow Improvements, SSD/RAID Disk Cac
In the four months since its introduction of SynthEyes 1208 in August, Andersson Technologies LLC has delivered on the promise of rapid feature innovation made possible by its new release strategy.
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Blackmagic Cinema Camera Honored with Popular Science’s “Best of What’s New” Award
News: Blackmagic Cinema Camera Honored with Popular Science’s “Best of What’s New” AwardBlackmagic 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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Blackmagic Design Adds ProRes 422 (HQ) Recording and Playback to HyperDeck Shuttle 2
Blackmagic Design today announced the immediate availability of HyperDeck software update 3.6, a new update to its revolutionary solid state disk (SSD) recorder which adds support for Apple ProRes 422 (HQ) into HyperDeck Shuttle 2, plus new closed caption support for all HyperDeck models. At only US$345, the HyperDeck Shuttle 2 with the new ProRes compression feature significantly reduces the size of uncompressed HD video files while preserving full frame 10-bit 4:2:2 quality, allowing customers to record up to six times longer.
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Telestream Announces Stellar ScreenFlow 4 Screen Recording Software Release
Award-winning screen recording software on the Mac takes a giant leap forward, adding major new production, compliance, and time-saving features for the creation of professional video productions
Telestream®, the leading provider of digital media tools and workflow solutions, has announced a major release for its award-winning ScreenFlow® screen recording and video editing software. ScreenFlow 4 optimizes full-screen recording for Apple Retina displays, adds chroma key support, nested clips, media library tools, additional video and audio effects, closed caption support, and more. ScreenFlow has been acknowledged by Macworld and others as an “amazing app” that helps users create computer-based tutorial videos by recording screen activity along with narration for sharing online with others.
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Sony Introduces New XAVC Recording Format To Accelerate 4K Development In The Professional And Consumer Markets
License program for the format will begin
Sony is introducing the new XAVC recording format that will be at the heart of its new industry-leading 4K products. Sony’s XAVC technology provides a dedicated 4K format that will encourage the adoption of 4K beyond feature films, to genres such as TV dramas, entertainment shows, documentaries and commercials.
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SMPTE Announces New Officers and Governors – Including First Woman President: Wendy Aylsworth
News: SMPTE Announces New Officers and Governors – Including First Woman President: Wendy AylsworthLeadership spans who’s who of motion imaging: CBS, CBC/Radio Canada, Cine Design Group, Dolby, Ericsson, Fox, Grass Valley, Iowa Public TV, Miltag Media, Microsoft, Miranda, Disney, Warner Bros.
The Society of Motion Picture & Television Engineers (SMPTE), the professional membership association and worldwide leader in motion-imaging standards and education for the media, entertainment, communications, and technology industries, today announced its newly elected officers and governors, including the election of the Society’s first female president, Wendy Aylsworth. All officers will assume office 1 January 2013.
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Sinclair Broadcast Group Chooses T-VIPS for Reliable PSIP Re-branding and Monitoring of TV Station Signals
News: Sinclair Broadcast Group Chooses T-VIPS for Reliable PSIP Re-branding and Monitoring of TV Station SignalsT-VIPS America Inc, a global leader in professional video transport solutions for contribution, distribution and DTV broadcast, announced that Sinclair Broadcast Group purchased and installed several T-VIPS products as part of a network that allows the broadcaster to transport, monitor and process ASI and IP streams between its stations.
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Grass Valley Redefines Record, Storage, and Playback with Bold Improvements to the T2 iDDR
News: Grass Valley Redefines Record, Storage, and Playback with Bold Improvements to the T2 iDDRGrass Valley® announced today that, a newly designed and significantly improved T2™ family of intelligent digital disk recorders (iDDRs) that are ideally suited for live event production, post production, and video-on-demand applications. With increased format support and faster signal processing, the new T2 iDDRs streamline manual processes and automate key capabilities to significantly improve a wide variety of file-based workflows.
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Deluxe Launches Managed Workflow for UltraViolet CFF File Creation
Announces the successful creation of full-featured CFF files
Deluxe Media, a division of Deluxe Entertainment Services Group Inc., the leading provider of a broad range of entertainment industry services and technologies to the worldwide entertainment industry, today announced the launch of their UltraViolet Common File Format (CFF) production services. These services are designed to provide studios, broadcasters and portals with full-featured UltraViolet CFF files for consumer distribution.
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Sorenson Media Launches Sorenson Squeeze Premium to Provide Cost-Effective Encoding Power, Flexibility in a Server Environment for Video Professionals
Sorenson Squeeze Premium Created in Response to Strong Demand from Video Professionals for Easy-to-Use Encoding Solution Compatible with a Server Environment
New, Feature-rich Version Combines Intuitive Squeeze User Interface with Powerful Server Encoding, Full Range of Presets and Codecs, Personalized Technical Support
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XDT Launches Catapult Server Version 4.1 At IBC 2012
XDT’s highly efficient WAN and LAN transfer technology now starting at US$1,995, providing networked transfers at up to Gigabit speeds.
