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Q&A: Hollywood Spotlight Shines on Georgia ajc.com/news Sunday, July 18, 2010
“We’re 10 times busier than we’ve been in some years,” said Lee Thomas, the office’s newly appointed director of the film division, who worked previously as senior locations liaison.
“It’s fun to be the state that everybody loves right now.”
Major TV/Film Production Facility Coming To Atlanta? May 17, 2010
ATLANTA (AP) -- EUE/Screen Gems willtransform a portion of Lakewood Fairgrounds into a state-of-the-art studio complex.
The deal is backed by Mayor Kasim Reed. The company has a similar operation in Wilmington, N.C. City officials say the proposed 50-year leasing agreement would cost EUE/Screen Gems $250,000 a year before jumping to $600,000 after a decade.
EUE/Screen Gems plans to refurbish Lakewood's historic Spanish Mission Revival exhibition halls and convert them into sound studios. It would build a sound stage that could accommodate television, commercial, digital and film productions. Screen Gems estimates the operation will create 1,000 jobs.
WXIA Bob Walker Moves to Weather Channel
April 9, 2010
"Broadcasters are flocking to Las Vegas this weekend as the "We are thrilled that Bob is joining us, particularly at a time when our growth and presence on all platforms is accelerating rapidly. Bob's deep background in local news on both video and digital platforms and his relationships with the broadcasting community will have significant impact on our cross platform strategy and our industry-leading positions in mobile, online and television,"
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Comcast Wins, FCC Loses
April 6, 2010
FCC Loses Key Ruling on Internet `Neutrality'
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Georgia film incentives hit sweet note for April 1, 2010
Atlanta: “Georgia offers everything production companies are looking for, which has enabled us to attract projects ranging from TV series like Vampire Diaries and Drop Dead Diva to feature films such as The Blind Side, Zombieland and The Joneses. We’re excited about the opening of The Last Song and look forward to a successful run of all of these Georgia-made movies.” Read The Whole Story...
Purchases JVC HD Cameras
WGHP television, located in High Point, N.C., and the Fox affiliate for the Greensboro/High Point/Winston-Salem market, has purchased 16 JVC high-definition cameras for its operations. The GY-HM700ULL LoLux cameras will be used to expand WGHP-TV’s widescreen news coverage, which was initiated last September, and to eventually take it to full high-definition coverage. Two of the new cameras are equipped with Canon 20x zoom lenses, and the others are fitted with Canon 14x zoom units.
WGHP is owned and operated by Local TV LLC.
Broadcast Nets Own 80 Percent of Prime-time Shows
March 22, 2010
CNN Upgrades Atlanta Studio to HD
Atlanta is the last of the four domestic headquarters to go HD. The others include Los Angeles, Washington, D.C. and New York. Rehearsals in the new studio started this week with a launch scheduled next month. Read The Whole Story...
Big Cable Loses in Court
Court upholds program access rules
March 12, 2010WASHINGTON -- A federal court has upheld regulations that prevent cable TV companies from withholding channels from competing TV providers, including satellite, telecom and smaller cable companies.
Friday's ruling by the U.S. Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia leaves in place an important component of the Federal Communications Commission program access rules -- the "exclusive contract ban" -- until the rule expires in 2012. Cablevision Systems Corp. and Comcast Corp. had challenged the rules in court. Read The Whole Story...
Where Are The TV Production Jobs!
March 10, 2010 7:26 AM By Jon Lewis WSB News
The employment news for metro Atlanta is more grim than ever.
The Georgia Department of Labor reports the unadjusted unemployment rate for January stood at a record 10.8%, up seven-tenths of one percentage point from December.
The number of unemployed workers in metro Atlanta rose to 289,555, up 22,031 from December.
The state's seasonally adjusted unemployment rate rose to 10.4 percent in January, topping the previous record high of 10.3 percent reported in December. This marks the 28th consecutive month that Georgia has exceeded the national seasonally adjusted rate, which was 9.7 percent.
The state's January jobless rate was up 2.0 percentage points from 8.4 percent at this same time last year. The jobless rate in metro Atlanta in January 2009 was 8.5 percent.
Antenna Sales Spike in New York During Oscars Retrans Fight
"The Control Room in a Briefcase"
Atlanta, March 8, 2010: Dan Lynn, Southeastern Regional Sales Manager for Broadcast Pix, demonstrated the company's newest multi-format video switcher to Atlanta TV production and engineering personal at Oakcliff Studios.
