Archive for October 23rd, 2007

Los Angeles, California, Oct. 23, 2007–Universal Studios Sound (www.filmmakersdestination.com) announces the addition of the feature mixing team of Jon Taylor and Christian P. Minkler. The team is mixing on Feature Mixing Stage 6 on the Universal lot.

Mr. Taylor and Mr. Minkler mixed the Academy Award ® winning film Babel directed by Alejandro González Iñárritu. Their work on Babel earned them a 2007 BAFTA nomination and a 2007 Cinema Audio Society Award nomination. more

St. Louis – Technisonic, a leading full-service production house, has been recognized with three Emmys in the 2007 Mid-America Emmy Awards, hosted by the National Academy of Television Arts & Sciences. The Mid-America chapter covers markets in Missouri, Arkansas, Illinois, Iowa, Kansas, Kentucky and Louisiana.

Technisonic was honored for:
� Editor/Spot Length, Grolsch “Swing” – Scott Whiteaker;
� Lighting – Tom Newcomb composite;
� Photographer/Program – Tom Newcomb composite; more

Chatham, New Jersey–Tribe Pictures will host the 41st International Quorum of Motion Picture Producers Conference October 28th to November 2nd in Morristown, New Jersey. Producers representing more than 40 countries and six continents will come together to exchange ideas, form partnerships and explore the latest trends and newest innovations in global film and video production. The theme of this year‘s event, “Show Me the Money,” is intended to underscore the importance of creative dialogue and idea sharing to the international production community. more

Sound Lounge lends its sound design and mix talent to the team at Glamour and Clinique for their Reel Moments short films series directed by Hollywood actresses interested in their directorial debuts, and based on personal essays by readers. Kate Hudson makes her frosh effort with Cutlass, a generational tale about family and tradition. With sound design by Marshall Grupp, and mix by Philip Loeb and Cory Melious, more

Attributes its 265% Percent Revenue Growth to Focus on Needs of Education Market

San Carlos, California, October 23, 2007 — Luidia Inc., a leading global provider of idea capturing technology and manufacturer of eBeam® interactive systems, has been named a Rising Star on Deloitte‘s 2007 Technology Fast 500. A special category, the Rising Star list ranks 20 companies that have been in business a minimum of three years, but less than five years. They are ranked based on percentage of fiscal year revenue growth over three years (2004 to 2006). Deloitte‘s Technology Fast 500 is a ranking of the 500 fastest growing technology, media, telecommunications and life sciences companies in North America. more

NVIDIA Quadro Professional Graphics Improve Visual Computing for Iowa State University‘s New Virtual Reality Applications Center

SANTA CLARA, CA–October 23, 2007–Iowa State University‘s “C6,” the country‘s first six-sided virtual reality room, has been redesigned to take cyber battles to new extremes with advanced visual computing. The C6, a 100-million pixel virtual experience engineered by Mechdynes‘ Fakespace display division, incorporates NVIDIA Quadro® professional graphics processing units (GPUs) in the improved visualization center, which operates at more than 16 times the resolution of a typical immersive room and more than double the resolution of the five-sided, 43-million pixel room also created by Mechdyne. more

Outdoor weatherproof loudspeakers replace old horn systems to deliver vastly improved quality to fans of Henderson State Reddies

BOSTON, October 22, 2007 – Technomad Associates, LLC announces that Henderson State University in Arkansas has installed eight Technomad weatherproof outdoor loudspeakers at Carpenter-Haygood Stadium, home of the Henderson State Reddies, a Division II football team. The new loudspeakers, first used at the September 20th home opener, replace an antiquated horn system and bring vastly improved voice and music intelligibility to the 10,000 seat stadium. more

Company Recognized for Continued Advancements in Digital Television Transmission Technology

CINCINNATI, October 23, 2007 — Harris Corporation (NYSE: HRS), an international communications and information technology company, will be awarded a Technology & Engineering Emmy® Award from the National Academy of Television Arts and Sciences (NATAS) for developing special transmission filters that help broadcasters improve the quality and reduce the costs of operating digital television signals. Harris will be presented the award for developing the ATSC Broadcast Transmission System RF Filters at a ceremony January 7, 2008, at the International Consumer Electronics Show (CES) in Las Vegas. more

A journey from the ocular nerve to the wild imaginings of the mind‘s eye: “Enter” is the visually arresting commercial launching Pioneer‘s Kuro television and the result of a unique collaboration between agency TBWAChiat Day and Süperfad.

To view the spot, please go to:
http://superfadftp.com
username: pioneer_pr
password: press more

GLENDALE CA, October 23, 2007–Four upcoming digital media and broadcast technology conferences have invited National TeleConsultants (NTC), the world‘s leading provider of strategic media-technology consulting and engineering-design services, to deliver presentations on new IT-based media architectures and file-based workflow solutions. John Footen, an NTC Vice President responsible for the company‘s Software Solutions Group, will present tutorials on these topics at the upcoming Digital Hollywood conference (Oct. 29-Nov. 1, in Hollywood), the Advanced Media Workflow Association/Digital TV Group MXF Summit (Nov. 13, in London), the AMWA/European Broadcast Union SOA Training and Users Meeting (Nov. 14, in London), and the Broadcast Engineering Conference at NAB 2008 (April 12, in Las Vegas). more