http://news.creativecow.net Creative Cow is home to the top-rated Adobe After Effects, Apple Final Cut Pro, Avid, Discreet Combustion, Media 100 844x and Pinnacle Cinewave user forums support communities. Dedicated to media professionals, the Cow offers "More Signal, Less Noise." en-us Mon, 8 Feb 2010 22:00:00 GMT PHP Script kathlyn@creativecow.net webmaster@creativecow.net http://news.creativecow.net/story/863215 http://forums.creativecow.net/readpost/105/863215 Omnia A/X Users Get Free Upgrade (Cleveland, Ohio--February 8, 2010) Omnia Audio is offering existing users of Omnia A/X an upgrade to the processing and encoding power of Omnia A/XE, at no cost. Tue, 9 Feb 2010 06:11:45 GMT http://news.creativecow.net/story/863214 http://forums.creativecow.net/readpost/105/863214 Lockheed Martin Aeronautics, a Business Area of the Lockheed Martin Corporation, Implements TACTIC to Manage Assets across Its Media Products Departments (Toronto, Canada--February 8, 2010) Southpaw Technology, a leading developer of production digital asset management (DAM) technology for digital entertainment and enterprise companies, announced today that its solution TACTIC is managing all of the digital assets across Lockheed Martin Aeronautics’ Media Products departments. Tue, 9 Feb 2010 06:10:34 GMT http://news.creativecow.net/story/863213 http://forums.creativecow.net/readpost/105/863213 (Bellingham, Washington--February 8, 2010) Today, Roland Systems Group (RSG) released software updates for their popular Digital Mixing Consoles – the M-400 and M-380 V-Mixers. V-Mixer software update Version 2.1 for M-400 and Version 1.1 for M-380 add S- 4000M functionality as well as a number of user-requested features. The V-Mixer is one of the four components of the V-Mixing System that also includes Digital Snakes, Personal Mixers and Multi-channel Recording. In addition to user interface enhancements, some added key features include: Tue, 9 Feb 2010 04:38:09 GMT http://news.creativecow.net/story/863212 http://forums.creativecow.net/readpost/105/863212 (Kitchener, Ontario--February 8, 2010) Rediscover 90 years of traditional films in B&W and color! FxAndy, the film simulator for Final Cut, takes your digital footage back to the film era with picture perfect simulations of image-making classics including Velvia, Eterna, Tri-X, Agfachrome, Kodachrome and many more. According to developer Sean M Puckett, FxAndy translates digital footage data into a realistic simulation of a film camera complete with full color filter control, exposure control, film type selector with latitude adjustments and processing variations, darkroom and enlarger, classic papers with variations and adjustments -- and a few digital-world tweaks to add even more versatility. Tue, 9 Feb 2010 04:28:08 GMT http://news.creativecow.net/story/863211 http://forums.creativecow.net/readpost/105/863211 (Vienna, Austria--February 8, 2010) NOA Audio Solutions today announced that Sergio Castillo has been appointed sales manager for Latin America. Castillo joins NOA after 12 years in senior sales positions for Avid Technology, and will coordinate NOA's sales operations throughout the region. "I fell in love with NOA's technology during a technical session in Vienna, and I feel that Latin American countries will truly benefit from this product line for preservation of cultural heritage, which may otherwise be lost," said Castillo. "Each country in the region has a complete audio history in music, sounds, and speech to archive, and NOA's approach to the process is outstanding. It is a complete solution that can be tailored exactly to each client's needs, and I am confident it will become the leading solution here." Tue, 9 Feb 2010 04:25:57 GMT http://news.creativecow.net/story/863210 http://forums.creativecow.net/readpost/105/863210 Large Crowd Watches Hit Musical’s Mega Screening on 108 Foot Matt Plus (London, England--February 8, 2010) On Sunday, January 24th, London’s O2 arena hosted the biggest screening and sing-along ever of the hit film, "MAMMA MIA!" A giant 108-foot Harkness Matt Plus screen was specially built in order to allow the some 8,000 fans in attendance to see their favourite movie in all its glory. Tue, 9 Feb 2010 04:21:03 GMT http://news.creativecow.net/story/863209 http://forums.creativecow.net/readpost/105/863209 More than 50 HD Cameras to Be Used for Main U.S. Broadcast (Park Ridge, New Jersey--February 5, 2010) More than 50 Sony high-definition cameras will cover