Archive for February 20th, 2009

Los Angeles, CA – (February 20, 2009) —  KMART recently premiered a commercial that launches its exclusive arrangement with Protege, a brand new shoe brand created with NBA star Al Harrington. The spot was directed by Justin Leibow of Superfad for Agency Draftfcb and features Harrington presenting the philosophical ingredients that make up his new, high performance basketball line at an accessible price point. To view: www.superfad.com. more

Erlanger, KY, January 9, 2009 – TV One introduces the new 1T-C2-750 Dual Picture-in-Picture DVI-I Scaler. Based on TV One’s exclusive CORIO®2 Technology, this clever new unit includes two high-quality graphic scalers capable of working at full DVI video rates. The two scaling engines housed within the 1T-C2-750 can convert between digital DVI-D and analog DVI-A signals including RGBHV, RGBS, RGsB and YPbPr formats, using the two DVI-I inputs available. DVI-D resolutions up to 1920×1200/60Hz are supported with analog DVI-A resolutions up to 2048×2048 at virtually any refresh rate and HDTV resolutions up to 1080p/60Hz. HDMI signals are also accommodated using HDMI to DVI adaptors and the unit is fully HDCP compliant. more

Erlanger, KY, February 3, 2009 – With a long history of design and manufacture, TV One celebrates a new milestone with its 25 year anniversary in 2009. From its inception in 1984 TV One has been supplying the Professional AV and Broadcast markets with premium-quality and award-winning products. “TV One has gone from strength to strength over the last 25 years,� says Steven Mattingly, Managing Director of TV One’s EMEA division in UK, “with a dedicated workforce and a clear vision of our course for the future, I am confident that we can continue our growth and success for another 25 years.� more

Automated Digital Negative Management System Revolutionizes Production Workflow

London, UK / Los Angeles, CA, Feb 19, 2009 — Sohonet Solutions, the digital workflow consultancy arm of high speed data workflow experts, Sohonetâ„¢, announces the launch of VESSELâ„¢, its revolutionary digital negative management service aimed at feature productions. more

REEDSBURG, WI — Sound Devices 788T digital recorder has been named the winner of the Cinema Audio Society’s (CAS) Technical Achievement Award in the production category. The CAS Technical Achievement Awards recognize innovations in recording technologies, including both hardware and software products that are used by sound mixing professionals. more

Although it won’t be doing any red carpet interviews, Hula Post Production will once again play an important role to the annual Academy Awards telecast. The bi-coastal supplier of post production gear is providing editorial systems and network storage technology to DMS Production Services, which produces awards reels and other video features for the show. It’s the third straight year that Hula has performed this service. The 81st Annual Academy Awards will be held February 22nd. more

Iroquois, ON, Canada – February 20, 2009 – Ross Video announced today the launch of the new SoftMetal 3000 and 4000 Series Video Servers. The next generations in the SoftMetal family are integrated media servers that come with I/O and storage all contained in a compact 3RU package. more

CLASS ON DEMAND MAKES AVAILABLE TELESTREAM EPISODE 5.1 SELF-PACED TRAINING VIDEO
New training video gives users expert instruction on optimizing image quality and content repurposing; mastering new features found in the industry standard Episode 5.1 compression tools

Hoffman Estates, IL –February 20, 2009 - Class on Demand, a provider of professional educational products for creative markets, announced the availability of “Complete Training for Episode and Episode Pro 5.1�. Class on Demand instructor Nate Caplin spearheads the 4.5 hour self-paced training offering an in-depth tour of the industry leading Episode and Episode Pro compression solutions from Telestream. The modular design of the self-paced training video is ideal for both beginners needing to step into the software and the seasoned pro needing to quickly learn the very latest Episode features. more

Amy Carter-Trerotoli, formerly of Lowel-Light Mfg., Inc. joins LEDStorm Global, Inc., as Vice President of Worldwide Sales. Starting work in production, and moving on to Lowel-Light for 14 years, she joined another industry in which she enjoyed much success. In 2004, she re-connected to the industry she holds near and dear to her heart, and created and produced “The New York Cine Equipment Showâ€?, with her husband, Mike. For the last year and a half, she worked along side Mike on ICG Magazine – The International Cinematographers Guild Magazine. more

WAYNE, NJ, February 19, 2009 — An assortment of Fujinon HD lenses are part of a major HD upgrade for Saddleback Church in Lake Forest, Calif., which serves Southern California through 200 ministries and worship at eight venues. San Diego, CA – based broadcast systems integrator TV Magic engineered the installation, which replaced 15-year-old analog equipment with a digital infrastructure and HD-capable production systems. more