Fremont, CA – May 10, 2019 – Blackmagic Design today announced that High School Nation is using Blackmagic Design’s URSA Mini Pro as their main cameras with the organization’s nationwide high school outreach program. The URSA Mini Pro cameras were recently used by High School Nation to film interviews at the NFL 2019 Pro Bowl and Major League Baseball’s 2019 Spring Training events. High School Nation was founded in 2014 by Jimmy and Mike Cantillon when their efforts to help their younger sibling’s band find a place to perform evolved into a nationwide effort to support schools and young artists. “High ...

Fremont, CA – May 20th, 2019 – Blackmagic Design has today announced that “Zero,” a new science fiction short from acclaimed British writer director duo The Brothers Lynch, was shot on the URSA Mini Pro. Starring Game of Throne’s Bella Ramsey, “Zero” has premiered in New York as part of this year’s Tribeca Film Festival lineup and will have a European release at SciFi London. Opting to reflect the post apocalyptic themes of the film through its camerawork, Keith and David Lynch collaborated with cinematographer Adam Etherington whose credits include “Gwen,” and “Poldark.” “The URSA Mini Pro was the ideal choice,” ...

Fremont, CA – May 17, 2019 – Blackmagic Design announced today that TBS SPARKLE, Inc. has installed a Cintel Scanner and DaVinci Resolve Studio to digitize a huge amount of 16mm footage from 1955 to the 1980s. This will include the digitization of more than 3,000 films, documentaries and news shows, as well as other footage shot by TBS SPARKLE, Inc. TBS SPARKLE, Inc. is a drama, variety, media and sports production company based out of Tokyo. The company’s management department, which is in charge of film archive work, manages videos broadcast by Tokyo Broadcasting System Television, Inc. This includes about ...

Investment will fuel product innovation and growth across the media & entertainment sector Boston, MA, USA — May 20, 2019 — EditShare, a technology leader in intelligent scale-out storage, Automated Quality Control (AQC), editing and media management solutions, today announced it has taken on a majority investment from private equity firm ParkerGale Capital (ParkerGale). Focused on profitable founder-owned technology companies, ParkerGale’s carefully curated portfolio is a mix of software-oriented businesses that are supported by the firm’s financial investment and in-house operating team whose mission is to help portfolio businesses rapidly scale and bring to market new innovative products and services. EditShare founders, ...

MONTREAL – 8:00 AEST, May 20 2019 – Australia’s leading broadcast services provider, MediaHub Australia, has turned to long-time collaborator Grass Valley, to help optimize its operations to easily deliver highly adaptive services and transition to a bespoke business model. Building on an existing SLA agreement, Grass Valley created a bespoke package, delivering support for all MediaHub Australia’s equipment on a per-channel basis. The new deal moves from support based on capital purchases, to one based on channel count. Thanks to this new framework, MediaHub Australia can deliver a more flexible service offering to its customers – from adding a ...

Company strengthens support for Pro AV market with flexible, future-proof solutions North Carolina – (May 14, 2019) — Barnfind USA, the USA-based support, service and sales arm of Barnfind Technologies, is strengthening its support of the pro-AV market by bringing a host of new technologies and solutions to InfoComm 2019 (Booth 469), the largest event in North America focused on the pro-AV industry. The heart of Barnfind’s booth will be centered around its new BTF1-41 Frame that eases design and installation issues by combining copper-to-fiber (and visa-versa) coversion, signal routing and distribution into one convenient 12G-SDI/HDMI 2.0 compliant package. Barnfind, an ...

Company enhances existing TAG Multiviewer/Monitoring system to meet growing demands of global service provider Atlanta, GA – May 14, 2019 – DigitalGlue, a leading equipment, integration, and software development provider, has enhanced Globecast’s monitoring capabilities by adding an additional 92 channels to the global solution provider’s existing TAG Multiviewer and monitoring system located in the Company’s Culver City, CA Media Center. The new channels, all HEVC signals, were deployed to meet the diverse needs of Globecast’s substantial and growing customer base. “Monitoring the health and quality of its signals is a critical function for Globecast, a company that helps ...

At InfoComm 2019, Clear-Com® will present a range of products from its broad portfolio of professional communication solutions, including wireless and mobile IP solutions for all kinds of workflows, whether for use on a cruise ship, in a house of worship, a global music tour, or a corporate event. Visitors to Booth 6755 will see the latest version of LQ® Series Audio-over-IP interfaces, which enable users to bring their IP-based intercom wherever they go by networking geographically-dispersed audio and communications devices of any brand or technology type over secure LAN, WAN or even the public internet. The LQ Series also allows users ...

Compact, portable write-protect hardware tool for acquiring, viewing and analyzing data without risk of deleting or modifying a drive’s data Intelligent Computer Solutions Inc. (ICS) and JMR Electronics, the exclusive ICS contract manufacturer, announced today the general availability of their latest product offering, DriveLockTM USB-C to SATA data acquisition and analysis tool. The all-new USB-C to SATA DriveLock is designed exclusively for data analysis applications, providing a compact, portable and easy-to-use write-protect hardware tool for acquiring, viewing and analyzing data in a secure environment without the risk of deleting or modifying the drive’s data. The DriveLock tool is the newest member ...

