In just a few years, Joe Trapanese has earned a reputation as a successful composer, arranger, orchestrator and music producer for film, television, multimedia, live theater and concerts.

Trapanese has worked on “The Raid: Redemption,” an Indonesian Silat martial arts film that he co-composed with Mike Shinoda of Linkin Park; a collaboration with Daft Punk on “Tron: Legacy,” and stints as arranger and orchestrator for “Percy Jackson & The Olympians: The Lightning Thief,” “What Happens in Vegas” and “Traitor.” His TV work includes original music for Sony’s “The Bannen Way” plus orchestrations and additional music for several seasons of the popular Showtime series “Dexter.”

And if that wasn’t enough, Joe has composed music for concerts and off-Broadway plays in New York city, most notably The Actor’s Company Theater (TACT) in productions that included T.S. Eliot’s “The Cocktail Party,” Arthur Miller’s “Incident At more…

Partnership produces end-to-end, integrated media monitoring, clipping and analysis workflow

Tel-Aviv, Israel – May 08, 2012 – Actus Digital, a developer of web-based media monitoring, content repurposing and verification solutions for broadcasters, cable and satellite providers, IPTV, media and monitoring agencies, governments, regulators and content producers, today announced a technology partnership with German-based NEWBASE, a developer of specialized media monitoring technology. The combined solution features NEWBASE Press Production technology, which finds clipping and evaluating news and ads from print, e-paper and Internet-media, and Actus’ web-based media monitoring and management platform. The integration offers broadcasters an end-to-end media monitoring solution with advanced integration.

“Actus brings broadcasters valuable data that enable them to make decisions whether it is to fix a technical glitch, change poor performing programming or confirm that advertisements were broadcasted as planned quickly and in many cases, proactively,” comments Sima Levy, more…

China’s state broadcaster CCTV (China Central Television) recently launched its new U.S. hub in Washington, D.C. with the Vista Spyder X20-0808 video processor managing graphics and video content and feeding it to three sets.

The U.S. operation delivers English-language programming to China and the Washington hub is the latest in CCTV’s worldwide expansion - which includes a studio in Nairobi, Kenya, a European bureau, and a newsgathering bureau and studio in Dubai. CCTV operates 16 national channels in China and claims a global TV audience of one billion.

“Spyder is very well known in the broadcast world as a high-end video processor with a very good reputation in the industry,” says Caroline Aldridge, COO and project manager for Oceanside, California’s Broadcast Design International, Inc., (BDI) a full-service, international set design and construction company.

“Everything in the three sets can change more…

— Nine scholarships/donations honor A-T’s 50th anniversary —

Audio-Technica, a leading innovator in transducer technology, officially kicked off its 50th Anniversary Year in the U.S. with a special gala event held January 19, 2012, during the Winter NAMM Show in Anaheim, California. The event featured an all-star music revue produced by legendary GRAMMY® Award-winning producer Phil Ramone. Among the featured all-star cast of performers were saxophonist and longtime Audio-Technica endorser Mindi Abair, R&B/jazz vocalist Patti Austin, new age/adult-contemporary superstar and Audio-Technica endorser Jim Brickman, smooth jazz saxophonist Dave Koz, vocalist Monica Mancini, legendary trumpeter/pianist/composer Arturo Sandoval, gospel/R&B music legend BeBe Winans and Canadian jazz-pop vocalist Nikki Yanofsky. In commemoration of the event, all eight performers have decided to donate their performance honoraria to different music education programs and more…

MILWAUKEE, Wisconsin- For greater flexibility in providing advertising agencies with audio and video post-production services for high-end clients such as Tax Act, Ski Do and West Bend Insurance, Milwaukee, Wisconsin based Independent Studios uses Fairlight’s 3-bay Constellation XCS console.

Randy Bobo, Owner at Independent Studios, made the switch to Fairlight almost 12 years ago to have the “fastest editor in the world. “All of our clients come from ad agencies, therefore we need to be ready to handle any project that comes our way,” Randy explained.

Most of the work the Independent team does is short-form commercial work for regional and national campaigns. Recently, Independent completed a commercial for Tax Act, which aired during Super Bowl XLVI. Independent has also been highlighted for its work with independent films and documentaries, including Sweet Land, which won the 2007 Independent Spirit Award more…

When the new Nature Research Center (NRC) wing of the North Carolina Museum of Natural Sciences held its grand opening recently the SECU Daily Planet dazzled visitors with its immersive, three-story multimedia space. Smart Monkeys, Inc. was hired by Batwin + Robin Productions of New York City to provide system design, consulting and programming for extensive amounts of content it created for the Daily Planet and throughout the NRC wing.

The Raleigh-based North Carolina Museum of Natural Sciences is the largest museum of its kind in the southeast. The new 80,000 square foot NRC offers state-of-the-art labs, research opportunities, interactive exhibits and live presentations designed to make science a tangible and enjoyable experience and help visitors understand the practical applications of science in their everyday lives.

The SECU Daily Planet is a globe-shaped structure attached to the NRC that spans the more…

SAN FRANCISCO — May 3, 2012 — Wohler Technologies today announced that the state-of-the-art broadcast facility, newly opened in Turkmenistan’s capital city of Ashgabad, is being equipped with a range of Wohler audio and video monitoring, switching, and processing systems. Provided by Wohler dealer Radikal Ltd. and integrated by Policom — a subsidiary of the Turkish company that built the Turkmenistan TV tower — the Wohler gear will facilitate complete monitoring and management of signals while giving operators the ability to mix and output various audio content, manage metadata, and analyze Dolby audio. more…

SIOUX FALLS, S.D. — May 3, 2012 — Sencore, a leading provider of signal quality and video delivery solutions, today announced the launch of its ProCare training program. As the newest addition to Sencore’s ProCare customer support and professional services offering, the training program includes a variety of training courses that can be delivered on site at the customer’s facility or remotely via the Web. more…

The decision by France’s CSA (Conseil Supérieur de l’Audiovisuel) to link the EBU’s Loudness Recommendation R128 to its own audio-visual legislation is now focusing the attention of French broadcasters on purchasing loudness processing equipment that complies with the EBU R128 standard.

One manufacturer that has already benefited is German dynamics specialist Jünger Audio, which recently won a significant order for its loudness processing equipment from the French public broadcaster France Television.

Jünger Audio’s Managing Director Peter Poers says: “Our EBU R128-compliant loudness processing equipment has already been installed at every major broadcast facility in Germany and Switzerland, and we are delighted that France’s public broadcaster has also chosen to endorse our technology. Broadcasters have recognised the benefit of using our proprietary LEVEL MAGIC™ adaptive control algorithm and like the fact that it allows them to adjust the audio level from any source more…

Novato, CA — Point Source Audio launches the new CO-7L Miniature Lavalier in response to customer demand for a lavalier version of its flagship CO-7 earworn microphone.

The new CO-7L Miniature Lavalier fills a need for speakers in broadcast or theatre production who generally prefer or need an “invisible” option. The CO-7L element is extremely small so it can be cleverly hidden in the hairline, behind a button, or even attached to eyeglasses. It is also water-resistant to be more resilient against humidity and moisture stemming from breath or perspiration.

The CO-7L is a Miniature Omni-directional Condenser Lavalier Microphone that handles up to 140dB SPL, so it should be the choice for actors, broadcasters, presenters, or pastors looking for maximum intelligibility and clean, accurate reproduction. Additionally, the CO-7L is offered in more…