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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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| | | | Cool Running For Sound Devices On Frozen Planet
 744T and MixPre Lend Incredible Audio to Nature Documentary Series
As a location sound recordist specializing in capturing wildlife and natural history audio, Chris Watson has traveled all over the world, enduring some of the most extreme climates and harshest working conditions on Earth to get compelling sound. For his work on Frozen Planet, the BAFTA award-winning documentary series co-produced by the BBC and the Discovery Channel, he turned to Sound Devices 744T Recorder and MixPre Compact Field Mixer for his portable audio recording needs.
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| | | | FilmLight Launches New Products to Provide Professional Colour Control at Every Stage
 - New control surface, grading platforms and peripherals deliver fast, flexible creativity and efficiency -
FilmLight is further enhancing its integrated colour pipeline with new products to be introduced at NAB 2013 (booth SL 3928, LVCC, 8–11 April). The range ensures that colour workflows can start on-set and run right through to final post and delivery, staying true to the vision at every stage. It delivers unrivalled productivity and creative control, giving facilities a real edge in delivering uncompromised results.
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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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| | | | NYC’s Fashion Institute of Technology Puts Qube! Through the Paces
 Remote Capabilities and Reliable Results Make Render Management Software the “Backbone of BFA Program”
Free is great until system crashes become more common than polished renders. New York’s Fashion Institute of Technology learned this lesson the hard way after entrusting its render queue to free render farm management solutions. These systems were unable to provide the reliability required to produce quality animations and images for its students’ thesis projects, leading the Computer Animation and Interactive Media department to a solution that would: PipelineFX’s Qube!™.
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| | | | Arclight Productions’ Original Documentary premieres at The Annenberg Space for Photography’s WAR/PHOTOGRAPHY: Images of Armed Conflict and Its Aftermath March 23, 2013 – June 2, 2013
 Documentary Film accompanies one of the Most Notable Exhibits on War-Themed Photography Ever Assembled
THE WAR PHOTOGRAPHERS, a documentary film commissioned by the Annenberg Space for Photography will debut with the exhibit, WAR/PHOTOGRAPHY: Images of Armed Conflict and Its Aftermath, set to open on March 23rd. Arclight Productions has been commissioned to produce the original documentary short that will be featured as part of this unprecedented exhibit. The exhibit will open free to the public in Los Angeles on March 23, 2013 and run through June 2, 2013. The film will be shown in vivid detail on two 14' by 7' screens in 4K resolution in the Digital Gallery, which is central to the architecture of the Photography Space and the exhibit experience. This exhibition is organized by the Museum of Fine Arts, Houston, and is made possible with generous support from the Phillip and Edith Leonian Foundation and the Annenberg Foundation.
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| | | | MAXON Announces Strategic Alliance with Adobe to Bring Creative Professionals New Levels of Digital Media Content Creation
MAXON, the developer of CINEMA 4D, a leading 3D animation software for film, broadcast and motion graphics professionals, today announced it has entered into a strategic alliance with Adobe Systems Incorporated to further collaborate on technology that provides creatives in the motion graphics and visual effects industry with new levels of digital media content creation. As part of the alliance, both companies are expected to collaborate and engineer a pipeline between Adobe® After Effects® software and CINEMA 4D to give users a seamless 2D/3D foundation.
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| | | | Christie Donates Digital Cinema Projector To Gianopulos Family Theater At Wilson-Hanks Family Cultural Center, Saint Sophia Cathedral, California
 Christie’s Managed Services Team and BLACKSTAR Engineering Transform Gym Complex Into Fully Professional Cinema House; Dedication Ceremony Set for March 17
Christie® has donated a top-of-the-line Christie digital cinema projector to help entertain the local community in the new Gianopulos Family Theater at the Wilson-Hanks Family Cultural Center, Saint Sophia Greek Orthodox Cathedral, California. The theater is the latest addition to the Huffington Center, located in the Byzantine-Latino Quarter of Los Angeles. Christie’s Managed Services team worked with audio-visual innovator BLACKSTAR Engineering to install the Christie Solaria® Series projector and other theater equipment, transforming a basketball court by day into a fully professional movie theater by night.
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| | | | Grass Valley Believes the Future of Live Production, News, and Playout is Now
Nonlinear Production from Grass Valley saves time and money for broadcasters, media companies, mobile truck operators, and playout providers by simplifying the way live content is produced and delivered across multiple platforms
Grass Valley® will demonstrate, at the National Association of Broadcasters (NAB) show in Las Vegas (April 8-11, 2013), how Nonlinear Production—a single collaborative platform providing a true create once, publish everywhere environment—delivers greater workflow efficiency by enabling collaboration and work in parallel, while eliminating costly and complicated processes needed to repurpose TV content for multiple platform distribution.
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| | | | Panasonic Partners With Aframe To Sell Cloud Video Production Solutions To Content Creators
 Panasonic US to Sell Aframe Solutions to Video Professionals: Bringing Greater Speed, Security, Efficiency to Global-Scale Productions
Panasonic and Aframe today announced a partnership whereby Panasonic will sell Aframe licenses in the United States through its network of Panasonic pro video resellers. Furthering a relationship established last year, this partnership makes it easier for video professionals to harness Aframe’s acclaimed cloud video production platform to streamline P2, AVCCAM and all file-based workflows for added efficiency and creative freedom. Aframe also provides an ideal platform to utilize smaller file sizes available as P2 expands to AVC-Ultra, specifically AVC LongG and AVC Proxy.
