Archive for May 10th, 2011

3D Indie Viewer Lets You Shoot Perfect Stereoscopic 3D For Less

Hollywood, California – In response to the growing demand for cost-effective, real-time 3D viewing solutions, the 3D Film Factory has released the new 3D INDIE VIEWER. This simple side-by-side system is compact, durable and operates using a rechargeable 12V battery. It’s the perfect answer to your stereoscopic 3D production needs on remote locations or in studio.

“Over the last few years we’ve used the Indie Viewer in some very secluded shooting situations,” said the company’s director of operations Shawn Gilmore. “It’s remarkably simple to use, portable and of course powers on a 12V rechargeable battery. That’s what people want in the field – something light, accurate, 12 volts, inexpensive. That’s what the 3D Indie Viewer is. You can align the images and adjust depth.”

The viewer accepts input cables from 2 separate video cameras, then using more

3D Indie Viewer Lets You Shoot Perfect Stereoscopic 3D For Less.

Hollywood, California – In response to the growing demand for cost-effective, real-time 3D viewing solutions, the 3D Film Factory has released the new 3D INDIE VIEWER. This simple side-by-side system is compact, durable and operates using a rechargeable 12V battery. It’s the perfect answer to your stereoscopic 3D production needs on remote locations or in studio.

“Over the last few years we’ve used the Indie Viewer in some very secluded shooting situations,” said the company’s director of operations Shawn Gilmore. “It’s remarkably simple to use, portable and of course powers on a 12V rechargeable battery. That’s what people want in the field – something light, accurate, 12 volts, inexpensive. That’s what the 3D Indie Viewer is. You can align the images and adjust depth.”

The viewer accepts input cables from 2 separate video cameras, then using more

XL Events installed two large LED screens in London’s Trafalgar Square to facilitate one of the main public viewing areas for live TV transmission of the UK’s royal wedding between Prince William and Catherine Middleton.

XL was working for leading experiential marketing and event producers Jack Morton Worldwide, who co-ordinated 4 similar format/concept sites across London for the wedding. An estimated 1 million people lined the streets to catch some of the action, which was broadcast worldwide to a global audience of approximately 2 billion. more

XL Video UK has just purchased another 250 square metres of Pixled F-11 screen, which will be used on the upcoming Take That tour. This latest version is also 3D ready, allowing greater versatility in future applications.
Pixled’s F-11 has just won the prestigious 2010/2011 Live Design Projection Product of the Year for ‘Display’. The Awards – initiated by leading US-based magazine Live Design – were decided on by a panel of specialists including expert projection designers and programmers, and will be presented during Live Design’s Broadway Projection Master Classes, staged at the NYU Tisch School of the Arts, New York City in May.
Some examples of XL’s 2011 shows to utilise Pixled F-11 include The Brit Awards and tours for X-Factor Live, Westlife, McFly, Elbow, The Script and Deadmau5.

For more press info on XL Video UK please contact Louise Stickland on +44 (0)1865 202679 more

- With MSRP Starting at $17,995, Efficient Media Workflows Now More Affordable Than Ever -

Burbank, CA (May 10, 2011) – To improve media workflows while providing creative post production and graphics professionals with superior flexibility, Archion Technologies has introduced its new EditStor ES™ shared storage system. A completely self-contained storage area network (SAN), EditStor ES takes the simplified multi-platform shared storage system of Archion’s EditStor to a new level.

With a manufacturer’s suggested retail price (MSRP) that starts at just $17,995, EditStor ES makes media sharing easy and affordable for creative professionals that work with Final Cut Studio®, Avid Media Composer®, Adobe CS5®, Sony Vegas® and other popular media creation tools. EditStor ES includes several new features that are designed to significantly enhance media workflow management in small- to mid-size post houses and creative agencies as well as in enterprises, schools and houses of worship.
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WJAR, the NBC affiliate serving Providence, RI/New Bedford, MA markets and owned by Media General, has upgraded its standard-definition Grass Valley™ Ignite™ scalable automated production system to full high-definition (HD) capability to produce its local newscasts. The upgrade includes the addition of a third M/E channel to the Ignite system’s Grass Valley Kayak™ HD switcher and shows the ROI benefits that Ignite customers receive when migrating from SD to HD production as they preserve their initial system investment.

The newly configured Ignite system is part of the station’s HD migration that included the installation of a new on-air news set. In 2010, the Media General Broadcast Group, owners of 18 network-affiliated television stations across the eastern U.S., began converting the newscast production crew at three of its broadcast properties—WKRG, the CBS affiliate in Mobile, Ala; WSAV, the NBC affiliate in Savannah, GA; and WJHL, the CBS affiliate in Johnson City, TN—to the latest version of the Ignite HD system. The comprehensive file-based system has facilitated a high degree of production control and efficiency at all of the stations and improved their on-air look. WJAR has experienced the same behind-the-scenes and on-air benefits.

