Archive for May 14th, 2009

Company Veteran Will Continue to Serve as President of FOR-A Latin America

Fort Lee, NJ, May 14, 2009 — FOR-A Corporation of America, a leading manufacturer of video and audio systems for the broadcast and professional video industries, announces that Hiro Tanoue has been named President of FOR-A Corporation of America, effective May 1. Tanoue will also continue to serve in his role as President of FOR-A Latin America, Inc. more

San Francisco, CA – May 14, 2009 – kaboom directing duo sausage recently completed a series of ads for Microsoft’s Windows 7 that targets IT pros where they live – online. The campaign embraces a sitcom style approach and features two utterly relatable kids, especially if you ever spent time in the computer lab. For sausage, the project reflects the growing amount of online and media agnostic work directed by the duo over the last two years, with over half a dozen projects for Microsoft alone. more

Industry veteran Robert Caputo named President of ADAM Audio USA

Westlake Village, CA (May 14, 2009) – Berlin-based ADAM Professional Audio, celebrating 10 years of making critically acclaimed and award-winning professional studio monitors, have hired Robert Caputo as President of ADAM Audio USA. more

SUNNYVALE, Calif. — May 14, 2009 — Omneon Inc. announced today that Denis Maynard has joined the company as senior vice president of worldwide sales. Maynard brings more than two decades of senior sales experience to Omneon, and in his new position he will provide leadership in the management of the company’s global sales and systems engineering efforts. more

NEW YORK, NY (May 18, 2009) — Who gives a DAM? At the upcoming DAM NY 2009 event, June 1 and 2 at the Hilton New York at 1335 Avenue of the Americas, Henry Stewart Events is pulling out all stops to ensure that everyone involved in the capture, storage and management of digital assets is in tune with the latest industry developments. more

Frantic Films VFX, a division of Prime Focus Group, announced it has brought on board award-winning Art Director and Motion Graphics Supervisor Neil Huxley. Huxley’s experience working in feature film titles design and motion graphics sequences—he recently completed the opening title sequence for Zack Snyder’s “Watchmen� and was lead art director for motion graphics on Neveldine/Taylor’s upcoming movie “Gamer�—is already being put to use on a high-profile stereoscopic 3D project currently in the Frantic Films production pipeline. more

LOS ANGELES, CA – May 14, 2009 – Promax|BDA, the leading global association for marketing, promotion and design professionals working in the entertainment industry, announced today a powerful slate of speakers from the design world to address the congregation at the annual conference June 16-18 in New York City. This year’s elite group of presenters includes Rhode Island School of Design head, John Maeda; Justin Cone, Editor of Motionographer and celebrated artist Ralph Steadman. more

Blue Room NYC President/CEO Chris Gargani will participate in Studio Daily’s webinar on “Viral Video: the Business of Web Video,� Tuesday June 2nd from 1:00 to 2:00pm EST with a live Q and A from 2:00-2:30pm (http://www.studiodaily.com/store/webinars/180.html). more

Iroquois, ON, Canada – May 12, 2009 – The Atlanta Braves have invested in Ross Video’s XPression, a real-time 2D / 3D Character Generator for the control room of Gwinnett Stadium, home of the Gwinnett Braves (Triple A affiliate of the Atlanta Braves) in Lawrenceville, Georgia. more

NewTek Inc., manufacturer of industry-leading video and 3D animation products, today announced that it is presenting a live streaming seminar and demonstration with NewTek TriCaster™, portable live production and virtual set system, at the Homeland Security Science & Technology (S&T) Stakeholders Conference East in Washington, D.C. on Monday, May 18. Philip Nelson, vice president of strategic development, will present the seminar taking place during the pre-conference training workshop Monday, May 18 at the Ronald Reagan International Trade Center. NewTek will also demonstrate NewTek TriCaster in the facility’s exhibit hall Tuesday, May 19 and Wednesday, May 20. more