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| | | | 2013 HPA Tech Retreat Opens Registration
Thought Leaders Gather to Converse, Present and Demonstrate New Technologies
The Hollywood Post Alliance® - the trade association for the post production community - has opened registration for the 2013 HPA Tech Retreat. The HPA Tech Retreat is the annual conference that brings together thought leaders from digital and content creation, media and entertainment, forensics, medicine, digital imaging, government, academic research and others for four days of intense conversation, learning and networking. This progressive industry event always delivers important technological developments in production, post production and broadcast. The HPA Tech Retreat is a not-to-be-missed opportunity for industry professionals.
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| | | | Spatial Harmonics Group Merges with Eclipse VFX
Los Angeles studio unites talents with Eclipse’s Beijing team
Los Angeles-based Spatial Harmonics Group has merged with China-based Eclipse VFX to form Eclipse VFX, Los Angeles. Headed by visual effects veterans Wayne England as Executive Producer, and Will Shepherd as Operations Director, the Santa Monica studio joins forces with Eclipse’s Beijing headquarters.
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| | | | Foundation Content Names Tom Cronin Senior VP/Executive Producer for Chicago Office
 Foundation Content, an Indie Advertising and Production Collective specializing in cross-platform marketing for a diverse array of clients, has named Tom Cronin as Senior VP/Executive Producer for the company’s Chicago Office. Cronin reports to Samantha Hart, CEO, Co-Founder and Chief Creative Officer of Foundation Content, who made today’s announcement.
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| | | | Mode Project Adds Tracy Heropkie as Executive Producer
 Studio expands team as client roster grows
Mode Project, a Chicago-based production studio, has named Tracy Heropkie as its new Executive Producer. Heropkie comes to Mode Project from Foundation Content (Chicago/LA), where she worked with major global brands including Kraft Foods, Target, Allstate and AT&T.
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| | | | The 7th Annual Hollywood Post Alliance Awards Winners Unveiled
Post Production Gala Brings Recognition to Innovation and Artistry
In a gala celebration last night, winners of the 2012 HPA® Awards were recognized for the outstanding contributions they have made in helping create the features, programs, spots, and entertainment seen around the world. The Hollywood Post Alliance® - the professional organization for the post production community - presented the 7th Annual HPA Awards to a sold out audience of industry insiders and luminaries. Industry professionals were honored in 12 creative categories as well as a number of special awards including Engineering Excellence, HPA Judges Award for Creativity and Innovation in Post Production, and the prestigious Charles S. Swartz Award for Outstanding Contribution in the Field of Post Production, which had been announced earlier.
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| | | | Disney Agrees to Acquire Lucasfilm LTD.
 Global leader in high-quality family entertainment agreed to acquire world-renowned Lucasfilm Ltd, including legendary STAR WARS franchise.
Acquisition continues Disney's strategic focus on creating and monetizing the world's best branded content, innovative technology and global growth to drive long-term shareholder value.
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| | | | Foundation Content Celebrates Three Concurrent Billboards In New York’s Times Square
 New Animated Billboard Promoting Indie-Rock Duo Matt And Kim, Joins Recent Sony X Headphones And “Real Complainers Vote” Billboards
Foundation Content, an Indie Advertising and Production Collective specializing in cross-platform marketing for a diverse array of clients, is celebrating the fact that it has recently produced three concurrent campaigns that have been featured on billboards in New York’s Times Square. Foundation Content’s VP of Production, Evan Cohen, made the announcement.
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| | | | 12 Forward Entertainment Scales Up and Out with Facilis TerraBlock 5.5
Up-and-coming television production company 12 Forward Entertainment is a one stop shop for non-scripted programming and independent films. Based in Dallas, TX, it’s credited with CMT favorite “Gator 911,” HGTV’s “Donna Decorates Dallas” and “Interiors Inc.,” as well as several independent short films.
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| | | | 7th Annual HPA Awards Gala Ticket Sales Open
 Compelling, Community Centric Evening Celebrates Post Production Excellence
Hollywood Post Alliance® - the trade association for the post production community - has announced that ticket sales are now open for the 2012 HPA Awards Show. Conceived to recognize the achievements of those individuals who work behind the scenes, with ingenuity and creativity, to create motion pictures, commercials and television programming, the HPA Awards launch Hollywood's awards season, which culminates in the Oscars. The gala event unfolds on the evening of November 1st at the Skirball Cultural Center in Los Angeles, California.
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| | | | jumP Stands Up To Cancer
 They are miraculous postseason moments, embedded forever in baseball lore: Carlton Fisk sends the 1975 World Series to game seven with a monstrous 12th inning home run; a battered Kirk Gibson wins the opening game of the ’88 Fall Classic with a pinch-hit bomb in the bottom of the ninth; Derek Jeter makes his surreal and legendary defensive flip to take out the A’s in a 2001 playoff game.
