Archive for April 6th, 2009

New Equipment Offers More Accessible Entry into HD Studio and Live Production for Broadcasters, Sports Venues, Houses of Worship, Schools and Government

PARK RIDGE, N.J., April 6, 2009 – Sony Electronics is introducing a new line of high-definition studio cameras and multi-format production switchers designed to provide broadcasters a high-quality, yet more accessible entry into HD production. more

WEBSTER, NEW YORK – APRIL 2009: Ashly Audio has expanded its NE (Network Enabled) Series of Ethernet-equipped products with three new two-channel power amplifiers that are designed to meet the needs of the performance installed sound and constant voltage markets. The ne800, ne1600 and ne2400 – respectively delivering 400W, 800W and 1200W per channel at four ohms – offer easy setup, control and monitoring using standard 10/100 Ethernet protocol and Ashly’s Protea NE software. They may optionally be factory-fitted with Protea DSP, an AES/EBU digital input module and enabled for CobraNet or EtherSound network audio. more

Key Features Include Search, Audition, Drag n’ Drop to Pro Tools, Logic, AVID, Final Cut (MAC/PC) and More

Detroit, Michigan, April 6, 2009 – Blastwave FX (www.blastwavefx.com), the HD sound effects label, today announced Blastwave FX Search Engine software for Mac and PC. more

NEW YORK, NEW YORK – For Animal Planet, New York-based creative services agency, Blue Room NYC, has produced, edited and designed graphic treatments for six of Animal Planet’s 2009/10 show packages to be shown to network executives, press and advertisers at their upfront presentation in Chicago on March 26th, then New York on April 2nd, and LA on April 15th. more

Grass Valley, CA – Ensemble Designs today announced that it will introduce the 4500 MPEG Transport Stream Processor for translating DVB-ASI to SMPTE 310M in broadcast and satellite applications. The MPEG Transport Stream Processor and 27 other announcements will be highlighted at booth #N4023 at the National Association of Broadcasters (NAB) convention held April 20-24 in Las Vegas. more

— Waves’ new Hybrid Line combines the best of the analog and digital worlds —

TEL AVIV, ISRAEL, April 6, 2009 — Waves Audio, a leading provider of digital signal processing solutions, introduces the new Waves Hybrid Line. Drawing on the technical breakthroughs of their award-winning console/processor models (SSL 4000 Collection, V-Series, The API Collection, The JJP Collection), Waves has created a new series of plug-ins that blends the best of yesterday’s sound with today’s technology. The Hybrid Line offers the color and character of classic analog hardware processors with the features and flexibility of Waves digital plug-ins. The first two products in the Waves Hybrid Line are the H-Comp Hybrid Compressor and the H-Delay Hybrid Delay. more

When the Cincinnati Reds opened the 2009 baseball season in April at Great American Ball Park, in addition to seeing a new team with a crew of young players, fans were able to get an enhanced ballpark experience with new high-definition video production technology from Sony Electronics. more

4.6.09

Mammoth HD Footage Library adds Death Valley in RED® 4K.

Death Valley National Park – the Hottest, Driest, Lowest: A superlative desert of streaming sand dunes, snow-capped mountains, multicolored rock layers, water-fluted canyons and three million acres of stone wilderness. more

Video Capture and Playback Card Supports All-Digital Workflow for Academy Award-Winning Feature Film

Shot primarily on the Grass Valley Viper FilmStream digital cinema camera, “The Curious Case of Benjamin Button� employed an all-digital workflow that relied on AJA’s KONA 3 video capture and playback cards for digital dailies and as an integral part of the film’s Apple Final Cut Pro editing platform. KONA 3 is AJA’s top-of-the-line uncompressed capture card for SD, HD, Dual Link 4:4:4 HD and 2K formats for Apple Mac Pro systems. more

NEW YORK and LA JOLLA, CA.—(Apr. 6, 2009)—The filmmakers from creative production company Shilo (www.shilo.tv) recently directed and produced a dramatic new spot for senior creative director Marcus Stephens, art director Brian Boring and brand manager Colin Clark, the in-house creative team of performance apparel originator Under Armour (NSYE:UA). The national :30 ad, in which New York Mets All-Star shortstop and base-running phenom Jose Reyes introduces Under Armour’s new Heater lightweight baseball cleat, debuted in Texas last month and began airing in the Northeastern U.S. at the end of March. The spot can currently be viewed online at http://baseball.underarmour.com. more