Editshare Gives Its Collaborative Storage Systems Enhanced Compatibility with the New Avid 64-Bit Release EditShare XStream, Energy and Metro provide Avid editors a high performance, collaborative workflow for end-to-end tapeless production Boston, MA — February 14, 2012—EditShare®, the technology leader in shared media storage and end-to-end tapeless workflow solutions, today announced that the company’s collaborative storage products – XStream, Energy and Metro – now provide complete compatibility with Avid® Technology's new 64-bit systems, Media Composer® and Symphony™ v6.0 as well as NewsCutter® v10.0. “The big news here is ‘project and media sharing,’” says Andy Liebman, founder and CEO, EditShare. “With Avid's switch to 64-bit back in November, we had to modify our bin-locking and media-sharing code to be compatible with the new Avid software. Our work is now done, and as of today, EditShare's Mac and Windows customers can get the same robust project and media-sharing options we have always provided for Avid's 32-bit versions. Every aspect of EditShare's tapeless workflow technology is now totally compatible with the latest Avid software. Customers can use our multichannel ingest, networked storage, media asset management, and backup and archiving products with complete confidence that they will work seamlessly with virtually any Avid NLE version.” The EditShare shared storage V6.1.3 update is free to existing EditShare V6.x customers with a valid maintenance contract.      

Altered Images Further Expands Sales Team With Appointment Of Peter Billing London, 6th February 2012  Altered Images, a leading reseller of technology for the television production and corporate communications industries, has today announced the appointment of Peter Billing as Area Sales Manager – Northern Region. A well respected industry figure, Peter’s appointment further highlights Altered Images’ strong commitment to the production community. He is based in the company’s Manchester, UK office. Prior to joining Altered Images Peter held the position of Business Development Manager for over 12 years at Quadrant Video .His responsibilities included the sale of production equipment and services to many leading UK television and film post production companies in the North of England and Scotland David Johnson, Managing Director comments, “Peter has worked closely with leading broadcasters, post facilities and production companies at the very forefront of production technology and will be an extremely valuable asset to the team. He will oversee all aspects of sales and business development from our Manchester office.   See us at BVE 2012.Stand B30  

London, 11 January 2012, JVC Professional Europe Ltd. today announced the GY-HMQ10, the worlds first handheld 4K camcorder, which captures, records and plays video images at four times the resolution of high definition television. Powered by JVC’s Falconbrid large-scale integration (LSI) chip for high-speed signal processing and a 1/2-inch CMOS imager with 8.3 million active pixels, it delivers real-time 3840x2160 footage at 24p and 50p. We’re witnessing the birth of what is destined to become a broad market for full 4K end-to-end production,” said product manager, Gustav Emrich. “The GY-HMQ10 is a breakthrough product that opens up 4K imaging to users who previously wouldn't have considered it.” High resolution 4K still picture imaging has been around for several years in DSLR cameras. Motion video capture with these cameras has always been done at a lower video resolution because of lack of processing power. Likewise, high end digital motion picture cameras may capture 4K images, but often provide a raw data output to an external storage array for later processing - again due to lack of processing power in the camera. There just hasn't been the ability to capture, process, display and record full 4K images in real time until now. JVC's exclusive Falconbrid LSI processing takes raw image data from the camera's CMOS device and dematrixes (deBayers) it in real time. Unlike many high end 4K cameras, the GY-HMQ10 is able to output 4K images to a monitor or projection system in real time with virtually no latency. This capability opens up applications in cinematography, medical microscopy, telepresence, specialised observation / surveillance, and live wide-view event coverage. Using MPEG-4 technology and a variable bit rate H.264 codec operating at up to 144 Mbps, the GY-HMQ10 records up to two hours of 4K video to economical SDHC or SDXC memory cards. In addition to 4K imaging, the GY-HMQ10 also captures and records astonishing 1080i or 1080/50p full HD, with extraordinary detail provided by its 8.3 megapixel imager and superior lens. HD is recorded on a single memory card in a format compatible with most editing systems, along with the ability to crop an HD image from a 4K frame. This can be accomplished in post production, or in real time during camera playback. The “trimming” feature makes HD cropping easy using the camera's touch panel LCD monitor. Similar in size to JVC’s popular GY-HM150 ProHD camcorder, the GY-HMQ10 includes a build-in F2.8 10x zoom lens with optical image stabiliser, as well as a colour viewfinder and 3.5-inch touch LCD monitor with a new, intuitive user interface. The GY-HMQ10 is built in a familiar, comfortable and lightweight form factor for hours of field production with minimum fatigue. The GY-HMQ10 is equipped with manual level controls for audio, with audio metering in the LCD and viewfinder displays. A microphone holder and two balanced XLR connectors with phantom power are located on the handle. The camera is equipped with a built-in stereo mic for ambient sound pickup. Other features include JVC’s patented Focus Assist, as well as manual and auto control of focus, iris, gain, shutter, gamma, colour matrix and white balance. Plus, the camera has the unusual capability of live 4K output via four HDMI terminals. “Historically, JVC has been a leader in camcorder and display technology, and the GY-HMQ10 is our latest breakthrough,” added Gustav. “It's part of a larger move at JVC to bring 4K technology to a wide range of customers.” In September 2011, JVC introduced an affordable line of 4K projectors to the home theatre market. The company's high-end 4K projectors are widely used in commercial flight simulators and planetariums. “4K is the logical step beyond HD,” he added, “and JVC is uniquely positioned to lead the industry in this new direction.” JVC's innovative approach to professional 4K will be unveiled in a series of industry announcements beginning at CES in Las Vegas and continuing throughout 2012. The GY-HMQ10 has a list price of £4340 and is expected to ship in March 2012.