Archive for March 21st, 2011

Santa Monica, CA, March 22, 2011 – Hybrid Edit has launched a new, bi-monthly community outreach event series called “AlterEgo,� open to those working across all areas of the advertising industry. The AlterEgo series invites these members to showcase their personal creative works, culled from the mediums of art, creative writing, photography, music, film, live performance, cooking, etc. Susan Munro, Michael Bartoli, Stuart Waks and Gail Butler, founders of Hybrid Edit, made the announcement.

The inaugural AlterEgo event, which took place at Hybrid studios on March 9, featured the photographic works of both Joe Reynoso (Art Director, Innocean, Huntington Beach, seen in photo at TOP RIGHT), and David Orr (Commercial Director, Story), along with the musical talents of Hal Maynard and Sandy P. Jones (Writers, Tacklebox Creative). Over 100 members of the local ad community attended this event. (For more details, please visit: http://www.facebook.com/hybridedit )
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Fort Lee, N.J.– FOR-A, a leading manufacturer of video and audio systems for the broadcast and professional video industries, will introduce the LTR-120HS video archiving recorder at the 2011 NAB Show in Las Vegas, Nev., April 11-14 (Booth C5219). Using high-quality AVC-Intra/DVCPRO codec and MXF wrapper/un-wrapper, it records MXF files that can be used by a variety of NLE systems to LTO-5 tape.

The new recorder builds on the success of the LTR-100HS, introduced during last year’s NAB show, which supports various MPEG-2 video formats. The LTR-120HS recorder supports AVC-Intra100, AVC-Intra50, DVCPRO HD, DVCPRO50, and DVCPRO files. Designed to enable “archive at ingest� solutions, it can record video footage as an MXF file in real time by simply pressing “record� and “play� on the convenient front panel controls.

“LTO-5 high-capacity tape is a simple and effective archive solution more

Share Files, Video, Photos, Contacts by Simply Shaking Your Mobile Phone

PALO ALTO, CA and ORLANDO, FL – March 21, 2011 – Gogobeans today announced a new shake to bounce application to its content sharing platform. Shake to bounce enables customers to share any content with their friends simply by shaking their mobile handset to connect friends online and then share content. This extends to files, photos, music, web pages, contacts and now your favorite apps. Sharing applications with friends, family and co-workers has never been easier. Gogobeans works across devices, OS and networks. The initial launch is targeted to iPhone, iPad and Android users with Blackberry and Windows apps due for release later this year. Gogobeans will demo the app for the first time in the App World Pavilion (Mobile Apps Pavilion booth #2895-H) at the CTIA Show in Orlando, Florida on March 22-24.

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Visionpoint Technologies Ltd, the AV arm of Flipside Group, have installed two dnp New Wide Angle 100in high contrast screens at BSkyB Ltd’s iconic Sky flagship store, situated in London’s Westfield Shopping Centre. These were supplied by the manufacturer’s UK distributors, Paradigm Audio Visual.

Although the Centre only opened in 2008, Sky was aware that its digital signage hardware looked under-specified due to the high ambient light afforded by the Centre’s glass roof. Sky were keen to remedy this so they could best showcase their high-definition television content. In addition, by the start of 2010 Sky were also ready to launch a permanent demonstration of their new ‘Sky 3D’ product ahead of the launch of their 3D channel in October 2010.

Visionpoint were commissioned to review all aspects of the hardware utilised on the stand and recommend latest technologies to more

New multi-format sound library inspires modern electronic pop music

Hollywood, CA (March 21, 2011) – EASTWEST, the industry leader in virtual instruments, announces their distribution of Best Service Modern Pop Multi-format Sound Library in the US market. Modern Pop is a passionate and inspiring sound journey that combines the distinctive style of modern electronic music with different types of pop music, lounge, chillout and new age.

The defining characteristic of Modern Pop are its rhythmic elements, such as percussion loops, drum loops and special grooves, as well as its harmonic elements, such as melodies and chords, which are at times soft and gentle, at other times dynamic and powerful.

In addition to the loops, percussion, brass, electric bass, guitar and piano sounds from live recordings, this unique collection contains a great variety of synthetically compiled loops, more

To welcome people into its newly dedicated Claudia Nance Rollins Building, Emory University/Rollins School of Public Health selected Christie® to design a striking display with its award-winning Christie® MicroTiles™. Once entering the spacious atrium located in the building’s lobby, faculty, students, staff and visitors can view a variety of news and information displayed on an 8 wide x 6 high MicroTiles array, creating a display 10 feet 8 inches wide x 6 feet 6 inches high, housed in a convex, wood-paneled enclosure.
“We wanted a beautiful banner to receive people into the school,� said Mark Conde, director of information services at the Atlanta-based school. “We examined traditional display technologies and didn’t want to worry about the interface between LCDs. We learned of Christie MicroTiles and were pleased that many of the characteristics of the traditional LCD – and its accompanying problems – more

Alcorn McBride

Alcorn McBride, Inc., the leading manufacturer of show control, audio and video equipment for the theme-park industry, is celebrating its 25th anniversary, an important milestone for a technology company serving the world’s top theme parks, museums and systems integrators. To mark the occasion the company has launched an improved website (www.alcorn.com) with easier navigation and more offerings, including the latest free software downloads and firmware upgrades for customers.

Founded in 1986 by CEO Steve Alcorn who maintains a hands-on leadership role in the company, Alcorn McBride has thrived thanks to innovative product design, longevity among its staff members and unparalleled customer service.

The company is well-known for designing equipment in four areas: audio players, including the flagship Digital Binloop multi-channel audio reproducer; video players, including a line of compact Digital Video machines more

New York City, NY, March 21, 2011 — Gravity, an international creative content and brand communications company, has named Mette Walter (formerly Werdelin) as Staff Producer, based in New York. In her new post, Walter will produce primarily Commercial projects, but will also cross-over onto producing Feature and Digital projects where needed. She will report directly to Gravity’s Chief Executive Officer and Chief Creative Officer, Zviah Eldar, who made the announcement, and to Head of Production Karen Bianca.

Bob Samuel, Gravity’s CMO and EP said, “Mette’s outstanding Feature and Commercial experience in London and Copenhagen, along with her ability to handle projects of any scope, make her a huge asset to Gravity. We are pleased and excited that she has joined us. We continue to assemble great talent here, be it creative, production, IT, or digital. Mette is certainly more

dnp denmark front and rear projection solutions can be found all over the world — but until St. Petersburg-based ASCREEN started specifying and installing the Danish company’s award-winning Supernova displays, they had not been onto the Arctic Circle.

ASCREEN, who have been working with dnp products since 2001, travelled 2,500km north to Salekhard — the only city in the world right on the Arctic Circle — to install a 100� Supernova One front projection display for the government of the Yamalo-Nenets Autonomous District.

The specialist integrators were contracted once it was a clear that a complete multimedia solution was required to network a total of five conference rooms.

“Due to the complexity of the installation, and the technical skills of our engineers, it became apparent during the preliminary consultation that the client needed to look no further,� said ASCREEN more

Company to Offer Presentations from Leading Industry Professionals for The Vitec Group’s Live Event Area

LAS VEGAS, MARCH 21, 2011 – 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 feature several presentations from industry experts discussing on-location shooting and proper battery care and maintenance in The Vitec Group’s Live Event Area during the 2011 NAB Show in Las Vegas. The Vitec Group Live Event Area is located at Booth C6428 in the Central Hall. more