XDT Pty. Ltd. has launched version 4.1 of its Catapult Server product at IBC 2012. Catapult Server v4.1 is a powerful solution for broadcast, post production and corporate users, and will ship in October, 2012.
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Captions in a File-based Workflow: Is There Light at the End of the Tunnel?
At IBC AmberFin demonstrates how to simplify the complexity of multilingual multi-format, multi-channel captioning workflows
Since the creation of the first captioning systems in the early 1970s, technology and commercial constraints have limited most captioning workflows to the “insert them at the last minute into the broadcast chain” methodology. So, if this has worked for the last 40 years then why change now? The simple answer is economics, says one senior IBC attendee and exhibitor Bruce Devlin, Chief Technology Officer at AmberFin (http://www.amberfin/ibc2012) and co-author of the MXF specification.
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Anton/Bauer’s New AB-HDRF System Makes IBC 2012 Debut
News: Anton/Bauer’s New AB-HDRF System Makes IBC 2012 DebutAB-HDRF System Offers Portable RF Solution
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, will be showcasing its new AB-HDRF System at IBC 2012 (Hall 11, Stand E55). This compact 5.8 GHz COFDM RF system can transmit a robust HD signal over great distances; all while being powered by Anton/Bauer batteries.
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Blackmagic Design Announces Blackmagic Cinema Camera with Passive Micro Four Thirds
New model of Blackmagic Cinema Camera features passive Micro Four Thirds lens mount, allowing for a wider range of lenses and other mounts such as PL via third party adapters!
Blackmagic Design today announced a second model of the Blackmagic Cinema Camera that features passive Micro Four Thirds lens (MFT) mount, so customers now have an even greater choice of lens options when shooting. The new Blackmagic Cinema Camera MFT model supports any Micro Four Thirds with manual iris and focus, and is also easily adapted to other lens mounts such as PL via third party adapters. The ability to use third party adapters to allow other types of lens mount is because the Micro Four Thirds lens mount is much closer to the image sensor and allows space for adapters to other lens mounts.
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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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VITEC Enhances its Family of Professional-Grade Optibase Portable IPTV Appliances with New Compact IP Encoding and Decoding Platforms
The high-performance MGW Nano is a rugged, professional-grade HD H.264 encoding and streaming appliance featuring low-latency encoding and real-time ISR metadata support. The MGW Micro Premium Decoder is a professional IP Decoder with wide range of output interfaces including HD-SDI, HDMI and Composite video, packaged as a portable, fan-less appliance optimized for mobile application.
VITEC, a worldwide leading provider of powerful digital video, announced the introduction of two new portable Optibase IPTV appliances – the MGW Nano Encoder and the MGW Micro Premium Decoder. VITEC will showcase the new products at the IBC Show in Hall 7, #J31 from September 7 to 11 in the Amsterdam RAI convention center.
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Image Matters Launches The I’m-XS Extreme Imaging Board for JPEG2000 and Uncompressed Images
At IBC in Booth 10.D31
Image Matters, developer of innovative hardware and software tools for extreme imaging applications, has launched I’m XS, a new high-performance video board for OEMs, integrators, and advanced users.
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Anton/Bauer To Highlight Portable Power Solutions For Production Professionals At BIRTV 2012
News: Anton/Bauer To Highlight Portable Power Solutions For Production Professionals At BIRTV 2012Anton/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, will demonstrate its latest portable power, lighting and transmission products to attendees at BIRTV 2012 (Videocom Booth 8B15). The company will highlight its new AB-HDRF transmitter system, CINE VCLX battery system and new Gold Mount® solutions for the Canon C300/C500 and RED EPIC digital cinema cameras.
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Anton/Bauer Demonstrates New Portable Solutions For Broadcasters At Set 2012
News: Anton/Bauer Demonstrates New Portable Solutions For Broadcasters At Set 2012Anton/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, will bring its latest portable power, lighting, and transmission products to attendees of the SET Congress and 21st edition of the Broadcast & Cable Show - International Technology Fair (Booth B11A). Among its advanced solutions will be the company’s new AB-HDRF transmitter system, DIONIC® HCX battery, ULHM-LED on-camera lighting system and new Gold Mount® Solutions for the Canon C300/C500 digital cinema cameras and Litepanels LED lighting.
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Nattress Video Scrapbook Released For Final Cut Pro, Motion And After Effects
Bring still images to life and create dynamic video scrapbooks
Noise Industries, developer of visual effects tools for the post-production and broadcast markets, introduces Nattress Video Scrapbook to FxFactory, available now for Final Cut Pro, Motion and After Effects.
