Posted By Neil Matsumoto
At last year’s NAB, I got a chance to check out Assimilate’s Scratch Lab, an innovative software tool that allows a DIT or video engineer to be able to create professional production dailies for review. It combines a fast review process, shot, timecode, and LUT metadata, audio sync and fast background rendering – all in one
Posted By David Willis
All Qio Models Now Windows®-Compatible IRVINE, Calif. — Feb. 16, 2012 — Sonnet Technologies today announced that its Qio™ MR professional universal media reader for Windows® PCs is now shipping and available for purchase. Qio MR is the industry’s first compact, mobile rackmounted device to support all major HD video memory card formats, providing a
Posted By David Willis
EDITSHARE GIVES ITS COLLABORATIVE STORAGE SYSTEMS ENHANCED COMPATIBILITY WITH THE NEW AVID 64-BIT RELEASE EditShare XStream, Energy and Metro provide Avid editors a high-performance, collaborative workflow for end-to-end tapeless production Boston, MA — February 16, 2012 — EditShare®, the technology leader in shared media storage and end-to-end tapeless workflow solutions, today announced that the company’s
Posted By Neil Matsumoto
Here’s an interesting news release on a new series, Wolfpack Of Reseda, which fits into the ‘Monster in Suburbia’ genre. Produced by Fox Digital Studio, this new series demonstrates the growing trend of series that are bypassing broadcast and being produced just for the web. Episodes will be appearing on MySpace and then later as
Posted By Neil Matsumoto
Fort Lee, N.J., February 15, 2012 – FOR-A Corporation of America, a leading manufacturer of video and audio systems for the broadcast and professional video industries, announces that its VFC-7000 HD variable frame rate (super slow motion) camera will be available on a rental basis from three top audio/visual rental companies, as well as for
Posted By Neil Matsumoto
SECAUCUS, NJ (February 8, 2012) –Panasonic today initiated deliveries of the groundbreaking AG-3DP1, a 3D integrated twin-lens P2 HD shoulder-mount camcorder with 10 bit, 4:2:2 independent-frame, full 1920 x 1080 resolution AVC-Intra recording. A high-powered twin-lens zoom lens system, high-sensitivity sensors and the high-quality AVC-Intra codec in the 3DP1 enable broadcast-level 3D image acquisition. The camcorder
Posted By Neil Matsumoto
RONKONKOMA, NY, Jan. 27, 2012 – With great sadness, Sigma Corporation of America today announced the passing of Sigma Corporation’s founder and CEO Michihiro Yamaki. He died of liver cancer in Tokyo, Japan, on Jan. 18 at the age of 78. “We are deeply saddened by this loss,” said Mark Amir-Hamzeh, president of Sigma Corporation
Posted By Neil Matsumoto
WAYNE, NJ (December 12, 2011) – JVC Professional Products Company, a division of JVC Americas Corp., today announced a new lower price on its GY-HM710 ProHD camcorder. Introduced earlier this year, the compact, shoulder-mount camcorder is ideal for ENG news, documentaries, event coverage, and educational applications. The company also announced the JVC Power Promotion, a
Posted By Neil Matsumoto
LAKE SUCCESS, N.Y., December 13, 2011 – Whether it’s on the gridiron, the baseball diamond, the basketball court, or other competitive arenas, the University of Oklahoma (OU) is going into the 2011 season with high expectations for its successful athletic programs. OU also has high standards for its in-house video coverage of these events, as
Posted By Neil Matsumoto
LAKE SUCCESS, N.Y., July 12, 2011 – Building a bigger sanctuary is just one way that houses of worship can grow their congregations. Another way is to use the Internet to share video of services with worshippers across the nation and around the world. Capturing worship services for Internet distribution requires a camera that’s not
