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News: MOTU ships new HDX-SDI video interface for Mac and Windows
New HDX-SDI Video Interface Is Now Shipping
MOTU is now shipping the HDX-SDI video interface for Mac and Windows . With the blazing speed of PCI Express, the HDX-SDI turns a Mac or PC desktop or laptop computer into a powerful HD/SD video production workstation equipped with all the I/O needed for professional capture and monitoring.
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News: STEELE Studios accelerates RED workflow with Quantel for Cindy Crawford
New commercials put to bed in record time on Pablo by leading LA post boutique
STEELE Studios , known for its wide variety of services including DI, Visual Effects, Graphics, Online and Beauty, has recently purchased new Quantel technology to provide dramatically faster RED One Camera workflows.
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News: Telestream Named Industry Leader in the Global Video Transcoders Market
Frost & Sullivan honors Telestream with 2009 Global Competitive Strategy Leadership Award and 2009 World Market Share Leadership Award
Telestream, a provider of world-class video transcoding solutions, affirms its leadership position with the announcement that Frost & Sullivan has presented the company with two 2009 Global Video Transcoders Market Leadership Awards.
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News: Digital Rapids Receives Dual Honors for 2009 Broadband Video Transcoding Leadership and Strategy from Frost & Sullivan
Recognized with Market Share Leadership Award and selected to Hot Company Watchlist in World Broadband Video Transcoders Market
Digital Rapids, the leading provider of tools and solutions for bringing television, film and web content to wider audiences, announced today that the company has been recognized with two prestigious accolades from respected global analyst firm Frost & Sullivan.
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News: Monkeyhead Uses MAXON CINEMA 4D To Deliver High-Voltage 3D Motion Graphics Promo Package For HBO’s ‘The 25TH Anniversary of the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame Concert’, November 29
CINEMA 4D’s Acclaimed NetRender and MoGraph Modules Used to Create Instrument Images Associated with Legendary Rock Stars Performing in Historic Concert Telecast
MAXON Computer, a leading developer of professional 3D modeling, painting, animation and rendering solutions, today announced that Monkeyhead, a Culver City, Calif.-based motion design studio specializing in commercial spots, broadcast show packages, branded entertainment, movie/TV titles and visual effects sequences, leveraged MAXON’s award-winning CINEMA 4D 3D software application, to create a bleeding-edge motion graphics-intensive 30-second teaser graphic spot and an entire promo graphic package for HBO’s highly anticipated "The 25th Anniversary of the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame Concert".
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News: Softel CEO Sam Pemberton Presents Strategies for SME Success at IABM 'Survival of the Fittest' Conference
Softel CEO Sam Pemberton will join other senior figures in the SME sector of the broadcast industry to present strategies for success in difficult economic conditions at the 2009 IABM conference.
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News: Element Technica Quasar™ 3D Rigs Now in Use
Element Technica, whose groundbreaking series of Technica 3D Rigs are designed to precisely position a pair of cameras to achieve realistic stereoscopic digital video for broadcast and cinema, is now delivering the first new Quasar™ 3D Rigs to owner/operators and camera rental houses.
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News: Release of Phantasm CS Publisher
Bringing superior design and pre-press features to Adobe Illustrator
Building on the release in 2008 of Phantasm CS Studio, Astute Graphics is reaching out further to the high-end design and pre-press markets with the latest in its award-winning and acclaimed Adobe Illustrator plugin range; Phantasm CS Publisher.
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News: GenArts Announces Next Generation Of Sapphire
Unprecedented Performance and Quality Gains to Reshape Compositing Workflows
GenArts Inc., the premier provider of specialized visual effects software for the film, television and video industries, announced today GenArts Sapphire™ 5. The latest software upgrade is fully GPU-enabled to provide artists a completely interactive user experience at HD resolutions, while accelerating render speeds up to 700 percent.
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News: Speedshape Welcomes Steven Spieczny as Managing Director
Digital production studio Speedshape has named Steven Spieczny as Managing Director. With the addition of Spieczny, Speedshape elevates its pioneering role as leaders of the digital production model, while refining its increasingly prominent role in shaping branding, marketing and advertising deliveries, as traditional media continues shifting to digital.
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News: Canon U.S.A. Introduces The KJ22ex7.6B HDgc Multi-Purpose Portable Zoom Lens For 2/3-Inch ENG Cameras
Latest Member of Canon’s “Second-Generation” HDgc Product Line Combines Cost-Effective Design Innovations With High-End Performance
Continually advancing its product line with world-renowned optical expertise, Canon U.S.A., Inc., a leader in digital imaging, has introduced the KJ22ex7.6B, the newest member of its “second-generation” line of cost-effective HDgc portable HD lenses.
