| | | | Master Revolution: DVnor Builds File-based Media Facility Around AmberFin Ingest, Transcoding and QC Technology
 AmberFin iCR Opens Doors to New Ways of Working at Leading Scandinavian Media Facility
Leading Scandinavian media facility, Oslo-based DVnor, has announced the successful completion of an infrastructure expansion project which sees it basing its digital file-based workflows on the AmberFin iCR software platform. Established in 2005 as a mastering facility to support the production of physical media such as DVD and Blu-ray in the local Norwegian market, DVnor’s adoption of file-based workflows enables the media facility to efficiently create file-based masters. These masters are subsequently transcoded into a number of formats to service Scandinavian customers such as iTunes, Netflix and IPTV VOD service providers. On this project, AmberFin has worked closely with its regional channel partner, Danmon Norge.
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| | | | Visual Data Awarded Netflix Preferred Vendor Status
 Digital Supply Chain Optimization and High Standards of Quality Ensured for Streaming
Visual Data Media Services - a data centric facility supporting the creation, transformation, management, and distribution of content for all media platforms - has been awarded Preferred Vendor Status by Netflix. Visual Data is one of only 12 companies globally, and one of just three in the Los Angeles market, chosen as a Netflix Preferred Vendor.
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| | | | Tektronix Eases Video Ingest For Streaming
New "Netflix Delivery Standards" Testing Helps Streamline Digital Supply Chain
Tektronix, Inc., the market leader in broadcast video test, monitoring and analysis solutions, today announced that its Cerify File-Based QC solution has been certified by Netflix, making it easier for content suppliers to deliver video for streaming.
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| | | | Infostrada introduces SmartVOD, a cloud-based turnkey VOD solution for premium content owners
- Enables content owners to market video assets across multiple platforms -
At NAB 2013 Infostrada introduces SmartVOD, a new cloud-based turnkey solution that enables broadcasters, MSOs, retail chains and content owners to cost-effectively create their own video on demand services or market their premium video assets across multiple platforms. It includes a dedicated video storage facility, advanced management software, and the multi-platform customer interface.
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| | | | Schneider Filters Aid Iconic Images on Breaking Bad for Slovis
 ASC cinematographer Michael Slovis’ challenge in shooting AMC’s Breaking Bad goes beyond the intricate storylines about the consequences of the life choices made by the main character. The New Mexico location offers a wide variety of looks and camera/lighting situations. Life is never dull on this acclaimed series. To make the most out of what he has, Slovis often relies on his favorite filters, the True-Pols® from Schneider.
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| | | | MOMA chooses WSCF for Documentary Fortnight
 MOMA chooses WSCF to screen during Documentary Fortnight, as part of a special section celebrating POV films! Screening Saturday, March 2 at 2:00 PM. Documentary Fortnight 2013: MoMA’s International Festival of Nonfiction Film and Media
Quincy Hill Films, producers of WHERE SOLDIERS COME FROM, are proud to announce that Where Soldiers Come From has been chosen to screen at MOMO’s prestigious Documentary Fortnight as part of MOMA Selects POV at 25, which highlights award-winning films from the past 25 years of television’s longest-running showcase for independent documentary. WSCF will be screening Saturday, March 2 at 2 PM.
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| | | | Testronic Announces Expansion of File-Based QC Lab
State-of-the-Art Lab Adds UltraViolet Interoperability Testing, Secure Management of Internet Access, and Downstream Deliverables
Testronic Labs, the global leader in quality assurance services for film and television, games, consumer electronics, enterprise, and publishing, has completed a significant expansion to its award-winning File-Based QC Lab (the File-Based Lab), located in the company's First Street facility in Burbank, California. Building upon the existing secure infrastructure, the File-Based Lab has been upgraded to provide UltraViolet(tm) Interoperability Testing capabilities and related test automation services, including extended services and environments to support the evolving digital ecosystem from mastering to consumer distribution.
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| | | | FotoKem Automates nextLAB Integration with PIX System
 Improved Process Powers “House of Cards” Dailies
The latest version of FotoKem’s award-winning nextLAB™ software for advanced media management now automates the transfer of dailies to PIX System’s industry-leading digital collaboration service. nextLAB transcodes the source media files, and immediately uploads the material and over 60 fields of searchable metadata per take directly into PIX. This strategic relationship increases the efficiency of a dailies workflow, and makes it easier for productions to securely access and leverage not just their media, but all the associated production data.
