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ARRI Back Avid DNxHD
ARRI ALEXA camera range are to offer in-camera support for Avid®’s open standard and widely adopted Avid DNxHD® codec. The ability to record native Avid DNxHD, as MXF files in-camera, creates a unique proposition for the 35 mm digital capture industry and is another first for the ALEXA camera system. The combination of ARRI ALEXA quality and mission-critical reliability with Avid’s respected codec and editing technology delivers a powerful, uncomplicated workflow into the film and broadcast TV market, building on ALEXA’s position as the first choice digital camera for capture and postproduction. As a benefit to cinematic productions, ALEXA cameras record ARRIRAW uncompressed 3K images that preserve the true 35 mm ‘digital negative’ for mastering and feature archival. Expanding ALEXA’s parallel recording capability to include native support for Avid DNxHD eliminates a transcoding step for the dailies generated by the Avid editing system and creates a more streamlined editorial workflow with seamless final conformance back to the archived ARRIRAW digital negative. The Avid DNxHD recording function for ALEXA will be distributed as a cost-effective, downloadable software license in early 2012 and is now entering Beta phase testing with selected broadcast productions. Avid DNxHD codec data rates

Itfc Installs HD Subtitles And Captions
UK: Itfc, a division of Deluxe Entertainment Services Group, and supplier of digital media and media access services, has installed WinCAPS Qu4ntum subtitling software and Link Electronics’ HD SD SDI Closed Caption Encoder at its West London offices. Qu4ntum’s assisted subtitling tools are being used to bring new efficiencies to pre-recorded subtitling at itfc, and the benefits will be extended to live work in the near future. The HD Closed Caption Encoder helps itfc meet the increased client demand for HD closed captioning, which is particularly significant given the limited number of facilities offering this service in the UK. Itfc will comply with the HD standard for captioning and meet the requirement for delivery of material to and from the US.

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of up to 145Mbit/s (bit depth 8 bit) and 220MBit/s (bit depth 10 bit) will be supported in the initial release. Avid’s highest quality version of the codec, Avid DNxHD 444, will record at 440Mbit/s at 10 bit depth and will be provided as a free upgrade for all DNxHD license customers later in 2012.

ITN Upgrades Autoscript Kit
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Autoscript recently completed a major upgrade of prompting equipment for Channel 4 News at the ITN Studios in Grays Inn Road, London. The new equipment includes two LED 15” On Camera Units and two LED 8” On Camera Units, plus two W15 On-Air Talent Monitors. Autoscript’s WinPlus software is also linked to ITN’s iNews NRCS, enabling producers to make changes to the run order and edit anywhere within the script, even when scrolling an on-air story. The upgrade is part of Autoscript’s ongoing contract with ITN to supply its prompting requirements. The two ITV studios at the facility will be upgraded in a similar fashion in due course. Steve Luck, Senior Team Leader, ITN Studios, said: “We’re very pleased with the new equipment. The new hoods are lighter weight and less obtrusive, and the LED backlit screens are much brighter and clearer. In addition the integrated tally lights eliminate the need for the stick-on indicators.” Luck added: “Autoscript has always responded to our needs quickly and efficiently, which is largely why we have had a relationship that has been built up and maintained over a period of 20 or so years.” Brian Larter, Worldwide Managing Director, Autoscript, said, “We’re proud to have the trust of leading broadcasters such as ITN, and work hard to maintain

MADI-8 User Interface
US: Wohler Technologies has announced a new software interface for the company’s MADI-8 in-rack audio monitor that allows for control and quick reconfiguration of channel presets from any PC. With the new software, operators now have the ability to name any or all of the 64 available channels and then assign them up to eight available presets. Configurations may be saved as files on the setup application, so operators can instantly recall channel names and presets from previous events and assign them to other MADI-8 units. The new software application and firmware upgrade are free to existing MADI-8 users.

Autoscript’s 8”LED on Camera Unit

these relationships. We constantly strive to develop tools that will enhance their studio set-ups, from improving efficiencies of on-camera units to designing accessories that solve specific problems.”

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