News: NewTek TriCaster™ Brings World’s Largest Pro Surfing Competition to Fans Go211 Live Featuring Honda US Open of Surfing to be produced and web streamed live
NewTek Inc., manufacturer of industry-leading video and 3D animation products, today announced that Go211.com, the leading social networking website for action sports enthusiasts, has chosen TriCaster™ portable live production system to produce and web stream Go211 Live, the largest action sports, music and lifestyle festival in North America, which takes place July 24-27 from Huntington Beach, California.
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News: Broadcast Pix Launches New Channel Program for Americas Three-Tiered Dealer Program to Support Company’s Explosive Sales Growth
Broadcast Pix™, the company that redefined the production switcher as a live integrated production system, today announced that it recently launched a new Channel Program for the Americas to support its rapidly expanding marketing efforts and explosive growth.
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News: MainConcept Releases New Video Converter for Mac/Intel MainConcept Reference 1.5 Brings Multi-Codec Support to a Variety of Markets Including Post Production, Broadcast, Cinema, Internet & Mobile TV and IPTV solutions
MainConcept GmbH, a wholly-owned subsidiary of DivX, Inc. and one of the world’s leading providers of video and audio codecs as well as software development kits to the broadcast, film and consumer electronic markets, today announced that it has released the next step of its Cross Platform Encoder application called MainConcept™ Reference 1.5 in a new version for Mac/Intel.
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News: Visual Effects Software Leader Genarts Hires Katherine Hays As CEO Former Massive, Inc. Founder and COO Will Lead GenArts Following Strategic Investment from Insight Venture Partners
GenArts, a leading provider of visual effects software for the film, broadcast and video industries, announced today that former Massive Inc. Chief Operating Officer and Co-Founder Katherine Hays has been hired as CEO.
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News: Citizen Pictures and Base2Studios Prevail at 2008 Telly Awards
Quality results in quantity for two Colorado-based film production and post-production companies. Citizen Pictures and sister company Base2Studios surpassed competition in the 29th Annual Telly Awards and together took home ten Telly’s.
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News: Expansion Team Composes Soundtrack To Jet Blue’s In-Flight Entertainment Creative Director Alex Moulton Strikes Perfect Note Airlines In-Flight Branding/Identity Package
Launching a revamped in-flight premium movie service, airline jetBlue turned to original music/sound design/licensing house Expansion Team to brand the launch of the new 'jetBlue features.'
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News: Smoke & Mirrors New York Takes Flight with Subaru
In the new Subaru spot Fly Out helmed by Oscar nominated Shine director Scott Hicks via Carmichael Lynch, Smoke & Mirrors New York Creative Director Sean Broughton leads his VFX team in the creation of a bird sanctuary teeming with thousands of rare species.
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News: Perspective Studios Opens Animation and Motion Capture Studios in Los Angeles Company Expands with Full-Service Motion Capture in Santa Monica and a Growing Slate of Production Partnerships and Original IP
Perspective Studios, a leading creator of animation and motion capture for feature film, television, commercials and video games, announced today the opening of a West Coast studio in Santa Monica, California.
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News: Announcing the New 32GB, 64GB and 128GB Ridata Ultra-S Plus MLC SSD Featuring Lower Cost and Large Capacities - Drives Offer A Fast Read Speed of Up to 128 MB/per sec and Write Speed Up to 80 MB/per sec
Advanced Media, Inc., is a manufacturer and marketer of the popular Ridata brand of recordable CD and DVD media, electronic storage products, and digital media accessories.
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News: Sony, Avid and Mesoft to Offer Joint Demo of Workflow Technologies “Midsummer Night’s Digital Dream” Event Hosted by LA Digital Post will Feature a Complete Digital Media Workflow
On July 24th, Sony, Avid and Mesoft will offer television professionals an up close view of today’s best practices in digital media production as they conduct a joint demonstration of the latest innovations in workflow technologies for television and film both in the field and in post production.
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News: Optical Sandwich Deploys Globalstor's Extremestor-DI Tower For Real-Time Playback On "Kisses"
Globalstor Data Corporation, a premier OEM integrator of high performance RAID, SAN and storage/video servers, is pleased to announce that Dublin’s Optical Sandwich tapped its Globalstor ExtremeStor-DI Tower to support the post house’s first 2k digital intermediate project, the feature film Kisses.