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News: ARRIFLEX D-21 Captures Eclectic TV Slate
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Acclaimed for its ability to render filmlike images, the ARRIFLEX D-21 digital camera is an industry workhorse with a slate of TV shows admired by audiences and critics alike.
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News: Image Metrics Provides Facial Animation For "Assassin's Creed II"
Precise Animation Technology Adds Lifelike Intensity To Supporting Characters In Highly Anticipated Sequel to Blockbuster Ubisoft® Title
Image Metrics, the leading provider of facial animation technology and services for the entertainment industry, has provided facial animation for many cut scenes in the highly anticipated action adventure video game Assassin's Creed II.
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News: Bennett-Watt HD Productions, Inc Adds 2000 New Clips to Their Stock Footage Library
“The new HD Stock Footage website just added over 2000 new clips in their Americana Stock Footage Library”, Jim Watt, president of Bennett-Watt HD Productions said today.
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News: Creative Production Firm Bullet Adds Two Producers; Launches Offices In Los Angeles and Amsterdam
Company Welcomes Veteran Producers Damon Webster and Andrea Leminske
Bullet, the year-old creative production firm founded by producer Oscar Thomas, has announced some significant moves -- the addition of Executive Producer Damon Webster and Digital Content Producer Andrea Leminske, and the launch of new offices in Los Angeles, CA, and Amsterdam, The Netherlands.
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News: Autodesk Hosts Eleventh 3December Global Celebration
Company Partners with Dell, Intel and Wacom to Provide Opportunity for 3D Artists Worldwide to Connect
Autodesk, Inc., will host its annual 3December event to celebrate 3D computer graphics, and the artists who create them. Running from December 1-10, the event will include live and virtual activities that connect thousands of 3D artists from around the world.
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News: Nexsan Expands Highly Efficient Storage with 84TB SATABeast
Storage System Doubles Capacity in 4U of Rack Space For Greater Power, Space and Cost Efficiency
Nexsan, a leading storage system provider today announced at the company’s NexStep EMEA VAR conference that it has doubled the capacity of the award-winning SATABeast™ storage system from 42TB to 84TB in only four units of rack space.
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News: Prime Focus VFX Adds Sparkle to 'The Twilight Saga: New Moon'
Contributes 175 Shots to Chris Weitz-Directed Follow-Up to Hugely Successful 'Twilight' Film
Prime Focus VFX, formerly Frantic Films VFX, has completed 175 visual effects shots for the Summit Entertainment release, "The Twilight Saga: New Moon" directed by Chris Weitz.
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News: Leading Training Organization’s In-House Video Production Team Turns to Small Tree’s GraniteSTOR Technology to Streamline Project Management
Ethernet-Based Shared Storage Technology Improves Efficiency
For nearly 30 years, Management & Training Corporation has been providing life changing opportunities via its successful job training program through the federal government’s Job Corps.
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News: MAXON Congratulates 3D Design Category Winner in the Cut&Paste 2009 Digital Design Tournament’s First-Ever Global Championship
Gabriel Smetzer of San Francisco Taps CINEMA 4D’s Rich 3D Toolset Taking Top Honors in the Leading International Competition Celebrating Independent Design and Creativity
MAXON a leading developer of professional 3D modeling, painting, animation and rendering solutions, congratulates Gabriel Smetzer on winning the 2009 Cut&Paste Digital Design Tournament’s first-ever Global Championship in the 3D Competition category
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News: Holophone's H2-PRO Scores A Hat Trick For Soccer Broadcasts On Three Major Italian Networks
Italy’s Soccer Championship and Champions/Europa League Events Covered in HD Video and Dolby Surround Sound for Mediaset, Sky Italy and Ra
Frame S.P.A, a leading Italian-based television production company specializing in both national and international broadcasts, turned to Holophone’s H2-PRO for Italy’s Soccer Championship and several Champions/Europa League Events.
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News: Autodesk Collaborates With DreamWorks and Imageworks on Mudbox for Linux
Autodesk Consulting Provides Linux Pipeline Implementation for Mudbox Digital Sculpting and Texture Painting Software
Autodesk, Inc. has announced that DreamWorks Animation SKG, Inc. and Sony Pictures Imageworks are integrating Autodesk Mudbox software into their Linux-based production pipelines. Autodesk Consulting's custom development team worked collaboratively with teams at Imageworks and DreamWorks to port the digital sculpting and texture painting software to the Linux platform. Mudbox for Linux is available through Autodesk Consulting services.
