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2025-04-15
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Mark Wronski, VP of Americas Sales, Enterprise Products at Telestream recently announced the release of Lightstream Live. Attendees of the 2016 NAB can preview the product in Booth SL4525. If you are familiar with Wirecast, the addition of Lightstream Live to your arsenal of production streaming tools will be simple and combined with the Lightstream…
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Entertainment
Giving Back: Everybody Loves Raymond star Ray Romano is hosting a one-night comedy event on Sunday, April 17th at the Broad Stage, Santa Monica Performing Arts Center, to raise funds for the Venice-based nonprofit, Harvest Home. Comedians Dominique (Last Comic Standing), Nate Bargatze (The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon), and PJ Byrne (The Wolf of…
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Camera Gear
Tabb Firchau, of CineStar, writes a detailed and very interesting case study of his recent shoot with Hugh Bell and their newest product, the large drone, ALTA 8, which can handle up to 40lbs.The Phantom Miro shot at 1500fps at 1080p mounted to a MoVI M15 gimbal on an ALTA. For his detailed tutorial and…
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Conventions & Expos
The Digital Production BuZZ, bringing you all the news now and in your digital future! [/caption]The Digital Production BuZZ has been bringing tech news and interviews to audiences worldwide for over 12 years. It is one of the longest-running podcasts on the planet. Supervising Producer, Cirina Catania, who has researched and booked the show for…
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Cirina Catania
News
Creatives have been looking for a speech to text solution that can be integrated into their NLE’s for years. Many companies have tried various solutions and they work for certain applications, but, many have languished in the background when it comes to high-end production. Yes, Siri may be our best friend during rush hour, but…
Read More about Audio: Philip Hodgetts: Google Web Speech API – Hope on the Horizon?
Archived
According to sources in Belgium, at 1 pm today (Friday, March 25) in the neighborhood near La place de Brouckère in Brussels, Belgian police apprehended a 35-year old terrorist attempting to plant a bomb in a trash can. The bomb did not detonate and was retrieved with the help of an ordinance robot. The man…
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PHOTOCON LA, sponsored by Samy’s Camera, Southern California’s largest camera retailer, opens on May 21 thru the 22nd, 2016 at the 60,000 square foot Magic Box at the Reef in Downtown Los Angeles. Over 50 of the photographic and video industry’s top brands including Canon, Nikon, Sony and GoPro will be in exhibiting at the…
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Jonathan Handel is an attorney specializing in Entertainment, Technology and Labor. He is of counsel with TroyGould and is also a Contributing Editor for the Hollywood Reporter. Handel interviews with US Times Sr. Correspondent, Cirina Catania about the past, present and immediate future of SAG-AFTRA in the wake of Ken Howard’s death this week. Listen…
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Conventions & Expos
The annual 6-day trek to broadcasting Mecca begins again when NAB 2016 opens its doors April 16 through the 21st at the Las Vegas Convention Center. Access the full schedule here. More than 1 million square feet (that’s 11 professional soccer fields) of exhibit houses over 1,700 exhibitors each year and the carpet is pounded…
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