Archive for December, 2009

3D Projectors from NEC Help Exhibitor Excite Audiences in L.A.

CHICAGO – December 11, 2009 – NEC Display Solutions of America, a leading provider of commercial LCD display and projector solutions, announced today that Pacific ArcLight has installed 17 of NEC’s 3D digital cinema projectors and is preparing to wow audiences when James Cameron’s movie “Avatarâ€? is released on December 18 by Fox Studios. more

C100 Integrates Network and Local Programming Audio

WASHINGTON, D.C. – Solid State Logic announces the installation of a new C100 HD-S Digital Broadcast Console for WTTG Channel 5, a station owned and operated by Fox Broadcasting Company. The station serves the entire Washington metropolitan area including Northern Virginia, Maryland and the Martinsburg, West Virginia area, broadcasting a total of 45 hours of local news a week. The C100 HD-S offers an advanced feature set engineered for live broadcast operation and powerful 5.1 surround tools allowing WTTG Channel 5 to meet the HD broadcast mandate.

3D Audio Research Lab; 10.2 Surround Sound; 25-Seat Control/Class Room

NEW YORK: NYU’s Steinhardt School of Culture, Education and Human Development has announced a ground-breaking new addition: The James L. Dolan Recording/Teaching complex at the Department of Music and Performing Arts Professions is one of the most technically advanced audio teaching facilities in the United States. Created to provide students with an exemplary learning environment, the $6.5 million, 7500 sq. ft. compound is devoted to contemporary Music Technology: Theory, Cognition, Informatics, Computer Music, Recording, Production, and Immersive Audio. more

BURBANK, Calif. – December 14, 2009 – AmberFin today announced that Version 5.0 of the award winning iCR ingest, Transcode and automatic QC software is now shipping. Version 5.0 incorporates additional enhancements since its initial announcement at IBC 2009. Major features include: more

Apantac LLC, a leading designer and developer of high quality, cost effective image and signal processing equipment, announced that The Mobile Television Group has installed 29 Tahoma LE-8 HD and 3 Tahoma LE-4 HD Multiviewers onboard its truck, 25 HDX. This truck is designed to produce stand-alone and “dual-feed� shows in both standard-definition and high-definition in 720p and 1080i. more

— An L-C-R array of three Genelec 1037A Tri-Amplified Active Monitors, a pair of 7070A Active Subwoofers and six AIW26 Active In-Wall Loudspeakers are the perfect choice for school’s film and music courses —

NATICK, MA, December 11, 2009 — Genelec, the leader in Active Monitoring technology for more than three decades, was recently chosen by The Art Institutes to provide the surround monitoring system for The New England Institute of Art’s recently-completed film and video screening room. The room, designed and built by Boston Light & Sound, is fitted with an L-C-R array of three soffited Genelec 1037C Tri-Amplified Active Monitors and a pair of Genelec 7070A Active Subwoofers, while six Genelec AIW26 Active In-Wall Loudspeakers provide the surround channels in the rear of the room. more

Projectors installed in time to show James Cameron’s “Avatar� in 3D

Christie announced that Christie’s CP2000-ZX DLP Cinema® projectors will be purchased by Georgia Theatre Company, a cinema chain with over 270 screens in 27 locations, including Georgia, Florida, South Carolina and Virginia. Part of Cinedigm’s (NASDAQ: CIDM) Phase 2 digital cinema deployment program, Georgia Theatres plans to install over 250 Christie projection systems exclusively throughout their circuit. Currently, a total of 40 Christie systems are installed and operating, with additional installations taking place ahead of the holiday theatrical releases and the eagerly anticipated James Cameron’s “Avatar� movie in 3D, as well as throughout 2010. more

jumP‘s Michael Saia and William Zitser, in close collaboration with Academy Award-winning Director Cynthia Wade, recently completed editing Living the Legacy: The Untold Story of the Milton Hershey School, a stirring documentary recording the ongoing educational efforts of the central Pennsylvania institution. more

STORY Director Laurie Rubin captured ALDI’s new look in three spots for the grocery store chain out of McCann-Erickson, Detroit. Rubin, best known for her work for upscale retailers such as House Beautiful, Ace Hardware and Crate and Barrel, uses her meticulous art direction skills to showcase the handsome, contemporary architecture, spotless aisles and gleaming checkout lines of one of ALDI’s newest stores. One spot is filmed from the perspective of a shopper pushing a cart through a store. Another reveals goods rolling along the conveyor belt of a checkout stand. The third is a visual and graphic storytelling spot. more

Å?ÓDŹ, POLAND – Linear Acoustic, the leading authority in loudness control solutions for digital television, has added Å?ódź Poland–based JBD Professional Partner to its dealer network. JBD will be carrying the entire line of Linear Acoustic loudness control and monitoring products. more