| | | | AJA Technology Fuels King of Hammers 2013 Live Broadcasts
 Every year in February, more than 170 of the most formidable Ultra 4 Racing teams assemble in Johnson Valley, CA to battle it out in front of 45,000 spectators for the chance to win the world's most challenging off-road race - The King of Hammers. Sponsored by Nitto Tire and broadcast live to 600,000 online fans, the competition combines every off-road discipline imaginable – from desert racing to rock crawling and short course.
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| | | | Sound Devices 788T Gives Gold Medal-Worthy Performance For Summer Games Documentary
 Digital Audio Recorder Captures Sounds of World-Class Athletes in Action
Sound Devices, experts in portable audio and video products for field production, is pleased to announce that its 788T digital audio recorder captured the sound of world-class athletes in action for Beat 2012, a documentary chronicling Mark Ronson’s creation of Coca-Cola’s anthem for the 2012 Summer Games. Ronson, along with Location Sound Recordist Diego Sanchez, relied on the 788T to record the sounds of the five different athletes from five different countries and five different disciplines selected for the film.
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| | | | Sky TV Chooses Blackmagic Design for Live Broadcast of 2012 USA Water Polo Junior Olympics
 Blackmagic Design today announced that Sky TV is using a number of Blackmagic Design products for their exclusive live broadcast of the 2012 USA Water Polo Junior Olympics taking place at California’s Stanford University on July 31 and August 5. Blackmagic Design’s ATEM 1 M/E Production Switcher, ATEM Television Studio, Intensity Shuttle capture and playback cards, HyperDeck Shuttle field recorder and Battery Converters HDMI to SDI will be used to switch, capture and stream all of the action live for this year’s championship games.
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| | | | New JVC Blu-ray / Hard Drive Combo Deck Allows Direct Recording of Live Signal to Blu-ray Disc
 JVC Professional Products Company, a division of JVC Americas Corp., today announced the SR-HD2500US, the latest model in its successful line of high performance professional combo decks. With its built-in Blu-ray recorder and 500 GB hard drive, the unit provides easy duplication and disc authoring without a PC. Plus, it features an HD/SD-SDI input, which allows it to connect to most professional video systems and provide direct recording of a live signal to Blu-ray disc.
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| | | | Roland Systems Group Introduces a Powerful New Eight Channel Multi-Format Switcher
Roland Systems Group has introduced the Roland V- 800HD Multi-Format Live Video Switcher as a powerful addition to their popular line of Multi-Format video mixers. The V-800HD Live Video Switcher is ideal for any live event or installation that requires the freedom to connect any type of source whether it be digital or analog, computer or video format.
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| | | | Sound Devices 788T Reaches New Heights in Kathmandu for Recording of Nepalese Music Album
 USBPre 2 Proves Invaluable as Stand-Alone Preamp and Portable Interface
When Alejandro Sánchez-Samper, assistant professor and assistant director of commercial music at Florida Atlantic University (FAU) in Boca Raton, Florida, traveled to Kathmandu, Nepal, to record an album of traditional and contemporary Nepalese music earlier this year, he brought Sound Devices 788T digital audio recorder and its USBPre 2 (Sound Devices AES Booth 139) with him to do the job. Sánchez-Samper relied on the Sound Devices 788T to capture live performances for the upcoming album, titled Nepali Ho, while using the USBPre 2 as a stand-alone preamp.
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| | | | VB-Audio Announces MT128 Software is Now Available
 After two years of intensive real-life testing, we are proud to announce that our MT128 software is now available to equipment makers and service providers in the fields of entertainment, radio, television, and special events.
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| | | | AJA Ki Pro Plays a Key Role at 2011 Tribeca Film Festival
 AJA Video Systems’ Ki Pro tapeless recorder played a key role at the 2011 Tribeca Film Festival, handling digital playback of trailers and pre-show content for all 400 screenings in the festival’s 18 theatres. Host to 430,000 attendees, the Tribeca Film Festival (TFF) was held April 20 through May 1 in New York City.
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| | | | Geoff Boyle Chooses Mantis for "Wallander"
 Cinematographer Geoffrey Boyle recently finished another installment in the Swedish-language film series based on Swedish crime writer Henning Mankell’s fictional character Kurt Wallander.
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| | | | Saddleback Church Outfits Studio With HPX2000 P2 HD Camcorders
P2 HD Camcorders Configured for Studio Use Along with Panasonic AV-HS400A Multi-Format Switcher and LCD Monitors
Saddleback Church (Lake Forest, CA) recently outfitted its production studio with two Panasonic AJ-HPX2000 2/3” 3-CCD P2 HD camcorders, an AV-HS400A HD/SD switcher, an AG-HPG20 P2 Portable recorder and several widescreen LCD monitors.
