Archive for August 9th, 2007

SAN DIEGO, August 9, 2007 — Autodesk, Inc. (NASDAQ: ADSK) will be supporting designers through sponsorship of the VisMasters Design Modeling and Visualization Conference (DMVC), to be held in San Diego from August 9 to 11, 2007. VisMasters DMVC conferences are hosted in North America and Europe. These events offer professionals from the design, modeling and visualization industries a platform to learn, network and influence the direction of their industries. more

Iroquois, ON, Canada – August 9, 2007 – Ross Video announced today VTM, Belgium has chosen the newly launched Vision Production Switchers for their HD facility. VTM will be the first Mainland Europe broadcaster to invest in Vision. more

Manhattan Transfer Miami (MTM), a premiere post house serving the region, has taken delivery of a new Grass Valley™ Spirit HD Telecine from Thomson (Euronext Paris: 18453; NYSE: TMS) to support its launch in August of a full range of digital intermediate and high-definition (HD) television services for its advertising agency clients. It‘s the first Spirit HD system sold in the Southeast U.S. more

SAN DIEGO, August 7, 2007 – Autodesk, Inc. extends its congratulations to all recipients of this year’s Autodesk Masters awards. Through this annual program, Autodesk recognizes exceptional Autodesk 3ds Max and Autodesk Maya software artists and technical specialists whose work and dedication have significantly contributed to the advancement of computer graphics. The 2007 Autodesk Masters were announced yesterday at Autodesk’s SIGGRAPH User Group meeting. more

Small Tree Communications, a leader in networking and storage solutions, has recently completed work on new firmware for its single port optical Gigabit adapters that will allow users to NetBoot Apple systems that use Open Firmware Standard (this includes all of Apple‘s Power PC systems). With NetBoot, users can boot from the network rather than from a local disk. more

The production of AT&T Tech Channel (http://techchannel.att.com), the newly-launched “online video destination for everything tech” from telecommunications giant AT&T, is benefiting from a broad range of services provided by NEP Studios, the largest television production service provider in New York City featuring nine spacious, state-of-the-art studio facilities. Known for its premiere talent and technical expertise, NEP Studios is a division of NEP Broadcasting, the leading international provider of outsourced teleproduction services critical to the delivery of live sports and entertainment events. more

Behind the scenes in the Vulcania theme park near Clermont Ferrand in France‘s central Auvergne province, Medialon Manager controls the exciting new Magma Explorer simulator ride which takes visitors on a spectacular journey into the inner life of a volcano. Vulcania is located close to the Puy-de-Dôme in a chain of long-dormant volcanoes.

Park visitors become Vulcanauts when they board the futuristic Magma Explorer vessel to take a virtual trip into the depths of a volcano, through the magma chambers and back to the surface through the volcano‘s pipe. more