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| | | | Rogers invests in Quantel again for new Montreal channel
Leading Canadian broadcaster selects Enterprise sQ as it expands its nationwide network into Quebec
Rogers Communications has purchased a Quantel Enterprise sQ news and sports production system for its new Montreal operation, City Montreal, to serve the Quebec region of Canada. Rogers is in the midst of constructing a new Studio and Production facilities in the heart of downtown Montreal. Once completed this new HD station will be on air in mid-August 2013.
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| | | | PESA Xstream Sets New Standard for Multi-Source Synchronized Presentations for IP Distribution
 PESA, a leading U.S.-based custom design and manufacturing company for professional audio and video signal distribution, recently introduced PESA Xstream, a cost effective, comprehensive package for digital media capture, processing, distribution, and storage. Housed in a compact, 1 RU form factor, PESA Xstream simultaneously encodes up to five independent video sources and eight audio sources concurrently from live or recorded video for multi-path H.264 IP distribution over six independent video streams – with no sync or latency issues. PESA will demonstrate the new streaming media appliance at InfoComm 2013 (Booth 2958), June 12-14 in Orlando, Fla.
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| | | | CCI to Install Escenic Content Engine Companywide at McClatchy
As part of a corporate strategy to streamline its multichannel publishing workflow, The McClatchy Company, the third-largest newspaper publisher in the United States with leading digital operations in each of its markets, will move the websites of all of its daily newspapers to a common Escenic Content Engine platform. The project, which is being carried out by CCI, will result in one of the largest Escenic Content Engine installations in the world.
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| | | | Australian News Channel expands and connects workflows with Quantel
Top Australian broadcaster upgrades Enterprise sQ and adds QTube
Australian News Channel (ANC) has purchased a major upgrade for its Quantel Enterprise sQ fast-turnaround production system, adding the latest V5 software and Quantel’s connected workflow technology, QTube. The upgrade expands ANC’s current Quantel system, adding a host of new editing, workflow and management facilities enabling ANC to enhance and expand its services which include SKY NEWS National, SKY NEWS Business, SKY NEWS Weather, SKY NEWS New Zealand and A-PAC Australia’s Public Affairs Channel.
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| | | | University of Southern California Selects Imagen2 To Provide Hosted MAM Services for Digital Repository
USC Digital Repository will also host new ScreenAcademy digital library
Cambridge Imaging Systems, the digital archive management specialist, announced today that the University of Southern California Digital Repository (USCDR) has selected Imagen2 to provide fully-hosted media asset management for its customers. The USC’s Digital Repository service provides commercial and not-for-profit organisations with best-in-class operational and technical procedures for the long-term preservation of media assets. The availability of Imagen2 on the USCDR’s world-leading infrastructure completes a full end-to-end solution as customers are now able to access their archives through a fully customised web portal.
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| | | | ATTO Technology Chosen by TOLIS Group, Inc. for High-Performance Digital Asset Management Solution
Innovative DAM Configuration Now Available For Media and Entertainment Professionals
ATTO Technology, Inc. announced today that its ExpressSAS RAID Adapters and FastFrame 10GbEthernet Network Interface Cards (NICs) have been selected by TOLIS Group, Inc. to provide high-performance connectivity in their new ArGest CreativeSTORE Digital Asset Management (DAM) solution. Incorporating ATTO’s adapters, this appliance solution delivers an end-to-end system to ingest, edit, archive and manage digital assets. It will be on display at NAB 2013 in the TOLIS Group booth, South Hall Lower Level #SL13105, in Las Vegas, Nevada, April 8 through April 11.
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| | | | CINEGY expands in Florida and Brazil with CIS GROUP
 CIS GROUP, a technology re-seller and systems integration company, is proud to announce its partnership as a reseller with Cinegy. Responsible for the Brazilian, Argentinian, Caribbean and Florida (USA) markets, CIS Group is to provide expert consultancy on and installation of the full line of Cinegy products.
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| | | | Restored “Lawrence of Arabia” Wins FOCAL International Award
 4K Restoration of David Lean’s Masterpiece Receives Top Honors; Sony Pictures’ Grover Crisp Recognized for “Outstanding Achievement in Restoration”
The newly-restored, 50th Anniversary Directors Cut of David Lean’s 1962 masterpiece Lawrence of Arabia took home the award for “Best Archive Restoration/Preservation Title” at the tenth FOCAL International Awards held May 2nd in London. The 4K restoration of the film was completed last year by Sony Pictures Entertainment under the direction of Grover Crisp, EVP of Asset Management, Film Restoration and Digital Mastering for SPE. Crisp also received a special, individual award for “Outstanding Achievement in the Field of Film Restoration and Preservation.”
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| | | | John Cerquone appointed Vice President Major Accounts
 Industry veteran brings wealth of high-level experience to Quantel US sales operation
Quantel is delighted to announce the appointment of John Cerquone to the position of Vice President Major Accounts in the USA. Based in Manhattan, Cerquone is responsible for Quantel's sales to the four major television networks and other large accounts. In this new role, Cerquone will ensure continued growth by creating and executing focused account strategies.
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| | | | Colorworks Aids in 4K Restoration of “Richard III”
 A few months before the bones of Richard III were discovered below a parking lot in Leicester, England, the infamous British monarch was the focal point of a very different type of reclamation project halfway around the world in Culver City, California. There, Colorworks, Sony Pictures’ digital intermediate facility, applied the finishing touches to an exhaustive 4K restoration of "Richard III", Laurence Olivier’s 1955 film adaptation of the Shakespeare play.
