Archive for February 3rd, 2011

A.C. Entertainment Technologies Ltd’s Lighting and Video divisions will showcase the latest cutting-edge film and broadcast products from major leading brands it distributes on Stand I64 at the 2011 Broadcast Video Expo (BVE), Earls Court 2 exhibition centre, London, UK.

The AC-ET booth will include the renowned Avenger range of Professional Cine Support & Grip stands and accessories; the innovative new MoleLED set light from Mole Richardson; the Zylite IS3 LED Wash / Key light; the mighty output new Chroma-Qâ„¢ Daylight Forceâ„¢ 5600K white LED fixture range; associated Flags, Scrims and Butterflies from Daylight Grip & Textile; Spotlight’s 1200w pole-operated lantern and the revolutionary PufferSphere 360° spherical video display from Pufferfish. more

India’s first permanent full moving image son et lumière – ISHQ-e-DILLI – The Love of Delhi, installed at Purana Quila, a breathtaking 16th century fort founded by Mughal Emperor Humayun in 1533 – was officially opened by India’s Vice President, Shri M Hamid Ansari.
Ross Ashton’s UK-based The Projection Studio were technical, design and installation consultants for the projection hardware and control elements, and for the creation of the project’s show material. Ashton collaborated closely with ISHQ-e-DILLI’s creative director and initiator Himanshu Sabharwal of Delhi-based Two’s A Film Company. more

Game Creek’s Liberty truck with Grass Valley’s Kayenne switcher on board

This year’s NFL® Super Bowl® XLV at Cowboys Stadium in Arlington, Texas will be broadcast live on Sunday, February 6, by the FOX Broadcasting Company in the 720p high-definition format for the US market. The latest HD production technology from Grass Valley™ will be there to catch all of the action, as it has for the past several years, on board mobile production trucks from Game Creek (Hudson, N.H.) and NEP Supershooters (Pittsburgh, Penn.).

Game Creek’s “FOX� trucks will handle the main game coverage for FOX, while their “Liberty� truck will be used to cover pre-game events (including a performance by country music star Keith Urban), halftime, and post-game coverage and “Patriot� for other game-related shows. Game Creek will also send some of its other trucks to cover Super Bowl XLV activities for ESPN®, leading up to and including numerous game day events.

The massive FOX truck—actually made up of two 53-foot expando HD production trailers and two 53-foot non-expanding production/support trailers—features both a 4.5 M/E, 96-input Grass Valley Kayenne™ HD Video Production Center and a Kayak™ HD video production switcher. Liberty carries a 4.5 M/E, 96-input Kayenne on board while the Patriot truck features a 4 M/E, 90-input Kalypso™ HD switcher with Grass Valley Dual-Twin Channel HD GVeous™ digital video effects system.

NEP’s “Denali Silver� will help produce the halftime show, featuring the Black Eyed Peas, with a Grass Valley Kalypso HD switcher, while its SS25 and SS18 (each with multiple LDK 8000 cameras and a Kalypso HD switcher, with SS25 also sporting a Trinix™ router), and other rigs will be on site in Dallas to provide coverage for the NFL Network, NFL Films, and NFL International.

* Disclaimer: Grass Valley is not an official sponsor of Super Bowl XLV, nor is it affiliated in any way with Super Bowl XLV, the National Football League, NFL Network, NFL Films, NFL International, the Texas Super Bowl Host Committee, ESPN, FOX Broadcasting Company, nor any other organization affiliated with Super Bowl XLV or the National Football League. Information supplied in this media alert does not imply endorsement from the National Football League, NFL Network, NFL Films, NFL International, the Texas Super Bowl Host Committee, ESPN, or FOX Broadcasting Company. Super Bowl, NFL, FOX Broadcasting Company, and ESPN are registered trademarks and/or service marks of their respective owners.

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Hoffman Estates, IL – Class on Demandâ„¢, a provider of professional educational products for creative markets, is pleased to announce the latest “Class on Demand Legends Series” weekly training webinars featuring acclaimed digital media instructor Larry Jordan. The new webinars, titled “Creating Killer Titles in Final Cut Proâ€? and “Make Multi-clip Magic in Final Cut Proâ€? can be accessed today in streaming video delivery format through the Class on Demand Learning Platform (http://www.classondemand.com/legends/).

