Archive for July 9th, 2009

Utah Scientific
IBC2009 Show Product Preview
Stand 2.B20

Company Overview

Utah Scientific is the world’s leading specialist in analog, digital, and HDTV routing switchers, master control switchers, and related control software. For more than 30 years, the company has provided industry-leading products and best-in-class service and support as recognized, again in 2009, by Frost & Sullivan with its Customer Service Leadership Award and demonstrated by the industry’s first no-fee 10-year warranty. Additional information about the company can be found at www.utahscientific.com. more

Stand 7.G01

Company Background:

Sonnet Technologies Inc. of Irvine, Calif. is a leader in providing local storage systems for professional users of Macintosh®, Windows®, and UNIX® systems in the film, video, and broadcast industries. Since its founding in 1986, Sonnet has pioneered and brought to market innovative solutions that enhance the performance and connectivity of Macintosh and industry-standard computers. Today, the company is a world-leading computer hardware upgrade company with a product line featuring a range of high-performance, cost-effective, and reliable storage solutions, as well as a variety of performance-extending upgrade cards. More information is available at www.sonnettech.com. more

Blackmagic Design has added to its line of Mini Converters with the introduction of the Mini Converter Optical Fiber. Previously only available to the largest broadcasters or largest facilities, the use of optical fiber opens the possibility of longer, faster and less expensive cabling options to smaller operations. more

Helping Artists and Facilities Get Back To Business

Toronto: July 9, 2009… eyeon Software Inc. has announced a new financing option for its entire range of software products. For a limited time, users can purchase licences for eyeon applications with a $995 USD down payment and negotiate flexible payment plans as required. The offer includes Fusionâ„¢ 6.0 – the company’s award winning node-based compositing application; Generation® 1.1 – eyeon’s workflow management and review system; Rotationâ„¢ – the company’s rotoscoping, keying and retouching application, as well as eyeon’s Vision® suite of broadcast design tools. more

RALEIGH, NC – July 09, 2009 – Inlet Technologies, the leading provider of live streaming and on-demand solutions for digital media, announced today that the company is one of the first encoding technology providers to publicly demonstrate and support live streaming to the Apple® iPhone™. Inlet was the first to showcase iPhone streaming at Apple’s World Wide Developer’s Conference last month in San Francisco. more

Academy Award-winning visual effects house Industrial, Light & Magic (ILM) relied on Autodesk, Inc.’s (NASDAQ: ADSK) digital entertainment software to create thousands of visual effects shots for this summer’s hottest movies, including “Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen,” “Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince,” “Terminator Salvation” and “Star Trek.” ILM created stunning visual effects using Autodesk visual effects software, including Autodesk Maya and the Autodesk Inferno software that is part of ILM’s proprietary SABRE high-speed compositing system. more

Marina Del Rey, CA – (July 9, 2009) — Award-winning New Deal Studios (NDS) put out the secret red carpet to Nar Williams, host of the widely popular “Science of the Movies” television program. Airing on the Science Channel this Thursday, July 9th at 10pm, the creative team at NDS took Nar on a wild ride through the studio highlighting a miniature effects sequence of Amelia Earhart’s escape flight in this summer’s blockbuster movie, “Night at the Museum: Battle of the Smithsonian.” more

Artist owned-and-operated bi-coastal effects boutique Brickyard VFX announced today that Cassie Hulen has been hired as Executive Producer at the company’s Santa Monica shop, teaming up with Head of Production Diana Young Gomez.

“Cassie has an extensive background as an executive producer working with some of the top directors and agencies in the industry,� said Steve Michaels, Managing Partner, Brickyard VFX. “We welcome her experience and know she’ll make a great addition to the Brickyard team.� more

Tim Kolb’s award-winning Adobe training takes home impressive honor

Hoffman Estates, IL – July 9, 2009 – Class on Demand, a provider of professional educational products for creative markets, today announced they have won the coveted DV Award of Excellence for their training title: “Basic Training for Adobe® CS4 Production Premium.â€? This is the first time that a Class on Demand title has been recognized by DV Magazine for the prestigious award. more

LOUISE Enterprise Business Management Solution introduces MediaBench, a fully integrated tool to streamline workflows for media extraction and content repurposing to multiple platforms

Metz, France – July 9, 2009 – ProConsultant Informatique, a forward-thinking developer of enterprise business management solutions for broadcast and cable will be showcasing their flagship LOUISE solution, including new MediaBench technology to improve non-linear workflows at the IBC 2009 exhibition on stand 2B21. LOUISE provides the intelligent architecture for managing and scheduling program assets, and for simplifying workflows in tapeless environments where content is generated for multi-platform distribution. more