Amsterdam, Netherlands — IBC 2006 (September 8, 2006)– AJA Video, a leading manufacturer of professional video interface and conversion solutions, is proud to announce that it has entered into an agreement with Autodesk. AJA‘s award-winning video technologies have been integrated as part of Autodesk‘s advanced visual effects and editing and finishing solutions, allowing the systems to tap AJA technology for input and output of SD, HD and 2K files. AJA OEM solutions are now used across the Autodesk Inferno, Autodesk Flame and Autodesk Flint visual effects systems, as well as the Autodesk Fire and Autodesk Smoke editing and finishing systems. more

Amsterdam, Netherlands — IBC 2006 (September 8, 2006)– Leading professional video interface and conversion solutions manufacturer AJA Video Systems announced compatibility of AJA‘s XENA retail hardware with new Sony Vegas® 7 software. The debut of Vegas 7 software integration with XENA solutions continues to demonstrate that AJA-engineered I/O and playback cards are the industry‘s choice to complement the top digital video editing applications today. more

Amsterdam, Netherlands — IBC 2006 (September 8, 2006)– AJA Video, a leading manufacturer of professional video interface and conversion products, today announced that it is supplying Avid Technology, Inc. with a customized OEM solution that enables dual-link HD-SDI connectivity in Avid® DS Nitris® version 8.0. The AJA technology, which began shipping with the system in June, plays a key role in enabling full HD-RGB bandwidth capture, editing, and output with Avid’s flagship editing and finishing system for real-time, multi-stream SD, HD, and 2K/4K DI work. more

IBC, AMSTERDAM, (September 8, 2006) - Automatic Duck (www.automaticduck.com), the creators of Timeline Integration Engine software for digital media artists, today announced that it has completed a joint development initiative with Autodesk to create a custom timeline import technology for Autodesk‘s high-end editing and finishing systems. As a result of this joint effort, Autodesk will begin shipping its newest versions of the Autodesk Smoke and Autodesk Fire editing and finishing systems, as well as the Autodesk Backdraft Conform media management and background I/O solution with customized, integrated Automatic Duck technology for importing AAF files directly from Avid editing systems. more

September 8, 2006 — IBC2006, Amsterdam, Stand 7.641: Digital Rapids - a leading developer of scalable solutions for content ingest, encoding, transcoding, protection and delivery - is adding On2 VP6-based video for Macromedia® Flash® from Adobe® to the extensive range of formats available for its Digital Rapids Stream family of media encoding solutions. Optional On2 VP6-based encoding modules will support live Flash Video streaming via the Flash Media Server and encoding to files from live, tape or digital media file inputs. more

September 8, 2006 — IBC2006, Amsterdam, Stand 7.641: Digital Rapids - a leading developer of systems for content ingest, encoding, transcoding, protection and delivery - is showcasing our complete range of professional solutions in stand 7.641 at IBC2006. Digital Rapids solutions scale from individual applications to enterprise and global workflows, delivering unparalleled productivity, security and quality while streamlining our customers‘ operations and supporting their evolving business models. more

Los Angeles, CA (September 7, 2006)– IMAGICA Technologies Corp., the engineering solutions division company of IMAGICA Robot Holdings, Inc. announced today the acquisition of three IMAGICA film scanners by The Atlab Group, Australia‘s largest film processing laboratory and post production digital facility. IMAGICA Imager XE Scanners have been installed at Atlab in Sydney and Melbourne and have recently been used to scan several films including “Ten Canoes,” “Jindabyne,” “Candy,” “Little Fish,” “The Marine” and “See No Evil”. more

Dallas, TX, September 6, 2006 - Stephen Arnold Music (SAM,) widely regarded as the leading provider of original and syndicated music to the broadcasting industry, with its musical compositions heard daily in over 100-million American homes on 300 television stations and numerous broadcast and cable TV networks, is “kicking off” Football Season with new sports themed music for the NBC Affiliates and for WFLA TV/Tampa. Stephen Arnold founder/composer, SAM, made the announcement. more

Hollywood, CA (September 5, 2006)– Post Logic Studios audio mixer Jamie Santos has won a 2006 Emmy Award®. The honor was bestowed during the annual Creative Arts Emmy Awards ceremony August 19, 2006, in Los Angeles, and recognized Santos in the category of Outstanding Sound Mixing (Variety or Music Series or Special or Animation) for the 78th Annual Academy Awards show, which aired on ABC in March.

Santos has contributed sound mixing to the Academy Awards telecast for six years running. Some 40 million viewers tuned in to the 78th Annual Academy Awards broadcast worldwide. more

September 5, 2006 — Passfield, UK: Digital Rapids - a leading developer of systems for content ingest, encoding, transcoding, protection and delivery - announced today that Digital Rapids (India) Pvt Ltd. has finalized an order with The New Media Group (“TNMG”) for a major IPTV project based around high brand value content for diaspora communities around the globe. Initially, Digital Rapids is providing StreamZ media encoding and streaming systems for 28 channels, with further expansion following the launch of the service. more