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  • Avid and Wolftech collaborate for digital-first newsroom empowerment

    Avid and Wolftech collaborate for digital-first newsroom empowerment

    Mumbai: Avid, the global leader in software solutions for professional media production, has today entered into a definitive agreement to acquire Wolftech Broadcast Solutions, the industry leader in cloud-based multi-platform planning and publishing news production solutions. This strategic move illustrates Avid’s focus on transforming news, sports, and live production workflows.

    The acquisition will allow Avid to combine its digital-first, end-to-end media solution with Wolftech’s expertise in story-centric workflow management. The integration of Wolftech and Avid is intended to enable news organizations to rapidly deliver stories through multiplatform amplification, significantly increasing efficiency and improving remote collaboration.

    Avid and Wolftech are committed to openness and customer choice. Wolftech already integrates with a wide range of tools, including Avid MediaCentral, and will continue to build integrations with Avid solutions and other industry-leading platforms. With this acquisition, Avid will deepen the integration between the two toolsets while continuing to partner with a wide range of media production tools and newsroom systems. Existing Wolftech customers will benefit from Avid’s global scale for customer support and professional services.

    The planned acquisition of Wolftech positions Avid to deliver a unified suite of integrated tools with unique AI-powered features that will enable news production organizations to:  

    . Break Down Silos: Unlock creativity and operational clarity by breaking down silos between digital, broadcast and long-form teams.  

    .  Increase Efficiency: Get the most out of resources with sophisticated planning and analytics tools.

    .  Focus on the Story: Capture audiences and amplify stories faster across any distribution platform.

    .  Get Teams Interacting: Centralize communication and optimize team collaboration, from newsroom to remote and field, with web and mobile tools.  

    .  Move as Technology Moves: Leverage an integration engine, open API and AI framework to easily build and evolve innovative and modular workflows, from lens to edit and beyond, for the ultimate connected newsroom.

    Avid Technology CEO Wellford Dillard commented on the acquisition, stating: “We are thrilled to welcome Wolftech to the Avid family. This acquisition strengthens Avid’s position in the news market and underscores our commitment to deliver best-in-class solutions that empower news organizations to thrive in today’s fast-paced digital landscape. Together, Avid and Wolftech will change the game for news production teams, delivering innovative tools and workflows that enable compelling, yet efficient, storytelling.”

    Wolftech,  CEO Arne Berven expressed enthusiasm about the acquisition and its potential to drive innovation in news production workflows: “Joining forces with Avid represents an exciting opportunity for Wolftech to accelerate our mission of revolutionizing news production. By integrating Wolftech’s multiplatform planning, collaboration, and publishing capabilities with Avid’s industry-leading solutions, we will empower news organizations to adapt to evolving audience demands and deliver high-quality content across digital platforms more efficiently than ever before.”  

  • The Indian broadcast & film industry poised to redefine creativity at Broadcast India Show 2016

    The Indian broadcast & film industry poised to redefine creativity at Broadcast India Show 2016

    MUMBAI: Saicom Trade Fairs & Exhibitions Pvt. Ltd. is pleased to announce The Broadcast India Show 2016 to be hosted at the Bombay Exhibition Centre, Goregaon (E) in Mumbai, India from 20 -22 October 2016.

    The show will be complemented by a two-day Conference that will be held along with the main exhibition. The conference will bring together CEOs, directors and proprietors of companies, along with engineers, technicians and technologists to facilitate a medley of technical presentations, product promotions and in-depth discussions.

    Broadcast and entertainment technology continues to evolve at breakneck speed, and The Broadcast India Show with its formidable 26-year reputation will once again be the subcontinent’s prime platform showcasing the latest innovations from around the world.
    Thus far, companies like Blackmagic Design, Panasonic, Sony, AVID, RED Digital, Canon, Datavideo, Ross Video, FOR-A, On Air Asia, Adobe, Grass Valley, AJA, PlayBox, IHSE, Primestream, Canare, Ikegami, Hitachi, Chyron Hego, Monarch, Boston, Netweb, Seagate, ARRI, Canara Lighting, GoPro, Atomos, Carl Zeiss, Cooke Optics, Tiffen, Vitec Group, Panther, Yamaha, Sennheiser, Digigram and Planetcast Media Services to name just a few, have already confirmed their participation at the 2016 show.

