Educators Choose Avid To Build Solid Foundations for Media Careers
By Jim Bask
As a leading provider to technology-based programs, students trained on Avid Media Composer command a 44% higher salary
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Matrox Monarch LCS Wins 2016 Innovative Product Award
By Jim Bask
MONTREAL — December 22, 2016 — Matrox today announced that the Matrox Monarch LCS™ lecture capture appliance, released in June 2016, has been recognized as one of 2016’s Innovative Products as named by Sound & Video Contractor (S&VC). Determined by S&VC’s readership, the Innovative Product Awards honor electronic and mechanical innovation across the full range of ProAV products.
Avid Launches Music Creation and Cloud-enabled Collaboration Innovations for Pro Tools
By Jim Bask
Burlington, MA, 12/21/2016
Pro Tools 12.7 enables artists and producers to explore and find audio samples faster, provides inspiration with a fresh creative sound library, and facilitates experimentation and sharing with versioning workflows
MOTU Ships 624 and 8A Mobile Audio Interfaces with Thunderbolt, USB3, and AVB/TSN
By Jim Bask
CAMBRIDGE, MA — Tuesday, December 6, 2016. MOTU is now shipping the 624 and 8A, two mobile audio interfaces with Thunderbolt and USB3 connectivity for Mac and Windows. Both interfaces share the same superb analog audio quality, ultra-low latency performance, advanced DSP-driven mixing and extensive AVB/TSN audio networking features as MOTU’s flagship 1248 and 16A interfaces.
Editing Professionals Gain Innovative New Features with EDIUS 8.3 Upgrade from Grass Valley
By Jim Bask
MONTREAL, November 8, 2016 — With version 8.3 of EDIUS Pro and EDIUS Workgroup, Grass Valley, a Belden Brand, is introducing a number of new features that will make video editing more productive and more creative. The new version brings high-quality slow motion, more DVD/Blu-ray burning options, and other new usability improvements to all EDIUS Pro and Workgroup 8 users.
NewTek NDI™ Camera Transforms Mobile Devices Into IP Video Sources
By Jim Bask
San Antonio, TX, October 31, 2016—NewTek™ today announced NewTek NDI™ Camera, a software application capable of turning any compatible iOS or Android™ mobile device into a wireless, IP-ready, live video source. When connected via WiFi to the same network as an NDI-compatible receiving device or production system, NewTek NDI Camera allows producers to instantly and affordably add cameras, angles, vantage points, and completely new options for live broadcasts, webcasts, and presentations with the ease of a mobile device app download.
FXHOME PhotoKey 8 Pro: Powerful green screen software gets major upgrade
By Jim Bask
NORWICH, UK, September 20th, 2016 –
FXHOME ( fxhome.com ) today released the latest version of their leading green screen photography software PhotoKey 8 Pro ( fxhome.com/photokey ). Available for just $299, its advanced technology is designed for studio, creative and event photographers seeking intuitive and powerful software to improve the quality of their images, speed up their workflow and provide an enjoyable experience for themselves and their clients.
Indiana University Sets Precedent with Avid NEXIS Intelligent Media Storage
By Jim Bask
The Media School and The Mark Cuban Center for Sports Media and Technology adopt the Avid MediaCentral Platform to prepare students for today’s real-world workflows Avid® (Nasdaq: AVID) today announced that Indiana University has invested in the MediaCentral® Platform for two new facilities, becoming one of the first customers to take delivery of the new Avid NEXIS™ software-defined storage platform, and the first athletics department to invest in an Avid virtual studio.
NDIcentral Launches at IBC
By Jim Bask
NEW YORK, NY (September 8, 2016) – NewBay, publisher of TV Technology (TVT) and Creative Planet Network (CPN), has announced the launch of NDIcentral, a live social media hub designed to educate and inform the industry about NDI™, the Network Device Interface standard from NewTek. NewBay has partnered with NewTek on the hub, which goes live today, as the industry awaits the latest news from the IBC Conference in Amsterdam.
Avid to Unveil Latest Innovations and New Products at IBC 2016
By Jim Bask
MediaCentral Platform innovations, new products and product enhancements will deliver unprecedented creativity, productivity and efficiency improvements to address the industry’s most pressing business challenges