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| | | | Lionsgate Forges Output Deal with Russia's West Company
Deal Continues Lionsgate's Creation of an International Distribution Network with Top Partners in Major Territories Around the World
As part of its strategy of establishing output agreements with leading distributors around the world, Lionsgate (NYSE: LGF), a leading global entertainment company, has forged an output deal with Russia's West Company for distribution of Lionsgate titles in Russia and the other nations of the Commonwealth of Independent States (CIS) region, the two companies announced today.
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| | | | Lionsgate And Studiocanal Expand Worldwide Partnership, Establish Long-Term Agreement For Germany And Austria
Multiyear Agreement Is Latest Step In Lionsgate's Creation of An International Distribution Network With Blue-Chip Partners In Major Territories Around The World
Building on their multifaceted worldwide partnership and continuing the Lionsgate strategy of creating an international distribution network with blue-chip partners in major territories around the world, Lionsgate (NYSE: LGF), a leading global entertainment company, has signed a multiyear agreement with media giant STUDIOCANAL for Lionsgate films in Germany and Austria, the two companies announced today.
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| | | | Bodega's HELLO LONESOME on DVD on May 29th
New York/San Francisco-based content creation/production company Bodega is proud to announce the DVD release, through Film Movement, of indie feature film Hello Lonesome starring James Urbaniak (American Splendor), Lynn Cohen (Sex and the City), Sabrina Lloyd (Aaron Sorkin’s Sports Night), Harry Chase, and Nate Smith. The Spirit Award-nominated film weaves together the worlds of six flawed yet endearing individuals as they explore those age-old human desires: to love and be loved. The film, which received the Best Ensemble Jury Award at the 2010 Los Angeles Film Festival, will be available for purchase in retail locations in the U.S. and Canada and streaming online through iTunes, Amazon, Hulu and Netflix on May 29, 2012.
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| | | | Film Chest Builds End-To-End Restoration Pipeline with Digital Vision Tools
Innovative Company with Extensive Classic Film Library Unearths and Restores Media Gems with Golden Eye III and Phoenix
Digital Vision has announced that Film Chest has chosen the Golden Eye III film scanner and Phoenix, the industry's premium film, video and digital restoration and mastering solution, to power their expanded pipeline for television and motion picture restoration and distribution. The Golden Eye III film scanner and Phoenix restoration software were installed earlier this year in Film Chest's Bridgeport, Connecticut facility. Film Chest Media Group was founded by Philip E. Hopkins and Ralph E. Stevens, who helm the company.
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| | | | Aspera Delivers on the Promise of the Cloud at NAB 2012
Aspera Takes File-based Media Workflows to the Cloud with Breakthrough On-demand Transport Solutions
Aspera, Inc., creators of next-generation software technologies that move the world’s data at maximum speed, will be demonstrating what is now possible in the cloud for digital media companies at NAB 2012. Aspera will be introducing its Direct-to-S3 transfer software allowing for seamless, high speed and secure data transfer of file-based digital content at any global distance through this innovative combination of Aspera’s patented fasp TM transport technology with cloud based “object” storage such as Amazon S3. Throughout the event, Aspera will be showcasing its industry-standard product line enabled with this new capability for high-speed data access in public and private cloud environments and, with Amazon Web Services, will be showing the efficient, large scale workflows that are now possible. As part of the official NAB conference program, Aspera president Michelle Munson will be presenting the advanced capabilities, new workflow possibilities, and cost advantages of these solutions at the Cloud Computing Conference on Monday, April 16.
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| | | | Premiere Digital Services Connects More Than 20 Workstations to Small Tree Shared Storage
Digital Distribution and Encoding Facility Streamlines Workflow
With upwards of 20 Mac-based workstations handling projects simultaneously from major clients such as iTunes, Netflix and Hulu, the decision to shift to Ethernet shared storage technology from Small Tree to replace the endless array of independent drives throughout their facility was an easy one for Premiere Digital Services (PDS).
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| | | | Royale Continues Upward Ascent With Spate Of New Hires & New Space
Year 4 is off to a roaring start for Royale following a recent move into a larger space and a spate of new hires. The motion design & production studio has added Head of Production Danielle Hazan, 3D Lead/CG Supervisor Andy Lyon and Art Director Jonathan Kim to its already deep roster of talent. To accommodate its steady growth, Royale has also moved into a new, nearly 5,000-square-foot space.
