Pixit Media, pioneer of software-defined storage and data-management solutions for the Media and Entertainment industry, is pleased to announce that one of the UK’s leading post houses, Films at 59, has installed a PixStor scalable storage platform to support its 4K high-end grading and finishing work. Founded in 1990, Films at 59 is an award-winning Pre and Post production house, with sites in Bristol and Cardiff and collaborative working relationships worldwide. Delivering across all genres, the company is renowned for its achievements in high-end broadcast, particularly in factual entertainment and natural history. With a growing international client list including Netflix, ...

Axon Digital, leading Broadcast and IP infrastructure specialist, has announced a new channel partnership with Canadian-based Applied Electronics Limited, a trusted provider of integrated media solutions and professional audio visual, broadcast and media storage technology. The relationship will expand Axon’s reach throughout Canada, with a strong focus on building and supporting IP environments. Applied Electronics, which supplies, integrates and supports the latest broadcast technology offerings for broadcast, production and post-production from its locations in Toronto, Ottawa, Montreal, Calgary, Edmonton and Vancouver, will provide sales and on-the-ground technical support across the region, where Axon has a growing customer base. A strong ...

Filmmaker Chris Ray has made a career out of capturing epic shots. From his beginnings in the skate industry to his work on the viral hit ‘Pipedream’ which saw Robbie Maddison surf waves on a dirt bike in Tahiti and garnered 30 Million views, Ray’s run and gun style of filming have made him successful. But what began with skating has quickly expanded into work with companies like DC Shoes, NFL Films, Ford, GoPro, ESPN and many more. “I do so much outside of skateboarding now – commercials and so many other things,” explains Ray, who shot his first skate ...

Red Bee Media has been awarded the DPP Committed to Security mark for both broadcast and production as of March 2019. The DPP Committed to Security program promotes best practice in cyber security across the media supply chain. This certification shows a continued commitment from Red Bee Media in prioritizing and adhering to cyber security best practices. The DPP Committed to Security program was launched in 2017, based on two existing documents, a Supplier Security Checklist, generated by DPP members, and the Broadcaster Cybersecurity Requirements, created in cooperation with NABA (North American Broadcasters Association). The program allows suppliers in production ...

The Hollywood Professional Association, the trade association serving the community of individuals and businesses who provide creative and technical expertise, support, tools and infrastructure for professional content creation, distribution and archive, announced today that industry veteran Phil Kubel has joined as the organization’s director. Kubel will be the Burbank-based presence of the HPA management team, managing the organization’s day-to-day business as well as supporting strategic planning, membership development, and program development. “Phil’s extensive and direct experience creating and managing a broad range of content for an array of outlets, combined with his innovative and entrepreneurial spirit, make him the perfect ...

PHABRIX, a worldwide leader in test and measurement solutions, today announced it has teamed up with Joseph Roncon to manage the company’s sales operations in North America, effective May 6, 2019. Roncon will assume responsibility for the management of PHABRIX’s distributor channel network and growing business across the region. PHABRIX’s Sales and Operations Director, Martin Mulligan, said: “Joseph’s wealth of industry knowledge and proven track record of driving growth in region are great assets to PHABRIX as we look to strengthen relationships and maximize our presence in North America.” Commenting on his appointment, Roncon said: “PHABRIX has great products and ...

HACKETTSTOWN, NJ, MAY 23, 2019 — Vislink Technologies’ new low-latency HCAM 4K UHD transmitter and UltraReceiver (ULRX-LD) wireless camera solution offers single-frame end-to-end capabilities for broadcast sports and major entertainment event coverage applications. When used collaboratively, Vislink’s award-winning HCAM+ULRX solution provides less than one frame of latency when working with 4K content, making it the lowest latency, highest quality system on the market. “As the first company to launch single-frame, end-to-end latency in 4K, our customers have been able to create more immersive and high-impact live programming for viewers,” says John Payne, President and COO of Vislink Technologies. “For event ...

SINGAPORE, May 23, 2019 – TSL Products, a leading designer and manufacturer of broadcast workflow solutions, presents its new SAM-Q audio monitoring platform to the Asia-Pacific region at this year’s BroadcastAsia Show (Level 6, Stand 6J3-01). In addition, TSL will be presenting its full-suite of product offerings since the recent announcement of its acquisition of DNF Controls, a U.S.-based company offering a wide range of human-to-machine and machine-to-machine solutions, this past April. SAM-Q represents a new approach to audio monitoring, allowing customers to determine how they wish to control and visualize their audio content based on application, environment or simple ...

Red Bee Media has been contracted to deliver Managed OTT services for live tv & video-on-demand platform NLZIET in the Netherlands, after successfully completing a proof of concept with live streams of the UEFA Champions League in May 2019. Services provided include transcoding, packaging and delivery of high-quality streams of live channels and catch-up content on the NLZIET platform. NLZIET is a monthly subscription service with aggregated content from 22 linear channels, created by Dutch public broadcaster NPO in cooperation with RTL and Talpa Network, two of the largest commercial broadcasters in the Netherlands. The proof-of-concept involved testing and demonstrating ...