every angle of the National Football League’s championship game, to be broadcast Feb. 7 on the CBS Television Network from Miami’s Sun Life Stadium. Sat, 6 Feb 2010 02:06:36 GMT http://news.creativecow.net/story/863208 http://forums.creativecow.net/readpost/105/863208 Director David Gaddie and VFX Supervisor James Rogers Open Post-Production and Live Action Collective (New York--February 5, 2010) Director David Gaddie and visual effects supervisor James Rogers announced today the formation of The Colony, a multidisciplinary directing collective specializing in visual effects, design, post-production and live action filmmaking. Sat, 6 Feb 2010 02:00:26 GMT http://news.creativecow.net/story/863207 http://forums.creativecow.net/readpost/105/863207 (February 5, 2010) Canon's EOS E1 video plug-in for Apple's Final Cut Pro was released today. This new plug-in allows simple and easy transfer of video content from Canon’s EOS DSLR cameras directly into Final Cut Pro. The EOS E1 video plug-in takes advantage of Final Cut Pro’s powerful Log and Transfer feature, which allows users to select and mark the video directly while it is still on the camera, add custom metadata and ingest the clips in the background so the editing can begin immediately. Sat, 6 Feb 2010 01:45:44 GMT http://news.creativecow.net/story/863206 http://forums.creativecow.net/readpost/105/863206 Facility Installs IQ6000x to Connect Culver City and New Michigan Location (Culver City, California--February 5, 2010) I.E. Effects has installed an Isilon IQ6000x cluster storage system at its Culver City location. With several large stereoscopic projects currently active, the Isilon system expands the company’s ability to manage the data and throughput requirements of multiple jobs. For clients this means increased efficiency and reliability for demanding stereo 3D projects. Sat, 6 Feb 2010 01:41:23 GMT http://news.creativecow.net/story/863205 http://forums.creativecow.net/readpost/105/863205 Private Russian Broadcaster builds master control room around VectorBox automated playout solutions (Barcelona, Spain--February 4, 2010) Vector 3™, a pioneer in graphics and playout solutions, announced that Nash Dom TV (Our House), a private broadcaster for the Penza Oblast region, has implemented multiple VectorBox automated playout systems to manage multi-channel ingest, broadcast graphics, and playout automation. Fri, 5 Feb 2010 02:45:56 GMT http://news.creativecow.net/story/863204 http://forums.creativecow.net/readpost/105/863204 ATI FirePro™ professional graphics earn certifications for AutoCAD® 2010 and Autodesk® Showcase® 2010 (Sunnyvale, California--February 4, 2010) AMD (NYSE: AMD) has announced its entire currently available family of ATI FirePro™ professional graphics have been certified by Autodesk® for AutoCAD® 2010 software on Windows® 71. As an industry leader in 2D and 3D design and documentation software, AutoCAD 2010 technology supports the latest Microsoft operating system to help deliver fast performance and exceptional stability for professionals working on complex design projects. Fri, 5 Feb 2010 02:41:20 GMT http://news.creativecow.net/story/863203 http://forums.creativecow.net/readpost/105/863203 WDR chooses Enterprise sQ for HD flagship 'Sportsschau Bundesliga' soccer (Newbury, UK--February 4, 2010) From the 13th February 2010, German broadcaster WDR in Cologne will begin broadcasting major sports programming in HDTV, spearheaded by the flagship 'Sportsschau Bundesliga' German premier league soccer coverage. The whole production process, from ingest to playout, will be handled in HD using Quantel Enterprise sQ server-based production technology. Fri, 5 Feb 2010 02:27:09 GMT http://news.creativecow.net/story/863202 http://forums.creativecow.net/readpost/105/863202 New upscale CineBistro venues elegantly combine dining and movies, with projection provided by Barco DP-1500 and DP-2000 digital cinema projectors. (Sacramento, California--February 4, 2010) Barco, a global leader in digital cinema technology, announced today that Cobb Theatres of Birmingham, Alabama has selected and installed Barco digital cinema projectors into its first three “CineBistro” theatres located in the Tampa and Miami, Florida areas. Fri, 5 Feb 2010 02:06:22 GMT http://news.creativecow.net/story/863201 http://forums.creativecow.net/readpost/105/863201 (Markham, Ontario--February 4, 2010) Digital Rapids, the leading provider of tools and solutions for bringing