With Sky having commissioned Shine TV to produce the latest in ground-breaking factual entertainment – The Heist – the producers were faced with a considerable production challenge and, with the help of LiveU’s UK partner Garland Partners, found LiveU to be the perfect answer. Garland Partners oversaw technology supply and provided support. The Heist, which airs on Sky One from 9th November 2018, is a brand new factual entertainment format, produced by the company behind the Channel 4 series Hunted and The Island with Bear Grylls. The show is set in North Yorkshire, UK, in the town of Thirsk, and ...

Multiple lighting effects and optimum output power offer endless creative possibilities Edison, NJ – November 19, 2018 – The new Polaroid RGB LED camera and camcorder light offers photographers and videographers a professional, portable LED light system with powerful output for 99.00 USD. With a wide array of settings to create different moods, atmospheres, color backgrounds and special lighting effects, the easy-to-use light allows photographers to control and fine-tune the light source focus to capture the perfect shot every time. The free companion app allows users to fully control all aspects of the light, including color, brightness and saturation, for a fast and efficient ...

The 13 annual Hollywood Professional Association (HPA) Awards took place tonight, honoring the accomplishments of industry luminaries, behind-the-scenes artists and outstanding engineering teams. The HPA Awards set the bar for creative and technical achievement, recognizing individuals and companies for outstanding contributions made in the creation of feature films, television, commercials, and entertainment content enjoyed around the world. Awards were given to talented individuals and teams working in twelve creative craft categories, including color grading, sound, editing and visual effects for commercials, television and feature film. Victoria Alonso, EVP Production of Marvel, was honored with the HPA Charles S. Swartz Award, and special ...

Fremont, CA XCHARX November 19, 2018 XCHARX Blackmagic Design today announced that Austin, Texas based full service production studio Zodiac Studios is using an ATEM Television Studio Pro 4K live production switcher and Video Assist 4K monitor/recorders for its ongoing Austin Music Live series. Cofounded by Robert Calder, owner and executive producer at Zodiac Studios, along with Producer and Creator David Christopher, the live streamed series celebrates the rich and diverse local talent that makes Austin the live music capital of the world. Austin Music Live supports and fosters the city’s $2 billion music tourism industry. Now in its third season, Austin ...

LOS ANGELES — Nov. 19, 2018 — BroadcastXCHARXs advanced monitoring and control solutions provider, SuiteLife Systems of California, has announced a partnership with DAC System SA, the Switzerland-based manufacturer and worldwide distributor of high-quality RF signal monitoring sensors and related technologies. DAC System builds an end-to-end monitoring system with which television and radio broadcasters measure RF power and signal quality in the channel combiners in transmitter rooms and in the antenna systems installed at the towers. XCHARXAt SuiteLife Systems we continually seek to seamlessly expand the features and functionality of our XCHARXManage, Monitor, and ControlXCHARX automation solutions, so we are ...

Insight TV, the world’s leading 4K UHD HDR broadcaster and producer of native UHD content, has revealed that it has renewed its partnership with leading Pan-European satellite Pay TV operator M7 Group, expanding the deal to include German DTH subscribers. This announcement continues to highlight Insight TV’s strong commitment to growth and to delivering its content to a growing number of viewers around the world. The expanded partnership will see Insight TV’s UHD and HD channels offered to Diveo platform customers in Germany with fully localized feeds, in addition to the continued availability through M7 Group’s satellite TV platforms including: ...

Studio adds Supervising Sound Editor/Re-Recording Mixer Evan Benjamin and prepares to offer Dolby Atmos service as it benefits from New York’s production boom. NEW YORK— Sound Lounge is expanding its Film + Television division, which provides sound editorial, ADR and mixing services for episodic television, features and documentaries. The studio is upgrading the division’s main mix stage to support editing and mixing in the immersive Dolby Atmos format. It has also added veteran supervising sound editor, designer and re-recording mixer Evan Benjamin to its team. Benjamin is best known for his work in documentaries, including the acclaimed feature doc, RBG, ...

Koncept VR teams with Chapter Four to deliver spatial sound for unique virtual reality experience. NEW YORK CITY—Creative boutique Chapter Four recently applied its expertise in spatial sound to place consumers in the middle of the Disney’s hit Broadway spectacle Aladdin. Working under the direction of virtual reality studio Koncept VR, Chapter Four produced the soundtrack for a 3-minute VR video in which Aladdin’s cast performs the show-stopping number Friend Like Me. The work included recording the performance, creating a host of nuanced sound effects, and blending it all into an immersive soundscape. Viewers watching the piece through virtual reality ...

Award-winning Supervising Sound Editor/Re-Recording Mixer/Sound Designer Will Files and his sound team helped bring ‘Venom’ to life. Culver City, Calif. – Box office hit, Venom, from Columbia Pictures, was among the first films to have its sound work completed through Sony Pictures Post Production Services’ expanded facilities on the studio lot in Culver City. Supervising Sound Editor/Re-Recording Mixer/Sound Designer Will Files and his crew used a new theater-style sound design suite to create sound effects for the film, which stars Academy Award® nominated actor Tom Hardy as both the alien symbiote Venom and its human host, Eddie Brock. Bringing Venom ...