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Panasonic Announces New F Series of High-Speed, High-Capacity P2 Cards with AVC-Intra Class 200 Recording
News: Panasonic Announces New F Series of High-Speed, High-Capacity P2 Cards with AVC-Intra Class 200 RecordingPanasonic has announced a new generation of P2 solid-state recording media, the F series, including support of recording up to AVC-Intra Class 200 of the AVC-ULTRA codec family. Immediately available, the F series of 64GB, 32GB and 16GB P2 cards (models AJ-P2E064FG,
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Anton/Bauer Introduces New Compact COFDM Transmitter
News: Anton/Bauer Introduces New Compact COFDM TransmitterAB HDTX System Offers Portable RF Solution
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, is pleased to announce the availability of its new AB HDTX System, a compact 5.8 GHz COFDM RF system offering the ability to transmit a robust HD signal over great distances, all the while being powered by Anton/Bauer batteries.
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Calibrated Software Boosts Professional Video Workflows with an AVC-Intra QuickTime Encode Codec for PC and Mac
Calibrated Software, an innovator of applications and plug-ins for video, asset management and mobile platforms, has released Calibrated{Q} AVC-Intra Encode, a QuickTime Encode codec that enables exporting of up to 10-bit compressed AVC-Intra .MOV files from PC- and Mac-based applications that support QuickTime. Now available from http://www.calibratedsoftware.com, the product extends new options to professional content creators who need to export or deliver high-quality 10-bit compressed media from Windows or OSX platforms.
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Canon Video Cameras Provide Sports Coverage Versatility For Lander University Baseball, Softball, And Soccer Teams
News: Canon Video Cameras Provide Sports Coverage Versatility For Lander University Baseball, Softball, And Soccer TeamsCanon BU-46H Remote Control HD PTZ Cameras, XF305 HD Camcorders, and VC-C50iR Security Cameras Work Together in Multicast Video System
Baseball, softball, and soccer are looking better than ever at Lander University, not only because they’re being played in the new Jeff May athletic complex, but also because each sport is being telecast with a variety of video cameras from Canon U.S.A., Inc., a leader in digital imaging solutions. Located in Greenwood, S.C., Lander University is utilizing a combination of Canon BU-46H remote-control HD pan-tilt-zoom (PTZ) cameras, Canon XF305 HD camcorders, and Canon VC-C50iR security cameras to capture game play for local cablecasts, worldwide webcasts, and coaching/player analysis. As director of special events Eddie Shaw explains, each Canon video camera serves a special purpose.
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T-VIPS’ T2 Gateway selected for deployment in first commercial DVB-T2 project in AsiaPAC
News: T-VIPS’ T2 Gateway selected for deployment in first commercial DVB-T2 project in AsiaPACT-VIPS, a global leader in Digital Terrestrial TV solutions, today announced that IGLOO, a joint venture between SKY and TVNZ offering a new television service in New Zealand, has selected the T-VIPS CP560 DVB-T2 Gateway for deployment in New Zealand’s DVB-T2 network which will enable IGLOO to deliver advanced next generation television to homes across the country. The project marks the first delivery of a pay TV service using DVB-T2 technology in the AsiaPAC region.
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Matchpoint Studios to Use ATEM 1 M/E Production Switcher at Republican National Convention
News: Matchpoint Studios to Use ATEM 1 M/E Production Switcher at Republican National ConventionBlackmagic Design today announced Matchpoint Studios will be using Blackmagic Design’s ATEM 1 M/E Production Switcher for Front Row Tampa Bay, a live Web TV event occurring in conjunction with the Republican National Convention August 27 to 30. Matchpoint will be using the ATEM 1 M/E Production Switcher, along with Blackmagic Design’s Mini Converters SDI to HDMI, UltraStudio 3D and Compact Videohub.
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Matrox Maevex Series: Stream and Extend Full HD Encoded Video over IP
News: Matrox Maevex Series: Stream and Extend Full HD Encoded Video over IPMatrox Graphics Inc. today introduced Matrox Maevex Series, a new H.264-based encoder/decoder technology designed for a wide range of applications including digital signage, collaborative video walls, and security & surveillance. The Matrox Maevex video distribution platform offers one-to-one unicast or one-to-many multicast extension of H.264 encoded video over standard TCP/IP networks—via standard wired (CATx) and/or wireless (Wi-Fi) connectivity—to stream and display exceptional quality video at Full HD 1080p @60Hz. At InfoComm 2012 (booth #N1331), Matrox will provide live demonstrations of this technology, including a Matrox Maevex Encoder distributing multiple Full HD video streams to a network of Matrox Maevex Decoders. The Maevex Decoder unit will also be featured as a simple standalone digital signage appliance supporting full screen playback of locally-stored H.264 content.
