Archive of the Awards Category

IBC2011 Innovation Awards

Grass Valley™ and Dorna Sports have been shortlisted in the highly sought-after IBC2011 Innovation Awards. Recognized for its achievements in the Content Creation Category, the companies were shortlisted out of more than 130 submissions, for its involvement in the live production of the MotoGP World Championship with, Spanish-based production company, Dorna Sports.

Grass Valley developed a unique storage and asset management solution for Dorna Sports (the exclusive TV rights holder) for use during the racing events. Dorna Sports covers all 18 races in the MotoGP international motorcycle season, with more than 120 high-definition cameras at every event.

Approximately 2,000 clips a day are created and Grass Valley developed its innovative solution, based on touchscreen controllers, which allowed a small team of operators to mark, rate, and prepare clips for replay. The solution enabled the Grass Valley K2 Dyno™ Replay Controller and K2 Summit™ production client to interface seamlessly to an Apple XSan and 25 seats of Final Cut Pro for editing. The entire system was readily portable so Dorna could take easily transport it around the various race tracks.

“Dorna has been involved in the MotoGP World Championship live production since 1992, working hard to develop and refine innovative technologies to serve the live broadcasting requirements of a unique sport, said Manel Arroyo, Media Area Managing Director of Dorna Sports. “While we believe that we have the best workflow for the type of sports coverage we produce, being shortlisted for the IBC Innovation Awards just confirms this, and we couldn’t be more pleased.”

Grass Valley and Dorna Sports are one of just three shortlisted in the Content Creation category for the most innovative projects. The IBC2011 Innovation Awards are unique in the sense that they recognize how suppliers and customers work together to create something truly innovative — celebrating the application of technology in bringing creative, commercial, or operational benefits to the end user.

“This really is an outstanding year for the IBC2011 Innovation Awards, with a very strong shortlist,” said Michael Lumley, chair of the judging panel. “We have flying monsters and business graphics, news production and transmission networks, motorbikes and online delivery. All show a real partnership to identify the real issues and create an innovative, practical and effective solution.”

“We are thrilled to be nominated for this prestigious award alongside our partner Dorna”, said Charlie Dunn, Senior Vice President of Editing, Servers and Storage at Grass Valley. “Dorna was looking for a highly automated, tapeless workflow after its move to HD sparked a rethink of the way its production workflow is handled. We came up with a tailor-made solution which enabled them to work seamlessly and we are delighted that this innovation has been recognized at this high profile awards event.”

* Disclaimer: Grass Valley is not an official sponsor of the MotoGP World Championship, nor is it affiliated in any way with the MotoGP World Championship. Information supplied in this media alert does not imply endorsement from the MotoGP World Championship. As well, MotoGP and MotoGP World Championship are registered trademarks of their respective owners.

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The recent InfoComm 2011 conference in Orlando saw many Christie business partners, including integrators and consultants, winning major awards for their installations.

Christie partners captured eight awards in the fourth annual PRO AV Spotlight Awards program, sponsored by PRO AV and ARCHITECT magazines, and InfoComm International. The Spotlight Awards recognize the 15 best professional audio/video installations designed for corporate, education, entertainment, government, and other markets.
“Great relationships produce great results, for both our partners and their customers,” said Kathryn Cress, vice president, global & corporate marketing, Christie. “This has never been more evident than recently at InfoComm, where our partners were recognized for their creativity and customer-first focus in implementing and supporting solutions based on Christie visual display solutions.”

Winners (and the Christie contribution to each) included:

Best Corporate AV Project
Qualcomm 25th Anniversary Museum by Nautilus Entertainment Design
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Frost & Sullivan, the Growth Partnership Company, has awarded Grass Valley™ the 2011 Global Market Share Leadership of the Year Award in the overall video switchers market. The award recognizes Grass Valley as a “best-in-class company” that has distinguished itself in the key technology areas of worldwide growth, innovation and leadership. After a year of extensive best practices research, Frost & Sullivan noted that Grass Valley has recorded the maximum share of the total video switcher sales during 2010 and also is the market leader in the routing switcher space.

The Frost & Sullivan Award for Global Market Share Leadership is presented to the company that has demonstrated excellence in capturing the highest market share within its industry. The award recognizes the company’s leadership position within the industry in terms of revenue or units sold. Each year, this award is given to a company that has exhibited market share leadership through the implementation of sound market strategies.

