CLEAR developments from Prime Focus Technologies at IBC
Hybrid cloud-based content management platform unveils new iPad app to enable efficient remote access and approvals
IBC 2011 - Hall 7, Booth 7.D20, Amsterdam, The Netherlands, August 4, 2011 – At IBC 2011 (September 9-13), Prime Focus Technologies (PFT), a provider of global digital content services, will be showcasing the latest developments to its hybrid cloud-based content management platform, CLEAR. These include the launch of an innovative iPad application, which will help cater to the ever-growing and diverse content management needs of broadcasters, film studios, content owners and advertising agencies. The app is designed to enable creative and operational staff to remotely access the CLEAR platform, search for, annotate and approve video clips.
With television coverage of sports on the rise at the college, high school and even community level, the desire for a ‘broadcast-quality look’ in this coverage is creating demand for superior, but economical solutions. Viewers have become accustomed to the visual presentation they see in network broadcast and cable sports, and one key area of interest is for effects such as live instant replay with slow motion. Abekas has responded to this desire by providing a top-quality yet affordable instant replay solution with its Mira Instant Replay server—which is being employed worldwide by production companies, local broadcast and cable operators, venues, colleges and universities.
Schoolcraft College in Livonia Michigan is one recent customer embracing the Abekas Mira server. The community college covers campus sports including men’s and women’s basketball, volleyball, and soccer. which are all transmitted on the campus television channel—and often on the local community’s Brighthouse cable more
Walter Biscardi, founder and president of Biscardi Creative Media and one of the founding members of the Atlanta Cutters, today announced that Small Tree, a leading designer and manufacturer of Ethernet network shared storage, would serve as the initial platinum sponsor for the newly formed post-production group.
The primary objective of Atlanta Cutters, which is open to video editors, animators, sound designers and other local creative professionals, is to foster collaboration across the city’s growing production community by focusing on the critical tools and workflows used within their craft.
“A lot of us in the creative industry are trying to do too much by ourselves - the one man band kind of thing - while there might be a really great animator or sound designer right in town who would be an invaluable resource for a project,” Biscardi said. “Uniting professionals from different more
DFT Digital Film Technology, provider of high-end film and digital post production solutions that preserve, manage, and deliver your pictures, announced that New York-based post facility, Nice Shoes has purchased a SCANITY 4K/2K film scanner. SCANITY will be installed at Nice Shoes in August and will support current film projects as well as new business models including film archive & restoration.
Nice Shoes is a long-term customer of DFT Digital Film Technology, purchasing its first Spirit in 2000, and making further significant investments over the years. After a thorough evaluation of available technology, as well as analysis of the continued trends of digital acquisition and digital post production, Nice Shoes has invested in a SCANITY 4K/2K film scanner to support its changing business model and the changing face of post production.
Even though film commercial production work is trending downwards, Nice Shoes more
XenData archive server systems now certified for use with EVS Media Archive Director
WALNUT CREEK, CA / BELGIUM – July 11, 2011 – XenData, the leading provider of digital video archiving and storage solutions for the media and entertainment industry, announces today a new partnership with EVS, the leader in professional digital video applications for live and studio TV production. Under the partnership, XenData’s range of digital video archive servers is now certified for use with EVS’ Media Archive Director (MAD) and available for EVS to provide to its global customer base.
Launched at IBC last year, EVS’ MAD solution offers a set of software tools to centrally manage a range of archive digitization and content delivery platforms, including formats which allow intelligent media browsing based on metadata and logging.
XenData archive server systems allow video assets to be stored on near-line RAID and LTO robotic more
After months of testing, systems integration experts Pixelution has developed a unique solution that delivers the new ARRI RAW format on set, in real-time and at full high quality 3K resolution.
The system, which was developed in conjunction with leading data management service provider Pure Digital Services and shown for the first time at the recent Cinegear 2011 Expo show in Los Angeles, is now exclusively available through Pure Digital Services, which is using it for its worldwide filming operations.
The exclusive agreement, which was also announced at Cinegear, came about after Pure Digital Services and Pixelution conducted a series of successful tests for workflow and 3K delivery solutions.
Daniel Mulligan, Managing Director of Pure Digital Solutions, says “We are delighted that Pixelution will now supply us with full 3K ARRI RAW solutions and systems. These will be used for all more
Total Playout developer showcases new Multi-channel Viewer and extensive Redundancy capabilities
Barcelona, Spain –Vector 3™, a pioneer in graphics and playout solutions, will be demonstrating the enterprise broadcast/MCR solution, Vector MultiPlay, and the all-in-one Vectorbox playout automation chassis at the Broadcast Asia 2011 exhibition held in Singapore from June 21 - 24, 2011 on the Kit Digital stand 4M2-01/A. Based on IT hardware, Vector playout solutions incorporate over 20 years of broadcast know-how. Highlights of Vector 3 advanced playout technology include:
• New web-based Multichannel Viewer allows staff throughout the facility to monitor unlimited channels with timelines from a standard desktop system connected to the Internet
• SD/HD simulcasting with real-time upscaling and downscaling
Newly enhanced product line-up—EditShare Flow (production asset management), Energy and XStream (shared storage), Geevs (broadcast ingest/playout) and Ark (archiving)—make their Far East debut in the Asia/Pacific digital media market
EditShare®, the technology leader in cross-platform collaborative editing and shared media storage systems, is showcasing its newly enhanced, versatile, media production workflow applications and tiered storage line-up at the Broadcast Asia exhibition to be held in Singapore on June 21-24, 2011. EditShare purpose-built solutions power a wide range of production workflows, including reality TV; episodics; news production; live events; sports; feature films, and more. “EditShare has had a remarkable year in the Asia Pacific territories. Broadcasters and post-production facilities across the region, including Big Brother reality TV in Thailand; the Media Prima broadcast organization in Singapore; South Pacific Pictures in New Zealand; Jaya TV in India, and more, have recently more
AV3 Production Power Packs are designed to maximize editing workflows and minimize costs; Magic Bullet Grinder bundled with Get makes preparing DSLR files for editing a snap
Boston, MA – AV3 Software, developer and distributor of unique and innovative workflow tools for digital media, today announced the latest in its new series of Production Power Packs. The latest powerful workflow pairing from AV3 includes Red Giant’s Magic Bullet Grinder bundled with the company’s award-winning dialog search solution, Get, at no additional cost (http://bit.ly/l2vSHK). Designed for Apple Final Cut Pro® (FCP) editors working on DSLR projects, this latest AV3 Production Power Pack addresses the complications and time constraints associated with DSLR file preparation and management. “One of the biggest challenges with editing DSLR content is the time associated with managing media, in particular, getting files into the right format and more
New StoreData SHARC Lite LTO archiving system leverages XenData software
Barcelona, Spain / Walnut Creek, CA – June 06, 2011 – SM Data, a leading Spanish specialist storage distributor, introduces StoreData SHARC Lite, a new SM Data-branded solution that provides an intuitive and economical way to archive digital files to LTO data tape. The new solution is powered by XenData6 Workstation, award-winning software from XenData, the leading provider of digital video archiving and storage solutions for the media and entertainment industry.
The StoreData SHARC Lite is unique in its simplicity and affordability. Leveraging XenData6 Workstation software, the new solution creates a high capacity storage volume with an interface similar to a hard disk. It archives to and restores from LTO tape using Windows Explorer on a Windows 7 platform, enabling the easy transfer of files to and from LTO by using drag and drop or copy and paste. more
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