Archive for February 26th, 2009

Successful training company sees 50% increase in self-paced training orders; upward trend indicates that digital media creatives are fine tuning their skills for the competitive marketplace

Hoffman Estates, IL – February 26, 2009 - While the creative markets as a whole struggle with the economic downturn of the past three years, many editors, effects artists and content producers are turning to Class on Demand to sharpen their technology skills and maintain a competitive edge. A leading producer of online and self-paced training programs for creative markets, Class on Demand has seen a 50% growth in self-paced training orders over the past year. This is an impressive growth figure given the current state of the economy. It is also a key indicator of the important role affordable technical training is playing for those in the creative community looking to optimize their skills. more

Canon REALiS LCOS Multimedia Projectors Provide Educators With Amazingly Accurate Color and Detail

To enhance learning in general science, medical, engineering, art history, and other classes, educators depend on Canon REALiS Multimedia LCOS Projectors for exacting high-resolution detail and precision color, even with the lights on. more

Christie Digital was selected by Kerasotes Theatres to convert 35 screens to 3D-enabled Christie digital cinema projection systems ahead of the eagerly anticipated Walt Disney Pictures’ “Jonas Brothers: The 3D Concert Experience.� Kerasotes Theatres jumped on the installation fast track with the purchase of Christie CP2000-ZX digital cinema projectors with Brilliant3D™, turning to Christie to help bring fully-operational systems online almost daily in the weeks leading to the movie’s premiere, February 27. more

Festival-type events pose a unique challenge for sound mixers in that these events typically span several days, run from morning to midnight, and have the inherent variable of an ever-changing performance roster each with their own engineer, imposed often within very tight time constraints. Mitch Grant of Special Event Audio Services in San Diego is a veteran of staging these types of events, as well as handling production for a range of scenarios from corporate meetings and parties to musical theatre, theme park shows and festivals of various types. For over ten years, he’s been involved in two significant annual jazz festivals, the West Coast and Newport Beach Jazz Party events, held in Southern California. The mid-February Newport Beach Jazz Party featured the traditional jazz festival fare, but this year for the first time, it also included an actual performance of musical theatre. Grant brought in a newly purchased DiGiCo SD8 to handle the diverse range of performances, and to work in tandem with his Nexo Geo S8 line array, and found the console—his first actual DiGiCo purchase—far exceeded his expectations. more

TV2GO, Canada’s leading HD satellite transmission provider, used the Fujitsu IP-9500e MPEG-4 AVC codec during its broadcast of the World Junior Hockey Championships in Ottawa to uplink high-definition (HD) signals to Sweden and other countries in Europe.

The Fujitsu IP-9500 helped TV2GO to provide multiple broadcast stations throughout Europe with a low-latency MPEG-4 feed that also met their stringent picture quality requirements. more

Iroquois, ON Canada – February 26, 2009 – Moldovan TV selected Ross’ Vision QMD/X production switcher line with the purchase of a Vision 2M control panel mixed with a Vision 3 QMD frame for their facility. more

(Billerica, Massachusetts) February 25, 2009. Internal video communications at AT&T have advanced significantly thanks to two new mobile production systems featuring the Broadcast Pix Slate 3000 live integrated production system. Delivered in October 2008 by TV Pro Gear, a systems integrator based in Los Angeles, the new HD Flypakâ„¢ mobile production systems are used to produce and stream HD programming live to tens of thousands of employees. more

Bergen, Norway and Northbrook, IL – February 25, 2009 – STATS and Vizrt will team to provide live, in-booth demonstrations re-creating their breakthrough �holographic effect� technology for attendees at the 2009 NAB Show in Las Vegas, Nev., April 20-23.

STATS (Booth SL5011) and Vizrt (Booth SL5508) are exhibiting from neighboring locations at NAB. Demonstrations of the holographic effect will take place multiple times per day during the conference and can also be scheduled by appointment. CNN debuted this technology to great fanfare during its 2008 presidential election coverage. more

The luxury styling and precision engineering expected from Mercedes-Benz were showcased in the carmaker’s booth at Detroit’s 2009 North American International Auto Show where grandMAs once again played a key role in the environmental lighting. The Auto Show was held January 11-25 at the Cobo Exhibition Center. A.C.T Lighting is the exclusive distributor of the grandMA in North America. more