In Broadcast - October 2016 - 6

www.inbroadcast.com | Vol: 6 - Issue 10 | October 2016

InNews
RED Unleashes
Digital Cameras
USA / GBR: RED Digital Cinema
will be exhibiting at the Wildscreen
Film Festival in Bristol from
October 10 to 14. Attendees
can interact with RED's DSMC2
cameras, including the SCARLET-W
5K, WEAPON 6K and WEAPON 8K
VV, as well as the limited edition
WEAPON 8K S35 featuring RED's
newest sensor, HELIUM.
This is a unique opportunity for
festival-goers to experience two
industry-leading 8K sensors - RED
DRAGON VV and HELIUM S35
- side-by-side.

Novus Selects
Ericsson Mediaroom
CAN: Novus Entertainment Inc.,
a Canadian telecommunications
company, has selected Ericsson's
Mediaroom solution to deploy its
end-to-end IPTV service.
Novus is offering IP-based TV services, powered by Ericsson Mediaroom, to selected IPTV ready buildings in the greater Vancouver area.
Novus has been at the forefront of
the regulatory changes in Canada
which have provided more affordable and flexible television packages for its customers.
Its new IPTV service will further
enhance its customers' ability to
customise their services.

Nikon Acquires
MRMC Shares
USA / GBR: Nikon Corporation
of Japan and the shareholders of
MRMC have come to an agreement
whereby Nikon will acquire 100%
of the shares of MRMC.
MRMC will continue with its
traditional
motion
control
equipment market for film and
commercials, while rapidly growing
its other vertical markets that need
robotics.
Nikon is keen to see how far it can
help MRMC take robotics to new
levels of excellence.

Vitec Group Acquires
Wooden Camera
T

he Vitec Group has acquired
Wooden Camera, a Texas company
known for its high quality professional
camera accessories.
Wooden
Camera
will
be
incorporated into the Vitec Group's
Creative Solutions business unit,
complementing other brands such
as Teradek, SmallHD, Paralinx, and
Offhollywood.
"Just like their products perfectly fit
the modern camera, Wooden Camera
fits perfectly into Vitec's business,
right alongside the other game
changing brands that have joined us
over the past four years," said Nicol
Verheem, CEO of Vitec's Creative
Solutions. "We have fantastic synergy
in our products, end-users, channel

partners, and even other vendor
relationships."
Founded in 2011 by Ryan
and Elizabeth Schorman,
Wooden Camera products
span several product
categories,
including
baseplates, matte boxes,
power
distribution,
and
cages.
"We are excited to become part
of The Vitec Group and feel that
our product line and culture fits
perfectly with Vitec's premium
brands. Customers already turn to
Wooden Camera when they need to
mount a SmallHD monitor, Teradek
transmitter, Anton Bauer battery, and
other items. Now as an official part of

Archion EditStor
Handles 'The Heat'
A

rchion Technologies's EditStor has
been successfully performing as
the post-production storage for the hit
Langley Productions reality TV series
COPS, as well as other Langley TV
series, including Jail.
One of the U.S.'s premiere
independent
non-fiction
production
companies,
Langley Productions' postproduction team has relied
on Avid editorial tools,
including
Avid
Shared
Storage. But like many other
Avid based facilities, Langley
had
trusted
Archion's
Synergy product attached
to the Avid Unity. That trust

the group, we look forward to many
new possibilities," said Ryan Shorman,
Founder of Wooden Camera.
All of Wooden Camera's products
are designed, assembled, and shipped
from their Dallas, Texas facility.

decades," said Reuben Lima, Archion's
CEO/Founder. "Our solid relationship
with Langley serves as a testament to
the performance, trust and reliability
of Archion's EditStor storage solution."
continued when, mid-2015, the Langley
MItsuo
Goto,
Post
Producer
team decided to upgrade their facility at
Langley
Productions,
and
with Archion's EditStor solution.
Abbey Wysocki, Post Production
"We are delighted to be working with Supervisor, Langley Productions,
Langley Productions and their series added: "Replacing Avid Unity was a
COPS, a major success for nearly three very big decision for us at Langley
Productions last year. We
COPS - Langley Productions
chose Archion's EditStor
over Avid ISIS and other
systems because of its high
performance
capabilities
and vast experience with
Avid workflow."
Langley has over 20 Avid
editors connected with
10GigE to EditStor for their
shows, along with on-going
development projects.

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