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| | | | Detroit's RingSide Creative speeds throughput and enhances creativity with Pablo Rio
Three new Quantel Pablo Rios boost color correction and finishing at Michigan-based studio
Michigan-based integrated media studio, RingSide Creative, has purchased three Quantel Pablo Rio systems to speed throughput and enhance creativity of its online color correction and finishing. RingSide Creative is predominantly a commercials post house, offering a comprehensive collection of services and talent, combining youth, inspiration and extensive experience to local and international clients including Ford, Chrysler and Chevrolet.
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| | | | TOLIS Group Announces Availability of Storage Expansion for the Rackmount-based ArGest™ Product Line
Keeping up with the growing demand for digital asset and edit storage in the film and television production space, TOLIS Group, Inc. is pleased to announce the immediate availability of the new ArGest Rack Mod160, ArGest Rack Mod240, and ArGest Rack Mod320 storage expansion chassis. These 2U rackmount expansion chassis interconnect with a customer's existing ArGest Rack solutions to expand the available disk storage from the current capacities of 3TB in SSD and 4.5TB in HDD configurations to a maximum added expansion capacity of 448TB of raw, unformatted storage.
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| | | | RTÉ acts FAST with Mediaflex from TMD
Irish national broadcaster Raidió Teilifis Éireann (RTÉ) is close to completing the implementation of FAST, its file acquisition and server technology project. Central to FAST is Mediaflex from TMD, the leading provider of asset management systems for digital and physical assets. The project includes the first practical implementation of the new Mediaflex CI module which allows users to simply create their own workflows with intelligent automated decision making.
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| | | | XenData LTO Archive System Selected for New Facility at GlobeCast in Singapore
XenData teams up with Ideal Systems to deliver a reliable, cost effective digital video archive solution for the new broadcast facility at GlobeCast in Singapore's thriving media hub Mediapolis
XenData, a leading provider of LTO archive solutions, today announced that it has supplied an SX-522 digital video archive server to Ideal Systems, the leading broadcast media systems integration company in Asia, for GlobeCast’s new broadcast facility in Mediapolis, Singapore, a thriving hub of Singapore's media ecosystem.
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| | | | axle Video Introduces enhanced metadata workflows at NAB
Latest software release supports import of XMP from Adobe Prelude and Adobe Premiere Pro software, plus XML module for interfacing legacy systems - NAB booth SL14316
axle Video, the company pioneering radically simple media management software, today announced the latest revision to its axle 2012 software and axle Gear software/hardware appliance. The new software, 2012 Revision 8, offers several key workflow enhancements over preceding versions. The company is exhibiting at the NAB Show in Las Vegas, and is demoing its software at its booth, SL14316, as well as those of a dozen partner companies in the South Lower hall.
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| | | | NAB 2013: Facilis Technology Augments End-to-End Creative Workflows
Partners with Leaders in Asset Management and Ingest to Strengthen Pipeline Efficiency and Collaboration
At NAB 2013, Facilis Technology continues to raise the bar for end-to-end creative workflows by announcing compatibility for its high-performance TerraBlock shared storage and SyncBlock archiving solutions with popular tools from Cinedeck, Empress and axle Video. Each new qualification brings post production and content creation professionals the option to expand their ingest, storage, archiving and asset management capabilities with production-proven solutions that cater to a wide range of facilities – from boutique to mid-size and larger creative shops.
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| | | | Tektronix Eases Video Ingest For Streaming
New "Netflix Delivery Standards" Testing Helps Streamline Digital Supply Chain
Tektronix, Inc., the market leader in broadcast video test, monitoring and analysis solutions, today announced that its Cerify File-Based QC solution has been certified by Netflix, making it easier for content suppliers to deliver video for streaming.
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| | | | Xytech's MediaPulse Digital Order Integrates with Sony's Media Backbone System
Xytech, the global leader in facility management software for the broadcast and media services industries, is announcing complete integration of its MediaPulse Digital Order with Sony's Media Backbone system. This comprehensive approach to end-to-end facility management will be demonstrated during NAB 2013, in Las Vegas, NV, April 8th through April 12th, in Sony's NAB Booth #C11001.
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| | | | Cinnafilm Tachyon Expanding to Vidispine MAM System
Cinnafilm announced it will be expanding its award-winning standards transcoding software, Tachyon, into Vidispine's broad-reaching Media Asset Management (MAM) solution, providing users the ability to access Cinnafilm's top shelf image processing conversion technology in a powerful digital management environment.
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| | | | TMD enhances post workflows
 Booth N3425: With increasing pressure to deliver more content to more platforms in less time for less money, TMD, the leading provider of asset management systems for digital and physical assets, is focusing on improving workflows for post production and broadcast packaging. NAB 2013 sees extensions to the post production functionality in Mediaflex, TMD’s asset management and workflow platform, to deliver collaborative efficiencies.
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| | | | TMD extends market-leading tools for archives
 TMD, the leading provider of asset management systems for digital and physical assets, has extended its already market-leading functionality for audiovisual archives. Mediaflex Collections provides a complete asset management strategic solution for government, cultural and commercial archives which embraces physical as well as digital assets. The latest extensions to the functionality will be shown at NAB 2013.
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| | | | CatDV Media Asset Management Tool Reinvents Production Workflow for Canadian Tire Corporation
 For over 90 years, Canadian Tire Corporation (CTC) has been one of Canada’s most reliable and recognized brands. Its Family of Companies is supported by more than 1,700 locations across Canada, offering a broad selection of retail products, home services and financial services. Recently, Canadian Tire made an unprecedented commitment to Canadian amateur sports. In addition to an eight-year premier sponsorship of the Canadian Olympic Team, CTC announced partnerships with the Canadian Soccer Association, Skate Canada, Hockey Canada, Alpine Canada Alpin, Canada Snowboard and the Canadian Paralympic Committee.
