Archive for June 4th, 2008

Hollywood, CA, June 5, 2008 – SonicPool, one of Hollywood’s leading post facilities, specializing in audio and video finishing, edit suite rentals, and full post-production services, has announced its latest film, TV, commercial and Internet projects. The announcement was made by John Frost and Patrick Bird, co-founders, SonicPool. more

Culver City, CA, June 5, 2008 — X1FX, a leading visual effects and design company specializing in FX for feature films, TV commercials and music videos, has retained new Mid-West and West Coast Reps for future commercial projects. Edy Enriquez, X1FX’s Executive Producer and Head of Sales, made the announcement. more

Calabasas, CA, June 6, 2008 — MusicBox, a leading music production company that provides thousands of cuts from its original music catalog, as well as original composition and scoring, for television programs, promos, and commercials, has provided music, through client Cliff Freeman & Partners, to a national Quiznos TV campaign, and to a viral web “Quiznosâ€? spot, entitled “Evil Hand.â€? “Evil Handâ€? will be email blasted on June 6th to over 1.2 Million people who are listed in the Quiznos database. more

New York, June 5, 2008 – Human, one of America’s pre-eminent original music composition and sound design agencies specializing in unique and compelling music for the international advertising industry, is the winner of two 2008 “AICP Awards,� as well as a contributor to three other award winning spots bestowed during the AICP Show in New York City held June 3 at the Museum of Modern Art. more

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In the Mix for the Discovery Network’s New Planet Green Channel Show, Renovation Nation

Studio City, CA – (June 4, 2008) – Environmental enthusiasts will be sure to tune in TODAY (June 4th) at 6pm to witness the launch of Discovery Communications’ new Planet Green channel and a new series, Renovation Nation. Emmy award-winner Steve Thomas has signed on with Planet Green to host. Each episode will highlight new products and projects undertaken by home owners with a “green,â€? environmentally friendly twist. Sneak peak episodes of Planet Green programming appeared on other Discovery Network channels, prior to today’s launch. more

Studios Adopt Avid DNxHD to Cut Production Costs and Enable HD Offline Workflows

Tewksbury, Mass., June 3, 2008 – Avid Technology, Inc. (Nasdaq: AVID) today announced that Focus Features, a motion picture production, financing, and distribution company, and its sibling company Rogue Pictures, have standardized post production workflows on Avid DNxHD® codec – Avid’s high-quality, low-bandwidth HD media format – to enable HD offline editing and screening during the creative editorial process. Using Avid DNxHD media, post production teams can eliminate the time and cost of a traditional offline to online conform for screenings, while also working with HD image quality. Having qualified Avid DNxHD based workflows, both Rogue Pictures and Focus Features are recommending that post production teams take advantage of the media’s pristine HD image quality and massive storage efficiency. Currently, Focus Features is using Avid DNxHD workflows for films including: 25/8, Untitled Sam Mendes Project, Milk, The Unborn., and the upcoming Taking Woodstock. more

Carlisle, PA, June 4, 2008 – RF Central’s new RFX-CMT-II camera-mounted transmitters in both 2 GHz and 5.8 GHz are now available with one frame delay option. Ideal for live sports and entertainment coverage, the one frame delay provided by RF Central, a brand of The Vitec Group, offers users the ability to intermix wired cameras with an RF wireless camera for a seamless live broadcast. more

Danish Broadcaster Completes Largest TV-Studio Installation in Danish Television History

Tewksbury, Mass., June 4, 2008 – Avid Technology, Inc. (Nasdaq: AVID) today announced that TV2, the leading broadcaster in Denmark, has launched two new state-of-the-art Avid® TV-production facilities in Copenhagen and Odense. In efforts to make its news production process more efficient, TV2 Denmark has deployed an end-to-end digital production workflow which includes Avid Unity™ ISIS®, Avid Interplay® with Assist and Access, Avid Productivity Tools, Avid iNEWS® Instinct®, NewsCutter® XP, and an upgrade to Avid’s latest iNEWS newsroom computer system. more

Coemar’s Infinity Wash XLs are the moving heads of choice of Chris Nathan, lighting designer for Colombian-born rock star Juanes’s La Vida World Tour. Inner Circle Distribution (ICD) is the exclusive distributor of Italian-made Coemar lighting in the US. more