MADRID, SPAIN — SGO (www.sgo.es) is drawing from its established Mistika technology to introduce new pipeline tools that will be more accessible to the post community as a whole. The company’s Mistika ...
April 4, 2017
WHITE PLAINS, NY — The Society of Motion Picture and Television Engineers (SMPTE) is hosting its Centennial Gala on Friday, October 28th in Hollywood at the Ray Dolby Ballroom. Actor John O’Hurley, be ...
September 12, 2016
AMSTERDAM — At IBC 2016, Autodesk (www.autodesk.com) announced Flame 2017 family extension 1 release for professional 3D visual effects, compositing and finishing. The update includes new 3D scene nav ...
September 9, 2016
MORRISVILLE, NC - Lenovo (www.lenovo.com) recently introduced a new addition to its workstation family with the ThinkStation P320 Tiny. The pint-sized system is 96 percent smaller than a traditional d ...
June 22, 2017
SAN FRANCISCO — Autodesk’s (autodesk.com) board of directors has appointed Andrew Anagnost, current interim co-chief executive officer and chief marketing officer, as the company's new president and C ...
June 20, 2017
LONDON — In celebration of 20 years since Teletubbies first landed on television screens, Lola has announced the completion of 120 episodes in which it served as the sole VFX vendor on the new and upd ...
LOS ANGELES – The Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences (www.oscars.org/AcademyGoldProgram) has received commitments from four additional industry partners – Creative Artists Agency (CAA), Illum ...
June 15, 2017
SANTA MONICA — Eleven (www.elevensound.com) has added a number of new members to its audio post team. Madeleine “Maddee” Bonniot joins Eleven as producer, while Andrew Smith comes on board as assistan ...
June 13, 2017
Independent recording artist Oh Susanna (Suzie Ungerleider) recently created a music video for her song, Tickets On the Weekend. The 4:46 video is comprised entirely of still photos, many from her pas ...
June 1, 2017
SAN JOSE, CA — Adobe Systems (www.adobe.com) has acquired all SkyBox technology from Mettle, a developer of 360-degree and virtual reality software. The acquisition comes at a time when increasing num ...
June 21, 2017
LONDON — Business Growth Fund has invested an initial £2m ($2.55M) in Milk Visual Effects (www.milk-vfx.com), the Oscar-winning independent visual VFX company that contributes to both feature films an ...
June 19, 2017
GRASS VALLEY, CA — AJA Video Systems (www.aja.com) is now shipping the Ki Pro Ultra Plus, its new multi-channel recorder that offers one, two, three or four-channel simultaneous HD recording up to 108 ...
MINNEAPOLIS — Gasket Studios (gasket.tv) recently created a package of humorous :05 spots for Old El Paso. The “Anything Goes In” commercials feature Old El Paso’s taco shells and bowls, which are giv ...
June 12, 2017
HOLLYWOOD — Cine Gear Expo took place at The Studio at Paramount earlier this month, giving the Hollywood production community a chance to check out the latest new products and services, as well as li ...
June 7, 2017
LOS ANGELES — Boutique post production company Shed (https://shed.la), with locations in LA and London, worked on the dailies for Marvel’s latest blockbuster, Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 2. The studi ...
May 17, 2017
LOS ANGELES — Shotgun Software (https://shotgunsoftware.com) is now accepting entries for its annual Pipeline Awards. In its fourth year, the Pipeline Awards honor outstanding tools and individuals th ...
May 10, 2017
LOS ANGELES — SIGGRAPH 2017 will host a highly diverse array of new Virtual Reality (VR) and Augmented Reality (AR) projects from around the world during its upcoming annual conference, set to take pl ...
June 8, 2017
MONTREAL — Mettle (www.mettle.com), the developer of 360VR software tools, has launched a free, comprehensive 360/VR Master Training Series that’s designed to teach aspiring 360/VR filmmakers cinemati ...
May 22, 2017
MELVILLE, NY — Canon USA, Inc., has introduced the EOS C200 and EOS C200B digital cinema cameras, which are designed to meet the demanding needs of filmmakers and TV production users. The two new mode ...
May 31, 2017
FREEMONT, CA — Blackmagic Design’s NAB 2017 Roadshow will offer hands-on demonstrations of the company’s newly announced DaVinci Resolve 14, ATEM Television Studio Pro HD, Ursa Mini Pro camera and mor ...
May 19, 2017
FRIEDRICHSDORF, GERMANY – Maxon ( www.maxon.net ) has announced a comprehensive, multi-year agreement with Nvidia ( www.nvidia.com ) that gives Maxon access to Nvidia rendering technology, including i ...
AMSTERDAM, NETHERLANDS — Blackmagic Design ( www.blackmagicdesign.com ) announced two key acquisitions during the IBC 2016 show in Amsterdam. The company has acquired Ultimatte, the blue and green scr ...
AMSTERDAM — AJA Video Systems (www.aja.com) has announced Ki Pro Ultra v2.0 firmware, adding support for Avid DNxHD to the portable file-based 4K/UltraHD/2K/HD record and playback device. Users can no ...