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| | | | Eye Scream Factory DVD Menu Templates Included with MacUpdate Holiday Bundle
Get 11 Mac Applications and Holiday-themed DVD Menu Templates for just $50 USD
Eye Scream Factory, the Boston-based creative team providing time-saving design templates and royalty-free content for media hobbyists and professionals, today announced that the first 10,000 customers who purchase MacUpdate’s Holiday Bundle will receive Eye Scream Factory’s Holiday DVD Menu Template Super Bundle, a $105 USD value that is available exclusively from MacUpdate.
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| | | | nanoFlash Enhanced with 280Mbps CODEC, 64GB Cards
Convergent Design will release this week new firmware adding a 280 Mbps I-Frame-Only CODEC for their popular nanoFlash HD/SD recorder/player. Additionally, the company qualified three new 64GB Compact Flash cards, doubling the record/playback time.
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| | | | nanoFlash gets DVD/Blu-ray Encoding Upgrade
Convergent Design announced today a major firmware upgrade to their popular hand-held recorder, nanoFlash. The new firmware (vr 1.0.64) adds DVD/Blu-Ray encoding file formats (MPG and M2V) as well as 24p pulldown removal and standard-def Quicktime support.
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| | | | Zaxcom Announces Deva and Fusion Display Screen Upgrade
Zaxcom, a pioneering provider of professional audio equipment, today announced a display screen upgrade for the company's popular Deva and Fusion audio recording systems. Three times as bright as existing Deva displays, the new screen allows for easier control in any environment. The additional luminance allows audio professionals to view and adjust all of Deva settings - such as scene, take, note, and roll number metadata - quickly and easily, even in direct bright sunlight.
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| | | | Zaxcom to Receive Primetime Emmy® Engineering Award
Zaxcom, a pioneering provider of professional audio equipment, today announced that the National Academy of Television Arts and Sciences will present Zaxcom President Glenn Sanders and Chief Engineer Howard Stark with a 2008 Primetime Emmy® Engineering Award at the Engineering Awards ceremony on Aug. 23 at the Renaissance Hotel in Los Angeles.
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| | | | Blackmagic Design Announces Blackmagic Video Recorder
Blackmagic Design Inc. today announced the new Blackmagic Video Recorder, a compact USB video capture product that captures files direct to H.264 files for iPod™, iPhone™, Apple TV™, YouTube™, IPTV, Web or full resolution archiving.
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| | | | Zaxcom Launches New Deva Accessories
Zaxcom, a pioneering provider of professional audio equipment, today announced that it is introducing two new accessories that expand the functionality of its popular Deva product line, a system designed to provide fault-tolerant multi-track audio recording for professionals in the motion picture and television industries.
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| | | | Zaxcom Debuts New High-Resolution Audio Mixer, Recorder
Fusion Blends Power Efficiency, Light Weight, High-Quality Audio Mixing and Recording Into a Single Solid-State Solution
Zaxcom, a pioneering provider of professional audio equipment for the television and film industries, today introduced the Fusion high-resolution audio mixer and recorder. Optimized for reality television, surround recording, and ENG applications, Fusion is both lightweight and power efficient. With no moving parts, Zaxcom's Fusion provides a truly rugged, solid-state solution for audio professionals who require an all-in-one system for mixing and recording.
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| | | | Zaxcom's New Deva 16 Now Shipping
New 16-Track Hard Disk Audio Recorder/Mixer for Film, TV Production
Zaxcom, a pioneering provider of professional audio equipment, today announced that it is now shipping the Deva 16, a new 16-track hard disk audio recorder designed for use in film and television production.
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| | | | Zaxcom Wins Cinema Audio Society Technical Award
Deva 5.8 Recognized as Best Production System at CAS Fourth Annual Awards for Technical Achievement
Zaxcom, a pioneering provider of professional audio equipment for the television and film industries, today announced that its Deva 5.8 hard-disk audio recorder was chosen as the winner in the Production category of the Cinema Audio Society (CAS) Fourth Annual Awards for Technical Achievement.
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| | | | FOR-A at Broadcast LIVE and VideoForum 2008
At the show, FOR-A will present the latest additions to its successful HANABI and GINGA range of video mixers. These ranges are recognized for high quality, range of capabilities and performance while offering good value with many being SD/HD switchable – ideal for the transition to HD.