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| | | | Foundation Content Produces Cross-Platform Ad Campaign Introducing New Sony X Headphones With Simon Cowell
 Simon Cowell and Sony Electronics teamed up with Foundation Content, through agency/partner Omelet (Los Angeles,) to conceive and produce a unique, cross-platform advertising campaign designed to introduce Sony’s new “X Brand” Headphones. In-house Foundation Content directors James Levon and the Focus Creeps shot these spots over four days on various locations across Los Angeles and San Diego, with second unit photography also shot in NYC.
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| | | | Director Jeffrey Karoff Joins Bi-Coastal Original
 Director Jeffrey Karoff, known in the advertising world as a visual storyteller and for his work with real people, has joined Original for exclusive national representation. Karoff, who directs branded content and documentaries in addition to spots, is seeking greater exposure and expanded opportunities by tapping Original’s bicoastal production resources and national sales network.
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| | | | Anton/Bauer Batteries And Chargers Garner Panorama Audiovisual Magazine Award For The Second Year In A Row
 Anton/Bauer®, part of Vitec Videocom, a Vitec Group company and a premier global provider of batteries, chargers, lighting and other mobile power systems for the professional broadcast, video and film industries, has won top honors for the second consecutive year from Brazil’s Panorama Audiovisual magazine. Readers of the magazine awarded the company the 2012 Panorama Audiovisual Award in the category of Best Camera Batteries and Chargers at this year’s SET Broadcast & Cable show.
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| | | | 2012 Hollywood Post Alliance Awards Announce Nominees
The Hollywood Post Alliance has announced the nominees for the 2012 HPA Awards. The Awards honor excellence in post production and bring recognition to the achievements of individuals and companies who are engaged in significant and revolutionary work in post production. The nominees in the 12 craft categories were chosen from a field of talented and innovative entries in color grading, editing, sound, and compositing for motion pictures, commercials and television. This year marked the largest number of entries in the Awards' history. The winners of the 2012 HPA Awards will be announced at a gala evening at the Skirball Cultural Center in Los Angeles, CA on November 1st, 2012.
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| | | | Backcountry Pictures' Award-Winning Film California Forever Set For PBS
 The Story of California's State Parks Premieres Nationally in Fall 2012
Award-winning production company Backcountry Pictures' latest project, California Forever, will air nationally on PBS stations throughout fall 2012, beginning in California in September. California Forever is a two-part television special that eloquently tells the moving story of California's magnificent state parks from 1864 until present day. The program has won a number of regional and environmental film festival honors in the run up to its broadcast premiere.
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| | | | Panasonic Announces Availability of Professional LCD LF5 Series for Digital Signage
Panasonic, a provider of professional display and digital signage solutions, today announced the availability of its new cost effective LF5 Series professional LCD displays for digital signage. Like all of Panasonic’s professional LCD displays, the LF5 Series is distinguished by high brightness, slim design, low power consumption, light weight and a wide range of professional features for excellent signage and video performance.
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| | | | Adobe Powers India’s First Stereoscopic 3D Animated Feature Film ‘Krishna aur Kans’
Reliance Animation leverages groundbreaking techniques to create a stunning visual experience
Adobe Systems Incorporated (Nasdaq:ADBE) has announced that “Krishna aur Kans”, an animated feature film presented by Reliance Animation, has been powered by Adobe technologies including Adobe® Flash® Professional, Adobe Premiere® Pro, After Effects® and Photoshop®. Set for release on 3 August 2012, Krishna aur Kans will be India’s first stereoscopic 3D animated feature film marking a milestone in the Indian animation industry. A team of over 1,200 exceptional artists have worked over the last five and a half years on this movie using a host of Adobe technologies to bring to life the narrative of Krishna, who is set to mesmerize the audience with his charm and valor. While most of the global releases (in Hindi, English, Tamil and Telugu) are in stereoscopic format, the film will also be released in 2D.
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| | | | Digital Domain Media Group to Exhibit, Present at the SIGGRAPH 2012 Computer Graphics and Interactive Technology Conference
CEO John Textor Featured Speaker at Business Symposium; Digital Domain Institute Exhibits with Florida State University; Company Presents Panels and Courses; Recruits for “The Legend of Tembo” and Other Productions Underway in Florida, California and Vancouver
Digital Domain Media Group (NYSE: DDMG) announced that the company will be presenting, exhibiting and recruiting at SIGGRAPH 2012 -- the computer graphics industry’s largest and most respected technical and creative conference, being held August 5 – 9 in Los Angeles.
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| | | | Cinema Cloud Launches Global Service Powered by Aspera On Demand
Patented High-speed Transport Technology Enables Large-scale Digital Content Delivery in the Cloud
Aspera, Inc., creators of next-generation technologies that move the world’s data at maximum speed, has announced that Cinema Cloud has deployed Aspera Shares On Demand as the core infrastructure of its newly-launched service, a cloud-based digital content delivery solution for cinemas, video replicators and digital intermediates.
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| | | | Academy Award-Winner Dustin Lance Black Joins Bully Pictures to Direct and Create Content in the Advertising World
 Acclaimed director/writer/producer enters advertising market.