Light Iron, a Panavision company specializing in post production services, is again playing an important collaborative role with notable episodic series this season. Customized workflow offerings from Light Iron for BETTER THINGS, THE GOOD FIGHT, THE OA, RAMY, SHRILL, THE MARVELOUS MRS. MAISEL, and WHAT WE DO IN THE SHADOWS, included dailies, digital intermediate, archive, and data services, among other creative and technical contributions. From San Francisco and Los Angeles to New York and Toronto, Light Iron serviced the productions from a range of locations with color and front-end teams involved from pre-production for a smooth and efficient experience. “We ...

Middleware solution from Marquis Broadcast accelerates workflow and business transformation for the Spanish broadcaster’s Historic Archive Spanish broadcaster, RTVE, has updated its ‘Historic Archive’ production system with Medway – a powerful and scalable media-centric middleware from Marquis Broadcast. Medway links RTVE’s edit platforms, asset management and video servers together with its historical archive systems. It helps connect multiple sites in different regions, to allow one site’s archive to be used from another site, all controlled via media asset management. RTVE has two sites in Madrid and one in Barcelona, with a data-tape archive at each location and many Avid editing ...

Zentropa chooses Workspace Backup from Marquis Broadcast as ‘no-nonsense’ Avid backup solution for its film and television work Zentropa in Denmark is one of the leading post-production companies in Europe, winning the most prestigious awards on the international film scene and producing over 200 films to date. The company has recently invested in Workspace Backup from Marquis Broadcast, to take backups of Avid work-in-progress as part of its disaster recovery plan. Although feature film work for both the national and international markets are its main focus, Zentropa also produces TV documentaries and series, along with music videos, so needed a ...

David Makes Man is the first TV series written by Tarell Alvin McCraney, who won an Academy Award for co-writing the 2017 Best Picture winner Moonlight based on his play, “In Moonlight Black Boys Look Blue.” McCraney, serving as the series executive producer along with Michael B. Jordan (Creed) and Oprah Winfrey, tells a semi-autobiographical story of his own life, as did Moonlight, delving into childhood trauma and using the power of imagination to survive. Photo Credit: Rod Millington / 2018 Warner Bros. Entertainment Inc. All Rights Reserved. To shoot this story of a 14-year old prodigy looking for ...

Fremont, CA – May 22, 2019 – Blackmagic Design announced today that URSA Mini Pro 4.6K and Pocket Cinema Camera 4K were used for live shooting of The Birthday’s TOUR 19 NIGHTS 2018 AUTUMN, the sold out recent tour by the popular UNIVERSAL SIGMA Japanese rock band. A total of 10 Blackmagic Design cameras, including four Pocket Cinema Camera 4K and six URSA Mini Pro 4.6K’s recording in Blackmagic RAW, were used. DaVinci Resolve Studio was used for post production editing and grading workflows. The Birthday is a popular Japanese garage rock band, and the tour was recorded by Japanese production ...

SKOKIE, IL, MAY 22, 2019 – Studio Technologies, manufacturer of high-quality audio, video, and fiber-optic solutions, introduces two new Dante®-enabled intercom beltpacks, the Model 372A and Model 373A. Both units, which combine a single talk channel with two channels of listen, are capable of supporting professional and consumer-grade, single- and dual-channel headsets with audio quality that far exceeds typical party-line intercom equipment. The Model 372A is intended to connect with headsets that use a 5-pin male XLR connector, while the Model 373A interfaces with headsets that use a 4-pin female XLR connector. Both are also equipped with a 3.5 mm ...

Burbank, CA – May 22, 2019 – Sigma Corporation of America, a leading still photo and cinema lens, camera, flash and accessory manufacturer, will exhibit its full Sigma Cine lens lineup, including the new 28mm T1.5, 40mm T1.5, and 105mm T1.5 prime lenses at the 2019 Cine Gear Expo in Los Angeles, CA in booth 71A. In addition to the hands-on Sigma Cine lens showcase, showgoers can attend special educational Sigma presentations offered throughout the exhibition. SPECIAL SIGMA CINE PRESENTATIONS Lens Projection Master Class This session will touch on the special needs of digital cinematography such as the OLPF in many cameras and the influence it ...

Company honored for ground-breaking work on single-chip color camera technology Woodbury, NY, May 22, 2019 — Hitachi Kokusai Electric America, Ltd. announced today that Hitachi has been honored with a Technology and Engineering EMMY® award from the National Academy of Television Arts & Sciences (NATAS) for pioneering development of the single-chip color video camera. The EMMY® award was accepted by Koji Takaichi, President and CEO of Hitachi America, Ltd., at the 70th Annual Technology & Engineering EMMY® Awards gala. The event was held in partnership with the National Association of Broadcasters (NAB) on April 7 in Las Vegas during the 2019 ...

Cleanit is Crystal Vision’s new profanity delay system. One of the few products available for protecting video as well as audio, Cleanit allows a live content stream to be delayed by up to 20 seconds in HD (ten seconds in 3Gb/s or 110 seconds in SD), giving the operator time to react and prevent the broadcast of unwanted or offensive video or audio material – such as expletives, obscene gestures, wardrobe malfunctions, bloopers, competitor mentions, coughing fits or technical problems. Features which make Cleanit the ideal profanity delay solution include its budget-friendly flexibility (multiple packages allow the broadcaster to just ...