Baroque. Contrasted: Daily Trivia 3

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As promised, here’s another dose of daily trivia for you, featuring some of the lesser known composers we’ll be showcasing this week at Kings Place:

Biagio Marini (1594-1663) was an Italian virtuoso violinist and composer of the first half of the seventeenth century who married three times and had five children.  He was the first composer to notate tremolo (trembling) effects into his music.

Francisco Correa de Araujo (1584-1654) was a notable Spanish organist, composer, and theorist of the late Renaissance as well as a priest.

Orlando di Lasso (1532-1594), a Franco-Flemish composer of the late Renaissance, was rumoured to have been kidnapped three times because of the singular beauty of his singing voice.

More random facts tomorrow!

New-Tek Broadcast Joins Jünger Audio’s Distribution Network

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As part of a re-organisation of its distribution network, dynamics processing specialist Jünger Audio has appointed New-Tek Broadcast to handle its entire product range in Bulgaria.

Based in Sofia, New-Tek Broadcast is a division of the New-Tek Ltd Group, which was established more than 30 years ago to provide high-end sales and distribution services to customers in the broadcast and post production industries. Alongside Jünger Audio, New-Tek Broadcast also distributes products for companies such as Harris and Tektronix.

Yavor Yanakiev, general manager of New-Tek Broadcast, says: “We are delighted to be working with Jünger Audio in Bulgaria. Adding the brand to our existing portfolio enables us to provide our customers with a range of products that meet their requirements, especially for loudness control solutions. Bulgaria is a small country and at present it is only the major TV stations that are investing money in loudness control. However, smaller (more…)

OAE staff natter about Baroque. Contrasted.

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We let three OAE office staff loose on camera to talk about our concerts at Kings Place this week – and here are the results. There is some logic to this as the staff have all been closely involved not just with co-ordinating running and marketing the events but also with devising some of the more unusual events, such as Barqoue from Scratch and Sing Baroque! Have a watch and do come along this week – and if you recognise us from the video do come and say hello! Next up is another video with OAE leader Matthew Truscott talking about the programme of Bach, Purcell and Handel he has devised for the festival.



CLEAR-COM’S CONCERT ENABLED IN ASSOCIATED PRESS’ ENPS APPLICATION AT THE 2011 NAB SHOW

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New Release of Concert Simplifies Newsroom Communications for Journalists around the World

LAS VEGAS, NV, APRIL 4, 2011 ─ Clear-Com®, a global leader in critical voice communication systems and a Technical & Engineering Emmy® Award winner, today introduces Version 2.6 of the company’s Clear-Com ConcertTM Intercom-over-IP Communications Solution at the 2011 NAB Show (Booth C6647). This latest version features the debut of “Concert for Newsroom,” an integrated intercom solution to Associated Press’ ENPS (Essential News Production System), allowing journalists using Concert to quickly, easily, and cost-effectively communicate with other newsroom members who also have access to the system. clear-com_concert_enps_user.jpg (more…)

Vimsoft to Highlight Production Scheduling and RFID Asset Tracking at NAB Show 2011

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Vimsoft - Versatile Information Management for Broadcast Engineering & Operations WorkflowsVimsoft will flex both Broadcast Engineering and Broadcast Operations muscles at this year’s NAB Show in Las Vegas. Booth #N1029 will showcase a demonstration of the latest in equipment asset tracking using the VimBiz software application integrated with RFID technology. On the Operations side, Vimsoft will be featuring the latest enhancements to the immensely powerful VimBiz Scheduler solution for Human Resource planning and full facility booking, production projects, and work orders. The VimBiz Engineering & Operations application suite houses the industry-leading Equipment Asset Management solution for optimizing asset lifecycles, service workflows, stockroom efficiency, and purchase order cycles. VimBiz also offers the latest technology for production scheduling, timecard processing, rentals operations, and discrepancy reporting. These areas encompass the Operations side of VimBiz, making for the broadcasting industry’s only truly integrated Engineering & Operations solution. (more…)

Pilat Media Empowers Sales Executives With New IBMS:InTouch Tablet-Friendly Order and Account Management Console

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Companion to IBMS Sales System Enables Busy Executives to Access and Control Ad Campaign Information From Their Tablet Devices (more…)

grandMA2 light Turns in Winning Performance at Academy Awards Telecast

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Oscar Statuette Copyright AMPASgrandMA may not have made it onstage at the recent Academy Awards telecast, but it was grandMA’s night to shine, nonetheless. Jason Rudolph selected a grandMA2 light console to play the crucial role of controlling 34 Hippotizer servers, which fed multiple onstage screens via 70 video projectors. A.C.T Lighting is the exclusive distributor of grandMA in North America.

“It was an enormous undertaking, to say the least,” reports Rudolph. “I regularly program multiple media servers with grandMA2 – it’s my main console – but I hadn’t done anything of this size: The entire set at the Oscars was projection. We had 34 Hippotizer HD units outputting 53 discrete active outputs and some spares with control from the grandMA2 light console. In addition to the screens, we also took care of the scenic tracking for the moving elements which acted as (more…)

Utah Scientific and Norwia AS Sign Technology Partnership Agreement

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SALT LAKE CITY — April 4, 2011 — Utah Scientific today announced a partnership with Norwia AS to develop new products and systems for efficient, reliable, and cost-effective digital signal transport based on the latest advances in component technology. Headquartered in Norway, Norwia is a new company that provides products for fiber transport and distribution of digital media signals. (more…)

Ross Video Introduces Nielsen Watermarks Encoder

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News Release

For Immediate Release

Iroquois, ON, Canada – April 4, 2011 – Ross Video will be introducing the openGear Nielsen Watermarks Encoder at NAB 2011. (more…)

Christie Spyder X20 Brings Sun and Surf To Fifth Avenue Shoppers At New Hollister Store

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Hollister“Surf’s up!” is not what you expect to hear on New York City’s Fifth Avenue, but the recently-opened midtown Manhattan Hollister store features a live video feed of surfers in Huntington Beach, California with the help of two Christie Spyder X20-0808 video processors and a Christie URS universal routing switcher. Hollister, the Southern California teen-inspired lifestyle brand from Abercrombie & Fitch, launched its second Manhattan store with its double-height glass storefront highlighting a surf motif. The company erected a giant wall consisting of 169 46-inch LCD displays stretching across the façade and over the front door.

“The monitors are mounted in portrait mode with virtually no mullions (vertical columns between the monitors) and offer a total pixel count of 7290 x 3360,” said Jeff Anderson of G-Force Engineering LLC, project integrator. “Two HD cameras in Huntington Beach feed live content to the (more…)