Academy Award-winner Dustin Lance Black has joined Bully Pictures for exclusive representation as a commercial and interactive content director. Black a director, writer, producer and nationally-recognized civil rights activist, won numerous awards including an Oscar, a Writers Guild of America Award and an Independent Spirit Award in 2009 for his screenplay for the critically acclaimed feature Milk. He has also garnered television nominations for his work on the HBO series Big Love and his teleplay for Pedro. As a director, Black’s credits include the recently released feature film Virginia, starring Jennifer Connelly and Ed Harris, the feature documentaries My Life with Count Dracula and On the Bus, and a television series for the TLC/BBC networks called Faking It. His arrangement with Bully Pictures marks the first time that Black has made himself available to direct for advertising.
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| | | | Reliance MediaWorks Joins Digital Domain Media Group’s 3D Technology Licensing Program
Digital Domain Media Group (NYSE: DDMG) announced today that Reliance MediaWorks, an Indian film and entertainment services company and a member of the Reliance Group, has joined DDMG’s 3D technology licensing program. Through its licensing of DDMG’s technology, Reliance MediaWorks will leverage processes patented by DDMG to provide stereo 3D conversion services to feature films. Reliance MediaWorks, also Digital Domain’s preferred visual effects production partner in London and Mumbai, joins Prime Focus World and Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd, who have also licensed DDMG’s 3D technology for 2D-3D conversion services and consumer electronics respectively.
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| | | | Digital Domain Media Group Hires Sony Pictures Imageworks Veteran Jim Berney to Head Florida Studio
 Digital Domain Media Group (NYSE: DDMG) has named industry veteran Jim Berney Head of Studio at DDMG in Florida. Berney, an Academy Award® nominee who played a leadership role at Sony Pictures Imageworks’ New Mexico studio, will oversee the day-to-day operations of DDMG’s Florida studio, which creates visual effects for feature films, military and medical applications, sports teams and venues, and original animated feature films through Tradition Studios.
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| | | | Digital Domain Media Group Collaborates with twofour54 to Develop Abu Dhabi Film Industry
DDMG to Establish New Animation/VFX Studio and Digital Domain Institute at twofour54
At the Cannes Film Festival today, digital production company Digital Domain Media Group (NYSE: DDMG), and twofour54, the Abu Dhabi government-backed media and entertainment hub, announced that they are collaborating to drive development of the local film, TV and media production industry in the Middle East.
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| | | | All-New Animated Canvases Offers Editors A Fresh Start
 Digital Juice Releases Animated Canvases™ Collection 05: Fresh Starts with Instant Download and Boxed DVD Product Options
Digital Juice® has announced the release of Animated Canvases™ Collection 05: Fresh Starts, available as either an Instant Download or boxed DVD product. Animated Canvases are subtle background animations that are designed to be the foundation for any video or motion graphics project. In the new Animated Canvases™ Collection 05: Fresh Starts, video editors and motion graphics artists will find an eclectic mix of subtle background animations specifically designed to highlight and frame the user’s own text, video and images using a sophisticated animated mix of colors and textures.
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| | | | Winners of FOCAL International Awards 2012 Announced
BAFTA-winning Senna picks up three awards
The ninth annual FOCAL International Awards in association with AP Archive took place last night at The Lancaster London Hotel, with winning entries spanning the decades and unearthing stunning footage illustrating a wide variety of topics, including life in the former USSR, racial segregation, the passion of motor racing and the chilling beauty of degraded film.
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| | | | Softron Media Services Announces MovieStreamer HLS
HTTP Live Streaming Application Facilitates Professional Web Broadcasting
Softron Media Services® will demonstrate the latest addition to its suite of ingest products at its booth (SL9007) during NAB 2012 in Las Vegas, NV, USA on April 16, 2012. MovieStreamer HLS is an audio/video streaming application designed for Mac users looking to stream professional grade audio and video to the Net. MovieStreamer HLS accepts video from input devices that support Apple's AV Foundation. Currently AV Foundation supported devices include professional video cards and Thunderbolt video devices from Blackmagic Design.
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| | | | Digital Domain Institute Opens Doors to Inaugural Class Today
The Digital Domain Institute (DDI), an animation and digital arts institute powered by Digital Domain Media Group (NYSE: DDMG) and the Florida State University College of Motion Picture Arts (FSU), opened its doors to its inaugural class of students today in West Palm Beach.
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| | | | Australian Agency Wins Global Accolades at 12th Arab Games
 Australian digital design and production specialists Digital Pulse has received global accolades for its contribution to the opening ceremony of the 12th Arab Games in Doha in December. Digital Pulse created the spectacular content to complement the emotionally charged visual narrative conceived and produced by David Atkins Enterprises.
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| | | | All-New Collection Offers A Perfect Foundation For Graphics Projects
 Digital Juice releases Canvases™ Collection 3: Perfect Foundations image background collection
Digital Juice® announced today that it is releasing Canvases™ Collection 3: Perfect Foundations. Canvases are subtle background images that are designed to be the starting point for any graphics project, whether for video, print, presentation or web. This newest Canvases collection features an eclectic mix of subtle image backgrounds specifically designed to highlight and frame your text and graphics using a sophisticated mix of colors and textures.
