Archive for August 25th, 2008

San Francisco, CA – (August 22, 2008) – Continuing their prolific music-video collaboration, Spy Post Senior Colorist Chris Martin and Revolution Pictures Director Roman White recently completed new videos for Reba McEntire and Carrie Underwood.

“Chris has a huge level of experience, and it shows in every collaboration,� says Randy Brewer, Owner/Executive Producer of Revolution Pictures. “He doesn’t have one signature look, and always knows what needs to be done specifically for the project. Having a go-to colorist like Chris is beneficial to our company and to the overall production. Our relationship with him and Spy Post has worked out so well.� more

New York, NY – (August 22, 2008) – Northern Lights Editor Michael Hoerner recently teamed up with USA Network for a lighthearted campaign promoting its new dramatic series “In Plain Sight.�

“These spots were an integral part of our campaign that resulted in a hugely successful launch for ‘In Plain Sight;’ the ratings were our highest for a new series launch since 2006,” says Jason Holzman, VP/Brand Creative at USA Network. more

BREGENZ, AUSTRIA – As millions of viewers tuned in for this year’s EURO 2008 European football tournament, German broadcast station ZDF, along with Aviom, was there to help bring the excitement of each game to television viewers. The competition of 16 national teams is sponsored by the Union of European Football Associations and is the second largest sports event in the world in terms of viewing figures. The last UEFA European Championship attracted more than 153 million live viewers for each of its 31 matches and a total of 7.9 billion television viewers. more

Tewksbury, Mass. , August 25, 2008 — Avid Technology, Inc. (Nasdaq: AVID) today launched Avid® DS version 10: a solution designed to save customers time and money by offering professional editing, compositing, keying, image retouching, paint and graphics capabilities in one application. Avid DS 10 runs on a new high-performance platform and includes key features such as: full color-managed workflows, advanced color correction capabilities, Interplay® support, improved conform options, GPU real-time processing, additional dual-link feature support, integration with Avid shared storage solutions, and a new stereoscopic 3D container. As a result of these new features, Avid DS customers will be able to more effectively manage their project pipeline, take on a wider variety of projects, work with the highest quality images and continue to deliver the best end product to their customers. more

See GPU-Based De-Bayering at PNY Booth

San Jose: August 25, 2008 … IRIDAS, the world leader in RAW playback technologies, is bringing RealTime RAW 2.0 to the crowds at the San Jose Convention Center for NVISION 08 this week. On August 26 and 27 visitors to the PNY booth (200/305) can see the live playback of RAW content with pristine image quality using NVIDIA PNY graphics to provide de-Bayering in real-time. The technology means that filmmakers now have immediate access to their footage straight from the camera. more

Iroquois, ON, Canada – August 25, 2008 – Ross Video will be demonstrating MultiScreen ability on their Vision QMD/X series of multi-definition production switchers during IBC 2008. more

Iroquois, ON, Canada – August 25, 2008 – Ross Video’s industry leading OverDrive® Automated Live Production Control System introduces additional features to Version 7 software. more