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The ultimate finish Marquis and Merging have announced that the X2Pro V2.0 supports the transfer of Final Cut Pro X projects to Pyramix for audio finishing. X2Pro converts the Final Cut Pro X XML into an AAF file, which can be read by Pyramix systems with the PSP-AAF interchange option installed. This integration between thetwo applications allows an unlimited number of Audio Roles in Final Cut Pro X to be opened by the Pyramix user, which allows sound designers and mixers to get to work immediately. Merging’s President, Claude Cellier, commented, “This is a real bonus for our post production customers. This inexpensive solution really speeds up the editing process and we are delighted that Marquis has added Pyramix compatibility to X2Pro.” Chris Steele, product manager, Marquis Broadcast, said: “X2Pro uses Marquis’ Media Highway, the core technology employed by Marquis’ media integration products to integrate Final Cut Pro X into professional audio workflows. The transfer into Pyramix now allows integration and a smooth workflow between these applications.”
www.marquisbroadcast.com www.merging.com
FilmLight links to Blutek FilmLight, a manufacturer of colour grading, colour management and film scanning systems for film and television production, has forged a strategic alliance with Rome-based technology reseller Blutek to represent its product line in Italy. Blutek will provide sales support in Rome and throughout Italy for FilmLight’s full product line, including its Baselight colour grading system, Blackboard control surface, FLIP realtime onset image processor, FLUX data management platform and Baselight Editions software. FilmLight will continue to handle marketing, service and support.
www.filmlight.ltd.uk
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Classic Car Rescue By Melanie Dayasena-Lowe
During the London Olympics, 135 videos were produced with 351,000 Twitter accounts reached
Broadcast entry for Starfish Television
By Melanie Dayasena-Lowe
STARFISH TELEVISION is a new company launching officially into the market this month, providing new options for international broadcasters, federations, marketing agencies and rights holders. The sports and major events services company has two experienced directors in Tony Still and Kevin Magee, who offer a range of services from live television
production, technical distribution and media management services to a wide range of clients around the world at a cost effective price. Starfish Television provided a
range of services at the London 2012 Olympics, from operating a major production hub for China’s Tencent, to being commissioned to provide a comprehensive Media Suite for foreign media in Stratford for the duration of the 2012 Games.
Over 250 global broadcasters and media organisations used Starfish Television’s services during the Games, which included the provision of specially filmed content, editing, cameras and connectivity. Broadcasters who used Starfish Television’s services included the BBC, ITN, ESPN, Fox Sports, CBS, Al Jazeera, Reuters, BSkyB, APTN, Channel 7, Bloomberg and TV Globo.
www.starfishtv.co.uk
Snell takes Kudos to broader market By Melanie Dayasena-Lowe
SNELL HAS launched the KudosPro MC500, the newest addition to the KudosPro family of broadcast-quality format and standards conversion systems. The KudosPro MC500 makes the picture quality of motion compensation available to a much broader range of broadcast organisations,. “Until now, when evaluating
frame-rate solutions, many of our customers had to choose
The MC500 offers 16-channel embedded audio processing for each video channel and automatic aspect ratio conversion
between high-quality but relatively expensive motion compensated conversion or lower-cost, lower-quality linear conversion. Now, customers don’t have to choose — they can have the best of both worlds,” said Paola Hobson, senior
product manager at Snell. As with the other members
of the KudosPro range, the MC500 provides frame-rate conversion as well as up-, down-, and cross-conversion for all broadcast standards.
www.snellgroup.com
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AFRAME CUSTOMERBlink Films, working with Clear Cut Pictures, achieved a streamlined post production workflow for the new TV show Classic Car Rescue by using Aframe’s cloud video production platform to complete a cross-Atlantic production. The show’s hosts scour the United Kingdom, Canada and US for rust buckets that they restore to their former glory. In order to meet the air date, the UK line manager needed a way to enable trans-Atlantic editing for a Canadian coproduction where footage could be accessed simultaneously in London and Toronto.
www.tvbeurope.com November 2012
Aframe’s cloud video production platform was used to expedite a cross-Atlantic production
“Aframe made our
exceptionally challenging trans- Atlantic workflows faster, safer and easier,” said Ben King, designer, format editor and post workflow consultant for Classic Car Rescue. “Now, with Aframe’s unlimited file sizes and native media storage, we could easily upload the new footage as soon as it was brought back from the shoot, and share it to remote locations around the globe in a fraction of the time it would normally take,” King said. “I doubt we could have completed this show on time and on budget by working the traditional way.”
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