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| | | | Dalet and BeTomorrow Collaborate to Facilitate Second Screen Viewing
New app that simplifies live and on-demand content production is featured at NAB 2013
Dalet Digital Media Systems, a leading developer of Media Asset Management (MAM) solutions, software and services for broadcasters, has collaborated with BeTomorrow, a digital agency and developer of sports apps, to produce a new app that streamlines live game and on-demand content production for second screen audiences. The companies started the collaboration by developing a second screen app that focuses on tennis, which will be featured at the Dalet booth (SL4524) at NAB 2013. The app can also be repurposed for other types of sports.
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| | | | Avid Announces New Creative Tools and Management Solutions for Audio, Video, and Broadcast Production at NAB 2013
Company shares “Avid Everywhere,” its strategic vision for creating the most fluid end-to-end, distributed media production environment in the industry
Avid® (NASDAQ: AVID) today introduced new and upgraded solutions for audio production, professional editing, multi-platform content distribution, on-air graphics production, and asset management. Continuing to set the standard for media technology excellence, Avid also shared its strategic vision, termed “Avid Everywhere,” which expresses the company’s commitment to create the most fluid end-to-end, distributed media production environment in the industry.
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| | | | Cinedeck Spotlights “Your Workflow, Your Way...” At NAB 2013 (Booth #SL14911)
 Cinedeck teams with industry-leading partners to demonstrate file-based, multi-stream workflow options with Cinedeck MX and latest RX3G
Cinedeck LLC, pioneering developer of capture systems for motion picture and broadcast production, will spotlight “Your Workflow, Your Way”, as it demonstrates versatile, file-based, multi-stream acquisition-to-post, video ingest and playback options at NAB 2013, (Cinedeck Booth #SL14911).
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| | | | Dalet Showcases Dalet Cube, a Complete 3D Graphics Suite for Dalet News Solutions at NAB 2013
Modular package tailored to news production for authoring, fast CG creation, and playout management
Dalet Digital Media Systems, a leading developer of Media Asset Management (MAM) solutions, software and services for broadcasters, is featuring Dalet Cube, a cost-effective 3D graphics solution for news production at NAB 2013 (Booth SL4524). This IT-based offering is available as an optional package that integrates natively with Dalet News Suite and Dalet News Pack.
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| | | | FOX Chooses Dalet Sports Factory For New Sports Network
Media Asset Management platform will drive workflows at FOX Sports 1
Dalet Digital Media Systems, a leading developer of Media Asset Management (MAM) solutions, software and services for content producers, has announced that FOX has selected Dalet Sports Factory as the end-to-end production and Media Asset Management system for the company’s brand new, national, multisport cable network — FOX Sports 1 (FS1). The new channel will launch in mid-August with an impressive roster of live sports including college basketball and football, NASCAR, soccer and UFC. Dalet Sports Factory will provide the essential MAM underlayer that will manage the channel’s workflows and content—from ingest through production to on-air broadcast and archiving. Dalet Brio servers will be used for nearly a hundred channels of video ingest.
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| | | | SoleraTec’s Phoenix Firebird, Phoenix VCM, Phoenix RSM, Phoenix Express Now Supports LTO-6
Media Asset, Archive, and Video Storage Management Appliance Now Ships With Optional LTO-6 Drive Increasing Offline Storage Capacity.
SoleraTec LLC, provider of innovative video lifecycle management and storage products, will showcase at this year’s NAB show a new Phoenix Firebird™ media asset management and video storage appliance with integrated LTO-6 drive for increased offline storage of video and data content. With the recent introduction of the LTO-6 open-standards platform by the LTO Consortium, each LTO-6 cartridge is now capable of storing 2.5TB of content. This is a 66% increase in capacity storage over LTO-5.
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| | | | Adobe Anywhere Launches at NAB 2013
Global Collaborative Workflow Platform Revolutionizes Broadcast Industry
Adobe Systems Incorporated (Nasdaq:ADBE) today announced Adobe®Anywhere for video, a modern, collaborative workflow platform that empowers teams using Adobe professional video tools to work together, enabling the access and management of centralized media and assets across virtually any network. Revealed as a technology preview in 2012, Adobe Anywhere supports tools such as Adobe Premiere® Pro, Adobe After Effects®*, and Adobe Prelude™, and will be showcased at this year’s National Association of Broadcasters (NAB) show, with final availability expected in May 2013. Adobe Anywhere will be on display during the NAB show taking place April 8-11, 2013 at Adobe’s booth # SL3910, South Hall in the Las Vegas Convention Center.
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| | | | NAB2013: Vizrt and never.no demonstrate Integrated Social TV - graphics platform
 It’s increasingly common for viewers to use smart phones and tablets to comment on the TV shows they’re watching with others in the social media sphere. Viewers also use social media to share Instagram photos, videos, personal photos, Facebook posts, tweets, and other “User Generated Content” (UGC) that broadcasters want to select and feature on their live shows.
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| | | | Telestream Vantage Provides Media Transcoding Functions for Avid Interplay MAM Active Archive Solution Package
Telestream®, the leading provider of video transcoding and workflow automation solutions, today announced that Avid® has selected Telestream Vantage transcode technology for inclusion in its Avid Interplay® MAM Active Archive solution, a solution package that addresses the most common access, operations, and asset protection needs of media organizations. Vantage provides powerful file-based video transcoding with unparalleled speed, quality, and format support for post, broadcast, cable, IPTV and multiscreen environments.
