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Peter Murdoch: Cable can and should pony up (for local TV) instead of handing its bills to cash-starved subscribers. http://bit.ly/7SIrQf 3 hours ago

Rush Drummer Neil Peart to Record New Version of The Hockey Theme. http://bit.ly/8Mn1sX 3 hours ago

Battle Looming Over Canadian Community TV. http://bit.ly/8t3HU7 3 hours ago

Pali Research: 3D will not be a huge game changer. http://bit.ly/7NIwgl 2 days ago

Television set-top box innovation gap seen as barrier to U.S. broadband adoption. http://bit.ly/6JXCji 4 days ago

Google's Chrome operating system designed to make PC start in seven seconds or less. http://bit.ly/6I2u4I 4 days ago

Intel predicts chips in brains will control computers by 2020. http://bit.ly/4YoHFj 4 days ago

How to Build Your Own 3D Camera Rig for Under $20. http://bit.ly/6aRill 4 days ago

Sony shows 280-inch commercial 3D display at International Broadcast Equipment Exhibition in Japan. http://bit.ly/6LyLM5 4 days ago

OECD Data Confirms Canada Among Lowest Sources Of Counterfeiting. http://bit.ly/50FGf1 4 days ago

Emily Carr University gets in the 3-D movie game. http://bit.ly/737gBX 4 days ago

Oprah Winfrey tells her studio audience that she would end her show in 2011 after a quarter-century on the air. http://bit.ly/7xNti0 5 days ago

Google unveils new technologies that will automatically bring text captions to many videos on its site. http://bit.ly/1dbVBG 5 days ago

Pro Video Coalition publishes the facts on “WWII in HD” debate relating to the historic film transfers. http://bit.ly/eOTVJ 6 days ago

Ten Things Social Media Can't Do. http://bit.ly/1ssxXq 6 days ago

Slashdot: GIMP deemed to be too powerful for normal desktop user by Ubuntu. Popular Linux desktop switching to F-Spot. http://bit.ly/25z2Br 6 days ago

Epson shows prototype of an 8k projector, which can also project 4k stereo, in a small theater. http://bit.ly/2XWvNg 6 days ago

Microsoft violates a Chinese company's IP rights through font use in past OS's. Microsoft Windows now banned in China. http://bit.ly/2bvok8 6 days ago

Blu-ray starting to become affordable in consumer space. http://bit.ly/1ZDuzb 6 days ago

Vizio and Samsung continue to compete neck and neck in in LCD TVs sales with Samsung selling more sets this quarter. http://bit.ly/3M91fN 6 days ago

Pro Video News

Litepanels Offers Free Gel Kit with 1x1s

LaCie Announces 1080p HD Network Media Player with DLNA Capability

LaCie introduced the most complete HD multimedia hard drive player, combining Full HD 1080p playback, unsurpassed format compatibility and DLNA media server functionality – LaCinema Classic HD, design by Neil Poulton. Users can browse, play and share HD media collections from anywhere in the home, directly on HDTV.

MOTU ships new HDX-SDI video interface for Mac and Windows

Tuesday, November 24, 2009. MOTU is now shipping the HDX-SDI video interface for Mac and Windows ($895). With the blazing speed of PCI Express, the HDX-SDI turns a Mac or PC desktop or laptop computer into a powerful HD/SD video production workstation equipped with all the I/O needed for professional capture and monitoring.

Element Technica Quasar™ 3D Rigs Now in Use

Element Technica, whose groundbreaking series of Technica 3D Rigs are designed to precisely position a pair of cameras to achieve realistic stereoscopic digital video for broadcast and cinema, is now delivering the first new Quasar™ 3D Rigs to owner/operators and camera rental houses.

