BURBANK, CA (April 30, 2008)— Quantel’s regional office, here, was broken into early this week, and the company’s brand new Neo control panel for its Pablo color correction system was taken. Quantel introduced Neo at NAB in Las Vegas this month and has already taken orders for 20 units, as its Newbury, UK, factory ramps up production.

Neo was designed through feedback from Pablo users and incorporates a layout that allows for fast work by either left- or right-handed operators. The control panel offers one-button access to menus, keeping functions easily accessible. Ahost of organic LEDs, as well as its backlit fascia, help to provide visual feedback to the user. more

Cine-tal Systems (www.cine-tal.com), a leading manufacturer of image processing, display and collaboration solutions used in digital cinema and video production, has appointed Glen Green to the post of Vice President of Sales. Green, who has more than 30 years of experience with technology companies serving the film and video industry, will oversee the company’s sales and marketing efforts throughout the United States and internationally. Green will seek to expand Cine-tal Systems’ sales structure by building its internal sales team and developing its worldwide network of resellers. more

Adelaide, Australia (February 11, 2008) —Rising Sun Research announced today that Montreal’s Meteor Studios employed its cineSync remote review and approval tools and cineSpace color management to streamline workflow and keep quality consistent during visual effects creation for the highly-anticipated 3-D movie, Journey 3D. The movie, from Walden Media and Walt Disney Pictures, is an updated take on the classic Jules Verne story, where a geologist and his son travel to the center of the Earth and discover an unknown world. Starring Brendan Fraser and shot in live action with landscapes & creatures created using HD, photo-real 3-D technology, the ambitious stereoscopic picture comes to theaters in 3-D in summer 2008. more

Santa Monica- December 8, 2006- West Post Digital, a state of the art post production facility which specializes in HD/SD online finishing and color correction, recently opened its doors at their new mega size location in Santa Monica. At the new facility, West Post teamed up with GO GO Luckey Productions to complete post work on a reality movie, The Great American Christmas, for the USA Network. more

Burbank, Ca.-December 8, 2006 - Boutique facility GrapeVine Productions recently completed production on two Disney‘s Little Mermaid toy commercials. Ariel‘s Magical Talking Kitchen and Ariel‘s Magical Talking Salon spots are currently airing through the holiday season.

CDI Toys, the developers and manufacturers of both products, turned to GrapeVine Productions for a second year, for their reputable commitment to creating fun and energetic promotions with technical expertise. Known in the industry as a one-stop-shop, GrapeVine strategically organizes projects from beginning to end. The Little Mermaid spots were carefully crafted from the children cast, to the hardware and software used to complete the project. more

HOLLYWOOD, November 10, 2006–Four highly regarded production, post-production and creative studios have joined forces to launch Illuminate, a digital services company conceived to serve today‘s new generation of media and entertainment producers.

The new entity unites under one roof the know-how and heritage of four leading facilities–HTV, Metropolitan Entertainment, HD Vision Studios and HD Vision Broadcast Center–and channels their combined capabilities into three businesses groups: Arts, Media and Entertainment, plus a broadcast center and a fully equipped stage. 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

October 16, 2006 (Los Angeles, CA) Three technologies have been selected to receive the first HPA Awards for Engineering Excellence. The trio of winners was chosen after a well-attended presentation and judging session held on Saturday, October 7th, 2006 at Technicolor. The Engineering Excellence award recognizes a substantially beneficial process, product or workflow in the post-production process.

The Engineering Excellence Award winners are: more

LAS VEGAS, NV. –October 11, 2006– Post Digital, the post-production unit of Vegas Media Group, recently deployed its new Quantel eQ editing/ effects/ grading/ mastering system complete with TimeMagic no-wait hardware to finish the full-length feature ‘The Ghosts of Goldfield‘. The film, which is the company‘s first original feature film production, marks Vegas Media Group‘s continued growth as a full-service production and post-production company. more

Santa Monica, CA - (October 9, 2006) - HD Pictures & Post Inc., a post facility that produces perfection in both High Definition and Digital Intermediate work, recently constructed a trailer for the art house feature film, Duck, due in theaters this fall. This feature is a heartfelt story that involves a voyage between an elderly man (Philip Baker Hall) and a duck, in search for the meaning of life, whose lives parallel while being abruptly displaced from their home. more