NEWS >>> INDUSTRY Avid Launches Customer Association
THE AVID Customer Association has been created to provide both leadership and technology solutions to address issues facing the media industry today. “With our long heritage as the most proven and trusted technology leader in the media industry, Avid is fortunate to have gathered the largest and most forward-thinking community of media organisations and creative professionals as our customers,” stated Louis Hernandez Jr, president and CEO of Avid. “Our work together has
allowed Avid to develop a clear understanding of the pressures that creative and
>>> INDUSTRY Ray Dolby Dies Aged 80
RAY DOLBY died on 12 September at his home in San Francisco, at the age of 80. He had been living with Alzheimer’s disease in recent years, and was diagnosed in July with acute leukaemia. “Today we lost a friend, mentor and true visionary,” said Kevin Yeaman, president and CEO, Dolby Laboratories. “Ray Dolby founded the company based on a commitment to creating value through innovation and an impassioned belief that if you invested in people
>>> EVENT Audio Media Supports Inaugural InMusic’13
PREPARATIONS ARE well under way for the first Innovation in Music (InMusic’13) conference, which will be held in York, England, on 4-5 December. The event has been created by academics
and professionals from across Europe who are interested in the future of the music industry from the artist through to the consumer. Keynotes confirmed for the inaugural
conference include multiplatinum music producer, songwriter, manager, and publisher Jake Gosling; TC Electronic’s Thomas Lund; and Crispin Murray, former technical manager at Metropolis Studios and now director of Guilde
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Productions. Murray will deliver a technical keynote about loudness and volume, covering analogue, digital, and Mastered for iTunes. In addition, the conference will cover topics
such as ‘Mastering’, ‘Post production and sound design innovation’, and ‘Games music and sound design’. Sessions will be held at the University of
York and York St John University. The event is sponsored by Focusrite,
Novation, Audio Media, and Sontronics. To register and for more information, visit
the website below.
www.innovationinmusic.com
www.audiomedia.com
and gave them the tools for success they would create great things. Ray’s ideals will continue to be a source of inspiration and motivation for us all.” “My father was a thoughtful, patient, and loving man, determined to always do the right thing in business, philanthropy, and as a husband and father,” said David Dolby, son and member of Dolby Laboratories’ board of directors. “Our family is very proud of his achievements
and leadership. He will be sorely missed, but his legacy of innovation will live on.” “Though he was an engineer at heart, my father’s achievements in technology grew out of a love of music and the arts,” said Tom Dolby, son, filmmaker, and novelist. “He brought his appreciation of the artistic process to all of his work in film and audio recording.” “Ray was generous,
patient, intellectually honest and fair-minded. Forever curious, unafraid, and oh so
media professionals face. Building on our culture of collaboration, we will work together even more tightly to navigate the evolving media landscape and provide strategic direction for the entire industry.” The Avid Customer Association will hold an event for customers on 4-5 April, 2014. Additional user groups will be overseen by a series of single-focus boards, each of which will have an identified customer responsible for ongoing leadership and management of the initiative. A Customer Association Executive Board will provide oversight to the individual
Avid Customer Association boards, which will focus on topics such as strategic development, products and solutions, industry standards, customer advocacy, and customer success. Founding members of the Avid Customer Association Executive Board include: Dr Andreas Bereczky, executive vice president of technology and production, ZDF German Television; Dany Harrison, general manager Radio-Canada Productions, CBC/Radio-Canada; Fred Mattocks, general manager, media operations and technology, CBC English Services, CBC/Radio- Canada; Frank Governale,
vice president, CBS News technology and operations, CBS News; Ding Wenhua, chief engineer, CCTV; Paul Stevenson, director of technology and technical operations, ITV News, ITV. “The transformation that is occurring across the broadcast and media industry is placing ever greater demands on our production solutions,” said Paul Stevenson at ITV News. “With its breadth of
customers across the industry, and very wide range of experience of the production and broadcast industry, Avid is well placed to bring the world’s media leaders together and to help set a
clear path to inform their product development. I am very pleased to be a part of this effort.” “With this new customer association, Avid is clearly demonstrating its commitment to collaborating with our entire community of media professionals,” said Dr Andreas Bereczky, ZDF German Television. “I am looking forward to
working with my industry peers and the Avid leadership team to make progress on a wide range of strategic issues as well as provide insights to help guide Avid’s future innovations and strategic plans.”
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persistent, whether we were driving overland from India, flying his planes across the Atlantic, or driving the big bus around the National Parks,
he not only gave us an exciting life, but was a fantastic role model for our sons,” said Dagmar Dolby, Ray’s wife of 47 years.
www.dolby.com
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