Fremont, CA XCHARX November 16, 2018 XCHARX Blackmagic Design announced today Epic Games’ Unreal Engine 4.21 now supports Blackmagic Design’s DeckLink 8K Pro, DeckLink Duo 2 and DeckLink 4K Extreme 12G capture and playback cards. DeckLink SDK binaries and source code from Epic will also now be available free to download on the company’s Unreal Engine Marketplace. Unreal Engine is the most used real time engine providing the highest quality solution for creating virtual reality (VR) and augmented reality (AR) experiences in the world. It is a complete suite of creation tools designed to meet the most ambitious artistic visions while being flexible enough ...

Vinten and Sachtler: flowtech100 Carbon-Fiber Tripod flowtech100 is the newest addition to the award-winning flowtech carbon-fiber tripod range. Compatible with all major 100mm fluid heads, flowtech100 supports a payload of up to 30 kilograms (66 pounds), making it the ideal tripod for electronic newsgathering, field production, and a wide range of commercial, educational, and documentary productions. Like its predecessor, flowtech75, flowtech100 is based on an exclusive carbon-fiber technology that includes the worldXCHARXs fastest-deploying tripod legs. With unique quick-release brakes conveniently located at the top of the tripod, the flowtech100 legs can be deployed simultaneously and adjust automatically to the groundXCHARXs ...

UK loudspeaker manufacturer PMC has appointed Boujikian Bros.Co.Ltd as its distributor in Lebanon with responsibility for handling the company’s entire range of professional studio monitors. Established in 1984 as a supplier of all kinds of Electronics accessories, Boujikian Bros. Co. Ltd. Now offers a range of products to suit the audio, lighting, rigging, staging, and AV markets. As well as equipment sales, the company also provides design, technical and support services to a wide range of customers in the Middle East and Africa. Gary Boujikian, General Manager and owner of the Beirut-based company, says: “PMC is a well-known brand in ...

Online music network Mahogany and social media platform VERO are giving one talented filmmaker the chance to win a £10,000 production budget. The fund provides aspiring filmmakers with the opportunity to create original content, a unique short film, and a ‘Mahogany Session’ promoted to a dedicated audience of 6 million users per month. Commencing on Wednesday 14th November 2018 under the tag #discoverdonvero, the competition will run until Friday 23rd November 2018. Entrants will be given a series of written questions to expand on their chosen film idea, and must provide examples of previous work. The winning film concept will ...

Award recognizes outstanding contribution to the field of live transmission as Dejero turns 10 [Waterloo, Ontario, November 15, 2018] — Dejero, an innovator in cloud-managed solutions that provide video transport and Internet connectivity while mobile or in remote locations, has been awarded a prestigious Technology & Engineering Emmy® Award for XCHARXexcellence in engineering creativityXCHARX, honoring a decade of achievements in the field of live transmission driven by its vision of reliable connectivity anywhere. Headquartered in Waterloo, Ontario, Canada, Dejero has been trusted by the biggest names in various industries around the world for broadcast-quality video transport and ...

AUSTIN, Texas — Nov. 15, 2018 — BeckTV, one of the United StatesXCHARX premier design-build systems integrators, served as the systems integrator for the control room build at the new University of Louisville (UofL) Athletics Broadcast Center in Louisville, Kentucky. The state-of-the-art, 7,850-square-foot television production facility, which opened its doors in September 2018, is designed to house all of the equipment and personnel necessary to originate live programming for the comprehensive linear and digital ACC Network, which will be launched by the Atlantic Coast Conference (ACC) and ESPN in 2019. XCHARXWe aimed high with the design of our broadcast center, ...

ATLANTA, Ga. — Nov. 15, 2018 — VITEC, a worldwide leader in advanced video encoding and streaming solutions, today announced that it has acquired Telairity, a provider of H.264 encoding workflow solutions to broadcasters worldwide. XCHARXThe strategic acquisition of Telairity further strengthens VITECXCHARXs position in the broadcast market,XCHARX said Mark DXCHARXAddio, VITECXCHARXs senior vice president, sales and marketing. XCHARXVITECXCHARXs HEVC technology and streaming expertise address a growing need for broadcasters to reduce bandwidth requirements while maximizing video quality.XCHARX Matt McKee, formerly at Telairity, has joined VITEC as director of broadcast sales. He added, XCHARXTelairity customers have been asking for a ...

Grass Valley, Calif (November 15, 2018) — AJA Video Systems today released v1.1 firmware for its IPR-10G-HDMI Mini-Converter, which enablesSMPTE ST 2110 IP video/audio to HDMI. Available as a free download, the update adds support for UltraHD up to 30p and integrates new improvements for discovery, registration and control. The compact and fanless IPR-10G-HDMI Mini-Converter receives SMPTE ST 2110 over 10GigE connectivity and formats the data for output as video and audio on a full-size HDMI interface, with simultaneous analog audio output via an RCA interface. New v1.1 firmware for the device includes: Support for 10-bit, 4:2:2 uncompressed UltraHD ...

Fremont, CA XCHARX November 15, 2018 XCHARX Blackmagic Design announced today that more than 25 feature length and short films competing at the 2018 Austin Film Festival used Blackmagic Design digital film cameras and DaVinci Resolve Studio professional editing, grading and audio post production software. Celebrating its 25th year, the Austin Film Festival focuses on the writers’ creative contribution to the film, and is unique for bringing professional and amateur screenwriters together to celebrate the role of screenplays in filmmaking. With a heavy focus on the art of story, the festival is intent on making the creators the stars, celebrating all ...