Fremont, CA – April 25, 2019 – Blackmagic Design has today announced that DaVinci Resolve Studio was used throughout the full color pipeline on Disney’s live action remake of Dumbo. Directed by Tim Burton with a screenplay by Ehren Kruger, the DI was delivered by Goldcrest Post’s Adam Glasman, who collaborated with Director of Photography Ben Davis, BSC. Using an ACES workflow in DaVinci Resolve, Adam and Ben began preproduction by defining a warm, golden-hour period look inspired by the layered colors of the original cell animation’s minimalist production design. Finished in 2K to enhance the soft, filmic quality of the rushes, the team ...

LiveU’s live streaming technology will be powering the live studio show at next month’s TNW2019 (The Next Web) for TNW’s editorial team, in partnership with Stream My Event. “TNW TV” will be streamed live to the TNW web site and promoted on TNW’s social media channels throughout the two-day festival in Amsterdam (May 9/10). The program will be a mix of live interviews with keynote speakers in the studio, live coverage of the keynote presentations themselves, and ad-hoc conversations with festival visitors, conducted by TNW’s team of roaming reporters using LiveU Solo wireless video encoders around the conference. Some of ...

The multi-screen, multi-platform world we live in has significantly increased the convenience of content consumers’ viewing experiences. Audiences can now watch everything from live sports to feature length films on a smartphone, allowing consumers to view any content, any place and at any time. As testament to how popular streaming really is, this year’s Super Bowl broke new records in streaming. 7.5 million unique devices streamed the game – a 20% increase on last year’s numbers. Additionally, engagement levels with content served up by major SVOD players such as Netflix and Hulu is staggering. For the fourth quarter of 2018, ...

RED Digital Cinema® released its RED R3D® SDK and accompanying REDCINE-X PRO® software with accelerated decode and debayering on NVIDIA CUDA® platforms. By offloading the compute-intensive decoding and debayering of RED R3D files onto one or more NVIDIA GPUs, real-time playback, edit and color grade of 8K footage is now possible. Benefits and efficiencies of this new software-hardware combination during the post-production process include: 8K real-time 30 fps or greater playback performance Up to 10x faster transcoding, depending on the format and content Improved efficiencies and quality control within the content review process Creative freedom using flexible R3D files instead ...

SAO PAOLO, APRIL 24, 2019 – As a sound designer, re-recording mixer and partner at Panela Productions, Marcelo Cyro takes pride in telling stories with sound. When Cyro and his team were given the task of mixing Netflix’s Super Drags, the first show in South America to use Dolby Atmos, he turned to NUGEN Audio’s NUGEN Post bundle to control the consistency of the mix. As the first show made using Dolby Atmos in South America, Cyro was presented with some unique mixing challenges. “Mixing in Dolby Atmos for broadcast within the loudness parameters was challenging because we needed to ...

Los Angeles, CA – April 24, 2019 – Leading immersive entertainment production company Supersphere today announced the launch of its new Audiophile Series, marking a new level of audio fidelity and delivery for live event broadcasts. Available on Oculus Venues, the series marks the first time that live VR/360° broadcasts will offer end-to-end natively mixed ambisonic audio for primary delivery, enhancing the level of event experiences so that fans worldwide can feel even closer to the show. “We’re thrilled to launch the Audiophile Series and bring an unmatched level of fidelity and audio quality to the world of live performance ...

Nomination comes for March for Our Lives’ powerful “The Most Vicious Cycle” NEW YORK—Sound Lounge partner and mixer Tom Jucarone is currently short-listed in the Audio Mixing category of the annual AICP Post Awards competition. His nomination comes for The Most Vicious Cycle, a 3 ½-minute public service video for March for Our Lives, a student-led advocacy working to curtail gun violence. Jucarone is a two-time winner of the award and has been short-listed seven times since the category was introduced in 2012. This year’s winners will be announced May 16. For Jucarone, this nomination is special. Produced in the ...

Fremont, CA – April 24, 2019 – Blackmagic Design announced today that the latest music video from Panic! At The Disco titled “Dancing’s Not A Crime” was shot on the URSA Mini Pro and Blackmagic Pocket Cinema Camera 4K using Blackmagic RAW. The video, shot by music video veteran Brandon Dermer, has become one of the fastest watched videos in the world and supports the bands hugely popular “Pray for the Wicked” world tour. The video follows the puppet Beebo, a caricature of lead singer Brendon Urie that has already starred in other Panic! At the Disco videos, as ...

Ascent’s highly secure and reliable approach to broadcast and IT convergence for Audio over IP transport recognized for NAB Product of the Year and Future’s Best of Show Award, Presented by Radio World CINCINNATI, April 24, 2019 — GatesAir, a global leader in wireless, over-the-air content delivery solutions for radio and TV broadcasters, departed Las Vegas last week with two prestigious industry awards for Intraplex Ascent, the industry’s first scalable, multichannel Audio over IP transport solution to address the convergence of broadcast operations with IT infrastructure. GatesAir took both awards for which Intraplex Ascent was under consideration: NAB Product of ...