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| | | | News: Advanced Media Adds RIDATA Double Sided 8X DVD-R
Offers 9.4 GB Of Storage Capacity and Affordable High-Quality DVD Recording Now Available in DVD-R Format
Advanced Media, Inc., manufacturer and marketer of the popular RIDATA brand of recordable CD and DVD media, electronic storage products, and digital media accessories, is adding a Double-Sided 8x DVD-R disc to its comprehensive DVD product line.
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| | | | News: JVC Expands V.Networks Lineup With VR-N900U Video Recorder
New Hybrid, Standalone Network Video Recorder with Pre-Installed Milestone Software
JVC Professional Products expands its V.Networks lineup with the introduction of the VR-N900U, a fully integrated standalone network video recorder (NVR), which records images from both analog and IP cameras enabling the cost-effective upgrade of an existing system to a digital IP network.
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| | | | News: Sony Media Software Introduces Enhanced Free Update for Vegas 7 Video and Audio Editing Software
Vegas 7.0c Software Update Provides Progressive Scan Mode Support For Sony HVR-V1 series HDV Camcorder And HVR-DR60 Hard Disk Recording Unit
Sony Media Software, a leading provider of professional video and audio editing applications, today announced the immediate availability of a Vegas® software update, version 7.0c, free to all registered Vegas 7 users. This is a significant enhancement to the award-winning professional video, audio, and DVD production suite that was introduced at IBC 2006.
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| | | | News: Sony Delivers HD Quality With Blu-Ray Disc Media
Leading the charge toward the next generation of optical disc-based high-definition media, Sony Electronics has begun shipping its 25GB single layer Blu-ray Disc™ recording media with AccuCORE™ technology. In addition, a dual layer 50GB capacity disc is set to debut in June.
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| | | | News: Panasonic starts pilot production of 50-gigabyte Blu-Ray Discs in Torrance, California
New Dual-Layer Spin Coat Technology Doubles Disc Capacity
Panasonic has modified its existing pilot production line for single-layer Blu-ray Discs, called BD-ROM, so that it is able to replicate dual-layer BD-ROM discs with 50 gigabytes (GB) of storage capacity. The new pilot replication line is housed within the Panasonic Disc Manufacturing Corporation of America, which is located here in Torrance, Calif. Single-layer Blu-ray Discs have 25 GB of storage capacity for holding video and other data, while current DVD discs have 8.5 GB of storage at most.
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| | | | News: Entone Selected for World's Largest IPTV VOD Deployment
PCCW Launches On Demand Service Using Full Suite of Entone IPTV Products
Entone Technologies, a leading provider of personal video content delivery solutions, announced today that PCCW, operator of the world’s largest deployment of IPTV services, has selected Entone to support its deployment of on demand service.
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| | | | News: Roxio Pushes CD & DVD Burning Boundaries with Launch of Toast 7
Delivers Mac Platform Firsts Including Music DVD, Multi-Image HD Slideshows, Data Spanning and One-Step DivX Disc Creation
Roxio®, a division of Sonic Solutions® (NASDAQ: SNIC), the leader in digital media software, today announced Toast® 7, the most significant upgrade ever to its industry-leading Mac CD & DVD burning suite.
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| | | | News: Verbatim Increases Lead in Recordable and Rewritable CD and DVD Media Markets
First-to-Market Leadership, Consistent Quality and Performance Drive Consumer and Professional Demand
Verbatim announced today that the first quarter report from the Santa Clara Consulting Group (SCCG) shows the optical media developer and marketer has continued to increase its global market share in the rapidly expanding CD and DVD media arena.
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| | | | |  Blogs: Surgical Video: The SequelA few years ago I was honored to write the following article for Creative COW Magazine. http://magazine.creativecow.net/article/surgical-video-the-cutting-edge Ever since, after countless nice comments on the article, and as the world of operating room video has caught up with high definition media production, I've wanted to do a proper follow-up article....Read Blog Subscribe When did video editors become prima donnas?Two weeks ago "30 Rock" had a story arc involving the video editors of the show and how scary it was to go down to them. They controlled the video and you didn't want to piss them off or else you might not get your stories cut. Over the top...Read Blog SubscribeThe Three A's; Avid, Adobe and AppleThe 2010 National Association of Broadcasters convention had the Post Production world buzzing about the Three A's of the industry. Apple, Adobe and Avid. Well, really more Adobe and Avid since they were actually at the show and had something to demonstrate.
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