Archive for June 28th, 2010

Hollywood, CA, July 7, 2010 — Motion graphics producer Hema Mulchandani is celebrating her 10th anniversary year in Hollywood (having relocated from her native India) with a 2010 Daytime Emmy Award win as part of the team that promoted the ABC TV series “General Hospital.â€? She is also the winner of a 2010 Promax/BDA “Goldâ€? Award for the ABC TV Promo “One Life To Live /Big November 2009.â€?

Additionally, Mulchandani was instrumental for a second Daytime Emmy Award nomination, again for “General Hospital,� and helped garner two additional Promax/BDA Award nominations this year, for work on behalf of SoapNet’s “Bank of Mom and Dad� Campaign, and ABC TV’s “General Hospital.� Promax/BDA is the television marketing industry’s trade association.

Mulchandani is presently a Senior Producer with BUSTER, a highly successful graphics and animation studio that is a division more

The Company’s redesigned 3D camera rigs allow cinematographers to achieve perfect alignment for extraordinary 3D images.

San Diego, CA – 3D Film Factory has just upgraded their complete line of affordable, production-ready, 3D camera systems, allowing for perfect camera alignment on all axis‘ – x, y & z – every time. The improvements include a totally redesigned camera mounting system, on all side-by-side and beam-splitter rigs, that make the new rigs some of the most precise systems anywhere. Starting at a retail price of just $2,895, the 3DFF camera systems offers a viable alternative to high-priced 3D rigs costing ten times as much. more

Santa Monica, CA, and New York City, June 29, 2010 — Elias Arts, a company devoted to music composition, strategy and production, has announced the promotion of Kala Sherman as the company’s new Executive Producer in its New York Office.

“We are so excited to have Kala at the helm of our New York office,â€? said Ann Haugen, Executive Producer/GM, Elias Arts. “She has such a great passion for music and for our business, and has long been a top notch producer. It is rare to find that kind of combination in one person.” more

Hollywood, CA, June 29, 2010 — BIRD, a strategic creative consultancy based in Hollywood, is the winner of two 2010 Promax/BDA Awards resulting from the company’s collaboration to create a rebrand on behalf of the multi-platform network, FEARnet, across all media. BIRD’s co-founders Peter King Robbins and Tabitha De La Torre made the announcement.

BIRD’s 2010 Promax/BDA Award wins are a Silver Award for “FEARnet Network Branding/Image On-Air,� and a Bronze Award for “Best Logo: FEARnet Blood Splat.� more

Recent Purchase is Second AWS for Imprint
TORONTO, CANADA – Imprint Music, a recording facility that primarily focuses on all aspects of audio for commercials, recently installed a Solid State Logic AWS 900+ SE console in Studio A. Imprint Music offers music, composition, sound-design and recording studio services for clients like Honda, Budweiser, Coke and Subaru, among many others. Because of Imprint Music’s positive experience with an AWS 900+ in Studio B, it was a natural workflow extension for them to install the AWS 900+ SE in Studio A. The facility also employs an SSL XLogic X-Rack system. more

Milpitas, CA, USA – June 29, 2010 – Blackmagic Design today announced Pocket UltraScope, the world’s first portable USB 3.0 notebook PC based waveform monitor, is now shipping from all worldwide Blackmagic Design authorized resellers.
Pocket UltraScope features 6 independent powerful real time scopes such as parade, waveform, vector, histogram, audio and picture all in an easy to use plug in USB 3 PC based design for only US$595. more

Milpitas, CA, USA – June 23, 2010 – Blackmagic Design today announced UltraStudio Pro, the world’s first broadcast quality SD/HD capture and playback solution for USB 3.0 computers is now shipping! more

Milpitas, CA, June 21, 2010 — Blackmagic Design Inc. today announced that its Blackmagic Design DeckLink Studio capture and playback cards, in conjunction with XV-Tech’s SQUID broadcast workflow software, are currently being used by Argentinean broadcasters TyC Sports, Telefe and Torneos y Competencias for the airing and playback of FIFA World Cup 2010 games and highlights. The combination of the Blackmagic Design’s DeckLink products and XV-Tech’s SQUID solution has a long history of use in Argentina, which includes TyC Sports’ recent broadcast of the 2008 Beijing Summer Olympics. It is currently being used by more than 60 channels within Argentina. more

Jump Editor Michael Saia helped TM Advertising capture the spirit of Memorial Day with a pair of moving spots honoring U.S. troops for American Airlines. Working once again with Gartner Director James Gartner, Saia wove together the emotionally charged footage to create compelling stories that highlight the airline’s respect for U.S. soldiers, airmen, seamen and marines. more

World-renowned training company comes to Europe’s largest broadcast exhibition; fostering creative and practical skills for career advancement for video, film, television and broadcast content creators

Boston, MA – June 28, 2010 – Future Media Concepts (FMC), the premier authorized digital media training organization and conference producer for post-production, broadcast, and content creators, announced today its partnership with the International Broadcasting Convention (IBC). Working closely with the IBC organizers, FMC will bring its world-class training methodology to the industry’s preeminent broadcasting event, offering the first-ever Digital Media Training Workshops for content creators and post professionals to be held from September 11th – 12th at the RAI, Amsterdam. more