Archive for August 20th, 2007

Riedel Communications, manufacturer of the most advanced fiber-based intercom systems available, will showcase its new 2100 series control panels and a MADI card for its Artist digital matrix intercom platform at IBC2007. more

Company Intros VPS-715 GINGA Switcher; Demos Popular HANABI Line of Switchers, HD-Based Signal Processor and Frame Rate Converter

London, UK, August 20, 2007 – FOR-A Corporation (IBC Hall 2, Stand #141) a leading manufacturer of video and audio systems for the broadcast and professional video industries, will demonstrate five new products at this year‘s IBC. FOR-A will introduce the next generation of its VPS series of switchers, the VPS-715 GINGA, a 1.5 M/E digital switcher, for the first time in Europe at IBC 2007. FOR-A will also demonstrate the FRC-7000 frame rate converter, which includes many new features such as the world‘s first 23.98psf motion-compensated conversion support and Dolby E support. more

NEW YORK – (August 20, 2007) – PostWorks, New York‘s EVP of Technology Joe Beirne’s long history of collaborating with Academy Award winning filmmaker Michael Moore recently added a new chapter, when Beirne and his PostWorks’ colleagues completed the Digital Intermediate (DI) for Moore’s latest feature documentary, “SiCKO.” First released in the U.S. on June 22, “SiCKO” is already the fourth highest grossing documentary in history, as well as being one of the most talked about films of the year. “SiCKO” was produced by Dog Eat Dog Films and The Weinstein Company, and is being distributed by Lionsgate. more

August 20, 2007 — Passfield, UK: Digital Rapids – a leading developer of scalable solutions for content ingest, encoding, transcoding, protection and delivery – has again been chosen to provide encoding services for the IBC TV News web presence and mobile delivery.

As it has during the three preceding IBC exhibitions, Digital Rapids will be responsible for the timely encoding and delivery of news stories to the site, both as daily packages and up-to-the-minute web exclusives. Digital Rapids will again also be responsible for the encoding of selected stories to 3GPP and MPEG-4 formats for download to mobile devices such as cell phones. more

XL Video supplied projection, Catalyst digital media servers, a 4-camera PPU and crew for the Scissor Sisters recent arena shows.

The main challenge for the projection was that the images were being beamed onto three elegant but quirkily shaped, custom-made video screens that were also curved, and attached to a circular truss at the top. This was part of the stage set created by Marc Brickman, who also designed the lighting. more

Show Support delivered a full video package – screens, cameras, PPU and crew – to Manchester City Football Club‘s Thai-themed “One City” party staged in Manchester‘s Albert Square last Saturday.

Sven-Goran Eriksson and the City team joined thousands of people at the free party thrown by MCFC‘s new Chairman Dr Thaksin Shinawatra. The line up featured Frank Sinatra tribute singer Cole Page and Thai megastar Mai Charoenpura. more

Anglo-French large format projection specialists ETC Image exhibit at PLASA 2007, highlighting the unique products and services offered in this very specialist area of the entertainment industry.

The company has tuned to a fine art the techniques and skills required for high-impact large format video and film projections onto buildings, and all types of interesting surfaces and structures. more