Archive for April 11th, 2010

Screen shot of the Avenue 9670 Automatic Audio Level Control that is being used in TV Stations for audio compliance. Chief engineers at stations are reporting decreased complaints about program and spots audio level differences after installing this product.

Grass Valley, California, 12 April 2010 –

Grass Valley, California, 12 April 2010 – New for NAB 2010, Ensemble Designs has fourteen product announcements for video and audio equipment targeted at broadcast, post and production customers.

New for NAB the 7630 Dolby E Encoder and 7615 Dolby E Decoder, part of the Avenue signal integration system for broadcasters will be featured at NAB. The new Dolby E choices are for use with the new Avenue 9600 Audio Embedder, Disembedder and Data Inserter, a sixteen-channel module that handles both AES digital audio and analog audio. 3 Gb/s, HD and SD Video is supported. more

Industry leader blazes new path for creative editing solutions; introduces Lightworks Open Source; an extensible platform for developing collaborative features and creative workflows

Boston, MA – April 11, 2010 – EditShare®, the technology leader in cross-platform collaborative editing and shared media storage, unveiled plans for the newly acquired Lightworks solution at the NAB 2010 exhibition on opening day. The company has transformed the time-honored editing solution into Lightworks Open Source, the industry’s first open-source development initiative for a large-scale, non-linear editing (NLE) platform. A departure from standard 3rd-party developer programs that limit access, the Lightworks Open Source platform offers an unprecedented gateway into the NLE’s core engine, enabling a wide-range of creative developers to implement forward-thinking features and workflows. “EditShare has built a reputation for offering open solutions that enhance collaboration. In taking this uncharted path with Lightworks, we follow this same principle,� said James Richings, Co-Managing Director, EditShare EMEA. more

Quality new royalty free stock footage timelapse video clips shot in Oporto, Portugal and Ghent, Belgium have been added in one category (City) on HDtimelapse.net website.

Some of the locations from Oporto are The Dom Luis 1st Bridge (Ponte Dom Luis I), Infante D. Henrique Bridge (Ponte do Infante), Freedom Square (Praca da Liberdade), City Hall, Boats, Rua do Corpo da Guarda, The Clerigos Church, Church of the Clergy, Oporto Panorama, Ribeira, Sao Bento Church and Train Station, King Peter IV Monument, Avenida dos Aliados, Torre dos Clerigos, Praca de Almeida Garrett, Sao Bento da Vitoria Monastery, Old Portwine Ships, Douro River (Rio Duero), Funicular do Guindais, Twilight, Avenida Gustavo Eiffel, Vila Nova de Gaia Panorama, Old Town. more

Meet MARVIN’s New General Manager at NAB
Las Vegas: April 11, 2010… MARVIN Technologies has announced the appointment of Adam Welsh as general manager of the company. Widely respected in the industry, Welsh brings a wealth of technical and sales experience to the new position. more

Next-generation interactive TV enables a newly developed broadcasting system called Sheeva.

Vienna, 12 April 2010 – bwin, the world’s leading publicly quoted online gaming provider, is staging the world debut of its broadcasting system Sheeva at the digital media industry’s leading trade fair, the NAB Show, from 12 to 15 April 2010 in Las Vegas. Sheeva fuses live video with social media platforms and instant messaging systems while simultaneously integrating real-time data from bwin’s extensive online gaming line-up. To give a practical example, a soccer game broadcast can be enhanced with inserts from bwin gaming line-up and a moderator-controlled Skype chat. Thomas Fürstner, Director of Research & Development at bwin, sums up the core of this development: “VJ and online-gaming culture have merged with Sheeva to form a new interactive TV experience.� more