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Testronic Incorporates New Tool from Deluxe Digital Studios Into Award Winning File-Based QC Lab
Lab Introduces Innovative Veristream Automation Tool Into Digital Content Chain
Testronic Labs - the recognized global leader in quality assurance services for film and television, games, websites, hardware and software - has announced that its File-Based QC Lab has implemented a Veristream testing tool designed by Deluxe Digital Studios, a subsidiary of Deluxe Entertainment Services Group Inc.
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Azzurro HD Returns to Trusted Supplier, T-VIPS, for Reliable Real Time Video Transport over IP of Glenn Beck’s Video Network
News: Azzurro HD Returns to Trusted Supplier, T-VIPS, for Reliable Real Time Video Transport over IP of Glenn Beck’s Video NetworkT-VIPS America Inc, a global leader in professional video transport solutions for contribution, distribution, and DTV, announced that Azzurro HD, a New York-based provider of broadcast-quality video transmission services, recently purchased T-VIPS’ TVG450 JPEG2000 Video Gateways to provide a real-time contribution link for HD video streams over IP for Glenn Beck's new, online HD video network, GBTV. GBTV features Beck’s daily show, plus original programming, news, documentaries, reality and behind-the-scenes shows.
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SynthEyes 3D Tracker End-of-Year Promotion for Schools
Schools can get a site license for our powerful 3D tracker for $495
Andersson Technologies LLC is offering schools a special end-of-school-year educational pricing promotion for its SynthEyes 3D tracking application. For only 495 US$, schools can obtain a one-year educational site license to install SynthEyes for classroom teaching.
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Canon U.S.A., Inc. To Provide HD Broadcast Equipment For NBCUniversal's Coverage Of The London Olympic Games
Canon HDTV Lenses, PTZ Cameras, and Canobeam To Enable NBC With Exceptional Optics and HD Video Quality During Coverage of the London Olympics, July 27, 2012 - August 12, 2012
Canon U.S.A., Inc., a leader in digital imaging solutions, will provide more than 75 HDTV Lenses, two PTZ HD Cameras, and a Canobeam HD Video Transceiver system to NBCUniversal during its coverage of the 2012 London Olympics from London, England July 27 - August 12, 2012. The announcement was made today by David Mazza, Senior Vice President, Engineering, NBC Olympics and Larry Thorpe, senior fellow, Professional Engineering & Solutions division of Canon U.S.A.
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Cinnafilm’s Unrivaled Dark Energy Texture Technology for Film and Video Comes to the Plug-In Market with Release for Adobe After Effects
Overwhelming demand for high quality de-noise and realistic film simulation drives release of Dark Energy for After Effects
Cinnafilm, Inc., a leader in advanced GPU-based post production image enhancement technology, announced today it will unveil its signature Dark Energy™ texture management as a plug-in for Adobe After Effects. Cinnafilm will be demonstrating the plug-in at the NVIDIA booth (SL9215), and HP booth (N5106) during The NAB Show 2012, April 16-19, in Las Vegas.
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GoPro Broadens Efforts to Make GoPro CineForm Codec Widely Available to Professional Production Market
GoPro Moves Closer to Adoption by SMPTE as the VC-5 Standard
GoPro, the world’s most versatile camera, announced today it is broadening its efforts to ensure wide availability of the GoPro CineForm Codec, its high-performance video codec that has been highly valued in video post-production for many years as the industry’s highest quality compression format. The GoPro CineForm Codec is well established in the professional filmmaking marketplace, and has been integrated with several industry-leading devices and video cameras such as the Silicon Imaging SI-2K, Cinedeck mobile capture systems, and many renowned acquisition devices.
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DTS Partners With ATEME To Deliver Premium Sound To The Next Generation Of VOD Services
ATEME Transcoders Integrate DTS Neural Surround™ Technology, Allowing Broadcasters to Bring the Surround Sound Experience into the Home
DTS, Inc. (Nasdaq: DTSI), a leader in high-definition audio, today announced an international agreement with ATEME, the leading provider of efficient video compression technology, to integrate DTS Neural Surround™ technology into its TITAN range of video transcoders, (click to tweet) enabling surround sound in the latest generation of IPTV, OTT and VOD services. This collaboration offers an end-to-end solution that allows broadcasters and service providers to deliver premium entertainment content with immersive audio into the home.
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DTS Joins Forces With Deluxe Digital Distribution To Enhance Audio Experience Across Digital Entertainment Marketplace
DTS Joins Forces With Deluxe Digital Distribution To Enhance Audio Experience Across Digital Entertainment Marketplace
DTS, Inc. (Nasdaq: DTSI), a leader in high-definition audio, today announced it has entered into an agreement with Deluxe Digital Distribution (D3), Inc. a subsidiary of Deluxe Entertainment Services Group Inc. By integrating DTS premium audio technologies into the Deluxe Digital Media Library, D3 continues to drive high-performance solutions to enhance their expanding catalog of premium titles. Leveraging their broad reach and industry expertise DTS’ agreement with Deluxe enables major studios and retailers to offer digitally streamed content with unparalleled audio quality.
