Archive for August 13th, 2009

LYNX Technik AG will showcase their new award-winning Yellobrik line of cost-effective stand-alone “brick-style� modular products at BIRTV. Yellobrik modules will be demonstrated alongside the LYNX Series 5000 FLEXCARD’s, ‘one module – many solutions’ devices. more

Top Production and Development Executives Host Informative Sessions At Inaugural WESTDOC Conference

LOS ANGELES – August 13, 2009 – TLC Executive VP of Programming Steve Cheskin, Discovery Senior VP of Programming Gena McCarthy, John Saade, ABC Senior VP of Alt Programming John Saade, and National Geographic Network Executive VP of Programming Steve Burns, are just a few of the production and development executives to join the line-up of industry leaders confirmed to share their knowledge and experience at the upcoming The West Coast Documentary and Reality Conference (WESTDOC). The three-day event will take place September 14th-16th in Santa Monica, California. more

IBC 2009 Previews

Vector MultiPlay solutions pioneer new playout workflow concepts; highly configurable applications with exceptional redundancy management capabilities

Barcelona, Spain – August 13, 2009 – Vector 3â„¢ announced today that they will showcase for the first time at the IBC exhibition, held in Amsterdam from September 11 – 15, 2009 (stand 7C01), the brand new Vector MultiPlay product line. Headlining the new MultiPlay product portfolio are MultiPlay MCR for master control room automation and Multiplay VServers, a wide range of next-generation video servers with live branding. The advanced Vector MultiPlay technology is a quantum leap ahead of its peers in playout automation. With unique flexibility, MultiPlay MCR and VServer can be integrated to create a redundant architecture that leverages the benefits and cost effectiveness of IT-based technology. more

FCP 7 Certification set for HD EXPO – Createasphere

August 13, 2009 (New York, NY) Manhattan Edit Workshop (MEWShop), a full service Apple, Avid and Adobe Authorized Training Center specializing in the art and technique of editing, will provide FCP 7 Certification during September’s HD EXPO – Createasphere. The FCP Certification Workshop, a specially priced 2-day workshop and exam for the newly released Final Cut Pro 7, is set for September 15 & 16th at the New Yorker Hotel in Midtown Manhattan. The course will be taught by Chris Biggins, one of Apple’s top Final Cut Studio Master Trainers.

MEWShop’s Final Cut Pro Certification course is the equivalent of Apple’s certified Final Cut Pro 100 class, but it includes a free Level-One Certification Exam. Students that Pass the more

AXON manufacturer of Synapse signal processing equipment and TRACS compliance recorders releases a range of multiviewers: SynView.
The SynView multiviewers are 3Gb/s, HD, low latency modular multiviewers (20ms @ 50Hz and 17ms @ 60Hz) making them the world’s fastest multiviewers.. The extreme low latency makes these multiviewers perfect for production video walls (OB vans, studio’s), playout video walls, multi head, multi screen high resolution systems and master control systems. more

Los Angeles, CA – (August 13, 2009) — Production Studio Lead Balloon has inked an exclusive deal with online network Strike.TV for its premiere online episodic “Coma, Period.” The show launches on Strike.TV in September.

“We feel that ‘Coma Period’ is one of the most imaginative and visually unique comedy series yet created. I’m thrilled to be adding ‘Coma Period’ to our slate of original programming to Strike.TV. It has an addictive quality and a brilliant wit that I’m sure our audience will love,” said Strike.TV’s CEO Peter Hyoguchi.

“Coma, Period” is a sardonic black comedy about coma-bound Dan Humford who mentally wanders through a white void and is periodically and humorously tormented by his own subconscious. A magician, psychosexual fantasies and a fetus that likes board games are all part of the irreverent offerings, which will come to viewers in ten bite-sized more

Iroquois, ON, Canada – August 13, 2009 – Ross Video is pleased to announce the addition of Developers to the openGear terminal equipment platform. more

(Billerica, Massachusetts)- When the Westlake High School Chaparrals open their football season on Aug. 28, the contest will be produced in high definition using its new Broadcast Pix™ Slate™ 5016Ghh integrated production system. The only high school in the Eanes Independent School District in Austin, Texas, Westlake recently upgraded its video production capabilities as part of a renovation of the school’s 25-year-old Westlake Community Performing Arts Center (PAC). more

Students Save on Puget Systems’ Powerful Platform, Small Form Factor Back-to-School System; Sub-$1,000 Portable Custom Desktop Ideal for Course Load, Music and Video Files and High-Performance Gaming

SEATTLE, WA (August 13, 2009) – Puget Systems (www.pugetsystems.com), a boutique integrator of custom PC systems for enthusiasts, gamers, consumers and SMB markets, today announced special discounts on its “Back-to-School� desktop system, specially tailored for students.  With this announcement, Puget Systems is offering students a $100 discount on new systems, bringing prices of a fully configured student desktop system below $900. more