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At the 2018 NAB Show New York, Artel will feature an integrated, end-to-end, IP-centric network demo area designed to address customers’ growing requirements for standards-based solutions that provide service continuity, interoperability, and accurate synchronization, all of which are imperative for mission-critical media feeds as broadcasters migrate toward all-IP or hybrid IP/SDI networks. Artel’s exhibit will showcase the company’s expanding portfolio, including solutions for SMPTE ST 2110, AES67, SMPTE ST 2022-7 Seamless Protection Switching, and ARQ Reliable Internet Streaming Transport (RIST) for OTT streaming. Bridging the Gap for Media Over IP With Quarra PTP Ethernet Switches At the 2018 NAB Show ...

Sigma’s 28mm F1.4 DG HSM Art, 40mm F1.4 DG HSM Art, 56mm F1.4 DC DN Contemporary, 70-200mm F2.8 DG OS HSM Sports, and 60-600mm F4.5-6.3 DG OS HSM Sports will make their public debut at Photokina 2018 Cologne, Germany – September 25, 2018 – Sigma today announced five new Sigma Global Vision lenses shown for the first time at the 2018 Photokina expo in Cologne, Germany from September 26-29 in Hall 4.2 on Stands B020, B028I and C029. From wide-angle to hyper-telephoto, the new Sigma Global Vision introductions arrive as some of the most anticipated lenses in the industry, further facilitating artistic expression ...

Portland, Ore. – Sept. 25, 2018 – AWS Elemental, an Amazon Web Services (AWS) company, today announced the 4K 4Charity Fun Run held at IBC Show raised $65,635 in donations for global and local non-profit organizations focused on increasing diversity and inclusion in the media and entertainment industry. Now in its fifth year, the 4km (2.49-mile) running and walking event took place at 7:00 a.m. on Saturday, Sept. 15 in Amstelpark in Amsterdam, and drew 653 supporters representing 165 companies from across the industry. 4k4charity.com/ibc Sponsorship opportunities are now open for the newest 4K 4Charity Fun Run Series event, which ...

Industry-Leading Conference Phone Supports Natural, Clear Conversation Across 225 Zoom Rooms for Market-Leading Meeting, Event, and Hospitality Technology Leader SUDBURY, Mass. — Sept. 25, 2018 — Yamaha Unified Communications announced today that Cvent Inc., a market leader in meetings, events, and hospitality technology, tested and hand-selected the Yamaha YVC-1000 as its conference phone of choice to support the audio for more than 225 video conference rooms the company has worldwide. The Yamaha YVC-1000 met Cvent’s stringent requirements for impeccable audio quality, ease of installation and operation, Zoom interoperability, and global scalability. “When you communicate with team members all over the ...

New Standards Simplify Distribution of Immersive Audio, Ensure Smooth and Consistent Playout on Various Immersive Sound Systems WHITE PLAINS, N.Y. — Sept. 25, 2018 — SMPTE®, the organization whose standards work has supported a century of advances in entertainment technology and whose membership spans the globe, today announced the publication of new SMPTE ST 2098 standards for immersive audio. The Society has published ST 2098-1:2018, Immersive Audio Metadata; ST 2098-2:2018, Immersive Audio Bitstream Specification; and ST 2098-5:2018, D-Cinema Immersive Audio Channels and Soundfield Groups. “Immersive audio makes a significant impression on audiences, and because of the real value it adds, ...

OWINGS MILLS, MD, SEPTEMBER 25, 2018 — Long-time Calrec Audio user and Emmy® award-winning station, Maryland Public TV (MPT), has once again turned to Calrec with the addition of a 56-fader Artemis console into its facility. Calrec’s Hydra2 network was also integrated into the television network’s workflow. After 16 years of award-winning broadcasts with Calrec’s Alpha consoles, MPT was ready for an upgrade. The Artemis features 240 full signal processing channels to keep up with the audio requirements of the wide variety of programs produced by the television network’s six stations. Calrec’s Hydra2 network was implemented to work with MPT’s ...

Loudspeaker manufacturer PMC has boosted its sales team with the appointment of Luke Smith, who joins the company as Sales Manager New York with responsibility for representing PMC’s award-winning Pro Audio product range. Smith’s background as a musician, producer and engineer, combined with his sales and technical experience, make him the ideal candidate for this role. Passionate about all aspects of pro audio and pro video, Smith began his career as an assistant engineer at Clinton Recording Studios before moving through various senior sales, marketing and technical positions at Euphonix, Avid and Waves Audio. He also has his own company, ...

MILLVILLE, NJ, SEPTEMBER 24, 2018 – xG® Technology, Inc. (“xG”) (Nasdaq: XGTI, XGTIW), whose brands are recognized as the global leaders in live video communications in the broadcast, law enforcement and defense markets, announced that IMT Vislink was the featured provider of onboard video technology at the 2018 MotoAmerica Championship of New Jersey superbike racing event that was held September 7-9 at New Jersey Motorsports Park, Millville, NJ. The race was broadcast nationwide on the beIN Sports Network. Video showing footage taken by the Vislink onboard system can be viewed at this link, while the entire race video can be viewed ...

image caption:  Maverick Turner – Broadcast Audio Engineer; 2013 GRAS graduate; currently working for ESPN as an A1 Audio Operator.   Gilbert, Ariz., Sept. 24, 2018 – The Conservatory of Recording Arts & Sciences (CRAS; www.cras.edu), the premier institution for audio engineering education, will be opening the doors to its Gilbert, Ariz. campus (1205 N. Fiesta Blvd.) to prospective students, parents, and the media on Saturday, Sept. 29 from 10am – 4pm. Three CRAS graduates with careers in the broadcast, video game, and music recording industries will be on hand for the Open House, and they will also be part of ...

