Archive for April 14th, 2009

Tight integration of technology leveraging enterprise media asset management accelerates editorial and production workflows for television broadcasters

New York, NY – April 14, 2009 – Dalet Digital Media Systems announced today that DataDirect Networks (DDN), Quantum and SeaChange International (NASDAQ: SEAC) will be showcasing at the NAB2009 exhibition an enterprise media asset management-based workflow solution that accelerates how broadcasters prepare and deliver television programming. Through efforts to closely integrate their respective technologies, the four broadcast vendors have developed an enterprise solution that answers the production and playout needs for news, sports, media asset management and content repurposing. more

New Versions and New Product Launch Raise Creative Bar and Help to Improve Efficiency

Autodesk, Inc., will participate in the National Association of Broadcasters (NAB) Show in Las Vegas, April 18–23, 2009. At NAB, Autodesk expects to unveil a new product and showcase its latest visual effects, finishing, color grading and animation solutions for film, television and commercial post-production. more

New York Design Facility Specializes in Animatics; Plans Expansion into 3D Animation with Advanced Mocap System

VICON, developer of Academy Award®-winning motion capture systems, today announced the sale and installation of its T10 motion capture system at graphic design and 2D animation company The Studio, located in New York City. The Studio, which has served the advertising industry for over 20 years, including top agencies such as Saatchi & Saatchi, Goodby Silverstein and McCann-Ericson, installed a top-of-the-line VICON system at its facility in January, both for use on commercial animatics and as part of its plans for expansion into 3D animation. more

CORAL SPRINGS, Fla. — April 14, 2009 — da Vinci Systems, LLC, today announced that its new Impresario™ control surface is being purchased by post-production houses worldwide.

Reasserting itself as the preeminent technology leader in control surfaces for post-production color grading and image transformation, da Vinci has released Impresario to provide colorists with an ergonomically designed, intuitive, and customizable control panel that adds value to the post-production suite and accelerates workflow. Impresario represents the latest generation of da Vinci’s trackball-driven control panel, first introduced by the company two decades ago. da Vinci will provide hands-on demonstrations of Impresario, as well as displays of its legacy panels, during the 2009 NAB Show, April 20 through 23, in booth SL3314 at the Las Vegas Convention Center. more

SAN DIEGO — April 14, 2009 — Broadcast systems integrator TV Magic today announced that it has worked with the Office of College, Career & Technical Education (CCTE), a San Diego Unified School District initiative that helps students make a successful transition from secondary education to college and career, in creating a grant-winning plan for building fully functional HD broadcast studios at San Diego High School (SDHS). The proposed installation won grant monies through California’s Prop. 1D Career Technical Education (CTE) School Facilities Program. The resulting broadcast studio will provide a real-world application for core academic areas — such as language arts, sciences, and math — and technical knowledge and project management skills related to current and next-generation broadcasting. more

16×9 Inc. debuts the new EXII 0.6X Wide Attachment, the company’s first HD-quality wide attachment designed as a single-lens element. The single-element design significantly reduces weight compared to other wide attachments using three or four lens elements, a critical advantage for camera operators shooting handheld.

The EXII 0.6X increases wide-angle coverage by 40%, a must for shooters operating in tight quarters. In designing the wide attachment, 16×9 Inc. paid particular attention to minimizing barrel distortion. more

Eastman Kodak Company today unveiled the latest product offering in its VISION3 technology platform: KODAK VISION3 250D Color Negative Film 5207/7207 incorporates all of the advancements and imaging characteristics unique to the VISION3 family of films, optimized for an exposure index of 250 in daylight. more

16×9 Inc. upgrades its EX line of specialized lens attachments with the introduction of the high-definition-quality EXII 0.45X Super Fisheye. The new, single-element EXII 0.45X Super Fisheye offers significant improvements in design and functionality:
– Smaller, lightweight design
– Fits more cameras
– More mounting options

Being smaller and lighter than its popular predecessor, makes the EXII 0.45X Super Fisheye ideal for handheld applications. The new design also allows it to fit an even wider variety of cameras without vignetting issues, particularly when the lens is set to full wide. The HD-quality Super Fisheye lens attachment has more mounting options, including: threaded 62mm, 72mm, 77mm and 82mm, as well as multiple bayonet mounts for most popular cameras from Panasonic and Sony. more

Streamlines Battery Operation

LAS VEGAS, NV, April 20, 2009 – Anton/Bauer, a brand of The Vitec Group, and the world’s premier provider of professional camera batteries, chargers, lighting and other mobile power systems, is proud to announce the release of the new USB Battery Management Application that includes Battery Management software and a USB to Anton/Bauer battery mount adapter at NAB 2009 (Booth C6021). The USB Battery Management Application streamlines battery maintenance protocols while delivering critical information to the camera operator. more

New Spinnaker Management Console Supports Large Scale Installations; New Spinnakers Support Audio Programming

RALEIGH, NC – APRIL 14, 2009 – Inlet Technologies, the leader in advanced encoding solutions for new media, announced today the expansion of its highly successful family of professional live encoding solutions with the addition of the Spinnaker Management Console and Spinnaker 80 high-density audio streaming appliances. Inlet’s Spinnaker Management Console provides the ability to manage multiple Spinnaker encoders from a single web interface, while the Spinnaker 80 appliances open new markets to content producers looking to further diversify their media streams. more