Archive for December 2nd, 2010

Billerica, Massachusetts (November 30, 2010) – Broadcast Pix™ today announced that Abundant Life Family Worship Church in New Brunswick, N.J., has installed a Slate™ 5000 video production system to improve the quality of its multi-camera video production and I-MAG (image magnification) capabilities. Every service at the church is recorded, and one sermon from each week is televised locally on a public access cable station. Abundant Life also streams its services live, and many sermons are available on demand at www.streamingfaith.com.

A new Broadcast Pix Slate 5000 is helping Abundant Life Family Worship Church produce high-quality video productions for public access and live streaming audiences.

The Abundant Life control room is located near the entrance of the church and can comfortably accommodate a six-person production team. With volunteer crews, however, audio and video responsibilities are often handled more

OWINGS MILLS, MD, DECEMBER 2, 2010 – When Maryland Public Television (MPT) was looking to update its aging prompter software, it turned to Autoscript, the world’s leading teleprompting company and a Vitec Group Brand, to implement the company’s new WinPlus Xlite system into its setup. MPT, which provides informational, educational, cultural, and children’s programming to the State of Maryland, is one of the first stations to employ the software since its introduction earlier this year. more

A frenzied crowd of young country music fans explodes in cheers and applause as singer Gary Allan strides onstage at Chicago’s House of Blues. Crisp, film-like close-ups of Allan and his band are intercut with tight shots of the joyous faces in the audience as the singer acknowledges their enthusiasm and the first chords of one of Allan’s million-selling hits begins. This dramatic you-are-there footage captures the excitement of a leading country artist’s thrilling concert, and all of it was captured in vivid HD using Canon EOS 5D Mark II and 7D digital SLR cameras.

“Gary Allan: Live at the House of Blues is a concert special on the Great American Country cable network,� said Rhet Bear, director of photography on the project. “These kinds of shows are usually produced using traditional truck packages, big mobile production units that more

iZotope will partner with pioneering composer, music producer and technologist BT to release a line of new music performance and audio production tools, expand on SonifiTM collaborative music platform

Cambridge, MA – iZotope, Inc. has acquired Sonik Architects, the music technology company founded by composer and audio production pioneer Brian Transeau (BT). iZotope plans to release products designed by BT including Stutter Edit® and BreakTweakerTM and will take over development and licensing for the SonifiTM collaborative music platform for mobile devices.

“BT’s innovative production techniques have influenced a whole generation of music makers across every genre of music,� says iZotope co-founder and CEO Mark Ethier. “iZotope is thrilled to collaborate with BT to launch new products born out of his need for performance and production tools that did not previously exist.�

BT, whose studio album These Hopeful more

Streamin’ Garage CEO and Founder Mike Rotman operates NewTek TriCaster during the broadcast of one of his live Web shows.

Mike Rotman, CEO and founder of Streamin’ Garage, earlier this year, converted his home garage into a self-funded, fully independent television studio that broadcasts live on the Web. Using the NewTek TriCaster portable live production system, Streamin’ Garage now has over two million live views. Rotman recently upgraded the studio with an HD TriCaster and is now streaming in high definition (HD), making it one of the first 24/7, live Web networks to go full HD.

“NewTek TriCaster has allowed me to live stream top-notch, multi-camera shows out of my two-car garage,” said Rotman. “Now with the HD TriCaster, I have the capability to produce television quality live productions for the Web. Thanks to NewTek and my amazingly hard-working crew, my lifelong dream of producing first-class original content, out of my own studio, has become a reality.”

Streamin’ Garage produces four live, interactive one-hour shows: “Stupid more

Multi-talented VFX Artist Joins Encore’s Growing Talent Roster

Hollywood, CA – Encore Hollywood is pleased to announce the addition of Mark Intravartolo as Senior Inferno Artist of the company’s visual effects department. Intravartolo comes from Prime Focus’ Post Logic facility as creative director, North America/senior Inferno artist, where he worked on such projects as director Zack Snyder’s upcoming feature, Sucker Punch, as well as the CSI and Law & Order franchises. Previously, he worked for Modern Video Film and the Post Group creating impressive VFX on series such as Desperate Housewives and miniseries John Adams. He is recognized in the industry as a master artist/compositer, with multiple Emmy nominations and a win for his work on the HBO biopic The Life and Death of Peter Sellers.

“We’re thrilled to have Mark on board,” says Bill Romeo, Sr. VP more

Frank Montero has joined A.C.T Lighting in the newly created post of Product Manager. A.C.T. Lighting is a leading importer and distributor of lighting products in North America. Montero has over 27 years of sales and management experience in the entertainment and architectural lighting segment. He is recognized by lighting designers, dealers and entertainment entities as an exceptional sales leader with a high degree of integrity.

In his role, Montero will be responsible for growing and managing A.C.T Lighting’s move into distribution of lighting fixtures; most notably with their recent addition of the Clay Paky line of automated products.

“Frank is an excellent fit with both myself and A.C.T Lighting. I have admired his work for years and I look forward to working with him in building this important part of our business,” commented A.C.T Lighting President and CEO Bob Gordon.

Montero began his career more

France’s leading broadcast facility provider, Euro Media France (EMF), has become the most recent operator to install a new Studer Vista 9 digital console into one of its OB vehicles.

Their XL2 mid-range HD truck is one of a fleet of 22 OB’s, which have been amalgamated under the EMF umbrella since the merger of subsidiaries EMT, SFP and VCF at the beginning of this year, and one of six HD-equipped vehicles. The 13.6-metre truck supports up to 24 cameras and incorporates a VTR area, monitor stack, production area—and now a top specification audio mixing front end.

The new console was supplied by Audiopole to replace an old Studer D950—which was the first digital desk that SFP ever bought during their days as an independent. It is one of several Vista 9 consoles already supplied by Studer’s French distributor since its launch in June of this year.
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Frederik Wiedmann is a film composer known for his powerful, compelling and emotionally evocative movie scores. He has composed music for more than 20 feature films including Return to House on Haunted Hill, The Hills Run Red, Mirrors 2, Beneath, Hellraiser: Revelations and Ecstasy, as well music for various TV series.

Wiedmann is equally adapt at drama, action, horror, thriller, comedy and adventure, and is extremely particular about achieving the perfect sonic texture to accompany the on-screen action. One of the tools he constantly relies on is the Lexicon LXP Native Reverb Plug-In Bundle, a versatile software package that offers classic Lexicon reverb algorithms along with a host of studio presets and extensive sound-tailoring capabilities.

“I’ve always prized the natural ambience and inviting quality of Lexicon reverbs, and I’m thrilled that Lexicon now has a native plug-in version of their hardware reverbs,� said Wiedmann. “I like to use more

Continuing one of the nation’s most time-honored holiday traditions, Production Resource Group (PRG) deployed JBL’s new subcompact VerTec® line array system to highlight musical performances during the annual Rockefeller Center Christmas Tree Lighting Ceremony in New York. With performances by Mariah Carey, Josh Groban and Susan Boyle, along with an appearance by the Radio City Rockettes, PRG ensured the bundled-up crowd was completely immersed in holiday entertainment. Staged on Tuesday, November 30, the Tree Lighting Ceremony featured the traditional large tree, a 74-foot Norway spruce, with 30,000 LED lights on five miles of wire.

Ground-stacking four JBL VT4886 subcompact line array elements on top of two VT4883 subcompact arrayable subwoofers with arrays positioned on each side of the stage, PRG turned the world-famous ice rink into center stage for the national live telecast of the Tree Lighting Ceremony, which aired on NBC as part of the “Christmas more