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Pixotope announces new hires in APAC region

Pixotope is solidifying its position as a global Virtual Production (VP) industry leader with two new hires in their Asia Pacific leadership team. These posts reflect a strategic expansion by Pixotope across global media and entertainment markets as live broadcast VP sees enormous international growth. Matthew Ma, former employee of Amazon Web Services and Avid, […]

January 24, 2022

New capabilities in Avid MediaCentral

TV newsrooms and production workflow teams can now bring graphic designers directly into their Avid MediaCentral production workflows through the MediaCentral panel, which now includes support for Adobe Photoshop and After Effects. The lightweight software plugin erases the frustrating manual steps graphic designers need to take in order to contribute to large-scale production projects and […]

December 9, 2021

Pixotope appoints Cardenas as Regional Sales Manager for S. Europe

Pixotope, creator of a Virtual Production solution, has appointed Sergio Cardenas as their Regional Sales Manager in Southern Europe. Cardenas’ passion for audiovisual systems, live and broadcast productions, and innovative technology have driven his high-end broadcasting career over the last 20 years. A specialist in real-time graphics, virtual studios, and virtual reality solutions, his previous […]

November 16, 2021

Avid expands IP content sources for live TV content workflows to include Sony and TVU Networks

Avid has announced the interoperability of Sony and TVU Networks IP-connected devices with MediaCentral | Stream to dramatically expand the pool of journalists, producers and other production resources who can contribute live streams from anywhere for news and remote live production workflows. MediaCentral | Stream is a rapidly deployed, software-only solution that immediately opens the MediaCentral platform […]

October 19, 2021

Avid launches MediaCentral | Sync

Avid has extended its media production portfolio with the availability of MediaCentral | Sync, a secure backup solution available by subscription that protects television news organizations and other production environments against unexpected storage and database loss. MediaCentral | Sync enables disaster recovery and business continuity workflows by automatically replicating media and any associated metadata to a second production management system, minimizing the risk of production delays by ensuring simple, efficient and reliable data backups. ​ MediaCentral | Sync is a […]

October 4, 2021

Hula Post puts Avid subscription software to work

Hula Post, a supplier of post-production technology and support for motion pictures, television and streaming platforms, recently transitioned to subscription licensing of Avid’s  Media Composer | Enterprise video editing software. Now, Hula Post ensures that hundreds of Hollywood’s remote and on-site video editors can always work with the latest Media Composer editing software and take […]

August 30, 2021

Avid enhances Media Composer subscription offering

Avid has announced a new version of Avid Media Composer | Distributed Processing that significantly speeds up content production by using adjacent computing resources to help creative teams keep up with the increasing demand for new content. Media Composer | Distributed Processing enables editors to focus more on their craft by offloading processor-intensive media creation workflow tasks to any available local computers, freeing up their […]

August 26, 2021

Sweden: SVT chooses Avid Software Subscription

Avid has announced that Sveriges Television (SVT), Sweden’s largest television broadcaster, has expanded its investment in Avid technology to further enhance its end-to-end media production workflows, marking a new chapter in the two companies’ longstanding relationship. After almost three decades as an Avid customer, SVT has updated and future-proofed its production operations with the innovative […]

August 23, 2021

Avid expands MediaCentral integration

Avid has announced the integration of its MediaCentral content platform with CGI’s OpenMedia, a complete solution for journalistic workflows. With integration now available for the newsroom computer systems (NRCS) – also including AP ENPS and Octopus – MediaCentral empowers more production teams around the world to enhance their news content creation workflows. “Avid’s innovation strategy […]

August 20, 2021

Christy’s embraces Avid enterprise software subscription

Avid has announced that post-production rental provider Christy’s Editorial has selected a multiyear subscription licensing agreement for 500 seats of Media Composer | Enterprise video editing software. With its migration from perpetual software licenses, Christy’s achieves easier and more efficient delivery of the editing tool specified by the majority of its premier client base. Family […]

August 17, 2021