Archive for February 24th, 2009

PARK RIDGE, N.J., Feb. 24, 2009 – The New York Giants will prepare for the 2009 football season in a new training facility fully equipped with Sony professional high-definition production technology.
The Sony HD equipment will be used by the team’s entertainment group to produce a range of fan-targeted content, according to the team. The facility is set to open in June within the Meadowlands Sports Complex where the Giants play home games, and will house a full HD control room including Sony HDC-1400 studio cameras, an MFS-2000 production switcher, HDCAM® decks, and LUMA® LCD monitors. more

Autodesk Applauds 81st Annual Academy Award Winners and Nominees

For the 14th consecutive year, every film nominated for the Best Visual Effects Academy Award was shaped with Autodesk, Inc. (NASDAQ: ADSK) digital filmmaking tools. Autodesk congratulates Matte World Digital for its Oscar-winning visual effects work on “The Curious Case of Benjamin Button�. more

LOS ANGELES, CALIFORNIA – FEBRUARY 2009: Gussie Miller is one of those amazing people who are equally talented on either side of the microphone. With the ears of a musician and the ears of an engineer magically merged, the singer/songwriter/engineer/producer brings a unique sensitivity to his projects. He understands, better than most, how a musical performance will translate through the recording, mixing and mastering stages. On the flip side, he understands, again better than most, that some gear fights against the musicality of a piece, whereas other gear enhances it. It is with these subtleties that Miller often finds himself turning to Metric Halo’s ChannelStrip plug-in, of which he says – in a charming lilt that only a professional vocalist can deliver – “it’s all about the algorithm!” more

New multi-channel ingest and browsing tools shown along with XStream Series and ARK “green� solutions for backup and archiving

London, UK – February 25, 2009 – EditShareâ„¢, the technology leader in cross platform collaborative editing and shared media storage systems, will be demonstrating the company’s Complete Collaboration line-up of products for media acquisition, sharing, storage and archiving at CABSAT 2009, held at the Dubai Convention and Exhibition Centre from March 3 to 6 in Zabeel Hall on stand ZL 13. Visitors to the stand will be able to see the fully integrated EditShare media sharing workflow from ingest through archiving. EditShare is the only workgroup editing solution which offers both Avid and Apple Final Cut Pro project sharing for editors. more

Versatile Systems Designer Focuses On The Future for Distribution Company

February 24, 2009 (Mountain Lake, NJ) As part of the ongoing expansion of distribution company ZGC, company President Les Zellan has announced that Thomas Greiser has joined the company as Technical Sales Representative. Based in the company’s New Jersey headquarters, Greiser will be working with Zellan and the other members of the ZGC team to expand awareness of the company’s lines and develop new products and services. more

Adder Extends video, audio and USB over Single CAT6 Cable

LAS VEGAS, NV – February 24, 2009 – Adder, a leading developer of KVM switches, extenders and KVM over IP solutions, will demonstrate its AdderLink X50 with a remote touch interface using a 32-inch 3M MicroTouch DST-enabled interactive display. Demonstrations are available at Booth #2251 at the Digital Signage Expo in Las Vegas, NV on February 25-26. The X50s are the only extenders able to deliver video, audio and full speed USB over a single CAT6 cable. Now, interactive kiosk applications that must not only support audio and video, but also multiple USB devices such as card readers, receipt printers, biometric devices and more can be extended long distances using just one cable. more

LEDStorm will be at Barbizon Lighting in (Miami) Miramar, Florida Feb. 26, 2009. We will have our LS-711 ring light in operation! See you there. Please visit us on the web at: www.ledstorm.com .

The Brief:

Crossroads’ recently signed director Stuart Rideout helms a terrifying tale of Armageddon for the PS3′s Resistance 2 game via Deutsch, LA. The spine-chilling :60 cuts to menacing prophets from various periods in time including: the desert prophet, the oracle, the young Buddhist monk, the blind man, and the voodoo lady; their sensory accounts anecdotally tell the story of impending doom. more

The Brief:

Toronto-based digital boutique Secret Location has launched a massive, ground breaking immersive multi-player online role playing game to support new TV series I Prophesy. more

Awards for Outstanding Supporting Visual Effects in a Motion Picture and for Outstanding Matte Paintings in a Feature Motion Picture

Vancouver, B.C., February 24, 2008 — CIS Vancouver artists won two Visual Effects Society (VES) Awards for their work on Clint Eastwood’s “Changeling,â€? a Universal Pictures release, at the 7th Annual VES Awards gala held Saturday in Los Angeles. The annual event recognizes outstanding visual effects in over a dozen categories of film, animation, television, commercials and video games. more