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News: Digital Vision Announces Michael Freudenthal as CEO
Digital Vision has today named Michael Freudenthal as CEO, starting as of December. This announcement follows strong Q3 results and continues the company’s investment in key staff to develop and deliver innovative image enhancement and restoration solutions.
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News: BBC Motion Gallery Illuminates Top Fall Film Releases
Clips licensed to The Twilight Saga: New Moon--Men Who Stare at Goats and Capitalism: A Love Story
BBC Motion Gallery, the international clip licensing arm of BBC Worldwide, has once again been a resource for Hollywood filmmakers with the license of various clips for major fall theatrical releases.
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News: Prime Focus Names Mark Intravartolo Creative Director, North America
Prime Focus, one of the world's leading visual entertainment services groups, has named Mark Intravartolo Creative Director for North America.
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News: Troika Design Group Shines a Spotlight on Polsky Films
One of Hollywood's hottest producing duos turns to Troika to rock its theatrical debut
Troika Design Group, a strategic branding and design agency for media and entertainment companies, has been tapped by Polsky Films, an independent feature film production company, to produce its signature logo animation.
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News: FutureWorks completes RED-shot AR Rahman music video in one day on Quantel Pablo
'Slumdog Millionaire' Oscar winner turns to leading Mumbai DI house for speed and quality
Mumbai, India post and DI house, FutureWorks, has just completed post production of a music video promoting The One Drop Foundation on its Quantel Pablo and Genetic Engineering systems.
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News: Sony Sound Series Downloadable Loops & Samples Collections Now Available At Retailers Nationwide
New Retail Product Provides Gateway to Expanding Catalog of Sony Sound Series Titles
Sony Creative Software, a leading provider of professional video and audio production applications, today announced that nationwide retailers are offering download codes for Sony Sound Series Loops & Samples in-store.
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News: Softel Swift vTX Subtitling Now Available in Grab Networks Video Server Solution
Softel and online video specialists Grab Networks have announced a partnership for Grab to supply the Softel Swift vTX subtitling and captioning solution as an integrated component of Grab Networks video server solutions.
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News: Bella Corporation Ships the HD Mouse 2.0
JSM 3.1 and Black Friday Specials
Bella Corporation today announced they are shipping version 2.0 software for the HD Mouse and version 3.1 software drivers are now available for their award winning jog/shuttle keyboards.
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News: Belgium's VRT Upgrades SNG Van With Wohler AMP1-16-3G 3G- and Dolby®-Capable 16-Channel Audio/Video Monitor
First Installation of Forward-Looking, OLED-Equipped AMP1-16-3G Audio/Video Monitoring System Brings Cost, Power, and Space Savings to HD Production
Wohler Technologies Inc. today announced that Belgium's Flemish Radio and Television Network , the public broadcasting network of the Flemish community, is the first company to deploy the AMP1-16-3G.
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News: Matrox Announces Windows 7 Support for the Matrox MXO2 Family of Professional I/O Devices
Also available with Matrox MAX technology for lightning fast H.264 HD encoding
Matrox® Video Products Group today announced Windows 7 support for Matrox MXO2 LE, MXO2 and MXO2 Rack. The Matrox MXO2 family of I/O devices streamlines editing with Adobe CS4 Production Premium. These devices provide all the features of an I/O card in a sturdy breakout box with professional audio and video connectivity. The Matrox MXO2 devices are also available with Matrox MAX technology for accelerated H.264 file creation using Adobe Media Encoder.
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News: Sony Pictures Entertainment Selects FilmLight's Baselight for New Post Facility
Installation includes three Baselight EIGHT systems for new 4K DI grading theatres
FilmLight today announces delivery of seven Baselight colour grading systems to Sony Pictures Entertainment. The systems will be installed at its newly-built digital intermediate facilities on the Sony Studios lot in Culver City, California, and connected to the studio's Digital Backbone.
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News: Get the Look of Sci-Fi Holograms with Holomatrix from Red Giant Software
Recreate holographic effects with just a few clicks
Red Giant Software has released Holomatrix, a new After Effects plug-in that lets you control your reality and offers a new dimension in effect generation.
