Archive for May, 2011

ROCHESTER, NY, May 19, 2011— Renowned cinematographer Robbie Greenberg, ASC will join the panel of judges for the 2011 Kodak Scholarship Program, which recognizes student filmmakers at the undergraduate and graduate levels. Nomination forms can be downloaded at www.kodak.com/go/scholarships. The deadline for entries is June 14.

“We are thrilled to have a world-class talent such as Robbie Greenberg as part of the panel judging this year’s entries,” says Johanna Gravelle, Worldwide Image Capture marketing director of Kodak’s Entertainment Imaging Division. “He is a highly respected, artful filmmaker whose feedback will be both useful and meaningful to the students.”

Greenberg’s impressive list of feature credits includes Sweet Dreams, Wild Hogs, Save the Last Dance, The Milagro Beanfield War, Free Willy, and Fools Rush In, among others. He won ASC Outstanding Achievement Awards for his work on Winchell, Introducing Dorothy Dandridge, Iron Jawed Angels and Warm Springs. Greenberg also more

ZURICH, Switzerland – Broadcasting since August 2010 on Swiss television (SF) and radio (SR DRS), Zambo is a multimedia world for children, aged between seven and 13, in German-speaking Switzerland. In the programme viewers are taken on a trimedial discovery trip – via television, radio and online.

With the creation of the Studio 30 on the Brunnenhofstrasse in Zurich, the technical pioneers of Swiss Radio and Television (SRF) now have an infrastructure that is unparalleled — with a Studer OnAir 3000 mixing console at its core.

Situated in the old building of a large complex of radio studios, the technical requirements of the installation provided an almost insurmountable challenge for even the most accomplished specialists — since Zambo is broadcast both on SF2 and DRS 1 — as well as the Internet!

For installation project manager Thomas Wochner from broadcast service provider TPC, this ‘trimedial’ task more

Toronto, Ontario, Canada – May 19, 2011… Presteigne Charter, one of the world’s leading broadcast dry hire and systems rental specialists, has ordered three mc²56 digital audio consoles and Nova29 router from Lawo, for one of the most glamorous sporting events in the world – the inaugural America’s Cup World Series 2011-2012, a global program of regattas designed to bring the sport of high-performance sailing to a wider audience ahead of the legendary America’s Cup itself.

Starting in Cascais, Portugal, in August, the nine-day regattas will feature both fleet and match racing, and will be televised in HD to millions of fans internationally. Presteigne Charter will supply the audio production facilities at each location, standardizing on the Lawo mc²56 format, with additional mixing capability in the shape of a crystal on-air console. more

SEATAC, WA — In April 2008, Randy Primm left his lucrative freelance video business in Seattle and began a personal adventure exploring the country in a second-hand RV. A year later, he established the Road Bandit Web site (www.roadbandit.com) to share blog entries about life on the road. Now, premier systems integration firm Advanced Broadcast Solutions (ABS) is serving as a technology sponsor for Road Bandit, which began posting an original video series to the site in March.

Advanced Broadcast Solutions is serving as a technology sponsor for www.roadbandit.com, a Web site established by Randy Primm (pictured) that began posting an original video travel series in March of this year.

“It’s an interactive travel show, exploring what the country has to offer,” said Primm, who also serves as host and handles most of more

Los Angeles, CA – May 2011… When you’re running location sound for Modern Family—one of TV’s hottest sitcoms—the ability to capture audio efficiently and without interfering with the show’s creative process is absolutely essential. Modern Family captured six Emmy® Awards after its first season— including Best Comedy, Best Writing, Best Supporting Actor, Best Editing for a comedy or drama (half hour), Best Sound Mixing for a comedy or drama (half hour), as well as one for Casting Director Jeff Greenberg. For the show’s production sound mixer, Stephen A. Tibbo, CAS, the Emmy for Best Sound Mixing holds particular significance, as it was his first such award. With additional credits that include NBC’s Life and CBS’ Ghost Whisperer, as well as the films Kiss, Kiss, Bang, Bang and American Pie 2, Tibbo obviously knows a thing or two about location sound. That’s why his wireless equipment of choice is Lectrosonics. more

London-based Stereo3D experts Can Communicate have signed a three year deal with Quantel

for a Pablo/Max/Genetic Engineering Stereo3D system. The system will be used on site to produce fast turnaround highlights packages of the Wimbledon Lawn Tennis Championships semi-finals and finals in 2011-2013 for Sony. The Wimbledon system replicates the Quantel Stereo3D installation at CAN’s London headquarters.

