Archive for January, 2011

Digital Capture Streamlines Post Workflow for PBS’ Highest-Rated Series

AJA Video Systems, a leading manufacturer of professional video interface and conversion solutions, announced that eight-time Emmy Award-nominated PBS television series “Antiques Roadshow� used 11 of its Ki Pro tapeless recording devices to capture Season 15 of the series, which premieres January 3, 2011. This marks the first season that “Antiques Roadshow� will be using a tapeless capture workflow.

In its previous three seasons, “Antiques Roadshow� shot HD 1080i and captured on videotape, recording to HDCam decks. To streamline post-production by eliminating the digitizing step and move toward a fully file-based workflow, the show opted to capture digitally with AJA Ki Pro. Ki Pro is a portable tapeless device that records native Apple ProRes 422 QuickTime media, which editors could access directly in their Apple Final Cut Pro or Avid Media Composer more

Budapest-based Lightware Visual Engineering is introducing fully-functional DVI-I input boards for its pro line of matrices in mid-January 2011, according to the company’s US distributor Lightware U.S.A.

“This is the ‘Missing Link’ in the Lightware product mix,” says sales and marketing associate Blake Dudash. “DVI-I allows an analog signal to come into a Lightware matrix and be converted into a digital signal, so Lightware can accept any type of video from any analog or digital source (except SDI and HD-SDI) and route it in our matrix.

“Because most people are converting from analog to digital systems, they usually have some analog sources that they still need to access,” he explains. “Before, you would have had to use an external converter to gain that accessibility. Now, you can manage all analog or digital video signals in one Lightware matrix.”

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International, content creation and brand communications company Gravity has launched a West Coast office to be helmed by Karin Levinson, Vice President of Features and Television. The new office, based in Santa Monica, will be fully integrated with Gravity’s New York, Connecticut, and Tel Aviv operations. The announcement was made today by Zviah Eldar, CEO, Co-Founder and Chief Creative Officer, Gravity.

Eldar and Levinson also announced that Gravity has been named the sole visual effects vendor for two upcoming Warner Bros. films: “Crazy, Stupid, Love� and “Arthur,� with visual effects work on “Crazy, Stupid, Love� being produced by Gravity/Los Angeles, and visual effects work on “Arthur� being produced by Gravity/New York. In addition, Gravity’s NY operation has just been awarded visual effects work for the Universal Pictures’ film “Tower Heist,� directed by Brett Ratner.

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Toronto, Ontario, Canada – January 3, 2011… Lawo recently completed a series of significant facility upgrades to six control rooms at CTV’s Agincourt and Queen Street campuses that includes four mc²56 digital production consoles and two zirkonXL consoles. The audio mixing systems were initially procured for the 2010 Winter Games by Canada’s Olympic Broadcast Media Consortium, a unique relationship between leading media conglomerates CTV Inc. and Rogers Media Inc., which, collectively, broadcast the 2010 Winter Games across Canada earlier this year. With the Lawo equipment now residing in their new homes, the upgraded facilities provide superior production tools for all CTV’s broadcast endeavors. more

Includes Symphonic Choirs “WordBuilder Inside PLAY� upgrade

Hollywood, CA – EASTWEST, the industry leader in virtual (software) instruments, has released a significant upgrade of their PLAY software that includes the long awaited SYMPHONIC CHOIRS “WordBuilder Inside PLAY� upgrade.

EASTWEST/QUANTUM LEAP’s revolutionary SYMPHONIC CHOIRS is the only software that enables words to be entered into WordBuilder for the choirs to sing, and PLAY 2.1.1 makes SYMPHONIC CHOIRS a lot easier to use, with WordBuilder now integrated directly into the PLAY software. No more complex setups, just plug and PLAY!

The PLAY 2.1.1 upgrade is FREE for current PLAY users. For customers using the previous NI version, the upgrade to the PLAY version with WordBuilder inside is $99/€75. Upgrade downloads can be made at http://www.soundsonline.com/updates.php.

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Simplicity and absolute reliability met when systems integration company On Stage Audio (OSA) deployed the IEEE 802.1 AVB Bridging protocol at the annual Kawasaki dealer meeting this September. With 2,500 Kawasaki dealers from across the United States at the Las Vegas Hilton’s convention center, the gathering required a full-range audio delivery system for any combination of music and speech. The AVB-compliant system from Harman Professional, a leader in the AVB initiative, assured one of the world’s most iconic motorcycle brand’s message would be heard loud and clear.

The AVB system deployed by the OSA team, led by Jim Risgin, OSA vice president, consisted of a pair of dbx SC 32 Digital Matrix Processors and 24 AVB-capable Crown CTs 3000 amplifiers. The system also included network bridge switches from BSS Audio/NETGEAR®, all under the control of Harman HiQnet System Architectâ„¢, the world’s first connectivity and control protocol to integrate more

SUNY Delhi, the State University of New York at Delhi in the foothills of the Catskill Mountains, has taken delivery of 16 Prism Projection RevEAL Color Wash (RevEAL CW) LED luminaires for the Farrell Student Activity Center Auditorium. The complement of LEDs come in a host of configurations, including 37º, 50º, 70º and very wide sync wash-style to accommodate placement from front to back of house.

Introduced late last year, RevEAL CW fixtures have quickly gained a reputation for unparalleled color rendering, palette, repeatability and beam quality. Designed for TV studios, film productions, theater, worship, events, theme parks, architecture and other no-compromise applications, the RevEAL CW is a robust, environmentally-friendly luminaire. It features TrueSource(tm) optical and color LED management technology for precise and repeatable color and optimum optics, multi-primary color mixing and optical feedback.

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