Archive for February, 2008

~Zak Rizvi and Brother Zahik Win Best Feature At FAIF ~

BETHLEHEM, PA, FEBRUARY 4, 2008 - A childhood dream has become a reality for Zak Rizvi, chief of production at StarCity Recording Company, and his brother Zahik, who recently earned the Best Feature Award at the Foundation for the Advancement of Independent Films‘ (FAIF) 2007 Festival for The River on Randolph Street. The film, produced by the Rizvi brothers along with partner Babak Naghi, marks the first time in the history of the FAIF festival that a short film has been granted the Best Feature Award. more

HaiVision‘s TASMAN deployed by Korea Telecom for broadcast monitoring



February 4, 2008 - HaiVision Systems Inc. (Montreal, Canada), the world‘s leading vendor of performance H.264 network video encoders, announces that Korea Telecom has deployed the HaiVision TASMAN encoders and decoders for monitoring of video transmission within nine regions in South Korea. The video network serves broadcaster SBS (Seoul Broadcasting System). The system was integrated by HaiVision‘s premier partner for South Korea - Yukyung Technologies. more

Promotes Tony Finizio to US Chief Operating Officer and appoints Morgan Kurk as new President of MRC

Vislink plc (“ Vislink Group”) today announced a significant strengthening of its corporate management in the US with the promotion of Tony Finizio to the new position of US Chief Operating Officer and the appointment of Morgan Kurk as President of MRC.

In his new role as US COO, Tony will continue to report to Vislink Group Chief Executive Ian Scott-Gall, and will have responsibility for the implementation of the Vislink Group‘s strategic plans in the US. Foremost amongst those plans are the implementation of the North American Technical Services Plan and the strengthening of Vislink Group‘s channels to market and product portfolio in the Broadcast, Defense, Law Enforcement and Security markets through organic growth and possible strategic acquisitions. more

Crystal Vision products will be available for demonstration on the stand of their dealer in India - AGIV India PVT Ltd (www.agiv-india.com) at BES EXPO 2008 (23rd-25th February, Pragati Maidan, New Delhi).

AGIV India PVT Ltd will be using Safire HD 2, Crystal Vision‘s exceptional High Definition digital chroma keyer, in a virtual studio set-up on their stand at the show. The only affordable High Definition chroma keyer, Safire HD 2 provides keying of an outstanding quality with the ability to allow tolerance to difficult colours in the Foreground. Safire HD 2 also works with Standard Definition signals, making it ideal for any live chroma keying application and especially suitable for multi-standard environments. Safire HD 2‘s features include numerous fine adjustments for optimised edges, sophisticated shadow processing, key shrink and internal and external masks. Controlled by the Safire Controller, Safire HD 2 is simple to set up and use and has the ability to work with reflective and transparent objects and can also linear more

GLENDALE CA, January 31, 2008–National TeleConsultants regrets to announce that Edward P. Hobson II, a Vice President at the company since 2002, passed away on Monday, January 28 in Nevada City CA. The cause of death was cancer. He was 59. more