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Blackmagic Design Announces New HyperDeck Studio Pro with 4K playback
News: Blackmagic Design Announces New HyperDeck Studio Pro with 4K playbackBlackmagic Design today announced HyperDeck Studio Pro, a new model of SSD recorder that includes powerful new features such as 4 channels of 3 Gb/s SDI in and out, built-in high-speed Thunderbolt I/O technology, as well as full HDMI and analog in and out including standard XLR connectors for audio and timecode. HyperDeck Studio Pro features dramatically higher processing power and quality which allows full 4K playback from a single SSD disk using Apple ProRes compression that is four times the resolution of regular HD 1080 resolution video. HyperDeck Studio Pro will retail for only US$1,995.
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Blackmagic Design Announces Blackmagic Cinema Camera
News: Blackmagic Design Announces Blackmagic Cinema CameraBlackmagic Design today announced Blackmagic Cinema Camera, a revolutionary digital cinema camera design that includes powerful features such as super wide 13 stops of dynamic range, high resolution 2.5K sensor, built in high bandwidth SSD recorder, open file format support, color correction with full version of DaVinci Resolve and a built in LCD with metadata entry, all in an attractive compact design for only US$2,995.
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2D to 3D Conversion of "TITANIC" to be Featured in Creative Master Series at 2012 NAB Show in Las Vegas
Marquee Session with Jon Landau, Academy Award® Winning Producer of TITANIC, and William Sherak, President of Stereo D.
Jon Landau, Academy Award® winning Producer ofTITANIC, and William Sherak, President of Stereo D, will share with 2012 NAB Show attendees onMonday, April 16, how the 2D to 3D conversion of TITANIC was achieved.
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RadiantGrid And Cinnafilm Debut Unprecedented Processing Speeds For Standards Conversion At The 2012 NAB SHOW
Joint Solution Offers Faster-Than-Real-Time Video Processing Within a File-Based Workflow
RadiantGrid Technologies, the developer of leading-edge transcoding, transformation and New Media Automation™ service platforms, and Cinnafilm® Inc, a specialty engineering firm recognized for excellence in file-based image optimization and standards conversion, will demonstrate a solution that offers unprecedented processing speeds for standards conversion and transcoding at the 2012 NAB Show (Booth SU7919).
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XDT announces Version 4 of its Catapult Server at NAB 2012
XDTís highly efficient WAN and LAN transfer technology now starting at US$1,995, providing networked transfers at up to Gigabit speeds.
XDT Pty Ltd announces that version 4 of its Catapult Server product will be available at NAB 2012 (SU10729). This latest update includes new powerful syncing options, custom transfer filters and notifications.
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Nattress Film Transitions Released for FCP, Motion and AE
Add popular transition effects to your film toolbox; Flash, burn, jump and dissolve your footage with unique transition effects
Noise Industries, developer of visual effects tools for the post-production and broadcast markets, introduces Nattress Film Transitions to FxFactory, available now for Final Cut Pro, Motion and After Effects. Users can easily add dynamic transition effects to footage, simulating burning film, jumpy splicing, overexposure, and optical dissolves for a unique look. Users can test the plugins free of charge in trial mode.
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Ikegami Announces NAB 2012 Products
News: Ikegami Announces NAB 2012 ProductsIkegami’s Exhibit of HDTV Cameras, Monitors, and Accessories Are Affordably Engineered for Multiple Production Applications, and Present and Future Image-Format Requirements
Exceptional HD picture quality, superior performance, and convenient features characterize the cost-effective products displayed at NAB 2012 by Ikegami Electronics (U.S.A.), Inc., the world-leading manufacturer of advanced HD cameras and production equipment for TV broadcasters, networks, and all other HD program producers.
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Roland Systems Group Releases Software Update to the Flagship M-480 V-Mixer
Roland Systems Group (RSG) has released a new firmware update (V1.5) for their popular M-480 V-Mixer console. This firmware update comes only six months after a previous firmware release demonstrating a continued commitment to supporting users of V-Mixer Consoles. The M-480, like the M-400, M-380, and M-300, is the central component in a VMixing System with integrated Digital Snakes, multi-channel recording and the world’s finest personal mixing system.
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OptiTrack announces Flex 13 camera
Redefines Affordable Motion Capture for Use in Game Development, Film Production and Virtual Cinematography; Unveiled at GDC 2012
Introducing the world’s first megapixel motion capture camera for under $1k, the Flex 13. Boasting an impressive 1.3 million pixels of resolution, a 120 FPS sample rate, and an immense 56° field of view, the Flex 13 is an evolution of efficient motion capture technology.