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News: Artbeats Accelerates Nature with "Grow! 2" Experience the Beauty of Flowers and Plants in Rapid Timelapse; Available in High Definition
View hours of botanical growth compressed into seconds with Grow! 2, Artbeats’ latest addition to its extensive library of royalty-free stock footage.
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News: IDX CAM~WAVE HD Camera Is Wire-free With AMIMON’s Wireless Uncompressed HD Technology Excellent Quality, Convenience and Cost Savings; No Wires, No Latency, No Signal Delay
AMIMON Inc., an emerging leader in semiconductor technology for wireless high-definition video, has cooperated with IDX, a premier manufacturer and supplier of batteries and equipment to the international broadcast and professional video industry, in the introduction of its CW-5HD, the world’s first Wireless Uncompressed HD system for professional HD cameras.
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News: Telestream Expands Desktop Product Distribution in Central Europe Effective immediately, New Media AV to serve as master distributor to enhance local sales and support for Flip4Mac, Pipeline and Episode desktop products in Germany and Spain
Telestream today announced a master distributor relationship with New Media AV of Germany for distribution of its desktop digital media products in Germany and Spain.
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News: The CalDigit RAID Card is now shipping
The CalDigit RAID Card is the perfect addition to any PCIe equipped desktop computer. It allows you to add a hardware RAID to 4 internal hard drives as well as the ability to add up to 12 drives externally.
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News: BuderEngel Makes a Splash for Monterey Bay Aquarium
San Francisco-based advertising agency BuderEngel rolled out a series of branding and marketing initiatives to showcase the renovation of, Splash Zone: Ocean Homes at the Monterey Bay Aquarium, one of the nations top attractions.*
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News: Bring On Your Jokes with Comic Boom
Emmy award-winning Toon Boom Animation Inc. today announced the release of Comic Boom, a new fun and easy to use comic creation application designed for the young.
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News: Advanced Broadcast Solutions First Customer with Broadcast Pix™ Slate™ 2 M/E Live Integrated Production System New Slate™ 5016 HD/SD Switcher to be Installed on Advanced Broadcast Solutions’ Multiformat HD Mobile Production Unit
Broadcast Pix™, the company that redefined the production switcher as a live integrated production system, today announced that Advanced Broadcast Solutions , a Seattle-based systems integration firm, is the first customer to take delivery of a Slate™ 2 M/E live integrated production system.
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News: The Hollywood Edge Offers Complete Sound FX Collection on Hard Drive Sound Library Also Offers New Releases of Popular Premiere Edition, Sound Designer Tool Kit and Title FX Collections
The Hollywood Edge , the world’s most widely used sound effects library, is now available in its entirety on hard drive. The Complete Hollywood Edge includes more than 56,000 sounds , most originally produced by Academy Award-winning motion picture sound studios.
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News: All-Star Line Up: TriCaster™ and Knockout Digital Media TriCaster to be used to produce and web stream 2008 All-Star Game radio shows
NewTek Inc., manufacturer of industry-leading video and 3D animation products, today announced that Knockout Digital Media has chosen TriCaster™ portable live production system to produce and web stream the ESPN Radio All-Star Game radio shows in New York City to ESPNRadio.com.
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News: DeepMix Calls the Tune for Hilton’s Summer Campaign Hybrid Music Company Pairs Hotel with Up-and-Coming Singer Donavon Frankenreiter
A new summer campaign for Hilton Hotels offers further proof of the symbiotic relationship between advertising and popular music. The four national television spots, out of San Francisco agency Draft FCB, promote summer specials on hotel stays—and they might also provide just the sort of career boost that singer/songwriter Donavon Frankenreiter has been waiting for.
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News: Northern Lights Rocks Out in Humorous Spot for VH1 Classic
Northern Lights VFX Artist Chris Hengeveld recently handled VFX and post work on a comedic spot for VH1 Classic. Hengeveld partnered with VH1 Creative Director/Writer and long-time collaborator Micah Perta to add energy to the clay-animated spot.
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News: Sony's XDCAM HD System Stays Cool On The Ice Road Second Season of Hit History Series “Ice Road Truckers” Continues to Put HD Optical System to the Test
The second season of the series “Ice Road Truckers,” currently airing on History™, once again has Sony’s XDCAM® HD system proving it’s up to the challenge of handling extreme cold.
