Archive for June 2nd, 2009

Facility in SeaTac, WA provides expanded services, demonstration spaces

SEATTLE, WA, June 2, 2009 — Premier systems integration firm Advanced Broadcast Solutions (ABS) announces the opening of its new headquarters in SeaTac, Wash. In addition to office space, the facility includes an insert studio, a sound recording studio, a second studio for green screen work, and two training rooms. more

Boris Damast with Mechaniks has optioned “Gear Head� from writer Michael Hultquist after discovering the script through InkTip, the screenplay facilitation company (www.InkTip.com). Pitched as a believable “Iron Man� meets “Murderball� project, “Gear Head� tells the story of a handicapped genius who teams up with an electrical engineer to turn his wheelchair into a crime fighting machine. According to Boris, “movies that champion the underdog are precisely the sort of films people go to see in hard economic times and ‘Gear Head’ had everything we were looking for in a marketable story.� Boris’s other projects include “Vivaldi,� which has Joseph Fiennes, Malcolm McDowell and Gerard Depardieu attached, and “Without a Hitch� which he found on InkTip, and is being packaged by Brillstein-Grey Entertainment. Hultquist, the writer of Michael Pierce’s “Victim,� had this to say: “I received 3 emails with interest for ‘Gear Head’ in one week. The story was fun to write, with its ‘Batman in a wheelchair’ scenario.� This is Hultquist’s second option in as many months, and his first through InkTip. more

WAYNE, New Jersey, June 2, 2009 – Allentown, Penn.-based New Century Productions, a full service remote video production company for broadcast and corporate clients, recently acquired 18 FOR-A FA-9100 HD/SD frame synchronizers for use in two of its 12 mobile production units. NCP XI HD, a 53-foot expanding HD trailer, is equipped with 10 FOR-A FA-9100s HD/SD frame synchronizers, while NCP IV, an HD expando unit, travels with four FA-9100s. more

Linking Two Slateâ„¢ Integrated Live Production Switchers

Shared Router Links Slateâ„¢ 3032 and 1000 Switchers for Cost-Effective Corporate Production

Billerica, Massachusetts (June 2, 2009) Broadcast Pix™ Inc. today announced that Safeway—one of the largest food and drug retailers in North America —is the first customer of its shared router solution, designed to link the Broadcast Pix Slate™ 3032 with one or more Slate systems so they share the same inputs and outputs. more

GameSpot To Deliver More HD Video Than Ever Before of Gaming Industry’s Premier Conference

RALEIGH, NC – JUNE 02, 2009 – Inlet Technologies, the leader in advanced encoding solutions for new media, announced that GameSpot is using its Fathom high-performance encoding platform to prepare on-demand HD content from the Electronic Entertainment Expo (E3). GameSpot (http://www.www.gamespot.com), the most-visited gaming Web site in the world, is using Fathom to encode footage of the three major press conferences from Sony, Nintendo, and Microsoft, in addition to other event content. more

New York-based Cutting Room editor Mike Douglas forces macho men to get in touch with their feminine side in the comic new :15s, “Wax� and “Outfits,� for Klondike out of DDB, NY. The spots show the humiliation and pain ice cream-loving guys will endure for the iconic Klondike Bar. more

BILLERICA, Mass. — June 2, 2009 — Echolab Inc. today announced that WWAY-TV3 of Wilmington, N.C., has deployed the company’s Overture2â„¢ MD, a two-M/E video switcher with advanced features, including internal up/cross conversion, that yield a streamlined production operation, easily executed sophisticated effects, and outstanding image quality. WWAY is also relying on Echolab’s Conductor touch screen interface to simplify and centralize production control. more

CG Spot Marries 3D, Live-Action and Mocap to Create Virtual Environment and CG Integrated Humanoid

Artist owned-and-operated bi-coastal effects boutique Brickyard VFX provided visual effects for “Dandelion,� a CG-intensive commercial for LG Electronics via ad agency Y&R NY. Directed by Filip Engstrom for prodco Smuggler, the spot began airing throughout Europe and Asia May 15. more

Wohler Technologies, Inc. provides in-rack audio, video and data monitoring and closed captioning solutions for the broadcast, motion picture, and professional audio/visual markets. As part of the company’s efforts to more effectively market themselves, they’ve built Wohler Mobile, a 22-foot long trailer that serves as a mobile showroom for customers, distributors, and dealers. more

nVeil’s Innovative SVG File Filtering Engine Unleashes Visually Immersive, Stunning Imagery; Creates Kaleidoscope-Like Motion Graphics Effects, Transitions for Digital Artists

SAN FRANCISCO, CA (June 2, 2009) – The founders of Storek Studio announced today that they have entered the visual effects and motion graphics design market with the launch of an innovative new plug in for digital artists and the Apple Final Cut Studio community — nVeil (www.nveil.com). Leveraging a sophisticated new SVG file filtering engine, nVeil enables the creation of an entirely new digital art form in which video clips – with full motion and color – are filtered through SVG (Scalable Vector Graphic) ‘veils’ to create visually immersive and stunning imagery. more