All articles by David Fox – Page 6
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Daily NewsZeiss lens mapping service focuses on VFX efficiency
CinCraft Mapper is a new digital service that Zeiss claims will quickly and simply provide frame-accurate lens distortion and shading data for the visual effects industry. This data will enable digital compositing and matchmoving systems to achieve cinematic results that are as realistic and precise as possible.
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Daily NewsBroadcast Solutions acquires Thum + Mahr
Broadcast Solutions has acquired the systems integration division of Thum + Mahr in Monheim, Germany. After more than 40 years of successful activity, the managing partners Peter Thum and Hanno Mahr have decided to continue the system integration division in the future under the umbrella of the Broadcast Solutions Group ...
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Daily NewsSumolaser shines with pinpoint precision
Sumolight’s new Sumolaser is a daylight (6000K) point-source of “unparalleled luminance” that can put a precision beam of light on a stage or project miles into the sky. The compact unit weighs just 4.9kg and “rivals the output of traditional 18kW HMI daylight sources” more than ten times heavier.
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Daily NewsFlagship UHD HDR studio camera launched by Ikegami
Ikegami’s new UHK-X750 is a full studio/OB camera integrated into a rugged metal housing and includes high frame rate capture for slow-motion applications, global shutter sensors and versatile connectivity.
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Daily NewsDedolight Neo gains from colour collaboration
The versatile dedolight Neo Color LED spotlight is the result of a technology collaboration between Dedo Weigert Film and Prolycht announced last year. It is an advanced 80W adjustable colour focusing spotlight in a familiar dedolight form factor, based on the highly accurate RGBACL Hyperlight Color Engine developed by Prolycht.
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Daily NewsEpsilon radios in 4K camera control
The new Epsilon 4K base station camera control unit (CCU) from Videosys Broadcast is designed to simplify radio camera installation by being conceptually similar to the camera makers’ CCU systems. Epsilon uses familiar connection naming to ensure that multiple camera set-ups are matched quickly and effectively, with minimum input from ...
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Daily NewsLitepanels unveils Gemini 2x1 Hard LED panel
The Gemini 2x1 Hard RGBWW LED from Litepanels is claimed to be the brightest ever 2x1 RGBWW LED panel, delivering up to 23,000 lux at 3m of output from a lightweight, compact fixture.
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Daily NewswTVIsion introduces updates for live production, graphics and playout
wTVision’s Studio CG on-air graphics and video controller is now available in a web version, designed for smaller operations, and can also work with larger workflows. These are two of many updates across the board at the company.
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Daily NewsAtomos Zato Connects with live streaming
Zato Connect is the second fully integrated device in the Atomos Connect range and represents a new category of products for Atomos intended to make live streaming and high-quality video conferencing more accessible.
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Daily NewsArri pulls out the stops for Alexa 35
The Alexa 35 camera is claimed to offer “industry-leading image quality at native 4K and 120fps”. It uses Arri’s first new sensor in 12 years, which delivers 2.5 stops more dynamic range (now 17 stops for improved HDR), better low light performance and richer colours.
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Daily NewsHigh draw VCLX battery from Anton/Bauer packs serious power
Anton/Bauer has released the next generation of its Academy Award-winning VCLX battery. The VCLX NM2 delivers 600Wh of consistent power at 14.4V, 28V and 48V to drive high-power draw equipment at peak performance on cinematic productions.
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Industry TrendsFairlight makes news at France Télévisions
French national broadcaster France Télévisions has installed Blackmagic Design Fairlight digital audio workstations in 24 regional France 3 newsrooms across the country.
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Daily NewsSky Deutschland selects Venice and SpycerNode for sport
Sky Deutschland has installed Venice media servers and SpycerNode intelligent storage from Rohde & Schwarz to give itself greater flexibility and scale to support ingest, transcoding and playout for coverage of sports, such as the Bundesliga and Champions League.
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Daily NewsMovicom rises to the occasion with RobyTower and Refcam
Movicom has released the lightweight RobyTower motorised telescopic column and helmet-mounted Refcam.
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Daily NewsThe Canon CR-X300 – a PTZ for the remote outdoors
Canon’s new CR-X300 is a small, robust outdoor pan/tilt/zoom UHD camera. It supports various IP protocols for remote use, and its simple operation and connectivity options means it should streamline remote production workflows.
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Daily NewsBB&S releases Compact Bicolor Fresnel light
The Compact Bicolor Fresnel (CFL) from BB&S is the latest in the company’s range of Compact Beamlight LED studio fixtures.
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Daily NewsMediaKind and Arqiva aim to aid cloud migration
MediaKind and Arqiva are joining forces to help broadcasters migrate to the cloud. The new strategic partnership will deliver a cloud-native, fully managed service for the aggregation, processing and delivery of television services for any platform (broadcast and OTT) in any region, at any scale.
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Industry TrendsHow We Built It: Timeline’s Ealing Broadcast Centre
Outside broadcast and facilities company Timeline Television is expanding, with new studios and production facilities near its home base in Ealing, west London.
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Daily NewsYella Umbrella’s Stellar offers brolly-good subtitling
The Stellar timed text editing platform, now fully released, offers subtitling and dubbing for language localisation, captioning and audio description for access service needs, plus scripting and metadata.
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Daily NewsEdge Storage goes Lyve
Seagate recently launched its Lyve Edge Storage and Data Transfer Services in Europe. The edge-to-cloud mass storage platform is built for widespread users “to capture the unstructured data explosion”.
