| | | | Director/DP Jerry Simpson Shoots Music Doc With AJ-HPX3700
Veteran Director/Cinematographer Jerry Simpson, principal of production company Simpson Films (Long Island City, NY), has recently shot a pilot for a documentary profiling drummer Steve Gadd with the VariCam 3700, Panasonic’s premier solid-state P2 HD VariCam camcorder.
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| | | | Trace Welcomes New Creative Director
Trace Pictures is thrilled to announce their new Creative Director, Hector Herrera. Hector has joined the ranks of Trace heading up the design and animation team.
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| | | | NCIS, CSI: NY, House, True Blood, The Good Wife: Autodesk Software Fills the Air
Many of This Season's Most-Watched Programs Feature Autodesk Technology
Post-production houses regularly turn to digital entertainment creation software from Autodesk, Inc. (NASDAQ: ADSK), to help bring movie-like visual effects into millions of homes in this season's most-watched television programs. Highlights include a 3D video game universe in "House," the evocative color finishing of "Mad Men" and the UEFA Europa League rebrand.
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| | | | COLLECTIVE Production Honored with Silver Creativity Annual Award for 'Robin Hood Responds'
NY Production House Honored for Excellence in the Category of Consumer TV, Campaign
The 39th Creativity Annual Awards (CAA) recently recognized COLLECTIVE with Silver honors for the production company's powerful integrated PSA campaign Robin Hood Responds, which broke summer 2009. Among a field of entries from 37 countries and 37 U.S. states, COLLECTIVE was recognized in the category of Consumer TV, Campaign.
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| | | | Focus Enhancements Announces Focus MediaShare
New Web-Based Video Content Management Service for Video Professionals using Focus FS DTE Recorders
Today, Focus Enhancements Inc.—a worldwide leader in video recording, media management, and digital audio technology—announced MediaShare, a new subscription-based content management service for video producers, studios, and departments.
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| | | | JMR Electronics Appoints Chuck McMakin Vice President of Business Development and Sales
Company continues market expansion and hires digital entertainment veteran to take industry-leadership role
JMR Electronics, Inc., the leading value provider of scalable storage systems for video and data intensive applications, has appointed Chuck McMakin Vice President of Business Development and Sales. Mr. McMakin, formerly the Vice President of Sales and Marketing for CommandSoft Inc., adds to the company's executive team as it continues its growth and expansion in the US and abroad.
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| | | | Digital Vision Grows Roster of Top Sales and Technical Talent in Americas
Digital Vision, a global leader in picture enhancement products for film and television post-production, has announced key additions to their Los Angeles based operations. Suzette Ferguson has joined Digital Vision as Sales Manager for the Americas and Gary Jackemuk has taken the lead as Product Specialist.
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| | | | PBS Station Selects Three Hitachi HD Cameras for Studio Production
Hitachi Kokusai Electric America, Ltd., a leading provider of affordable, high performance cameras, today announced that KSMQ—a PBS station in Austin, MN—has outfitted its main studio with three new Hitachi SK-HD1000 multi-standard, multi-format cameras to produce public interest programming for viewers in its Southern Minnesota-Northern Iowa coverage area.
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| | | | HD EXPO – Createasphere’s 3D Day Shows Full 3D Spectrum
Panels Highlighting Creativity and Execution Mark Third Annual 3D Day
An engaging combination of directors, cinematographers, expert technologists, illuminating the spectrum of creativity and reality, have been set for HD EXPO-Createasphere’s Third Annual 3D Day next week at the Burbank Marriott Convention Center in Burbank, California.
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| | | | OConnor Supports To The Arctic 3D for MacGillivray Freeman Films
Climate change is a big subject these days and who better to set the record straight than MacGillivray Freeman Films, one of the most well-known big form production companies? Together, the MacGillivray Freeman Films Educational Foundation, Campion Foundation, the Canadian Museum of Civilization and Oceana, champions of ocean conservation, document the changes occurring in the Arctic. To the Arctic is the seventh project in the MacGillivray Freeman Films ocean-and-water-themed films that promote conservation of the natural world.