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Canon U.S.A. Announces the Highly Anticipated EOS 5D Mark III Digital SLR Camera
Featuring Improved Image Quality, a 61-Point High Density Reticular AF, Six fps High-Speed Continuous Shooting and Enhanced HD Video Recording Features
On the 25th anniversary of its world-renowned EOS System, Canon U.S.A., Inc., a leader in digital imaging solutions, is proud to announce its latest model, the new EOS 5D Mark III Digital SLR Camera. Positioned between the extremely popular EOS 5D Mark II and Canon’s top-of-the-line professional EOS-1D X model, the EOS 5D Mark III delivers superb image quality, thanks to a new 22.3-megapixel full-frame Canon CMOS sensor, a high-performance DIGIC 5+ Imaging Processor, a 61-point High Density Reticular Autofocus (AF) System and six frames-per-second (fps) continuous shooting speed.
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AmberFin's CTO Bruce Devlin Receives Technical & Scientific Award from BKSTS
AmberFin, a leading developer of file-based media ingest, transcoding and quality control solutions for content owners, broadcasters, sports organizations and post-production houses, is pleased to announce that its CTO, Bruce Devlin, was the recipient of the 2012 British Kinematograph, Sound and Television Society (BKSTS) Technical and Scientific Award.
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FFV at the 2012 NAB Show
Superior picture quality is the hallmark of Fast Forward Video's award-winning line of digital video recording (DVR) systems, and this year's NAB attendees will understand why. Attendees will have their first look at the new sideKick HD™ — a multiformat, straight-to-edit camera-mountable DVR that raises the bar for image quality when paired with today's state-of-the-art camcorders. At the 2012 NAB Show, the sideKick HD will be the headliner for FFV's full line of durable, user-friendly DVR solutions, each designed with customer requirements in mind and focused on delivering the highest-quality output possible.
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Neat Video Announces Neat Video Pro Noise Filter for ASSIMILATE SCRATCH and SCRATCH Lab
News: Neat Video Announces Neat Video Pro Noise Filter for ASSIMILATE SCRATCH and SCRATCH LabAnnouncement Delivers Dynamic New Tools To The Creative Arsenal of SCRATCH and Lab Artists
The Neat Video team announced that they have delivered the Neat Video Pro video noise reduction filter as an OpenFX plug-in for ASSIMILATE’s SCRATCH® and SCRATCH Lab™ digital workflow tools. Previously only available for video editing and compositing applications, this new version of Neat Video brings its industry-leading grain and noise reduction technology to Digital Intermediate (DI), Finishing, Production Dailies and Visual Effects Dailies workflows.
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Nattress Releases First FxFactory Based Filters for FCP and AE
Nattress Levels and Curves Filter Pack lets users take control of footage in film-log space for superb image results
Noise Industries' latest partnership with Nattress Productions brings a finer degree of image control to the editor through Levels and Curves, a filter pack that allows users to color grade in film-log space. The new curve-based color adjustment plug-in, available now on FxFactory 3, is compatible with Final Cut Pro® 6, 7 and X; Motion 3, 4 and 5; and Adobe® After Effects® CS3, CS4, CS5 and CS5.5.
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Cinedeck RX Delivers Tapeless Record, Monitoring And Playback Workflow To Broadcasters And Mobile OB
News: Cinedeck RX Delivers Tapeless Record, Monitoring And Playback Workflow To Broadcasters And Mobile OBNew rack-mountable Cinedeck RX delivers multi-camera capture and post-production innovations for cinema and TV entertainment, sports, news and events
Cinedeck LLC, pioneering developer of mobile capture systems for motion picture and broadcast production, has shipped Cinedeck RX, the latest addition to the Cinedeck product family. Cinedeck RX is a new, rack-mountable, solid-state recording, monitoring and playback system, that delivers tapeless workflow to studios, post-production facilities and broadcasters covering the wide range of cinema production, sporting, music, theatrical and entertainment events in both 2D and 3D stereoscopic formats.
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“Dallas” Chooses MTI Films’ Remote Control Dailies
News: “Dallas” Chooses MTI Films’ Remote Control DailiesWarner Horizon Televisions’ reboot of the nighttime drama Dallas has become the first production to take advantage of MTI Film’s Remote Control Dailies service to ensure secure, high-quality dailies while shooting on location in Dallas. Remote Control Dailies offers the same complete feature set that MTI Film’s Control Dailies provides in a facility setting, but configured in a portable unit for use on-set or near-set.
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Hollywood Center Studios appoints Jerry Cole to Head Virtual Broadcast Services
News: Hollywood Center Studios appoints Jerry Cole to Head Virtual Broadcast ServicesHollywood Center Studios has appointed Jerry Cole to the newly-created post of Director of Virtual and Broadcast Services. Cole, whose background includes posts with AOL, GlobeCast and Warner Bros., will oversee a department that provides virtual production services for webcasts, broadcast and television production. Cole will focus on developing new business and on growing the studio’s virtual production resources.