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| | | | Matrox Announces 4K Output Card for Developers — Matrox DSX LE3 4K
 Support for 3G SDI Level A and B at 4096 x 2160/60p lets OEMs create full 4K broadcast workflow solutions
Matrox® Video today announced a new addition to the Matrox DSX™ Developer Products family—the Matrox DSX LE3 4K card. Matrox DSX LE3 4K enables realtime monitoring and output of video footage at resolutions up to 4096 x 2160 at frame rates up to 60 fps. This new 4K output card, in conjunction with the industry-leading Matrox DSX Software Development Kit and 4K codec support for ProRes and XAVC, lets equipment manufacturers create graphics systems, editing solutions and playout servers in native 4K resolutions. At the 2013 NAB Show, leading broadcast equipment supplier Vizrt will preview the breakthrough 4K rendering capability of its Viz Engine using the Matrox DSX LE3 4K card.
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| | | | Dalet Features New Dalet Brio Video Server I/O Combinations at NAB 2013
Increased I/O port capabilities on a single server provides increased density and flexibility for News, Sports, Studio and MAM workflows
Dalet Digital Media Systems is announcing new configurations for the Dalet Brio servers that offer broadcasters tremendous flexibility for all types of ingest, production and playout workflows at NAB 2013 held in Las Vegas from April 8 – 11, 2013 (Booth SL4524). The Brio servers can now be scaled to a maximum of 12 ports in a single server, through a four-port extension board, offering tremendous density and flexibility to broadcasters. When combined with the range of Dalet or third-party tools, the Dalet Brio servers provide even greater versatility with more improvements for workflows in news, sports, studio production and MAM.
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| | | | L’Équipe 21 Races to Air with Dalet Sports Factory
 Dalet Digital Media Systems, a leading developer of Media Asset Management (MAM) solutions, software and services for content producers, has announced thatL’Équipe 21, the most popular sports news channel in France, has deployed Dalet Sports Factory as the end-to-end news, studio production, broadcast and MAM system at the company’s new television facility. The broadcast center has relocated to the headquarters building of parent company L’Équipe, the famous sports newspaper.
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| | | | Dalet Releases New Version of Dalet One Cut Editor at NAB 2013; Includes Video Editing and Is Designed for Multimedia Convergence
Fast-paced production tool with features that can be graduated from novice to expert will be available in standalone or integrated mode
Dalet Digital Media Systems, a leading developer of Media Asset Management (MAM) solutions, software and services for broadcasters, is releasing the second generation of the Dalet One Cut editor, which now includes video editing capability, at NAB 2013 (SL4524). Dalet One Cut was conceived as a multimedia editor that would encompass radio, TV, Internet and mobile content production. Designed on the principles of user accessibility, it is ideal for users who are not fully-trained video editors. It is very intuitive and perfect for fast-paced production in news and sports, and for many other tasks such as compliance editing.
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| | | | Signiant Debuts CloudSpeX™ Application for Managing File Delivery Specs and Asset Validation in the Cloud
Uniformly Checks Files for Compliance Prior to Transfer, Saving Significant Time and Resources
Signiant, the market leader in intelligent file movement software for media and entertainment, today announced the availability of CloudSpeX, a patent-pending software application that helps broadcasters and production professionals save significant time and resources by easily validating media file delivery formats prior to transfer. CloudSpeX matches file types and metadata against a cloud-based directory of published specifications to ensure that assets comply with customer-defined delivery format requirements. In moving validation out of the client and into the cloud, CloudSpeX provides a uniform mechanism for automatically checking files against a chosen specification across the entire content ecosystem.
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| | | | DAX Launches DAX 4.0 – New Workflow Platform to be released at NAB
New user interface, production dashboard and improved search lead the movement
DAX LLC, (formerly Sample Digital), the leading provider of cloud workflow and media asset management applications and services to companies that produce, distribute and license audio-visual content, is launching the latest version of its platform at NAB 2013 in Las Vegas, April 8.
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| | | | StreamGuys and Ensemble Video Amplify Video Content Management for Multiplatform Streaming
StreamGuys integrates Ensemble Video’s content management capability into its cloud-based streaming architecture to enhance end user flexibility with media assets
StreamGuys and Ensemble Video have joined forces to bring broadcasters, businesses, universities, and other organizations the best in multi-platform video content delivery and management. The relationship incorporates the Ensemble Video platform into StreamGuys’ cloud-based streaming architecture, giving end users a robust and user-friendly streaming platform that fully integrates the professional video content management and publishing experience.
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| | | | SoleraTec Releases Version 6 of Phoenix VCM™
Most significant upgrade in years to its flagship media asset, archive, and storage management solution delivering increased compatibility for Avid and LTO-6.
SoleraTec LLC, provider of innovative video lifecycle management and storage products, has released version 6.1.5 of the Phoenix VCM media asset, archive, and storage management software for the media & entertainment market. Phoenix VCM delivers the ability to manage, access, exchange, and archive content with greater ease than ever before. Since the product’s inception in 2007, Phoenix VCM has continued to add features and functionality that have won awards and praise for its ability to facilitate video oriented workflows. Phoenix VCM has grown into a leading solution for content storage management capable of archiving and retrieving all forms of video, audio, still images, and non-video documents.
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| | | | Object Matrix Adds Samba To Its Dancing Skills
Object Matrix, developer of nearline archive systems today announces that it has introduced a new Samba interface to the suite of applications and protocols for accessing data from the trusted nearline storage platform MatrixStore.
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| | | | Cinedeck Spotlights “Your Workflow, Your Way…” At NAB 2013 (Booth #SL14911)
 Cinedeck teams with industry-leading partners to demonstrate file-based, multi-stream workflow options with Cinedeck MX and latest RX3G
Cinedeck LLC (http://www.cinedeck.com), pioneering developer of capture systems for motion picture and broadcast production, will spotlight “Your Workflow, Your Way”, as it demonstrates versatile, file-based, multi-stream acquisition-to-post, video ingest and playback options at NAB 2013, (Cinedeck Booth #SL14911).
