Archive for March 2nd, 2007

XL Video UK moves to a new 42,000 square foot premises in Hemel Hempstead – having outgrown their current one in just 4 years.

This follows phenomenally busy and successful years in 2005 and 2006.

The new premises is a complete refurbishment of the old Express Dairies building and is still on the same Mayland‘s Business Park estate. XL has invested nearly half a million pounds in the project. more

When award-winning director David Fincher’s “Zodiac” hits movie screens worldwide today, it marks the first time that a major studio feature has been shot and produced digitally without the use of videotape or compression.

The hard drive-based datacentric workflow for “Zodiac” began with Fincher’s use of the Grass Valley™ Viper FilmStream Camera™ system from Thomson (Euronext Paris: 18453; NYSE: TMS). Fincher worked with Grass Valley and its partner companies to develop and implement this next generation of digital, disk-based workflows following many Viper-shot commercials including those for Nike, Xelibri, HP, Motorola, Lexus, and Heineken. more

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SOUTHINGTON, CONN., (March 2, 2007) – A shadowy figure cautiously walks down an abandoned alley; the camera pauses on a poster featuring two teams. A heavy, metal door slides open, and the viewer is instantly sucked right into the hard-hitting, pulsating action of the Arena Football League on ESPN. Immediately, viewers are hit with high-energy images of players, fans, coaches, and cheerleaders exploding with the intensity that is the Arena Football League. All set to the beat of a rocking new theme song written and performed by Jon Bon Jovi. more

PostWorks, New York (www.pwny.com) is proud to announce that re-recording mixer and supervising sound editor Matt Foglia, CAS, has earned this year’s Cinema Audio Society Outstanding Achievement in Sound Mixing Award for his contributions as re-recording mixer on “Paul McCartney: The Space Within Us.” The concert film debuted on A&E last October, and an expanded version was released on DVD in November. more