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| | | | Evolutions Creates Earth
Evolutions, Soho’s largest independent post-production facility, is delighted to announce the launch of a brand-new boutique, digital studio dedicated to servicing the commercials, design, promos and vfx market.
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| | | | FOR-A to Show HVS-300HS HD/SD Portable Switcher at WFX 2009
FOR-A, a leading manufacturer of video and audio systems for the broadcast and video production industry, will demonstrate a number of products, including the HVS-300HS HD/SD Portable Video Switcher, at the Worship Facilities Conference and Expo (WFX) 2009, which runs Oct. 27-30 at the Charlotte Convention Center in Charlotte, N.C. (Booth #1524).
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| | | | Matrox MXO2 LE Now Shipping
Portable, Professional I/O for the Mac with Matrox MAX Technology for Faster Than Realtime H.264 Encoding
Matrox® Video Products Group today announced that Matrox MXO2 LE, an HDMI, SDI, and analog I/O device for the Mac, is now available from authorized dealers worldwide. Matrox MXO2 LE streamlines editing with Apple Final Cut Studio on Mac Pros and MacBook Pros. It provides all the features of an I/O card in a sturdy, portable breakout box with professional audio and video connectivity.
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| | | | ABS Installs HD Video Facilities at KJR All-Sports Radio
Comcast SportsNet Airs Weekday Call-In Radio Show in Seattle
Premier systems integration firm Advanced Broadcast Solutions (ABS) recently completed the design, integration, and installation of video production facilities at 950 KJR All-Sports Radio, a Clear Channel AM station in Seattle.
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| | | | iO Films Propel “Astro Boy”
Digital Vision Ensures Heroic Color
Breaking and reformulating the rules for color management, iO Film has successfully completed a wide range of services and deliveries for the October 23, 2009 Summit Entertainment release of Imagi Studios’ “Astro Boy,” the movie based on the beloved superhero from Japan.
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| | | | Quantel first in the world to release RED Rocket support
Quantel eQ, iQ and Pablo users already benefiting from faster loading and better workflow with RED projects
Quantel has just released a new version of software for its eQ, iQ and Pablo systems which, among a number of other useful new features, also includes support for the RED Rocket accelerator board.
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| | | | Superfad Sends Message from Wyclef Jean & Voila
The Garrigan Lyman Group recently tapped Superfad to create a branding commercial that would embody the spirit and beauty of Haiti for Voila, a Haitian telecommunications company. At the heart of the campaign is Haitian-born superstar Wyclef Jean from whose hands spill the paint that creates an animated and colorful representation of the essence of Haiti.
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| | | | Autodesk Announces Support for Windows 7
Industry-Leading Design, Engineering and Entertainment Software to Be Compatible with Latest Windows Operating System
Autodesk, Inc. (NASDAQ: ADSK), a leader in 2D and 3D design, engineering and entertainment software, has announced support for Windows 7. Effective today, Autodesk will support customers using nine products including AutoCAD 2010, AutoCAD LT 2010 and the Autodesk Inventor 2010 family of software, on Windows 7.
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| | | | ATTO Technology Announces Immediate Support for Microsoft Windows 7
Windows 7 supported across ATTO Product Lines
ATTO Technology, Inc., a global leader of storage connectivity and infrastructure solutions for data-intensive computing environments, announces driver support for its complete line of host adapters for Microsoft Windows 7. ATTO Celerity Fibre Channel Host Adapters, ExpressSAS SAS/SATA RAID and Host Adapters and ExpressPCI SCSI Host Adapters, are PCI Express (PCIe 2.0 and PCIe) and PCI-X adapters that provide high-performance storage connectivity.