    Broadcast India Show 2016 will allow visitors and delegates to witness technology’s direct impact on content creation and management in an unprecedented fashion – a massive show floor focused on and dedicated to hands-on, experiential learning. As is tradition, the show will bring together companies and corporates, veterans and professionals, suppliers and customers, stalwarts and other stakeholders from the industry to optimize opportunity, facilitate meaningful trade links and enable information-exchange on a global level.

    Last year, around 19,000+ trade visitors and 580+ participants from more than 35 countries gathered to connect with the future of the industry. This year is poised to exceed those numbers, a veritable win-win for all.

  • The Indian broadcast & film industry poised to redefine creativity at Broadcast India Show 2016

    The Indian broadcast & film industry poised to redefine creativity at Broadcast India Show 2016

    MUMBAI: Saicom Trade Fairs & Exhibitions Pvt. Ltd. is pleased to announce The Broadcast India Show 2016 to be hosted at the Bombay Exhibition Centre, Goregaon (E) in Mumbai, India from 20 -22 October 2016.

    The show will be complemented by a two-day Conference that will be held along with the main exhibition. The conference will bring together CEOs, directors and proprietors of companies, along with engineers, technicians and technologists to facilitate a medley of technical presentations, product promotions and in-depth discussions.

    Broadcast and entertainment technology continues to evolve at breakneck speed, and The Broadcast India Show with its formidable 26-year reputation will once again be the subcontinent’s prime platform showcasing the latest innovations from around the world.
    Thus far, companies like Blackmagic Design, Panasonic, Sony, AVID, RED Digital, Canon, Datavideo, Ross Video, FOR-A, On Air Asia, Adobe, Grass Valley, AJA, PlayBox, IHSE, Primestream, Canare, Ikegami, Hitachi, Chyron Hego, Monarch, Boston, Netweb, Seagate, ARRI, Canara Lighting, GoPro, Atomos, Carl Zeiss, Cooke Optics, Tiffen, Vitec Group, Panther, Yamaha, Sennheiser, Digigram and Planetcast Media Services to name just a few, have already confirmed their participation at the 2016 show.

    Broadcast India Show 2016 will allow visitors and delegates to witness technology’s direct impact on content creation and management in an unprecedented fashion – a massive show floor focused on and dedicated to hands-on, experiential learning. As is tradition, the show will bring together companies and corporates, veterans and professionals, suppliers and customers, stalwarts and other stakeholders from the industry to optimize opportunity, facilitate meaningful trade links and enable information-exchange on a global level.

    Last year, around 19,000+ trade visitors and 580+ participants from more than 35 countries gathered to connect with the future of the industry. This year is poised to exceed those numbers, a veritable win-win for all.

  • Witness yet another technological revolution at the Broadcast India show 2014

    Witness yet another technological revolution at the Broadcast India show 2014

    MUMBAI: Saicom Trade Fairs & Exhibitions Pvt. Ltd. is pleased to announce that the Broadcast India Show 2014 will be held at Bombay Exhibition Centre, Goregaon (E) in Mumbai, India on 15-17 October, 2014.

     

    Along with the grand exhibition, Broadcast India Show 2014 will also be holding a Conference on 15-16 October, 2014 at the same venue.

     

    The Broadcast India Show 2014 will once again be the platform from which the latest broadcast and film, pro-audio, video and radio, 3D and digital cinema, IPTV and Mobile TV, in their most futuristic shapes and forms will be on display. Technological mammoths from all corners of the world will return to the exhibition floor to demonstrate and discuss their creations, share their widened perspectives, and light fires underneath the trends that will come to define the future of technology as we wait to see it.

     

    Some of the world’s leading manufacturers like Panasonic, Sony, Blackmagic Design, Imagine Communications, RED, Avid, Adobe, Canon, Grass Valley, ARRI, AJA, GoPro, Atomos, Datavideo, Boston, Wasp3D, Carl Zeiss, Shure, RCS, Harman and many more will be present at Broadcast India Show 2014.

     

    One of the main highlights of the show this year is the REDucation Theatre, back for its second year after a successful stint last year. This time around, RED Digital Cinema has partnered with The New York Film Academy to offer an on-going series of workshop exploring the RED DRAGON 6K.

     

    AJA Video Systems will showcase the groundbreaking CION camera. Panasonic will launch the much anticipated Varicam, the star of a wide range of products and innovations that will make Film and TV production significantly easier. 

     

    The other attractions are the Great Britain Pavilion and the Production Village. The line-up of international exhibitors will be showcasing the state-of-the-art equipment and the cutting edge technology.