Light Iron, a Panavision company, has announced Jeremy Sawyer is returning to its Los Angeles facility as a senior colorist. The highly regarded Sawyer brings over 20 years of color finishing experience to his role. He joins Light Iron’s formidable talent roster as the facility manages a growing list of feature and episodic projects. Sawyer previously worked at Light Iron from 2015 to 2018 on such notable projects as I’m Dying Up Here, Easy, The First, Goliath, Mr. Mercedes, and The Walking Dead. His extensive skills in post as well as a passion for photography bring a unique aesthetic to ...

College students seeking technical careers get insights and advice from industry leaders. LOS ANGELES — University students from across Southern California met at the Television Academy’s Saban Media Center on April 27 to learn about technical careers in the media and entertainment industry at the 2nd annual Career Day, produced by the Hollywood Section of SMPTE®, the organization that is defining the future of storytelling. The day-long event included speeches, roundtables, and panel discussions with industry leaders offering expert advice on employment opportunities, job-seeking strategies, mentoring programs and trends in technology across cinema, television, games and virtual reality. Event sponsors ...

Chelmsford, Mass. – May 16, 2019 – Broadcast Pix™ will emphasize its IP-based solutions next month at InfoComm 2019 (Booth 2091) in Orlando, Fla., by demonstrating its newest integrated production switcher, BPswitch IX, as well as its new Version 7.5 software with expanded IP control capabilities and its new RCC IP camera control panel. “IP has quickly become a cornerstone of the professional AV marketplace, and Broadcast Pix has introduced the best solutions for IP-based multi-camera productions,” explained Tony Mastantuono, product manager for Broadcast Pix. “BPswitch IX offers the flexibility to control and switch IP, wireless, and legacy SDI ...

Post house is adding six state-of-the-art sound stages to services film and television productions in Mexico. MEXICO CITY—Cinematic Media, Mexico City’s largest, full-service post-production facility focused on television and cinema content, is teaming with two-time Academy Award-nominated supervising sound editor Martín Hernández to bring Hollywood-caliber sound services to Mexico. Hernández, sound supervisor for such films as The Revenant, Birdman and Pan’s Labyrinth, is overseeing construction of a new sound division at Cinematic Media. When complete, it will feature six sound editorial and mixing stages, each with state-of-the-art Avid Pro Tools systems, and each certified for Dolby Atmos sound production. Construction ...

Original music collection created for unscripted television to launch with ten albums. SANTA MONICA — Killer Tracks, a Universal Publishing Production Music company, today announced the launch of In Reality, a new production music label focused on songs for unscripted television. The new label debuts with ten albums of original tracks specially created for all reality television genres and spanning an array of musical styles, emotions and scenarios. The entire catalog is being supervised by Killer Tracks Executive Producer Ryan Perez-Daple, who has produced more than 300 of the company’s top-performing albums. In Reality’s new releases are available immediately for ...

VFX Legion Creates 100+ VFX for ‘Madam Secretary’ The LA/B.C.-Based Company Created All of the Visual Effects for the Political Drama’s Fifth Season and Releases a VFX Breakdown Reel Showcasing Some of the Most Challenging CG Shots Crafted for the CBS Series. VFX Legion recently wrapped the visual effects for the fifth season of the CBS’s series, ‘Madam Secretary.’ The LA and B.C.-based company assembled a team of over 30 artists to craft more than 100 visual effects for the show. The broad range of work includes a range of computer-generated shots, from large-scale green screens, and matte paintings to ...

MONTREAL – 8:00 EST May 16, 2019 – Grass Valley, a Belden Brand, has strengthened its remote production strategy, a key growth area for the company, with the appointment of Larissa Goerner as director of advanced live solutions. Based in Breda, Goerner will leverage her past experience of working with a number of major broadcast vendors to further cement Grass Valley as the industry frontrunner in remote/at-home production. Prior to her appointment at Grass Valley, Goerner was part of the CTO team and strategic product manager with media solutions provider Net Insight. She has held several broadcast vendor roles in R&D, marketing, product management ...

Using machine learning, new option for full-featured OTT platform helps operators shield viewers from sensitive content without manual effort and enhances searchability May 16, 2019 — Dübendorf, Switzerland: Insys Video Technologies has added powerful new capabilities to its comprehensive, over-the-top (OTT) video solutions that enable automated identification of celebrities and detection of inappropriate content in catch-up TV programming and on-demand video libraries. Viewers can find clips featuring a particular celebrity and jump to the exact point in the show where that person appears, while nudity and violence can be automatically flagged and blurred. OTT video services enable media organizations to ...

WayPoint 204 receiver makes IP transition easier for broadcasters embracing SMPTE ST 2110 suite of standards Waterloo, Ontario, May 15, 2019 — Dejero, an innovator in cloud-managed solutions that provide Emmy® award winning video transport and Internet connectivity while mobile or in remote locations, has launched the WayPoint 204 receiver that supports SMPTE ST 2110 for customers who are in the process of shifting their infrastructures and workflows to IP. Launched at NAB 2019 as the first Dejero product to support the SMPTE ST 2110 suite of standards for professional media industries, WayPoint 204 reconstructs video transported over ...