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 audio or video solutions to create this year’s top television programming. Avid customers took home statuettes in categories including: Outstanding Picture Editing, Outstanding Sound Mixing, Outstanding Drama and Outstanding Variety, Music or Comedy Series. In total, more than 90 nominees used Avid systems like Media Composer®, Pro Tools® and Sibelius® on productions including: 30 Rock, The Colbert Report, Dancing with the Stars, Glee, LOST, Mad Men, Modern Family, Nurse Jackie, The Pacific, True Blood and Whale more
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 broadcast and post production workflows, including:
• The debut of Avid ISIS 5000, the new, real-time, open shared storage solution designed specifically to meet the needs of regional broadcasters and post production facilities.
• The debut of Avid Pro Tools|HD Series Interfaces, the next generation of A-D/D-A conversion for the highest sound quality.
• The latest Euphonix control surfaces running with support for some of the industry’s most popular video and audio software. more
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 in Digital Rapids Transcode Manager include automated ‘commercial black’ removal and extended clip list capabilities, while Digital Rapids Broadcast Manager additions include scheduling enhancements, expanded input router support and more. more
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™, a revolutionary new tool for creating presentation videos. Ideal for conference presentations, training sessions, and workshops, Singular Software Presto leverages sophisticated computer vision and audio synchronization techniques to automate the assembly of presenter footage, slideshow, and audio elements, creating a professional-looking video package in minutes instead of hours.
The Singular Software Presto step-by-step wizard lets users of all skill levels zip through the creative process, with simple output options to publish presentation videos to YouTube®, iPad®, DVD, and more. Users need only record more
IBC 2010 – 8.E19 – 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 the transmission of SDI content to fiber over long distances. more
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. more
IBC 2010 – 8.E19 – August 30, 2010 – Weiterstadt, Germany — 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. more
LONDON — Aug. 31, 2010 — Pilat Media Global plc [AIM: PGB], the leading supplier of business management software to the media industry, today announced that as of July its industry-leading IBMS (Integrated Broadcast Management System) and MediaPro airtime sales system have achieved deployment by 1,100 media channels in 17 European, Middle Eastern, and African (EMEA) countries. Within those countries, Pilat Media’s products are actively managing programming, media, rights, ad sales and campaigns, traffic, and billing operations. more
Lightware U.S.A., the US distributor for Budapest-based Lightware Visual Engineering, has begun shipping the new DVI-TP-TX200DL and DVI-TP-RX100DL transceivers, an efficient solution for converting the DUAL LINK DVI signal to twisted pair and extending the video signal. Applications for the products include high-resolution video signal transmission, custom resolution and refresh-rate EDID emulation, and ground loop isolation; the transceivers are designed for a diverse marketplace, including rental and staging, fixed installations, digital signage and conference rooms and classrooms.
The Dual Link DVI-over-twisted pair extenders transmit dual link DVI-D signals over two CAT5, CAT6 or CAT7 cables; accessible distances depend on the quality of the cable used and signal resolution. The products can be used in conjunction with Lightware’s dual link matrix switchers or deployed on their own.
Lightware’s TP-DL series transceivers support the highest resolutions up to 4K, including 720p, 1080p and more
SALT LAKE CITY — Aug. 30, 2010 — Utah Scientific today announced that CBS Television City in Los Angeles has installed a UTAH-400/XL HD routing switcher along with associated control panels and software at the heart of the historic production, broadcast, and transmission facility. The digital router, with a 1056 matrix, replaces five legacy routers, supports an infrastructure expansion, and rationalizes a huge and complex system built piece by piece over 30 years. more
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