Archive for March 19th, 2009

Innovative Application Suite Facilitates Management of Services & Assets

March 19, 2009 (Burbank, CA) Xytech Systems Corporation, a leading provider of media business software and services for workflow management, resource scheduling, and media asset management, has announced that its latest product, MediaPulse(tm), will be unveiled at next month’s National Association of Broadcasters (NAB) conference in Las Vegas, NV. MediaPulse(tm) is a revolutionary application suite for asset and resource-based media workflows that offers businesses a high-performance, end-to-end solution, extending from initial request through delivery and billing. The next-generation platform leverages Xytech Systems’ successful 20-year history of providing business workflow solutions to the media and entertainment industry. more

Venerable VFX Facility Replaces In-House Software “Flipper� with RV to Streamline Dailies, Real-time Color Correction and Playback in Stereo 3D

Tweak Software, developers of RV, the image and sequence viewer for animation and visual effects, announced today that Tippett Studio is integrating RV company-wide as its playback tool of choice. RV will replace Flipper, the proprietary playback software developed at Tippett Studio, as the backbone of its VFX digital pipeline. more

Wohler at InfoComm 09
Booth 3500

Company Background:

Wohler Technologies and PANORAMAdtv offer a comprehensive range of products that simplify analog and digital source monitoring in facilities of all sizes and complexity. Wohler Technologies was founded in 1987 and, through constant innovation, continues to be a world leader in providing in-rack audio monitoring solutions for the broadcast, motion picture, and professional audio/visual markets. With the 1997 launch of Wohler’s video products division, PANORAMAdtv, the company expanded its offering to include a range of advanced video monitoring solutions as well. Today, Wohler provides a complete range of monitors, processors, and closed-captioning solutions that supports the entire broadcast transmission chain. Wohler is based in the San Francisco Bay Area with an Asia-Pacific division in Hong Kong. More information about the company and its technologies is available at www.wohler.com. more

Award-winning producer Les Guthman, renowned ski mountaineer Mike Marolt and West Post Digital team produce movie that changes Global perspective of ski mountaineering more

450 DIGAM K-10/AESOP Series Amplifiers Complete Unified Equipment Vision for ATK

VALENCIA, CA, March 19, 2009 – When ATK Audiotek, a high-end audio company servicing such events as the Super Bowl, Dancing with the Stars, and the Democratic and Republican National Conventions, went shopping for five million watts of amplifier power, it chose Powersoft’s DIGAM K-10 amplifier. Each K-10/AESOP offers up to 12,000 watts of power in a one-rack unit space and is designed for high reliability, crystal clear sound, low power consumption and advanced digital control. The initial purchase of 450 units completes a unified equipment vision for the future of ATK. more

Footage Shot With ARRIFLEX D-21 Recorded Straight Into MacBooks for Seamless On-Set Playback, Dailies and HD Edit Workflow

AJA Video Systems, a leading manufacturer of professional video interface and conversion solutions, announced today that the company’s Io HD products are enabling a fully HD capture and editing environment for the forthcoming feature film “Skellig.� Io HD is AJA’s popular video ingest and output device bringing HD editing to the MacBook Pro and Mac Pro utilizing Apple’s ProRes 422 technology while also supporting SD editing workflows. more

Allegorithmic’s president and founder, Dr. Sebastien Deguy, will be presenting “Procedural and Multi-Core Techniques to Take Visuals to the Next Level,� from 9:00 a.m. – 10:00 a.m. on Friday, March 27 at an Intel-sponsored session during the 2009 Game Developers Conference (GDC). This session will demonstrate how Allegorithmic utilizes multi-core architectures in the Substance Air middleware to deliver high-quality textures, reduced download size and new production and rendering strategies to game development teams. more

NEW YORK, NEW YORK – For Late Night With Jimmy Fallon, Conan O’Brien’s Late Night replacement, Guerilla FX (GFX) broadcast design gurus Creative Director/VFX Supervisor John Bair and VFX Executive Producer Vivian Connolly, designed and executed the main title sequence. Fallon, a comedian, actor and musician best known for his work on Saturday Night Live, claimed Conan O’Brien’s old desk for the daily, hour-long, late-night series which debuted on NBC-TV March 2nd at 12:35 A.M. more

NASHVILLE, Tennessee – Nashville based television production company, Camp Digital, has included as the centerpiece of its audio capabilities a Soundcraft Vi4 digital console into its new JOURNEY HD mobile production truck. Providing state-of-the-art High Definition production around North America, JOURNEY HD has recently provided video and audio support for a wide range of productions, including the television special ‘Feel That Fire’ for Great American Country starring Dierks Bentley, the 35th anniversary DVD of the band Kansas and a DVD featuring Christian comedian Chonda Pierce. more

CHATSWORTH, CA – Gefen’s new 8×4 CAT-5 HDMI Matrix performs both matrix switching and signal extension, offering a convenient method of system integration.

Installers seeking an easy, plug and play method of accessing multiple hi-def sources from a few extended displays will find it particularly helpful. more