 | 16. | | FOOTAGEFIRM GIVING AWAY AERIAL FOOTAGE
Posted Date: 8/18/2010
RESTON, VA – FootageFirm (www.footagefirlm.com), which offers royalty-free stock footage, is giving away 10 of its brand new aerial footage collections. The company says there is no catch. Pros only need to pay the shipping and handling charges for each DVD they request.
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| | 17. | | DIGITAL-TUTORS IMPROVES SUBSCRIPTION SERVICE
Posted Date: 8/16/2010
OKLAHOMA CITY, OK – Digital-Tutors (www.digitaltutors.com) is now offering the public beta release of Vault, its e-learning platform that allows artists to watch thousands of videos online with automatic play or the ability to go offline and download for travel. The program is being offered at no additional cost to any active Digital-Tutors subscription.
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| | 18. | |  | | PICTURE HEAD OUTFITS SOUND 7 FOR 5.1 WORK
Posted Date: 8/16/2010
HOLLYWOOD - Picture Head (www.picturehead.com) recently built-out Sound 7, a new 5.1 mix room/soundstage. The project was guided by director of sound Mark Herscovitz, who called on consultant Charles Pell of Cobalt Blue Technology, along with Colin Ritchie of LA-based design house, Aarmadillo, to specify and facilitate the purchase of much of the room’s audio and video equipment.
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| | 19. | | TELESTREAM TO ACQUIRE GRAB NETWORKS' ANYSTREAM
Posted Date: 8/13/2010
NEVADA CITY, CA - Telestream (www.telestream.net), a provider of digital media tools and workflow solutions, has entered into an agreement to acquire the business operations of Grab Networks’ Anystream division. The combination will extend Telestream’s position in the software video transcoding market and enhance the company’s ability to provide enterprise-class, file-based and live encoding solutions.
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| | 20. | |  | | BLOG: HOLLYWOOD'S OASIS HOSTS GRAND OPENING
Posted Date: 8/13/2010
HOLLYWOOD - The A-List of Hollywood post was in attendance at the Grand
Opening of Oasis Imagery (www.oasisimagery.com) on Sunset Boulevard in the heart of Hollywood. Oasis
Imagery is led by their chief visionary officer Scot Barbour, former manager of
Pro Apps Strategic Development at Apple Computer. He led the multi-million
dollar build out of the 27,000 sq. ft. facility.
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| | 21. | | BLACKMAGIC DESIGN ACQUIRES ECHOLAB
Posted Date: 8/12/2010
BOSTON - Blackmagic (www.blackmagic-design.com) has acquired EchoLab, a designer and manufacturer of production switchers. EchoLab has been building production switchers since 1974, and currently offers advanced ATEM switchers that offer up conversion on inputs, multilayer SuperSource input, Stinger transitions, and built in multi-view monitoring, all in a familiar and affordable M/E style design.
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| | 22. | | KODAK HONORS NEXT-GENERATION FILMMAKERS
Posted Date: 8/12/2010
BURLINGTON, VT - The recipients of the 2010 Kodak Scholarship Program
were honored last night during a reception at the University Film and
Video Association Conference (UFVA) at Champlain College. The global
competition is designed to recognize superior filmmaking skills and
creativity of the next generation.
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| | 23. | |  | | STORMSTOCK CAPTURES BP DISASTER IN HD
Posted Date: 8/12/2010
ARLINGTON, TX - Prairie Pictures’ StormStock (www.stormstock.com) team captured HD footage of the BP oil spill disaster.
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| | 24. | | TECHNICOLOR 3D NOW ON 250 SCREENS
Posted Date: 8/11/2010
HOLLYWOOD – Technicolor, which introduced its 35mm-based Technicolor 3D (www.technicolor3D.com) system just four months ago, has installed the solution on more than 250 screens across North America. Technicolor 3D launched in March with How to Train Your Dragon, and was followed with Clash of the Titans, Shrek Forever After, The Last Airbender, Despicable Me, and Cats & Dogs: The Revenge of Kitty Galore. Piranha 3D will hit theaters on August 20.
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| | 25. | | CREW CUTS AWARDED 'WBE' CERTIFICATION
Posted Date: 8/10/2010
NEW YORK - Crew Cuts (www.crewcuts.com) has been granted Women’s Business Enterprise (WBE) certification by the Women’s Business Enterprise National Council (www.wbenc.org). With its WBE certification, Crew Cuts can now offer its range of editorial, graphics, audio and finishing services to ad agencies and brands that want to engage in minority-certified partnerships.
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| | 26. | | HIFI PROJECT OPENS NEW YORK OFFICE
Posted Date: 8/9/2010
NEW YORK – Santa Monica, CA-based music production company HiFi Project (www.hifiproject.com) has opened an office in New York. The company is headed by composer/creative director Paul Robb and executive producer Birgit Roberts, who have teamed with music producer Jack Bradley on the expansion. Bradley will serve as partner and executive producer, and will head East Coast operations.
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| | 27. | |  | | GREECE'S SKLAVIS FILM LAB ADDS SCANNING SUITE
Posted Date: 8/9/2010
ATHENS, GREECE - Sklavis Film Lab Co., here, recently installed a
refurbished Rascal Digital and Pandora Pogle film scanning suite. The
purchase was made through Cintel’s (www.cintel.co.uk) sister Website
(www.usedtelecine.com), where the studio was able to specify a complete
film scanning suite to meet their requirements.
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| | 28. | |  | | PHOSPHENE HELPS ESTABLISH 'SALT' SETTING
Posted Date: 8/6/2010
NEW YORK - Phosphene (www.phosphenefx.com) created visual effects featured in the opening sequence of the action film Salt, starring Angelina Jolie. The studio altered the demilitarized zone between North and South Korea for the scene in which Jolie’s character is released as part of a prisoner exchange.
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| | 29. | | NY RENEWS TAX CREDIT, ADDS POST INCENTIVE
Posted Date: 8/6/2010
NEW YORK - New York State has renewed the 30 percent tax credit on film and television production for five years through 2015. And, for the first time, a post production tax credit has been included in the program.
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| | 30. | | HPA APPOINTS AVID'S MAZA TO BOARD OF DIRECTORS
Posted Date: 8/5/2010
HOLLYWOOD - The Hollywood Post Alliance (www.hpaonline.com) has appointed Avid’s worldwide marketing manager/post production, Vincent Maza, to its board of directors. He brings broad expertise to his new role with the HPA, having worked in the post industry for more than 15 years.
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