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Dedicated to media professionals, the Cow offers "More Signal, Less Noise." en-us Tue, 21 May 2013 11:00:00 GMT PHP Script kathlyn@creativecow.net webmaster@creativecow.net http://news.creativecow.net/story/871644 http://news.creativecow.net/story/871644 (Secaucus, New Jersey--May 20, 2013) The Mountain West Digital Network (Colorado Springs, CO), established last year to cover Division One college sports played by the member schools of the Mountain West Conference, has invested in the Panasonic AG-HPX600 P2 HD shoulder-mount camcorder as its primar Mon, 20 May 2013 20:10:30 GMT http://news.creativecow.net/story/871643 http://news.creativecow.net/story/871643 (Los Angeles, California--May 20, 2013) Backyard adds ten-time Emmy-winning filmmaker Greg Kohs to the roster for U.S. commercial representation. Kohs affecting, decidedly human brand of filmmaking can be seen in spots and web films for the likes of Google, Apple, MasterCard, Tostitos, Titleist, EA Mon, 20 May 2013 20:00:48 GMT http://news.creativecow.net/story/871637 http://news.creativecow.net/story/871637 (Newbury, United Kingdom--May 20, 2013) Rogers Communications has purchased a Quantel Enterprise sQ news and sports production system for its new Montreal operation, City Montreal, to serve the Quebec region of Canada. Rogers is in the midst of constructing a new Studio and Production facilities in Mon, 20 May 2013 17:40:03 GMT http://news.creativecow.net/story/871638 http://news.creativecow.net/story/871638 (London, England--May 20, 2013) Camera Corps (a Vitec Group company) announces the latest version of its ultra-compact PTZF Mini Joystick. Originally launched at the 2010 NAB Show in Las Vegas, PTZF Mini Joystick is designed for restricted-space applications such as commentator-camera control or out Mon, 20 May 2013 17:30:05 GMT http://news.creativecow.net/story/871636 http://news.creativecow.net/story/871636 (Jakarta, Indonesia--May 20, 2013) Originally founded in 2012 to handle post-production on two feature film projects, Prodigi House in Jakarta soon acquired additional clients including Samsung and Honda seeking support with TV commercials. With additional projects and tighter deadlines, the compa Mon, 20 May 2013 17:12:42 GMT http://news.creativecow.net/story/871634 http://news.creativecow.net/story/871634 (Nevada City, California--May 20, 2013) Telestream, the leading provider of digital media tools and workflow solutions, today announced the release of Wirecast 4.3 live streaming production software. This free update adds a new live thumbnail feature for real-time monitoring of all live sources. Wir Mon, 20 May 2013 16:38:17 GMT http://news.creativecow.net/story/871633 http://news.creativecow.net/story/871633 (New York, New York--May 20, 2013) Adorama, one of the worlds largest photography, imaging, video and electronics retailers, and a leading destination for iPhone photo specialty accessories, is now selling the new Flashpoint 180 Monolight Kit. The Flashpoint 180 Monolight is compact and ideal for on Mon, 20 May 2013 16:27:42 GMT http://news.creativecow.net/story/871629 http://news.creativecow.net/story/871629 (Burbank, California--May 20, 2013) MATTHEWS MAX MENACE ARM, designed by key grip Richard Mall and manufactured by MSE, winner of this years Academy SciTech Award takes center stage on New York Street during this years Cinegear Expo. Accompanying MAX are five new Matthews support products LazySuzy ( Mon, 20 May 2013 01:00:00 GMT http://news.creativecow.net/story/871630 http://news.creativecow.net/story/871630 (Marina Bay Sands, Singapore--May 17, 2013) Stand 4G1-03 Emotion Systems, together with partner Media Village, is bringing the latest version of the eFF loudness compliance solution for file-based workflows to Asia. Fri, 17 May 2013 17:59:47 GMT http://news.creativecow.net/story/871631 http://news.creativecow.net/story/871631 (Puchheim, Germany--May 17, 2013) iStopMotion 3.1, the latest upgrade to Boinx Softwares award-winning stop motion animation software, now