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| | | | Quantum To Debut “Forever Disk Archive” – Stornext-Managed Object Storage At NAB
Will Also Showcase Highest Density Tape Archive, Providing Multiple Options for Long-Term Digital Content Preservation
Quantum Corp. (NYSE:QTM), a proven global expert in big data management and data protection, today announced plans to unveil two new highly scalable, long-term content preservation options for StorNext®-based systems at the National Association of Broadcasters (NAB) conference next month.
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| | | | SSL Introduces Significant Upgrade To C10 HD Compact Broadcast Console With New V4 Software At NAB 2013
 New software expands power and introduces significant new features for the leading mid-scale console.
Solid State Logic is proud to announce new V4 Software for the innovative and industry-leading C10 HD Compact Broadcast Console at the 2013 NAB Show (Booth C2617). The new V4 software release introduces a range of features and options that significantly expand the capability of the C10, demonstrating the company’s commitment to continuous improvement. The C10 turned the industry upside down by delivering exceptional power at an attractive price point, and the legacy continues with this new system upgrade.
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| | | | DAX’s Macdonald-King on Film & TV Digital Workflow Future keynotes Cloud Computing Conference @NAB 2013
Patrick Macdonald-King, CEO/President of DAX (formerly Sample Digital), the leading provider of cloud workflow and media asset management applications and services to companies that produce, distribute and license audio-visual content, will be a keynote speaker at the Cloud Computing Conference, a feature of this year’s NAB in Las Vegas. Macdonald-King will kick off the Monday, April 8, 1PM session titled Cloud Solutions for Content Creation, sponsored by DAX. DAX will also have a NAB suite at the Renaissance hotel adjacent to the South Hall, demonstrating DAX 4.0, releasing April 2013.
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| | | | UFC and Aspera Team Up For Sports Content Delivery
World’s leading mixed martial arts promoter relies on Aspera for content delivery workflows to further expand its brand internationally
Aspera, Inc., creators of next-generation software technologies that move the world’s large data at maximum speed, today announced that the Ultimate Fighting Championship® (UFC®), the world’s leading promoter of mixed martial arts (MMA), has deployed Aspera’s high-speed transfer software to power its file-based content delivery workflows – for its internal teams during production of live events, for global distribution partners and for fans accessing content on the web or via their mobile devices from around the world.
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| | | | CatDV Media Asset Management Delivers Winning Solution to University of Alabama’s Production Workflow
Crimson Tide Productions Elevates the University of Alabama’s Championship Brand with Exceptional Productions
At the hub of one of the busiest and most illustrious college athletic departments in the country is the University of Alabama’s Crimson Tide Productions (CTP). Home to BCS championship Crimson Tide football team, CTP is responsible for producing the live video production and highlight videos for 15 different athletic programs including football, basketball, gymnastic, tennis, golf, volleyball, soccer, swimming, diving and more.
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| | | | Southpaw Technology Launches Open Source TACTIC TEAM for Mac
 Mac version of Southpaw’s production asset management to help content creators working in iOS environments organize files, projects and workflows, free of charge
Southpaw Technology, a leading developer of production asset management (PAM) technology for content creators, announced today that it has created an open source version of its production asset management system TACTIC TEAM, for Mac users. As of today, individuals and small teams working on Macs and producing 2D/3D files, visual effects, video and more can download TACTIC TEAM for free and start using it instantly to manage files, tasks, projects and workflows.
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| | | | Harris Broadcast Electrifies Media Workflows with NEXIO Volt™ Server
Compact, integrated platform increases channel counts, reliability, storage options and more for ingest and playout operations
Harris Broadcast introduces its next-generation, software-based NEXIO Volt™ server, addressing customer needs for higher channel counts in a compact form factor, while increasing options for robust media storage. Now shipping, the company will publicly unveil the new server at the CABSAT 2013 show in Dubai, United Arab Emirates, taking place March 12-14 at the Dubai World Trade Center (Booth C7-10); and the 2013 NAB Show, taking place April 8-11 at the Las Vegas Convention Center (Booth N2502).
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| | | | China's Hunan TV goes S3D with Quantel
Top broadcaster chooses Enterprise sQ for quality, speed and Stereo3D
Hunan TV, China's premier entertainment television channel, has purchased a third Quantel Enterprise sQ fast-turnaround production system for its Stereo3D program production. Hunan TV, a division of the giant Hunan Broadcasting Group, has been a Quantel customer since 2008 when the broadcaster chose two Quantel Enterprise sQ systems for the production of entertainment programming. Hunan TV later upgraded to a full HD workflow in 2010.
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| | | | Sample Digital Re-brands as DAX
Entertainment industry demand elevates cloud-based DAX production workflow platform
Sample Digital, the leading provider of production workflow and media asset management tools to the film and TV industry, has re-branded as DAX, LLC.
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| | | | World Resource Manager Launches and WoRM Pushes Through
Startup Builds Killer App to Capture User Generated Video Content with Video Processing and Powerful Data Management
World Resource Manager opened its doors today, launched in the emerging technology community in Las Vegas. Industry Veterans Mary Yurkovic and Christy King, both experts who have real world experience in implementing Digital Asset Management, security and huge quantities of video content, lead the company launch. The women, whose careers highlights include Playboy(r) and UFC(r), are well known experts in the sports, entertainment and digital asset management communities.
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| | | | SNS EVO Increases Production Output for Top Online Education Leader’s Workflow
 Sympoz Inc. Reinvents the Online Class Experience with Craftsy
With an estimated 1m-registered users and over 600,000 students, Craftsy, a virtual school for crafting enthusiasts is poised to be the largest online education business ever. Craftsy parent company, Denver based Sympoz, Inc., was founded in 2010 by former eBay executives who were frustrated by the quality of online education. Sympoz introduced classes in crafting and cooking, which they quickly found tapped into a large underserved online market segment, women. The crafting courses were so successful that in May 2011, Sympoz launched the Craftsy brand now offering quilting, knitting, crochet, sewing, paper crafts, cake decorating and more.