Designed for quick setup. entire unit is housed in a compact carry case that can be quickly be set up on a table or other work surface. The heart of the "The Control Room in a Briefcase" is the Slate video production system which includes an HD/SD production switcher, multi-view monitoring, clip stores, graphics system, with Harris Inscriber CG, Fluent work-flow software, and format and aspect conversion for 1080i, 720p, SD, and analog.
The demonstration was staged in studio A at Oakcliff Studios. For more information about this revolutionary product contact Sid Rodrigue at Media Products. For more information about this and other Broadcast Pix products visit Broadcast Pix.com.
MELT LAUNCHES NEW FULL THROTTLE TV SPOTS FOR 2010 NHRA SEASON
MELT and Full Throttle TV Look Forward To Season 2
ATLANTA, GA – MELT, LLC (Marketing Entertainment Lifestyle Trends), an Atlanta based integrated marketing agency, recently debuted two new national TV ads for Full Throttle’s title sponsorship of the 2010 National Hot Rod Association (NHRA) season. These spots will air during the NHRA’s 23-race season on ESPN2’s weekly broadcast. Read The Whole Story...
FinalCutters Product Directory Now Launched
One of the greatest attractions of Final Cut Pro is February 26, 2010
As part of the deep cuts announced this week at ABC News, the network plans to close all of its physical bureaus around the country except Washington and halve the number of its domestic correspondents.
ABC News President David Westin confirmed in an interview Friday that the network's ranks of bureau correspondents, which currently number several dozen, would be cut in half and be replaced with "digital" journalists who would be expected to shoot and edit their own stories.
“We will have as many total journalists as we do now,” he said.
Although the network will keep a minimal staff presence in Atlanta, Chicago, Dallas, Los Angeles, Miami and Boston, it will shut down its bricks-and-mortar bureaus there and ask its remaining employees to work from the local affiliates. The Washington bureau will remain open, but its size will be substantially reduced. Read The Whole Story...
Crawford Media Services Chooses Baselight for New Post FacilityFebruary 19.2010
Baselight HD will be integrated into the Southeast's most sophisticated file-based post production environment
Crawford Media Services, Inc. has purchased a Baselight HD colour grading system from FilmLight and plans to make it a central component of a new facility that it is constructing for its Crawford Post Production division. Read The whole Story...
Wha’ Happened to the FCC?
by Mario Orazio, 02.17.2010
"You might not have noticed the conspicuous absence of any broadcasters on the Federal Communications Commission, fondly known as the Commish these days. Could this be why it appears that the Commish doesn’t much care about broadcasting anymore?
DeKalb Sets Public Meeting On Comcast
Crawford Media Services Chooses Baselight for New Post Facility
February 19.2010
Baselight HD will be integrated into the Southeast's most sophisticated file-based post production environment
Crawford Media Services, Inc. has purchased a Baselight HD colour grading system from FilmLight and plans to make it a central component of a new facility that it is constructing for its Crawford Post Production division. Read The whole Story...
Wha’ Happened to the FCC?
by Mario Orazio, 02.17.2010"You might not have noticed the conspicuous absence of
any broadcasters on the Federal Communications Commission, fondly known as the Commish these days. Could this be why it appears that the Commish doesn’t much care about broadcasting anymore?
February 16, 2010
DECATUR – DeKalb County will hold a public meeting on Friday, Feb. 19 at 6:00 p.m. at the Manuel J. Maloof Auditorium, 1300 Commerce Drive, to discuss Comcast Cable Communication’s desire to renew its franchise with the County.
The purpose of the meeting is to identify the future cable-related needs and interests of the community and to review Comcast Cable Communication’s performance under the franchise during the current franchise term.
The meeting is open to the public and residents are encouraged to attend this very important meeting.
DECATUR – DeKalb County will hold a public meeting on Friday, Feb. 19 at 6:00 p.m. at the Manuel J. Maloof Auditorium, 1300 Commerce Drive, to discuss Comcast Cable Communication’s desire to renew its franchise with the County.The purpose of the meeting is to identify the future cable-related needs and interests of the community and to review Comcast Cable Communication’s performance under the franchise during the current franchise term.
The meeting is open to the public and residents are encouraged to attend this very important meeting.A New Choice For Community TV
Canadians have a great idea!
"free over-the-air community television, free training to community participants and free access on all platforms, including new media."
