SYPHAnews - 28 September 2004

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DAW news

Linear Handheld And Internal V Drive From Nagra At SBES 2004 (24/9/2004)

CoSTAR FieldEditor creates breakthrough for Radio Journalism (21/9/2004)

Digidesign Announces VENUE Live Sound Environment Featuring the D-Show Mixing Console (20/9/2004)

Aaton Cantar at IBC (16/9/2004)

Digigram Launches LCM200 and LCM420 Sound Cards (16/9/2004)

Digigram Announces PCX1222HR Multichannel Sound Card (16/9/2004)

Camera news

Sony HDC-X300 Compact Camera Offers Cost Effective HD Acquisition (23/9/2004)

Sony BVP-E30 Series Standard Definition Studio Camera Ups the Quality Stakes (23/9/2004)

Ikegami Introduces the HDTV Wireless Camera System HDK-79EX with PP-57 (21/9/2004)

Ikegami's HDL-40HS Compact One-Piece Type HDTV Super Slow-Motion Camera (21/9/2004)

Ikegami's HDK-75EX Full Digital HDTV Camera System (21/9/2004)

Ikegami's 3rd Generation Editcam3 Nonlinear Camcorder DNS-33W Supports Solid State Memory (21/9/2004)

Ikegami is introducing a new SDTV Studio/EFP Camera System (21/9/2004)

Hitachi Addresses Cost-Concious HDTV Broadcast And Production Markets With Its New SK-31B (20/9/2004)

Hitachi Introduces Its Top-Of-The-Line Megapixel Broadcast Production Camera SK-900 (20/9/2004)

Hitachi's New High-Performance Z-3500 14 Bit Professional Camera Achieves Superior Imaging Quality At A Cost-Effective Price (20/9/2004)

Panasonic Shows AJ-SDC905 DVCPRO50 Camcorder With IEEE 1394 In/Out For Broadcast And Production Uses (20/9/2004)

New, Shoulder-Mount 3-CCD Mini-DV Camcorder Targets Broadcast And Professional Markets (20/9/2004)

Panasonic Shows Production Version Of P2 Cam At IBC (20/9/2004)

Panasonic Introduces AJ-SDC615 IEEE1394-Equipped DVCPRO Camcorder (20/9/2004)

Panasonic Launches New 1080/50i and 25p DVCPROHD EX Camcorder At IBC (20/9/2004)

JVC Shows KY-F560E Sophisticated Studio Camera (17/9/2004)

Sony Unveils World's First HDV 1080i Consumer Camcorder (16/9/2004)

NLE news

Automatic Duck Unveils Timeleine Integration Tools For Adobe Premiere Pro Users At IBC 2004 (24/9/2004)

Thomson Integrates Apple Final Cut Pro into Three New Grass Valley TV Station in a Kit Packages (24/9/2004)

Dayang Shows New Products at IBC2004 (24/9/2004)

Forbidden Revolutionises Professional Editing with its Web-Based System (24/9/2004)

Sony's Sonaps offers networked content production (23/9/2004)

Sony Professional Solutions Europe and Sony Pictures Digital Networks go to market together (23/9/2004)

XPRI gains more HD-friendly features as Sony ships 100th system (23/9/2004)

Avid Ships Latest Versions of Avid DNA Products (23/9/2004)

Avid Studio Tools Now Available (23/9/2004)

1 Beyond announces industry's first Mobile version of Avid Xpress Studio (23/9/2004)

Digital Voodoo Announces FCP HD 4.5, Pnther OSX & G5 Workstation Support For Its Entire Range Of SD SDI And Analog Video Cards (22/9/2004)

Geevs extends its reach with Geevs XT (22/9/2004)

Lightworks Touch gets an upgrade at IBC 2004 (22/9/2004)

Leitch's NewsFlash Preditor now Shipping (22/9/2004)

Leitch Unleashes Award-Winning VelocityHD NLE (22/9/2004)

Leitch and Panasonic partner to provide compatibility between Leitch NEXIO server system and Panasonic P2 series (22/9/2004)

Discreet Announces fire 6.5 and smoke 6.5 Editing/Finishing Systems

Adobe Announces Plug-in for HDV Format in Adobe Premiere Pro (22/9/2004)

AJA Video Introduces New Kona LS (21/9/2004)

Blackmagic Design announces price and model changes for DeckLink HD (21/9/2004)

Canopus Announces EDIUS SD Workstation (21/9/2004)

Avid And Panaonic To Offer P2 Workflow (20/9/2004)

JVC announces SR-DVM70 three-in-one digital video recorder incorporating MiniDV, HDD and DVD (17/9/2004)

Matrox Launches Matrox Axio Realtime Multi-Stream SD and HD Editing Platforms at IBC 2004 (17/9/2004)

Quantel sQ Server System Grows Resolution Transparent Variant (17/9/2004)

Quantel Preview 'Core Values' software release at IBC (17/9/2004)

Quantel Preview Next major software release for iQ and eQ at IBC (17/9/2004)

Quantel Show V2.1 for sQ at IBC (17/9/2004)

