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Accom Unveils AFFINITY Upgrade Program for Sphere and Cube Owners
MENLO PARK, CA Accom, Inc., a leader in broadcast and professional video products, announced a new AFFINITY upgrade program for current owners of StrataSphere, VideoSphere, Cube and TurboCube Systems.
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Meta Motion Forms to Offer Robust Motion Capture Solutions For Visual Effects and Entertainment
Meta Motion, Strategic partnerships with industry-leading motion capture hardware and software developers such as Kaydara, FAMOUS Technologies, and Analogus allow Meta Motion to provide competitively priced motion capture systems, solutions and services for enhanced 3D character animation.
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Icebox Signs 'REN AND STIMPY' Creator John Kricfalusi
CULVER CITY, Calif., May 31 -- Icebox, Inc. has inked an exclusive three-year agreement with Spumco, RealCartoons.net, and John Kricfalusi, it was announced by Icebox CEO Steve Stanford.
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Media 100 Announces Complete DVD Production Solution
MARLBORO, MA --(May 30, 2000)-- Media 100 Inc. announced that it is offering Sonic Solutions DVD Fusion SL authoring software, a new version of the world's leading professional DVD production system, with Media 100 MediaPress Suite MPEG authoring solution. more
ABC Sports Selects Chyron Duet, Aprisa & iNFiNiT! for Indy "500" and Time Trials
INDIANAPOLIS --(May 30, 2000)-- ABC Sports' production team kicked off use of the Chyron technology at the Indy 500 Time Trials.
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Stan Lee Media and Toon Boom Present Multi-Platform Animation Software
LOS ANGELES, May 30, 2000-- Stan Lee Media, Inc. and Canadian-based Toon Boom Technologies are presenting the USAnimation V5 system, at the World Animation Celebration in Los Angeles.
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Inscriber Technology Builds New International Headquarters
Waterloo, ON --(May 26, 2000)-- Inscriber Technology Corporation announced that it has moved into a new and larger custom-built facility.
Spectrum Studios offers Classes in Softimage XSI, Advanced Flash and Motion Capture
Spectrum Studios is pleased to announce classes in Softimage XSI, Advanced Flash Techniques and Motion Capture You may be eligible to take these classes at no charge to you or your employer.
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DigitalMediaNet.com Launches CAD Newsletter and Adds Top CAD Professional to Team
Digital Media Online has launched a CAD industry e-mail newsletter, "The CAD List" and hired Gene Smarte.
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VTR and The Hive Get Together for AOL
SOHO, UK, May 22, 2000: VTR, and its newly formed 3D animation arm, The Hive, have joined forces to post-produce a series of three graphics-intensive commercials for America Online's latest television advertising campaign.
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DigitalMediaNet.com Announces Partnership With A/E/C SYSTEMS International
SANTA ANA, CA --(May 23, 2000)-- Digital Media Online has announced a partnership with A/E/C SYSTEMS International, the leading provider of trade shows covering Internet, CAD, CAE, GIS, EDM/PDM, ERP, and more for the entire design and construction industry. more
Rhinoceros Animates and Posts Savage Garden's "Crash and Burn"
NEW YORK, NEW YORK, May 22, 2000 - Rhinoceros Visual Effects and Design recently completed the CGI, graphics and compositing for Columbia Records/Savage Garden's latest music video, "Crash and Burn."
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EVOLUTIONS LIGHTS UP WITH flame
LONDON, UK, May 22, 2000: In line with its ongoing expansion and move into new markets, Evolutions has become the latest London facility to purchase a Discreet flame visual effects and compositing system.
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Boris FX SIGGRAPH
At SIGGRAPH 2000 Boris FX will announce and demonstrate Boris RED version 2.0, a resolution-independent 3D-compositing and title effects plug-in suite for hosts on Power Macintosh® and Intel/WindowsNT® workstations.
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Medio Systems to Ship a Beta version of its Real-Time Full D1 Resolution MPEG2 Software Encoder
SAN JOSE, CA --(May 22, 2000)--Medio Systems, Inc., of San Jose, California announced that it will begin shipping a beta version of its real-time software MPEG2 encoder called Medio MVision that can support up to full D1 resolution. more
JagNotes.com Inc. Announces Selection of Chelsea Television Studios to House Company's Financial Webcasting Service
JagNotes.com Inc (OTC B.B: JNOT) announced that it has signed a letter of intent with Chelsea Television Studios (CTS), headquartered in the heart of the Chelsea section of New York City, to house the production of its forthcoming financial Webcasting service.
