Archive for February 1st, 2007

Los Angeles, CA, February 2, 2007 – In October 2006, Big Fish was retained by Comedy Central to create a “South Park” show “hub” and four “South Park” character profiles on MySpace.com, all promoting “South Park‘s” 10th Anniversary. Highly interactive and viral, these profiles feature a “create your own South Park character” builder that empowers users to create a personal “South Park” character and then place those characters onto their own MySpace profiles. To date, “South Park” characters on MySpace profiles have been viewed almost 16 million times! The announcement was made by Robin Fisher Roffer, CEO and Steven Roffer, COO, Big Fish. more

Myrtle Creek, Ore. — Jan. 31, 2007 — Artbeats, the industry‘s leading provider of high-quality royalty-free stock footage, today announced it will debut a wide variety of new collections and solo clips during the 2007 National Association of Broadcasters Convention (NAB). New collections scheduled for release during NAB include: Burning House; Catholics; Code Rage; Lightning Storms; Mayhem HD; Misc. Fire; Protestants; Storm Clouds 2; Texas Aerial Solo Clips; Timelapse Flowers 3; Timelapse Landscapes 4; Worshippers; and Grow! (these are working titles). Artbeats will showcase these and many other titles on the company‘s massive HD plasma display wall at NAB 2007, booth SL8012. more

Booth: SU2823 (South Hall, Upper)
NAB2007, Las Vegas Convention Center, Nevada, April 16-19

Eyeheight will be introducing major additions to its range of compact modular broadcast production and post-production equipment to the US and international markets on booth SU2823 at NAB2007. The exhibit will include hands-on demonstrations of Ethernet-based module control and data uploading which provide the location-independent operating
flexibility broadcasters increasingly demand. more

Booth: SU9307 (South Hall, Upper Level),
NAB 2007, Las Vegas Convention Center, Nevada, April 16-19

Claratech will display and demonstrate examples of its modular video and audio fibre-optic products at NAB2007. These include the CTP2100 multi-channel HD/SD video interface and CTP1000 audio and data fibre multiplexer. Designed for a wide range of applications including studio installations, fixed links and outside broadcasting, they offer a highly efficient alternative to bulky and interference-prone copper cabling. more

San Mateo, Calif. — Feb. 1, 2007 — Luxology® LLC, an independent technology company developing next-generation 3D content creation software, today announced a new training division that will offer a wide range of comprehensive learning materials for modo users. The first product from the new training division is a comprehensive 17-video series which covers modeling, texturing and lighting for the iconic Le Mans C9 race car. more

Massive Software, the industry‘s premiere developer of autonomous agent 3D animation systems, announced today a certified network of worldwide channel partners.

Massive‘s new channel partners are established leaders servicing the visual effects community in each of their respective regions, including On the Go Technologies (www.otgdigitalmedia.com), RFX, Inc. (www.rfx.com), PacifiCAD (www.pacificad.com), Cinesys (www.cinesysinc.com) and 3VIS (www.3vis.com) more

Hollywood, CA (February 1, 2007) – Post Logic Studios, a leading independent post-production and digital intermediate (DI) service facility, is providing DI and post-production services to several current and forthcoming feature releases. These films include Paramount Pictures‘ Freedom Writers, Paul Soter‘s Watching the Detectives, Fred Durst‘s directorial debut, The Education of Charlie Banks, Lionsgate‘s The Condemned, Davis Guggenheim‘s Gracie, Groundswell Productions‘ The Mysteries of Pittsburgh and Smart People, as well as Sundance selections Buffalo de la Noche and Weapons. more