Archive for February, 2011

The Cinema Audio Society announced today that Tom Hooper, director of The King’s Speech will be presenting, together with Re-recording Mixer Scott Millan, CAS, the CAS Filmmaker Award to Taylor Hackford, President of the Directors Guild of America. In making the announcement, CAS President Edward L. Moskowitz had this to say, “We are thrilled to have Tom Hooper as part of the CAS Awards. The CAS honored his mini-series John Adams with a win for Outstanding Achievement in Sound Mixing for a Television Movie or Mini-Series and with his recent win at the DGA Awards, it seems fitting that he be part of the presentation to honor Taylor�.

Also announced was Academy Award® winning cinematographer Haskell Wexler, ASC (Who’s Afraid of Virginia Woolf?, Bound for Glory) who will be part of the honors for his son, Jeffrey S. Wexler, CAS, who is receiving the highest accolade of the more

Company to Display DIONIC HCX High-Current Battery, Tandem 150 Modular Power System and CINE VCLX Batteries
LONDON – Anton/Bauer, a brand of The Vitec Group, and the world’s premier provider of batteries, chargers, lighting and other mobile power systems for the professional broadcast, video and film industries, will showcase its DIONIC HCX 120 watt-hour capacity battery, the cutting-edge Tandem 150 Modular Power System and the CINE VCLX Batteries at this year’s Broadcast Video Expo (BVE) in London (Stand I30).

• DIONIC HCX High-Current Battery: With a 120 watt-hour battery capacity and a brand new motion detection sensor that protects against capacity loss, the DIONIC HCX is the company’s latest addition to its successful DIONIC series high-current battery line. The DIONIC HCX’s most exciting feature is its unique, built-in motion detection sensor. After a two-day period without a load, the DIONIC more

Christie®, a global visual technology company, continues its rapid expansion into the signage marketplace, presenting a wide array of innovative and award-winning digital signage solutions, along with its behind-the scenes monitoring and control services, at the Digital Signage Expo (DSE) in Las Vegas, February 22 – 25. Garnering global praise for signage systems such as its Christie® MicroTilesâ„¢, which won “The Most InAVative Digital Signage Productâ€? at Amsterdam’s prestigious ISE 2011 show, Christie continues to break new ground with an unmatched menu of speciality displays and managed services, as well as innovative and cost-effective a la carte solutions.

What’s on the Menu?

Among the latest, cutting-edge signage solutions offered by Christie at DSE is a Quick Service Restaurant (QSR) digital menu concept. It features four LCD monitors controlled by the acclaimed Christie Spyder X20, the most powerful, flexible and 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 more

From TV commercials and series to major Hollywood features and network concerts, the Canon EOS 5D Mark II digital SLR camera is an increasingly popular choice for its superb film-like HD picture quality, extreme portability and advanced low-light imaging capabilities. Four recent productions provide examples of the camera’s wide versatility.

Accomplished director of photography Shane Hurlbut used Canon EOS 5D Mark II digital SLR cameras to shoot a commercial for U.S. Navy rescue teams that included dramatic footage of injured mountain climbers being airlifted by Blackhawk helicopters.

“If we had used motion-picture cameras it would have taken us half the day just to haul the gear up the mountain,� Hurlbut noted. “What we accomplished was all because of the compact nature of the 5D Mark II and our ability to take advantage of its still-photography platform to make more

New Société de Sauvetage Spot a Hit with Audiences

Montreal: Feb. 18, 2011… Boogie Studio’s work on a recent public service announcement for the Société de Sauvetage water safety organization is on a road-trip through Quebec where it is enjoying an enthusiastic reception from audiences around the province. Working with director Yan Giroux and writer Philippe Comeau, creative director at LG2, Boogie provided stunning visual effects allowing for a two-minute single-take spot in which the actor appears to smash his hand with a hammer while delivering an earnest safety message. The result is a brilliantly understated implementation of CG, which is both shockingly real and implausibly comical.

“This was one of the most unusual briefs I have ever received,� said Philippe Comeau, who conceived and wrote the piece. “The problem with safety messages is that some people think that safety more

Los Angeles, CA, February 18, 2011 – MusicBox Publishing, a unit of MusicBox, an original music production and music licensing company which provides over 18,000 songs and tracks from its original music catalogs, and Planet LA Records, an indie music label, have announced a March 5-20th tour by a number of their recording artists. The tour includes high profile performances set to take place by these artists during the upcoming SXSW Festival in Austin, TX.

The tour follows on the heels of the recent release of a music compilation CD from MusicBox Publishing and Planet LA Records, featuring artists from around the globe, as part of the MusicBox expansion of its indie and emerging artists catalog.

The Planet LA Records bands DJinn, Evolove, Native June and When Planets Align will perform (concurrent with that week’s SXSW more

Console Power and Ease-of-Use Perfect for High Level Education Mission

HELSINKI, FINLAND – The Aalto University School of Art and Design, an international school specializing in design, audio-visual communication, art education and fine art, recently chose a Solid State Logic C100 HDS Digital Broadcast Console as the centerpiece of its television studio in the Media Centre Lume. The Aalto University School of Art and Design, based in Helsinki, Finland offers doctorate, master and bachelor degrees to its over 1,900 student body, with open-university teaching and professional training courses. The C100 HDS is used by the film and TV departments, as well as other polytechnic schools that use studio facilities. The C100 is supported by SSL’s Alpha-Link Live, Alpha-Link 8-RMP and Delta-Link units.

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Implementing Hosted PBX and VoIP with Parallels Automation

PHILADELPHIA, PA & ORLANDO, FL – February 18, 2011 – Alteva, a Unified Communications (UC) solution provider headquartered in Philadelphia, today announced that William Bumbernick, chief innovation officer will speak at Parallels Summit 2011, February 22-24, in Orlando, Florida. Bumbernick will join Anton Zlygostev, program manager, Parallels Automation to discuss, “Implementing Hosted PBX and VoIP with Parallels Automation,� Thursday, February 24th at 3:50pm.

Every small and medium sized business has phones and a phone system. These are quickly following the path of email to the cloud. Are you ready to grab your share of that market? This session will show attendees the easiest and most profitable way to add Hosted PBX and VoIP to their lineup.

“Recent voice integration efforts have changed the telecommunications landscape by enabling service providers to more

HOPEWELL JUNCTION, NEW YORK – FEBRUARY 2011: Ben Arthur is a charismatic, self-made singer/songwriter who has released four critically-lauded albums and opened for such acts as Tori Amos, Bruce Hornsby, and the Dave Matthews Band. His knack for successful collaborations has earned him the friendship of many very talented musicians who tend to fly just under the radar of the mass media. That knack and those friendships will be put to the dramatic test on Dubway Days, a web-TV show – and possible Network TV show – that will air its pilot episode on February 14, 2011 at www.breakthruradio.com. It so happens that Ben Arthur is also an ardent Metric Halo user.

The tagline for Dubway Days, “Two Artists… One Day… One Song,” sums up the mechanics of the show, but its drama hinges on the immensity of that task. Ben Arthur and a guest begin a day of more