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| | | | Advanced Systems Group Focuses on Asset Management with Free Webinar
Advanced Systems Group (ASG), a leading West Coast video and film integration firm, will host “The ABCs of MAM,” a free webinar that will spotlight media asset management solutions, on Tuesday, Dec. 11, 2012, at 10 a.m. Hosted by ASG’s Tyler Berry, the 90-minute webinar will offer perspectives from axle video, B4M, a Primestream Company, and CatDV, all of which specialize in MAM technologies.
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| | | | Visual Data Announces Opening of New Premier Facility
Company to Launch 21st Century Facility in Burbank
Visual Data Media Services - an industry leading provider of integrated end-to-end post production solutions and distribution for all media outlets - has announced the opening date of their new, state-of-the-art facility in Burbank, California. The new location will greatly expand the capacity of Visual Data's current space and was designed from scratch to support 21st century workflows and accommodate the needs of a changing industry. Upon taking ownership of the Hollywood Way building earlier this year, the veteran post production company gutted the space to its outside walls, and an innovative, data centric facility arose in its place. The new Visual Data location will open its doors, with no interruption in service, on January 2, 2013.
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| | | | MediaCorp Selects Dalet Media Life For Project ICE
 Dalet MAM integrates with multiple systems to build an end-to-end file-based operation
Dalet Digital Media Systems, a leading developer of Media Asset Management (MAM) solutions for content producers, announced that Singapore national broadcaster MediaCorp has chosen Dalet Media Life as the enterprise MAM platform for the migration of its entire operation to a fully file-based workflow, including the digitization of its archive. Dalet Media Life will provide end-to-end, integrated management for program preparation, production, and the distribution workflow. Dalet Media Life is the central hub of the best-of-breed solution prepared by TSL, the premier system integrator, which was awarded the MediaCorp contract for the Integrated Content-centric file-based Exchange System (ICE) after an extensive tender process.
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| | | | Southpaw Technology Launches Digital Asset Management Solution Suite
New, customizable Southpaw Solutions speed the creation and simplify the management of digital assets for organizations of any size
Southpaw Technology, a leading developer of digital asset management (DAM) technology for content creators, announced today that it has launched Southpaw Solutions, a comprehensive suite of new offerings designed to extend the functionality of the company’s open source asset management software, TACTIC. These solutions, which handle common yet critical asset management challenges in many organizations, are built on top of TACTIC’s core architecture, yet can be tailored to each company’s unique IT environment and content creation workflow.
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| | | | Matt Welker Hired as Head of Client Care at Shotgun Software
 Shotgun Software, a leading pipeline tools developer for the visual effects, animation and video game industry, announced today that Matt Welker has joined the company as the Head of Client Care. Welker joins Shotgun from Pixar, where he served for three years as the Director of Technical Artists, and has previously worked at animation studio LAIKA, Tippett Studios and Toronto’s CORE Feature Animation.
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| | | | SATCON 2012: Xytech Adds Powerful New Functionality to MediaPulse Fuse
Network Management Extension Delivers Firepower to Integration Platform
Xytech, the global leader in facility management software for the broadcast and media services industries, has announced the launch of a powerful video network management and control extension that brings innovative and important functionality to its highly successful MediaPulse Fuse integration platform. This new Network Management extension provides a flexible, configurable, and adaptive strategy to automate and simplify the complex challenges of video transmission equipment control faced by today's broadcasters, SNG Truck operators, and Managed Video Service providers.
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| | | | Sprint Vision, In-Track Big-Screen Producer For NASCAR’s Sprint Cup, Revs Up With EditShare For Production And MAM
 End-to-end solution includes ingest, logging, Media Asset Management, centralized storage, and archive for video and audio
EditShare®, the technology leader in shared media storage and end-to-end tapeless workflow solutions, today announced the deployment of an end-to-end EditShare system at Sprint Vision, the company that produces the octane-fueled videos shown on big-screen displays at NASCAR Sprint Cup Series events. The system includes EditShare Flow for ingest, logging, and MAM; a high-performance 32 TB Energy Series storage server; and EditShare Ark Tape, which acts as both archive and backup. The EditShare system is the core media management platform for Sprint Vision’s video production center in North Carolina. EditShare is also used by Sprint Vision’s parent company, Motor Racing Network (MRN), the national radio network (“The Voice of NASCAR”) that provides coverage of NASCAR and other racing series.
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| | | | Loft London becomes Aframe’s West London Upload centre
Loft London, a leading independent digital media facility announced this week that they have become the West London Upload Partner for Aframe, the cloud video production platform designed to liberate the professional video production process.
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| | | | Codex Appoints Rainer Hercher As Development Manager For Europe And Asia
 Codex, the leading developer of digital media recorders and media management systems for film and television production, has appointed Rainer Hercher to the post of Business Development Manager for Europe and Asia. Formerly Managing Director of Band Pro, Munich, Hercher will lead the company’s customer relations and sales effort in film and television production markets across both continents.
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| | | | dock10 puts Xytech in Place to Support New Studio Complex at MediaCityUK
 Europe's Largest High Definition Facilities Are Running On MediaPulse
Xytech, the global leader in facility management software for the broadcast and media services industries, announced that MediaPulse has been implemented by dock10 in their new Salford production facility at MediaCityUK. dock10 has the most advanced HD studios of their kind, offering unique digital architecture connecting the studios with the facility's post-production services and those of other post providers, enabling customers to deliver programs on time and on budget. MediaPulse has been used to create a complete Facility Management System for the complex.
