Archive for February 4th, 2010

Montreal (February 4, 2010) – Emmy® Award-winning Toon Boom Animation Inc. would like to congratulate John Musker and Ron Clements from Walt Disney Animation Studios, and Nicky Phelan and Darragh O’Connell from Brown Bag Films for their well-deserved Oscar® nominations.
Toon Boom recognises the great accomplishment achieved by these studios and individuals for being included in the Academy Award® nomination shortlist. more

New York, NY – (February 4, 2010) — Director Danny Clinch of Three on the Tree Productions recently tapped award-winning Company X Editor Bruce Ashley to cut the music video for “The Weary Kind,â€? the Oscar-nominated original theme song for the buzz-generating motion picture “Crazy Heart.â€? Co-written by venerated songwriter/producer T-Bone Burnett and Nashville’s latest break-through artist Ryan Bingham (New West Records), “The Weary Kindâ€? serves as the film’s closing ballad, powerfully encapsulating the struggles of character “Bad Blake,â€? played by Oscar nominee (best actor) Jeff Bridges. The video began airing on January 12, 2010. more

Hollywood, CA, February 4, 2010 –Trailer Park Studios and UK-based Contagious Magazine jointly produced an industry seminar entitled “Next Generation Content� at Trailer Park’s HolTlywood offices, in which the theme of “How external forces are making their influences known in the world of marketing� was presented.

Speakers during the “Next Generation Content� event included Susan Bonds, President & CEO, 42 Entertainment; Rick Eiserman, CEO, Trailer Park; Jessica Greenwood, Deputy Editor, Contagious Magazine; Nathan Martin, CEO, Deep Local; Sha Hwang, Design Technologist, Stamen, and Devora Rogers, Associate Director, IPG Media Lab. more

Detroit, MI – February 4, 2010: True to their promise, Blastwave FX has released new additional sound effects to update the SDS libraries SONOPEDIA, The BLASTDRIVE, .wavFX and TITLEWAVE.

“With our first high definition sound effects update to our hard drive libraries, our Comprehensive Sound Design Solutions (SDS) are proving their lifetime value,� says Ric Viers of Blastwave FX. more

Film Premieres this Month in Theaters Nationwide

San Francisco, CA – (February 4, 2010) — Digital effects company Ntropic is proud to have contributed post and effects services to the new documentary “MINEâ€? now in select theaters nationwide and available via iTunes (www.itunes.com/movies/mine.) Directed by Geralyn Pezanoski “MINEâ€? is a moving documentary about the essential bond between humans and animals, set against the backdrop of one of the worst natural disasters in modern U.S. history: Hurricane Katrina. more

Private Russian Broadcaster builds master control room around VectorBox automated playout solutions.

Barcelona, Spain – February 4, 2010 – Vector 3â„¢, a pioneer in graphics and playout solutions, announced that Nash Dom TV (Our House), a private broadcaster for the Penza Oblast region, has implemented multiple VectorBox automated playout systems to manage multi-channel ingest, broadcast graphics, and playout automation. The new tapeless workflow supports 24/7 programming with a mix of live and pre-recorded shows broadcast over traditional and web channels. “Vector offered Nash Dom a tapeless solution with extensive capabilities for managing ingest, broadcast graphics, and playout wrapped into one scalable system. This limited the complexity of building the new master control room without sacrificing reliability. It also reduced the overhead for purchasing and maintaining multiple products,” comments, Mr. Dmitry Dubina, Technical Director, Nash Dom TV. “We are incredibly pleased with the Vector system’s abilities and performance.” more

dpBestflow, Media Monetization and Revolutionizing MetaData Explored in Eye-Opening Sessions

(Burbank, CA) The Createasphere DAM conference, set for February 17th & 18th in Los Angeles, will feature a full compliment of quality education aimed at experts, novices and managers. Over the course of two days of conferences, Createasphere DAM will also present groundbreaking thinking and presentations that have far-reaching impact on the DAM universe. more

World-renowned for their award-winning, full-range monitoring systems, Blue Sky announces the ultimate system companion in the BMC MKIII Stand-Alone Bass Management Controller. Designed to offer full bass management, calibration and remote volume control in a convenient, easy to use package, the BMC MKIII continues Blue Sky’s legacy of offering superior value and performance products. 

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Facility Installs IQ6000x to Connect Culver City and New Michigan location
Culver City, CA: February 4, 2010… I.E. Effects has installed an Isilon IQ6000x cluster storage system at its Culver City location. With several large stereoscopic projects currently active, the Isilon system expands the company’s ability to manage the data and throughput requirements of multiple jobs. For clients this means increased efficiency and reliability for demanding stereo 3D projects. more

February 4, 2010 — Markham, Ontario: Digital Rapids – the leading provider of tools and solutions for bringing television, film and web content to wider audiences — and Nederlandse Omroep Stichting (NOS) today announced that the Dutch public broadcaster has selected Digital Rapids’ StreamZ encoding systems to power live and on-demand Internet and mobile coverage of the 2010 Olympic Games for audiences in the Netherlands. The 2010 Olympic Games will be held February 12-28 in Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada. more