Since its announcement at NAB 2011, ASSIMILATE’s SCRATCH Lab® has taken the production dailies market by storm with its power, versatility and affordability.  The recent announcements of native support for the new Sony F65 CineAlta™ digital motion picture camera, and the breakthrough performance of 48 FPS playback of stereo RED EPIC streams, are just two examples of why Lab has gained favor so quickly on-set. SCRATCH Lab now delivers the most extensive support for production dailies. From RED EPIC, ARRI ALEXA, Sony F65, Phantom and Panasonic P2, to the Canon EOS C300, 5D/7D, and even the GoPro, SCRATCH Lab continues to set the pace for the industry with support for virtually any combination of popular native formats in a single timeline.

Expo@ScreenSingapore is a trade exhibition to provide a marketing platform, networking opportunities for suppliers, service providers, buyers and entertainment media professionals as well as cinema operators to discover business opportunities, partnerships and to be engaged in themed debates. This will take place over three days from 7 to 9 June, with participating companies such as Christie Digital, Distribution Workshop, Fortissimo and Hyde Park Entertainment.

Upcoming police-themed Hong Kong blockbuster FIRESTORM 《风暴》 will be holding its World Premiere in Singapore. Directed by Alan Yuen 袁锦麟, co-produced by highly acclaimed Hong Kong producer Bill Kong 江志强 of Edko Films and Andy Lau刘德华, and starring Andy Lau himself, FIRESTORM has also been selected as the opening film for ScreenSingapore 2013.

Screenworks, part of the NEP worldwide network, has opened a new facility in Brentwood, Tennessee to serve local and touring events in the Nashville area. The 17,000 square foot facility will allow Screenworks to better serve live events locally and across the Southeastern region. An open house was held last week to introduce the new facility to clients and industry partners.

Picture the scene. You are visiting an art exhibition, but the only things you can see are blank canvases. Yet the room is filling up with expectant visitors, and four people begin to fill the canvases with words. Suddenly, you recognise yourself in those words! This is exactly what has been happening in early July at the Cologne Artothek, where Juergen Staack is presenting “Script”, his latest art project, using Sennheiser wireless technology.

Scrub, a division of HHB Communications, worked with Lucky Cat Post Production to provide sales and technical support for the firm’s new Pro Tools-based audio department.

Scrub, a division of HHB Communications, has moved to 69 Wells Street in the heart of Fitzrovia, central London. This is a relocation to larger premises for Scrub, the UK’s leading supplier of pro audio technology to post-production houses. The two-floor facility is located on the north side of Oxford Street, on the corner of Wells Street and Margaret Street.

Based in London WC1, ITN Productions is the creative and commercial arm of the well-known news organisation, producing bespoke content for broadcasters, businesses, brands, rights holders and digital channels. With a huge and growing output spanning TV programme making, commercials, sport, corporate and branded content, in-house post-production facilities at ITN Productions have grown to 60 edit suites in just 5 years, most recently with the addition of a new audio suite with equipment supplied by Scrub.
 

Scrub, HHB Communications' Soho-based subsidiary, has supplied equipment and services to renowned UK music recording facilities Real World Studios for upgrades to Avid Pro Tools HDX and version 11 software.
Located near the World Heritage City of Bath, Real World’s residential studios offer truly unique recording spaces with state-of-the-art technology. Scrub Technical Sales staff supplied Pro Tools HDX hardware I/O and version 11 software for the Big Room, an HDX system for the Wood Room and Pro Tools HD Native for the new Producer’s Cottage.

The latest name in Formula 1 renewed the sport’s tradition of hosting a live launch presentation on Friday evening as Scuderia AlphaTauri, the racing team named after Red Bull‘s premium fashion brand, unveiled its new car and innovative teamwear. More than 500 guests and media representatives from around the world were given a first glimpse of the AT01 racing car with its new livery at the Salzburg event – while some 600km away in Milan a replica of the car was simultaneously unveiled on the facade of the prestigious Rinascente fashion store.

Martin Audio has appointed SD Sistemi as its new distributor for Bosnia and Herzegovina. The agreement was borne out of several meetings at trade shows this year. The Bosnian specialists had first approached Martin Audio with a view to cooperation at ISE in Amsterdam. “During that show we attended the presentation of their new products which were really amazing — and we decided there and then that we wanted these products in our portfolio,” stated SD Sistemi CEO, Dragan Šukalo.

Multiple Latin Grammy Award winning superstar J Balvin has recently embarked on his Energia world tour, bringing his own brand of Colombian ‘Reggaeton’ to the masses. FOH engineer John Buitrago has followed J Balvin’s relentless journey for the past nine years and knows that when putting together his production, only the very best in audio quality will do. This is precisely why he chose a DiGiCo SD10 for the tour and why he has been using the British manufacturer’s consoles for many years. 

SDI, the global leader in subtitling and localization services to the media & entertainment industry, today announced that Sony Creative Software, a division of Sony Electronics, has adopted and integrated SDI’s XML schema into their Z-Depth™ 3D subtitle editing application - Z Depth creates the information needed for proper placement of subtitles or menus in the 3D space of a 3D title presentation.

For the first time in Dutch TV history, a live program has been remotely produced using an entirely SMPTE 2110 IP-based infrastructure thanks to Belgian media networking and storage company SDNsquare.

SDNsquare announce today that they will provide EMG company United with their patented GRID Software Defined Network control software to support the Dutch media production service provider with the IP transition of a number of OB trucks. Having initiated their working relationship with SDNsquare two years ago, when GRID software solution for IP network orchestration was firstly installed at United’s Operation Centre (RoC) in Hilversum, United wanted to extend this relationship into the purchase and IP extension of several OB vans. Though the events of 2020 placed an inevitable impediment on progress, as both companies look forward in 2021 with cautious optimism and as business projects for both parties begin to reinitiate, United are now in a position to finalise the contract for purchase. SDNsquare’s GRID software solution will become the network controller for their entire IP-based fleet, as well as remaining compatible with their existing RoC.