includes a Screen Capture feature, requested by many users. Artists can easily capture frames from the screen to create stop motion animations or timelapse movie Fri, 17 May 2013 15:40:05 GMT http://news.creativecow.net/story/871628 http://news.creativecow.net/story/871628 (Cypress, California--May 16, 2013) Light Iron, a leading postproduction house based in Los Angeles, has expanded its use of Christie Solaria Series digital cinema projectors offering rich, saturated color, high brightness and sharp, 4K resolution to its ever growing clientele. Thu, 16 May 2013 20:43:29 GMT http://news.creativecow.net/story/871627 http://news.creativecow.net/story/871627 (Hauppauge, New York--May 16, 2013) The Tiffen Company, a leading manufacturer of award-winning accessories for the still imaging, video, motion picture and broadcast markets, is proud to announce Steadicam inventor Garrett Browns induction into the National Inventors Hall of Fame (May 2013). Introd Thu, 16 May 2013 20:36:30 GMT http://news.creativecow.net/story/871626 http://news.creativecow.net/story/871626 (Los Angeles, California--May 16, 2013) Madheart goes its own way. A producer of artfully-crafted advertising of unusual emotional power, the company is led by executive producer Lisa Phillips who has made a habit of zigging when other companies zag. Rejecting the mainstream production company busin Thu, 16 May 2013 20:26:44 GMT http://news.creativecow.net/story/871625 http://news.creativecow.net/story/871625 (Nevada City, California--May 16, 2013) Telestream, the leading provider of digital media tools and workflow solutions, announced that its Episode Engine professional video encoding application has been selected for the third year in a row to encode all Web videos for the Festival de Cannes. Episode Thu, 16 May 2013 20:06:52 GMT http://news.creativecow.net/story/871624 http://news.creativecow.net/story/871624 (Montreal, Canada--May 16, 2013) Rodeo FX, an industry leader in visual effects, has announced the appointment of Audrey Boivin to the position of Producer for the companys Advertising Department. As such, she will be responsible for the production of numerous commercials from a diverse array of cli Thu, 16 May 2013 19:56:37 GMT http://news.creativecow.net/story/871623 http://news.creativecow.net/story/871623 (Waukegan, Illinois--May 16, 2013) Fotodiox announces the LED100WA high-intensity LED lights, a constant light source modeled after a familiar strobe form. Available in 5600K (Daylight) or 3200K (Tungsten) color temperatures, these new lights allow the use of standard strobe accessories like soft bo Thu, 16 May 2013 19:51:29 GMT http://news.creativecow.net/story/871622 http://news.creativecow.net/story/871622 (Montreal, Canada--May 16, 2013) Miranda Technologies, a Belden Brand, a global provider of integrated solutions for production, playout and delivery systems for television broadcasters and multi-system operators, has announced the sale of Mirandas Telecast Cobra 2DT fiber optic camera interfaces fo Thu, 16 May 2013 19:46:06 GMT http://news.creativecow.net/story/871621 http://news.creativecow.net/story/871621 (Cypress, California--May 16, 2013) FOR-A Corporation of America announces that Pacific Television Center (PacTV), a leading provider of global transmission and live broadcast production services, is relying on its UFM-30FRC HDSD frame rate converter for the companys operations. PacTV owns three UFM Thu, 16 May 2013 19:40:03 GMT http://news.creativecow.net/story/871620 http://news.creativecow.net/story/871620 (London amp Boston--May 16, 2013) Aframe, cloud video production and asset management solutions company, named two highly regarded executives from Sega Corporation to its management team. Mike Hayes, Aframes new Chairman of the Board, and Gary Knight, Aframes new Chief Operating Officer, together br Thu, 16 May 2013 19:02:37 GMT http://news.creativecow.net/story/871619 http://news.creativecow.net/story/871619 (Brentwood, New York--May 16, 2013) Euroson America, Inc., an established provider of Data Archive