Archive for November, 2010

iSTOPMOTION, MEET TILT SHIFT

Brand new Tilt Shift Filter, enhanced support for Canon DSLR and HDV cameras and easier export to iMovie round out Boinx’s new iStopMotion 2.5 release

Puchheim, Germany – November 18, 2010 – Boinx Software, a multi-award winning developer of cool software for the Mac platform, today announced the availability of iStopMotion 2.5, the company’s popular stop motion animation application. Headlining the new update is the innovative combination of a brand new Tilt Shift Filter with stop motion animation and time-lapse recording. A popular effect among photographers aiming to capture a “miniature-scale model� effect, Tilt Shift is perfect for stop motion animation’s small movements and individually photographed frames. This unique pairing of Tilt Shift with stop motion and time-lapse recording software allows animators to expand creative expression, manipulating the depth of field of their images so that life-sized locations or subjects appear miniature in more

Innovative Service Providers are Adding File Sharing and Storage

PALO ALTO, CA – November 18, 2010 – Gogobeans, the creators of the most flexible way to store, organize and share digital media, has today rolled out their digital locker technology to business and residential users of VoIPEX. VoIPEX customers can now own their own digital locker on the Internet, accessible from any Internet device, to store, organize and share files, using the secure and intuitive Gogobeans technology.

“Our customers are the big winner here. They have come to expect strong voice and data services, but this really pushes the envelope on what can be done with your voice and data files,� explains Robert Muir, VoIPEX Managing Director. “We now can provide them with an easy, secure and flexible way to share voicemail, voice recordings, digital photographs, video, company collateral, more

IMT Consolidates Three Previous Locations into New 65,000-Square-Foot High-Tech Facility

MT. OLIVE, NEW JERSEY, NOVEMBER 18, 2010 – Integrated Microwave Technologies (IMT), a Business Unit within the Vitec Group’s Videocom Division, and a leader in advanced digital microwave systems serving the MAG (Military, Aerospace & Government), Broadcast and Sports & Entertainment markets, announced today the grand opening of its new engineering and manufacturing facility located in Mt. Olive, NJ in the International Trade Center. This move will help the company further execute its strategy to meet the increasing demand for class leading wireless video solutions. more

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For Immediate Release

YNN AUSTIN BECOMES EIGHTH TIME WARNER CABLE NEWS CHANNEL TO DEPLOY
DALET ENTERPRISE EDITION
Dalet to provide end-to-end, file-based news production workflow; story-centric journalist tools and unique 24-hour news wheel technology maximize content production and delivery

New York, NY, November 18, 2010 - Dalet Digital Media Systems announced today that YNN Austin (News 8 Austin), Time Warner Cable’s 24-hour local news channel in Texas, will replace their existing news production system with Dalet Enterprise Edition, the company’s integrated automation, newsroom and Media Asset Management (MAM) solution. Dalet Enterprise Edition will provide YNN Austin a single-vendor software solution that integrates the newsroom’s content gathering, production, and distribution. YNN Austin selected Dalet Enterprise Edition based on the successful deployment of Dalet at seven other Time Warner Cable channels: YNN Buffalo; News 14 Carolina with channels in Raleigh, Wilmington, Charlotte and Greensboro; and the flagship NY1 more

“Bundle-up� this holiday season and save hundreds of dollars on DSC Labs’ favorite precision tools

Toronto, Canada – DSC Labs, developer of innovative products for image quality improvement, is bundling their most popular charts and accessories into affordable packages just in time for the holiday season. Utilized by award winning DP’s and engineers worldwide, DSC Labs produces a wide range of precision test patterns that have been developed and designed using input and suggestions from customers. Whether you are a working in 3D, film, or television, this is your chance to purchase DSC’s distinguished charts and accessories in package deals that are hundreds of dollars off normal pricing.

Available For A Limited Time From DSC Labs
• The 3D Specialist Kit (Saves $359)
• The Senior HD Specialist Bundle (Saves $286)
• The Standard HD Specialist more

Sundance Grand Jury Prize-winning documentary now hotly tipped for Oscar

Following its stunning success at the Sundance Film Festival where it won the Grand Jury Documentary Prize, ‘Restrepo’ is now making a big impact among the critics and at the box office. There’s even talk of an Oscar nomination… The film, by American journalist Sebastian Junger and British photographer Tim Hetherington, recently opened in the UK following a successful run in the USA. The film follows a platoon of American Airborne soldiers during a year’s deployment in Afghanistan. Described as “An often electrifying verité trip into combat and the hearts of men� by Variety, all of Restrepo’s post-production picture finishing was done at Goldcrest Post Productions, New York. Using two Quantel

Pablo systems connected by GenePool, the film was online edited by finishing artist Peter Heady, and more

Auryn’s highly anticipated digital storybook iPad App “What Does My Teddy Bear Do All Day?� is now available via iTunes for $7.99: http://itunes.apple.com/us/app/teddys-day/id400989528?mt=8 The App unites innovative technology with the highest quality production in an interactive book experience to be enjoyed by kids, parents and teachers.

