Archive for February 7th, 2011

Elias Arts, a company devoted to music composition, strategy and production, has created and produced original music for six TV spots featured during Super Bowl XLV. The Super Bowl TV spots for which Elias Arts provided music were:

Client: Anheuser-Busch/ Budweiser USA
Spot Name: “Wild West�
Airdate: 2/6/11
To view this spot: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=F8ODgNstVtE
Budweiser USA Vice President: Rob McCarthy
Anheuser-Busch North America Head of Advertising: Dennis Galati
Advertising Agency: Anomaly
Creative Director/Partner: Mike Byrne
Creative Director/Partner: Richard Mulder
Art Director: Scott Hitchcock
Producer: Tom Sann
Production Company: Smuggler
Director: Ivan Zacharias
Executive Producer/Partner: Patrick Milling Smith
Executive Producer/Partner: Brian Carmody
Editorial Producers: Lisa Rich, Allison Kunzman, Laura Thoel
Producer: Nick Landon
Production Supervisor: Sean Cooley
Director of Photography: Jan Velicky
1st AD: Bobby Phillips
Production Designer: Jess Gonchor
Art Director: Mayne Berke
Editor: Filip Malasek
VFX Company: more

Fort Lee, N.J. – FOR-A Corporation of America, a leading manufacturer of video and audio systems for the broadcast and professional video industries, has named Pedro Silvestre as its Sales Director. Silvestre’s responsibilities now include management of sales for all of the United States and Latin America. Silvestre was previously FOR-A’s Regional Sales Manager, Caribbean and Latin America, a position he held for the past four years.

“We’re excited to have Pedro take on the role of Sales Director of FOR-A America,� says Hiro Tanoue, President, FOR-A Corporation of America. “He’s done a tremendous job increasing our presence in the Latin American market, and we’re confident that Pedro’s expertise will further FOR-A’s growth in the entire United States as well.�

Silvestre asserts that his main objective is to keep FOR-A’s advanced technology top-of-mind within the broadcast industry, as well as more

KNOXVILLE, TN, January 27, 2011 — Waves Audio, a leading provider of digital signal processing solutions, is now shipping V8, the new version of Waves plugins.

One of Version 8’s most exciting highlights is that several classic plugins will be getting facelifts: L1 Ultramaximizer, S1 Stereo Imager, DeEsser, TrueVerb, Q10 Equalizer, C1 Compressor/Expander and AudioTrack will all feature a fresher, more up-to-date look. Version 8 also adds Waves V-Series plugins to selected Waves bundles, bringing the modeled sounds of the vintage 1066, 1073, 1081 and 2254 hardware units to more users than ever.

V8 also delivers an improved preset management system with in-host integration, multi-level Undo and easier navigation. In addition, presets created by Waves Artists like Dave Pensado, Ross Hogarth, Mike Hedges and Steve Lillywhite come pre-loaded into the plugins, for the ultimate in convenience.

Other developments include faster loading more

Christie is delighted to announce that Christie® MicroTiles™ was awarded Most InAVative Digital Signage Product in the Technology Awards category at the prestigious 2011 InAVation Awards, presented at this year’s ISE exhibition in Amsterdam (RAI, Amsterdam – 1st – 3rd February). Last year, Christie achieved great recognition for its Entero™ videowall display solution, winning the category award for Most InAVative Commercial Display.

Christie has won acclaim with its MicroTiles modular digital display solution, which was launched last year across EMEA from the ISE platform. Christie MicroTiles quickly found popularity and success in EMEA and beyond, adopted by rental staging players and deployed in the most successful installations, some of which were shortlisted for the Most InAVative Projects Awards. With a wealth of experience from significant awards won already in this, its first year, Christie MicroTiles were honored as Most InAVative Digital Signage Product in the Technology more

— Studio designer Horacio Malvicino looks to GC Pro for SSL console, Pro Tools system, mics and processors, and, most of all, top-notch service and support —

WESTLAKE VILLAGE, CA, January 27, 2011 — Guitar Center Professional (GC Pro), the outside sales division of Guitar Center that focuses on the needs of professional users, recently supplied a complete package of audio equipment to Green Road Studio, a brand new recording facility located in the Central American country of Costa Rica. The new studio, designed by Horacio Malvicino of the Malvicino Design Group, was constructed from eco-friendly materials and features a Solid State Logic Matrix console with an Avid Pro Tools|HD3 system, together with a selection of new and vintage signal processing equipment and microphones.

