Archive for April 2nd, 2008

RENO, NV, 2nd April 2008 – S.two Corporation has confirmed that it will be exhibiting a completely new product line up at the NAB Convention (Las Vegas 14th-17th April 2008) in a an expanded location in the South Hall Lower Level (Booth #SL9208).

Showcased for the first time anywhere will be the S.two end-to-end tool set responding to the growing requirement for 4K digital film production. The booth will also feature a new HD444, 2K & 3K capable uncompressed portable recorder and the enhanced production-proven S.two workflow, from capture to offline through archive and conform. more

Extensive On-Air Branding and Design Assignment Assists Starz Entertainment’s Move into a More Cohesive and Evocative Brand Across all Starz Channels and Services

Troika Design Group recently completed groundbreaking work in assisting Starz Entertainment, LLC with its recently announced Starz rebranding efforts. First hired in May 2007 to establish the brand foundation, Troika was then tasked as the design and production company the following October to implement the creative vision of Starz’s on-air component. The new Starz Entertainment brand campaign focuses on the premium television network’s Starz-branded channels and advanced services. more

Academy Award-winning actor and critically acclaimed screenwriter, director and producer Tim Robbins will look at the changing face of entertainment and how new distribution and content creation opportunities will impact Hollywood and other industries.

In addition to discussing his personal and professional experiences as it relates to content, Robbins will also participate in a moderated Q&A. Robbins’ keynote will follow NAB President and CEO David K. Rehr’s third annual State of the Industry Address.

Robbins joins DreamWorks’ Jeffrey Katzenberg and Roger Enrico, HP’s Todd Bradley, Hulu‘s Jason Kilar, Lost‘s Carlton Cuse and Damon Lindelof, Jumper‘s Doug Liman, CSI‘s Anthony E. Zuiker, Pushing Daisies‘ Barry Sonnenfeld, Six Flags’ Mark Shapiro, and best-selling author Alvin Toffler as featured speakers at this year’s NAB Show.

FilmCore has launched a new Creative Services division at its studio in San Francisco. The editorial house is seeking to move beyond its niche in post-production while providing ad agencies with an alternative solution for the production of new media advertising, including advertising for the web and mobile devices, viral campaigns and branded entertainment. Services offered by the new venture will run the gamut from concept development and brand strategy through design, animation and post. It will also offer help with new media strategy and distribution. more

London. – Aiming to garner more mastering work for feature films and commercials, Santa Monica, California-based Core Group has purchased a Baselight ONE colour grading system from FilmLight. The system will enable the facility to perform real-time DI colour grading at resolutions up to 2K. more

Integration creates powerful graphics and video asset management solution for web content management and publishing

Bergen, Norway, April 2, 2008 – Vizrt, a leading provider of real-time, integrated broadcast graphics software, announces the signature of a heads of agreement to purchase Escenic, a world leader in content management and publishing for the web. more

Five CORIO2® C2-2000 units with HD-SDI will make their debut at NAB 2008 in booth N1725 and will include a Universal Up/Down Converter, two Up Converters and two Down Converters.

ERLANGER, KY, April 2, 2008—TV One has taken product diversification up a notch with the addition of HD-SDI to five of the ten units in the C2-2000 series. These units now feature HD-SDI along with DVI and Analog inputs and outputs. The C2-2355A features HD-SDI Up, Down and Cross Conversion. The C2-2205A and C2-2255A offer Up and Cross Conversion, while the C2-2105A and C2-21555A provide Down Conversion. more

Los Angeles –In a major expansion of its resources and capabilities, Blink Digital has added a facility in Burbank offering authoring, compression and encoding services for SD DVD and Blu-ray. The production services offered by the Burbank facility are designed to complement the creative services provided by Blink Digital’s New York and Santa Monica studios to form a complete, end-to-end solution for home entertainment media. more

Las Vegas, NV, April 2, 2008 – Nucomm, Inc., a worldwide provider of premier digital and analog video microwave systems, is broadening wireless camera control capabilities with the NAB 2008 debut of its new CC-1 Camera Control unit (Booths C3007, C6622 & OE432). Designed to work with Nucomm’s signature CamPac 2 HD/SD COFDM camera-back transmitter, the CC-1 expands the features of the CamPac 2 through a software-based data interface that allows the CP2/CC-1 to work with various types of camera manufacturer control panels and command protocols. more

MPC (The Moving Picture Company), part of the Technicolor Services Division of Thomson (Euronext Paris: 18453, NYSE: TMS), today announced plans to open a Santa Monica-based visual effects facility in late 2008. MPC-LA will initially focus on the U.S. commercials visual effects (VFX) market, and it will also provide a front-end presence to MPC’s Los Angeles-based studios features VFX business. more