Archive for May, 2010

TEL AVIV, ISRAEL, May 18, 2010 — Waves Audio, a leading provider of digital signal processing solutions, recently won one lawsuit and had a defendant admit liability in a second lawsuit regarding intellectual property infringements and the illegal use of its software. The two studios named were New York City-based Reckless Music, LLC, d.b.a. Skyline Recording Studios NYC, and Quad Recording Studios, Inc. The following statements were issued: more

Rhino CD Natasha Saenko, in collaboration with Believe Media via Element 79, led the studio’s design/animation team on a beautiful spot promoting Amway Global’s extensive line of products. Farm follows an iridescent butterfly as it flutters across a pastoral landscape of farms and fields and into tidy homes, alighting on an array of clean sprays, detergents, skin care products and supplements along the way. The CG butterfly interacts flawlessly with its environment, creating a world that beautifully showcases Amway Global’s wares. more

New York, NY – Mechanism Digital completed the show open and in-show graphics package, including a logo design, currently airing on History Channel’s. The show features host John McCalmont using powerful tools to slice open an array of everyday items to learn how they work. more

DENVER, May. 18, 2010—Thought Equity Motion, Inc.—the world leader in digitizing, delivering and monetizing video content—announced today the company’s CEO and Founder Kevin Schaff will be speaking at the College Sports Video Summit, a conference focusing on the latest advancements for collegiate sports video departments, taking place June 8 – 9, 2010 in Atlanta, GA (The Westin Peachtree Plaza). Schaff will be participating in the “Tale of the Tape: Building an Archival Strategy� panel at 2 p.m. ET on Wednesday June 9, 2010. more

Digitizes Record 22 Theatres, Many Featuring the Christie Solaria Series of 4K-Ready Projectors

Christie announced that it is Cannes International Film Festival’s Technical Partner for the fourth year in a row, digitizing a record 22 theatres with the latest generation Christie DLP Cinema projectors. Installations include the next-generation Series 2 projector, the Christie Solaria Series, highlighted by the Christie CP2220 and Christie CP2230, which feature Academy Award-winning DLP Cinema technology from Texas Instruments (TI) (NYSE: TXN). Ridley Scott’s Robin Hood, presented out of competition, opened Cannes with its world premiere on a Christie CP2230. more

SUNNYVALE, Calif. — May 18, 2010 — Omneon Inc. today announced that the Oireachtas Broadcasting Unit (OBU), part of the Irish National Archive, is using an Omneon media storage and processing platform to record and archive all proceedings within the Irish Parliament, known as the Oireachtas, and to make broadcast-quality content from these proceedings available to Irish broadcasters. more

SHARNFORD, Leicestershire, UK – 3th May 2010 – Combining the real with the virtual has become the hallmark of cartoon band Gorillaz. So, it’s no surprise that the band’s first live concert in London since 2001 should be a multimedia extravaganza with fans following the performance via a live MTV Webcast. more

LYNDONVILLE, N.Y. — May 18, 2010 — Digital Alert Systems (DAS), a division of Monroe Electronics and provider of enhanced emergency alert systems (EAS), has teamed up with the ninth annual Taste of NAB 2010 Road Show to showcase its DASDEC(TM) EAS technologies in more than 50 cities nationwide. Running now through Sept. 10, the Taste of NAB Road Show gives engineers an opportunity to have a hands-on, educational look at many of the key technologies introduced to the professional broadcast market at the 2010 NAB Show in Las Vegas. more

Christie has appointed Mitch Rosenberg Director of Sales for its new U.S.

Christie Visual Environments Display Systems group. In this role, Rosenberg will lead the consolidated sales and business development team that spearheads opportunities in both control room and new markets targeted by Christie MicroTiles. Rosenberg brings highly developed sales and negotiation skills that have helped him forge customer relationships with dealers, systems integrators, in-house and independent representatives, consultants and end-users. He reports to Zoran Veselic, Vice President of Christie’s Visual Environments. more

SAN ANTONIO – May 18, 2010 – NewTek, manufacturer of industry-leading video and 3D animation products, congratulates Diggnation and Kevin Pollak’s Chat Show for winning 2010 Streamy Awards for “Best Hosted Web Series” and “Best Live Production in a Web Series,” respectively. Both shows, which are produced and live streamed with NewTek TriCaster portable live production system, were recognized at the 2nd Annual Streamy Awards ceremony in Los Angeles, on April 11. more