television, film and web content to wider audiences, and Nederlandse Omroep Stichting (NOS) today announced that the Dutch public broadcaster has selected Digital Rapids' StreamZ encoding systems to power live and on-demand Internet and mobile coverage of the 2010 Olympic Games for audiences in the Netherlands. The 2010 Olympic Games will be held February 12-28 in Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada. Fri, 5 Feb 2010 02:04:36 GMT http://news.creativecow.net/story/863200 http://forums.creativecow.net/readpost/105/863200 MAXON 3D Software Solutions Help Pros Create Groundbreaking VFX and Animated Sequences on 2012, District 9 and Cloudy with a Chance of Meatballs (Newbury Park, California--February 4, 2010) MAXON Computer, a leading developer of professional 3D modeling, painting, animation and rendering solutions, today congratulates customers that have been recognized by the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences and the Visual Effects Society with award nominations for groundbreaking visual effects and animated sequences. Fri, 5 Feb 2010 01:50:50 GMT http://news.creativecow.net/story/863199 http://forums.creativecow.net/readpost/105/863199 Digital Rebellion releases a significant update to its utility pack for maintaining and optimizing Final Cut Studio and Final Cut Express systems. (Burbank, California--February 4, 2010) Digital Rebellion LLC today announced the availability of FCS Maintenance Pack 1.2, a significant update to its popular suite of software tools to maintain and optimize Final Cut Studio and Final Cut Express systems. Fri, 5 Feb 2010 01:43:39 GMT http://news.creativecow.net/story/863198 http://forums.creativecow.net/readpost/105/863198 (February 4, 2010) Point.360 Visual Sound, a leading provider of integrated media management services company to the entertainment industries, is providing closed captioning services for Spike TV’s new scripted comedy, Blue Mountain State . This is a football themed series focusing on freshman life at the national champion Blue Mountain State. Fri, 5 Feb 2010 01:37:57 GMT http://news.creativecow.net/story/863196 http://forums.creativecow.net/readpost/105/863196 (Reedsburg, Wisconsin--February 3, 2010) Sound Devices’ Wave Agent File Librarian has been nominated for a Cinema Audio Society (CAS) Technical Achievement Award in the post production category. “We are exceptionally pleased to be nominated for a CAS Award for our Wave Agent File Librarian,” says Sound Devices Managing Director Jon Tatooles. “File and workflow management is an important aspect of production sound. Wave Agent is a free tool from Sound Devices that gives users a great deal of power to prepare and manage the large number of sound files generated during today’s productions, with uncompromising speed.” Thu, 4 Feb 2010 03:41:40 GMT http://news.creativecow.net/story/863195 http://forums.creativecow.net/readpost/105/863195 Film Premieres this Month in Theaters Nationwide (San Francisco, California--February 3, 2010) Digital effects company Ntropic is proud to have contributed post and effects services to the new documentary "MINE" now in select theaters nationwide and available via iTunes. Thu, 4 Feb 2010 02:25:07 GMT http://news.creativecow.net/story/863194 http://forums.creativecow.net/readpost/105/863194 Studio and Portable On-Camera Teleprompters and News-Prompter Software Systems Will Enable NBC to Provide Smooth On-Air Presentations During Coverage of the Vancouver Winter Games, February 12-28, 2010 (Fairfield, Connecticut--February 3, 2010) Autoscript, the world's leading teleprompting company and a Vitec Group brand, has been selected to provide studio and portable on-camera teleprompter systems with high-bright LED backlit monitors, as well as WinPlus-NX news-prompter software, to NBC during the network’s coverage of the Vancouver Winter Games, February 12-28. Thu, 4 Feb 2010 02:17:07 GMT http://news.creativecow.net/story/863193 http://forums.creativecow.net/readpost/105/863193 (New York--February 3, 2010) ARRI CSC, the largest full service equipment rental group in the United States, has enhanced its range of digital cameras. Besides the ARRIFLEX D-21 and the Phantom, the camera rental department has now added the Weisscam HS-2 to its extensive inventory. ARRI CSC is one of the first camera rental houses to carry the uncompressed digital high-speed camera capable of frame rates up to 4,000 fps in 720p. Thu, 4 Feb 2010 02:11:39 GMT