Day: August 6, 2008

First doc short for The Responsibility Project launches

Time Studios, the production arm of Time Inc., and acclaimed director Geoffrey O’Connor, have developed and delivered the first documentary film short to The Responsibility Project. The new six-minute documentary entitled Growing Up, is currently available on The Responsibility Project’s online community, which is a user-friendly Web site that delivers unique content tied to the ….

National Amusements debuts upscale theater concept at Patriot Place in Foxborough

National Amusements recently announced it will unveil its new Showcase Cinema de Lux Patriot Place theatre to the public, this Friday, August 8, 2008 in Foxborough, Mass. This is the second new National Amusements theatre featuring the premium reserved-seating concept called Lux Level, which was launched as a pilot program at Showcase Cinemas in Randolph, ….

SMPTE Expo to showcase new and emerging entertainment tech

New and emerging entertainment technologies of practical use to content creation, management, distribution and display professionals will be the focus of SMPTE 2008 Annual Tech Conference & Expo. Early bird registration is now open for the international event, it was announced by the Society of Motion Picture and Television Engineers (SMPTE), technical society for the ….

Tandberg TV to provide HD MPEG-4 AVC encoders for NBC coverage of Beijing Olympics

Tandberg Television, part of Ericsson, has been selected to provide Tandberg MPEG-4 AVC video processing solutions to NBC during the network’s coverage of the 2008 Beijing Olympics from Beijing, China August 8-24. This is the first Olympics where MPEG-4 AVC will be used for HD content contribution and NBC will deploy a variety of Tandberg ….

First live transatlantic high def 3D broadcast coming in September

On Sunday, September 14, 2008, more than 1000 delegates will witness a historic interview conducted in Los Angeles with DreamWorks Animation CEO Jeffrey Katzenberg. Elizabeth Daley, Dean of USC School of Cinematic Arts will interview him. Thanks to 3Ality Digital, the interview will be photographed on multi-camera Stereoscopic equipment and packaged for delivery by satellite ….