VIDEOGUYS BLACK FRIDAY 2009 SPECIALS

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Time Just Slipped Ahead A Bit

Tachyon™ Introduces the Tachyon XC Micro

GENARTS ANNOUNCES NEXT GENERATION OF SAPPHIRE

GenArts Inc., the premier provider of specialized visual effects software for the film, television and video industries, announced today GenArts Sapphire™ 5. The latest software upgrade is fully GPU-enabled to provide artists a completely interactive user experience at HD resolutions, while accelerating render speeds up to 700 percent. In addition, support f […]

ARRIFLEX D-21 Captures Eclectic TV Slate

Acclaimed for its ability to render filmlike images, the ARRIFLEX D-21 digital camera is an industry workhorse with a slate of TV shows admired by audiences and critics alike. Series include V (ABC), Community (NBC), Lie To Me (Fox), Nurse Jackie (Showtime), Bored To Death (HBO) and Supernatural (CW). From comedies to episodic dramas, the D-21 brings an artf […]

High-impact X-Games stunt motorcyclist makes beeline for 3D Polecam

John Gillan, one of the world’s most experienced Polecam operators, reports the safe but dramatic outcome of a high-impact collision with stunt motorcyclist Todd Potter during shooting for ‘X Games 3D: The Movie’ for ESPN.

An Industry Shifts, Part II

FCP: an annoying delete, duplicate bug found while I was remapping the FCP keyboard

When I’m working I’m always in a constant state of awareness about how I can change my keyboard mapping to make my workflow faster and more efficient. The keyboard manifesto argues that changing Final Cut Pro’s default keyboard mappings can make your editing faster and more efficient. But it’s also important to be aware of changes that you might make. I neve […]

Digital Rapids’ StreamZHD Encoding and Streaming System Wins Streaming Media Readers’ Choice Award

Markham, Ontario: Digital Rapids—the leading provider of tools and solutions for bringing television, film and web content to wider audiences—announced today that the StreamZHD multi-format, live and on-demand encoding system has won a 2009 Streaming Media Readers’ Choice Award as the top high definition (HD) hardware encoder. The award was presented this we […]

Final Frame Post Expands with DCP (Digital Cinema Package) Services

Sanyo’s VPC-HD2000A boldly goes where no consumer camcorder has ever gone before: 1080/59.94p

At the dawn of affordable professional HD video camcorders, JVC first offered recording only to 720p, Sony first offered only 1080i recording, and Panasonic offered recording to either of the above (even though its original sensors had a native resolution of 960x540, so any HD recording was interpolated). Nowadays, many of the latest offerings from the pro d […]

PRODAD EXPANDS ADORAGE PRODUCT LINE WITH EFFECTS PACKAGE 11 – HD GLOBAL TRAVEL & FLAGS FX

UC SAN DIEGO DEVELOPS 3D NEXCAVE VIRTUAL ENVIRONMENT USING JVC GD-463D10U MONITORS

JVC Professional Products, a division of JVC U.S.A., announced today that the California Institute for Telecommunications and Information Technology (Calit2) is using JVC GD-463D10U 46-inch 3D HD LCD monitors as part of its next immersive visualization system. Short for new micropolarized panel-based cave automatic virtual environment, NexCAVE was prototyped […]

WAVES RELEASES WNS WAVES NOISE SUPPRESSOR

The first in the new line of dedicated Waves Post Production tools, the Waves WNS Noise Suppressor, is a real-time multiband processor for fast and effective broadband noise suppression on dialog tracks. Suitable for both indoor and location dialog recordings containing constant or modulating environment noise, WNS delivers superior sound quality with minima […]

An Industry Shifts, Part I

The final cover story I wrote for the late, lamented Millimeter magazine in September examined the ongoing transition of hour-long episodic TV production out of the film acquisition realm and into the digital universe—a transition resulting from a profound convergence of technological, business, and labor issues. (You can find the article here.) Following th […]