BOURNEMOUTH, UK — Outpost VFX (outpostvfx.co.uk) delivered over 420 VFX shots for Johannes Roberts’ new intense survival film, 47 Meters Down. The studio served as the sole VFX vendor for the film, wh ...
UNIVERSAL CITY, CA — Universal Pictures has announced that its series of films reviving the studio’s classic monster characters will be known as “Dark Universe.” The motion logo for the new initiative ...
SAN FRANCISCO — Autodesk, Inc. (www.autodesk.com) has released SketchBook 4.0 for iOS, the latest update for its digital painting and drawing app. Now available for purchase through the Apple App Stor ...
Songwriter/vocalist Tony Gottlob recently released a music video for his folk track “Morning Comes Breaking.” The song tells the story of a young soldier, who is torn by his love for his beautiful swe ...
SANTA MONICA & NEW YORK CITY — Arcade’s (www.arcadeedit.com) Paul Martinez recently completed the edit for Miley Cyrus’s new music video, Malibu. The piece features breathtaking visuals of Malibu’ ...
May 15, 2017
Post's Marc Loftus talks with Jason Teichman from Pond5's about the company's licensable media.
April 28, 2017
Linda Romanello catches up with Dave Frederick, senior director of media & entertainment at Quantum.
LAS VEGAS, NV – Avid has introduced Avid Media Campus, a new program that makes it easy for educational institutions to access professional solutions from Avid, at NAB 2017. Offering a deeper partners ...
April 26, 2017
CHICAGO — SIGGRAPH 2017, the annual interdisciplinary educational experience showcasing the latest in computer graphics and interactive techniques, will host a special VR presentation and film screeni ...
LOS ANGELES — At Cine Gear Expo 2017 at Paramount in Hollywood, Radiant Images (www.radiantimages.com) showed a number of its VR solutions as well as presented a 360 livestream of the event. Radiant I ...
June 6, 2017
NEW YORK CITY — Crew Cuts (www.crewcuts.com) recently edited a colorful new spot for Nestle Waters North America that promotes their Perrier brand’s zero-calorie, fruit-flavored water. Conceived by Og ...
June 14, 2017
SANTA MONICA & NEW YORK CITY — Bicoastal editorial company Arcade (www.arcadeedit.com) welcomes creative editor Graham Chisholm to their team. His vibrant career began in Montreal, where he worked ...
NEW YORK CITY — The bicoastal editorial shop Spot Welders has brought on Anna Rotholz, who will serve as executive producer/head of development at their Manhattan office. She worked as a rep with Spot ...
NEW YORK CITY — "Art of the Cut: Conversations with Film and TV editors” is a new book by author/editor Steve Hullfish. As a feature film and TV editor, Hullfish’s credits include Courageous, War Room ...
May 9, 2017
LOS ANGELES – In June, the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences will launch Academy Gold (www.oscars.org/AcademyGoldProgram), a new entertainment industry summer internship and mentoring progra ...
April 6, 2017
OAKLAND, CA — Visual effects studio Atomic Fiction has hired Marc Chu, who will lead the studio's animation efforts across its Oakland and Montreal locations. Chu joins Atomic Fiction from ILM, where ...
LOS ANGELES — After successfully producing a number of well-received films, actress/producer Sabrina Percario, SAG / AFTRA, has formed her production company, Percario Productions (www.percarioproduct ...
June 16, 2017
LOS ANGELES — Starz’s original series American Gods adapts author Neil Gaiman's novel into a feast of visceral imagery. Developed by Bryan Fuller and Michael Green, and produced by FremantleMedia Nort ...
RESTON, VA — VideoBlocks (www.videoblocks.com) the subscription-based provider of royalty-free stock media, has launched its artist-friendly stock Photo Marketplace, which will reward photo contributo ...
April 24, 2017
NEW YORK — Pond5 (https://www.pond5.com), the online marketplace for professionally produced photo, video and audio content, has announced a new Global Partner Program that’s designed to deliver multi ...
April 20, 2017
NASHVILLE — A Warner/Chappell Production Music (www.warnerchappellpm.com) track is being used in Intel’s new Super Bowl commercial featuring Patriots QB Tom Brady. Epic features the “Sports Open Theme ...
February 1, 2017
RICHMOND, VA — Reenactment Stock Footage (www.reenactmentstockfootage.com), which offers an expansive HD collection of licensable, historical re-enactments and recreations, has launched an all new Web ...
February 23, 2017
GLENDALE, CA – C3 Entertainment, Inc. (www.c3entertainment.com) has purchased over 1,000 hours of historic, military-themed titles from Creation Films. The deal continues to grow the content and distr ...
November 30, 2016
LOS ANGELES — Phase 3 Productions (http://phase3.tv) has invested in Archion Technologies’ EditStor shared storage solution to handle its increasing media needs in the production of infomercials promo ...
LONDON — Codex, the maker of recorders and media processing systems that are designed to streamline the transfer of digital files and images from camera through to post production, has hired Mark Ande ...
ROME, ITALY — Bent is the latest motion picture production to move its media management to the WCPMedia cloud. Augustus Color, the Rome-based post production lab, is using WCPMedia’s platform to deliv ...
May 4, 2017