FilmCore Distribution, an Ascent Media Group company and a leading provider of distribution and vault services to the advertising industry, has opened a facility in New York. The new facility will offer a complete solution for advertising distribution and media management. Its services will include television and radio distribution, video and audio encoding, CD, DVD and tape duplication, fiber, satellite and digital delivery, vaulting, digital asset management and archiving.... »
Legendary comic book creator Stan Lee and his POW! Entertainment Inc. (Pink Sheets: POWN), along with Brighton Partners, have joined forces with Rainmaker Entertainment to launch the new superhero property “Legion of 5,” it was announced today by Warren Franklin, CEO of Rainmaker. Rainmaker, a leading CG animation producer, will develop and produce the feature length film properties.... »
In a major expansion of its resources and capabilities, Blink Digital has added a facility in Burbank offering authoring, compression and encoding services for SD DVD and Blu-ray. The production services offered by the Burbank facility are designed to complement the creative services provided by Blink Digital’s New York and Santa Monica studios to form a complete, end-to-end solution for home entertainment media.... »
FilmCore has launched a new Creative Services division at its studio in San Francisco. The editorial house is seeking to move beyond its niche in post-production while providing ad agencies with an alternative solution for the production of new media advertising, including advertising for the web and mobile devices, viral campaigns and branded entertainment. Services offered by the new venture will run the gamut from concept development and brand strategy through design, animation and post. It will also offer help with new media strategy and distribution. ... »
Red Magnet, a visual effects boutique catering to the advertising industry, has launched in Venice. Headed by Shira Boardman, former executive producer at Sway Studio, the new company will offer 2D and 3D design and effects, previsualization, project management and supervision, compositing and animation. ... »
As recently announced, Hollywood’s long and bitter writers’ strike ended as the governing boards of the unions representing 12,000 movie and television writers unanimously approved a three year deal with production companies. The strike, which began in November 2007, lasted five months and cost the entertainment industry an estimated $500 million. ... »
Avid Technology, Inc. (Nasdaq:
AVID) announced that Kirk Arnold has joined the company as executive
vice president and general manager of Avid's Professional Video
business unit, reporting directly to Avid Chief Executive Officer Gary
Greenfield. In this role, Arnold will be responsible for all of Avid's
products and services for the professional video market - broadcast
television, post-production and media enterprises.
... »
VTR plc is pleased to announce the acquisition of Machine Effects Limited, the visual effects company founded by John Lockwood and Steve Street, for a total consideration of £2,050,000 (the “Acquisition”). The Acquisition strengthens VTR’s offer in the UK visual effects market and underpins the continued international expansion of the Prime Focus Group of companies. ... »
Jonathan Whitehead, Executive Producer of Unit 5 Productions, a full-service commercial production company located in Santa Monica, has announced that the company has signed five noted spot directors on an exclusive basis. These directors are Bill Timmer, Marcus Stokes, Suzanne Luna, Vincent Pagazza and John Shotwell. ... »
Looking to take the guesswork out of trying to decide which HD format is right for your particular project, Sony Electronics’ Professional Media Group is conducting a series of free online seminars on high-definition recording media and formats.... »
Digieffects, a developer of popular
software plugins for Adobe After Effects, Adobe Premiere Pro, Apple
Final Cut Pro, and Autodesk Combustion today announced that it had
reached an agreement to acquire the Walker Effects plugins from
WalkerFX.
... »
Avid Technology, Inc. today announced that Gary Greenfield has been named chairman of the board and chief executive officer (CEO) effective immediately. Greenfield succeeds Nancy Hawthorne, who has served as interim CEO since August 1 and will assume the role of lead director on the company’s Board.... »
