Archive for January 26th, 2010

(London, UK) Digital Vision is today announcing its partnership with CineForm as a key element of its forthcoming Nucoda 2009.1 release. The new software, which will be unveiled at next month’s Broadcast Video Expo show in London, will include native support for the CineForm RAW format used by Silicon Imaging’s highly-acclaimed SI-2k camera. more

NEW YORK: Food Network has been creating tastefully prepared, highly entertaining programming since 1993. Originally owned by Providence Journal, and then A.H. Belo Corp, the innovative network was acquired by The E.W. Scripps Company (now Scripps Networks Interactive) in 1997. After establishing such household icons as Emeril Live, and Iron Chef America, it has gone on to create such signature programs as Alton Brown’s Good Eats and Rachael Ray’s Thirty-Minute Meals. Food Network currently serves its appetizing 24/7 menu of recorded programming to over 99 million households around the world. more

SECAUCUS, NJ (January 26, 2010) — Bi-coastal Apples and Oranges Productions, with offices in Southern California and Manhattan, has ramped up quickly since its founding in 2008 to become a notable force on Broadway, with two shows currently on the boards, the Tony Award-winning revival of the 1960s’ bellwether musical, Hair (associate producers), and Memphis (lead producers), a new musical with music by Bon Jovi founding member David Bryan. For both projects, and for the highly-anticipated Paradise Found (a new musical directed by Hal Prince that will premiere in London this spring before transferring to Broadway), Apples and Oranges is creating multi-faceted marketing packages using HD cameras from Panasonic Broadcast, including the AG-HPX300 and AG-HPX500 P2 HD shoulder-mount camcorders, the AG-HVX200A P2 HD handheld, and the AW-HE870N 2/3� HD/SD multi-purpose camera. more

Panasonic AV-HS450N HD/SD switcher at Broadmoor Baptist Church.

SECAUCUS, NJ (January 26, 2010) – Broadmoor Baptist Church (Madison, MS), which has the largest congregation in the state’s Madison County, recently opened its new Worship Center, which more than doubles the seating capacity for its two weekly Sunday services. The Center’s sanctuary, the main worship space, is equipped with a variety of production equipment from Panasonic Broadcast, including three AG-HPX500 P2 HD camcorders configured for studio use, an AW-HE100 multi-format pan/tilt/zoom camera and AV-HS450N HD/SD switcher. more

Associate Creative Director Barry Munsterteiger, Producer Kenji Hayashi and Associate Art Director Adam Oestergaard Handle Growing Volume of Design Work

Bonfire, the motion design and integrated media company, and sister facility of Bay Area mainstay Phoenix Editorial, announced it has grown its team. Associate Creative Director Barry Munsterteiger, Producer/Technical Advisor Kenji Hayashi, and Associate Art Director Adam Oestergaard have been recruited to handle Bonfire’s growing volume of design work. more

When University of Florida’s (UF) Director of Electronic Media for the Athletic Association, Jerry Wetzel was looking for a portable, tapeless HD recording device to travel to the 2010 Sugar Bowl in New Orleans, LA, he turned to UF’s new Center for Media Innovation and Research for advice. Professor Tim Sorel suggested looking into the AJA Ki Pro to record video feeds from the New Year’s Day game that the Florida Gators played against the Cincinnati Bearcats. more

‘A Small Act’ DP Patti Lee and her young Kenyan subjects.

SECAUCUS, NJ (January 26, 2010) – A Small Act, premiering in U.S. Documentary Competition at Sundance 2010, tells the inspirational story of an impoverished boy in Kenya, Chris Mburu, whose life was dramatically changed when an anonymous Swedish woman sponsored his primary education. Shot in the town of VästerÃ¥s, Sweden; in Geneva, Switzerland; and in the lush landscape of Kenya’s central highlands with Panasonic’s AG-HVX200 P2 HD handheld camcorder, A Small Act screens at the festival through January 30, and, prior to Sundance was picked up by HBO Documentary Films to air next summer. more

CG-Integrated Web Films with Photorealistic Animations Explore the 2011 Ford Super Duty Engine

Venice, CA & Detroit, MI — (January 26, 2010) — 3D integrated digital production studio Speedshape is in the business of defying physics. The equation? CG-based technology expertise.

Team Detroit called on the talents of Speedshape to contribute to the “Powertrain Demos,� a series of five CG-integrated technical web films for the 2011 Ford Super Duty truck. Commissioned in conjunction with Ford’s latest ad campaign via Team Detroit, the web films aim to tell a deeper story about the mechanics of Ford’s workhorse truck, with CG demos of its new features and enhancements. Led by Speedshape CGI Supervisors Linden Vennard and Roger Prudden, Speedshape created photorealistic animations of the 2011 Ford Super Duty, including all Powertrain/engine components, taking viewers well beyond where any camera could ever maneuver. more

EAST SYRACUSE, N.Y. — Jan. 26, 2010 — PPC® today announced that it has bolstered the company’s sales team for its Perfect Pathâ„¢ line of cutting-edge, professional-quality connectors and cables with the addition of Chris Gibbins and Rebecca Ziolko as western and eastern sales managers, respectively. In their new roles, Gibbins and Ziolko will be responsible for developing and implementing strategic sales plans for the Perfect Path family of products in the consumer electronics, custom installation, and retail A/V markets while directing channel development activity and coordinating sales distribution to their respective territories. more

Award-winning training company introduces on-demand training platform; collaborates with IT training gurus, Versatile Communications, to deliver cost-saving, interoperability training

Hoffman Estates, IL – January 27, 2010 – Class on Demandâ„¢, a provider of professional educational products for creative markets, is pleased to announce the introduction of their brand new online IT learning platform. Launched today, the new online platform emulates the training methodology of Class on Demand’s award winning, video-based curriculum. Their innovative design includes a secured streaming video server employing Microsoft’s® Silverlight® DRM technology, and a flexible payment engine, allowing the purchase of entire courses or individual modules/chapters. “Customer feedback drives our design and delivery methodology. In the past, our users have requested training immediacy through an on-demand delivery platform. Our new delivery platform does just that. It lets customers view any of our titles whenever they want, subsequently evolving our business model and reinforcing our company brand,â€? says Paul Holtz, CEO and Founder, Class on Demand. more