Archive for January 18th, 2010

Recognition Honors 10 Years of Shared Storage Innovations that Have Revolutionized Media and Entertainment Production Workflows

Avid® has announced that it received the Visionary Media and Entertainment Company award at the 2010 Storage Visions Conference. Avid was honored for its long history of innovation in the field of shared storage, which has empowered media and entertainment organizations to dramatically improve production workflows and work more efficiently and creatively. Winners were announced during a special ceremony at the conference on Tuesday, January 5, 2010, in Las Vegas. more

Hollywood, CA, January 19, 2010 – As President Obama’s first year in office comes to a close, Americans who are facing double-digit unemployment, a three trillion dollar deficit, and an uncertain future on healthcare, are asking, “How did we get here?â€? Brad Roth and Mark Feldstein, the founders of Hollywood-based Stun Creative (an award winning marketing agency), think they have the answer. Their new, animated, comedic web series Obamourage, follows the day-to-day life of President Obama and his cabinet — Rahm, Joe, Hillary, and Bo, the dog – as they all roll, “Obama-style.â€? more

Virtual Booth Gives Attendees Access to Webcast, Omneon Experts, Product Information, and Case Studies

SUNNYVALE, Calif. — Jan. 18, 2010 – Omneon today announced that Geoff Stedman, the company’s senior vice president of marketing and business development, will present on “Why Media Storage Is Different: What to Consider When Purchasing a Storage System” during a webcast for DigitalVision2010. During his webcast, scheduled for Jan. 20 at 5 p.m. EST, Stedman will discuss how storage for media differs from general-purpose IT storage, explore the unique demands that file-based workflows place on storage systems, and outline key media storage system requirements to consider when evaluating a system for purchase. more

Award-winning Matrox CompressHD card featuring Matrox MAX technology speeds up HD H.264 file creation for Blu-ray, Flash, YouTube, and other web formats

Matrox Video Products Group today announced support for the Matrox CompressHD H.264 encoding accelerator card in conjunction with the Matrox Axio LE and RT.X2 realtime editing platforms. more

Just as 5.1 is becoming the standard surround mix for broadcast, Pirate NYC has signed a superstar in the medium. Grammy-nominated expert commercial audio post mixer Gary Tole is one of the top 5.1 engineers in the United States and has earned a reputation for consistently delivering mixes that are superior both technically and creatively. With more than two decades of experience, he is one of the few mixers who combine true audio post expertise and artistry to make his projects perpetual sonic stand-outs. more

NY-based visual solutions studio Click 3X has hired online experience veterans Ann Quinn and Lara DeSignor to help increase the firm’s capabilities with digital and interactive marketing campaigns. The duo will focus on building Click’s infrastructure and ability in offering syndication, seeding, social media and viral channels to clients. The new team, which will be a fusion of digital marketing and state-of- the-art broadcast, design and digital production services will take advantage of Quinn and DeSignor’s vast experience to deliver multi-platform digital content campaigns cross platform. more

Rhino recently hired two veteran independent sales representatives to bolster their operations in Canada and the East Coast of the United States. Independent, Ann McKallagat will join staff EP/Sales Representative, Bob Ramos in the East, while Jamie Phair of JPreps will handle sales in Canada, focusing on Toronto. Rhino’s existing representatives will continue to operate in their established territories: Toni Saarinen on the West Coast and in Texas, Georgina Poushkine in London, and Nikki Weiss in the Midwest. more

Toronto, Ontario, Canada – January 18, 2010… Lawo, recognized globally as a leading manufacturer of digital audio networking and console systems for production, post production, broadcast, and related applications, is pleased to announce that Toronto’s CHUM-FM 104.5 and CP24 Radio 1050, the region’s leading broadcaster, has taken delivery of a Nova73 HD router, a Nova 17 router, a zirkon radio console, and thirteen crystal radio consoles. Installation was completed in October 2009. more

Digi-Box’s Strength in Key European Markets Rapidly Propels CineForm into the European Arena

Solana Beach, CA, January 18, 2010 – CineForm®, Inc. (www.cineform.com), creators of high-fidelity compression-based workflow solutions for the post production marketplace, announced today that it has signed a major distribution deal with Digi-Box.co.uk, one of the UK’s leading product distribution companies serving the broadcast, telecommunications and multimedia markets. As a result of this agreement, Digi-Box will represent CineForm as its Master Distributor for Europe, Scandinavia and the Middle East. CineForm will leverage Digi-Box’s extensive reach, technical expertise and support services to address significantly increased demand for CineForm compression-based workflow solutions in the region. more