The 2016 Sony Open in Hawaii PGA TOUR event will be shot and broadcast in HD on Golf Channel using Sony professional cameras, continuing Sony’s long-running tradition of providing HD production technology for major live entertainment and sports events.   The tournament is also the latest testing ground for 4K live production and broadcasting. In addition to multiple Sony HDC ...

iZotope Inc., a leading audio technology company, today announced that the independent feature short film The Chain used iZotope RX to maximize its use of production audio and preserve the best on-set performances to stay on budget. Filmed in New Hampshire, The Chain is based on a short story of the same name by Tobias Wolf in which revenge unleashes ...

The Christmas Season puts everyone in holiday-cheer mode! Even us techy-geeks from the broadcast and post-production realm! So, in keeping with the holiday tradition (and instead of getting all those drummers drumming and maids-a-milking), Broadcast Beat Magazine asked people on many of our social media channels: “If you could get a cool production toy for Christmas, what would it be?” ...

JMR’s new Thunderbolt® 2 products now fully Intel and Apple approved and Thunderbolt certified for Mac and Windows*   JMR Electronics, Inc. a leading manufacturer and systems integrator of scalable storage solutions located in Chatsworth, CA, recently announced the general availability of their new LightningTM series of Thunderbolt 2 certified storage and expansion products – which are now ready for prime time. ...

The oldest artificial lens discovered, so far, is the Layard Lens (aka: “The Nimrud Lens”); it was found by A. H. Layard in 1853 and is around 3000 years old (about 750BC-710BC in the Neo-Assyrian Empire). It was found in Kalhu, the Tiglath-pileser’s royal residence city (in modern day, that’s Nimrud in Iraq) in the North West Palace. Its discoverer ...

We’ve all heard that: “A Picture is Worth a Thousand Words,” but how about a picture designed to speak to us? Images that aren’t just a happy coincidence that fit what we are trying to convey? Can those images say more than a thousand words? Newsroom graphics, used to full effect, can help get the word out on any targeted ...

Contributed By: Jared Prindle Executive Director, The Ride Channel Producer and Director of Photography, 900 Films, Inc. As a lifelong skateboarder, the Sony brand has always been rooted in our community.  Skateboard kids were brought up shooting videos on Sony gear, especially the VX1000, which was the iconic skateboarding camera of a generation.  Many people all around the world still ...

JMR’s among the first to ship new portable, ultra-compact Thunderbolt 2 equipped SSD Flash Drive JMR Electronics, Inc. a leading manufacturer and systems integrator of scalable storage solutions this week announced the general availability of their new LightningTM LTNG-XTD portable ThunderboltTM SSD Flash Drive. The ultra-compact PCIe Flash Drive with Thunderbolt 2 interface is a portable bus-powered drive requiring no external power source, and ...

  New Lightning storage products certified by Intel and Apple to work with Thunderbolt compatible devices   JMR Electronics, Inc. a leading manufacturer and systems integrator of scalable storage solutions has announced the general availability of their new line of Lightning Thunderbolt 2 to PCIe equipped storage products. Of the new Lightning product family, the LTNG-XQ and LTNG-XQ-8 Thunderbolt 2 ...

With the KH 805, Neumann.Berlin [AES booth 527] has adding a new active subwoofer to its string of acclaimed studio monitoring products. Based on the excellent acoustical performance of the KH 810 subwoofer, the KH 805 is the optimal choice for stereo set-ups in combination with the KH 120 or KH 310. As Wolfgang Fraissinet, President of Neumann, pointed out, “The KH 805 is the answer ...

The action on-screen in Paramount Pictures’ new “Paranormal Activity: The Ghost Dimension” may be scary, but the production behind the scenes was anything but horrific.  For this sixth installment in the supernatural horror film franchise, which opens nationwide today, director of photography John W. Rutland and his team set out to create a new type of look while maintaining the ...

Thu. November 12| 9:00 AM – 10:00 AM | 1A23-1A24 Program: General Sessions Registration Package: All-Industry Core Package Keynote Speaker: Steve Mosko, Chairman, Sony Pictures Television Mosko’s conversation with Carter will take a look at the current television landscape from the perspective of Mosko, the chairman of a 360 degree global television business at one of Hollywood‘s largest studios. Mosko will ...

Thu. November 12| 9:00 AM – 10:00 AM | 1A23-1A24 Program: General Sessions Registration Package: All-Industry Core Package Keynote Speaker: Brandon Berger, Chief Digital Officer Worldwide | Ogilvy & Mather With media changing at such a rapid pace on a global level it’s essential for companies to stay ahead of the curve. Brandon Berger has been at the cutting edge ...

Although the show doesn’t officially end until tomorrow, this (essentially) is the LAST DAY of one of the most awesome media conventions around!  Sure, perhaps NAB (usually held in Las Vegas) is bigger, but the true internationals travel to Amsterdam every year for THIS particular showing!  There has been many opportunities for video interviews with those who make things happen, ...

Day THREE of the IBC 2015 Show! Three down, two to go! And they saved the best for today!  Sunday is always the day that the industry creatives can “hang loose” and let loose with more secrets and tidbits they’ve been holding back on… and today had no shortage! Since the mid-80’s, ACCESS has been making a name for itself ...

Day 2 at IBC 2015 was a busy day – at least for our own Janet West!  As you can see from the following, she was all around the Show Floor today… it’s all about Janet today! Avid brought some special guests along with their impressive products. Emmy-Award-winning sound editor James Mather (the supervising sound editor of Mission Impossible 3), ...