Dutch TV-technology positions Intel to enable broadcasters to deliver next-generation TV services By John Goedegebuure Last week, British interactive service provider, Miniweb, announced a collaboration with Dutch based Metrological Media Innovations and Intel. ...Read More »

Digital Commencement By David Wertheimer Today, we are nearing an auspicious occasion in all of our lives. Just as our college seniors around the country line up, preparing to walk across the stage to accept their diplomas, filled with pride, excitement, and perhaps a wee bit of trepidation, we all line up too -- virtually, digitally. ...Read More »

Going one better: RED editing and what Vegas 9 has under the hood By Mike Jones There's a substantial history of camera technology being released to the public before the technology of post-production has caught up. HDV springs as an obvious example where the long-GOP structure was fantastically efficient for image acquisition and recording but presented considerable issues for non-linear editing systems traditionally reliant on individual frames and not groups-of-pictures. AVCHD presents the same issue where shooting is easy but timeline performance is less than stellar. And Sony's XDCAMEX is a great balance of quality and efficiency but it's wrapping in an Mp4 format initially gave many NLE's considerable trouble. ...Read More »

Yosemite National Park. . .in High Definition 3D By John Virata While 3D films have been around since at least the 1950s, the technique of creating 3D movies gets revisited quite often. Back in the mid 1990s at SIGGRAPH in New Orleans, Sony showed a 3D film at one of its after hours parties at the Aquarium, to the delight of all who were invited to screen it. At this year's NAB trade show in Las Vegas, all the major camera manufacturers were showcasing 3D displays and some had 3D camera demonstrations in their booths. ...Read More »

Encore Media (Nashville) Scores with SCRATCH-RED 4K Workflow Encore Media has an expert team of artists and post professionals who help a variety of clients realize their imagery dreams and ideas on video or the big screen. Their projects include work for some of the biggest name talent in the music industry, including the Rolling Stones, Santana, Elvis Costello and Lady Antebullum. ...Read More »

NAB 2009 Wrap-Up By Heath McKnight Though attendance at this year's NAB Show (National Association of Broadcasters) was lower than previous years, there were plenty of great announcements. And with 3D all the rage these days, many companies were presenting hardware and software solutions for users to get into 3D film and video production. ...Read More »

NAB 2009: JVC shows GY-HM100 digital cinema camcorder system By John Virata At NAB 2009, JVC was showcasing the GY-HM100 digital cinema camcorder system. Priced at around $4000, the dual format camera records to standard Class 5 SDHC solid state memory cards to .mp4 on XDCAM EX and Apple's .mov file format. It can record to 35Mbps, 25Mbps, and 19Mbps. The camera can record in virtually all flavors of HD, including 1920 x 1080 (1080p24/25/30, 1080i), and 1280 x 720P (p60/50/30/25/24). ...Read More »

JVC's Dave Walton talks about company's latest HD cameras By John Virata JVC recently introduced two ProHD camcorders that can record files to standard SDHC memory card that you can buy at virtually any discount department store or shopping mall. The handheld HM100 and the shoulder mount HM700 will be showcased at the upcoming NAB2009 show in Las Vegas. DMN spoke with JVC's Dave Walton on aspects of both cameras. Read on for more information on JVC's offerings. ...Read More »

WINDOWSEATpictures documents Vans Triple Crown of Surfing with Panasonic P2 HD camcorders WINDOWSEATpictures (El Segundo, CA) recently shot four one-hour programs documenting the celebrated Vans Triple Crown of Surfing (men's and women's competitions) with several Panasonic P2 HD solid-state camcorders. The first installment will air Monday, February 16 on Fox Cable Networks' Fuel TV at 8 p.m. ET/PT. The shows will subsequently appear on VOOM's RUSH HD network. ...Read More »

Content Insider #115 - The Video Conundrum By Miles Weston Like the CERN collider everyone is rushing to define high definition video and to take ownership. Content owners, content distributors, content pipelines, hardware/software producers all want to sell folks who have had a tough day an escape with fantastic HD content. They all have the best HD answer. Lots of these folks offer you their interpretation of HD video and say the rest is "a world of hurt." In a lot of ways, their statements are partially true. ...Read More »