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MeTV.com's View Security Concerns for the Motion Picture Studios
The major motion picture studios' apprehensions concerning the secure delivery of video-on-demand (VOD) over the Internet is arguably the greatest barrier to the maturation of the Internet VOD market.
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Victory Keeps Dooley at Disney
LOS ANGELES --May 19, 2000--A new season of production has begun on the Disney-MGM Studios lot at the Walt Disney World Resort near Orlando, Fla., and guests in the park can expect to see some great television in the making.
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Belief Unveils "UNTITLED: DARKNESS" Project at Promax/BDA 2000
Santa Monica, CA (May 18, 2000) Belief, a leading broadcast design and production studio, announces collaboration with eleven other motion graphics design studios to create "Untitled: Darkness" - a progressive design project focused on the theme of "darkness."
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NVIDIA Delivers Custom Performance-Enhanced Quadro GPU for New SGI Workstations
SANTA CLARA, CA --(May 18, 2000)-- NVIDIA Corporation announced that SGI will feature a custom performance enhanced Quadro GPU for it's new line of Intel processor based visual workstations.
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Perry Schaffer and Michael Porte Launch wheresspot.com
NEW YORK--May 18, 2000--Noted advertising industry professionals Perry Schaffer and Michael Porte are excited to announce the launch of wheresspot.com.
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Wave Books Multiple Post-Production Projects At GWNS' Online Digital Editing Suites
STAMFORD, Conn.--May 18, 2000--Multiple post-production projects have been booked by WAVE Entertainment for Group W Network Services' digital editing suites here, including shows for ESPN and ESPN International.
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DNA Studio Names Marta Mobley-Anderson Vice President of Production
LOS ANGELES--May 18, 2000-- Former Vice President of Production of Concorde-New Horizons will oversee production at leading digital media studio.
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Orad K.K. Strengthens Presence in Japan Through Partnership with IMAGICA Corp.
Tokyo, Japan -- (May 18, 2000) -- As a part of the Company's strategic alliance program, Orad Hi-Tec Systems announced that a strategic business alliance with IMAGICA Corp. has been completed, naming IMAGICA Corp. as Orad's second Japanese distributor reinforcing domestic sales and enriching customer service and system integration.
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Xytech Web Browser Module Provides Access to Facility Information from Anywhere
BURBANK, California - (May 18, 2000) -- Xytech Systems Corporation, a leading provider of facility management software, has released its newly developed Web Browser Module, the latest addition to its Enterprise® facility management system.
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Discreet to Show Onscreen-to-Onair-to-Online Solutions at SIGGRAPH 2000
At SIGGRAPH 2000, Discreet will show its breadth of products and solutions that make it the world's leading developer of content creation tools in the entertainment industry from onscreen-to-onair-to online.
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Expedite.com Announce ExpediteMedia at a B2B Online Exchange
This new Web site targets the entire production process (development through post-production) for film, television, music, multimedia and advertising.
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Devine Entertainment Film Receives Emmy for Single Camera Editing for "Mary Cassatt: American Impressionist"
TORONTO--(May 16, 2000)---Devine Entertainment Corporation announced that its film, "Mary Cassatt: American Impressionist", produced by David Devine and Richard Mozer, was an Emmy winner on Saturday night.
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Alias|Wavefront Announces Plans to Bring Maya to Macintosh
San Jose, CA --(May 15, 2000)-- Alias|Wavefront, an SGI company, announced their intent to bring Maya*, the award-winning 3D animation and visual effects software for film, broadcast, video and game development, to the Apple® Mac® OS X platform.
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Matrox Delivers New Realtime Effects Library Free to RT2000 Users
Quebec, Canada--(May 15, 2000)--Matrox has made available a new realtime effects library to registered RT2000 users free of charge. A total of 37 new effects include 2D and 3D DVEs, page curls, organic wipes, and other special effects.
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DigitalMediaNet.com Announces Relaunch of Five of PRIMEDIA's Intertec B-to-B Online Communities
SANTA ANA, CA --(May 15, 2000)-- Digital Media Online (http://www.digitalmedianet.com), the leading developer of B2B vertical online communities for the digital media market, has announced the relaunch of five key digital media industry Web communities, licensed from PRIMEDIA's Intertec Publishing division.
