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CineTechnica

• The Hurt Locker Breaks New Cinematic Ground
  As everyone should know by now, Kathryn Bigelow is the first woman to win the prestigious Oscar for Best Director or Best Picture for her film The Hurt Locker. What isn’t so well known is that Hurt Locker is the first Best Picture to be shot using Aaton…
• XDCAM EX Firmware Updates Now Available
  With the release of the SxS-1 cards and the MEAD adapters (for Memory stick and SDHC use), Sony announced a firmware update to their XDCAM EX cameras to allow use of these new memory recording options. The Sony UK site has just made this update available,…

Digital Cinema Foundry

• “Down to Earth” Snowboard Video
  So I discovered snowboarder and cinematographer Parker Cross through a mutual friend, (thanks Aaron :) ). He gets into the Utah back country with his pals to produce awesome snowboard podcasts. His latest “Down to Earth” is the one we’re featuring today….

Today3D

• XpanD Debuts Final Fantasy 13 game in 3D
  What do Cerny Games’ Mark Cerny, Gas Powered Games’ Chris Taylor, Microsoft’s Corrinne Yu, and Obsidian’s Feargus Urquhart have in common, besides being game developers? Absolutely nothing. Yet, Square Enix managed to sit them down for an hour long roundtable…
• ‘Alice’ opens with $116.3 million, a 3-D record
  Go 3D!Tim Burton and Johnny Depp’s trip down the rabbit hole drew huge crowds, as ‘Alice in Wonderland’ earned a whopping $116.3 million in its opening weekend — a record for a 3-D film.” This is only a summary. Visit Today3D for more.

The Briefing Room

• Automate Digital Signage Content from Anywhere with the New HD Digital Signage Player from Gefen
  CHATSWORTH, CA - It’s never been easier to schedule playlists and select from pre-recorded content for digital signage installations. The new HD Digital Signage Player from Gefen offers a variety of flexible functions that serve both large and small…
• Grass Valley Equipment Takes Leading Role for 82nd Oscars® Live HDTV Telecast
  March 8, 2010—Veteran mobile production company NEP Supershooters, based in Pittsburgh, Penn., had three of its most advanced high-definition production trucks parked outside the Kodak Theatre at Hollywood & Highland Center in Hollywood, Calif.,…
• JOACHIM BACK’S THE NEW TENANTS WINS OSCAR - VFX BY SMNY
  Joachim Back’s The New Tenants took home an Oscar last night in the best Live-Action Short category. With VFX and Finishing courtesy of Smoke & Mirrors New York (SMNY), The New Tenants tells the terrifying story of two men who move into an apartment…
• SOLID STATE LOGIC DUALITY CONSOLE DRIVES SUCCESSFUL PROGRAM LAUNCH AT DAYTONA STATE COLLEGE
  New Music Production Technology Program Enrollment Greatly Exceeds Expectations DAYTONA BEACH, FL – With Music Production Technology classes in full swing for the Spring semester, the 48-channel Solid State Logic Duality SE console at the Daytona State…
• Harkness Screens Takes Viewers On A Very Important Date At Alice In Wonderland Royal World Premiere In London
  Spectral 240 Brings 3D Fantasy Adventure To Life LONDON, ENGLAND - Harkness Screens, the world’s leading manufacturer of projection screens for cinema applications, was the screen of choice at the Royal World Premiere of Tim Burton’s 3D fantasy…
• SSL DV Announces New Interactive Booth for Gravity at 2010 NAB Convention
  Booth Designed to Effectively Showcase the Gravity Media Asset Management Family of Products NEW YORK – The newly formed SSL DV, Inc., a Solid State Logic Company, will showcase the Gravity Media Asset Management system family of products at the 2010…
• Avid Unveils the Integrated Media Enterprise; Empowers Customers to Adapt in a “Content Anywhere” World
  New open framework addresses the most significant transition facing media production business models since broadcast television displaced radio Tewksbury, MA, March 8, 2010 – Avid® (NASDAQ: AVID) today unveiled the Avid Integrated Media Enterprise…
• LYNX Technik Appoints Jay Jayaraman as USA Vice President of Business Development
  – LYNX Technik Inc, provider of signal processing solutions for the broadcast and professional AV industries, welcomes K. (Jay) Jayaraman as the Vice President of Business Development for the United States. In this newly created position Jay will…
• Avid Expands Interplay into Complete Media Asset Management Solution with Blue Order Acquisition
  New Interplay product family empowers media enterprises to unlock the value of their assets, enable rich collaboration, and increase business agility to adapt in a “Content Anywhere” world Tewksbury, MA, March 8, 2010 – Avid® (NASDAQ: AVID) today…
• Avid Customers Take Home Top Honors at 2010 Entertainment Industry Awards
  Creative teams behind projects such as Avatar, The Hurt Locker and the albums of Beyonce, Green Day and Taylor Swift among this season’s honorees and winners TEWKSBURY, Mass., March 8, 2010 – The 2010 awards season once again marked tremendous accomplishment…

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Digital Cinema Foundry

• Instant Savings on Canon Cameras
  I gather that as a response to the Canon rebates launching on Monday, BH Photo is offering instant savings on their Canon 7D body and 28-135 kit. Read on…

