Archive of the Press Releases Category

HP announced it is the first company to release Microsoft’s Media Center Extender capability to an Internet-connected TV.

With the capability, people using HP MediaSmart TVs not only get access to rich content from the Internet but they also can enjoy their own digital treasures from their home PCs on a big screen high-definition TV (HDTV). Read on at The Briefing Room

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FOR-A Corporation, a leading manufacturer of video and audio systems for the broadcast and professional video industries, will introduce expanded input/output options for its VPS series of digital switchers, including the VPS-700 GINGA and the all-new VPS-715 GINGA 1.5 M/E switcher at NAB 2008 in Las Vegas from April 14-17, 2008 (Booth #SU5220). Read on at The Briefing Room

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Cinnafilm, an emerging force in the development of polished GPU parallel processing, unveiled the Cinnafilm HD1 real-time film look system, a major breakthrough in film look effects for HD digital video. The new solution is the result of over four years of dedicated research to harness graphics card parallel processing. Cinnafilm HD1 is intended for creative professionals who wish to easily and cost-effectively apply the look of film to nearly any digital video source, while maintaining the highest levels of production quality and visual integrity. Cinnafilm HD1 streamlines transfer and rendering processes to provide a solution that is fast, efficient, and affordable. Filmmakers can now quickly achieve a studio celluloid look at a digital video price. Read on at The Briefing Room

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Sonnet Technologies announced a price reduction for the company’s award-winning Fusion line of high-performance SATA storage solutions for professional content creation and editing. Price reductions of up to $1,200 give users in the broadcast and post-production industries the opportunity to invest in the speed and capacity they require without compromising quality or performance. Read on at The Briefing Room

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Cine-tal Systems, a leading manufacturer of image processing, display and collaboration solutions used in digital cinema and video production, has reached an agreement with Rising Sun Research (RSR) to wholly acquire its cineSpace color management technology and product line. Read on at The Briefing Room

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EditShare unveiled their new product line at the NAB 2008 Exhibition. Complete Collaboration introduces breakthrough turnkey solutions for managing and storing media from acquisition to archive. Complete Collaboration includes EditShare Flow, EditShare Storage Series, EditShare XStream Series and EditShare Ark. Visitors to the NAB 2008 Exhibition, held in Las Vegas, NV from April 14th through 17th, 2008, can view the new Complete Collaboration product line at booth SL9820. Read on at The Briefing Room

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Duiker Research Corp., creator of the Color Symmetry plug-in suite, has announced Color Symmetry Version 1.5 with Universal Look Authoring. Color Symmetry is a complete solution for emulating film looks and handling color consistently within industry-standard animation, graphics, effects and post-production packages. Version 1.5 supports a growing number of post workflows and formats as well as today’s increasingly creative look development demands. Read on at The Briefing Room

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Building on the innovations of the widely successful original Stasis body support, Anton/Bauer’s new Stasis Flex redirects the geometry of a handheld camera by redistributing its weight into the operator’s torso and over the shoulder. Introduced at the NAB Convention in Las Vegas in April 2008, the innovative design of Stasis Flex enables a cameraman to shoot in virtually any position, taking the weight off the operator’s hand, relieving fatigue and stabilizing shooting. Read on at The Briefing Room

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There was something of a Yogi Berra moment at the Hard Rock Cafe on Sunday when Avid’s new executive VP and then the new CEO took the stage to pledge that this time we’re going to get it right.

Oh no, I thought, not another set of promises about working well with others and thinking outside the box. Well, we got those promises again. And yes there were some snickers around the floor of Hard Rock’s music venue (Avid’s traditional space over their years at NAB) at inappropriate times from the hundreds in the audience of users along with a smattering of press.

After all, neither CEO Gary Greenfield nor Kirk Arnold, executive vp and gm of Avid Video, have any video industry experience. (Give Avid’s board credit though–both of these very recent hires have solid reps for turning around high tech companies.) more

MTI Film announces the sale of its revolutionary dailies processing solution, CONTROL Dailies, to LaserPacific Media Corporation. LaserPacific, one of the largest providers of post production services in Hollywood, has purchased four CONTROL Dailies systems with CONVEY and plans to use them to increase the speed, capacity and quality of its dailies processing operations for episodic television and feature films. Read on at The Briefing Room

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