Archive for August 6th, 2010

COLUMBUS, OH – Anton/Bauer, a brand of The Vitec Group, and the world’s premier provider of batteries, chargers, lighting and other mobile power systems for the professional broadcast, video and film industries, was the behind-the-scenes power for “Through the Roof,” a documentary following the remarkable journey of Erica Davis, the first female paraplegic athlete to summit Tanzania’s Mount Kilimanjaro. Captured Life Productions, LLC, which produced the film, relied on Anton/Bauer’s ElipZ 10K batteries to keep the cameras rolling as Davis and her team made the trek up and down the mountain. The ElipZ batteries proved themselves more than up to the task, as they not only maintained power throughout the nine-day climb, but still had energy to spare after it was over. more

Pre IBC First-Look at New Products and Pricing Set for August 18, 2010

(Los Angeles, CA) Digital Vision, the leading supplier of color grading, finishing, mastering and restoration solutions for the global broadcast, film and commercials industries, will demonstrate for the first US view Nucoda Fuse, its new low-cost grading solution at a Key Code Media event on August 18, 2010. With a feature set comparable to Digital Vision’s flagship product Nucoda Film Master along with the new price point, Nucoda Fuse sets a new standard for price, performance and functionality. more

NEW YORK, NEW YORK – In the dramatic opening sequence of Columbia Pictures’ blockbuster hit Salt, starring Angelina Jolie, which has grossed more than $100 million worldwide in less than two weeks, CIA agent Evelyn Salt is released from a North Korean prison as part of a prisoner exchange. The Phosphene visual effects team, under the direction of Creative Director/VFX Supervisor John Bair, augmented and manipulated the physical environment building 3D computer generated concrete towers and gates representing the North and South Korean sides of the demilitarized zone, and seamlessly integrated a dozen shots they created into the live-action footage, ratcheting up the energy of the sequence. more

At this year’s IBC DVC Digital Video Competence will be presenting at booth 6.A14 together with its long-time partner Drastic Technologies the following products:

– Boxxster – compact, uncompressed and file-based SD, HD & 2k Disk Recorder based on Drastic DDR software. The new Boxxster versions support resolutions up to 1080p60 or 2k at 10bit and therewith is the ideal solution for locations where lownoise and compact design is required – without making any compromise in video quality. more