An expansion of the current Class on Demand training lineup, “Class on Demand Legends Series� provides an exclusive “inside look� at the inner workings of influential industry experts and figureheads. This week, Jordan delves into text creation software tools and the key to creating successful multi-cam projects with “Creating Killer Titles in Final Cut Pro� and “Make Multi-clip Magic in Final Cut Pro.�

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(Los Angeles/London) Digital Vision, leading manufacturers of image enhancement and mastering systems for film and television post production, has played a major supporting role in a number of the Oscar nominated films announced last week. Those titles include Pixar’s Toy Story 3, recognized with nominations for Best Animated Feature and Best Feature; Mike Leigh’s feature Another Year in the Screenwriting category; Animated short Day and Night, also from Pixar; Best Documentary contenders Inside Job and Gasland; and The Confession in the Best Live action short category. All were graded with the Nucoda Film Master in facilities from London to Los Angeles, and Northern California to New York.

For Toy Story 3, Nucoda Film Master was a key element in a new 3D animation workflow developed with Pixar at their Emeryville headquarters that made its debut on more

Montreal, Que: February 3, 2011… Adrien Morot, head of makeup and hair on Barney’s Version, has been nominated for an Academy Award(r) in makeup. The film, directed by Richard J. Lewis and starring Golden Globe winner and Academy Award(r) nominee Paul Giamatti, is based on the popular novel by the late Mordecai Richler. The story spans a 35-year period in the life of Barney Panofsky, a Montreal TV producer reflecting back on the events of his life. As the same actors were used throughout, makeup involved the significant challenge of gradually altering their appearance as they age in a way that is convincing for the audience but that remains subtle enough not to be distracting.

Along with supervising the entire makeup department on the film, a primary task for Morot and his team was aging the main characters over the course of the film more

NAB 2011: PROCONSULTANT INFORMATIQUE SHOWCASES “BEYOND BROADCAST� SOLUTIONS FOR PROGRAM AND ADVERTISING BUSINESS MANAGEMENT

LOUISE©: Lifecycle media and metadata management; powerful workflow engine; integrated, multi-platform production tools

CINDY©: New, non-linear, targeted ad capabilities added to sales optimization system

METZ, FRANCE – At NAB 2011 (April 10-14, Las Vegas, NV) ProConsultant Informatique, a leader in developing innovative business management systems for broadcasters and content providers, will showcase the enhanced capabilities of its flagship LOUISE© business management solution and introduce new, non-linear scheduling features for CINDY©, the company’s sales management software.

LOUISE©: Comprehensive, Multi-Platform Program and Metadata Management

LOUISE© provides an enterprise-wide, unified framework with specialized tools to tackle the challenges of multi-channel broadcasting and non-linear publishing. Visitors to stand N5812 will see first hand the robust, end-to-end, media asset management and business more

WAYNE, NJ – JVC Professional Products Company today introduced the new KA-AS790G ASI module, which provides a compressed MPEG-2 output that is ideal for microwave transmission and long cable runs for OB vans – no additional encoding required. The module attaches to the back of the GY-HM790U or new GY-HM750U ProHD camera without external wiring or adapters.

Both HD video and audio are compressed using the camera’s built-in encoder (running at either 19.7 or 35 Mbps), which creates an MPEG-2 signal and then provides lossless transcoding to DVB-ASI. The module outputs the live signal from the camera, even while recording, via a standard BNC connector. When the camera automatically detects the presence of the KA-AS790G module, it switches to low-latency mode.

“The KA-AS790G is another example of how our elegant modular approach brings added versatility to our ProHD camcorders. It’s a great tool for broadcasters that need a more

Carey Moots (far right with camera) and his soundtech / son Callahan Moots.

Albuquerque, NM – February 2011… When it comes to audio for television field production, there is little margin for error. A miss here can mean the difference between a great spot on the evening news or none at all. For Carey P. Moots, a seven time Emmy® Award recipient who has earned more than one hundred local, regional, national, and international awards for photography, editing, producing, and reporting, having confidence in one’s equipment to deliver at those crucial moments is what it’s all about. That’s precisely why he depends upon Lectrosonics wireless microphone technology to get the job done. more

All T-Series systems sold will now be outdoor ready

Vicon, developer of Academy Award®-winning motion capture systems, announced as of today, all new T-Series cameras are fully optimized for outdoor motion capture (mocap). The new capabilities allow highly accurate motion capture to be achieved outdoors without interference from natural elements and lighting. Customers with an existing T-Series system can also have their cameras upgraded for outdoor capture.

T-Series customers have been making workflow customizations to use their systems outdoors since August 2010. Doug Griffin, VP of Product Marketing at Vicon explains, “Watching our customers push the boundaries of the T-Series cameras led us to think about how we could make it simpler to work across the entire range. The outdoor ready T-Series cameras will work when you need them and where you need them, whether inside or out.�

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