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DuArt Film & Video Performs Tape-to-Film and Tape-to-Tape Finishing for Griffin Dunne's Cannes Film ``famous''
NEW YORK --(May 15, 2000)-- DuArt Film & Video provided the tape-to-film and tape-to-tape finishing for Griffin Dunne's "famous," it was announced by Chief Executive Officer Linda Young.
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SGI Brings Unparalleled Workstation Performance to Windows NT and Linux Users
MOUNTAIN VIEW, CA --(May 15, 2000)-- SGI introduced next-generation Intel processor-based workstations that deliver unparalleled system performance to creative and technical professionals running either Windows or Linux operating systems (OS). The systems ship with SGI VPro graphics also announced by the company.
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Mediaset Streamlines Video Editing with ADIC AML Library and Web Access
REDMOND, WA --(May 12, 2000)-- The Mediaset Group's Music Project is revolutionizing the way editors add audio to video productions through an innovative system that uses an ADIC(R) AML automated storage library as a central archive and a web interface as the data access engine.
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Four Media Company Acquires Virgin Post-Production Companies
BURBANK, CA --(May 12, 2000)-- Four Media Company, a subsidiary of Liberty Media Corporation, announced that it has acquired all of the outstanding shares of Rushes Postproduction Ltd. ("Rushes") and West One Television Ltd. ("West One"), both in London, 525 Studios Inc. ("525") in Santa Monica, and Virgin Television de Mexico ("VTM") in Mexico City from Virgin Media Group Ltd. ("Virgin"). more
FilmLogic is finally coming to Windows
Focal Point Systems, Inc. is pleased to announce that the FilmLogic application which has been so well received in the Macintosh community will soon be available on the Microsoft Windows 95/98/2000/NT platforms.
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NewTek Ships LightWave [6] for Macintosh
SANTA CLARA, CA --(May 11, 2000)-- 3D Conference and Expo--NewTek, manufacturer of industry-leading 3D animation and video production products, announced that LightWave [6] for PowerMac is shipping to customers Worldwide.
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Indrema Announces OpenStream Collaboration for Linux Video Project
LOS ANGELES, ELECTRONIC ENTERTAINMENT EXPO (E3), --(May 11, 2000)-- Indrema Corporation, the Open Source digital entertainment company, announced that Linux users will soon enjoy a wave of professional video applications thanks to an Open Source project called OpenStream.
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iNEXTV/AENTV Studios Land Tony Awards Project
LOS ANGELES --(May 10, 2000)-- C. David Pina, (www.aentv.com), has been signed to create the Main Title graphics and animation design for the "54th Annual Tony Awards."
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Festival of Visual Effects To Be Held At TV Academy's Leonard H. Goldenson Theatre
Blockbusters, "GLADIATOR," "U-571," Stop-Motion Feature "CHICKEN RUN" Part of Visual Effects Society Slate for VES 2000: A Festival of Visual Effects...
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Media 100 Inc. Completes Merger With Digital Origin, Inc.
MARLBORO, Mass.--(May 9, 2000)--Media 100 Inc. announced it has completed the merger with Digital Origin, Inc., a developer of application software for acquiring and editing digital video (DV) on personal computers for streaming on the Internet.
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MSH, Aston Entertainment, In TV Pact with Canada's Studio B and Morning Star Prod.
NEW YORK--(May 9, 2000)--MSH Entertainment announced that its partner company, Aston Entertainment, has co-developed and are producing "D'Myna Leagues," a baseball-themed children's animation series centering on the antics and adventures of a baseball team made up of myna birds.
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Mill Film and AudioMotion to Build Rome in a Day with Vicon 8 Motion Capture
Tustin, CA --(May 9, 2000)-- Vicon 8, from leading optical motion capture developer Vicon Motion Systems, was used to animate hundreds of characters to recreate ancient Rome for the film "Gladiator."
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Euphonix System 5 Viewed as 'Three-in-One' Console Solution
PALO ALTO, Calif.,--(May 9, 2000)--Euphonix reports that its innovative System 5 High Performance Digital Audio Console -- "The Three-in-One Solution" -- has met with instant recognition as being highly appropriate for today's market place.
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Draco Systems Merges with MacroSystem Digital Video AG
Boulder, Colo. --(May 8, 2000)-- Draco Systems Inc, distributor of Casablanca digital video editing systems in the Americas, will strengthen its ties to MacroSystem Digital Video AG by merging with the Germany-based manufacturing company.