Digital Cinema Foundry

• Instant Savings on Canon Cameras
  I gather that as a response to the Canon rebates launching on Monday, BH Photo is offering instant savings on their Canon 7D body and 28-135 kit. Read on…

Today3D

• Best Buy turning hundreds of stores into 3D TV meccas this month
  Before you bring a 3D HDTV and Blu-ray player into your house, you may be able to give one a test drive at a nearby Best Buy. According to HDGuru.com, the company will be introducing 3D gear at 200 locations this week, including a kick-off event at the…
• No Oscar for James Cameron’s “Avatar, “‘Hurt Locker’ is best picture, wins six Oscars
  “The Hurt Locker” earned six Oscars at the 82nd annual Academy Awards Sunday night, taking home the biggest prize — best picture — as well as honors for its director, original screenplay, sound editing, sound mixing and film editing. The small-budget…
• France screens rugby in 3D
  Upcoming rugby union match France vs UK from the Six Nations Championship 2010 will be broadcast live and in 3D in more than 30 French movie theatres.The broadcast will mark the first time a rugby match has been shot in 3D in France.The match airs next…

Today3D

• Will 3D TV change the way we watch sports?
  A football flies through the goal posts and smack dab into your face, an image so real you flinch and move out of the way.Only you are not standing behind the end zone, but sitting on your living room couch, experiencing the wonders of sports on 3D TV.Once…
• Rock Band Phish Plans to Release 3-D Concert Movie in April
  The rock ‘n’ roll band Phish plans to release a 3-D concert film in U.S. theaters next month, following U2 and Walt Disney Co.’s “Hannah Montana” in trying to capitalize on the popularity of the format.“Phish 3D,” including footage from…
• Nvidia recalls 3D drivers due to overheating risk
  Blue’s News, among others, report that Nvidia is recalling the graphics card driver update it issued on March 2. Alarmingly, a problem with fan control in the firmware can result in card overheating, potentially damaging the graphics card or computer.If…
• ‘Green Lantern’ joins growing 3D slate at Warner Bros
  No huge shock here, but the development is noteworthy. Warner Brothers has announced that its uber-budged comic book adaptation”Green Lantern” will be released in 3D. The development is being reported by bothVariety and The Hollywood Reporter. Both sources…
• Sky plans Germany’s first live 3D telecast
  Sky Deutschland is following in the footsteps of its UK counterpart with a live 3D transmission of the Bundesliga.The exclusive telecast will show the March 14 match between Bayer Leverkusen and Hamburger SV. It will be produced by DFL and Sportcast and…
• ‘Alice in Wonderland’ on track to break all March records
  Disney Studios sure chose the right date with its March premiere of Alice in Wonderland. The Tim Burton-Johnny Depp collaboration debuted Friday to close to $40 million, putting its 3-day cume in the range of $110-$120 million. That far surpasses the…
• Arqiva mulls 3D transmission options
  Arqiva has discussed possible future options for delivering 3D broadcast services over the UK’s digital terrestrial television network.In a speech yesterday at the Digital TV Group Summit, Arqiva head of technical development Mike Brooks said that there…
• LET THE OSCARS BEGIN!
  It’s the biggest party on the Hollywood circuit and you can’t rent a limo within a hundred mile radius of the Kodak Theatre for love nor money. Oh yes, its Oscars time!This is the 82nd Academy Awards. 81 awards nights have come before this one, all…

The Briefing Room

• Robe DigitalSpots for Soho Shanghai
  Robe DigitalSpots continue to be specified into new and exciting venues, and CD Soho is no exception - the buzzing, recently launched nitespot in downtown Shanghai, is located on the Heng Shan Road, right at the heart of the City’s busy clubbing…

FilmJournal International - News

• GDC delivers server upgrade for Series 2 DLP Cinema projectors
  Digital-cinema company GDC Technology is introducing the S2 upgrade for all SA-2100 digital-cinema servers, the first servers to be commercially deployed with the new generation of Series 2 DLP Cinema® projector.
• Dolby plays supporting role in Oscar audio races
  Dolby audio technologies play a role in all films nominated for Academy Awards in the sound editing and sound mixing categories.
• Santikos installing Barco digital in five San Antonio locations
  San Antonio, Texas-based Santikos Theatres selected Barco cinema projectors for their digital projection conversion of five additional multiplexes.
• XpanD partners with Phillips on 3D TV
  XpanD announced a partnership with Philips to provide consumers with co-branded iterations of its patented pi-cell active 3D glasses with Philips’ 3D television sets.
• Bow Tie Cinemas to deploy Technicolor 3D
  Technicolor reached an agreement with New York City-based Bow Tie Cinemas to install Technicolor 3D in all Bow Tie locations on 25 of its 150 screens.
• Nordic Digital Alliance to digitize Norwegian screens
  Nordic Digital Alliance (NDA), the joint venture run by Arts Alliance Media and a Norwegian consortium of businesses, was awarded the contract to roll out digital cinema across the large West region of Norway, as part of the nationwide rollout scheme…
• Great Escape chooses Christie digital projectors
  Great Escape Theatres purchased 174 Christie digital cinema projectors with Texas Instruments’ DLP Cinema® technology. The 14th-largest theatre chain in North America, Great Escape installed 12 Christie projectors to support the premiere of…