While Avatar set the benchmark, almost every other project is just making an untidy pile of failures at the fence. Is the glass half empty or full? No, it is just cracked, say some serious but anonymous experts.
According to Oktobor’s Creative Technologist Mark Zeman, the brief from Ambience Entertainment for the new Erky Perky website was simple, “Create an all seeing, all dancing website as good as the TV show.” Says Zeman.
As the "independent chairman of a statutory organisation", Newman can say what he damn well thinks, according to Conroy, as he also told The Australian something The Age picked up a week ago - Auntie has been starved for years and is making up for lost time, for which the Senator, who remembers the Opposition wilderness, has every sympathy.
IBM and Fujifilm have achieved a world record in areal data density on linear magnetic tape. Newly developed technologies will enable cartridge to hold up to 35 trillion bytes (terabytes) of uncompressed data - or 44 times the current IBM LTO Generation 4 cartridge. 35 terabytes will store 35 million books, the equivalent of 248 miles (399 km) of bookshelves.
At NAB 2010 JVC Professional will be highlighting its complete line of HD cameras, monitors, switchers and equipment specific to the broadcast and professional industry, along with high resolution, super contrast D-ILA projectors.
Emmy® Award-winning Toon Boom Animation Inc. today announced the upcoming release of Toon Boom Animate 2, a new version that provides professional animators with more power and flexibility for creating traditional, digital, cut-out and Flash-style animation.
Self-important interviewer collides with the fascinating Ken Ralston, who gives with the skinny about the weirdification of the Alice in Wonderland performers.
Media 100 has announced that Media 100 Suite Version 1.5 is now available. Version 1.5 includes the ability to create, save, and export presets, improved media management capabilities, AVCHD import, and support for Apple's ProRes 4444, LT, and Proxy codecs.
Pacific nations are benefiting from broadcast technology and equipment donated by TVNZ and carried to the Islands by Air New Zealand. TV stations in Tonga, Samoa and the Cook Islands have been donated TVNZ’s live broadcasting kits, which the broadcaster has recently replaced as a result of the migration to digital television.
Rachael Turk, Sydney journalist, independent filmmaker, ex-editor of IF and correspondent for Screen Hub, has been snaffled by Southern Star to be their Development Executive. As the cliche goes: our loss is their gain.
What was the bribe about? "Actually it was designed to buy the networks cooperation in the digital switchover, which up will free up spectrum that the Government will sell for at least $1 billion, possibly much more. In that it was both rational and fair." Alan Kohler uses the ABC to be controversial.
Austar United Communications Limited has licensed an interactive program guide from US company Rovi. The agreement provides AUSTAR with a license to Rovi’s IPG patents for AUSTAR’s pay television services. In the corporate world, AUSTAR is an affiliate of UPC Broadband in Europe, via parent company Liberty Global, and UPC recently negotiated a similar agreement with Rovi.