May 28, 2013, IEEE Consumer Electronics Society, Mountain View, CA—The Santa Clara section of the CE Society opened with a pitch from Tom Coughlin on getting more involvement in the future directions committee. They are working on a number of areas to try to determine realistic future directions for the various technologies. Erick Wolf from [...]
In the evening when Harris Broadcast invited press and guests to a press conference at the Venetian Hotel during NAB 2013, Harris Morris, CEO of the company opened the event with “tonight we will be talking nothing but the future”. He referred his statement to the recent acquisition of the Broadcast Communication Division by The [...]
The Ross Video press conference was a joy to listen to because of the natural charm of the CEO David Ross. With a sense that this event does need to be boring, he delivered all the necessary technical information and data with a smile and sense of humor. He also spent a few minutes to [...]
April 23, 2013, Atmel released their latest development tools platform for programming all of their micro-controller families. The increasing amount of software in embedded designs calls for better tools for code development. Although the tools can be critical to project completion, the main purpose for their existence is to encourage more MCU adoption. This release [...]
April 8, 2013, National Association of Broadcasters, Las Vegas—Some film experts demonstrated some movie clips and explained why a film or digital style worked for that shot. Carol Littleton from Industrial Light and Magic showed the chase scene from “ET” where the boys and ET eventually fly away from the authorities. In ’82 when this [...]
April 7, 2013, National Association of Broadcasters, Las Vegas—We talked with Avid about their latest tools. The latest creative tools start with Media Composer 7 for nonlinear editing, now available starting at $999 USD. The new version features accelerated and simplified file-based workflows including optimized HD delivery from high-res source material and automated media operations. [...]
April 8, 2013, National Association of Broadcasters, Las Vegas—We talked with Black Magic Design about their latest product releases. The company has new products in all areas of audio and video. To address the forthcoming 4k workflows, they have upgraded their products to be 6G-SDI capable, a format that does not have any standards. New [...]
April 8, 2013, National Association of Broadcasters, Las Vegas—We talked with Maxon about their latest product releases. The main item was their tool integration with Adobe tools. They revealed the strategic alliance with Adobe, aimed at delivering a new level of integration between its 3D application CINEMA 4D, and After Effects. Two MAXON technologies will [...]
April 7, 2013, National Association of Broadcasters, Las Vegas—We talked with Wohler about challenges and opportunities for the industry. The market and financial systems have seen difficult years, and the company is working on increasing automation for systems operators to help in both areas. A-V monitors are moving to file-based flows, and the latest EU [...]
April 8, 2013, National Association of Broadcasters, Las Vegas—We talked with AJA about their latest product releases. After 20 years in the business, the company is still cranking out new products. They have a number of converters on hand including the Hi5-4K, a quad 3G SDI to 4k HDMI, and the ROI, a DVI and [...]
