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FirstCom Partners with Sound Editor Rob Nokes on FX Library
At NAB, FirstCom Music is officially launching a new site, FirstCom SoundFX, in conjunction with sound editor Rob Nokes (Bones, Snow White and the Huntsman, Battleship). The site will offer FirstCom's production clients access to a new library of more …
Vimeo Adds On Demand Paid-Viewing Option
Vimeo revealed the backbone of its Creator Services strategy at South by Southwest today, announcing Vimeo On Demand, an open e-commerce platform allowing content creators to sell access to videos hosted on Vimeo. Content creators retain 90 percent of revenues; …
Visual Effects Society to Organize ‘VFX Congress’
In an open letter released today, the head of the Visual Effects Society (VES), an honorary group of more than 2500 visual effects artists from 29 countries, launched a campaign urging California lawmakers to expand the state's tax-incentive program for …
Starting with the Super Bowl, NetApp Carries Some Pigskin for the NFL
NetApp entered a multi-year relationship with the NFL in December that will involve the management of massive amounts of game-related data for the football league. One of the first projects was Super Bowl XLVII in New Orleans, where NetApp deployed …
Avid Names Louis Hernandez CEO, Replacing Gary Greenfield
Avid's board of directors today named Louis Hernandez the company's new president and CEO, effective immediately. Hernandez, who has been on Avid's board since 2008, replaces Gary Greenfield in both positions. In a statement released by Avid, Hernandez said Greenfield …
Rhythm & Hues to File for Chapter 11 Bankruptcy
Animation studio Rhythm & Hues, which is widely expected to win an Oscar this year for Life of Pi, is reportedly filing today for Chapter 11 bankruptcy protection. The El Segundo, CA-based company is said to have warned workers that …
Roger Deakins Wins Top ASC Award for Skyfall
Roger Deakins, ASC, BSC, won the ASC award for best feature film cinematography for his work on Skyfall at the American Society of Cinematographers Awards for Outstanding Achievement in Hollywood last night. In the one-hour TV episodic category, ASC announced …
Does Amazon’s Cloud Transcoding Service Make Sense for You?
Last week, Amazon released a cloud video transcoding service called Amazon Elastic Transcoder. The service is priced at a significant discount compared to other cloud transcoding services, such as Zencoder, that run on Amazon Web Services. Many in the twittersphere …
Grass Valley Updates Stratus Production System
Grass Valley announced a new release of its GV Stratus system, which it now describes as a "nonlinear production solution." It includes new automated rules-based file operations and Edius XS, a low-resolution proxy editor that shares most of the effects …