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| | | | MediaMine Wins DAMMY Award for Best Digital Asset Management Solution
Company’s Work on Famed Photographer/Filmmaker Norman Seeff’s Collection Highlighted
MediaMine has won the DAMMY Award for Best Strategy or Solution for Digital and Media Asset Management during the Acquisition of Content for their work on Norman Seeff’s collection. The Award is designed to recognize innovative workflows at the content acquisition or creation stage that demonstrates strategic understanding of asset management from concept and development through implementation. The DAMMY Awards are the only awards that recognize excellence in digital asset management. The presentation took place at the Third Annual DAMMY Awards luncheon in New York.
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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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| | | | SoleraTec Introduces New Phoenix Firebird™ Digital Media Archive Appliances
 These Unique Appliances Provide Media Asset Management, Archive Management, And Storage Management Functionality
Not Found In Other Products.
SoleraTec LLC, a provider of innovative video lifecycle management and storage products, is introducing the new Phoenix Firebird™ family of media asset management archiving appliances for organizations that are struggling with storage of video, audio, and still images. These affordable, professional-grade, network storage archive systems are engineered with the needs of video professionals in mind. Powered by the award-winning Phoenix VCM content management software, the Phoenix Firebird family of digital media archive appliances delivers best-of-breed hardware and software in an affordable archive storage management solution.
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| | | | Sohonet Puts Lantana Campus in Fast Lane for Connectivity
 Turnkey Production Platform Combines Creative Workspace with High-Performance Data Services
Lantana, one of Los Angeles' most prestigious properties for leasing creative office space, has joined forces with Sohonet, the global expert in connectivity and data management, to create an infrastructure that supports the professional content creation community. Lantana chose Sohonet to retrofit their Santa Monica campus, giving tenants easy access to networking solutions that are customizable to their creative needs. The campus-wide implementation has now been completed, positioning Lantana as a unique real estate hub for feature film and television production companies.
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| | | | Panavision France Adopts Fireshoot As Digital Dailies Solution
- Firefly Cinema’s solution designed to simplify and automate dailies management -
Firefly Cinema, the specialist developer of digital cinema software tools, is proud to announce that Panavision France has adopted FireShoot as its on-set digital dailies solution.
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| | | | ASSIMILATE and DiaQuest Turbocharge SCRATCH Integration with Avid Interplay
ProductionLink plug-in creates seamless, and user-friendly link between ASSIMILATE’s SCRATCH and Avid Interplay
ASSIMILATE, makers of the powerful, real-time SCRATCH® and SCRATCH Lab® digital intermediate and dailies workflow software for the production and post-production of feature film, episodic television, commercials and spots, and DiaQuest Products, the world's leading supplier of connectivity middleware for media production workflows, today announced the availability of ProductionLink™, a plug-in for connectivity between the recently announced ASSIMILATE SCRATCH v7 and SCRATCH Lab v7 and the Avid® Interplay™ production asset management (PAM) system.
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| | | | Cache-A Archive Appliances Go On-Set
 Cache-A safeguards camera assets for motion picture, broadcast and commercials productions
Cache-A Corporation, manufacturer of award-winning archiving appliances, has revealed details of how motion picture, broadcast and commercials producers are utilizing its LT0-5 tape-based archive appliances, with the latest LTFS capabilities, in on-set production environments to safeguard the increasing amounts of data and video-related media they generate daily. Cache-A is showing its full product range at IBC 2012, Amsterdam, at Booth 7.E06.
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| | | | Adobe Delivers Powerful Broadcast Lineup for IBC 2012
Company Announces New Products, Partners and Promotion As Industry Continues the Shift to Adobe Video Solutions
At the IBC 2012 Conference and Exhibition, Adobe Systems Incorporated (Nasdaq:ADBE) today announced it is showcasing innovative new video technologies that are driving the shift to Adobe video solutions across the broadcast and media industries. Highlights of the show include the reveal of Adobe® Anywhere® for video. Adobe Anywhere is a modern, collaborative workflow platform that empowers teams using Adobe professional video tools, including Adobe Premiere® Pro, to work together across virtually any network, using shared media. Adobe also announced new partnerships with leading media asset management and graphics vendors in broadcast news and sports—such as Chyron, Dalet, EVS and Vizrt—which will give customers improved efficiencies in production.
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| | | | Xytech Automates the Digital Supply Chain with MediaPulse
Xytech, the global leader in facility management software for the broadcast and media services industries, will be showcasing new iOS Apps and major extensions and integrations of their MediaPulse Platform at IBC 2012. Intensely focused on developing sustainable automation of the digital supply chain, Xytech's product announcements help clients stay ahead of the many changes facing them in today's rapidly evolving market.
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| | | | Vidispine and Cantemo to provide first DAM on MatrixStore Quattro
Object Matrix, a leading developer of secure nearline archive systems, Vidispine, innovators in media asset management software and Cantemo, leading software developer in the digital media industry, have announced that Cantemo Mediabox, built on Vidispine technology, will be the first digital asset management solution available on the new MatrixStore Quattro platform.
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| | | | Dalet Showcases Dalet Galaxy, the Latest Advance in Media Asset Management Technology
Additional new features include Dalet One Cut video editing platform, revamped graphical user interface, and expanded support for new standards
Dalet Digital Media Systems is showcasing Dalet Galaxy, the latest and most advanced version of the company’s enterprise Media Asset Management (MAM) platform at the IBC Exhibition in Amsterdam, September 7-11, 2012 (Stand 8B.77). Dalet Galaxy includes a BPMN 2.0-compliant workflow engine that has been specially tailored to media workflows in order to improve productivity while adding operational and business visibility across the enterprise. Additional new features in Dalet Galaxy include Dalet One Cut, a multitrack video editing framework; a modern graphical user interface; more customizable data models; advanced tools for searching and indexing; increased interoperability with NLEs; and support for upcoming industry standards such as AS-02 and FIMS. Dalet Galaxy will become the foundation for the company’s enterprise MAM solutions, which include the purpose-built workgroup packages: Dalet Media Life for program prep and archiving, Dalet News Suite for news production and distribution, Dalet Sports Factory for live event and sports production, and Dalet Radio Suite for multiplatform news and music programming.