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| | | | Bemis Balkind Expands Digital Team
Creative agency Bemis Balkind’s Digital Team has added fresh expertise to its growing personnel roster by naming Elisabeth Lucas as Creative Director, Digital, and Adele Martin as Senior Project Manager, Digital. Both Lucas and Martin will report to Curt Doty, Bemis Balkind’s GM Digital/Executive Creative Director. The announcement was made today by agency partners Peter Bemis and Aubrey Balkind.
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| | | | Sony’s F65 Camera Makes Its Worldwide Debut
Delivery to 1st Customer – Otto Nemenz – Marks New Era in Digital Production; Camera Starts Shipping to Meet Incredible Demand for 4K Production
With the momentum behind 4K technology continuing to build, the company that started it all – Sony – is now shipping its revolutionary F65 CineAlta™ digital motion picture camera.
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| | | | 2011 Hollywood Post Alliance Awards Winners Unveiled
 The Post Production Community and Industry Innovators Receive Honors in Gala Evening
Tonight, during a gala evening of celebration at the Skirball Cultural Center in Los Angeles, The Hollywood Post Alliance® – the professional organization for the post production community - presented the Sixth Annual HPA Awards to a sold out audience of industry insiders and luminaries. Individuals were honored in 12 creative categories as well as a number of special awards for Engineering Excellence, Lifetime Achievement and Creativity and Innovation, which had been announced earlier. The HPA Awards honor the best of the best talent working behind the scenes in motion pictures, television and commercials as well as the most innovative technologies in post.
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| | | | Autodesk Solutions Help Epic Games Create Conclusion to 'Gears of War' Trilogy
 Epic Integrates Autodesk Scaleform Middleware With Unreal Engine 3 to Create New User Experience for 'Gears of War 3'
To create a spectacular conclusion for the "Gears of War" trilogy, Epic Games extended its creative pipeline with a range of middleware and creative tools from Autodesk, Inc. (NASDAQ:ADSK). The "Gears of War 3" tour de force user interface (UI) features a highly polished gameplay experience with new and expanded multiplayer modes and the longest story campaign of Epic's games to date. To create the UI, Epic integrated Autodesk Scaleform middleware with Unreal Engine 3 and shared the complex data using Autodesk FBX asset exchange technology.
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| | | | Cyril Drabinsky to Receive Lifetime Achievement Award from the Hollywood Post Alliance
HPA Award Honors an Influential Career
The HPA Awards Committee has announced that Cyril Drabinsky, President and CEO of Deluxe Entertainment Services Group, is the recipient of the organization's Lifetime Achievement Award. The Award will be given to Mr. Drabinsky at the HPA Awards gala on November 10, 2011, at the Skirball Cultural Center in Los Angeles, California. The Lifetime Achievement Award pays tribute to those respected individuals who have made a significant contribution to the post production industry.
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| | | | DAZ 3D Ships DAZ Studio 4 Advanced and Pro Versions
Streamlined Workflows via FBX Exporter and Bridge to Photoshop and ZBrush
Typically, creating a professional-quality 3D model of a monster, superhero or diva could take a digital artist weeks to complete. Now it can be done in a matter of hours as today DAZ 3D announces the release of both DAZ Studio 4 Advanced and Pro – the latest versions of its character creation, art and animation tool.
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| | | | Globalstor Extremestor-DI Runs Assimilate’s New Scratch Six Demonstrations At IBC 2011
Globalstor® Data Corporation, a premier OEM integrator of high-performance custom workstations and servers as well as a wide range of data storage products for OEM and ODM customers worldwide, is delighted to announce that its ExtremeStor-DI was chosen as the video storage and playback system for demo’s of ASSIMILATE’s new SCRATCH Six system at IBC 2011, (ASSIMILATE Hall 7, Stand H11).
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| | | | Dalet and DataDirect Networks Reach for the Sky with MAM in the cloud Offering
Dalet Enterprise Media Asset Management technology leverages DataDirect Networks WOS platform; offering broadcasters cloud-based archiving workflows for news, sports, and entertainment
Dalet Digital Media Systems, a world leader in enterprise Media Asset Management solutions (MAM) for broadcasters, and DataDirect Networks (DDN), the world's largest privately-held information storage company, announced at the IBC 2011 Exhibition, a new cloud-based archiving workflow comprised of Dalet Enterprise Edition and DataDirect Networks Web Object Scaler (WOS) platform.
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| | | | Dalet Speaks a New Language with Nexidia's Dialogue Search
Leading Enterprise Media Asset Management solution leverages dialogue search to find hidden value in large media libraries
Dalet Digital Media Systems, a world leader in enterprise Media Asset Management (MAM) solutions for broadcasters, is pleased to announce its collaboration with Nexidia, the leading provider of dialogue search and audio analysis technology for the media and entertainment industries.