Online retailer ProFlixSales guides mobile production specialist to the right problem-solving fiber-optic solution for long-distance media transport Hauppauge, NY, April 24, 2019 — MultiDyne Fiber Optic Solutions’ global reputation for problem-solving has taken on new meaning for the team at Videoworks, a full-service, California-based mobile production and rental house specializing in mid-sized events. The company selected MultiDyne SMPTE HUT camera transceivers to pair with its Sony fiber camerasystems following performance and service challenges with its initial choice. The switch to MultiDyne immediately solved those problems at a much lower cost, while overall optimizing performance and return on investment for long-distance ...

AI-enabled live translation system recognized by Future plc’s TV Technology, while new advances in automated captioning platform honored by Government Video Southfield, MI, April 24, 2019 – ENCO‘s launch of the new enTranslate automated, live translation system and upgrades to the enCaption4 automated captioning solution garnered the company two prestigious accolades at the 2019 NAB Show. enTranslate received Future’s Best of Show award presented by TV Technology, while the updated enCaption was similarly honored by Government Video. The patented, software-defined enCaption4 solution provides automated closed and open captioning for live and pre-recorded content in near-real-time, enabling broadcasters and content producers ...

LOS ANGELES — The Hollywood Section of SMPTE®, the organization that is defining the future of storytelling, will focus on cybersecurity at its monthly meeting slated for Thursday, April 25, at the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences, Los Angeles. Cyberthreats pose an immeasurable risk to Hollywood’s intellectual property. With the proliferation of third-party vendors responsible for creating and housing pre-release content, there is a clear need for a consistent set of security standards and an effective means of assessing facilities, processes, and workflows. At its April meeting, SMPTE Hollywood will host a panel of experts who will describe ...

MOUNTAIN VIEW, CA – April 23, 2019 – TVU Networks, the global technology and innovation leader in live IP solutions, today announced that TV Azteca, one of Mexico’s largest media companies, produced its coverage of Hollywood’s most prestigious awards show held annually in February with the company’s innovative TVU Remote Production System (TVU RPS). TVU RPS was used to transmit video footage from TV Azteca’s mobile unit at the venue in Los Angeles to a remote studio set up in a nearby hotel. A small stage on the terrace of the hotel suite served as a makeshift talk show set ...

Cypress, CA, April 23, 2019 – Social media and sports go hand in hand. So much so that when it came time for the professional video production team at Western Michigan University (WMU) to add a second replay system, they wanted something easy to learn as well as a system that would provide social media branding and video playout – all in one system. WMU already had one Envivo Replay, a sports and live event replay solution from Variant Systems, which is used to capture slow motion footage of the school’s Division I football team for in-stadium replays and for ...

EIPMA will provide career assistance to students, veterans and others seeking craft and technical careers in movies, television, music, and other entertainment arenas. LOS ANGELES—A coalition of leading trade and professional groups have formed a non-profit organization to provide mentoring services to young people seeking behind-the-scenes careers in the media and entertainment industry. The Entertainment Industry Professionals Mentoring Alliance, or EIPMA, plans to nurture the industry’s next generation of talent by offering expert guidance to high school and college students, military veterans and others seeking to launch their careers, and by hosting job fairs, panel discussions and other public events. ...

From filming NFL player Chris Long bringing clean water to east African countries to working with Hollywood’s the Jennifer Lawrence Foundation, Louisville, Kentucky-based film company Nadus Films has built a reputation for “making films that make a difference.” The global film company focuses on stories that make a cultural impact for good. They’ve done everything from shoot feature films, short films, as well as promotional material for mission-driven organizations while telling stories of war, famine, gang violence, and even religious persecution. “Our goal is to impact those lives of whom we’ve told stories of. We’ve been fortunate enough to see many changes for better within ...

Blended power of Dejero GateWay and Source-Connect will help mobile broadcast teams achieve faster audio file transfers [Waterloo, Ontario, April 23, 2019] — Dejero, an innovator in cloud-managed solutions that provide video transport and Internet connectivity while mobile or in remote locations, is joining forces with Source Elements, a high-quality audio software provider allowing users to work remotely and collaborate effectively over the Internet. This technology partnership means that broadcast teams can achieve faster remote audio file transfers from the field—using a combination of the Dejero GateWay Smart Blending Technology and Source Elements’ Source-Connect ISDN replacement. The mix ...

ATEME, the emerging leader in video delivery solutions for broadcast, cable, DTH, IPTV and OTT, has renewed its partnership with Hitachi Kokusai Linear, a leading supplier of broadcasting equipment in Brazil and international markets. The new partnership will see ATEME supply the firm with ultra-low latency Kyrion encoders. ATEME’s Kyrion offers high video quality, multi-channel H.264 and HEVC encoding designed to address a broad range of digital television applications. Its state-of-the-art encoding core will allow HKL to save bandwidth and reach its audience with a revolutionized picture quality. The encoders will be used alongside HKL broadcast transmitters to support the ...