Singapore – September 24, 2018 – Blackmagic Design’s DaVinci Resolve 15 was used to color grade 63 commercials in one month with the help of DaVinci Resolve 15’s collaboration workflow by RengeDragon Studio, an Indian boutique studio. As part of the 63 commercials, RengeDragon used DaVinci Resolve 15, along with DaVinci Resolve Micro Panel, for color grading the new Vaseline Sun & Pollution Protection commercial campaign. DaVinci Resolve 15 was introduced at NAB 2018 in April and began shipping in August, 2018. The DaVinci Resolve 15 collaborative workflow dramatically speeds up post production because customers no longer need to import, export or translate projects between different software applications and ...

North Hollywood, Calif.— Pelham, New Hampshire-based Thistle Communications provides turnkey production services for sports, concerts, political campaigns, conventions and other events across New England. The company’s clientele ranges from national broadcasters, such as Fox Sports, ESPN, NBC and CNN, to local universities and corporations. Launched in 2006, Thistle has built a reputation for quality and professionalism, and emerged as a leader in its busy media market. Always eager to find tools that allow its camera teams to work more efficiently and create better shots, Thistle recently conducted field tests on two Cartoni camera support systems provided by Manios Digital & ...

VIRGINIA BEACH, VA, SEPTEMBER 24, 2018 – As one of the fastest growing schools in the nation, Regent University has invested in all aspects of campus life to ensure it remains a leading Christian university. This includes enhancing the production quality of weekly academic, worship, and music events held in various spaces across campus, such as its 1,000-seat chapel. The school’s Media Services Department began migrating to a campus-wide Dante® network to provide an improved workflow for front of house personnel. Dante-enabled solutions from Studio Technologies, manufacturer of high-quality audio, video, and fiber-optic solutions, have been a key asset for ...

Bonnier Broadcasting, part of Nordic media giant Bonnier, chooses Paywizard to boost customer engagement and growth of OTT TV subscribers   Swedish broadcaster selects Paywizard Agile for its ‘Decision Moments’ framework to create actionable insight that drives subscriber loyalty and acquisition Paywizard’s Agile platform to drive Bonnier Broadcasting’s growth of C More OTT service in the region Bonnier Broadcasting is looking to capitalise on Paywizard’s longstanding industry experience in managing, monetising and growing pay-TV subscriber bases    London, 24th September 2018 – Bonnier Broadcasting, part of Bonnier the Nordic region’s leading media company, has chosen Paywizard, the pay-TV subscription, billing and customer relationship ...

HONG KONG, Sept. 21, 2018 – miniDSP (www.miniDSP.com), a market leading designer and manufacturer of digital signal processing platforms and solutions for a wide range of applications, is proud to announce it has been awarded distribution rights to the Avermetrics line of audio analyzers in the Hong Kong/China market. miniDSP is also proud to announce that the Avermetrics AverLAB portable high performance audio analyzer is also now available on the miniDSP website worldwide (MSRP: $3,000.00 USD). “We are very excited to support Avermetrics distribution in Hong Kong and China as well as have its product available through our website,” said ...

Working on a short schedule, studio produces more than 100 shots for alien adventure. Adelaide, South Australia— In The Predator, 20th Century Fox’s reboot of the sci-fi horror franchise, the universe’s most lethal hunters return to Earth, stronger and deadlier than ever. Having upgraded themselves with DNA from other species, they take on a ragtag crew of ex-soldiers and an evolutionary biology professor in a battle that could mean the demise of the human race. Rising Sun Pictures signed on as a visual effects supplier to the film late in its production cycle, assuming the formidable task of delivering a ...

Panel and Proxy Offloading in Adobe Premiere Pro CC paired with Render Offloading in After Effects CC gives video teams the ability to maintain workstation performance and be more productive ProMAX Systems, a world leader in integrated workflow technology for creative media organizations, announced new integrations to help accelerate production workflows for Adobe® Creative Cloud® users. The ProMAX integration includes two major feature sets for Adobe Premiere® Pro CC and Adobe After Effects® CC, key tools within Adobe Creative Cloud. The Platform panel for Adobe Premiere Pro CC gives users the ability to directly access their files from within the ...

Backing up or Archiving terabytes of media is a must do for any video production group.  Massive performance improvements offer speed increases to all Platform customers utilizing LTO. ProMAX Systems, a world leader in integrated workflow technology for creative media organizations, proudly announced at this year’s IBC show in Amsterdam, improvements in performance and stability for all users backing up and archiving to LTO media.  These improvements will be seen across the product line up and for user utilizing LTO5 through LTO8 tape drives and media. The introduction of multi-threaded processing for archives, nearly doubles the performance for all archives ...

At cinec 2018, Vitec Group products will be showcased in collaboration with local premier partner Teltec AG. Teltec AG, a leading system supplier for the professional media industry, will feature Vitec Group brands Anton/Bauer, Litepanels, OConnor, Sachtler, and Vinten in the Moving Picture Pavilion in Hall 2, Stand E01. OConnor and Sachtler will provide exclusive camera support in the 10-camera shootout zone, supporting the latest in full-frame shooting from ARRI ALEXA LF; Canon EOS C700 FF; Sony VENICE; the new RED DSMC2 MONSTRO 8K VV; ARRI ALEXA Mini and AMIRA; Blackmagic URSA Mini Pro and the new Pocket Cinema Camera; ...