Outstanding Work Recognized in Color Grading, Editing, Visual Effects and Sound The HPA Awards Committee today announced nominees for the creative categories of the 2020 HPA Awards. The HPA Awards have been the standard bearer for recognizing creative accomplishment and technical innovation, honoring outstanding achievement and artistic excellence by the individuals and teams who help bring stories to life. The winners of the creative categories will be announced in a live virtual gala on November 19th, 2020.  The gala is free to attend with prior registration. Launched in 2006, the 2020 HPA Awards will be a celebration of fifteen years ...

Transformational services leader will guide worldwide growth strategy, including diversification of USSI Global’s professional services for broadcast, satellite and digital signage Melbourne, Florida, October 22, 2020 — USSI Global announces the appointment of transformational services leader Anthony Morelli as Chief Operating Officer (COO). Reporting to CEO and President David S. Christiano, Morelli oversees all daily USSI Global business operations and drives global growth strategy for the Broadcast and Network Solutions, Digital Signage Solutions, and Electronic Business and Consumer Solutions divisions. Morelli joins the USSI Global executive team with 25 years of broadcast industry experience, and has taken on roles of increasing ...

October 22, 2020 Zixi, the industry leader for enabling dependable, live broadcast-quality video over any-IP, and award-winning architect of the Software-Defined Video Platform (SDVP), today announced that the SDVP has again been recognized by top industry organizations for its unparalleled ability to deliver live broadcast-quality video across any IP network, any protocol, any cloud provider, and any edge device. The NAB Show organization has awarded the SDVP with two Product of the Year Awards, for the categories of “Best Overall Delivery” and “Best Video Transport”. The 2nd annual NAB Show Product of the Year Awards recognize the most significant and ...

October 22, 2020 Pebble Beach Systems, the leading automation, content management and integrated channel specialist, has announced an exciting new vision for the company. Now trading as ‘Pebble’, the company’s rebrand will demonstrate the renewed focus on the company’s people, process and technology, along with the launch of a brand new responsive website ahead of its 21st year in business. Pebble was launched in 2000 and, nearly 21 years later, stands at the forefront of the industry. From its unrivaled experience within broadcast automation, it continues to develop an extensive portfolio of successful solutions which have the flexibility to support ...

NEWS RELEASE CineGear Expo T: 310-472-0809 www.cinegearexpo.com Effective: October 20, 2020 CineGear ON AIR™ Presents A Cinematographers’ Tribute to the Photography of the Incredible Douglas Kirkland Wednesday, October 28, 11am PDT CineGear Expo pays tribute to Douglas Kirkland in a special ON AIR presentation on October 28, 2020. The unassuming still photographer is known worldwide for his iconic imagery of famous artists from Man Ray to Coco Chanel to Andy Warhol, and musicians from Frank Sinatra to Mick Jagger to Diana Ross. His extensive portfolio of actors’ portraiture is unmatched: Marlene Dietrich, Audrey Hepburn, Marilyn Monroe, Elizabeth Taylor, Leonardo DiCaprio, ...

The Colonie’s Nathan Rodgers recently cut famed Chicago rapper Vic Mensa’s hard-hitting short film, ‘Machiavelli,’ directed by Andre Muir. The project features three of the artist’s music videos, each with sharply contrasting styles and tempos, while sharing an intrinsic theme. The editor wove together footage from the title music video, ‘Machiavelli,’ ‘SC Freestyle,’ and ‘Rebirth,’ with photography and graphic elements to create a cinematic-like experience. The soundtracks dropped with the release of Mensa’s new EP, ‘V TAPE,’ out of Roc National Records. Synopisis The short film opens with the fast-moving, in-your-face track ‘Machiavelli,’ and then cuts to a spoken narrative. ...

Smartphone-driven content creation suite recognized in Streaming category as one of this year’s most significant and innovative new offerings October 22, 2020 — Reading, PA: Streaming solutions innovator StreamGear Inc. has been honored as the winner of a 2020 NAB Show Product of the Year Award for the company’s smartphone-empowered VidiMo Go handheld, live video production system. Now in their second year, the official NAB Show Product of the Year Awards recognize the industry’s most significant and promising new products and technologies. This year’s winners were announced earlier this week during the NAB Show New York digital experience. The VidiMo ...

ATEME, the leader in video delivery solutions for Broadcast, Cable TV, DTH, IPTV and OTT, today announced that TVUp, a Spain-based TV company running business in Spain & Latam, has implemented its TITAN Live transcoding solutions. TVUP has created a PayTV as a service OTT platform with premium channels and content for both Spanish and international markets (B2B2C), running via an Android TV set-top-box as the main device. The TVUp platform offers users access to its own TV platform and channel bouquet, “Tivify”, and a wide variety of content through the Play Store, including YouTube, Spotify, Disney +, HBO, Amazon ...