Digital Content Briefing

Autodesk Artificial Intelligence Middleware Adopted to Reduce Development Time and Overall Project Costs Korean game developers MAIET Entertainment and WeMade Entertainment have both licensed Autodesk Kynapse artificial intelligence (AI) middleware for their respective upcoming titles, “GunZ2: The Second Duel” and a new MMORPG, currently codenamed “LF.” The studios licensed the technology to help reduce [...]

Artistic Image’s world-class talent was once again called upon by TNT Latin America to create graphic packages worthy of the industry’s most prestigious broadcast events - the Oscars and the Golden Globes. This year’s 31st annual Telly Award show acknowledged the Atlanta-based production/design/VFX company’s work with a silver Telly – the highest honor - for [...]

AMSTERDAM, THE NETHERLANDS ― Globalstor Data Corporation, a premier OEM integrator of high-performance RAID, SAN and storage/video servers, is pleased to announce that its ExtremeStor-DI video storage and playback system will power Bluefish444’s (IBC Stand 7.J07) powerful new Symmetry 3.9.2 software-based 3D playback demonstration, at this year’s IBC show. The demonstration will feature multi-stream stereoscopic [...]

Nashville, TN, Sept. 1, 2010 – 615 Music, one of the world’s leading providers of production music to the entertainment, broadcast, advertising, and corporate industries, and the recent winner of a national Emmy Award for “Outstanding Original Song” for NBC’s “Today Show,” has acquired noted production music library Kingsize Music NYC. Randy Wachtler, CEO/Founder, [...]

Autodesk, Inc., will take part in the International Broadcasting Convention (IBC) in Amsterdam, Sept. 10–14, 2010. During the convention, Autodesk is expected to announce the launch of an exciting new offering for creative finishing and to unveil technological enhancements to its Autodesk Flame, Autodesk Smoke and Autodesk Lustre products for television, film and commercial [...]

Oracle WorldStage, Inc. companies Video Applications Inc. (VAI) and Scharff Weisberg teamed on an innovative product launch for Oracle’s Enterprise Manager 11g in New York City’s iconic Guggenheim Museum, which provided a unique architectural setting for the event. WorldStage provided the video, projection, camera and audio equipment for the launch; video projections in the [...]

The teen phenom is in the midst of a whirlwind US tour, playing cities across the continental U.S. and winning the hearts of American tweens and parents alike. Longtime DiGiCo engineer battles screaming teens with console's stealth onboard weapons.

Burlington, MA, August 31, 2010 – Avid® (NASDAQ: AVID) today announced its lineup of technology demonstrations and customer presentations scheduled to take place at the company’s booth (Hall 7 #J20) at IBC 2010. The sessions will provide attendees with a chance to see an array of new products and standout presentations that support open, collaborative [...]

24, Intervention, LOST, Mad Men, Modern Family and The Pacific among Avid customers who received prestigious awards this year Burlington, MA—August 31, 2010 – Avid® (Nasdaq: AVID) today announced that the majority of Emmy® Award winners across 30 categories at the 2010 Creative and Primetime Emmy Awards once again chose to use one or more Avid [...]

MINNEAPOLIS, MN (September 1, 2010) – Vaddio, the global leader in robotic PTZ cameras and camera control systems will be showcasing a brand-new booth at this year’s IBC show in Amsterdam, filled with the latest robotic PTZ camera technology, including new cameras, SDI options, switchers and Video Whiteboard. Held September 10 - 14, 2010 at [...]

Digieffects(r), a developer of popular visual effects plugins, today announced that Depth is immediately available for purchase. Depth, a plugin for After Effects, easily converts an entire After Effects composition into a depth map. Available for $49 as a download, the plugin creates a grayscale depth map based on the position and orientation of [...]

Multi-Year Partnership Makes 3D Production Accessible to Broad Range of Producers Bexel, a unit of the Vitec Group’s Services Division and a leading worldwide provider of broadcast services and solutions, and Panasonic, a leading provider of full HD 3D technology, announced a multi-year partnership designed to make 3D production accessible to an extensive range of professional [...]

Highlights Include George A. Romero Family Reunion, Interview with Hollywood Screen Star Adrienne Barbeau JERSEY CITY, NEW JERSEY, SEPTEMBER 1, 2010 – Coming to DVD this Halloween is filmmaker Michael Stever’s Saturday Nightmares: The Ultimate Horror Expo of All Time!, a spine-tingling documentary short for horror film fans. The film takes an unprecedented look [...]

OLD LYME, Conn. – August 31, 2010 – The Musical Instrument Museum (MIM), which opened to the public in Phoenix, AZ last April, is an astonishingly rich cultural experience that features over 75,000 square feet of exhibit space and over 10,000 instruments from around the world. When the project began over three years ago, establishing [...]

NEW YORK: The Audio Engineering Society Educational Foundation Board of Directors and President Don Puluse, are pleased to announce the recipients of the 2010 AES Educational Grants for Graduate Studies. Julieta López received a grant to continue PhD studies in the Department of Theater, Film, and Television at the University of York, UK. Ivana Andjelkovic [...]

August 31, 2010 — Markham, Ontario: Digital Rapids – the leading provider of tools and solutions for bringing television, movie and Web content to wider audiences — today announced new versions of the Digital Rapids Transcode Manager automated, distributed transcoding software and the Digital Rapids Broadcast Manager multi-encoder management software. Highlights of the new features [...]

New Singular Software Presto application automates the daunting task of piecing together presenter and slideshow, yielding professional videos that are easy to share Vancouver, British Columbia – August 31, 2010 – Singular Software™, the award-winning developer of workflow automation applications for digital media markets, is pleased to announce the availability of Singular Software Presto™, [...]

IBC 2010 – 8.E19 – LYNX Technik AG is adding to its growing family of yellobriks, with the debut of two fiber optic CWDM multiplexers / demultiplexers at IBC 2010 – stand number 8.E19. LYNX Technik has also added CWDM capabilities to its yellobrik Fiber Optic Transmitter.

IBC 2010 – 8.E19 – LYNX Technik AG has released two new compact 1RU rack frames to house up to three or four Series 5000 card modules. They are ideal for applications that only require a small number of modules and for specialized standalone or mobile applications.

IBC 2010 – 8.E19 – August 30, 2010 – Weiterstadt, Germany — LYNX Technik AG is adding three fiber modules to its Series 5000 card and rack-based terminal equipment solution. The three new CWDM compatible modules; an optical transmitter, receiver, and transceiver, provide an electrical to optical and optical to electrical conversion solution for [...]