Comprehensive is proud to announce the addition of our new CHE-2 HDMI Extender to our 2010 product line. This extender is the low cost solution when an HDMI signal needs to be extended up to 60 Meters or 200 feet (Using Cat6 Cable). The CHE-2 has signal transfer rates of up to 2.25Gbps with a full 1080p video signal. more

FAIRFIELD CT, February 3, 2010 – Autoscript, the world’s leading teleprompting company and a Vitec Group brand, has been selected to provide studio and portable on-camera teleprompter systems with high-bright LED backlit monitors, as well as WinPlus-NX news-prompter software, to NBC during the network’s coverage of the Vancouver Winter Games, February 12-28. The announcement was made today by Chip Adams, Vice President, Venue Engineering, NBC Olympics, and Brian Larter, Worldwide Managing Director of Autoscript. more

Grammy nominated artists Chief Xcel and Lateef the Truthspeaker launch new music house for commercial production

SAN FRANCISCO, CA, January 29, 2010 - When was the last time you heard about a company that racked up an array of impressive work before it even opened? AFTER creating original music for Adidas, Microsoft, and McDonald’s, and licensing tracks to Apple, Coca-Cola, and GMC, to name a few, record label Quannum decided they should probably open an actual music house for the ad biz. The result is YEAH’, which launches with a roster of diverse and accomplished artists turning out ad music and sound design to complement their influential longform work. Via Blackalicious, Lifesavas, General Elektriks, and others, the YEAH’ crew brings to brands a dedicated and discriminating audience drawn not by imitators but originators. more

LAKE SUCCESS, N.Y., February 3, 2010 – Canon U.S.A. Inc. has been selected to provide advanced HDTV lenses, remote-control robotic HD cameras, and a Canobeam Free Space Optics HD video transceiver system to NBC during the network’s coverage of the Vancouver Winter Games from February 12-28. The announcement was made today by David Mazza senior vice president of Engineering, NBC Olympics and Ken Ito, senior director and general manager, Broadcast and Communications division of Canon U.S.A. more

SANTA MONICA, CA, Jan. 27, 2010 - Inception Media Group, LLC today announced it will acquire Trinidad Media Services, Inc. (TMS), a leading digital distribution service provider to film studios, television networks, video distributors and independent content owners. TMS provides a wide range of digital encoding, electronic packaging and high-speed content delivery services, and possesses certified delivery access to all major online, broadcast media and VOD platforms. TMS will operate as Inception Digital Services, LLC, a wholly-owned subsidiary of Inception Media Group, LLC. The transaction is expected to close by the end of February. more

Twin Cities Producer, Director of Photography again at center of newsworthy productions

FROM TV SPOT BANNED AT 2010 SUPER BOWL TO 2009 CANNES SHORT FILM ENTRY, TOKEN MEDIA’S DAN HUNDLEY AND HIS COLLEAGUES MAKING HEADLINES WITH DISTINCTIVE FILM AND TV WORK; A BANKER’S GHOST, A SOPRANO’S SPOOF, A JADED CRITIC — AND THAT OLD FART JOKE FOR CAREERBUILDER.COM THAT CBS WON’T AIR THIS SUNDAY!

TWIN CITIES — February 2, 2010 — Is getting your ad banned this year from the Super Bowl by CBS Television just as good as getting it aired on Sunday — like saying an Academy Award Nomination is the award, even if you don’t win the Oscar?! That seems to be the way it’s rolling for a talented team of Minneapolis-St. Paul film makers, including Dan Hundley, Token Media’s Producer and Director of Photography (DP). Hundley —along with a core group of five other filmmakers (See Credit’s List below) — now joins the HOT, short list of ads the big network won’t air for the big game with its ah, cheeky, 25-second spot for CareerBuilder.com called “Worst Seat” (http://www.careerbuilder.com/tv/default.aspx). more

C10 Used for Live News and Local Programming

MEMPHIS, TN – Solid State Logic is pleased to announce the sale of a new 24-channel C10 HD Digital Broadcast Console to CBS affiliate WREG-TV. WREG provides news programming for Memphis and the Mid-South area of the U.S., along with weather, sports, business, politics, entertainment and health programs. The C10 HD ‘5.1 Upmix’ feature gives WREG the capability of matching local stereo productions with network 5.1 feeds for seamless transitions between the two signals. WREG-TV also purchased the Production Automation option to integrate with their newsroom automation system. The C10 HD will help facilitate the station’s move into full HD broadcasting.

LOCUST VALLEY, NY – As the Olympic torch is carried into BC Place Stadium for the official opening ceremonies of the Vancouver Winter Games, MultiDyne Video & Fiber Optic System’s HD-1500 Fiber Optic Link will be in action transmitting signals from the announcer booths and red carpet. MultiDyne, a premier provider of fiber optic-based video and audio transport and routing solutions for broadcast and pro A/V applications, was chosen to supply its HD-1500 and LiGHTBoX® field fiber transport systems for the Canadian broadcast by CP Communications, the largest provider of wireless equipment to the sports broadcasting industry. more

Myrtle Creek, Ore. — Feb. 2, 2010 — Artbeats, a 20-year veteran in the stock footage industry, announced today that they are offering a FREE, downloadable HD clip every day at artbeats.com. In this “no strings attached” program, visitors to the Artbeats Home page can access a different free clip every day simply by registering or logging-in to their online account. The clips, valued at up to $299 USD each, are pre-selected directly from the Artbeats and Artbeats FootageHub libraries and are available as a free download for 24 hours. Those who take full advantage of the Daily Free Clip program can quickly enhance and build their stock footage cache with over $8,000 USD in royalty-free HD content each month. more

HOLLYWOOD; February 2, 2010 – Creative talent from CSS Studios’ Todd-AO and Soundelux are among the nominees in the 82nd Academy Awards.

• Todd-AO’s Michael Minkler and Tony Lamberti have been nominated for Best Achievement in Sound Mixing for Inglourious Basterds. They share the nomination with Production Mixer Mark Ulano. This is the 11th nomination for Minkler, who has won the award three times (most recently in 2007 for Dreamgirls). This is Lamberti’s first nomination. more