     

    The show will be host to 35 participating countries and to over 550 companies, many of them exhibiting at the show for the very first time.

     

    This is your once-in-a-year chance to visit Broadcast India show, so don’t miss out.

  • Avid unveils upgraded digital audio and video technology at NAB

    Avid unveils upgraded digital audio and video technology at NAB

    MUMBAI: Avid, the creator of digital audio and video technology, has introduced a new and upgraded solution for audio production, professional editing, multi-platform content distribution, on-air graphics production, and asset management at the Nab television technology trade convention in Las Vegas.

    The company also shared its strategic vision, termed “Avid Everywhere,” which expresses the company‘s commitment to create the most fluid end-to-end, distributed media production environment in the industry.

    ‘Avid Everywhere‘ recognises that flexible deployment options, including remote and cloud-based collaboration technology, have become critical to content creators and distributors as they face relentless pressure for operational excellence.

    Intense cost pressures and content creation complexity are key challenges for media and content professionals in this ever more mobile and social world. ‘Avid Everywhere‘ helps our customers meet these challenges by empowering distributed work teams, multi-platform delivery, and the ability to work in any production environment.

    Avid president, CEO Louis Hernandez Jr said, “Over the past 25 years, Avid has built a strong heritage of industry leadership; we‘re proud of the role we play in empowering our customer community to create the most compelling media in the industry. As a critical element of Avid‘s growth strategy, Avid Everywhere inspires our next phase of innovation around our entire product suite. We look forward to sharing more announcements over the next year.”

    Specific new and upgraded products announced at Nab include:

    Creative Tools-Avid‘s professional creative tools set the industry standard for the highest quality content creation and production solutions to power the complete professional content creation environment.

    • Avid Media Composer 7 – The nonlinear editing solution is now available and the aim is to bring value to post production editors. The new version features accelerated and simplified file-based workflows including optimised HD delivery from high-res source material and automated media operations. The new release also offers Interplay Sphere for Mac support, extending real-time production everywhere.
    • Avid Pro Tools 11 – Avid‘s digital audio workstation features audio and video engines, 64-bit architecture, expanded metering, and direct HD video workflows.
    • Avid Motion Graphics 2.5 – Avid‘s next-generation platform of on-air graphics production includes a new dual-channel configuration option and stand-alone playout engine to increase deployment flexibility and speed graphic workflows, to create stunning imagery and get work quicker to air.
    • Avid Fast Track Solo and Duo – Avid‘s two new portable audio interfaces for composing and recording high-quality audio come equipped with Pro Tools Express software for Mac and PC, and connect directly to the iPad, providing high-quality I/O for any iOS app.Media Management Solutions-From the largest media enterprises to independent professionals, Avid provides the most open, flexible, and scalable solutions in the industry.
    • Avid Interplay Production 3.0 – Avid‘s latest version of the production asset management solution simplifies and speeds file-based workflows for post production and broadcast customers, and offers Interplay Sphere with full Mac support.
    • Avid Interplay Pulse – Avid‘s enhanced multi-platform content distribution solution delivers content to online, mobile, and social platforms everywhere, in the right form and format for each, while featuring integration with Avid‘s connected newsroom solution set and unified web client.
    • Avid AirSpeed 5000 2.5 – Avid‘s latest-version video server delivers slow motion playback for SD and HD, fast media replay, and continuous record.
  • UTV to launch second feature film division ‘UTVPost’ in October

    UTV to launch second feature film division ‘UTVPost’ in October

    MUMBAI: UTV, integrated media and entertainment company, will launch its second post production set-up UTVPost in October. UTVPost will be based in Mumbai and is primarily the feature film extension of UTV’s signature post-production studio, USL.

    UTV founder member and director Deven Khote will spearhead the 60-member team of UTVPost and USL. UTVPost is digitally linked to UTV Toons, one of the country’s animation hubs. It comprises of a team of more than 500 skilled artists, animators and compositors, with expertise in all forms of animation and computer graphics.

    The facility is geared, and professionally staffed, to handle the entire post-production chain – from Telecine (with KeyCode) through to Digital Film recording for feature films, informs an official release.

    At UTV’s new 6000 sq feet Andheri studio, the company has configured a comprehensive projection-based 2Kplus DI (Digital Intermediate), VFX (Visual Effects), and CGI pipeline. UTVPost claims to be equipped with state-of-the-art technology from Arri, AutoDesk, Avid, FilmLight, HP, JVC and Sony.