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| | | | EVS partners with Dalet Digital Media Systems to create optimal workflows for Sports and News production
Integrations between EVS servers and Dalet Solutions deliver seamless production, playout and media management
Dalet Digital Media Systems, a world leader in broadcast workflow solutions and Media Asset Management, and EVS, the leader in Professional Digital Video applications for live, near-live and studio TV production, have begun joint development efforts to integrate their state-of-the-art technologies: the tools for sports, news, and program prep workflows encompassed in Dalet Solutions (Dalet Sports Factory, Dalet News Suite, and Dalet Media Life) will be combined with the sophisticated production suites of EVS, including the XT series servers and IPDirector content management system.
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| | | | 2011 HPA Engineering Excellence Award Winners Announced
The Hollywood Post Alliance Presents Honors to Dolby, Sony, Lightcraft and IBM at Awards Gala
The Hollywood Post Alliance® has announced the recipients of the organization's Engineering Excellence Award. The coveted honor, sponsored by NAB Show, is intended to showcase and reward inventors, manufacturers, vendors and/or peer post production companies for their outstanding product or technology application offerings.
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| | | | Digital Rapids' MediaMesh Content Delivery System Streamlines Awards Submissions for Rose d'Or Festival
Digital Rapids announced today that the Rose d'Or Global Entertainment Television Festival is using the MediaMesh content delivery system to streamline and simplify the submission of entries for the Rose d'Or Awards competition. The use of MediaMesh enables entries to be submitted electronically for the first time using a secure Web-based portal, while the MediaMesh RX receiving appliance provides an easy and immediate interface for judges to review submissions.
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| | | | Leading LA Post Houses & Studios Choose Cache-A Archive Appliances To Safeguard Content
Faced with preserving and protecting the massive amounts of data they generate daily, many leading Los Angeles post houses are increasingly choosing Cache-A’s archive appliances. Cache-A’s complete product line – including the Pro-Cache5 and the new Prime-Cache5 – is designed to meet the needs of digital media professionals for safe, reliable and cost-effective content archiving, access and interchange.
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| | | | The Hollywood Post Alliance® Announces the Call for Entries for Judges Award for Creativity and Innovation
The Hollywood Post Alliance has opened its Call for Entries for the 2011 HPA® Judges Award for Creativity and Innovation in Post Production. Conceived to recognize companies and individuals who have demonstrated excellence in post production, whether in creative storytelling and/or technical innovation, the Creativity and Innovation Award will be bestowed at the 6th Annual HPA Awards. The Awards ceremony is set for November 10, 2011 at the Skirball Cultural Center in Los Angeles, CA.
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| | | | Original Names Jonathan Del Gatto to Head New Post Division
 Bi-coastal production company Original has partnered with award-winning editor/ director Jonathan Del Gatto as creative director of its newly-formed post production division. Original (formerly Original Film) has been expanding aggressively and the new post offering will allow it to provide turnkey services for broadcast advertising, branded content and other forms of visual media.
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| | | | Video-8 Leverages Dalet's Media Asset Management In The Cloud
Australian broadcast service facility taps Dalet to manage assets and production for new online service delivery
Video-8 Media, an Australian company specializing in production and distribution services for the broadcast market, has launched a Cloud-based Media Asset Management (MAM) service utilizing Dalet Enterprise Edition. With high-end data centers in Sydney, Brisbane, and Melbourne, Video-8 customers utilize Dalet MAM tools to upload, edit, store, distribute and archive content from just about any location in the world
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| | | | Director Matthew Egan Joins Filmworkers
 Branded content specialist to head new production unit focused on web content and other new media
Director Matthew Egan, a specialist in branded entertainment and other new media content, has joined Filmworkers as part of its newly-formed production division Filmworkers Media Content. Egan has directed web-based projects for a number of national brands including Target, POM Wonderful, Geico and Chicago-based designer Agga B. At Filmworkers MC, he will pursue similar work and will also team with Filmworkers and its affiliates Vitamin and Giannini Creative to provide packaged creative services for broadcast and interactive.
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| | | | Leading Corporations Standardizing on Cache-A’s Archive Appliances To Safeguard Video Content
Faced with preserving and protecting the massive amounts of video-related data they generate each day, many leading U.S. corporations are standardizing on Cache-A’s archive appliances. Cache-A’s complete product line, including the Pro-Cache5 and the new Prime-Cache5, is designed to meet the needs of digital media professionals in corporate production departments for safe, reliable and cost-effective content archiving, access and interchange.
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| | | | Creative COW Magazine Launches New iPad Application
Leading Publication for Production Professionals Gets More Portable
CreativeCOW.net (Communities of the World), the online peer-to-peer support community for media production professionals in film, broadcast, and related fields has added yet another platform for its industry-leading content: the iPad.
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| | | | Phoenix Finish Puts Powerful Restoration Tools in Criterion’s Corner
Image Systems (formerly Digital Vision), leading developers of high-resolution image processing, film scanning and motion analysis solutions for the entertainment, defense and automotive industries, has announced that The Criterion Collection has purchased a Phoenix Finish system, which will become central to its restoration activities of classic and iconic films.
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| | | | ARRI and CAMERON – PACE Group Cooperate in 3D Market
Development
ARRI is proud to extend its relationship with the CAMERON - PACE Group (CPG) by announcing a cooperative partnership in the development of the ALEXA M camera system, due for first concept showing at the NAB Show 2011 in Las Vegas, Nevada. Since the launch of the ALEXA digital camera in June 2010, leading directors and cinematographers have adopted the camera as the most sophisticated solution for digital cinematography.
