Archive for February, 2010

JSM Owner and Composer Joel Simon, working with CHEIL Worldwide and Crossroads UK, led the music production and sound design teams on a mesmerizing :30 promoting the Internet capabilities of the new Samsung Omnia II smart phone. The spot, which features an Olympic motif inspired by next month’s Winter Games in Vancouver, displays the deft skill and artistry of JSM’s creatives and talent to perfectly synch an original score and sound design to even the trickiest commercial ventures. more

Jump has hired award-winning producer Tommy Murov as the new EP at their NYC office. Murov joins jumP from Spot Welders, where he had been EP since he helped establish the company’s New York operations in 2006. With more than two decades production experience, Murov brings an impressive client list to jumP, including BMW, United Airlines, Nike and Honda, to name a few. more

National organisation chooses Quantel to spearhead move into Stereo3D market

China Film Archive in Beijing has purchased a Quantel iQ 4K Dl and finishing system. The iQ includes QColor in-context grading and the Quantel Stereo3D toolset. In addition to its role safeguarding China’s film heritage of over ten thousand films, China Film Archive is also charged with adopting and exploiting new film technologies; hence the Stereo3D tools. more

Crystal Vision has released its most intelligent switch yet with the Smart Switch 3G. Designed to secure the video output in systems that demand high reliability, Smart Switch 3G provides intelligent 2 x 2 switching to a backup signal source by monitoring two 3Gb/s, HD or SD video inputs with up to four groups of embedded audio, and switching between the sources if a specified fault condition arises – no matter how subtle the fault. more