99 percent of U.S. homes can receive DTV
The latest figures from The Nielsen Company show that fewer than 1 million U.S. homes were unable to receive DTV as of Aug. 30....
DP Marritz emulates elegance of photo style for jeans ads with P2 HD VariCam
For a new advertising campaign, director of photography Eddie Marritz used three VariCam AJ-HPX3700s with Zeiss DigiPrime and DigiZoom lenses to capture video in the style of photographer/director Andrew Zuckerman...
NEP Broadcasting, PACE HD roll out TV production truck dedicated to 3-D
Supershooter 3D combines PACE's FUSION 3D technology and NEP Broadcasting's experience in live television mobile unit design and integration...
Technology, economy change moviemaking realities
Independent film producer and owner of Hollywood, CA-based editing boutique Pinlight Studios Rick Shaw discusses how technological evolution and today’s economy are impacting independent moviemaking....
Columbia College Chicago acquires JVC ProHD camcorders for student projects
The Columbia College Chicago Department of Film and Video acquired the handheld camcorders to serve as the primary acquisition medium for hundreds of students....
Scenic Road Products chooses Fujinon ENG lens
Though a relatively new purchase, the lens has seen hundreds of production hours. ...
Dashwood Cinema Solutions introduces Stereo3D Toolbox
With Stereo3D Toolbox, artists can output their media to a wide range of stereoscopic 3D formats....
HoustonPBS relies on Algolith for upconversion, noise reduction
The public broadcaster selected the Algogear XVC-1011-UC upconverter and noise reduction solution to help in its conversion from SD to HD....
LCD TV panels lead growth in July shipments
While shipments of all large-area TFT LCD panels were up 39 percent year over year in July, the number of LCD TV panels shipped grew 69 percent Y/Y, according to the latest DisplaySearch figures....
Crash demonstrates resiliency of solid-state camcorder for Ohio production company
Westerville, OH-based Act 1 learned firsthand how rugged the Panasonic AG-HPX170 P2 HD is when a remote-controlled helicopter carrying the camcorder crashed to the ground during testing....
Los Angeles wildfire threatens Mount Wilson transmission site
The raging wildfire has transmission facilities of 25 TV stations, 22 FM stations and police and fire radio dispatch in its sights...
Projection technology answers call for post screening applications and more, says Anders Løkke.
Anders Løkke, international marketing manager at projectiondesign, discusses how DLP-based projection technology is answering the call for today’s post-production screening applications....
Vizrt to introduce Viz Multichannel 2.5; announces Amsterdam event
Viz Multichannel integrates Vizrt’s real-time 2-D/3D graphics and effects with broadcast automation, traffic and delivery systems....
Interface Media Group adds Sony MVS-6000 production switcher
The new multiformat MVS-6000 switcher inherits many of the capabilities and features of Sony’s flagship MVS-8000G but has a smaller form factor....
Apple Final Cut Studio offers new support for Euphonix EuCon Ethernet
Integration of Euphonix EuCon Ethernet support in Final Cut Studio provides Artist Series users with hands-on control over Final Cut Pro, Soundtrack Pro, Color and other Final Cut Studio applications....