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| | | | Quantel launches QTube - global media workflows become a reality
A change as significant as the introduction of the mobile phone
Quantel launched QTube at NAB 2011, its revolutionary Workflow Over IP technology that makes truly global media workflows a reality for the first time. QTube enables fast, flexible workflows that span countries, continents and even the globe, ushering in a broadcast revolution.
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| | | | Al Kass Adds Large Scale HD Outside Broadcast Capabilities with Grass Valley
(National Association of Broadcasters Convention – Booth# SL106) -- Al Kass, the Gulf region's premiere sports broadcaster, is adding to its outside broadcast capabilities with two large outside broadcast trucks being built by Grass Valley™. The two trucks and their support vehicles, together valued at approximately $15 million (€11 million), will give Al Kass the capability to cover larger events in across the region.
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| | | | ATTO Technology Powers High Performance Audio and Video Workflows at NAB
ATTO Technology, Inc., a global leader of storage connectivity and infrastructure solutions for data-intensive computing environments, will be showcasing its extensive line of storage connectivity products in interactive workflow demonstrations at the 2011 NAB Show in Las Vegas, Nevada April 11 through April 14. From content capture and ingest, to editing, storage, and content distribution, four demonstration areas will highlight how ATTO powers high-performance audio and video workflows.
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| | | | The Colonie Adds Editor Tom Pastorelle; Plans Further Expansion
 Award-winning editor has cut spots for McDonald’s, Blue Cross/Blue Shield and other top brands
The Colonie, the post production boutique, has added editor Tom Pastorelle in the first step in their expansion. An award-winning editor, Pastorelle arrives from Foundation Content where he cut commercials, music videos and other work, the former including spots for such brands as McDonald’s, Hampton Inn and Blue Cross/Blue Shield. He also has experience in features and short films in a career that began with the editorial house Cutters.
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| | | | Dulce Systems Introduces PRO RX 16ex Storage Arrays
Designed for Professionals that Require Extreme Flexibility, Reliability and Performance
Dulce Systems Corp., a provider of world-class storage solutions, today announced the new PRO RX 16ex RAID Series. The PRO RX 16ex is a flexible 3-U rackmount, 16 drive storage array with three x16 lane PCIe2 and two x8 PCIe2 bus expansion systems, backward compatible to PCIe1.
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| | | | Mewshop Jets to Vegas for NAB 2011
Mewshop talks onsite training, red-hot Digital Cinema/DSLR workshops, the cutting-edge EditFest, and their six-week NYC destination program at post-production's most talked-about event
Manhattan Edit Workshop (Mewshop), the cutting-edge authorized digital training destination for post-production and content creators, has announced that it will exhibit at the National Association of Broadcasters (NAB) convention, held in Las Vegas, NV from April 11-14, 2011.
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| | | | Creative COW Taps Top Entertainment Technology Journalist, Debra Kaufman As Associate Editor, Creative COW Magazine
Industry’s Most Read Publication Strengthens Editorial Staff
CreativeCOW.net (Communities of the World), the online peer-to-peer hub for media production professionals in film, broadcast, and related fields is expanding the capacity of its editorial coverage with the addition of Debra Kaufman, one of the entertainment and post industry’s most respected journalists. Debra will serve as Creative COW Magazine’s new Associate Editor, working closely with Editor-in-Chief Tim Wilson and Publisher Ronald Lindeboom on all aspects of editorial content, as well as authoring her own in-depth industry analysis and coverage.
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| | | | Autodesk Technology Helps Conjure Movie Magic for Academy Award Honorees
Autodesk Celebrates Digital Artists Behind Most-Acclaimed Movies of the Year
The remarkable transformations of cityscapes in "Inception" were achieved with the help of visual effects software from Autodesk, Inc. (NASDAQ: ADSK), marking the 16th consecutive year that Autodesk Digital Entertainment Creation tools were used on a Best Visual Effects Oscar–winning movie.
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| | | | Testronic Labs Shatters Testing Milestones
Industry Leader Tests SKUs of 5,500 Blu-ray and 75 3D Titles
Testronic Labs, the recognized global leader in quality assurance services for film and television, games, websites, hardware and software, has announced the celebration of two key milestones this month; the testing of its 5,500th Blu-ray disc SKU and the testing of its 75th 3D SKU. Both accomplishments represent an industry record, and confirm Testronic's place at the forefront of Quality Assurance testing for the Home Entertainment community.
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| | | | Visual Data Launches New Closed Captioning Profanity Checker
Eliminates $#%&#! Problems with the FCC
Visual Data Media Services - a leading provider of integrated end-to-end post production solutions and distribution for all media outlets - has unveiled Profanity Checker, a new proprietary service that provides an invaluable tool for producers and content holders who are held accountable by the FCC for the appropriateness of language in broadcast programs.