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| | | | Pegasys Sponsors 21-Day Filmmaking Competition and Philadelphia Filmathon
Winners Received Prizes Including the TMPGEnc Super Bundle Software
Pegasys, Inc., the company that makes digital video easy was a sponsor of ProjectTwenty1’s 21-day Filmmaking Competition and the Philadelphia Filmathon. The P21Fest, hosted by Project Twenty1, took place October 1-4, 2009 in University City, Philadelphia. Winners were announced on October 4 at the awards ceremony.
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| | | | Mr. X Takes Flight with Amelia
Comprehensive Visual Effects for Film Biography of Aviation Pioneer
Mr. X, one of Canada’s leading creative visual effects houses, provided CG aerial scenes and other effects shots for AE Electra Productions’ Amelia, directed by Mira Nair. The film tells the story of aviation pioneer Amelia Earhart who disappeared over the Pacific in 1937 during her quest to become the first woman to fly solo around the globe.
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| | | | Production Company Directorz Turns Twenty
This month production company Directorz celebrates its 20th anniversary. The company celebrated the monumentus occasion with a party for 400 friends and family including clients, crew and directors.
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| | | | AMWA Workflow Seminar Panel Includes Leading Studio Officers
Hollywood Seminar on advanced media workflows will feature industry experts speaking about their experiences with file-based production
For the first time, the Advanced Media Workflow Association (AMWA) and the Society of Motion Picture and Television Engineers (SMPTE) is pleased to co-sponsor this seminar that brings together production and post-production experts, vendors and users to explore the current generation of file based workflows and future expectations.
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| | | | Captioning Expert Renaud Desportes Joins Wohler
As Technical Director for EMEA, Renowned Developer and Engineer Will Provide European Support for Wohler HDCC-200A Caption Encoder/Decoder Bridge
Wohler Technologies Inc. today announced that captioning expert Renaud Desportes has joined the company as technical director for EMEA, a role in which the renowned software and hardware developer and solutions architect will provide local support for Wohler's award-winning HDCC-200A caption encoder/decoder bridge for SD and HD broadcast and production applications.
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| | | | Storek Studio Joins FxFactory Development Partner Program
Successful plug-in developer introduces new nVeil capabilities; brings exceptional kaleidoscopic/transition effects to the FxFactory platform
Noise Industries, developer of visual effects tools for the postproduction and broadcast markets, announced that new development partner, Storek Studio, has released an update to its widely popular nVeil video plug-in exclusively for the FxFactory platform.
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| | | | Iosono, Todd-AO Launch First 3-D Sound Mixing Facility
Groundbreaking Sound Format Due for Theatrical Rollout Next Year
Iosono today announces that Todd-AO has become the first sound facility in the United States to acquire the ability to mix feature films in its revolutionary "3-D sound" format. Proprietary Iosono technology has been added to Stage 2 at Todd-AO's Burbank facility allowing mixers to create three-dimensional film soundtracks.
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| | | | Electric Rain Releases Convexion PowerPoint to Silverlight Converter
New Office PowerPoint 2007 Add-in converts slideshows into Silverlight-based presentations with full animation fidelity and easy deployment to the Web.
Today Electric Rain® released Convexion™ converter for Microsoft Office PowerPoint 2007. Convexion is the first Add-in of its kind to convert Office PowerPoint 2007 slideshows to Microsoft Silverlight-based presentations while retaining the animation scheme and accurate slide layout.
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| | | | Digital Juice Introduces PhotoKnockouts™
A 12,000 Royalty-Free Image Library of Pre-Masked, Super High Resolution People Photos
Digital Juice® today introduced, PhotoKnockouts™, a new collection of royalty-free, pre-masked, high resolution people photos designed for print, presentations, web, and video professionals.
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| | | | Gamma & Density Co. Workshops at HD EXPO
Createasphere Impart Critical Skills Needed to Navigate Today's Imaging Workflow
At HD EXPO – Createasphere on November 4th, in alliance with Gamma & Density Co. the creator of 3cP System, two workshops have been announced that are aimed squarely at keeping the content creation community thoroughly prepared for the massive changes underway in the imaging and post production pipeline.