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| | | | Hollywood Chamber of Commerce Partners with MediaMine to Develop Walk of Fame App
Technology will Turn Hollywood’s Storied Sidewalks into Robust Interactive Experience
The Hollywood Chamber of Commerce is partnering with MediaMine to develop a new Walk of Fame application for the Internet, mobile and tablet devices that will offer a suite of customized, engaging features utilizing geo-location technology and social sharing connectivity. The Walk of Fame app will be like a personal digital docent, turning the iconic Hollywood sidewalks into an informative and fun museum of entertainment history. The app is currently slated to be available for download next summer.
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| | | | Ventuz taps into Chyron BlueNet™
The cooperation between Chyron and 3d realtime graphics specialist Ventuz Technology AG reaches a new level with the integration of Ventuz into the BlueNet workflow
The established Broadcast systems supplier Chyron and graphics specialist Ventuz, who entered into a strategic partnership in February of this year, today announced that the companies will use IBC 2012 in Amsterdam to showcase their first joint development success. "We are now ready to announce our integration of Ventuz within the CAMIO broadcast environment," said Erik Beaumont, Product Manager of Ventuz. "This allows us to seamlessly and transparently operate Ventuz graphics systems within the existing Chyron BlueNet workflow."
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| | | | AJA Io XT Fuels Live Broadcast and Post for Action Sports Productions
 Action Sports Productions (ASP) has specialized in live broadcast and post production services for action sports, music and entertainment for over twelve years. Based in Orange County, CA, ASP delivers live HD webcasts for the world's biggest events in surfing, skateboarding, motocross and much more.
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| | | | Testronic Labs Names Albert Koval Vice President In Expanding UltraViolet and Software Operations
 Talented Expert Deepens Company Focus On UltraViolet, User Experience, and Future Technologies
Testronic Labs has announced that industry veteran Albert Koval has joined the company in the newly created role of Vice President, UltraViolet Services and Software Testing, US. Testronic, recognized as the global leader in quality assurance services for film and television, games, websites, hardware, and software, is leading the industry in services for UltraViolet and a host of emerging technologies that are impacting the consumer experience.
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| | | | Legend3D Selects EMC, Enabling Scale to 10X to Build Transformers, Smurfs, Hugo and Spiderman
Performance, Scalability of EMC Isilon Scale-Out Storage Supports Big Data Growth for Leader in 3D Conversion and Visual Effects
EMC Corporation (NYSE:EMC) today announced that Legend3D, the largest provider of 2D-to-3D media content conversions, has standardized on EMC® Isilon® scale-out storage for all of its visual entertainment assets. Leveraging Isilon’s ability to store vast amounts of high-resolution digital media, Legend3D has streamlined its management of Big Data through greatly improved production management, increased artist productivity and the creation of new production pipelines for major motion pictures such as Transformers: Dark of the Moon, Smurfs, Hugo, and The Amazing Spiderman.
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| | | | SIGGRAPH NEWS: Southpaw Technology Launches Open Source TACTIC
 One of the most proven asset management systems on the market is now available free of charge to digital content creators
Southpaw Technology, a leading developer of production asset management (PAM) technology for digital content creators, announced today that it has released its technology under the Eclipse Public License, an OSI (Open Source Initiative) approved open source license. Effective immediately, any team, studio, department or enterprise creating digital content can download TACTIC for free and start using it to manage their assets, projects and creative workflow. The Company will continue to offer support packages, professional services and commercial licenses to entities who prefer or require such licenses. The open source version of TACTIC can be downloaded at: http://www.southpawtech.com/opensource.
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| | | | Turner Sports with Dalet MAM Makes IBC Awards Shortlist
The multisport system with Dalet Enterprise Edition is finalist for IBC Innovation Awards - More than 6,000 events and 2 million highlights each year
Turner Sports Central has been shortlisted on the content management category of the IBC2012 Innovation Awards for its new, multisport asset management (MAM) system which logs, tracks, and retrieves more than 27,000 live recording hours of content from more than 6,000 individual events each year — around two million highlights captured each year. Dalet, a leading provider of MAM solutions for News, Sports, Programs, Archives, and Radio, provides the managerial MAM core for the new system with the Dalet Enterprise Edition MAM platform, which unifies workflow and metadata management across several different systems.
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| | | | Shotgun Announces Tank, A New Approach to Asset Management
Tank Delivers a Foundation and Flexible App Framework for Evolving Pipelines; Adds Integrated Asset Management to the Shotgun Production Tracking Platform
Shotgun Software, the pipeline tools developer for the visual effects and animation industry, today announced a new asset management solution called Tank, designed specifically to support rapid and constant pipeline evolution, while organizing and automating a studio’s file-based workflow. Tank is the third product available from Shotgun Software and is built on top of the Shotgun production tracking platform alongside Revolver, its all-in-one review and approval toolset. Shotgun Software will be demonstrating Tank at the SIGGRAPH Conference (Booth #837) at the Los Angeles Convention Center from August 7-9, 2012, and will host its annual User Group Meeting on Tuesday, August 7 at 2:00PM.
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| | | | Loyola University Transitions to HD with JVC ProHD Cameras
 JVC Professional Products Company, a division of JVC Americas Corp., today announced that Baltimore’s Loyola University Maryland has completed a three-year transition to HD production for its Communication Department, which is built around a variety of JVC ProHD cameras.
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