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News: RIOT Atlanta Brands Web/TV Cross Platform Network Halogen From the Ground Up
Halogen, a new integrated web/TV network owned by the South Carolina-based Inspiration Network, came to RIOT for a unique, attention-grabbing look for their on-air IDs, bumpers and other network branding that would also integrate seamlessly online.
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News: Holophone PortaMic 5.1 and PortaMic PRO Models Now Shipping
Holophone®, the leading manufacturer of surround microphones, is now shipping its PortaMic 5.1 and PortaMic Pro camera-mountable surround microphones.
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News: Switronix Releases NEW 3200K 75w Dimmable LED Light
Switronix has just released a new 3200K version of its Popular TorchLED Dimmable LED Lighting line.
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News: Digital Domain's Game Face for 'Assassin's Creed II'
Digitally Enhanced Faces of Assassin's Victims Haunt Viewers in Commercial for New Ubisoft Release
Digital Domain forces viewers to stare deep into the faces of the freshly deceased in "Eyes," a television commercial for "Assassin's Creed II," the new third-person action-adventure video game from Ubisoft.
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News: Pegasys Introduces TMPGEnc KARMA..Plus
Video Organizing and Viewing Software with NVIDIA® CUDATM Support
Pegasys, Inc., the company that makes digital video easy, announces the availability of TMPGEnc KARMA..Plus.
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News: LA City College Installs FOR-A Switcher as Part of HD Conversion
As part of a recent studio conversion to HD, the Cinema-Television Department at Los Angeles City College in California installed a FOR-A HVS-1500HS digital video switcher with an HVS-16OUB 16-button control panel.
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News: Erik Press Named Executive Producer at Zoic Studios
Star Trek: The Original Series
Award-winning visual effects and digital production house Zoic Studios has named Erik Press to the strategic role of Executive Producer.
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News: SMNY Brings In New Head of Production
Smoke & Mirrors New York is proud to announce the addition of Sue Romweber as head of production.
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News: Renderosity Purchases 3D Content from Vanishing Point
Renderosity now owns over 500 3D models under its RPublishing brand
Renderosity today announced the acquisition of 3D Marketplace Vanishing Point’s 3D content library. The purchase of these resources will allow Renderosity to offer a much larger selection of 3D models and resources under its Marketplace brand RPublishing.
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News: FutureWorks completes RED-shot AR Rehman music video in one day on Quantel Pablo
‘Slumdog Millionaire’ double Oscar winner turns to leading Mumbai DI house for speed and quality in production of Greenpeace promotion
Mumbai, India post and DI house, FutureWorks, has just completed post production of a music video promoting Greenpeace on its Quantel Pablo and Genetic Engineering systems.
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News: Cine-Tal Expands Film Profiling Services
Film profiling services for cineSpace customers goes global with services offered in North America and Australia.
Cine-tal Systems, a developer of image monitoring and color management solutions, announces the expansion of its cineSpace film profiling services. Cine-tal's cineSpace customers can now receive overnight film profiling services in North America as well as in the company's operations in Australia.
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News: DCS Event to explore tapeless workflow at the motion picture lab
Attendees will get up-close look at FotoKem’s new specialty division nextLAB
The Digital Cinema Society , an international nonprofit educational cooperative invites the professional production community to a meeting exploring tapeless workflow at the motion picture lab. The meeting will take place on Saturday, December 5, from 10:00 AM until Noon, at FotoKem in Burbank.
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News: VidiGo Partners with Varto Technologies on VidiGo Graphics in New York Metro Area
Revolutionary Broadcast Application Now Being Marketed by Leading Broadcast Provider in Northeastern USA
VidiGo, the creators of VidiGo Graphics is pleased to announce that Varto Technologies of East Rutherford, New Jersey, USA, has become a reseller and integrator of VidiGo Graphics HD, a software application that allows for the real-time, high quality insertion of any PC, Web or Flash® graphics into a professional SD/HD SDI stream.
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News: 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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News: Petrol™ Introduces Bag for Red One Camera
Petrol™, a Vitec Group brand, introduces the Petrol Red Bag , an innovative new camera carrier specifically designed to transport and protect the Red One digital camera.
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News: Inter BEE 2009: Autodesk to Present Visual Effects Software and a Tech Preview
Preview Provides Glimpse of Future Technology: Autodesk Smoke Editorial Finishing System on the Mac OS X Platform
Autodesk, Inc., is participating in the International Broadcast Equipment Exhibition in Hall 7, Booth 7407, at the Makuhari Messe Convention Center in Chiba, Japan, November 18-20, 2009.
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