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| | | | Superfad Enjoys Cinematic Moments With Netflix
 In a cinematic 30 seconds, the new spot for Netflix Instant takes us from the pulse-pounding heights of an action film to the sandy shores of true romance to the chilly climate of an Arctic documentary. Working with agency Goodby, Silverstein & Partners, director Will Hyde developed scenes that play to the hyperbolized stylization of each genre, with a fluid edit that seamlessly transitions from one to the next. The reveal that all of these movies live on your TV or laptop via Netflix brings home the point that movies are more accessible - and more watchable - than ever.
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| | | | Keynote Systems and AppDynamics Announce Cloud Application Performance Management Partnership
Two Cloud Innovators Team Up to Manage the Performance of Cloud Applications
Keynote Systems(Nasdaq: KEYN), the global leader in Internet and mobile cloud monitoring, and AppDynamics, the next generation application performance management company for modern application architectures in both the cloud and the data center, today announced a marketing partnership that focuses on maximizing the performance and availability of cloud applications for corporate enterprises worldwide.
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| | | | POP Sound Upgrades Mixing Studios to Digidesign ICON
POP Sound-seeking to capitalize on growing demand for multi-channel mixing for television spots-has completed major upgrades to two of its commercial mixing suites, with both now featuring latest generation Digidesign ICON mixing consoles and Pro Tools digital audio workstations.
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| | | | Adobe Extends Flash Platform to Digital Home
Silicon, OEM, Cable and Content Partners Embrace Adobe Flash Platform for Televisions, Set-Top Boxes and Blu-Ray Players
At the 2009 NAB Show, Adobe Systems Incorporated (Nasdaq:ADBE) today announced the extension of the Adobe® Flash® Platform to connected digital home devices with an optimized implementation of Flash technology that delivers high definition (HD) video and rich applications to Internet-connected televisions, set-top boxes, Blu-ray players and other devices in the digital living room.
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| | | | News: DMGI Selects Telestream Episode for High-Volume Media Encoding
Episode Engine chosen for high-quality, high-volume output and to meet DMGI's need to distribute video to iTunes, Joost, YouTube, Amazon and more
Telestream, the leading provider of media workflow solutions, today announced that its Episode Series encoding applications were chosen by digital media aggregator and distributor, DMGI, to process thousands of hours of video footage for distribution to digital video retailers.
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| | | | |  Articles and Tutorials: House of CardsNetflix is distributing all 13 episodes of its first season House of Cards at once, on streaming platforms. That's not all that makes this new political drama series unique. With David Fincher as an executive producer and director of the first two episodes, you'd expect a digitally-savvy pipeline and you'd be correct. In this story, Fincher's post production supervisor Peter Mavromates and assistant editor Tyler Nelson talk about how FotoKem's newly evolved nextLAB system played a role in streamlining the post pipeline.Read Article Subscribemore articles » Blogs: Apple and their TV hobbyRecently at the D: All Things Digital conference Tim Cook, when asked about the various Apple TV rumors, said that TV is "an area of intense interest for [Apple]." In the past Steve Jobs referred to Apple TV as a hobby and ever since then Apple fans have been waiting...Read Blog Subscribe Making Money from Nothing When the Flicks Are FreeThe explosion in new business models and consumption modes for media companies is staggering. Today I watched the local news on my HDTV in the morning, scrolled through multimedia content including made-for-web video on my favorite websites at work, downloaded TV show preview clips on my smartphone and programmed my...Read Blog Subscribe The Return of Horrors of War II : the Wrath of Hitler’s FingerIt seems I can never escape my first film. HORRORS OF WAR just popped up in Sweden. All new DVD art, and without any notice to the producers, directors, or anyone else. The new cover art is obviously inspired by Inglourious Basterds, but pretty darn cool. SEE PIC BELOW Along...Read Blog Subscribemore blogs » Podcasts:Episode #005 - October 20, 2005Episode 005 - Adobe After Effects with Bill O'Neil, Apple Aperture new Powerbooks and G5 Quad, HD-DVD with Ron Lindeboom, iRiver U10 and Macromedia Flash Lite, Skype, Netflix and much more creative tech news - www.creativecow.netTune In Subscribemore podcasts »Related Tags | | | | |
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