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| | | | MPC’s Paul Harrison wins Best Telecine at the UK Music Video Awards
MPC’s Paul Harrison wins the Best Telecine Award for his work on Paolo Nutini’s promo, ‘Candy’ directed by Nez at Colonel Blimp. Paul worked closely with Director of Photography Eric Madisson to create the beautiful promo, trying to enhance the vibrant colours whilst staying truthful to the feeling of the film.
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| | | | ASSIMILATE Ignites RED 4K Workflow with New ROCKET FUEL Bundle
ASSIMILATE’s ROCKET FUEL Bundle: RED ROCKET, Quadro FX3800 SDI Board, and SCRATCH CINE v5.0 Workflow
Today at the REDucation Community Day in Los Angeles, CA (Los Angles Center Studios), ASSIMILATE™ announced its new, ROCKET FUEL bundle that includes the needed tools for real-time ingest, conform, delivery and output of RED ONE™ 4K digital camera material.
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| | | | Mixamo Extends Support for Autodesk 3ds Max Bipeds
3D Character Animation Service Becomes First Online Platform to Enable Application of High-quality Motions Directly onto Biped System Control Rigs
Expanding its technical leadership within the character animation space, Mixamo Inc. today announced support for Autodesk 3ds Max software biped system control rigs, significantly streamlining animation workflow for 3D artists and game developers.
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| | | | BBC Motion Gallery And Thought Equity Motion Partner For Technology And Sales
Companies provide cross-representation in key territories
BBC Motion Gallery, the stock footage arm of BBC Worldwide, and Thought Equity Motion®, a leading provider of motion content worldwide, have entered into a strategic relationship under which Thought Equity Motion will provide access to its advanced technology platform to BBC Motion Gallery.
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| | | | nanoFlash Enhanced with Time-Lapse
Convergent Design released today time-lapse recording capability for their popular nanoFlash recorder/player. The new firmware, available as a free download, adds the capability to capture time lapse-video in any increment from one frame per second to one frame per day.
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| | | | DUCK Makes Ending Credits Happy For Sony Pictures Animation
The animated feature film "Cloudy With a Chance of Meatballs" is based on the classic children's book about the town of ChewandSwallow, where mysterious storms begin raining down hot dogs, pancakes, bananas, spaghetti, burgers, and more, to everyone's delight. But when the storms get out of control, the town needs a hero. And they don't mean a sandwich.
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| | | | Accelerated HD H.264 Encoding Now Available on Windows Products Featuring Matrox MAX Technology
Award-winning Matrox CompressHD card and Matrox MXO2 Mini I/O device speed up HD H.264 file creation for Blu-ray, Flash, YouTube, and the web
Matrox® Video Products Group today announced that Windows drivers for Matrox CompressHD and Matrox MXO2 Mini with the MAX option are now available as a free download from the Matrox website for registered owners. Matrox MAX technology uses a dedicated hardware processor to accelerate the creation of HD H.264 files for Blu-ray, Flash, YouTube, and the web.
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| | | | eyeon Software Introduces New A La Carte Pricing
Simplifying the Software Purchasing Process for Artists and Facilities
Building on the successful launch of Fusion™ 6.0 this summer and the upcoming release of Generation® 2.0, eyeon Software Inc. has introduced a new a la carte pricing structure for software purchases.
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| | | | Cinegy to Sponsor AMWA's Seminar on Advanced Media Workflows and MXF
Cinegy, a world leader in file-based workflow technologies for the broadcast and post production industries, will sponsor a seminar, co-hosted by the Advanced Media Workflow Association (AMWA) and the Society of Motion Picture and Television Engineers (SMPTE) exploring the current generation of file-based workflows and future expectations.
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| | | | Cinegy to ShowcaseNew Digital Workflow Tools at HD World
cinegy cinebridge is the latest addition to the award-winning workflow solution.
