Asia Image September 2008

Cover Story

> IBC dazzles with 3D

Nazir Keshvani
Newsroom

> New face of newsroom automation

By Chris Pritchard
The newsroom of the future is looking less and less like the newsroom of five years ago, or even a year ago. It is getting smaller as corporate cost-cutting and technological developments such as automation software and paperless advertising platforms mean fewer bodies are needed to make the station run.

> Philippines Attracts Filmmakers

> Indonesia Movieland one-stop film and TV industry centre

> Thailand Entertainment Expo 2008 to drive country’s media industry

> Panasonic launches new AG-HPX172 compact, light-weight P2HD handheld camcorder

> FilmLight appoints Richard Senior to provide client support across Asia-Pacific

> Animax LaMB soundtrack to feature Simple Plan, The Click Five tracks

> Technicolor Asia INSTALLS TWO UNITS da Vinci Resolve R350

> New Zealand’s SKY Network sets up first HD studio

> Cameron, Katzenberg to guest at 3DX Festival

Technology Focus

> New solutions, new thinking

> Restoring color back into Guide

By Nazir Keshvani

> IBC 2008 – more bang for your buck

Production/ Post

> The Mediacorp HD production experience

By Ong Hee Yah, MD, Caldecott Productions Int’l

> Bollywood bitten by

> Time-checked

> Power Unleashed

> 2008 Olympics Official Opener

> Journey of Light Krathong Sai

> I Am the Wind

Country Focus

> Lights, camera, high definition

By Chew Tze Chuan
Singapore is positioning itself as a film-making hot spot with the necessary elements to complete a film. From funding schemes to providing filming locations and equipment facilities, and now, the ability to shoot in cost-effective tapeless HD as shown with these two projects. Feature Articles

> New bag of tricks for broadcast design

By Chris Pritchard
Broadcast design is no longer about doing a bumper, or a logo or spinning letters. People are now designing for a variety of platforms. It is no longer just about linear design, it is about designing the experience from turning on the Events

> Bangkok Film Festival off to a start

> Broadcast India 2008 moves to bigger venue