Archive of the Video Encoding/DVD Category

Latest Gear Heading to Gear Alley at Burbank Marriott November 3rd & 4th

(Burbank, CA) Createasphere’s Entertainment Technology Exposition, the entertainment and media industry’s showcase for previewing and learning about the latest trends and ground-breaking technologies, will take place November 3rd & 4th, 2010 at the Burbank Marriott Convention Center in Burbank, California. Running in conjunction with the Expo, Gear Alley will put the latest camera, lighting and production tools in the hands of attendees while providing education and networking opportunities. Gear Alley will be set outside, against the backdrop of the Convention Center. more

Dallas Mavericks logo

When it comes to the Dallas Mavericks, everything moves fast and the in-house video production department needs to keep the pace. From commercial promotions for the marketing and corporate sales departments to broadcast features and in-arena entertainment, Tom Ward, Director of Production, and his team provide the pictures to tell the Mavericks story. “Our job is to give the rowdy, proud, and loud Mavs fans what they want to see—entertainment and access to team information. We’re the one-stop shop for everything Mavericks.” more

September 28, 2010 — Markham, Ontario: Digital Rapids – the leading provider of tools and solutions for bringing television, movie and Web content to wider audiences — announced today that the company’s StreamZHD Live ABR adaptive streaming encoder has been honored with two prestigious industry awards. StreamZHD Live ABR was honored with the CSI Award for ‘Best Web TV Technology or Service’ and a TV Technology Europe Superior Technology (STAR) Award. The awards were presented during the IBC Conference and Exhibition in Amsterdam. more

Awards Show Honors the Best of the Best in Post Production

(Los Angeles, CA) The Hollywood Post Alliance today announced nominations for the 2010 HPA Awards. The HPA Awards recognize the achievements of those individuals working with ingenuity and creativity behind the scenes creating motion pictures, commercials and television. more

Net Insight, a leading developer of efficient and scalable transport solutions for media, IP and broadcast networks, today introduced the JPEG2000 Video Access Module for the Nimbra 600 platforms, answering broadcaster and content producer demand for a cost-effective, integrated solution for low latency compression and high quality of video transport. more

Sold Out Show Floor and Solid Schedule Present Variety of Opportunities for Attendees

(New York,NY / Burbank, CA) Createasphere, the entertainment and media industry’s showcase for exploring the latest trends and groundbreaking technology for the content creator, will unveil two full days of panels, education, networking and exhibition tomorrow morning at The New Yorker Hotel in Manhattan. more

AJA, ARRI, GTechnology, Manfrotto, Panasonic, RED, and Sony Unveil and Exhibit

(Burbank, CA) Createasphere, the entertainment and media industry’s showcase for previewing and learning about the latest trends and groundbreaking technology for the content creator, has unveiled an extensive list of products making U.S. and NYC Premiers at the expo. A number of products head straight to Createasphere Entertainment Technology Expo from IBC in Amsterdam. more

September 9, 2010 — IBC 2010, Amsterdam, Stand 7.G41: Digital Rapids has debuted new models in the company’s StreamZ, StreamZHD and StreamZ Live families of top-quality, multi-format video and audio encoding solutions. New models of the award-winning StreamZ and StreamZHD studio encoding systems and StreamZHD Live ABR adaptive streaming encoder incorporate Digital Rapids’ powerful new Flux capture and pre-processing hardware. Digital Rapids is also offering IBC attendees a preview of the new StreamZ Live IP encoder, which delivers the benefits of the StreamZ Live family in a dedicated model for transcoding live IP-based inputs. more

Other new features include H.264 and MPEG-2 encoding enhancements and SEI message insertion for frame-compatible 3D

September 9, 2010 — IBC 2010, Amsterdam, Stand 7.G41: Digital Rapids – the leading provider of tools and solutions for bringing television, movie and Web content to wider audiences — has unveiled a new version of the Stream software for the company’s StreamZ, StreamZHD, DRC-Stream and Flux encoding and live streaming solutions. New features in Stream 3.4 include significantly enhanced JPEG2000, H.264 and MPEG-2 encoding; robust source signal handling and AC3 (Dolby(r) Digital) audio pass-through with the new Flux hardware platform; SEI message insertion for frame-compatible 3D; and further enhancements to encoding for Apple(r) iPhone(r) and iPad(tm). more

Matrox Video Products will demonstrate direct capture from HDMI, SDI, and analog HD or SD video sources to H.264 files with the Matrox MXO2 devices and Matrox MAX technology for PC at IBC 2010 on the Matrox stand 7.B29.

“This new direct H.264 capture utility enables smooth workflows for faster delivery of video content and dailies,� said Dan Maloney, Matrox technical marketing manager. “Now it’s easy to capture material from any source for use on the web, iPad, iPod, iPhone, YouTube and more! In addition, dailies can be immediately available as low bit rate, manageable-sized files for delivery to a client.� more