Greetings From the Trenches …

Michael Goldman here. Some of you might remember me, or at least my work covering the production and post-production worlds from my perch at venerable old Millimeter magazine, where I served as Senior Editor for the last 11 years. Despite its film-centric, but well respected, name, I’m proud to say Millimeter led the way in the trade journal space during the […]

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C-61: A Speculative Documentary Demonstrates Concerns Of Bill C-61

Posted on May 7, 2009 by Brad Fortner

Imagine that Canada’s Bill C-61 has become law. Amit Kehar, Brian Tassilo, and Nick von Roretz, three Concordia communications students have and in their speculative documentary that imagines such a scenario. The documentary is narrated by Cory Doctorow with commentary from Michael Geist, Laura Murray, and Kirwan Cox.
Enjoy,
….brad…

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Final Cut Pro News

Skymark Research Initiates Independent Research Coverage on Apple, Inc. November 25, 2009

(2009-11-25) CALGARY, Alberta, Nov. 25, 2009 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) — Skymark Research, a leading provider of small- and micro-cap independent investment research, today initiated coverage on Apple, Inc. (Nasdaq:AAPL). Skymark Research is currently offering a complimentary trial subscription. To view our research .....

Government Video Expo to Expand Free Special Events Program to Serve East Coast Production Professionals November 24, 2009

(2009-11-24) WASHINGTON, BUSINESS WIRE — NewBay Media, a leading publisher of digital content creation media, today announced its expanded schedule of free special events for Government Video Expo (

Mass Animation's Ground-Breaking 'Live Music' Animated Short Film Released Today with TriStar Pictures' 'Planet 51' November 20, 2009

(2009-11-20) SANTA CLARA, Calif., BUSINESS WIRE — 'Live Music,' an innovative new animated short film from Mass Animation and sponsored by Intel Corporation, opens in select theaters nationwide today, marking a

Leading Training Organization`s In-House Video Production Team Turns to Small Tree`s GraniteSTOR Technology November 19, 2009

(2009-11-19) With three workstations running Final Cut simultaneously, and a fourth for graphic design using shared assets, project management had become a major issue for MTC`s video production unit as piles of external drives were daisy-chained across the facility. To eliminate copying files from one workstation to another, MTC installed Small Tree`s compl […]

Government Video Expo to Host Intensive Educational Conference Program for Digital Content Creation Professionals, Dec. 1-3 in Washington November 18, 2009

(2009-11-18) WASHINGTON, BUSINESS WIRE — NewBay Media, a leading publisher of digital content creation media, today announced conference details for Government Video Expo (

Get the Look of Sci-Fi Holograms with Holomatrix from Red Giant Software November 17, 2009

(2009-11-17) Red Giant Software has released Holomatrix, a new After Effects plug-in that lets you control your reality and offers a new dimension in effect generation. Many science fiction feature films and TV shows feature holographic communication and interfaces. Red Giant Holomatrix allows you to easily recreate that effect with just a few clicks.

EditShare Partners With Dixon For Major League Baseball November 12, 2009

(2009-11-12) Collaborative shared storage and advanced logging systems deliver winning combination for Cincinnati Reds' HD workflow at the Great American Ball Park.

SAE Institute Celebrates 20 Successful Years in Singapore with Modern New Campus & November 12, 2009

(2009-11-12) SINGAPORE, BUSINESS WIRE —

International Postproduction Facilities Company Optix Digital Pictures Acquires Crunch Recording Group November 11, 2009

(2009-11-11) Optix Digital Pictures, a group of full-service post-production facilities located in Toronto, Hamburg, Berlin and Dubai, has acquired Toronto-based Crunch Recording Group, according to George Levai, co-founder of Optix.

"Where the Wild Things Are" Taps AJA KONA 3 for Digital Workflow November 10, 2009

(2009-11-10) AJA Video Systems, a leading manufacturer of professional video interface and conversion solutions, announced that its KONA 3 digital video I/O cards were used by the "Where the Wild Things Are" editorial team to build efficiencies into their digital production and post workflow.

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