LAKEWOOD, NJ, SEPTEMBER 3, 2008 – Neutrik, designer and manufacturer of the XX series XLR cable connector, is aiding the Women’s Audio Mission (WAM) in its continuing efforts to increase opportunities for women in the audio engineering industry. Neutrik is donating two of its “Easy Patch” Bantam TT patchbays to WAM to be used as central connection points in the organization’s newly constructed recording studio. more

• Centrally store and back up files

• Accessible media server for sharing over local network

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GLENDALE CA, August 13, 2008—NTC, the world leader in strategic technology consulting and engineering design services for the media and entertainment industry, is proud to announce that five of its technology experts have been selected by the Society of Motion Picture and Television Engineers to present technical papers at the SMPTE 2008 Technical Conference and Exhibition, scheduled for October 27-30, at the Renaissance Hollywood Hotel, in Los Angeles. more

August 12, 2008 — Passfield, UK: Digital Rapids — a leading developer of solutions for bringing television, video and film content to the latest generation of viewing devices — will be bringing the excitement and momentum of its worldwide Summer Games involvement to the annual IBC Conference and Exhibition in Amsterdam, with the IBC debuts of new and enhanced products in stand # 7.G41. Digital Rapids systems will also power the encoding of content for the IBC TV News website and mobile delivery. more

New York, NY- At DCTV, editors and technical staff have invented yet another way of serving productions and clients. For one of DCTV’s latest broadcast productions, they faced a new challenge: producing an HD broadcast-quality master from mixed-format sources under budget and on time. Rather than unnecessarily spending thousands of dollars on new equipment, DCTV technical staff found a way to use existing resources to their fullest capabilities. more

Signiant’s Digital Media Distribution Management Solution Interoperates with HP Media Storage Solutions

Signiant®, Inc., the leading developer of digital media distribution management solutions (DMDMS) for the telco, media and entertainment industries, today announced it has been accepted into the HP Communications Media & Entertainment (CME) Partner Program within the HP Developer & Solution Partner Program (DSPP). Signiant is the only DSPP member that has been validated for integration of file-based workflow with HP Media Storage solutions. more

Chatsworth, CA, July 15, 2008—Globalstor Data Corporation, a premier OEM integrator of high performance RAID, SAN and storage/video servers, is pleased to announce that Dublin’s Optical Sandwich tapped its Globalstor ExtremeStor-DI Tower to support the post house’s first 2k digital intermediate (DI) project, the feature film Kisses. The studio relied on an ExtremeStor-DI workstation running SCRATCH® DI software from ASSIMILATE™ for conforming, color grading and finishing on the picture, resulting in a stunning end product. more

HOLLYWOOD—On July 24th, Sony, Avid and Mesoft will offer television professionals an up close view of today’s best practices in digital media production as they conduct a joint demonstration of the latest innovations in workflow technologies for television and film both in the field and in post production.

The demonstration, hosted by LA Digital Post, will feature a complete workflow covering every phase of digital production—capture, ingest, logging, editing and delivery—and result in an actual “broadcast-ready” HD production—created on the spot, with attendees of the event cast as the stars. It is an unprecedented opportunity to see the industry’s newest technologies in action and to discover how they can be used in concert to support an entirely tapeless mode of production. more

Bright Systems, Inc., developer of disk recording and data infrastructure technology, has announced that its new BrightClip intelligent data recording technology will be demonstrated at IBC 2008 (booth 7.J39) integrated with a range of best of breed digital film systems. BrightClip, which made its debut at IBC last year, has now been integrated by leading manufacturers into their products, offering extensive cost-saving and efficiency benefits to post facilities world wide. more

HOLLYWOOD — Orbit Digital (www.orbitdigital.com), an international provider of mobile post production equipment and services to the feature film and television industries, today announced the official opening of its customizable new editorial space strategically located on Los Angeles’ west side next to sibling company PostWorks Los Angeles. more