Cinegy will showcase the latest version of cinegy workflow, its award-winning media asset management and archive solution at HD World 2009, October 14-15 at the Jacob K. Javits Convention Center in New York City.
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| | | | FxFactory Wins Award Of Superiority For Exceptional Visual Effects Workflow
FxFactory Pro honored by Microfilmmaker for extraordinary versatility and monumental range of plug-in effects and transitions
Noise Industries, developer of visual effects tools for the postproduction and broadcast markets, announced that their flagship plug-in solution FxFactory® Pro has won Microfilmmaker's prestigious Award of Superiority.
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| | | | The Look delivers Criminal Justice for the BBC
Soho, London post boutique The Look has just completed the picture post production on the second series of the BBC’s flagship five part drama "Criminal Justice". The BAFTA winning series is airing in the prime 9pm slot on BBC1 every night from the 5th to 9th October.
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| | | | Announcing: The Previsualization Society
Cross-Disciplinary Community to Focus on the Development of Previsualization
The Previsualization Society, a non-profit, interdisciplinary organization dedicated to the advancement of previsualization ("previs"), was officially announced today. Founded by previs practitioners for those who produce or use previs, the Previsualization Society will build a community to maximize the current and future capabilities and contributions of the previs medium.
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| | | | Shaderlight version 0.3 goes live
Latest version of ArtVPS’s ground-breaking interactive rendering plug-in for 3ds Max includes significant performance and material improvements
Leading rendering solutions provider ArtVPS has announced the immediate availability of version 0.3 of Shaderlight, its flagship interactive rendering plug-in for 3ds Max. Shaderlight 0.3 boasts a number of enhancements over previous versions.
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| | | | NVIDIA Unveils Next Generation CUDA GPU Architecture - Codenamed "Fermi"
New Ground-Up Design Gives Rise to the World's First Computational GPUs
NVIDIA Corp. today introduced its next generation CUDA™ GPU architecture, codenamed "Fermi". An entirely new ground-up design, the "Fermi"™ architecture is the foundation for the world's first computational graphics processing units (GPUs), delivering breakthroughs in both graphics and GPU computing.
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| | | | Noise Industries Development Partner DVShade Ships Cartoon Look Plug-in
Flexible parameters of new LiveToon plug-in allows for easy and fast generation of cartoon and comic book looks for Final Cut, Motion and After Effects
Noise Industries, developer of visual effects tools for the postproduction and broadcast markets, announced the release of the LiveToon plug-in from development partner DVShade.
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| | | | Turning Point Upgrades to HD with Fujinon
Turning Point in Lakeside, Calif., which produces religious programs that are seen across the country on a variety of networks, upgraded to HD when it rolled out a new 45-foot expanding side mobile production unit in January.
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| | | | E-Motion chooses Quantel for Stereo3D post
Highly innovative Italian production and post facility takes Stereo3D to ‘the ultimate level’
E-Motion, the Genoa-based production and post-production company, has purchased a Stereo3D-equipped Quantel Pablo 4K color correction system.
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| | | | Astro LX Opens With Massive Solid State Logic C300 HD Console For Mix Stage
C300 HD Will Be Used to Attract Engineers and Projects from the United States and Around the World
Astro LX, a new state-of-the-art mix stage featuring a two-operator, 48-fader, 512-channel Solid Stage Logic C300 HD Console, is open and set to attract high-end feature films and engineers from LA and around the world.
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| | | | Magic Bullet Mojo Now Available from Red Giant Software
Get the Look of a Modern Hollywood Blockbuster in Seconds with Magic Bullet Mojo
Red Giant Software introduces Magic Bullet Mojo, the fastest way to get a modern blockbuster look. Designed by Stu Maschwitz, film director, author of The DV Rebel's Guide, and creative director at Red Giant Software, Magic Bullet Mojo is available now for $99
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| | | | Mr. X Recreates Antarctica in Whiteout
Using Visual Effects to Build Dramatic Tension in Mystery Thriller
Whiteout, which opened in theatres this weekend, includes 415 shots completed at Mr. X, one of Canada’s leading creative visual effects houses. Set in Antarctica, the mystery thriller was directed by Dominic Sena and stars Kate Beckinsale.
