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Blackmagic launches software update for FCP X 10.0.3

3 February 2012

Fremont, USA – Blackmagic Design today released Desktop Video 9.2 beta 1, a software update for its capture and playback products that adds broadcast monitoring support with the new Final Cut Pro X 10.0.3 update. This update for Mac OS X is available for download now and is free of charge for all Blackmagic Design customers. This update includes support for all current DeckLink, Multibridge, Intensity and UltraStudio models. Broadcast moni…

Sencore introduces dual-input DVB-T/T2 signal monitor

1 February 2012

Sioux Falls, South Dakota - Sencore has launched a dual-input DVB-T/T2 interface module that enables monitoring of DVB-T and DVB-T2 broadcast signals directly from an antenna. The latest member of Sencore's VideoBridge monitoring family, the VB252 is ideal for use by broadcasters to monitor their own transmissions, or by cable, IPTV, and satellite providers to monitor the local broadcasts they receive for distribution. "Our new VB252 gives op…

BroadcastAsia 2012 to spotlight emerging industry technologies

30 January 2012

Singapore - BroadcastAsia is poised to return with a large showing. The show has seen more than 85 per cent of their exhibition space taken up by exhibitors, with five months to go before the event – held from 19 to 22 June 2012 at Suntec Singapore. As the premier global business networking platform and launch pad for companies to introduce cutting-edge technologies and solutions, BroadcastAsia2012 will highlight pertinent industry development…

White Mark builds 7.1 Dolby audio studios for Hogarth Singapore

27 January 2012

Suffolk, England - Studio and acoustic design consultancy White Mark Ltd has completed two high specification audio production studios in Singapore for advertising implementation agency, Hogarth Worldwide. Both rooms have been built with locally sourced materials, making them the only White Mark rooms in the world that are constructed entirely of teak. The two new studios are the latest in a long list of projects that White Mark has undertaken…

DVS Pronto goes 4K

27 January 2012

Hanover – DVS has launched Pronto4K, the latest in its Pronto line of disk recorders. With the launch of Pronto4K, DVS presents a further development of its renowned disk recorder product line. The new DVS Pronto4K disk recorder allows compressed or uncompressed material from HD to 4K resolution to be played out as well as compressed or uncompressed SD, HD and 2K material to be captured in real time. With support for a variety of file formats and…

Editshare ships Ark update

27 January 2012

Boston - EditShare Ark, the company's backup and archiving solution, is now available with a new interface and expanded tape library support. The new Ark release features numerous enhancements including a new user interface that displays extensive information about Ark system activity support for additional tape loaders, and more options for configuring network interfaces to maximize performance across the EditShare tiered storage platform. "…

Digital Film Tools releases video/film plug-in

26 January 2012

Los Angeles - Digital Film Tools, developer of visual effects software, has released Film Stocks with plug-in support for Adobe Photoshop, Adobe Photoshop Elements, Adobe Photoshop Lightroom, Adobe After Effects CS5 and up, Adobe Premiere® Pro CS5 and up, Apple Aperture, Apple Final Cut Pro 6 and 7, and Avid editing systems. Film Stocks offers artists simulations of 288 different color and black and white photographic film stocks, motion picture …

Matt Danilowicz joins Bexel as President

26 January 2012

Burbank, California — Bexel, a unit of the Vitec Group's Services Division and a worldwide provider of broadcast services and solutions, has appointed Matt Danilowicz to the position of president. In his new role, Danilowicz will be responsible for all operational aspects of Bexel. He will report to Jerry Gepner, chief executive officer for The Vitec Group Services Division. With more than 20 years of experience in improving the workflows and …

AP boosts access to HD content with EMC Isilon scale-out storage platform

26 January 2012

Singapore - The Associated Press (AP) has deployed EMC Isilon scale-out NAS to support the Big Data demands of its high-definition video production and archive workflows. By implementing a single EMC Isilon system and software, AP has boosted the performance of copy and transfer rates, streamlined storage management, improved reliability, and lowered its video archive storage costs up to 45% per terabyte of HD video content, without compromising …

Asahi Broadcasting Aomori taps into Grass Valley technology

26 January 2012

San Francisco - Asahi Broadcasting Aomori (ABA), a local All-Nippon News Network facility owned by TV Asahi Corp., and specifically serving the Aomori prefecture of Japan (510,000 households), is completely upgrading its digital news production operations to a high-definition (HD), file-based system from Grass Valley. It's the first such end-to-end digital news production system from Grass Valley installed by a local Japanese broadcaster and c…