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By Jim Barthold TVNewsCheck, Feb 16 2010 "For years we thought you had to have a satellite truck or microwave truck to send content around, but it's not true anymore, especially with the online and mobile tools we have today," says Ken Elmore, a senior station strategist/media 2.0 expert at AR&D, a multimedia research and consulting firm.
NEP Covers Winter Games With Vinten
NEP Sharpshooters, the Pittsburgh-based mobile production company, will be using Vinten camera heads exclusively in its coverage of the Vancouver Winter Games, according to a recent announcement by Vinten, a Vitec brand.“All outdoor Winter Games sites are pretty extreme, where we’re outside for days on end in freezing temperatures,” said George Hoover, chief technology officer for NEP Broadcasting. “We have Vinten heads out there for weeks on the side of mountains for the Alpine events, and in stadiums for Figure Skating and Speed Skating. They just work smoothly and reliably wherever we put them.”
NEP uses more than 400 Vinten pan and tilt heads in connection with the more than 60 mobile units the company owns. The company will be deploying eight mobile television production trailers for the Vancouver event.
February 10, 2010 Here is the real reason why Apple are producing the iPad, to compliment Final Cut Pro as an audio surface to give us real time audio mixing. Now if someone see’s this and can produce such a surface I and many others would not only buy two iPads but pay up to £100 for the sheer pleasure of being able to mix live audio in Final Cut Pro. Read The Whole Story...
Doggone It, Franken Doesn't Like NBC-Comcast Merger
NBC's worst nightmare came true last Thursday -- the other, non-Conan nightmare -- when a former NBC on-air talent/producer turned senator went off on network and Comcast suits during a Senate hearing about the proposed merger of the two media behemoths.Sen. Al Franken (D-Minn.) wasn't buying promises being spewed by execs of the network and the country's largest cable provider that the deal will be good for you and me.
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CBS to Take Level 3’s Uncompressed HD Backhaul for Super Bowl XLIV
February 2, 2010
“For the first time ever, instead of sending the feed to a production truck for compression and delivery to the broadcast studio, an 
uncompressed 1.5 gigabit-per-second feed will be sent from Miami to CBS studio headquarters in New York via Level 3’s fiber-optic network,” the Broomfield, Colo., company said. “In total, over 2,800 hours of video content will be acquired, encoded and transported across the Level 3 Vyvx services platform for overall Super Bowl coverage.”
Member of FOX 5 Family, Paul Cram Dies
FOX 5 has lost a member of its family. Paul Cram passed away lastThursday evening. Cram was the station's first engineer and the one who flipped the switch when WAGA first signed on more than 60 years ago.Cram joined FOX 5 again last June to turn off the analog signal when the station went digital.
Cram turned 100 in November and when he was here, he didn't seem a day over 50. Cram's family said he died of complications from a fall.
Cram was a living legend at FOX 5 and will be greatly missed by all of us.
Check Your 
Privacy Settings January 29, 2010
(From the editor: We know that many TV production people, especially freelancers use Facebook for contact information. This story contains important information about privacy policy changes you need to be aware of.)
11 Alive.com, Atlanta: Most likely, you haven't bothered clicking on the video link that offers to take you through the changes. Because hey, you're busy. What's more, Facebook changes its privacy policy so frequently, it's just clicks and whistles to you now.
Snap out of it! Now more than ever Facebook has your personal information flapping in the breeze; your activities, your photos, even your birthday are most likely available for anyone on God's green Google (advertisers, identity thieves, stalkers et. al.) to see. Understanding and changing your Facebook privacy settings is less intuitive than ever. Read The Whole Story....
Pick
s Up Two Pilots
The CW, Channel 69 in Atlanta, has picked up a pair of pilots, including Nikita, an update of the spy film-turned-series La Femme Nikita. In the pilot, the title heroine has gone rogue, so a new Nikita is being trained to replace her.
Craig Silverstein is the writer and executive producer, with McG and Peter Johnson also on board as executive producers. Warner Bros. Television and Wonderland are producing the pilot for The CW.
The other pilot is The Wyoming Project, a family soap set on a horse farm in the Midwest or Rocky Mountains. Amy Sherman-Palladino & Dan Palladino are writers/executive producers. Warner Bros. Television and CBS Television Studios are producing for The CW.