With the mature video switchers market rebounding in 2010, Grass Valley continues to be the market leader in the overall video switchers market, according to Frost & Sullivan. Its analysis shows that this market leadership position is a result of Grass Valley having the maximum share of the production switchers market, in addition to having a strong position in the routing switchers market. The company also has a strong presence in the master control market.

“Grass Valley has reached this market leadership position by virtue of its strong focus on product innovation, command over a well-oiled sales and distribution channel, and most importantly by helping their customers obtain maximum return on investment,” said Sashankh Kale, a Frost & Sullivan industry analyst. “The company’s systems have found great success across geographies as the company retains its older clients, while constantly gaining newer ones. Based on these and other factors, Frost & Sullivan is proud to present the 2011Global Market Share Leadership of the Year Award in Video Switchers to Grass Valley.”

Grass Valley has successfully captured 20.1 percent of the total video switchers market for the year 2010, while also gaining market leadership in the routing switcher space, accounting for 21.2 percent of the market. The company has a global customer presence and since its formation in 1959 has acquired more than 3,000 customers in the broadcast space in addition to customers across other end-user segments. The company has a strong presence in North America, while it continues to expand and grow in Europe, Asia and Latin America.

“Grass Valley’s production and routing switchers have seen a high degree of success in broadcast networks and other segments around the world because they offer flexibility to handle a variety of signal types from the same frame with cost-effective value that translates to long-term reliability and a fast return on investment,” said Scott Murray, Senior Vice President, Live Production Solutions at Grass Valley. “We’re honored to have received this award, which once again distinguishes Grass Valley as a clear leader in the markets that it serves.”

Grass Valley’s switcher portfolio for production and routing includes the Kayenne™ Video Production Center, Kayenne XL panel, Kalypso™ HD production switcher, Kayak™ SD/HD production switcher, KayakDD Series production switchers, Trinix™ NXT digital routers, Concerto™ Series routers, Acappella™ routers, Indigo™ AV Mixer and others.

The company is constantly adding features to both its production and routing switcher product lines. The most recent additions to the production switcher product offering have been included with the new software releases for the Kayak production switcher (version 7.0.4 releasing soon) and the Kayenne Video Production Center (version 3.0), while the routing switcher product offering now includes 3 Gb/s for the Concerto routing switcher and new asymmetric frames, fiber optic I/O, and internal multiviewer additions to the Trinix routing switcher.

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CHARGED STUDIOS is proud to announce that ‘Falling Up,’

an independent animated short produced through its Artists In Residence Program, was honored this month with The Audience Choice Award at the 2011 Brooklyn Film Festival (BFF). The award-winning animation/CGI/live-action commercial and film company’s collective of multi-disciplined talent collaborated on the 9-minute film, taking it from concept to completion.

(Charged Studio’s team at The Brooklyn Film Festival:L-R: Adam Miller, DP, Djuna Wahlrab, director, Adam Pierce, executive producer, Will Pike, production designer)

Written, directed and produced by Djuna Wahlrad, ‘Falling Up’ tells the story of a young man facing the adult world for the first time. The protagonist is enthusiastic about his prospects, yet the boy within him is disappointed when he sees his future unfold. The clash of ideals causes the child within the man to literally tumble out of his adult body and its world, and fall into the land of his youth.

As he wanders through his childhood he relives some of the most formative rituals children experience more

Artistic Image, (AI) Atlanta’s multi award-winning full-service creative/production/CGI company, swept the Telly Awards for the third consecutive year, garnering six awards in the 3D + Graphics Category for a mix of innovate design-driven work at the 2011 event. Partner and director of animation + design Ed Dye helmed each project, raising the creative bar with AI’s seamless signature concept-through-completion collaborative approach, which tapped into the company’s full scope of design, CGI, 3D modeling, animation, live-action production, editing, compositing and color correction services.

