Archive for August, 2009

Building Market Momentum with Commitments from Sony Pictures Technologies and Digimage Cinema

DFT Digital Film Technology, provider of high-end film and digital post production film solutions that preserve, manage, and deliver your pictures is using IBC 2009 as the official launching pad for the new SCANITY film scanner – Booth no. 7.E39. SCANITY was first showcased at NAB 2009, and IBC is the first public operating demonstration of SCANITY to the European marketplace. more

Mammoth HD Stock Footage Library –
RED Footage Aerials –
Glacier National Park

Mammoth HD Footage Library expands the RED Libraries with over 6 hours of new 4K footage. Stunning new footage from the beaches and coastal forests to the mountain tops of the western US. more

In the wake of successful campaigns that helped launch the 2009 Ford F-150 and transformed the Ford Fusion into a best seller, New York-based A Very Small Office (AVSO) and design and animation studio Offspring have once again joined forces with JWT/Team Detroit. This time for a series of intricate, high-energy :30s announcing the completely redesigned Ford Taurus. The latest addition of the Drive One campaign features voiceovers complementing the stylish All-New Ford Taurus poised against starkly beautiful landscapes. more

Faced with having too much footage, not enough storage and no way to share the media between multiple users, Caipirinha Productions, Inc., an independent mixed media arts and culture company with activities in film, music and human rights, recently installed GraniteSTOR shared storage technology from Small Tree to facilitate workflow on the production company’s latest project, “Cultures of Resistance.� more

Electrosonic Products is pleased to announce it has been selected as a Preferred Manufacturing Partner (PMP) of Denver-based USAV Group, a national association of leading professional AV integrators founded in 2001. more

Kimbell Art Museum in Fort Worth

Scharff Weisberg, Inc. (SWI) partnered with the Kimbell Art Museum in Fort Worth, Texas and Academy Award-nominated director Philip Haas (“Angels and Insects”) on an innovative installation spotlighting five works from the museum’s permanent collection.

“Butchers, Dragons, Gods & Skeletons” expands those five selections into multiscreen film narratives displayed in customized environments. SWI engineered and installed the critically-acclaimed project which runs from July 18-October 25 and sets a new benchmark for museums looking for a compelling new ways to highlight works from their collections. more

Sony F23 camera

The 3-D action-horror feature “The Final Destination,� which opened this weekend at number-one at the box office, was shot with Sony’s F23 camera. To capture the “gun-and-run�-style of a 3-D motion picture shot on location, instead of primarily against a green or blue screen backdrop, director of photography Glen MacPherson ASC and digital imaging technician Nick Theodorakis chose Sony’s F23 camera for its mobility and flexibility. more

Austria, Vienna 28.08.2009- ToolsOnAir Broadcast Engineering today announced that its broadcast products fully support Apple MAC OS X 10.6 (Snow Leopard), which is now shipping. more

MediaPrism(TM) Represents the Industry’s Most Comprehensive and Innovative Portfolio of Solutions for Converged Anytime, Anywhere Video Delivery

SUNNYVALE, Calif. — Aug. 27, 2009 – At IBC 2009, stand 1.C61, Harmonic Inc. (NASDAQ: HLIT) will showcase its comprehensive solution portfolio for video delivery to a variety of devices, including the TV, PC, iPhone, and other mobile devices. Harmonic will introduce enhancements to its ProStream(TM) stream processing platform, Carbon Server(TM) transcoding software, and MediaPrism(TM) software suite for multi-screen video delivery. Key demonstrations will also include Harmonic’s market-leading systems for broadcast contribution/distribution, encoding, and stream processing, as well as cable IPTV, universal edgeQAM and HFC access solutions. Taking place in Amsterdam from September 11-15, IBC is the leading television industry exhibition in Europe. more

Fans from around the world can purchase pay-per-view access to historic sold-out musical event

SAN ANTONIO – August 28, 2009 – NewTek Inc., manufacturer of industry-leading video and 3D animation products, Panacea Entertainment and Todocastâ„¢, the affordable portable live satellite web-broadcasting system, announced today that they are offering pay-per-view tickets to a live stream of the upcoming sold-out Todd Rundgren concerts in Akron, Ohio on September 6 and 7 at 6:00 p.m. CT/7:00 p.m. ET and Chicago, Illinois on September 12 and 13 at 8:00 p.m. CT. Todd will be performing his watershed 1973 masterpiece, “A Wizard, A True Star” (AWATS) in its entirety for the first time, plus a second “surprise mystery set.” The ticket offers a two-day pass in each city that includes coverage of the concert and exclusive backstage access. more