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Swiss Broadcasting Corporation Moves to MPEG4 with Adtec Digital
Swiss Broadcasting Corporation (SRG SSR) announces it will begin migrating its satellite transmission from MPEG2 compression to MPEG4 HD 4:2:2 advanced compression with the installation of equipment and service designed by Adtec Digital.
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Blackmagic Design Announces New Teranex Prices
Blackmagic Design today announced new prices for its Teranex VC100 dual channel video processor, now at US$19,995.
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SynthEyes 2011.1 Helps You See Straight!
Adds New Lens Grid Analysis and Scene Placement Tools
Andersson Technologies LLC has shipped SynthEyes 2011.1, with this latest build adding yet more features to the ground-breaking product first introduced a year ago. Here are some of the highlights of the new release, compared to the original SynthEyes 2011.
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Blackmagic Design Announces Acquisition of Teranex Systems Inc.
News: Blackmagic Design Announces Acquisition of Teranex Systems Inc.Blackmagic Design today announced its acquisition of Teranex Systems Inc., a leading manufacturer of high performance video processing products for the post production and broadcast industries. Teranex, headquartered in Orlando, Florida, is now a wholly owned subsidiary of Blackmagic Design.
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Coming Attractions: New Canon Digital SLR Camera Under Development
News: Coming Attractions: New Canon Digital SLR Camera Under DevelopmentCanon Inc. today announced that the company is developing a new-concept EOS-series digital single-lens reflex (SLR) camera. Incorporating an enhanced version of the video-capture capability offered in the current EOS-series lineup, the new camera will be ideally suited for cinematographic and other digital high-resolution production applications. The model will be equipped with a 35 mm full-frame CMOS sensor and, enabling the recording of 4K video* (at a frame rate of 24P, with Motion-JPEG compression), will make possible the type of exceptional image quality and sublime imaging expression to be expected from the next generation of “EOS Movies.”
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A Star Is Born: Canon Launches New Digital Cinema Camera For High-Resolution Motion Picture Production
News: A Star Is Born: Canon Launches New Digital Cinema Camera For High-Resolution Motion Picture ProductionCanon Inc. and Canon U.S.A., Inc. has raised the curtain on an all-new interchangeable-lens digital cinema camera that combines exceptional imaging performance with outstanding mobility and expandability to meet the demanding production needs of today's motion picture industry. The camera, which features a newly developed Super 35 mm-equivalent approximately 8.29-megapixel CMOS sensor, will be available in two models: the EOS C300 Digital Cinema Camera*, equipped with an EF lens mount for compatibility with Canon's current diverse lineup of interchangeable EF lenses for EOS single-lens reflex (SLR) cameras and new EF Cinema Lens lineup; and the EOS C300 PL Digital Cinema Camera*, with a PL lens mount for use with industry-standard PL lenses.
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Lights! Camera! Action! Canon Makes Hollywood Debut with Launch of Cinema EOS System
News: Lights! Camera! Action! Canon Makes Hollywood Debut with Launch of Cinema EOS SystemCompany's All-New Cinema Lens Lineup, Cinema Cameras and Digital SLR Cameras to Leave No Story Untold
Canon Inc. has announced Canon's full-fledged entry into the motion picture production industry with the launch of the Cinema EOS System. Canon's new professional digital cinematography system spans the lens, digital cinema camera and digital SLR camera product categories.
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AmberFin’s CTO Awarded David Sarnoff Gold Medal by SMPTE
News: AmberFin’s CTO Awarded David Sarnoff Gold Medal by SMPTEBroadcast Industry Leader, Bruce Devlin Recognized for his Leadership & Contributions to the Development and Adoption of SMPTE’s MXF Standard
The Society of Motion Pictures and Television Engineers (SMPTE) has announced that Bruce Devlin, Chief Technology Officer of AmberFin and co-author of the MXF specification has been selected to receive the David Sarnoff Gold Medal Award. This prestigious international award will be presented by SMPTE's President, Peter Ludé, at the Society’s Honors and Awards Ceremony, during the SMPTE Technical Conference and Expo, on October 27, 2011 at the Renaissance Hollywood Hotel.
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Ikegami Announcements for HD World 2011
Cost-Effective HD Capture and Display Products for Diverse Video and Cinema Applications to Highlight World-Renowned Television Equipment Innovator’s Exhibit
Emmy®-winning tapeless ENG pioneer Ikegami is displaying advanced technologies designed for the production of HDTV and digital cinema content at this year’s HD World Conference and Exhibition. Products include the GFCAM™ HDS-V10 tapeless three-CCD HD ENG camcorder, GF™ Series HD decks, the economical HDK-77EC docking-style portable 1080i/720p HD multi-format HD CMOS camera, the 4/3-inch imager HDS-F90 tapeless multiformat digital HD cinematography camera, the compact HDL-51 POV camera, and many of Ikegami’s affordable, space-saving HD flat-panel LCD monitors.
