Medialon Show Manager is providing automatic show control for a project in the central business district of Beijing, which consists of a nearly 65,000-square foot video canopy with 14.5 million LEDs. Raised 82 feet above floor level, the canopy covers an open circulation area forming part of a new building development, “The Place.” The canopy is used at night and has a light background to allow it to act as a surface for special lighting effects when it is not showing images. In addition, a large vertical LED screen is used conventionally during the day and shares the same source and processing system. more…

GLENDALE CA, May 8, 2007–Broadcast Engineering, the renowned television-industry trade journal, presented two of its annual Facility Excellence Awards to recent NTC studio-renovation clients at NAB 2007. Discovery Communications received a first-place gold plaque in the “Post and Network Production Facilities” category for its new NTC-designed HD control room at its Silver Spring MD production center. Times Square Studios, in New York, was honored with a silver plaque in the “New Studio Technology–HD” category for NTC‘s HD upgrade of its Manhattan facility and concurrent HD/SD redesign of an associated network operations center one and a quarter miles away. Broadcast Engineering‘s 2007 Excellence Awards were drawn from scores of entries in multiple categories. Winners were chosen by Broadcast Engineering readers voting on the magazine‘s Web site and were announced in its March issue. more…

(May 08, 2007) – DULUTH, Georgia – Wegener Corporation (Nasdaq: WGNR), a leading provider of equipment for television, audio and data distribution networks worldwide, today announced a new order from SSL (Satellite Store Link), to launch networked digital signage in Mexico. WEGENER‘s equipment will be used to dynamically distribute and display information and advertisements to bank customers and employees in an initial deployment of 1,200 locations throughout Mexico. more…

Santa Monica, CA (May 8, 2007) – Leading film, television and commercial visual effects company Entity FX announced completion of visual effects for The Air I Breathe, a new theatrical feature starring Academy Award® winner Forest Whitaker and debuting at the 2007 Tribeca Film Festival. Highlighting a run of recent motion picture work, Entity FX collaborated closely on the project to realize the vision of the film‘s director, Jieho Lee.
The Air I Breathe centers on an ancient Chinese proverb that life is based on four emotional pillars — happiness, pleasure, sorrow and love. Four intertwined stories — a businessman (Forest Whitaker) who bets it all on horses, a gangster (Brendan Fraser) who can tell the more…

OXFORD, UK – May 8, 2007 – NaturalMotion Ltd., the award-winning developer of advanced 3D animation technology, today announced that it will be showcasing morpheme, its advanced animation engine and powerful graphical authoring tool-chain, at the fourth annual Nordic Game conference, Europe‘s largest gathering of game industry professionals, held May 15-16, 2007. more…

Manages file based workflows for audio post; straightforward project management for facilities using Digidesign Pro Tools

Los Angeles, CA – April 11, 2007- Virtual Katy™ Development Limited, a Digidesign® development partner delivering workflow solutions for audio professionals, today announced VK Connect, an enterprise application for managing media workflows in audio post facilities. VK Connect bridges the gap between the sequence-oriented picture editing world and session-structured audio post world. By implementing a project management methodology, the two different file-based workflows are organized into a logical framework of tasks, statuses, and media management processes. The end result is an extremely organized exchange of audio editing assignments, centralized hand-off of projects, simplified reporting of assignment status, and highly controlled media and data exchange. Audio editors gain a clear view of assignments and are provided with the necessary media and correct versions; post supervisors can centralize project assignments and review statuses. more…

Popular audio post assistant tool sports a slick new look; and advances file based workflows

Los Angeles, CA – April 10, 2007- Virtual Katy Development Limited, a Digidesign® development partner delivering workflow solutions for audio professionals, today announced the release of VK version 2.5. The new release delivers a new user interface, expanded format support including AAF (VK CNA only), and comprehensive controls for tracking and organizing audio data for the VK Conformer, VK2 and VK CNA products. The new 2.5 release will be demonstrated for the first time at the NAB 2007 exhibition held in Las Vegas NV from April 16 – 19, on stand SL1413F (Avid Partner Pavilion). more…

Change management tools; VK Premium Collection, VK Compare, VK CNA and VK Conformer as well as audio media management solution VK Connect make their debut

Los Angeles, CA – April 24, 2007- Virtual Katy Development Limited, a Digidesign® development partner delivering workflow solutions for audio professionals, rolled out several new VK change management solutions at the NAB 2007 show. The expanded VK change management family of products incorporates the new VK 2.5 features and functionality. These solutions include; VK Premium Collection, VK Compare, VK CNA, and VK Conformer. more…

Support for new Final Cut Studio 2 release; innovative filters, and advanced rendering performance

Las Vegas NV – April 16, 2007 – Noise Industries, developer of visual effects tools for the postproduction and broadcast markets, today announced FxFactory for Final Cut Studio 2. The new Noise Industries FxFactory 1.05 release is demonstrated running on Final Cut Studio 2 at NAB 2007 on stand SL3827J (Plug-in Pavilion). more…

As Player-Tracking and Stats Generation System for Local Soccer

Las Vegas, NV – April 16, 2007 – SportVU Ltd., an Israeli startup company, unveiled today a novel, real-time, player tracking system and announced that Televisa, the largest broadcaster in Mexico has successfully tested the system for the coverage of the Mexican soccer league.

As part of its continuing efforts to enhance the game, Televisa has tested SportVU‘s system to provide stats features such as average speeds, accumulated distances and speed profiles of the playing teams. more…