Archive for July 1st, 2008

Milan, Italy Through CVE Milan, SKY Italy installed a complete multi-frame ADAM matrix intercom system complete with 6-character RTS keypanels and Telex RadioCom wireless systems in their all-new Milan broadcast facility.
The new SKY satellite station has 6 studios and will employ 2500 people when construction is completed this year.
SKY knows that seamless communication is essential when running a broadcast operation that spans multiple studios and thousands of people, which is why they chose RTS and Telex RadioCom. more

Company Also Adds Lindsay London as Associate Producer and Russ Miller as Assistant Editor/IT Manager

San Francisco, CA (July 1, 2008)—Phoenix Editorial & Designs announced that Julia Sonder-Patchin and Zara Finlay have come on board as senior producer and producer, respectively. Combined, they have over 30 years experience working in design, visual effects and production. Also joining the company are Associate Producer Lindsay London and Assistant Editor/IT Manager Russ Miller. more

Los Angeles, CA, July 1, 2008 – Buster, a conceptual design studio that specializes in motion graphics for the advertising and broadcasting industries, was retained by FOX Broadcasting Company (FOX) to develop, animate and produce an on-air teaser campaign behind FOX’s upcoming Fall 2008 TV series “Fringe.� Buster is a division of Stun Creative; Stun Creative co-presidents Mark Feldstein and Brad Roth made the announcement. more

Los Angeles, CA – (July 1, 2008) — Audiences who crave more “Get Smartâ€? inspired, spy spoof hilarity are rewarded this week with the DVD exclusive release of “Get Smart’s Bruce and Lloyd: Out of Control.â€? Starring Nate Torrence and Masi Oka, the film was directed by Gil Junger and features visual effects by Digit (known as Moneyshots in the feature realm) — the sole effects house on the project. more

HILLSIDE, NJ – Wireworks put this year’s InfoComm attendees to the test as they took a stab at guessing the exact measurement of the company’s ultra-flexible microphone cable, MusiLUX, which was closely wrapped into a small fishbowl, for its “How Many Feet of MusiLUX Cable is in the Bowl� contest. Andy Seale, CEO of Extol Promedia, a consulting, system design and installation company, was awarded 5,000 feet of Wireworks best-selling microphone cabling as he had the closest guess, without going over. Coincidentally Seale was the very first person to submit his guess on the opening day of the show. more

Blue offers rebate on Award-Winning Dragonfly Microphone

Westlake Village, CA, (July 1, 2008) – Blue Microphones, a leading innovator in microphone technology and design, offers $200 cash back on purchases of their award-winning Dragonfly Microphone between July 1 and August 31, 2008.

Purchase any number of Dragonfly microphones between July 1st and August 31, 2008, from an Authorized Blue retailer within the US and Canada and become eligible to receive a $200 rebate per microphone directly from Blue. Purchase one mic and record pristine vocal or guitar tracks. Purchase a pair for killer drum overheads and get $400 cash back. Purchase more and mic up an entire band or percussion set-up, qualifying for even more cash back. more

The Most Powerful & Versatile FC Storage for SAS/SATA drives with SAS Expansion

Santa Fe Springs, CA. July 1, 2008 – Enhance Technology, Inc., the leader in Enterprise and OEM storage systems, today announced the release of the UltraStor™ RS16 FS, a new generation of dual Fibre Channel 4Gbps storage system delivers best-of-class performance boosted by a powerful 64-bit hardware architecture. Besides the superior I/O performance fit for the most demanding environments, RS16 FS also enables flexible scalability through the built-in SAS expansion ports and simple manageability through Enhance Technology’s WebGUI remote storage management via web browser. more

Award-winning Visual Effects and Character Animation Studio Adopts BodyPaint 3D into State-of-the-Art Production Pipeline to Meet Rising Demand for Realism and Complexity in 3D Paint and Textures.

MAXON, June 30, 2008 – MAXON Computer, a leading developer of professional 3D modeling, painting, animation and rendering solutions, today announced that Rhythm & Hues (R&H), one of Hollywood’s premier visual effects and animation powerhouses, turned to MAXON’s BodyPaint 3D, to address a myriad of complex texture painting challenges associated with the creation of central scenes and characters in the recently released Universal Pictures feature film, The Incredible Hulk (Hulk) – most notably, The Hulk’s distinctive muscle-popping green skin. more

Mixers from both Studer and Soundcraft appear at numerous events and broadcast facilities at the Beijing 2008 Olympic Games. Digital consoles from both Harman companies have been chosen and purchased by local Chinese broadcasters as well as worldwide companies who are installing or providing facilities at the events. The increased attention to HD broadcasting and surround has been one of the reasons Studer consoles particularly have been bought by numerous Broadcasters for their games coverage. more

Twisted Murder takes top prize of $10,000

VICON, developer of Academy Award®-winning motion capture systems and part of the Oxford Metrics Group, today announced Twisted Murder as the winner of its international VICON Film Festival. The film was created by Paulo de Almada, an animation artist from Los Angeles, CA. He was awarded the cash prize of $10,000 after the judges voted unanimously in support of his outstanding entry. more