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Arce And Vilanova Share 2012 Rory Peck Features Award
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ssociated Press Journalist Alberto Arce has jointly won the “features” category of the prestigious 2012 Rory Peck Awards. The awards recognise the a c h i e v e m e n t o f f re e l a n c e cameramen and women in news and current affairs from around the world. Arce is honoured for video reporting as a freelancer in Libya before he joined AP as a fulltime staffer based in Tegucigalpa, Honduras, in February 2012. He shares the award with Freelance Photographer and Video Journalist Ricardo Garcia Vilanova, with whom he made the winning ﬁlm, “Misrata, Victory or Death.” The ﬁlm tells the story of a group of rebel ﬁghters in Mistrata. Arcre and Vilanova travelled to the city in a rebel-sponsored supply boat from Malta and documented the group at the height of the siege. The ﬁlm follows the young ﬁghters from the front line to their homes, capturing accounts of their lives before the revolution and their hopes for the future. The feature was self-funded and later broadcast by VTR/ Canvas, Canal Sur and Direct TV. A recent example of Arce’s powerful journalism is his widelyread story of a father’s search for justice in Honduras. Arce accepted his award at a ceremony on November 28, at London’s British Film Institute (BFI) Southbank. AP is a sponsor of the Rory Peck Trust, which produces the Rory Peck Awards.

SPB TV Wins VAS Award
USA: SPB TV has won a Russian Mobile VAS Award f o r “ I n n o v a t i v e p ro d u c t ” . The award was presented for its Advertising Platform with advertisement replacement technology support. The VAS Awards ceremony was part of the IX Mobile VAS Conference that took place in St. Petersburg, Russia on November 22-23. SPB TV was praised for its Advertising Platform supporting the technology for seamless substitution of the originally inserted TV commercials with video ads selected by the TV provider.

‘Blancanieves’ For Oscar Entry
Alberto Arce, AP Press Journalist, was presented with a Rory Peck award for ﬁlm “Misrata, Victory or Death”

Schneider Optics Technology Gains Emmy
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chneider Optics will receive a Technology and Engineering Emmy Award, for its Infrared Neutral Density (IRND) filter technology, from The National Academy of Television Arts and Sciences (NATAS). The National Academy presents

Technology and Engineering Emmys “to honour technology companies and individuals whose innovation and vision have materially affected the way the audience views television and have set the standard for technological excellence in the industry,” said Robert P Seidel, Vice President of CBS Engineering and Advanced Technology and Chairman of the Award Committee. Schneider developed its IRND technology to address a critical problem with HD digital cameras. Cinematographers have found that the sensors in these cameras have a high
Schneider Optic’s Infrared Neutral Density (IRND) ﬁlter technology

sensitivity to light just beyond the visible range into the infrared. This can be beneﬁcial in extending the colour gamut of digital cameras to closely approach that of traditional film. However, light in the IR spectrum can also cause unwanted false colour shifts and prevent the camera’s imagers from capturing true black tones. Schneider has been able to produce a near-infrared cut ﬁlter that lets users of high-deﬁnition cameras get the most out of their camera gear. This means the beneﬁt of an extended colour gamut without the worry of unwanted false colours. Schneider Optic’s will be awarded at the Consumer Electronics Show in Las Vegas.

ESP: Director Pablo Berger’s film Blancanieves, which was finished using SGO’s Mistika at IMASBLUE, will represent Spain for the 85th Academy Award for Best Foreign Language Film Oscar nomination entry. Mistika was used extensively at Spanish-based post house IMASBLUE from the outset of the project throughout the entire postproduction process of the film. The Spanish Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences members chose Blancanieves from a threeﬁlm short-list.

Two Awards For Haivision
CAN: Haivision’s Makito encoder and HyperStream Live streaming solution were selected as Streaming Media Magazine 2012 Readers’ Choice Award winners. Makito received top honours in the Live Hardware Encoder category, while HyperStream Live was selected as Best Multi-Screen/ OTT Solution for Content Publishers.

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