Archive for April 29th, 2010

Woodland Hills, CA, April 29, 2010–Songs To Your Eyes (STYE), one of the leading music library companies in the world, and its founder, Opher Yisraeli, have announced that they will sub publish the IDYLLIUM Classical Music Catalogue in North America along with numerous other territories.

IDYLLIUM is a beautifully recorded, public domain classical music collection, which was recorded in Italy by the Armonie Symphony Orchestra, and covers music by Vivaldi, Mendelssohn, Dvorak, Schubert, Debussy, Chopin, Handel, Rossini, Bach, Strauss, Beethoven, Mozart, Tchaikovsky and more. more

HPA Award Winners Share Experiences and Excitement for the Only Industry Award Show Focused on Talent and Innovation in Post Production

(Los Angeles, CA) On May 12, 2010, at the Frank G. Wells Theater on the Disney lot, the Hollywood Post Alliance will open its Call for Entries for the upcoming 2010 HPA Awards. The evening will also feature a panel of past winners and a cocktail reception. In addition, there will be an exciting announcement and a special award winner will be revealed. The HPA Awards recognize a spectrum of behind the scenes post production talent in fields including color grading and digital intermediate, sound, compositing and editing for Features, Television and Commercials. more

SAN ANTONIO – April 29, 2010 – NewTek, manufacturer of industry-leading video and 3D animation products, announced that the life-size mechanical organs showcased in the feature film, “Repo Men,” were developed with NewTek LightWave 3D. At the forefront of artificial organ development for “Repo Men,” is Hollywood-based, Creative Character Engineering (CCE), which used the advanced 3D modeling capabilities of LightWave 3D, to bring the artificial organs from concept to reality. more

— Clyne Media’s role increases in scope as Waves expands its global marketing efforts —

TEL AVIV, ISRAEL, April 29, 2010 — Waves Audio, a leading provider of digital signal processing solutions, announces the appointment of Nashville- and New York-based firm Clyne Media, Inc. to handle its international public relations efforts, effective immediately. The two organizations already have a close working relationship, as for several years, Clyne Media has handled Waves’ PR in the United States. The announcement was made by Mick Olesh, Waves Executive VP, Sales & Marketing, and further underscores Waves’ commitment to its marketplace. more

— Xantech LM110 Single Gang Learning Module makes programming multiple video displays easy for the installer and fun for patrons —

— Ten more 52-inch LCD displays placed throughout the lounge are controlled using Xantech’s CSPLCD64 Commercial Touchscreen Display —

SYLMAR, CA, April 29, 2010 — When Just George’s, the sports bar connected to the Captain George’s Seafood Restaurant in Kill Devil Hills, North Carolina, needed a way to let each booth control its own A/V content, they turned to Virginia Beach-based Fidelity Sound Reinforcement. Fidelity selected innovative solutions from Xantech Corporation, a leading producer of innovative, reliable and problem-solving custom installation signal processing and control systems. more

— GC Pro provides critical help for the Valparaiso Nazarene Church in choosing technology products for audio, lighting and musical instruments for the church’s new worship facility —

WESTLAKE VILLAGE, CA, April 29, 2010— When Indiana’s Valparaiso Nazarene Church decided to invest in a brand new facility, it worked with Guitar Center Professional (GC Pro), the outside sales division of Guitar Center that focuses on the needs of professional users, as its partner to provide a wide range of audio products, support and consultation. The new eight-million dollar facility features a 1700-seat venue that is used weekly for worship services and live concert events, plus it also has an audio/video production studio used to produce the church’s various DVDs, CDs and Podcast materials. To make certain the new facility’s audio/video and lighting systems would be exactly what the church needed, GC Pro’s account manager Dan Scalpone worked closely and collaborated with one of the church’s Worship Leaders, Jake Randall, in choosing everything to keep Valparaiso Nazarene at the cutting edge. more

ITASCA, IL, April 28, 2010 — Denon® Professional announces the introduction of its DN-V500BD Professional Reference Blu-ray/DVD Player, designed to meet the needs of sound contractors and systems integrators. The DN-V500BD is designed for applications where the best-possible video and audio quality is required, and offers ease of installation, versatile playback capabilities and reliability under the most demanding conditions.

The Denon DN-V500BD provides HDMI™ 1.3a, 1080p/24-bit video with Deep Color and x.v Color support, along with High-Bit-Rate audio output. It employs an Anchor Bay VRS high-bit interlace-to-progressive scan converter and scaler and Denon’s High Picture Quality Circuitry to deliver superlative picture quality from DVD discs. In addition, the DN-V500BD provides BD-Live Profile 2.0, AVCHD and DivX HD support, and includes an HDMI Source Direct mode to output the native resolution of a Blu-ray Disc.

The player features Dolby® TrueHD, more

WAYNE, NJ (April 29, 2010) — JVC Professional Products, a division of JVC U.S.A., was recognized with awards from three leading industry magazines at the 2010 NAB Show in Las Vegas, NV, earlier this month. The new IF-2D3D1 Stereoscopic Image Processor was recognized by TV Technology with a prestigious STAR Award, and Videography gave it the Best of Show Vidy 2010 Award. In addition, Broadcast Engineering selected the GD-463D10 Professional 46-inch 3D Display Monitor as a Pick Hit winner for 2010.

“3D was one of the hot topics at NAB this year, so we were very pleased that a number of important industry magazines honored our 3D products,�
said Dave Walton, assistant vice president of marketing and communications. “Our new IF-2D3D1 promises to be an important tool for 3D content creators, and our GD-463D10 has quickly become the de facto standard for professional 3D monitoring.�

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Two SSL BRIO Units Support Analogue and Digital I/O

ANKARA, TURKEY – Solid State Logic is pleased to announce the installation of a 24+8-fader C100 HDS console with two 128 DSP Blackrock Processor Units at the TRT Sevgi studio, located in TRT’s main production facility in Ankara. The console is used to support audio production for programs on all TRT channels, with emphasis on morning shows for TRT 1 and for health and economic programs for TRT 6. The C100 HDS is supported by two SSL BRIO modular I/O units providing 48 microphone inputs, 40 analogue line level I/O and 36 AES/EBU digital I/O. The studio is actively working weekdays from Monday to Friday on a 12-hour schedule. The C100 HDS helps to streamline audio production and, because of the advanced 5.1 mixing capabilities, is ready for the network’s eventual move into full HD production. more

SAN ANTONIO – April 29, 2010 – NewTek, manufacturer of industry-leading video and 3D animation products, today announced NewTek TriCasts America: Varsity Tour. From May 11-June 9, 2010, NewTek goes on the road in what could be the world’s smallest, HD live television production vehicle, demonstrating the newly launched, award-winning TriCaster TCXD850 portable live production system and 3PLAY, a portable, multi-channel HD/SD slow motion replay system. NewTek will visit multiple cities to host live events, inviting audiences to check out the benefits of a giant live HD TV truck that fits in a backpack. Launching in New York, and culminating in Atlanta, the Varsity Tour will showcase live demos at high-profile venues, like New York’s St. John’s University, varsity practice facility, and hockey’s oldest cathedral, Matthew’s Arena at Northeastern University, Boston. more