5 May 2009
NASCAR Media Group has selected a Quantel Pablo non-linear color correction system for the high end color correction and editing suite at the NASCAR Plaza facility under construction in Charlotte, North Carolina.
The Pablo will be equipped with the stunning Neo control panel as well as Quantels Stereoscopic 3D toolset. The Pablo will initially be involved in finishing and color correction of the over 900 extensive post production projects done by NASCAR Media Group on a yearly basis. The Pablo will also provide a full online post production environment, including handling native RED material and Stereoscopic 3D projects as NASCAR Media Group looks to embrace this new media opportunity for its wide ranging audience.
“NASCAR Media Group is very excited to partner with Quantel in light of ever expanding needs for world-class color correction of traditional workflows as well as new paradigm-changing technologies like that of RED,” said Jeff Lowe, NMGs Managing Director of Broadcast and Media Technology. “We are really looking forward to working with the new 3D option that allows Pablo to edit with 3D files in real time, something we could only do with Quantel. This fabulous system will be available for all major production projects in the south-eastern United States as NASCAR Media Group builds its state-of-the-art facility in Charlotte, NC.”
“With its reputation for excellence and the enormous audiences it commands, NASCAR Media Group is undoubtedly one of the worlds leading sports media organizations,” said Ray Cross, Quantel CEO. “Were delighted that they have chosen Quantel technology as an important part of their future, and were very proud to be part of this exciting sport.”
1 May 2009
Euronews has teamed up with the cable operator numericable to launch its first ever catch-up TV.
The video-on-demand service offers numericable’s subscription viewers in France, Belgium and Luxembourg the possibility to view euronews’ coverage of the European elections: agora special, stories from the Europe section, parlamento, faq, reporter and interviews.
After the elections, the service will feature euronews’ regular programmes.
1 May 2009
Nieman Reports, part of the Nieman Foundation for Journalism at Harvard University, has published a comprehensive resource for journalists about coverage of a pandemic flu, available at www.nieman.harvard.edu.
The information comes from a conference held at the Nieman Foundation during the time when the concern about the potential of Avian Flu to evolve into a human flu epidemic was high. In the report, journalists at The Associated Press, Reuters and CNN pass along valuable information about how their newsrooms prepared to cover flu outbreaks and shared insights about their on-the-ground frontline coverage.
Also useful as reference are the tips issued by Al Tompkins at the Poynter Institute which include recommendations from the World Health Organization (www.poynter.org).
1 May 2009
Japanese government officials this week urged the Philippine government to adopt its Integrated Services Digital Broadcast (ISDB) technology standard over Europes Digital Video Broadcast Handheld or DVB-H platform, Manilas BusinessMirror reports.
Japans Ministry of Internal Affairs and Communications said it was aware that the technical working group (TWG) formed by the National Telecommunications Commission (NTC) had twice recommended the DVB-H platform.
But the ministrys Deputy Director for International Relations, Yasushi Furukawa, said at a press briefing last night that there was more to learn about the Japanese standard.
One reason why our technology platform was not recommended was because there was little information about ISDB. The information was not really disseminated to the Philippines, particularly during the time when the Europeans came to the Philippines to promote their own standard, he said.
It is only now that we are here to explain what our technology can really do. The Philippine government has allowed us to explain this matter.
Countries belonging to the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) endorsed the DVB-T standard as the common digital TV broadcasting standard during the 9th conference of ASEAN Ministers Responsible for Information, held in Jakarta in May 2007.
30 April 2009
More than 60 percent of Twitter users have stopped using the micro-blogging service a month after joining, according to Nielsen Online research released recently.
‘Twitter has enjoyed a nice ride over the last few months, but it will not be able to sustain its meteoric rise without establishing a higher level of user loyalty,’ said David Martin, Nielsen Online’s vice president for primary research. More than 60 percent of Twitter users fail to return the following month – Twitter’s audience retention rate, or the percentage of a given month’s users who come back the following month, is currently about 40 percent.
Martin said that when Facebook and MySpace were emerging networks like Twitter their retention rates were twice as high and they now have retention rates of nearly 70 percent.