Solutions has released new archive solutions developed for AVID users. These systems are designed to meet the needs of production and post-production facilities with a large throughput of AVID projects Thu, 16 May 2013 18:30:41 GMT http://news.creativecow.net/story/871618 http://news.creativecow.net/story/871618 (Hollywood, California--May 16, 2013) The Hollywood Post Allianceannounces the opening of the Call for Entries for the 8th Annual HPA Thu, 16 May 2013 01:22:31 GMT http://news.creativecow.net/story/871617 http://news.creativecow.net/story/871617 (Iroquois, Canada--May 15, 2013) Introducing Vision Tritium - 3MLE Production Switchers with Vision Octane production power. Tritium combines the stunning VisionOctane feature set within an incredibly budget sensitive new package. Wed, 15 May 2013 23:07:55 GMT http://news.creativecow.net/story/871616 http://news.creativecow.net/story/871616 (London, United Kingdom--May 15, 2013) Based on its recent analysis of the media and entertainment (MampE) video transcoders market, Frost amp Sullivan recognises AmberFin with the 2013 Global Customer Value Enhancement Award. The companys iCR transcoding system supports a wide array of media format Wed, 15 May 2013 21:05:07 GMT http://news.creativecow.net/story/871615 http://news.creativecow.net/story/871615 (Los Angeles, California--May 15, 2013) In an effort to continue to streamline workflows for production and post-production environments with its rack-mounted PIX 260i Production Video Recorder, Sound Devices, experts in portable audio and video products for field production, now offers expanded aud Wed, 15 May 2013 20:24:57 GMT http://news.creativecow.net/story/871614 http://news.creativecow.net/story/871614 (Troms, Norway--May 15, 2013) When the U.K.-based filmmaker and composer Philip Clemo traveled to the northern reaches of Norway to capture footage of the aurora borealis (northern lights) phenomenon, he needed a power system capable not only of running his camera for several hours, but able to with Wed, 15 May 2013 20:21:04 GMT http://news.creativecow.net/story/871613 http://news.creativecow.net/story/871613 (Fremont, California--May 15, 2013) Blackmagic Design today announced that award winning design and digital production company Thornberg amp Forester (TampF) used Blackmagic Cinema Camera to shoot the new Friendlys Build Your Own Burger campaign, which is now airing on httpwww.Friendlys.com and the Wed, 15 May 2013 20:02:00 GMT http://news.creativecow.net/story/871612 http://news.creativecow.net/story/871612 (Boston, Massachusetts--May 15, 2013) Noise Industries, developer of visual effects tools for the post-production and broadcast markets, adds PHYX Flarelight to its plugin platform FxFactory. Designed for use in Final Cut Pro 7 and X, Motion and Adobe After Effects and Premiere Pro, PHYX Flarelight Wed, 15 May 2013 19:05:55 GMT http://news.creativecow.net/story/871611 http://news.creativecow.net/story/871611 (Shelton, Connecticut--May 15, 2013) DP Tom Guilmette took on an assignment at the top of Mt. Washington in New Hampshire, nicknamed Home of the Worlds Worst Weather. He packed his trusted Vinten Vision 100 support system and ascended by Snow Cat to the summit buildings. Shooting conditions were ext Wed, 15 May 2013 18:54:51 GMT http://news.creativecow.net/story/871610 http://news.creativecow.net/story/871610 (Paris amp Hollywood--May 15, 2013) Technicolor, a worldwide technology leader in the media and entertainment sector, today announced the latest version of Technicolor Color Assist, its video color correction and grading software package. Key improvements of version 1.5 include compatibility with Ad Wed, 15 May 2013 18:48:18 GMT http://news.creativecow.net/story/871609 http://news.creativecow.net/story/871609 (Burlington, Massachusetts--May 15, 2013) Avid (NASDAQ AVID) today celebrates The Great Gatsby, the 2013 Cannes Film Festival opener, which was cut on the industrys preeminent nonlinear editing solution, Avid Media Composer. Wed, 15 May 2013 18:37:34 GMT http://news.creativecow.net/story/871607 http://news.creativecow.net/story/871607 (New York amp Philadelphia--May 15, 2013) ShootersINC, the creative multi-dimensional content company, has unveiled an extensive new Directorial roster, including the signing of seven Directors. Joining the company is a diverse group of talent Directors Robert Adamo, Kris Magyarits, Rob Markopoulos, Wed, 15 May 2013 18:00:29 GMT http://news.creativecow.net/story/871606 http://news.creativecow.net/story/871606 (Huntsville, Alabama--May 15, 2013) PESA, a leading U.S.