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| | | | Harmonic Launches Omneon MediaPort 7000 Series
New MediaPort 7000 Series for the Omneon Spectrum™ Media Server Simplifies Broadcast Workflows With Agile Codec Handling, High-Quality Conversion, and Configurable Design
Harmonic Inc. (NASDAQ: HLIT) today announced the release of the new Omneon MediaPort 7000 series of video I/O modules for the Omneon Spectrum™ media server system. In a single, highly configurable unit, the MediaPort 7000 delivers new multicodec support with enhanced media processing functionality to streamline playout workflows and simplify the transition to HD.
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| | | | Creative COW Video Podcasts Earn 8 of Top 10 Positions On Apple iTunes
Key Technology Industries Rely Extensively On Creative COW “How-To” and “Tech” Video Podcasts
CreativeCOW.net (Communities of the World), the leading online peer-to-peer hub for media production professionals in film, broadcast, and related fields, is setting the industry benchmark with its array of free Video Podcasts available on Apple’s iTunes. On January 31st, Creative COW video podcasts held all of the top 6 spots in the “Software How-to” category, as well as 8 of the top 10, and a total of 17 of the top 100 podcasts. No other publisher had more than 4 podcasts in the top 100.
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| | | | The Game is On at Createasphere with "Tron: Legacy"
Fully Loaded Exhibition, Six Intensives and Powerful Networking Set for March 3rd
Createasphere’s Entertainment Technology Exposition - the event that brings together experts, exhibitors, sponsors, and attendees to share their visions of the future of the entertainment industry - will take place on March 3rd, 2011 at the Universal Hilton in Universal City. Createasphere, formerly HD EXPO, is the premier west coast event for the production and content creation community.
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| | | | Games Marketing Guru Rich Flier Joins Mothership as Executive Producer
 Production company Mothership took another big step in expanding its marketing capabilities across multiple platforms today, announcing that videogames industry veteran Rich Flier has joined as executive producer. Having held key posts on both the marketing/advertising and producer/development sides of the games business, Flier will bring Mothership's full creative capacity to its growing list of games clients.
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| | | | Globalstor's New ExtremeStor Transport Wows the Crowds at I/ITSEC 2010
Complete Storage Solution Flawlessly Handles Today’s Graphics-Heavy Simulation/Testing and Training Applications
Globalstor® Data Corporation, a premier OEM integrator of high-performance custom workstations and servers (including, but not limited to, IG solutions, content distribution systems and NAS), as well as a wide range of data storage products for OEM and ODM customers worldwide, is exhibiting its ExtremeStor Transport at this year’s Interservice/Industry Training, Simulation and Education Conference (I/ITSEC).
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| | | | Globalstor Announces Launch of New Custom Solutions Group at I/ITSEC 2010
CSG Allows Company to Develop Individualized Products Tailored to Specific Customer Needs
Globalstor® Data Corporation, a premier OEM integrator of high-performance custom workstations and servers (including but not limited to, IG solutions, content distribution systems and NAS), as well as a wide range of data storage products for OEM and ODM customers worldwide, is pleased to announce the launch of its Globalstor Custom Solutions Group (CSG), a new division of the company dedicated to the design and development of solutions tailored entirely to customer specifications.
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| | | | Globalstor Showcases A Wide Range of Products and Real World Demos at I/ITSEC 2010
Globalstor® Data Corporation, a premier OEM integrator of high-performance custom workstations and servers (including but not limited to, IG solutions, content distribution systems and NAS), as well as a wide range of data storage products for OEM and ODM customers worldwide, will showcase several products and numerous demos at this year’s Interservice/Industry Training, Simulation and Education Conference (I/ITSEC).
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| | | | AJA is The Right Call for XOS Digital’s HD Instant Replay System
System Leverages AJA KONA LHi I/O Cards and HDP2 Mini-Converters to Deliver Uncompressed HD Video Recording and Playback to NCAA Football Officials For the First Time
While college football fans have been watching games in high definition (HD) for some time, the 2010-11 season marks the first that officials will be getting their instant replays in HD -- in uncompressed quality that is far superior to what viewers see at home. The system delivering this evolution is the XOS HD Replay, based on video technology from AJA Video Systems.
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| | | | Avid Introduces NewsVision
: Integrated, Scalable Broadcast News Solution Delivers Fast, Easy and Low Cost HD Production
Avid® (NASDAQ: AVID) today introduced Avid NewsVision™, an end-to-end digital news production solution that enables local and regional broadcasters to increase the quality and speed of their HD file-based productions at a compelling price, given today’s constrained budgets.
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| | | | The Hollywood Post Alliance Presents the 19th Annual Tech Retreat
Powerful Confab Heads Back to the Desert for Insight, Conversation and Demonstration by Industry Thought Leaders
For nearly twenty years, the Hollywood Post Alliance® (HPA) Tech Retreat® has drawn the top creative and technical experts involved in the creation and management of content to a conference where compelling ideas and new products are explored in lively conference sessions, networking events and demonstrations. The Tech Retreat is an informal meeting of the minds, where industry leaders in engineering, technology, creativity and strategic business; that are engaged in all aspects of digital-cinema, post production, film, television, video, and related endeavors, meet in an unparalleled environment for the exchange of knowledge and information. The gathering helps to define and clarify the development of technologies driving the industry. This year's event returns to the Hyatt Regency Indian Wells in Indian Wells, California (Palm Springs area), on February 18-22, 2013.
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