View the “What Does My Teddy Bear Do All Day?� Promo here: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iFXwEf03oL8

Written by noted author Bruno Hachler and illustrated by Birte Muller, “What Does My Teddy Bear Do All Day?� is an enchanting, interactive story about a little girl’s curiosity regarding what her beloved teddy does when she’s away. The App is based on a best selling print edition published by Minedition, which co-released the App with Auryn.

With “Teddy,� kids will love immersing themselves in a world of wonder and imagination, where characters come to animated life and more

For the talented team at Sound Lounge, this holiday season will be spent celebrating the company’s newest expansion of its long-form division. Unveiling a brand-new ADR Stage, 10 Edit Suites, and production space spanning an additional 5,000 square feet, Sound Lounge is furthering its commitment to the film and television community in New York.

According to Sound Lounge Partner/Sound Designer, Marshall Grupp: “This expansion continues Sound Lounge’s philosophy of conservative growth when the market calls for it,â€? he comments. “We are determined to serve all our clients with the best facility in New York City.â€?

Featuring the award-winning talents of Lead Mixer Tony Volante, and Mixers Cory Melious, Steve “Major� Giammaria, and Ryan Price, recent projects for the long-form division of Sound Lounge include: “Damages� for FX Network, and the feature film “Blue Valentine,� a serious Oscar contender, starring Michelle more

Grass Valley Kayenne Video Production Center

Three high-profile production facilities in France – the studios of France Televisions and Canal+, and the outside broadcast trucks of Euromedia, have completed their migration to the Grass Valleyâ„¢ Kayenneâ„¢ XL production switcher panels. These three major orders reaffirm Grass Valley’s position as leading supplier of high-end production switchers in France. The Kayenne XL switcher panel works with previously installed Kayakâ„¢ switcher electronics, significantly increasing the switcher’s capabilities.

Canal+ has installed a 4.5 M/E Kayenne XL switcher panel in its studio 2 in Issy-les-Moulineaux, near Paris. The switcher is equipped with the full range of options, including six keyers on each M/E bank and the extended DVE option giving a total of 20 channels of digital effects which can be used in any part of the program flow. The order also included a Grass Valley Trinix™ NXT router, which is tightly integrated with the Kayenne panel, allowing the switcher to access to source ID’s names managed from a single location.

“We have used Grass Valley switchers before, and that helps us with the transition to the Kayenne,� explained Ralf Atlan, Deputy Technical Director of Canal+. “Our operators can start using the new switcher with the Kayak panel already installed, and then move over to the more capable Kayenne panel when they are ready.�

France Televisions has installed two Kayenne XL switcher panels, again with the full range of functionality: 4.5 M/E, 96 inputs, 48 outputs, six keyers, 20 DVE channels, and an integral RAM clip recorder. One panel was installed in studio 3 in France Televisions’ current headquarters; the other was installed in a new building, to be called Valin. Again, a deciding factor was the natural extension of the existing Grass Valley Kayak switcher architecture – giving France Televisions the same operational philosophy, but with greatly enhanced capabilities.

“It is the Kayenne XL switcher panel that makes it a dream,� said Mokhtar Ait Naceur of France Televisions. “We first saw the new panel at IBC2008 which started the whole project for us. We have had DD35, XtenDD, and Kayak HD switchers from Grass Valley, and we are very much looking forward to putting all this extra power into action.�

Euromedia is one of the leading outside broadcast contractors in Europe and, to support its work at the FIFA World Cup in South Africa, it re-equipped three of its largest trucks with Kayenne XL switcher panels. It was a tremendous indication of the confidence Euromedia places in Grass Valley products that the new panels should first be used when the eyes of the world were on the output of the trucks.

“We have a long and successful relationship with Grass Valley,� said Julien Schneider, CTO of Euromedia. “We use Grass Valley HD cameras exclusively, including the LDK 8000 and LDK 8300 1x/2x/3x Super SloMo cameras, and we have also used previous Grass Valley switchers. What the Kayenne panel gives us is a natural evolution from previous switchers but greater power, efficiency, and capacity.�

“These are three tremendous orders for the Kayenne XL switcher panel, coming at a time when the panel and the Kayenne Video Production Center switcher is achieving remarkable success around the world,â€? said Jeff Rosica, Senior Vice President for Grass Valley. “These orders underline a critical design decision we made when developing the Kayenne switcher, to create a switcher with unprecedented power and flexibility, which could do things that no other switcher can, but with the ability to use the Kayenne control panel with our Kayak switcher electronics to extend the Kayak’s capabilities.

“Perhaps the most telling comment is that our sales staff finds it challenging to sell training to new Kayenne XL panel customers,� Rosica added. “Time and again they are told that operators already know 90% of how to use the new panel because it is a Grass Valley switcher panel.�

The Kayenne XL switcher panels went into service in the Euromedia trucks in time for the World Cup in June; the Canal+ studio went on air at the beginning of September in time for the French national football competition; and the first of the France Televisions studios will be on air later in the year.

* Disclaimer: Grass Valley is not an official sponsor of the FIFA 2010 World Cup South Africa, nor is it affiliated in any way with FIFA. Information supplied in this media alert does not imply endorsement from FIFA. FIFA World Cup, World Cup Soccer, and World Cup South Africa are registered trademarks of their respective owners.

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