Allen Daviau, ASC will receive the American Society of Cinematographers (ASC) Lifetime Achievement Award. The award is presented annually to an individual who has made extraordinary and enduring contributions to the art of filmmaking. Daviau will be feted at the 21st Annual ASC Outstanding Achievement Awards on February 18, 2007, at the Hyatt Regency Century Plaza Hotel.

Daviau claimed the first of his five Oscar® nominations in 1983 for E.T. THE EXTRA- TERRESTRIAL. His other nominations were for THE COLOR PURPLE (1986), AVALON (1991), EMPIRE OF THE SUN (1988) and BUGSY (1992). The latter two films also took top honors at the ASC Awards, and EMPIRE OF THE SUN won the BAFTA cinematography award, the British equivalent of an Oscar. more

SAN JOSE, Calif. — Oct. 19, 2006 — Adobe Systems Incorporated (Nasdaq:ADBE) today announced it has acquired Serious Magic Inc.™, maker of video software and communications tools for creative professional, business, consumer, and education markets. With Serious Magic solutions such as DV Rack extending direct-to-disk recording and monitoring into the field and Visual Communicator and Vlog It™ delivering the power of video communication to general business users and casual bloggers, the acquisition strengthens Adobe’s leadership position in video software — for both video professionals and consumers. more

New York, NY, October 20, 2006 - Newspeak, a “young” design boutique based in New York City that specializes in motion design, art direction and identity development, has completed three new show open packages for TV programs airing on the BET J television network. The shows are entitled “Real Life Divas,” “The Turn On!” and “J List.” Erik Montovano, the company‘s founder and Creative Director, made the announcement. more

Iroquois, ON, Canada - October 19, 2006 - Ross Video announced today ABC, Washington D.C. purchased a Synergy 4 MD-X Multi-Definition Production Switcher and OverDrive™ Production Control System. Installation of the systems is expected to be complete in early 2007. more

Hollywood, CA- October 18, 2006 - MTI Film announces today that it is a recipient of the first Engineering Excellence awards to be given by the Hollywood Post Alliance. MTI Film‘s CEO Larry Chernoff and VP of Science & Technology, Dr. Kevin Manbeck will accept the award during the HPA Awards Show ceremony to take place November 1, 2006 at the Skirball Center. Upon learning of the news Chernoff stated, “Any time a new concept is introduced that radically alters industry practice, those responsible for its creation fret about peer acceptance. That the community, and particularly the HPA, has recognized the advancement made by CONTROL Dailies to the facilitation of the dailies and editorial process is gratifying and validating.” more

Reno, NV - (October 18, 2006) - S.two Corp., has announced the introduction of its i.DOCK docking station; a critical tool for streamlining the filmmaker‘s off-line and digital dailies delivery process.

Automated Editorial Process: The i.DOCK provides an inexpensive and real time solution to accomplish the ingest task, for both image and audio, using the D.MAGs recorded on set. i.DOCK is a studio edit player with advanced real-time functions for all post production applications where data meets video. The i.DOCK mounts D.MAG uncompressed magazines and allows play out in real time at any HD or SD resolution, with audio and timecode, analog or digital, for a complete solution. i.DOCK also has virtual pre and post rolls for those edit systems that can’t handle timecode breaks. more

Iroquois, ON, Canada - October 17, 2006 - Ross Video announced today the openGear Multi-Definition Terminal Equipment platform has won a Gemini for Outstanding Technical Achievement. openGear earns the Gemini for a worthy technical achievement and invention of exceptional technical value used in the production, distribution or display in the Canadian television industry. The Award was presented to David Ross, CEO at the 21st Annual Gemini Industry Gala held on Monday, October 16, 2006, in Toronto, ON. more

Bergen, Norway, October 17, 2006 - Artear Channel 13, broadcasters of Argentina‘s top-rated news program, and owners of the 24-hour news channel, Todo Noticias, have selected Vizrt graphics software to update both networks‘ logos, promos, news, weather and traffic reports. Artear Channel 13 chose three Vizrt Viz|Trio real-time 3D character generation and graphics systems. For Todo Noticias (TN), which broadcasts throughout South America, two Viz|Trio systems and two Viz|Artist 3D animation design interfaces have been installed to enhance the overall graphic look of its news coverage. Both networks outsourced the graphics design and implementation process to Gizmo Studios based in Buenos Aires, Argentina. more

OKLAHOMA CITY, OK, OCTOBER 16, 2006 –Griffin Communications, L.L.C.‘s Oklahoma City television station News 9 KWTV recently acquired a new state-of-the-art Bell 407 helicopter equipped with Fujinon‘s HA42×13.5BERD HDTV ENG-Style zoom lens. Mounted on the nose of this new helicopter called SKYNEWS9 HD, is a customized Flir Ultra Media HD camera enclosure, designed by Flir Systems, which houses a Sony HDC-F950 1080i HD ENG camera with the Fujinon HD zoom lens. more

SEATTLE, WA, (October 17, 2006) - Automatic Duck (www.automaticduck.com), the creators of Timeline Integration Engine software for digital media artists, today announced that it has completed the process of porting its family of timeline translation solutions for Apple‘s Final Cut Pro to the Intel platform. more