October 2016 – Below the Line

Society of Camera Operators Announces the Lifetime Achievement Honorees & Demo Day Technologies

October 31, 2016 Staff Comments Off

The Society of Camera Operators (SOC) has announced the honorees of the Lifetime Achievement Awards, who will be honored at the February 11, 2017 Awards hosted at the Lowes Hollywood Hotel. The Lifetime Achievement Awards are given in recognition of outstanding achievement by a crafts person within the field of film and video production who has at least twenty years’ experience. The Honorees are: Camera Operator – Garrett Brown, SOC […]

Calrec Audio’s Summa Packs a Mighty Punch for Jones Mobile Television

October 31, 2016 Staff Comments Off

Arkansas-based Jones Mobile Television has taken a leap from analogue stereo to 5.1 surround production by replacing its original desk with a brand-new Calrec Summa digital mixing console. The upgrade is part of a major refit for Jones Mobile Television’s VisionHD trailer. “When our engineers first laid eyes on the Summa, they couldn’t believe such a compact desk could be robust enough to support a high-powered live HD production. But […]

Winners of the Second Annual SMPTE-HPA Student Film Festival Announced

October 27, 2016 Staff Comments Off

The Society of Motion Picture and Television Engineers (SMPTE), the organization whose standards work has supported a century of technological advances in entertainment technology, and the Hollywood Professional Association (HPA), the organization serving the professional media creation and finishing community, have announced the winners of the second annual SMPTE-HPA Student Film Festival. Held on Wednesday, Oct. 26, at the Egyptian Theatre in Hollywood, California, following the Oktoberfest Reception for the SMPTE […]

SMPTE Recognized with Honorary IABM Industry Collaborative Group Endorsement in Recognition of 100 Years Service to the Industry

October 27, 2016 Staff Comments Off

At the SMPTE Annual Conference and Exhibition on 25th October 2016, IABM presented SMPTE with honorary IABM ICG (Industry Collaborative Groups) Endorsement in recognition of its 100 years of leadership in promoting standards and interoperability. Originally formed to promote a common format for movie film to enable interoperability between different manufacturers’ camera and projector systems, SMPE added its ‘T’ in 1950 in the early days of television to bring the […]

Academy’s Tech Council Adds New Member Annie Chang

October 26, 2016 Staff Comments Off

Annie Chang, vice president of technology for Marvel Studios, has accepted an invitation to join the Science and Technology Council of the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences, bringing the Council’s 2016–2017 membership roster to 25. During Chang’s 11 years at Disney, Marvel’s parent company, she has shaped technology standards and strategies, helped research and implement new technologies into feature post-production and mastering pipelines, and helped the studio transition […]

SIM Group Appoints NKPR as North American Public Relations Agency of Record

October 26, 2016 Staff Comments Off

SIM Group, a family of companies providing that deal with the content creation process for the feature film and television industries, has selected NKPR, a leading North American public relations and digital media agency to act as its strategic partner. “We are enthusiastic to welcome NKPR as an extension of our brands in North America,” said James Haggarty, CEO, SIM Group. “Natasha Koifman and her team have a proven track […]

IABM releases broadcast and media industry Brexit survey results

October 26, 2016 Staff Comments Off

IABM has unveiled the results of a detailed survey on the potential effects of Brexit on broadcast and media technology suppliers and end-users. Conducted during September 2016, the survey was carried out among UK and European broadcast and media companies. As this is a one-off survey, IABM has decided that non-members as well as members may have free access to the full report. The report can be downloaded here. The survey […]

John Cho, Cary Elwes, Aja Naomi King, Alia Shawkat to Perform at Academy Nicholl Fellowship Live Read

October 25, 2016 Staff Comments Off

Actors John Cho, Cary Elwes, Aja Naomi King and Alia Shawkat will perform a live reading of selected scenes from this year’s five winning scripts at the 2016 Academy Nicholl Fellowships in Screenwriting Awards Presentation & Live Read on Thursday, November 3, at 7:30 p.m. at the Academy’s Samuel Goldwyn Theater in Beverly Hills. Effie Brown (Dear White People) will produce the event, and Rodrigo Garcia (Last Days in the […]

Gearhouse Broadcast in Largest Ever Purchase of 4K Fujinon Lenses for its Australian OB Supertruck Fleet

October 25, 2016 Staff Comments Off

In its largest ever lens purchase and as a major part of its ongoing commitment to the Australian market, broadcast services specialist Gearhouse Broadcast today announced a multi-million dollar investment in FUJINON 4K and HD lenses to bolster and enhance its Australian HD OB super truck fleet. Gearhouse Broadcast CEO John Newton said, “Our core philosophy has always been to deliver the latest and highest quality technology, workflows and services […]

VITEC to Demonstrate Streaming Solutions at SATIS

October 25, 2016 Staff Comments Off

VITEC, a company that specializes in advanced video encoding, decoding, and streaming, will highlight its PX Media Library, EZ TV IPTV Solution, and complete line of award-winning portable encoder and decoder appliances at SATIS 2016 in stand 3-E33 at the Paris Expo Porte de Versailles from Nov. 15-17. “At this year’s SATIS, we will demonstrate the PX Media Library, a timesaving meta-solution that enables media professionals to seamlessly tag, edit, […]