Software

Italy’s NVP Builds Innovation Hub on Open Standards and Grass Valley’s AMPP

NVP Innovation Hub in Cologno media city is built on open IP standards and Grass Valley’s AMPP SaaS, enabling NVP to produce Serie B football matches remotely and on demand.

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Italy’s NVP Builds Innovation Hub on Open Standards and Grass Valley’s AMPP

Broadcast

Zero Density Strengthens its Senior Management…

Zero Density announced the appointment of three new senior leaders to support the company's global growth and enhance…

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SNews Arion NRCS Integrates Viz Flowics…

Vizrt’s HTML5 graphics engine Viz Flowics, now integrates with SNews’ Arion newsroom system to help news productions…

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European League of Football Builds Remote…

European League of Football built a cloud-powered remote production infrastructure for their 2023 season with AWS, from…

Production

EZtrack and Cooke Partner on Near Real Time…

Cooke and EZtrack partnered to develop a coherent, integrated system that brings the work of conceiving and making…

Post

Adobe Photoshop Integrates Generative AI to…

Adobe integrated generative AI capabilities from Firefly engine into Photoshop as Generative Fill, a rapid,…

Cameras

Sony and Lega Serie A Deliver Action and…

Sony and Lega Serie A supported the production of the Coppa Italia Frecciarossa final using Sony’s cameras in…

Post

Jennifer Mendes Takes a Chance on Colour at…

Colourist Jennifer Mendes talks about the world of post in Portugal, making a career change from motion design to…

Storage

Arcitecta and Spectra Logic Collaborate on…

Arcitecta and Spectra Logic together developed two new systems to help organisations simplify data lifecycle…

Cameras

ARRI CCM-1 Opens Up Full Camera Control for…

ARRI’s new Camera Control Monitor gives full camera control and menu access for the ALEXA 35 and ALEXA Mini LF, with a…

H-Ware

MSI Creator Z17 HX Accelerates Content with…

MSI’s new Creator Z17 HX studio laptop has performance for content creation applications, an accurate True Pixel 17in…

VFX

Chaos V-Ray 6, update 1 Adds Control and…

V-Ray 6 update 1 for Maya and Cinema 4D adds new tools to help insert millions of objects into imagery, fine-tune and…

VFX

Maxon Adds AMD GPU Support for Redshift,…

Redshift (3.5.15) is now compatible with some of AMD’s Radeon PRO GPUs, the Cineware bridge for Unreal takes direct…

Production

Memnon Appoints Marcelle Quinn Williams to Help…

As Strategic Account Director at Memnon, Marcelle will help to promote the importance of digitally preserving cultural…

Broadcast

Pebble Automates New OTT Headend Facility at…

For its new OTT headend, M&E and sports provider Intigral engaged Pebble to design, supply and build its playout…

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Nevion and Viacom18 Design and Deploy Live IP…

Viacom18 worked with Nevion on a HD and UHD/4K contibution system to deliver regional feeds for remote production and…

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Broadpeak Optimises and Maintains Quality of…

ORS deployed a fully managed, comprehensive delivery system based on Broadpeak’s Origin Packager to maintain the…

Production

Cintel Scanner and DaVinci Resolve Restore a…

Colourist Shaley Brooks scanned and restored ‘Perth’ for today’s viewers using the Cintel Scanner and DaVinci Resolve…

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Alex Gascoigne Joins Harbor UK as Senior…

Alex Gascoigne has spent the past 15 years building a reputation as a highly collaborative, creative colourist with a…

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FilmLight FLUX Store Tunes Up Windmill Lane’s…

Ireland’s Windmill Lane studio upgraded their Baselight TWO systems, adding FLUX Store networked storage to update…

Production

Matrox Video Cards and SDK Enhance Channel…

Studio Berlin automates nonstop recording for productions that need high reliability and availability, using Matrox…

Seven Network Chooses FUJINON 4K Lenses for Robotics and Automation

Cameras

Seven Network purchased FUJINON 4K barrel lenses to use in robotically controlled projects and automated systems, supported by the new S-10 drive…

Leostream’s Zero-Trust Network Access Secures Remote Computing on AWS

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Leostream developed federated identity management with Zero-Trust Network Access, built to protect and connect users, data and applications across…

