Rebooting 2nd Screen & Social TV: Interactive TV 3.0

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In a world where all the statistics on simultaneous tablet/mobile and TV are indicating a massive increase in the behaviour, why are TV broadcasters and 3rd party providers creating 2nd screen services making very poor experiences for audiences? Can content owners and TV broadcasters make the most of this opportunity or have they lost the […]

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The Fanthropology of Theatrics

The session was called “Unlock the Power of Fans” at Transmedia Los Angeles’ monthly meetup earlier this week, but I’ll remember it as the Fanthropology of Theatrics, because I learned so much about the way audiences are using the new collaborative storytelling platform that I was there to represent. Theatrics @ Transmedia Los Angeles from Nick Demartino […]

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2013 Sundance Institute Directors Lab: June 1, 2013 – June 11, 2013

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Production (Camera) Blog 4 By: Jason Ball  –  Camera Assistant After our first week of shooting at the Sundance Institute Directors Lab, we are extremely excited about the range of versatility the Sony F55 has brought to our productions.  Our quick turn around of shoot, edit and often same-day projection workflow has only been streamlined […]

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Simian Celebrates the Arrival of Summer with Two Hot Enhancements

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Simian, the global leader in creative workflow and media management solutions, today announces the release of two key upgrades to its groundbreaking media-sharing platform. The new release includes a redesigned and enhanced microsite component—an industry first and one of the most popular features of Simian—as well as The Embeddable Reel Player™, offering a new method […]

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Blackmagic Design Wins “Design Award of the Year” at Australian International Design Awards

Blackmagic Design today announced that Blackmagic Cinema Camera has been honored with the “Design Award of the Year” and a “Best in Category” award at the 2013 Australian International Design Awards. Run by international design promotion organization Good Design Australia, the annual Australian International Design Awards endorse great design and provide consumers with a clear […]

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celum UC.suite – The Social Media Content Management Solution

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celum, globally leading vendor of software for digital asset management, product and brand identity, unveiled at its annual client and partner conference a revolutionary innovation in content management. The Universal Content Suite (UC.suite) is a unique solution to manage and control content in social media networks like YouTube, Vimeo or Facebook, in web-shops and web-sites […]

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A new Mac Pro really does live after all

A new Mac Pro really does live after all 12

So yea the new Mac Pro made a debut today at Apple’s yearly Worldwide Developer’s Conference. It’s not shipping yet and there’s no shipping date other than later in the year. No price either. There is a brand new page on Apple’s website though. This was just a sneak preview which is a rather unusual […]

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Creating a Spirograph Effect in Motion

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This week on MacBreak Studio, I talk with Steve Martin from Ripple Training about how to recreate the Spirograph ™ effect in Motion. For those of us old enough to remember, Spirograph was a drawing kit consisting of transparent gears with holes. You would place a gear inside a larger ring with teeth on the […]

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