http://news.creativecow.net/story/863192 http://forums.creativecow.net/readpost/105/863192 Canon’s Advanced Technologies Will Enable NBC to Image, Capture, and Transmit HD Video During Coverage of the Vancouver Winter Games, February 12-28, 2010 (Lake Success, New York--February 3, 2010) Canon U.S.A. Inc. has been selected to provide advanced HDTV lenses, remote-control robotic HD cameras, and a Canobeam Free Space Optics HD video transceiver system to NBC during the network’s coverage of the Vancouver Winter Games from February 12-28. Thu, 4 Feb 2010 02:06:44 GMT http://news.creativecow.net/story/863191 http://forums.creativecow.net/readpost/105/863191 District 9 a nominee for four Academy Awards; VFS grads up for Best Adapted Screenplay (Vancouver, BC--February 3, 2010) Vancouver Film School (VFS), Canada’s premier post-secondary entertainment arts institution and one of the most distinguished in the world, is thrilled to congratulate VFS graduates Neill Blomkamp and Terri Tatchell on the four Academy Award nominations awarded to their acclaimed film "District 9", as announced this morning by the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences. Thu, 4 Feb 2010 01:50:59 GMT http://news.creativecow.net/story/863190 http://forums.creativecow.net/readpost/105/863190 (Memphis, Tennessee--February 3, 2010) Solid State Logic is pleased to announce the sale of a new 24-channel C10 HD Digital Broadcast Console to CBS affiliate WREG-TV. WREG provides news programming for Memphis and the Mid-South area of the U.S., along with weather, sports, business, politics, entertainment and health programs. The C10 HD ‘5.1 Upmix’ feature gives WREG the capability of matching local stereo productions with network 5.1 feeds for seamless transitions between the two signals. WREG-TV also purchased the Production Automation option to integrate with their newsroom automation system. The C10 HD will help facilitate the station’s move into full HD broadcasting. Thu, 4 Feb 2010 01:47:08 GMT http://news.creativecow.net/story/863188 http://forums.creativecow.net/readpost/105/863188 Over $8,000 Worth of Free HD Stock Footage Available for Download Every Month Through Artbeats' Daily Free Clip Program (Myrtle Creek, Oregon--February 2, 2010) Artbeats, a 20-year veteran in the stock footage industry, announced today that they are offering a FREE, downloadable HD clip every day at artbeats.com. In this "no strings attached" program, visitors to the Artbeats home page can access a different free clip every day simply by registering or logging-in to their online account. Wed, 3 Feb 2010 02:10:07 GMT http://news.creativecow.net/story/863187 http://forums.creativecow.net/readpost/105/863187 Automatically Create Commercial Slates Based on Data from the Ad-ID Advertising Identification System (Marlborough, Massachusetts--February 2, 2010) Boris FX , the leading developer of integrated effects technology for video and film, today announced Boris Job Slate, a new Apple Final Cut Pro plug-in that automatically creates commercial slates based on XML files received from the Ad-ID advertising identification and management system. Boris Job Slate saves production time and reduces operator error by eliminating the need for manual text entry with a standard text tool. Wed, 3 Feb 2010 02:03:08 GMT http://news.creativecow.net/story/863189 http://forums.creativecow.net/readpost/105/863189 (February 2, 2010) Three Quattro SE pedestals with Vision 250E heads from Vinten Radamec, a Vitec Group brand , are being used by BBC Studios and Post Production for a new children’s show which combines live action and virtual reality. In Bamzooki Street Rules four teams of children design their own “zooks” – 3D computer-generated creatures – which compete with each other in a range of challenges. The zooks and their games are generated in real time, and the production design immerses the teams in what appears to be four floors of an industrial building. The series, for CBBC and BBC One, is produced in a four-wall studio at Pinewood. Wed, 3 Feb 2010 02:02:06 GMT http://news.creativecow.net/story/863186 http://forums.creativecow.net/readpost/105/863186 New Canon MPEG-2 Codec Promises Improved Color Resolution and Compatibility With Industry-Standard Editing & Processing Software (Lake Success, New York--February 2, 2010) Canon U.S.A., Inc., a leader in digital imaging, announced today the Company has adopted an MPEG-2 Full HD (4:2:2) file-based recording codec for a new file-based