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SGI Announces New Entry-Level Storage Solution
MOUNTAIN VIEW, CA --(May 8, 2000)-- SGI announced the availability of the SGI Total Performance 9100 (TP9100) RAID storage array, a full-fiber solution that offers the performance and features typically available with midrange storage products at an entry-level price.
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U-571 Features 80 FX shots created by Cinesite
To create dramatically realistic shots and accurately produce the illusion that a sub was traveling from the deepest depths of the ocean to just below the surface, Cinesite used a series of techniques that integrated Donen's shots of miniature submarines into the movie by creating graduated ocean depth.
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Pixar Announces New Film Director and Board Member
Pixar announced that animated feature film director Brad Bird has joined the studio and will begin development on his first Pixar feature this month. In addition, Pixar announced that Joe Roth, former Chairman of Walt Disney Studios, will be joining the company's Board of Directors.
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RT-NET Debuts and Announces INCA Range of Internet Streaming Media Solutions
New York, NY RT-NET, the new media division of RT-SET (Real Time Synthesized Entertainment Technology) Ltd, announces the inca Internet virtual studio systems.
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in-sync Ships Speed Razor 4.8 for Several Video Platforms
Bethesda, MD --(May 4, 2000)-- in-sync has released Speed Razor 4.8 for the Perception, Targa 1000, Targa 1000 PRO, Targa 2000, Targa 2000 PRO, Targa 2000 DTX, DV Master, Digisuite, Digisuite LE, DTV, Reeltime, Reeltime Nitro.
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NextStudio Acquires Five Orad Cyberset Virtual Studios
NEW YORK --(May 4, 2000)-- Orad Hi-Tec Systems announced that NextStudio Corporation has purchased five CyberSet Virtual Studios for use with its flash media division in a deal valued at over $2.5 million.
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Ledet & Associates Announces Training for Adobe After Effects with Trish Meyer
ATLANTA --(May 4, 2000)-- Well known motion graphics expert Trish Meyer, co-author of Creating Motion Graphics with After Effects and the VideoSyncrasies video, is now teaching advanced level, hands-on training classes in Adobe After Effects in Atlanta and Chicago.
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Media General Station WSPA-TV, Spartanburg, SC Makes $870,000 Upgrade to Panasonic DVCPRO
LOS ANGELES, CA --(May 3, 2000) -- CBS affiliate WSPA-TV (Spartanburg, SC), a recent addition to the Media General, Inc. station group, has bought an array of Panasonic DVCPRO equipment to support its conversion to digital news operations.
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Creativity Is Basic Industry for Los Angeles, Accounting for 1 Million Jobs, $122 Billion in Sales for Region, Study Says
LOS ANGELES --(May 3, 2000)-- Creativity is an "uber" industry for Los Angeles County, giving the area a competitive edge in nine leading industries, according to a report by Jack Kyser, chief economist of the Los Angeles County Economic Development Corp. (LAEDC).
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Matrox Digisuite LE Realtime used by Community Cable Channel...
Montreal, Canada --(May 3, 2000)-- Matrox Video Products Group announced that Channel 6, a community cable channel in Glendale, California, has revamped their broadcast look with the award-winning Matrox DigiSuite LE realtime editing platform.
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Accom Awarded by Industry Professionals
MENLO PARK, CA --(May 2, 2000)-- Accom, Inc. a leader in broadcast and professional video products, announced that it is the recipient of two awards at this year's NAB (National Association of Broadcasters) convention, recently held in Las Vegas.
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Media.net Introduces Online Production Services for $75 Billion Production Market
EL SEGUNDO, Calif.--May 1, 2000-- Company Combines Ultra High-Speed Network With Embedded Digital Tools to Enable Online Creation, Collaboration, Editing and Distribution of Entertainment Content.
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Javu Technologies First to Offer Editor for Streaming Media Files
NEW YORK---May 1, 2000-- Javu Technologies, Inc., has launched a new version of its industry-leading online video editing system that can now edit streaming media files in addition to creating and editing videos in all other popular formats.
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Credo Interactive Announces Life Forms Studio 3.9
Life Forms Studio 3.9 brings major advances to character animation with brand new features including a model editor and rotoscoping.
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Adobe Wins Top Video Industry Awards at NAB Conference
SAN JOSE, Calif., April Adobe Systems Incorporated announced that Adobe After Effects 4.1 was named "Best Animation Software (under $5K)" and "Best Compositing Software (under $2,500)"
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