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Roland Systems Group Now Shipping R-1000 Multi-Channel Recorder / Player
News: Roland Systems Group Now Shipping R-1000 Multi-Channel Recorder / PlayerRoland Systems Group is pleased to announce the shipping of R-1000 48-Track Recorder/Player through it’s network of authorized resellers. The R-1000 is an innovative stand alone, dedicated recorder/player designed to work with the V-Mixing System in any live event or production. Setup and control parameters of the R-1000 can be done directly from any V-Mixer or through the PC/Mac control utility (R-1000 RCS).
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Leading Hollywood DI house adds more 4K capability and builds 'an army of talent' with Quantel
News: Leading Hollywood DI house adds more 4K capability and builds 'an army of talent' with QuantelHollywood-based DI facility Light Iron has purchased a third Quantel Pablo 4K color correction and finishing system together with a Pablo PA workflow assist station. These will be connected via their GenePool to Light Iron's two other Pablos, creating a truly collaborative and highly efficient digital workflow. The systems are installed at Light Iron's new 10,000 sq. ft. facility in Hollywood, which includes three DI theaters.
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Cinedeck announces Cinedeck RX
Cinedeck RX Rack Mountable Multi-Format, Multi-Channel HDSDI Recorder, Monitor and Playback System is a Game-Changer for Mobile Broadcasters
Cinedeck LLC announced that it has broken new ground for broadcasters with the launch of Cinedeck RX. Cinedeck RX is a rack mountable multi-format, multi-channel HD-SDI recorder, monitor and playback system that ushers in a new era for production facilities and OB productions.
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Blackmagic Design Announces Intensity Extreme
News: Blackmagic Design Announces Intensity ExtremeNew Thunderbolt bus powered HDMI and analog component, NTSC, PAL and S-Video capture and playback for only €209
Blackmagic Design today announced Intensity Extreme, a new low cost and extremely high quality video capture and playback product for professional videographers with HDMI and analog video based on the new Thunderbolt technology for only €209.
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XDT Announces Version 3.2 Of Its Unique Catapult® Suite At IBC 2011
Revolutionizing Networked Media Transfers and Review for local and wide area workflows
XDT Pty. Ltd., a developer of advanced software-based solutions for post production and digital film, is introducing version 3.2 of its flagship Catapult suite of products, including new additions to the product family and several groundbreaking enhancements to the Catapult Protocol at IBC2011.
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Cinedeck Extends Award Winning Capture, Monitoring and Playback Innovations to Outdoor, Mobile Broadcasting Market; Announces Cinedeck RX
Cinedeck RX Rack Mountable Multi-Format, Multi-Channel HDSDI Recorder, Monitor and Playback System is a Game-Changer for Mobile Broadcasters
Cinedeck LLC announced today it has broken new ground for broadcasters with the launch of Cinedeck RX. Cinedeck RX is a rack mountable multi-format, multi-channel HD-SDI recorder, monitor and playback system that ushers in a new era for production facilities and OB productions.
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A New Method Emerges In Australia
Sydney and Melbourne add to Method Studio’s Global Footprint
Method Studios, the visual effects group within the Deluxe Entertainment Services Group, announced today the addition of three facilities in Australia, further expanding Method’s already established network of studios in Los Angeles, Vancouver, New York and London.
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Ikegami HD Cameras Chosen for U.S. Tennis Open
News: Ikegami HD Cameras Chosen for U.S. Tennis OpenHDK-79EC HD Native Multi-Format CMOS Cameras, Tapeless GFCam™ HD Camcorder, HDL-50 Compact Cameras, and Ikegami LCD Monitors Included in HD Production Strategy
Tennis lovers watching this year’s U.S. Open on TV will see all of the tournament’s unforgettable moments in brilliant HD, as captured by F&F Productions, a leading U.S. provider of mobile production facilities. Specialists in HDTV coverage of sports and entertainment events, F&F Productions will be using two of its state-of-the-art 47-ft. Double Expando mobile facilities – GTX-16 and GTX-15 – as well as a full complement of Ikegami HDK-79EC HD Native Multi-Format CMOS Camera Systems and the HDS-V10 tapeless GFCam™ HD Camcorder for maximum picture quality and production efficiencies.
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University of South Carolina Athletics Make Broad Implementation of Panasonic P2 HD Gear
News: University of South Carolina Athletics Make Broad Implementation of Panasonic P2 HD GearVariCam 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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In this lesson, Kevin P McAuliffe shows you how to take a green screen shot with a lot of compression, and create a great looking key right from within your MC/Symphony timeline. Most editors choose to use the RGB keyer, but after seeing this tutorial, SpectraMatte will be your new "go to" effect for all your keying needs.
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Hello all, I've been interested in video (and audio) for years. In fact, I've been working with audio for a while as a hobbyist recording/song writer, etc. Nothing to brag about, but it's a hobby and I've enjoyed it. More recently, I have really wanted to do good video quality....
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