professional video camera currently under development. The new Canon MPEG-2 codec will enable high-quality imaging and audio performance with up to 50 Mbps data recording and twice the color data of the HDV*1 profile format. Wed, 3 Feb 2010 01:59:41 GMT http://news.creativecow.net/story/863185 http://forums.creativecow.net/readpost/105/863185 Render Queue Management Software Offers Improved Performance and Rich Set of New Features (Winnipeg, Manitoba--February 2, 2010) Prime Focus Software, the R&D and software development arm of Prime Focus, today announced the release of Deadline 4.0, the company's easy-to-use administration and rendering toolkit for Windows, Linux and Mac OSX-based render farms. This new version includes improved Mac OSX support, enhanced scalability and stability, in addition to an abundance of key new features. Wed, 3 Feb 2010 01:55:53 GMT http://news.creativecow.net/story/863184 http://forums.creativecow.net/readpost/105/863184 At ISE 2010, Barco will introduce PlusPAK, a powerful new configuration package for the FSN Series switcher. (Amsterdam, The Netherlands--February 2, 2010) Image processing pioneer Barco is proud to announce the introduction of PlusPAK for the FSN Series multi-format switcher at ISE 2010 (2-4 February at the Amsterdam RAI). Tailor-made for the flexibility and agility needed in the events industry, PlusPAK is a new hardware and software suite comprised of four components — a new Universal Output Card (UOC), the system's new Multiviewer (MVR), a Digital Video Effects Card (DVE) and new software capable of controlling 2.5 M/E's from the compact FSN-150 Controller. Wed, 3 Feb 2010 01:13:17 GMT http://news.creativecow.net/story/863183 http://forums.creativecow.net/readpost/105/863183 Film Master Helps Facilities Deliver Some of the Hottest Films Unspooled At Sundance (Stockholm, Sweden--February 2, 2010) Digital Vision, whose highly regarded color grading and enhancement products are part of the workflow at leading facilities around the world, congratulates the filmmakers and films that screened and competed at the Sundance Film Festival, just wrapped in Park City, Utah. Wed, 3 Feb 2010 01:11:03 GMT http://news.creativecow.net/story/863182 http://forums.creativecow.net/readpost/105/863182 Software Update Released for AJA Classic Video Io Products: Io, IoLA and IoLD (Grass Valley, California--February 1, 2010) AJA Video Systems, a leading manufacturer of professional video interface and conversion solutions, announced Mac OSX Snow Leopard support for its original standard definition Io family of products. This release also supports Apple’s Final Cut Pro 7. Tue, 2 Feb 2010 05:30:40 GMT http://news.creativecow.net/story/863181 http://forums.creativecow.net/readpost/105/863181 (Boston, Massachusetts--February 1, 2010) Artist owned-and-operated bi-coastal effects boutique Brickyard VFX recently contributed VFX to the 2010 ad campaign for Titleist via ad agency Arnold. The multi-spot campaign was directed by @radical.media's Greg Kohs and began breaking before the New Year, with the last spot, "Yardage Book," breaking on Jan. 30. Promoting Titleist's acclaimed golf balls, the campaign delivers customer testimonials from both pro and casual golfers that instill trust in the Titleist brand. "Leadership TV" is comprised of spots like "Moment," in which international PGA stars like Padraig Harrington, Geoff Ogilvy and Steve Stricker, are seen on the green proclaiming their reliance on Titleist products for everything from tournament preparation to the "defining moment" of the game. Tue, 2 Feb 2010 03:24:34 GMT http://news.creativecow.net/story/863180 http://forums.creativecow.net/readpost/105/863180 (Bergen, Norway--February 1, 2010) Vizrt announces that Sakshi TV, a news channel based in Hyderabad, Andhra Pradesh, India, has based its live weather graphics operation entirely upon a Vizrt workflow. Sakshi TV, which is owned by Jagati Publications, is a HDTV channel launched on March 1, 2009 to serve the needs of people in the Andhra Pradesh region of India. Tue, 2 Feb 2010 03:08:06 GMT http://news.creativecow.net/story/863179 http://forums.creativecow.net/readpost/105/863179 National organisation chooses Quantel to spearhead move into Stereo3D market (Newbury, UK--February 1, 2010) China Film Archive in Beijing has purchased a Quantel iQ 4K Dl and finishing system. The iQ includes QColor in-context grading and the Quantel Stereo3D toolset. In addition to its role