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News: Anthem Visual Effects Takes On Challenge Of New Virtual Series, “Sanctuary,” For Sci Fi Channel New Live-Action Series Shot Almost Entirely on Green Screen Moves from the Web to Television
Anthem Visual Effects has announced the company is single-handedly producing the visual effects for 13 one-hour original episodes of the new television series “Sanctuary” for SCI FI Channel, set to air this fall.
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News: iPhone 3G on Sale Tomorrow Over 500 Native Applications for iPhone & iPod touch Available at Launch
Apple® today announced that more than 500 native applications will be available on the iPhone’s App Store when Apple’s iPhone™ 3G goes on sale tomorrow.
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News: The Language of Chinese Currency Makes for a Provocative Main Title by Imaginary Forces
All eyes are on China with the opening of the Olympics this summer and its emergence as an economic superpower. Design and production company Imaginary Forces created the main titles for "People's Republic of Capitalism," a four-part documentary in the Koppel On Discovery series that focuses on China's new role in the world.
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News: Mackevision Earns Highest Honors At 2008 World Media Festival German-based CGI company receives the 2008 Intermedia-Globe Grand Award for 3D-based Dodge Journey product film.
Mackevision, premier 3D and post-production agency, was honored by the 2008 World Media Festival in Hamburg, Germany with the Intermedia-Globe Grand Award for computer and non-computer animation for the Dodge Journey product video advertisement.
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News: SOFTIMAGE Announces SOFTIMAGE|XSI 7 Software Powered by ICE New Interactive Creative Environment will transform SOFTIMAGE|XSI software from a 3D application to a highly extensible platform, allowing customers to code less and create more
Softimage Co., a part of Avid Technology, Inc. , today announced SOFTIMAGE®|XSI® 7, the latest version of its professional 3D animation software for games, film and television. SOFTIMAGE|XSI 7 software will introduce a transformative open platform called ICE, designed to capture the infinitely creative vision of content producers.
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News: New Deal Studios Expands Digital Division Award-Winning Visual Effects House Broadens Digital Services Pipeline
Award-winning New Deal Studios, best known for design and production of miniature and practical effects for feature films has expanded the company's Digital Effects Division, positioning itself as a full service visual effects studio.
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News: MAXON's 3D Software Applications CINEMA 4D and BodyPaint 3D To Take Center Stage at SIGGRAPH 2008 Show Highlights Notable Guest Artists Demonstrations
MAXON Computer, a leading developer of professional 3D modeling, painting, animation and rendering solutions, today announced details of its presence at this year’s SIGGRAPH 2008 convention in Los Angeles—the leading international conference and exhibition on computer graphics and interactive techniques.
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News: FOR-A Establishes FOR-A Latin America, Inc.; Appoints President Move to Enable Independent Decision Making on Deals in Region
FOR-A, a leading manufacturer of video and audio systems for the broadcast and professional video industries, in recognition of the company’s growth in the Latin American and Caribbean markets, has announced that FOR-A Latin America has been officially incorporated as FOR-A Latin America, Inc.
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News: Cine-tal’s Cinemage Helps Breathe Life into “Open Air” Display System Used for On-Set Monitoring & Color Previsualization for Indie Drama
Cine-tal’s Cinemage HD calibrated display system was recently used during the production of Open Air, a political drama from Arcady Bay Entertainment, to perform instant review of data captured by a Sony F23 digital cinema camera and to apply color grading LUTs in real time on the set.
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News: Widget Post Names Karen White to Top Sales Post
Widget Post, the largest independently-owed audio post production company in Los Angeles, has hired Karen White as Vice President of Sales. White brings more than 20 years of experience in post production to her new role and most recently served as Vice President of Sales at Pacific Soundwaves, Burbank.
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News: Imagineer Systems Challenges VFX, Editorial Community with Video Tutorial Development Contest VFX Industry Influencers to Participate on Panel of Judges; Winner Takes Home $10,000 VFX Tool Kit
Imagineer Systems, creators of next-generation VFX tools, today announced it is extending a challenge to Imagineer Systems customers and the entire VFX, content creation and post production community, to create the next great series of video tutorials for Imagineer Systems VFX tools.
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News: Synthetic Aperture Now Shipping Test Gear 2.0 For Adobe After Effects CS3 Waveform Monitor, Vectorscope, Histograms Enhanced and Fully Integrated into the CS3 User Interface
Today Synthetic Aperture announced that they have commenced shipping Test Gear™ 2.0, a new version of their video and audio monitoring software specifically designed for Adobe® After Effects® CS3.
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