Archive for October 27th, 2010

New York City and Los Angeles, October 28, 2010 — Hurrah! Marketing, a preeminent representation firm for creative companies, has signed the newly launched Broadcast Unit of renowned design/visual effects/post-production company Lair to its client roster. Carol Eisenrauch, President and Head of Global Business Development for Hurrah! Marketing, made the announcement. more

Mirror Films’ Director Greg Pritikin has brought his incredible talent for storytelling to two of this fall’s most popular web series: the newly-launched second season of IKEA’s “Easy to Assemble,� created by and starring Ileana Douglas, with an all-star cast including Justin Batemen, Jeff Goldblum and Ed Begley, Jr.; and the “Butterfinger Defense League� short film “Barglar� for Nestle, starring TV pop culture icons Erik Estrada, Lou Ferrigno, Charisma Carpenter and Adam West. more

Collection of Radical New Features and Doubled Channel Count Transforms One of the Best-Selling SSL Consoles of All Time

SAN FRANCISCO, CA — Solid State Logic, the world’s leading manufacturer of professional digital and analogue consoles, is proud to present a radical update to the hugely successful AWS 900 console. Launched in 2004, the AWS reinvented the professional production console by combining classic SSL analogue console technology with DAW control hardware in a single work surface. Over 550 consoles later the AWS has evolved through several significant upgrades. Now, SSL proudly presents the first revolution, rather than evolution, of the AWS at AES 2010 (Booth 902). more

New York, NY – Award-winning post production house Company 3 (CO3) announced that it has expanded its New York Beauty Division under the leadership of creative director Randie Swanberg. The division, which handles projects for beauty brands including Avon, Olay and Pantene, has tripled in size since its inception in 2009, adding two Autodesk Flame compositing systems along with multiple seats of The Foundry’s Nuke and Adobe After Effects systems. more

SAN FRANCISCO, CA — TC Electronic, a global leader in digital signal processing and loudness control technologies for the professional audio, broadcast and post production markets, is pleased to bring its LM2 stereo loudness and true-peak level meter to the U.S. market by debuting the advanced technology at this year’s AES 2010 (Booth 1227). The LM2 meter enables unprecedented levels of loudness precision and quality in audio applications, eliminating level jumps and other aural inconsistencies for truly polished sound. With this new product, TC Electronic is taking an important leadership role in the worldwide concern for loudness standardization. more

Assassin’s Creed Brotherhood Original Soundtrack

Original Soundtrack to be released November 16 on iTunes
Los Angeles, CA – October 27, 2010 – BAFTA award-winning composer Jesper Kyd has composed an original music soundtrack for Ubisoft®’s Assassin’s Creed Brotherhood, the next iteration of the critically acclaimed, multi-million selling video game franchise. Assassin’s Creed Brotherhood is inspired by historical events during the occupation of Rome by The Borgias in 1503. Kyd’s new music score for Brotherhood draws influence and authentic instrumentation from this Renaissance period, immersing players in Ezio’s adventures to liberate Rome from a corrupt and tyrant regime. The Assassin’s Creed Brotherhood Original Soundtrack will be available for digital download from iTunes on November 16, 2010, to coincide with the North American release of the game on Microsoft Xbox 360® video game and entertainment system and the Sony PLAYSTATION®3 computer entertainment system. more

BUENOS AIRES, ARGENTINA, OCTOBER 27, 2010 – 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 will showcase the DIONIC® HCX 120 watt-hour capacity battery featuring a brand new motion detection sensor that protects against capacity loss, its cutting-edge Tandem® 150 Modular Power System and ULHM-LED and EledZ LED light solutions at CAPER 2010 from October 28 thru October 30. more

Four students – one from each major region of the world – have been named first-place winners in the 2010 edition of the annual Kodak Film School Competition. The contest is designed to recognize the creativity and talent of student cinematographers in the collaborative process of visual storytelling. more

A Broadcast Pix Slate 5000 video production system is at the heart of a new HD production workflow at Jubilee Christian Center.

Billerica, Massachusetts – Broadcast Pix™ today announced that Jubilee Christian Center in San Jose, Calif., is using the Slate™ 5000 video production system to produce in-house video presentations during services, as well as video productions for television and Internet audiences. Services are streamed live to Jubilee’s Web site, www.jubilee.org, and later broadcast on KTLN, which serves the San Francisco/Oakland/San Jose market (DMA #6), and a leased access channel on the local Comcast cable system. more

SALT LAKE CITY — Oct. 26, 2010 — Utah Scientific, a leading provider of digital and HDTV routing switchers for media enterprises of all kinds, today announced that it is the first manufacturer in the world to deploy innovative new high-performance switching from Mindspeed Technologies Inc. in a video router. Currently, the company’s top-of-the-line UTAH-400 288R video router is shipping with the Mindspeed(R) M21170 crosspoint switch at its core. more