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| | | | DelPurgatorio Joins a Reborn Vitamin
Hybrid Production Studio Offers Multidisciplinary Approach to Ads, Broadcast, Film Titles, New Media and More
Digital media production studio Vitamin has re-launched itself under new leadership and a new creative mandate. Danny DelPurgatorio, formerly a creative director with Radium/Reel FX, has come on board as Executive Creative Director.
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| | | | FOR-A Salutes 'The Met: Live in HD'
Winner Of The 2009 IBC International Honour Of Excellence Award
FOR-A, a leading manufacturer of video and audio systems for the broadcast and professional video industries, applauds New York City’s Metropolitan Opera, which won the IBC’s highest award, the International Honour of Excellence for its broadcasts of “The Met: Live in HD.”
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| | | | ABS Expands Reach to Middle East
Premier systems integration firm Advanced Broadcast Solutions (ABS) announced today it is bringing its expertise to the Middle East. Abdallah Amoush will represent the company as Middle East Marketing Director and will be based in Amman, Jordan.
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| | | | Broadcast Pix Unveils iPixPad Application for iPhone and iPod
Controls a Broadcast Pix live video production system
Need to control your Broadcast Pix™ Slate™ integrated live production system from your iPhone or iPod? Now there’s an app for that. Broadcast Pix is showcasing its new iPixPad application for Apple iPhone and iPod touch during the IBC2009 which runs Sept. 11-15 at the RAI Centre in Amsterdam (Stand 7.A15). iPixPad is expected to be available as a free download from the online Apple Store within a month.
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| | | | Dalet Wins Coveted IBC 2009 Innovation Award
Dalet enterprise media asset management technology recognized for its technological innovation at the RTBF NUMPROD project
Dalet Digital Media Systems is pleased to announce that they have won, along with EVS and RTBF, the IBC Innovation Award 2009 for the Content Management category.
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| | | | Cinegy Offers Cash Incentives to Broadcasters Upgrading Playout System
Broadcast Automation Specialist Offers €3000 Discounts Toward the Purchase of cinegy air
Seeking to help broadcasters to boost their workflow efficiency… and their bottom line, Cinegy is providing cash incentives to broadcasters who trade in their old, outmoded broadcast play-out devices for a new, more efficient cinegy air.
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| | | | AJA Video Keeps the Ball Rolling for Timeline Television
AJA KONA 3 Video Cards and FS1 Frame Syncs Boost Tapeless Workflows for Outdoor Broadcast Events
AJA Video Systems, a leading manufacturer of professional video interface and conversion solutions, today announced that its KONA 3 video capture and playback cards and FS1 frame syncs are in use by UK broadcast systems provider Timeline Television, via AJA reseller Jigsaw Systems, Ltd., to enable HD and SD broadcasts of outdoor sports and news events.
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| | | | EditShare Acquires Geevs and Lightworks Technology
EditShare expands product family to include Geevs ingest/playout solutions and Lightworks editing
EditShare®, the technology leader in cross-platform collaborative editing and shared media storage systems, today announced at IBC 2009, the acquisition of Geevs broadcast video servers and the Lightworks non-linear editing platform.
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| | | | Harmonic and Jünger Audio Enhance the TV Subscriber Experience With Integrated Audio Leveling Solution
Jünger's Industry Leading Level Magic™ System Integrated in Harmonic Encoders and Stream Processing Platform Cost-Effectively Minimizes Abrupt Audio Level Changes between and Within Channels
Harmonic Inc. (NASDAQ: HLIT) today announced it has teamed up with German audio specialists Jünger Audio Studiotechnik GmbH to bring Jünger's Level Magic automated audio level control technology to its broadcast, cable, satellite and telco customers through a unique integration with Harmonic's DiviCom Electra® and Ion™ encoders and ProStream™ 1000 stream processing platform with ACE™ technology.