Managing director and studio engineer Federico Hencker’s plan more

Christie is delighted to announce that Christie® MicroTiles™ was awarded Most InAVative Digital Signage Product in the Technology Awards category at the prestigious 2011 InAVation Awards, presented at this year’s ISE exhibition in Amsterdam (RAI, Amsterdam – 1st – 3rd February). Last year, Christie achieved great recognition for its Entero™ videowall display solution, winning the category award for Most InAVative Commercial Display.

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Christie has won acclaim with its MicroTiles modular digital display solution, which was launched last year across EMEA from the ISE platform. Christie MicroTiles quickly found popularity and success in EMEA and beyond, adopted by rental staging players and deployed in the most successful installations, some of which were shortlisted for the Most InAVative Projects Awards. With a wealth of experience from significant awards won already in this, its first year, Christie MicroTiles were honored as Most InAVative Digital Signage Product in the Technology more

Audio Industry Leaders Support the Fourth Annual GRAMMY® Week Gala
at The Village Recording Studios in Los Angeles

The P&E Wing’s Annual Gathering Recognizes Achievements and Contributions
of the Music Industry’s Production Community

SANTA MONICA, Calif. (Feb. 1, 2011) — The Recording Academy® Producers & Engineers Wing® will celebrate its 10th Anniversary with a GRAMMY® Week event titled “Shaken Rattled & Rolled” honoring legendary producer T Bone Burnett for his commitment to excellence and ongoing support for the art and craft of recorded music. GRAMMY-winning artists Elton John and Leon Russell will serve as honorary event co-chairs at the event to be held on Wednesday, Feb. 9, 2011, at The Village Recording Studios in Los Angeles. GRAMMY Week culminates with the 53rd Annual GRAMMY Awards® on Sunday, Feb. 13, 2011, airing live on the CBS Television Network, at 8 p.m. ET/PT.

The event is being held with more

EMERYVILLE, CALIF. – Advanced Systems Group (ASG), a leading West Coast video and film integration firm, will present the ASG Live Streaming Workflow Event on Tuesday, Feb. 15, 2011, at the South San Francisco Conference Center at 255 South Airport Blvd. The free workshop runs from 10 a.m. to 3 p.m. and will include presentations from streaming media industry vendors. Lunch will also be provided.

“Streaming offers a new world of opportunities for content distribution and revenue generation, but many video professionals don’t have a clear understanding of the technology behind it,� said Dave Van Hoy, president of ASG. “We’ve designed this workshop to help attendees decide what platforms are best for their target markets and show how they can start delivering video content to computers, tablets, and smart phones around the world.�

The event will include general discussions about streaming video technology, as well as specific presentations more

Lightware U.S.A,. the US distributor for Budapest-based Lightware Visual Engineering, has announced the introduction of its 100, 100R and 200R series of HDMI Optical Extenders. The new HDMI-OPT series devices extend HDMI 1.3, DVI 1.0, HDCP 1.1 compliant and bidirectional RS-232 signals over one multimode fiber and transmit the video signal with embedded audio up to 2,600 meters.

Highlights of the products include passing a HDMI signal though one single-fiber, HDMI 1.3a and RS-232 extension; advanced EDID management; pixel-accurate reclocking; dual output with a built-in distribution amplifier (available in specific product types); and up to 1920×1200 or 2048×1080 resolution with 36-bit deep color and embedded audio – features that are in demand today.

“With the new HDMI-OPT series devices you get HDCP compliance and all these capabilities with a single fiber cable compared to competitors’ products that require up to more

Chicago, IL – Beast, one of the nation’s top editorial facilities, recently completed work on “Parking Lot,” a :30 for CareerBuilder that debuted during Super Bowl XLV. The spot features an embattled office worker attempting to simply park his car in the company lot when his chimpanzee colleagues throw a monkeywrench into the mix.

Editor John Dingfield from Beast Chicago reteamed with creatives Matt McIntyre and Jeff Martin, who produced last year’s CareerBuilder campaign for Super Bowl XLIV, to work on “Parking Lot.” Director Bryan Buckley of Hungryman joined the team this year. “Bryan Buckley is one of the best directors around, so it was great working with him and the rest of the team,” commented Dingfield.

The commercial had its share of challenges. “Only one chimp could appear in frame at a time and they never appeared in frame with the actor, more