“Our Quantel S3D system is too busy to take out of production during Wimbledon fortnight,” said CAN Partner, Phil Brown. “This way, we still get to use the world’s fastest, highest quality S3D system at this flagship event while high profile work for our other customers continues uninterrupted back at base.”

New from Crystal Vision is the ARC-20MC, a high performance bi-directional digital aspect ratio converter with a features-set that makes it suitable for any application. Crystal Vision has worked hard to make the ARC-20MC its best aspect ratio converter yet while retaining its affordability, with an excellent conversion quality, more SDI outputs than ever before, and features designed for easy automation of the aspect ratio conversion including full AFD support and the ability to change the aspect ratio live on air without picture disruption.

ARC-20MC saves the broadcast engineer time by providing presets for the six commonly used aspect ratio conversions between 4:3 and 16:9. Three of these conversions allow 16:9 sources to be shown on a 4:3 monitor with the geometry preserved (16:9 to 4:3 Letterbox, 16:9 to 14:9 Letterbox and 16:9 to 4:3 Full Screen), while the more

6th HPA Award Gala Celebrates Excellence in Post Production

(Hollywood, CA) The Hollywood Post Alliance(r) has announced the Call for Entries for the 6th Annual HPA(r) Awards. Awards will be presented at a gala event at the Skirball Cultural Center in Los Angeles, on November 10th, 2011.

The HPA Awards invite entries in the following competitive categories:

* Outstanding Color Grading using a DI process-Feature Film
* Outstanding Color Grading-Television
* Outstanding Color Grading-Commercial
* Outstanding Editing-Feature Film
* Outstanding Editing-Television
* Outstanding Editing-Commercial
* Outstanding Sound-Feature Film
* Outstanding Sound-Television
* Outstanding Sound-Commercial
* Outstanding Compositing-Feature Film
* Outstanding Compositing-Television
* Outstanding Compositing-Commercial
* Engineering Excellence

The period of eligibility is September 8, 2010 through September 6, 2011 and eligible work may have debuted domestically or internationally during this period. Entrants need not be members of the Hollywood Post more

Buena Park, CA – May 2011 … Hosa Technology, the leading innovator of analog and digital connectivity solutions for the modern musician, is pleased to announce the introduction of the new Hosa Pro Interconnect Cables. The combination of superior cable for enhanced signal transmission and audio quality, highly acclaimed REAN® connectors by Neutrik AG, and world-class workmanship make the new Hosa Pro Interconnect Cables an exceptional choice for wiring one’s studio with professional quality cables at a midline price. They are available in all pro audio terminations, including XLR, ¼ inch TRS (tip, ring, sleeve), ¼ inch TS (tip, sleeve), and RCA. more

Blackmagic Design today announced that ATEM Television Studio is the recipient of a BCPVA Video Innovation Award, presented by the British Columbia Professional Videographers Association at the 2011 NAB Show.

The British Columbia Videographers Association is Canada’s largest non-profit professional video association. The BCPVA Video Innovation Award was awarded to companies that have released revolutionary new products for corporate and event video producers. Award recipients are judged according to the features, performance, innovation, uniqueness and value offered by their new product.

“The Blackmagic Design ATEM Television Studio is a game-changer in the video production switcher market,” said Shawn Lam, BCPVA delegate and former president. “This powerful 6 input HDMI and HD to SDI switcher has the value proposition of a switcher costing thousands more, which is impressive considering its price of less than a thousand dollars.”

“It is an honor to win the BCPVA award. ATEM Television more