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| | | | Sky News Realises the Potential of Chyron Graphics
Chyron (Nasdaq:CHYR) today announced that Sky News is investing in 11 HyperX(3) graphics systems, together with a CAMIO Cluster Server and OMS (Order Management System) to fundamentally enhance the way graphics are generated and utilised for Sky News HD, which will launch in 2010.
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| | | | Procam Television Selects Anton/Bauer as Sole Supplier of Advanced Batteries, Chargers
Leading UK Rental Facility Makes the Switch to Dionic HC Batteries, TM4 Chargers
Anton/Bauer®, a brand of The Vitec Group, and the world’s premier provider of batteries, chargers, lighting and other mobile power systems for the professional broadcast, video and film industries, is announcing at IBC 2009 (Stand 9.D28b) that Procam Television, a leading hire facility in the U.K., has fully committed to Anton/Bauer products.
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 Creating a Motion Graphics Film Title Treatment
In this tutorial, Motion graphics designer and director Chad Bonanno helps you recreate the titles he designed for the feature film Dreamgirls. You'll learn how to create a cool shimmering confetti effect with Trapcode Particular, as well as how to reveal text with Knoll Light Factory Pro.
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 Creating a Summer Blockbuster Film Look
In this action packed episode of Red Giant TV, Sin City's Visual Effects Supervisor - and the new Creative Director of Red Giant Software - Stu Maschwitz, shows you how to get the Summer Blockbuster look seen in Transformers 2, Terminator: Salvation, and The Taking of Pelham 123. Stu shares valuable techniques for enhancing your footage with Magic Bullet Looks and Colorista - the technologies he invented for his own use on feature films.
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 Running the Sahara
Running 4300 miles across the world's largest desert sounds impossible. But once Academy Award-winning director James Moll heard that three guys were going to try, he knew he had to hear - and tell - their story. In this Creative COW Magazine expanded interview, James talks about the incredible journey of both the runners and the filmmakers, while also offering insights into filmmaking, storytelling, and the frame.
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 CalDigit HDOne
Los Angeles Director and Editor David Roth Weiss finally takes the plunge and tests CalDigits new HDOne, an affordable turnkey RAID-5 protected video storage system.
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 The Importance of Invisible Effects
Steve is a Senior Compositor and 2D Technical Director with over 20 years of production experience. His credits include over 60 films including as Traffic, Blade: Trinity,Ray, Batman & Robin, U-571, Air Force One, TV shows including Deadwood, and over 70 commercial spots. In this Creative Cow Magazine Extra from the Visual Effects issue, Steve talks about invisible effects in projects he has worked on, with ideas you can use for your own projects.
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 Film and Digital as Unique Instruments of Artistic Expression
I have often wondered what motion picture audiences would think of film-acquired images if digital imaging had come first. Would the grain structure, the motion blur, the organic judder, and the characteristic soft shoulder inherent in the celluloid medium be lauded, or would these characteristics be labeled simply as artifacts?...
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 BEHIND THE SCENES Spot for Cox Networks Length:30 Director: Diego Torroija
They actually pay us for this behavior! We want to thank Cox for making it all possible. Enjoy! We miss you already. Title: BEHIND THE SCENES Spot for Cox Networks Length:30 Director: Diego Torroija Client: COX Agency: evok Production Company: Two door Productions, We shot the spots with the Red,...
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Episode #085 - July 20, 2009
Producing Documentaries with Walter Biscardi, Panasonic AG-HPX300 update, LinkOptimizer for Adobe InDesign, Amazon ironically deletes 1984 from Kindle, Astroscope DSLR night vision, Microsoft Silverlight 3, Expression 3 and more creative news.
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