The Atlanta-based firm took home top honours for its photorealistic animated/CGI multi-screen series of shorts for Ferrari, entitled, “Kiosk.” The HD video presentation is the centerpiece of the Ferrari Museum at Ferrari World, a permanent exhibit at Dubailand, the billon–dollar theme park.
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Prestigious Creative Categories Early Entry Ends July 1st

(Los Angeles, CA) Last month the Hollywood Post Alliance opened the Call for Entries for the 6th Annual HPA Awards taking place November 10, 2011 at a gala event at the Skirball Cultural Center in Los Angeles. The entry deadline for the Creative Categories is July 29th, but the Early Bird Deadline (reduced fee for the creative categories) ends July 1st.

Creativity Categories include; Outstanding Color Grading using a DI process for feature film, as well as Outstanding Color Grading for television and commercials; and Outstanding Editing, Sound, and Compositing for feature film, television and commercials. A full list of categories can be found by visiting www.hpaawards.net.

The period of eligibility for the Creative Categories is September 8, 2010 through September 6, 2011 and eligible work may have debuted domestically or internationally during this period. Entrants more

3D Film Factory’s to give 3D seminar on the principles and art of stereoscopic filmmaking to the members of the local 600.

Burbank, California – the 3D Film Factory (3DFF) is set to conduct a comprehensive, day-long stereoscopic 3D training session for all members of the International Cinematographers guild (local 600) Saturday, June 18th. Several of 3DFF’s veteran stereographers will be on hand to conduct the seminar and demonstrate some of the latest 3D camera systems.

This comprehensive, hands-on session will impart to local 600 members the guiding principles and art of stereoscopic 3D production, as well as provide an opportunity to operate and align a 3D rig. As simple as this might sound, most 3D seminars don’t let participants anywhere near a 3D rig.

“These kind of events are my favorite,” says 3D Film Factory’s Director of Stereography, Keith Driver. “The chance to interact and teach more

Electrosonic is the recipient of three 2011 PRO AV Spotlight Awards recognizing the best professional audio-visual installations designed for corporate, education, entertainment, government and other markets. Electrosonic was cited for its AV integration for the Kennedy Space Center Visitor Complex “Exploration Space” attraction (Best Government AV Project), the NASCAR Hall of Fame (Best Museum AV Project) and the USA Pavilion at Expo 2010 Shanghai (one of two PRO AV Spotlight Judges’ Awards).

“We are proud to have won PRO AV Spotlight Awards for three very challenging and rewarding projects,” says Jim Bowie, President of Electrosonic Group. “The range of projects the awards represent demonstrate Electrosonic’s reach and expertise in a trio of very different market sectors.”

The fourth annual PRO AV Spotlight Award entries were judged by a panel of editors and contributors to PRO AV, Architect and Architectural Lighting magazines, plus AV systems integrators and consultants. Winners more

Outstanding Engineering Technologies for Post Production Sought for Revered Honor

(Los Angeles, CA) The Hollywood Post Alliance(r) has announced its Call for Entries for the HPA(r) 2011 Engineering Excellence Award. The Engineering honor showcases inventors, manufacturers, vendors and/or peer post production companies for outstanding product or technology application offerings. Valid offerings may include products or processes, but must represent a step forward for its industry beneficiaries. The HPA Engineering Excellence Award is recognized as one of the most important technology honors in the post production industry.

The Engineering Excellence Award spotlights the companies and individuals who draw upon technical and creative ingenuity and apply it to real world post production demands. The Engineering Excellence Award will be bestowed as part of the Sixth Annual HPA Awards, a gala event set for November 10, 2011 at the Skirball Cultural Center in Los Angeles, CA.

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Wild(child) Editor Yvette Pineyro Cuts Givenchy’s ‘Play,’ A Romantic Escapade Featuring Justin Timberlake, Filmed In The City Of Light

Pineyro Cuts Movie Director Pierre Morel’s Film Noir Footage Of Paris, Giving Form + Continuity To The Global HD Spot, Which Earned Her A Nod From The AICE In The Fashion + Beauty Category

New York: Wild(child) Editorial principal Yvette Pineyro

recently cut ‘Play,’ a film noir-stye spot featuring Justin Timberlake in a romantic mélange of intrigue and stunning imagery heralding the launch of Givenchy’s new fragrance. The award-winning editor, who recently received a nod from the AICE in the fashion/beauty category for the :30 global spot, collaborated with famed feature film director Pierre Morel, who shot the footage in Paris for Anton & more