Archive for January 16th, 2009

Santa Monica, Calif., Jan. 19, 2009 – Just breaking this past weekend, the new Acura RDX spot, “Wall Art,� produced by RPA, reveals the turbocharged crossover SUV’s city prowess—darting through alleys, ducking around corners, navigating the urban landscape. more

Adder announces European distribution agreement with the Intronics b.v.

CAMBRIDGE, UK – January 15, 2009 – Adder, a leading developer of KVM switches, extenders and IP solutions, today announced it has entered into a strategic European distribution agreement with Intronics b.v. The agreement establishes sale of all of Adder’s products through Intronics group companies. more

London, England – (January 16, 2009) – Final Cut Editor Rick Russell recently teamed with Traktor on a new campaign for Virgin Atlantic to celebrate its 25 years of “Red Hot� flying courtesy of ad agency RKCR. The retro spot entitled, “Love at First Flight,� takes off in 1984 London, with a hilarious reenactment of Virgin’s inaugural flight.   more

IMMENDINGEN GERMANY, December 3, 2008 – proDAD GmbH today announced the latest addition to its popular Adorage Effects Package – Adorage Effects Package 10 – Full HD Video Effects Generation. As its name suggests, Adorage Effects Package 10 includes hundreds of video effects and transitions from previous Adorage Effects Packages, now in Full HD resolution. Adorage Effects Package 10 allows editors working with HD footage the ability to have their effects and transitions in HD too. Adorage Effects Package 10 is the first effects package offered by proDAD with HD support. Editors working with SD footage can still take full advantage of the effects contained in Adorage Effects Package 10. proDAD has even created its own high performance codec for the rendering of effects and transitions, offering up to 40 percent faster rendering over other solutions. more

Company Executives to Co-Host Park City’s New York Lounge and Co-Sponsor Alumni Event for NYU’s Tisch School of the Arts
NEW YORK and HOLLYWOOD – Digital motion picture and post-production companies PostWorks and Orbit Digital today detailed their support of numerous feature films and shorts selected for the annual Sundance Film Festival, which kicked-off yesterday in Park City, Utah. more

Minneapolis, MN. — (January 2009) – www.chiefmfg.com – Chief Manufacturing, the industry leader in projector, monitor and flat panel TV mounting solutions, as well as progressive online tools, is excited to announce that the FUSION Series will begin shipping at the end of January. The mounts focus on usability and speed of installation and were designed to solve some of the toughest installation challenges. more

7 FOR ALL MANKIND & GEN ART TO HONOR NEW GENERATION OF TALENT @ 2ND ANNUAL “7 FRESH FACES IN FILM�

BLACK – KENNETH COLE FRAGRANCE & GEN ART TO SALUTE INDIE FILM CHAMPIONS @ KENNETH COLE BLACK PARTY

(New York, NY- January 13, 2009) Gen Art is excited to announce that it will be co-hosting two important events at the 2009 Sundance Film Festival, both celebrating actors who are committed to independent cinema: “7 Fresh Faces in Filmâ€? with 7 For All Mankind on January 16 and “It’s Better in the Darkâ€? with Black – Kenneth Cole on January 17. more

It was an ogre of a job, but Scharff Weisberg handily embraced video and lighting support for “Shrek the Musical” on Broadway. The popular show is a production of DreamWorks Theatricals and Neal Street Productions Ltd.

“We’ve had the great pleasure of spending the last few months in the company of the big, green, ugly guy known as Shrek and the production team behind his Broadway musical,” notes Josh Weisberg. “These folks have pulled some nifty tricks out of their hats using three Panasonic PT-D10000U 10K video projectors and a FLED 11io 11mm LED wall we provided. And of course, the only media server the big, green guy would want on his show is a quartet of Green-Hippo Hippotizer V3 HD media servers.” more

Also Unveils MAXcut Tool for Rough Cut Preparation

MONTREAL, Canada, January 15, 2009 – Maximum Throughput (www.max-t.com), developers of server-based media applications and high-performance storage solutions, today announced that its MAXedit® Server Edition, the first multi-user editing application, is now shipping. more

WEGENER Forums Offer Customized, Private Sessions Focused on the Latest Media Distribution Technologies and Strategies

(January 15, 2009) – DULUTH, Georgia – Wegener Corporation (Nasdaq: WGNR), a leading provider of equipment for television, audio, and data distribution networks worldwide today announced that the company will host WEGENER Forums 2009 in New York and Los Angeles. WEGENER Forum 2009: New York will be held from January 27-29 at the AMA Executive Conference Center at 1601 Broadway, New York City. WEGENER Forum 2009: Los Angeles will be held from February 17-18 at the Hotel Angeleno at 170 North Church Lane, Los Angeles. more