safeguarding China's film heritage of over ten thousand films, China Film Archive is also charged with adopting and exploiting new film technologies; hence the Stereo3D tools. Tue, 2 Feb 2010 03:06:05 GMT http://news.creativecow.net/story/863178 http://forums.creativecow.net/readpost/105/863178 (Montréal, Canada--January 29, 2010) Matrox® Video Products Group today announced an eleven-city U.S. road tour where representatives from Matrox, Apple, and leading camera manufacturers will share tips and tricks to improve all aspects of attendees’ video production workflow - from shooting, through editing, to final delivery in today’s most popular formats. “Creative professionals are being asked by their clients to produce projects in a variety of formats for the web, Blu-ray, and mobile devices which can be very time consuming,” said Francesco Scartozzi, Matrox director of sales for the Americas. “The collaboration between Matrox and Apple on this road tour offers attendees a unique chance to discover the workflow advantages of combining Final Cut Studio with Matrox MAX technology to deliver video content faster than ever before.” Sat, 30 Jan 2010 07:03:23 GMT http://news.creativecow.net/story/863177 http://forums.creativecow.net/readpost/105/863177 Faith-Based Prison Documentary Shot on Location at Angola Aired on FamilyNet Television as Part of Emmy-Award Winning Series, ‘On Mission Xtra’ (Secaucus, New Jersey--January 29, 2010) "A New Hope", a 30-minute documentary shot at Louisiana’s Angola State Penitentiary with several Panasonic P2 HD camcorders--the VariCam 3700, AJ-HPX2000, AG-HPX500 and AG-HVX200A—will screen Monday, February 1 at the prison for an audience of inmates, staff, and state corrections and other elected officials. Sat, 30 Jan 2010 07:01:44 GMT http://news.creativecow.net/story/863176 http://forums.creativecow.net/readpost/105/863176 (Maia, Portugal--January 29, 2010) MOG, the leading provider and award winning of MXF based solutions and workflow ingest solutions will be present, for the first time at Broadcast Video Expo from 16th to 18th February 2010, placed in London. At booth E6 of the Earls Court 2 Exhibition Center, MOG will be showcasing the latest developments in their ingest product series. With new features and a bunch of new models, mxfSPEEDRAIL S1000 and F1000 has already been helping the broadcast and post production community worldwide to accelerate their migration to file-based production. Sat, 30 Jan 2010 06:56:42 GMT http://news.creativecow.net/story/863175 http://forums.creativecow.net/readpost/105/863175 Now 12x faster than smoothcam! (Sydney, NSW/Australia--January 29, 2010) CoreMelt has announced the release of the latest update to Lock & Load, Lock & Load X. Sat, 30 Jan 2010 06:55:22 GMT http://news.creativecow.net/story/863174 http://forums.creativecow.net/readpost/105/863174 RIT SportsZone Live, Produced with ESPN and Time Warner Cable, Broadcasts Home Games, Including Division I Hockey (Secaucus, New Jersey--January 29, 2010) Since 2003, the Rochester Institute of Technology (Rochester, NY), in partnership with Time Warner Cable and ESPN, has aired SportsZone, a weekly half-hour show that showcases the university’s athletic programs. In response to Time Warner’s request for more content, including live broadcasts of the school’s Division 1 hockey games, RIT has built an HD broadcast trailer (a full production studio and the only one of its kind in upstate New York) that is outfitted with Panasonic P2 HD camcorders, field recorders and monitors. Sat, 30 Jan 2010 06:52:11 GMT http://news.creativecow.net/story/863173 http://forums.creativecow.net/readpost/105/863173 Combining Equal Parts Ad Agency, Development Studio and Production Company Ascent Media Creates Advertiser Sponsored Content for the Web (Santa Monica, California--January 28, 2010) Visitors to the B&N Studio at Barnes and Noble (http://www.bn.com) can now tune in to the latest adventures of "Mr. Literary"—a comic character with an unfortunate compulsion to quote famous authors at the most inopportune times. Fri, 29 Jan 2010 06:06:29 GMT http://news.creativecow.net/story/863172 http://forums.creativecow.net/readpost/105/863172 A Control Room in a Briefcase (Billerica, Massachusetts--January 28, 2010) Broadcast Pix™ today announced Slate Portable, a new system for live video production on location. Designed for quick setup on a table or other work surface, Slate Portable provides all the power of a Slate™ video production system in a compact, cost effective, all-in-one unit, including: HD/SD production switcher, multi-view monitoring, clip stores, graphics system with Harris Inscriber CG, Fluent™ workflow software, and format and aspect conversion for 1080i, 720p, SD, and analog. It is available now. Fri, 29 Jan 2010 05:30:53 GMT http://news.creativecow.net/story/863171 http://forums.creativecow.net/readpost/105/863171 (Cincinnati, Ohio--January 28, 2010) Cinematographer Marco Hoffman chose Sachtler Video 20 heads and Speed Lock® tripods for shooting the new season of MTV’s hit reality series "Taking the Stage". Hoffman is known for his work on popular reality programs like Laguna Beach, The Hills, The Rachel Zoe Project, and House Hunters. Taking the Stage is a four-camera one-hour show and Hoffman shoots between 20 to 30 hours a week of dance. “We use the Sachtler Video 20 during the ballet and hip-hop dance sequences,” he explains. “And we use it for our scene work. We set the heads to zero resistance and give it a handheld look, all the while filming with the HDX900 and VariCams. Sachtler gives me everything from graceful gliding moves on a ballerina to fast, popping, recompositions of different shots of a hip-hop artist.” Fri, 29 Jan 2010 05:29:42 GMT http://news.creativecow.net/story/863170 http://forums.creativecow.net/readpost/105/863170 NAB Exhibitors Can Be First To Benefit from Powerful Suite of Outsourced Sales, Business Development & Marketing Services (Weston, Connecticut--January 28, 2010) Strategy + Communications, a leading provider of marketing consulting services to the media and entertainment industry, today announced a strategic alliance with MAR$AR Sports & Entertainment, Bedford Hills, NY, aglobal consulting company focused on sales and business development to the sports and entertainment television business. Fri, 29 Jan 2010 05:11:22 GMT http://news.creativecow.net/story/863169 http://forums.creativecow.net/readpost/105/863169 leading film and TV visual effects company expands the services of its award-winning physical effects department (January 28, 2010) On the back of increased client demand for physical effects capabilities, leading film and TV visual effects company Cinesite has launched Cinesite Production Services. Fri, 29 Jan 2010 02:48:42 GMT http://news.creativecow.net/story/863168 http://forums.creativecow.net/readpost/105/863168 Company’s Development Team Honoured for Northlight, Baselight and Truelight (London--January 28, 2010) Eight years is all it took for FilmLight to grow from a very small start-up to the brand leader in digital film technology. The reward for this has now arrived - an unprecedented sweep of the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences' Sci-Tech awards, recognising the achievements of ten of FilmLight's founding engineers in every one of the company's three main product lines. Fri, 29 Jan 2010 02:36:45 GMT http://news.creativecow.net/story/863167 http://forums.creativecow.net/readpost/105/863167 Connect two Matrox DualHead2Go or TripleHead2Go units directly into your system to achieve a four- or six-monitor workspace (Montréal, Canada--January 27, 2010) Matrox Graphics Inc., the leading manufacturer of specialized graphics solutions, today announced multiple DualHead2Go and TripleHead2Go Graphics eXpansion Module (GXM) support to drive up to four or six monitors, respectively, from a single system. Thu, 28 Jan 2010 06:52:07 GMT http://news.creativecow.net/story/863166 http://forums.creativecow.net/readpost/105/863166 powerful RAID 5, triple interface storage solution in a 1U rack-mount form factor (City of Industry, California--January 27, 2010) RAIDON is proud to announce the GearRAID GR7650-4S-WBS2, a 1U, RAID 5 rack-mountable storage solution. Featuring the latest triple interfaces including 2 high speed FireWire 800 ports, USB 2.0 and eSATA with port multiplication. Thu, 28 Jan 2010 06:47:57 GMT http://news.creativecow.net/story/863165 http://forums.creativecow.net/readpost/105/863165 A Magical & Revolutionary Device at an Unbelievable Price (San Francisco, California--January 27, 2010) Apple® today introduced iPad, a revolutionary device for browsing the web, reading and sending email, enjoying photos, watching videos, listening to music, playing games, reading e-books and much more. iPad's responsive high-resolution Multi-Touch™ display lets users physically interact with applications and content. Thu, 28 Jan 2010 03:33:54 GMT