Archive for January 12th, 2010

Highly acclaimed visual effects company brings visual dexterity to the FxFactory platform; new high-quality PHYX Keyer plug-in now available for After Effects and Final Cut Studio

Boston, MA – January 12, 2010 – Noise Industries, developer of visual effects tools for the postproduction and broadcast markets, announced that new development partner, PHYX Inc., has released PHYX Keyer for the FxFactory® platform. PHYX Keyer is a brand new collection of keying plug-ins designed to work inside Adobe® After Effects® CS3 / CS4, Apple® Final Cut Pro®, Apple Motion® and Apple Final Cut® Express applications. PHYX Inc. developed an outstanding industry reputation for their highly acclaimed plug-ins for Apple Shake® used by visual effects artists and compositors around the world. more

Hall 11A, Stand 5 to 9 (With Shaf Broadcast Pvt. Ltd.)
Jan. 29-31, Pragati Maidan, New Delhi, India

About Omneon
Omneon, Inc. is a leading provider of scalable media server and active storage systems that optimize workflow productivity and on-air reliability for the production, distribution, and management of digital media. Omneon is a pioneer in the use of advanced IT technologies and open systems for broadcast applications, producing a modular and expandable video server architecture in the Omneon Spectrum™ media server. The company’s Omneon’s MediaGrid™ active storage system delivers centralized content storage that is scalable in capacity, bandwidth, and media processing power. more

The finalists in the feature film category of the 24th Annual American Society of Cinematographers (ASC) Outstanding Achievement Awards competition are Barry Ackroyd, BSC for The Hurt Locker, Dion Beebe, ASC, ACS for Nine, Christian Berger, AAC for The White Ribbon, Mauro Fiore, ASC for Avatar and Robert Richardson, ASC for Inglourious Basterds. The winner will be announced during the ASC Awards celebration here at the Hyatt Regency Century Plaza Hotel on February 27. more

Los Angeles, CA, January 20th, 2010 — Digital Jungle, one of Hollywood’s top post-production and digital workflow studios, had the distinct honor of being selected to collaborate on a 3D workflow for the new Panasonic 152-inch, Full HD3D, 4kx2k plasma display, debuting at the 2010 Consumer Electronics Show this week. more

Dalet creates file-based, multi-site workflow for News 14 Carolina; fosters collaborative news production across multiple newsrooms.

New York, NY, January 12, 2010 – Dalet Digital Media Systems announced that News 14 Carolina, Time Warner Cable’s 24-hour local news channel in North Carolina, has implemented Dalet Enterprise Edition to facilitate a unified news production and broadcast workflow between their Raleigh, Charlotte, and Greensboro newsrooms. Dalet Enterprise Edition integrates the newsrooms’ content gathering, production, and distribution operations by providing a single digital platform and interface for logging and searching materials, editing packages, and managing broadcasts. The streamlined production workflow connects journalists, editors, and producers from various locations under one technology umbrella, greatly improving communication between all newsrooms and the Raleigh production hub. It also centralizes playout management and distribution within the Raleigh facility, optimizing broadcast opportunities and resources. more

BETHPAGE, NY — RadiantGrid Technologies, developer of leading-edge transcoding, transformation, and new media automation service platforms, is providing Rainbow Network Communications with a consolidated solution to handle transcoding for the new cable network, MSG Varsity. In addition, Rainbow Network Communications will be using RadiantGrid to support transcoding of proxies and export material from its vast vault of SD content and ever growing vault of HD content. more

Culver City, CA – (January 12, 2010) — California’s Zoic Studios, a leading digital production and visual effects company, is proud to offer Zoic Editorial, an “editorial house within a VFX house” that delivers dedicated, cutting-edge editorial services. Zoic Editorial serves both Zoic VFX clients and anyone with a project deserving the highest level of editorial, creative and technical expertise. more

LAKE SUCCESS, N.Y., January 11, 2010 – Whether for television broadcasts, giant-screen displays, or facility monitoring, video serves multiple purposes at modern sports stadiums. Faced with the need for a robotic HD camera to meet all three of those applications, the Miami HEAT equipped the AmericanAirlines Arena in Miami, Florida, with four BU-45H remote-control robotic pan-tilt-zoom HD camera systems from Canon U.S.A., Inc., a leader in digital imaging. more

— An Apple MacBook Pro laptop computer, Avid Digidesign Pro Tools LE recording software and an M-Audio MIDI controller get students off to a flying start —

WESTLAKE VILLAGE, CA, January 11, 2010 — The Pennsylvania Academy of Recording Arts & Sciences, the only privately licensed professional audio education facility in the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania, now supplies its students with a personal recording suite of advanced recording tools assembled and supplied by Guitar Center Professional, (GC Pro), the outside sales division of Guitar Center that focuses on the needs of professional users. The toolset consists of an Apple MacBook Pro® laptop computer already loaded with Avid Digidesign Pro Tools LE recording software and an M-Audio MIDI controller/interface. more

S&H to support local sales and growth of company’s Metadata solutions in Western US markets

Lexington, MA –12th January 2010—Pioneering MXF and metadata company Metaglue Corporation has appointed Scene&Heard as its Western US Marketing Consultant. The L.A.-based PR and Marketing agency will also provide sales support to the Hollywood media community and across the western region. more