Media 100 Adds Seamless Offline-Online Integration Of Apple, Avid And Other Editing Systems With 844/X (16/9/2004)

Incite Announces Support of Sony's XDCAM Professional Disc System (16/9/2004)

Canopus Broadcast Editing Solutions Provide Native DVCPRO HD Nonlinear Editing Support in Collaboration with Panasonic (16/9/2004)

ViewCast Delivers Osprey-300 Video Capture Card For Streaming and Video Editing Applications (16/9/2004)

Pinnacle Systems' New Liquid Edition Brings Multiple Stream Native HD Editing To The Desktop For Under EUR500 (16/9/2004)

HD news

Chrome Imaging chooses Bluefish444 HD/SD capture cards for MATRIX Postproduction System (24/9/2004)

da Vinci Partners With ARRI to Provide End-to-End Finishing Solution (24/9/2004)

Nucoda Debuts HD Workflow With Film Master V2.5 at IBC 2004 (24/9/2004)

FilmLight Ships Baselight Four and Baselight Eight at IBC (24/9/2004)

IRIDAS Demos New Version Of SpeedGrade DI at IBC (24/9/2004)

ASSIMILATE Launches First All-Real-Time 2k DI Workflow Solution at IBC (24/9/2004)

Ciprico Unveils New NAS Storage Solutions at IBC 2004 (24/9/2004)

Snell & Wilcox Unveils Kahuna - The Next Big Wave in Production Switching (24/9/2004)

OpTex Announces HDTV Film Style Extension Viewfinder (24/9/2004)

OpTex HD EC Prime Lenses (24/9/2004)

Workflow innovation at lower cost: Sony sets live production agenda at IBC (23/9/2004)

Growing Market Transition to LCD Monitors - Sony launches new range of LMD series professional monitors at IBC 2004 (23/9/2004)

High Definition becomes even more affordable as Sony HD family expands

Fujinon's New HA25x16.5BERD HD ENG-Style Lens Offers HD Image Quality In A Compact Package (23/9/2004)

Fujinon Introduces New High Definition Multi-Purpose Studio Lens (23/9/2004)

Fujinon Expands Prime Line-Up With New HDTV "Cine Super" 10mm Lens (23/9/2004)

Fujinon Brings HD Into Focus With Patented Precision Focus Assist System (23/9/2004)

Tiffen Version Two of the Vidy Award Winning HD UltraBrite Monitor (22/9/2004)

CLIPPER Steadicam Camera Stabilization System for Composite and High Definition Production (22/9/2004)

FOR-A showcases HD/SD migration path at IBC 2004 (22/9/2004)

SGI Debuts InfiniteStorage Products Optimized For Broadcast And Production (22/9/2004)

Canon Shows New Ultra-Compact HD Studiolens (22/9/2004)

Discreet Launches High-Performance SAN Solution for Non-Compressed High-Definition Film and Television Post-Production (22/9/2004)

Telestream Unveils Industry's First Windows Media 9 Series Encoding Support for Macintosh (22/9/2004)

Accom Products Open New HD Opportunities in Europe and Beyond (21/9/2004)

AJA Video to Show Five Converters New to IBC04 (21/9/2004)

Blackmagic Design announces Workgroup Videohub (21/9/2004)

Blackmagic Design announces DeckLink Multibridge (21/9/2004)

Ikegami Introduces New TD/TDP-370 Portable Digital HDTV/SDTV Switcher (21/9/2004)

Ikegami Introduces New HDTV Monitors (21/9/2004)

Panasonic Shows High End Graphic Processors At IBC (20/9/2004)

Panasonic Unveils AJ-HD1200A DVCPRO HD Portable VTR For Studio/Field Production And Nonlinear Editing (20/9/2004)

Sonic Announces World's First Dedicated WMV HD-DVD Authoring Workstation (20/9/2004)

Sonic Debuts HD-series Real-time WMV HD Encoder (20/9/2004)

Inlet Technologies Launches OCEAN, First Encoding Platform Optimized for Windows Media High-Definition Video (20/9/2004)

JVC Announces Versatile Multi-Format Monitors (17/9/2004)

JVC Presents Portable and Compact High Definition Digital Recorder/Player (17/9/2004)

JVC reveals a trio of high-definition plasma display monitors at IBC (17/9/2004)

DVS presents own SAN solution (17/9/2004)

Inscriber Delivers Direct Control Interface For SD/HD Simultaneous CG Graphics (17/9/2004)

Quantel Re-Engineers Paintbox Broadcast Graphics System for 21st Century (17/9/2004)

ARRI Color Management System and Quantel iQ Offer a Standard Approach to DI Calibration (17/9/2004)

Kodak Display Manager and Quantel iQ Partnership Eliminates Guesswork From the DI Suite (17/9/2004)

AJA Video Shows XENA DXT PCI Card For Encoding and Transport of HD and SD at Low Bit Rates (16/9/2004)

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SATIS
3-5 November 2004
Paris Expo
Porte de Versailles - Hall 3, France

SBES 2004
24-25 November 2004
NEC
Birmingham, UK