-based custom design and manufacturing company for professional audio and video signal distribution, recently introduced PESA Xstream, a cost effective, comprehensive package for digital media capture, processing, distribution, and storage. Hou Wed, 15 May 2013 17:43:14 GMT http://news.creativecow.net/story/871605 http://news.creativecow.net/story/871605 (Montreal, Canada--May 15, 2013) Matrox Graphics Inc. will feature the new Matrox Maevex 5100 Series video distribution over IP encoders and decoders at InfoComm 2013 in booth 4759. The Maevex products extend full-HD-quality 1080p60 video and audio over standard IP networks, with minimal bandwidth c Wed, 15 May 2013 17:25:59 GMT http://news.creativecow.net/story/871604 http://news.creativecow.net/story/871604 (Nevada City, California--May 15, 2013) Telestream, the leading provider of video transcoding and workflow automation solutions, today announced the expansion of its sales management team to address significant worldwide growth for its enterprise-class video products. Mark Wronski was named Vice Pre Wed, 15 May 2013 17:17:13 GMT http://news.creativecow.net/story/871603 http://news.creativecow.net/story/871603 (Kozy, Poland--May 15, 2013) If you are an artist producing either stock video, templates or music, now you can contribute to the world of digital design, editing and filmmaking - all creative minds are invited to sell their stock footage, templates and music at Stockeon. Contributors have total con Wed, 15 May 2013 17:11:22 GMT http://news.creativecow.net/story/871602 http://news.creativecow.net/story/871602 (Aynho, Oxfordshire--May 15, 2013) The Guild of Television Cameramen announced the winners of its 2013 awards during a presentation at the A Day in the Country venue in Aynho, Oxfordshire, on Saturday 11 May. Wed, 15 May 2013 16:59:03 GMT http://news.creativecow.net/story/871601 http://news.creativecow.net/story/871601 (Guildford, United Kingdom--May 14, 2013) Imagineer Systems, creators of the Academy Award winning mocha Planar Tracking technology, and CoreMelt today announced the immediate availability of a new Final Cut Pro X masking plug-in, SliceX powered by mocha. This new version of SliceX, previewed at NAB Tue, 14 May 2013 21:58:32 GMT http://news.creativecow.net/story/871599 http://news.creativecow.net/story/871599 (Sacramento, California--May 14, 2013) As part of a corporate strategy to streamline its multichannel publishing workflow, The McClatchy Company, the third-largest newspaper publisher in the United States with leading digital operations in each of its markets, will move the websites of all of its da Tue, 14 May 2013 21:45:17 GMT http://news.creativecow.net/story/871598 http://news.creativecow.net/story/871598 (Rochester, New York--May 14, 2013) As part of Kodaks ongoing efforts to support the motion picture film infrastructure, the company has appointed Christian Richter to the newly created role of film lab and studio relationship manager, effective immediately. Richter will be responsible for developin Tue, 14 May 2013 21:26:14 GMT http://news.creativecow.net/story/871597 http://news.creativecow.net/story/871597 (New York City, New York--May 14, 2013) Shutterstock, Inc. (NYSE SSTK), a leading global provider of commercial digital imagery, announced today it has surpassed 1 million licensable video clips in its collection of royalty-free stock footage. The collection features a variety of content from vintag Tue, 14 May 2013 21:22:13 GMT http://news.creativecow.net/story/871596 