“After nearly two years in operation, Ignite has turned out to be everything we thought it could be and more,” said Joe Doris, Operations Manager at WJAR. “It’s been very reliable and has helped us launch new programs that we probably would not have without the automated capabilities of our Ignite system. With our move to HD news, upgrading the Ignite was the next logical step for us.”

The Ignite system allows a single operator at WJAR to produce its daily newscasts in HD using a semi-redundant Grass Valley Ignite HD system with robotically controlled HD cameras.

“The Grass Valley Ignite system has allowed us to produce cleaner, crisper newscasts while enabling WJAR to commit additional resources to field news gathering,” said Chris Lanni, News Director at WJAR. “As a result, our expanded news gathering capabilities have also expanded the station’s dominance in the market.”

“Even as the economy continues to improve, we’re seeing stations making the transition to an integrated production system in order to produce more content with the same amount of people, while also improving their on-air look,” said Jeff Rosica, Executive Vice President at Grass Valley. “Best of all, the Ignite system is not a news-only solution, so it can also support other scripted and non-scripted programs being produced each day.”

Coinciding with the new HD upgrade, management at WJAR has signed a Systems and Services contract with Grass Valley to have Grass Valley technicians help train operators and service the system when required.

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AJA Video Systems’ Ki Pro tapeless recorder played a key role at the 2011 Tribeca Film Festival, handling digital playback of trailers and pre-show content for all 400 screenings in the festival’s 18 theatres. Host to 430,000 attendees, the Tribeca Film Festival (TFF) was held April 20 through May 1 in New York City.

TFF Technical Director Karl Mehrer and his team were responsible for the receipt and QC of festival films (on film or in HDCAM format), coordinating technical upgrades and load-ins for the participating theatres, and the smooth operation of all screenings. Mehrer also coordinated the playback of pre-show content and trailers — reels that contained one 32-minute clip that played while audiences were seated and as many as 30 different clips used for trailers and screen backgrounds during panel discussions.

In past years this content was projected from film, DVD, HDCAM and other formats. more

Dalet’s Media Asset Management solution with story-centric newsroom production tools unify Milan, Rome, 10 regional sites and new 24/7 channel

Levallois-Perret, France – Mediaset, the largest commercial broadcaster in Italy, has selected Dalet Enterprise Edition to centralize and streamline all of the company’s TV news operations, including a 24/7 news channel which launches later this year. Mediaset journalists throughout Italy and in-the-field will use the end-to-end newsroom functionality of Dalet Enterprise Edition to browse wires, prepare text, edit video, and create voiceovers and packages – all from the Dalet’s desktop. The Dalet platform combines state-of-the-art production tools with strong metadata management and media automation capabilities. A single Dalet Media Asset Management (MAM) platform will manage the entire news organization, improving the production process, and facilitating sharing, cataloging and preparation of content for multiple outlets. The rollout of the Dalet more

Christie® strikes gold again, with Walt Disney Studios selecting the acclaimed Christie Solaria™ Series CP2230 projectors to screen the highly anticipated World Premiere of Walt Disney Pictures/Jerry Bruckheimer Films’ “Pirates of the Caribbean: On Stranger Tides,” in Disney Digital 3D™. The studio’s first 3D outdoor premiere, takes place at Disneyland® Park in Anaheim, California, May 7, with Disney donating 100 percent of the proceeds from this star-studded event to Boys & Girls Clubs of America, of which they are a long-time supporter.

Heralded by elite filmmakers and supported by major Hollywood studios, the Christie Solaria Series projectors are renowned for their reliability and stake claim to a treasure trove of features – including Brilliant 3D technology and the highest, proven brightness levels to meet the demands of the largest screen, indoors and out. They are trusted by Disney to provide unmatched contrast and stunning colors necessary to deliver more

Clarkson University, New York State’s highest-ranked small university, is using Christie® MicroTiles™ for a unique, digital display wall that is quickly becoming the hub of campus life.
With the concept developed by Christie partner Video Visions, Inc., the video wall is the centerpiece of the amphitheater in the school’s new Student Center, which opened in September 2010. Students voted to increase their own activity fees to help fund the center, and wanted to make it both welcoming and technologically advanced. The wall combines an array of 80 Christie MicroTiles arranged in a 10 wide by 8 high configuration, media servers, Crestron touch panel and 12 inputs (with expansion potential for 15), delivering a rich, vibrant audio/video experience that gives students information about campus events, sports feeds such as hockey games, live music from the campus radio station, and four HD television feeds. The installation is also used by students more