Kiloview Moves Youku into Mobile with NDI-based Vehicle and Server

Broadcast

Streaming platform Youku customised a live broadcast vehicle with Kiloview’s all-IP, NDI-based production and streaming equipment, and centralised…

Entertainment Technologists and NEP Virtual Studios Demystify Virtual Production

Production

A new paper and calculator tools support producers and studio executives with resources for planning and budgeting in new Virtual Production…

Sarah McGrail Joins Assembly’s Growing Team of VFX Talent

VFX

New York based creative studio Assembly welcomes Senior Vice President of VFX Sarah McGrail to its Senior Management team.

Marquise Technologies Advances HDR Workflows and MPEG-H Audio Content

Post

Marquise Technologies’ image processing software for mastering and QC for Digital Cinema and UHDTV has received major updates including new HDR…

‘The Railway Children Return’ Revisits a Family Classic with Cooke Anamorphics

Cameras

Cinematographer Kit Fraser shot this ‘Railway Children’ sequel on the Alexa Mini LF with Cooke FF anamorphics, paying homage to the original film…

Vizrt Develops New Cloud-native HTML5 Graphics Based on Flowics Integration

Broadcast

Vizrt has developed three new products – Viz Flowics, Viz Data Connectors and Viz Social – following the company’s acquisition of live graphics…

Maintaining Media Network Security in a Software Dominated World

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Software systems are now a major trend within the broadcast industry’s shift to IP video processing. Nevion’s Olivier Suard believes that, as well as…

Appear Supports High-Density Remote UFC Productions for PSSI Global

Broadcast

PSSI Global Services deploys Appear's X Platform for REMI productions for UFC, with high-density, high bandwidth HEVC encoding / decoding from live…

Unreal Engine 5.2 Launches Procedural Content Generation, Substrate Materials

VFX

Unreal Engine 5.2 includes three Experimental features, updates to both the virtual production tools and the VCam system, a new ML Deformer sample…

Adobe Firefly and Bard by Google Integrate under Content Authenticity Initiative

Production

Firefly will soon be the primary generative AI partner for Bard, Google’s chatbot, supporting its text-to-image capabilities, using open-source…

Cinegy Partners with Tyrell on Efficient Cloud-Based Content Delivery

Broadcast

Cinegy and Tyrell are rolling out a cost-effective new cloud playout system deploying Cinegy Air as part of the customisable Tyrell Cloud set of…

Preymaker Expands West Coast Talent in VFX, CGI and Immersive Media

Production

Creative and technology studio Preymaker is expanding its West Coast team with four new hires -- Adam Lambert, Roxy Zuckerman and Michael Reed.

Union Casts a Spell of VFX Magic on Amazon’s ‘The Wheel of Time’

In Depth

DFX Supervisor Dean Koonjul at Union VFX talks about building the mystical landscapes and cityscapes of this fantasy TV series, digital doubles and…

Studio Goose Brings Outback Campaign to the Screen via Blackmagic Cloud

Post

Sydney’s Studio Goose and NT’s Global Headquarters, using a team dispersed across Australia, delivered a 10-package campaign highlighting the…

Tim Wreyford Builds Remote Grading Workflows on Colorfront Streaming

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Tim Wreyford talks about shifting his freelance colour grading business to a remote operation using Colorfront Streaming Server Mini on a grading…

Broadpeak and Mirada Partner to Enhance Mexico’s Video Quality of Experience

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Mirada and Broadpeak formed a partnership, working for telco izzi Telecom’s izzitv to replace their origin servers and update their content delivery…

Creative Directors Nate Cali and Alex Candlish Join Harbor

Post

Harbor has hired editor Nate Cali and creative director and on-set VFX supervisor Alex Candlish as new creative directors at their Los Angeles studio.

Jay Walker Joins Impossible Objects for US Representation

Post

Creative lab Impossible Objects has signed short film, music video, and commercial director Jay Walker to its roster of talent.

Dejero Connectivity Helps WRG Live Stream Dirt Track Racing Worldwide

Broadcast

World Racing Group uses a Dejero workflow to live stream the full racing season from 120 track venues to its DIRTVision streaming channel and other…