Crawford Communications Unit SOLD
January 22, 2010
Atlanta:Broadcast Facilities, Inc. (BFI), a media services company, announces its purchase of Crawford Communications, Inc.'s Satellite Services division. The stock acquisition includes all of Crawford's television network origination, Teleport, satellite uplink trucks, Internet, production and government services portions of the business. BFI's other primary asset is Andrita Media Center, the largest independent HD and SD network origination, production, post-production and digital media facility on the West Coast. Read The Whole Story...
Telestream Announces New Release for Pipeline Video Capture Systems
Playout of HD and SD content simplifies creation of spot reels, review and approvals; EDL import saves time and effortJanuary 19, 2010 --
DMN Newswire----Telestream today announced a new release for its award-winning Pipeline video capture systems. Already recognized for its innovative network-based approach to capturing high-definition (HD) and standard-definition (SD) video from tape or live-sources, Pipeline V2.4 adds the ability to frame accurately print HD or SD video back to tape. Additional new features include EDL import and time-code-break-triggered capture mode. These new V2.4 features save time and effort for content creators in Mac OS X and PC video production environments. Read The Whole Story...
Still Looking For A Job?
Read and GrieveJanuary 15, 2010
The GDOL said 100,896 out-of-work Georgians filed unemployment insurance claims last month. In November, the number was 72,298. the DOL said.
The number of jobless claims rose by nearly 40 percent in December, the Georgia Department of Labor said Friday -- three days before the agency holds its first summit on how to spur job creation here.
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Panasonic Unveils World's First Integrated FULL HD 3D Camcorder
January 7th, 2010
Panasonic Corporation (NYSE: PC) will release the world’s first* professional, fully-integrated Full HD 3D camcorder in Fall 2010. The company will begin taking orders in April. Engineering samples of the professional Full HD 3D solid-state camcorder will be exhibited at the Panasonic booth (Las Vegas Convention Center, Main Hall, #9405) at the 2010 International CES in Las Vegas, USA, from January 7-10. This Full HD 3D camcorder will offer the following core benefits:
North Avenue Post Takes on 2010 with Strategic Hire, Innovative Technology and New Business Wins
(January 05, 2010) ATLANTA, BUSINESS WIRE --
North Avenue Post (NAP), an Atlanta-based post production company, kicks off the new year announcing tremendous growth with new editor, Rob Lederman, in addition to groundbreaking technology to support the company's growing client roster. Rob joins NAP with more than 15 years of combined post production experience, adding unique consulting, editing and graphic design capabilities to the company's in-house creative teams. Rob first got his professional start at Optimus, a well-known facility in Chicago. Since then, Rob has applied his creative, quick-thinking talent to two major post production companies in Atlanta, spearheading both local and national projects for companies such as TNT, Ford, Coca Cola, Toyota, Weather Channel, UPS, Home Depot and many more.
Community TV Camera Op Passes
December 30, 2009, J. LoRe'
Very sad news concerning the sudden death of Balaji Rao. I just learned about the passing of Balaji, camera operator for Gina Woodham's weekly program "It's A Life Style". He was a pure joy every-time he entered the studio for the taping of Gina's program. His bubbly personalty and non stop smile will be missed by all.
Sincere condolences to his family and friends.
Obituary chatseva.com
NASCAR Media Group teams up with Crawford for transmission services
December 22, 2009
Atlanta - NASCAR Media Group has contracted Crawford Communications to use its Teleport transmission facilities to send and receive programming and other elements for NASCAR Media Group’s new HD (1080i) production facility in Charlotte, NC. Atlanta Media Pro's Provides Creative Services for Soul Train Awards
Atlanta -- Atlanta-based production company Sunseeker Media 
chose RIOT Atlanta to provide multiple post production services for Centric presents 2009 Soul Train Awards show. RIOT created video packages that ran during the R&B and Soul themed event, held November 3rd at Atlanta's World Congress Center, 
and provided all the post production services to package the presentation for the premiere broadcast that took place November 29th on BET Networks and BET’s brand-new channel, Centric. The gala event, hosted by Hustle & Flow co-stars Terrence Howard and Taraji P. Henson.
Plans 350 jobs
Gwinnett Daily Post, November 23, 2009
NORCROSS — A television and film production studio that prides itself on heart-warming programs announced a $4 million expansion expected to create 350 jobs over the next two years.- More.....Additional articles at:
Gwinnett Herald.com Gwinnett film studio plans 350 jobs
The Atlanta Journal-Constitution: Bright Ideas announces expansion
Georgia.org:Bright Ideas Entertainment Expands in Metro Atlanta
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