http://news.creativecow.net/story/871596 (Marina Bay Sands, Singapore--May 14, 2013) Broadcast Asia 2013 - 18-21 June 2013, Booth 5C2-01 Miranda Technologies, a Belden Brand, a global provider of integrated solutions for production, playout and delivery systems for television broadcasters and multi-system operators, has announced that it Tue, 14 May 2013 21:15:40 GMT http://news.creativecow.net/story/871595 http://news.creativecow.net/story/871595 (Grass Valley, California--May 14, 2013) Video company Short amp Spikey specializes in the video engineering production of live stage shows for high profile musical acts. Over the last twelve years, Short amp Spikey Founder Jason Harvey has worked with Lady Gaga, Cher, Madonna, Bon Jovi, Paul McCart Tue, 14 May 2013 21:03:19 GMT http://news.creativecow.net/story/871594 http://news.creativecow.net/story/871594 (Dallas, Texas--May 14, 2013) Mediajuice Studios announced today that it has launched a Kickstarter campaign to finalize its indie documentary film, Video Games The Movie (httpkck.st10F2eCG). Mediajuice Studios, which has created scores of trailers and live-action commercials for the worlds top vide Tue, 14 May 2013 20:54:56 GMT http://news.creativecow.net/story/871593 http://news.creativecow.net/story/871593 (Michigan, United States--May 14, 2013) Michigan-based creative editorial boutique STS-GRIOT offers clients a complete post-production experience delivering rough cuts, finishing, motion graphics, compositing, color grading, sound design and more. Award-winning editors at the mid-size studio collab Tue, 14 May 2013 20:46:50 GMT http://news.creativecow.net/story/871592 http://news.creativecow.net/story/871592 (Boston, Massachusetts--May 14, 2013) EditShare, the technology leader in shared media storage and end-to-end tapeless workflow solutions, announced today the availability of Field 2, its next-generation portable shared storage solution with integrated asset management. The turnkey platform includes Tue, 14 May 2013 20:42:09 GMT http://news.creativecow.net/story/871591 http://news.creativecow.net/story/871591 (Santa Clara, California--May 14, 2013) At the 66th Festival de Cannes, May 15 - 26, several films on the competition roster have been created by filmmakers whose post-production companies used ASSIMILATEs SCRATCH DI software in their digital workflows for conform, color grading, and finishing, ando Tue, 14 May 2013 20:32:56 GMT http://news.creativecow.net/story/871590 http://news.creativecow.net/story/871590 (Burbank, California--May 14, 2013) Whether you attended NAB this year, or couldnt make it, you wont want to miss this months Editors Lounge where attendees will have the chance to get an up-close look at all the new features and latest gear from Avid. Product designers and managers of Media Compose Tue, 14 May 2013 18:58:42 GMT http://news.creativecow.net/story/871589 http://news.creativecow.net/story/871589 (Pesaro, Italy--May 13, 2013) Researcher and eco-acoustic composer David Monacchi has been using DPA Microphones 4060 Miniature Microphones to capture the sounds of the rainforest as part of his long-term environmental sound-art project entitled Fragments of Extinction. Monacchi, who is Professor of Mon, 13 May 2013 20:05:16 GMT http://news.creativecow.net/story/871588 http://news.creativecow.net/story/871588 (New York, United States--May 13, 2013) Disconnect, the new drama from LD Entertainment and director Henry Alex Rubin, weaves three loosely related narrative lines, each of which relates to the internet and the way it is affecting human relationships. The protagonists of its three plot lines include Mon, 13 May 2013 19:55:37 GMT http://news.creativecow.net/story/871587 http://news.creativecow.net/story/871587 (Secaucus, New Jersey--May 13, 2013) As part of its initiative to deliver full workflow solutions to its customers leveraging the breadth of the Panasonic product line, Panasonic System Communications Company has partnered with Dejero (Kitchener, Ontario) to offer a bonded cellular video uplink solu Mon, 13 May 2013 18:41:32 GMT