Archive for August 25th, 2011

Ustream Producer family of desktop applications, powered by Telestream Wirecast technology, expands to offer Ustream users a new level of power and flexibility for live broadcasting to the web

Telestream (www.telestream.net), the leading provider of digital media tools and workflow solutions, and Ustream (www.ustream.tv), the leading live and interactive broadcasting platform, today announced the expansion of a successful OEM partnership which puts Telestream Wirecast live video production technology in the hands of Ustream subscribers. Ustream Producer Studio is the latest product to emerge from Ustream’s successful family of Producer products which were originally launched in 2010. Since that time, Ustream Producer products have grown to over a half million downloads. With today’s launch of Producer 2.0, the family of Ustream desktop streaming media applications expands to include three products ranging from free to $549: Ustream Producer for any user; Ustream Producer Pro, an advanced application; and the new Ustream more

London, UK based lighting and visuals rental company Colour Sound Experiment (CSE) has taken delivery of the first batch of its new bespoke designed LED screen product – BT12 – which will be used to ongoing work.
The 12 mm pitch screen is very bright, light and watertight – IP65 rated, a must for the English summer!
Colour Sound’s Steve Marley explains that with an increasing number of lighting designs now incorporating scenic and ambient video visuals as integrated elements, it made sense – both creative and commercial – to be able to offer an ‘in-house’ product to fulfil this criteria. more

Robe lighting supported the 51st ZLÍN FILM FESTIVAL – International Film Festival for Children and Youth in Zlín – Czech Republic, which is the oldest and among the largest film festivals of its kind worldwide. It attracts over 100,000 visitors to see nearly 600 films from more than 50 countries screened over 8 days.

It was originally staged in Zlin because the city in south-eastern Moravia had one of the first big movie studios in the Czech Republic, which was founded by famous local entrepreneur Jan Antonin Bata in 1936, Since 1918, Bata developed the city extensively in the process of building his shoe empire. The film studio was originally used to make promotional and advertising material for his company and products and gradually became the most prominent centre of filmmaking focussed on children and young people. It also became famous for its animation work, and has been used by numerous international directors over the years. more

After using the recently released Vista v2 software on their existing Vista T2 consoles, Dallas, Texas based Alford Media have just committed to increasing their inventory after the next generation of software delivered the leap forward it promised.

Alford Media Services, Inc. is an AV and lighting company known for its high end video capabilities as well as imaginative integrated visual designs and solutions. They work on a wide variety of live events for a diverse range of premium clients with exacting standards.

One of two full time lighting designer/directors, Kurt Wunsch has been with the company for 10 years. He was an early adopter of the Jands Vista control platform, and has been an enthusiastic user since.

Their first T2 console was bought soon after Vista was launched, and along with the others they have bought since, is still going more

Chicago— Sonixphere, a globally-connected resource for music and sound, invites friends and colleagues in the advertising, post and post production industry to join them this Sunday, August 28, for their inaugural “Sons of Advertising Motorcycle Run” in support of the Wounded Warrior Project, a nonprofit organization which offers assistance to the brave men and women who become injured while protecting our country.
The event begins at 8:30 a.m. at Sonixphere’s offices at 445 East Ohio, Chicago. The group will ride to New Lenox, IL and join other riders at the Municipal Center for a hearty hog-riders’ pancake breakfast, then take a scenic and police-escorted ride to Elwood for a music and beer event featuring three local bands. For a donation of $15, participants get to groove together on their “hogs,” enjoy a few flapjacks, then have a brew and hear more

Blackmagic Design today announced that Patrick Inhofer, noted broadcast, cable and film color artist, will be hosting a DaVinci Resolve workshop on September 13 in Washington DC. more

Blackmagic Design today announced that Dado Valentic, founder of the UK’s first datalab MYTHERAPY, will be demonstrating DaVinci Resolve 8 as part of a Final Cut Pro workflow at the IBC Amsterdam FCPUG SuperMeet on Sunday, 11th September at the Grand Hotel Krasnapolsky. more

SEATAC, WA — Seattle’s EMP Museum recently renovated its Sky Church, a one-of-a-kind grand hall that features elaborate automated multimedia presentations complete with lighting, effects, live performances, and elaborate gala events. Earlier this year, premier systems integration firm Advanced Broadcast Solutions (ABS) upgraded the room’s master control, delivering high definition (HD) imagery, true 5.1 surround sound, and a new media front end to manage content.

Master control for Sky Church, a unique grand hall for Seattle’s EMP Museum that features elaborate automated multimedia presentations, was recently upgraded by Advanced Broadcast Solutions. (Photo by Rick Barry)

EMP Museum of Music, Science Fiction, and Pop Culture is housed in the landmark Frank O. Gehry building at the base of the Seattle Space Needle. The museum’s Sky Church is a striking space, with a 70-foot ceiling and more

Stop by the Vaddio Booth – F.41 – in Hall 11 at this year’s IBC show at the RAI in Amsterdam, September 9 – 13, 2011. Debuting for the first time, Vaddio will showcase the new ProductionVIEW MV-Series of camera control consoles with built-in multiviewer capabilities.

“This year’s focus for IBC was to really try and simplify control and video management for robotic PTZ camera systems,” explains Vaddio VP of Sales, Tom Mingo. “Combine the new ProductionVIEW HD/HD-SDI MV consoles with the TeleTouch Multiviewer touchscreens and you now get live video switching for up to six sources with the touch of your finger.”

ProductionVIEW HD MV offers the same functionality as Vaddio’s existing ProductionVIEW HD, with the addition of multiviewer capabilities and expanded digital inputs/outputs. Because the majority of robotic PTZ cameras currently available on the market offer HD-SDI/SDI cards, we’ve also added the ProductionVIEW HD-SDI MV, more

Boris FX, the leading developer of integrated VFX and workflow technology for video and film, today announced that it will partner with Nexidia, the leading provider of audio analysis and dialogue search technology for the media and entertainment industries, to launch Boris Soundbite, a fast and accurate tool to locate footage by finding any word or phrase spoken in multimedia files.

“Dialogue search has generated more excitement amongst editors this year than any other new technology,” said Boris Yamnitsky, President and Founder of Boris FX. “We are excited to expand our family of postproduction workflow solutions with Soundbite and we are dedicated to making it a standard part of every editor’s arsenal.”

Nexidia’s patented dialogue search technology, which has already received accolades from DV Magazine, Post Magazine, Creative COW, and others, quickly and accurately finds any word or more