Kindly
note that our offices
will be closed as of
Thursday December 24, 2009
and will re-open
Monday January 4, 2010
CEV
would like to convey their
best wishes for the holidays and
for the Year 2010
[
December 2, 2009]
Sun
Youth
CEV
is helping to fill Sun Youth's 2009
Christmas baskets!
The
next time you visit our Montreal
office, we would appreciate any
non-perishable food items or monetary
donations to help those who are
less fortunate, and in return you'll
receive a CEV reusable tote bag.
[November
16, 2009]
Film
Festival
9th
ViewFinders Call For Entry Now Open!
The
ViewFinders: International Film
Festival for Youth is looking for
short and feature length film submissions
in genres such as fiction, documentary,
animation or experimental. Films
must be engaging to a youth audience.
Although
subject matter for submissions is
open, ViewFinders seeks films for
specific programs during the Festival
on topics related to aboriginal
and First Nations issues, the environment,
and peace.
Suzanne
Richard, UQAM, winner of a BenQ
GP-1 projector (see image above!).
Gilles
Roy, Collège Laval, winner
of a $100 Listen gift certificate.
Jean-François
Pleau, National Defense, winner
of a Listen sweater.
Karim
Bagdad, Dupras et Leroux, winner
of a Listen sweater.
Looking
forward to seeing you all at our
next seminars!
[October
8, 2009]
Movie
Trailer
World-Class
Cinematography: Magnifier
Movie Trailer
Here is a beautiful trailer for
a movie titled Magnifier.
Produced and edited in New Brunswick
by Marc Savoie's team (The PostMan,
Post-Production Studio), it was
directed by Marcel Gallant and written
by Michael McDonald. Check it out
to enjoy world-class level cinematography.
[September
2, 2009]
Atlantic
Provinces
2009
Good Year for Film, Television and
New Media
PRESS REVIEW: According to the government
of Nova, the local film industry
had its best year on record with
$150 million in production activity
in 2008-09. Film Nova Scotia announced
that the record-breaking figure
is directly attributed to the Nova
Scotia government's film tax credit
that supports local productions
and helps attract more foreign film
productions.
Nova
Scotia's film industry had a banner
year last year, after a disappointing
2007-08.
Ann
MacKenzie, president and CEO of
Film Nova Scotia, said local productions
doubled in value to $150 million
in 2008-09, the industry's best
year ever.
MacKenzie
said the current shooting year,
which began April 1, is already
off to a better start than last
year's record figures.
Television
and Film Production Funding Programs
in Nova Scotia
Film
Nova Scotia administers several
loan and investment programs to
eligible Nova Scotia companies and
their co-production partners in
an effort to support film and television
production in Nova Scotia. The last
annual funding deadline for 2009
is Friday, August 28.
Videoconferencing
Eyes Growth Spurt
Companies turn to tech to
save on travel expenses
As
seen in USA Today:
Excerpt
Ben
Weinberger, chief information officer
of a law firm, typically travels
about 25 times a year visiting colleagues
around the country to make sure
their information technology systems
are working properly. His employer,
Lathrop & Gage, has 11 offices
and 300 attorneys. But Weinberger
estimates he will travel only once
this year to each office, relying
instead on videoconferencing from
the main office in Kansas City.
The
firm has six dedicated videoconference
rooms there, with high-definition
cameras, 47-inch or larger monitors,
and software provided by California-based
Polycom, a large videoconferencing
equipment supplier.
"You
don't have a meal with your colleagues
videoconferencing," Weinberger
says. "But I can save tens
of thousands of dollars. If I go
to the New York office only once,
instead of going three times a year,
I save the firm $3,000 (on airfare
and hotels), and that's just me."
In
a development that has airlines
and hotels spooked, more companies
are starting to agree with Weinberger's
assessment. In 2008, the global
videoconferencing market grew 24%
to $2.4 billion, according to Roopam
Jain, a technology analyst at Frost
& Sullivan. The firm forecasts
the market will more than double,
to reach $5.7 billion by 2013.
To
financially support our team, CEV
raffled off a Sony Bravia 40"
HD TV worth $1,300. All proceeds
have been donated to the Montreal
Jewish General Hospital to fund
cancer research and care.
The
draw was held on July 13, one day
after the event and the lucky winner
is Brenda Abell, from the Montreal
region.
Thanks
for helping us with this important
cause!!
[July
14, 2009]
Investment
Government
of Canada Announces Major Investment
In The East Coast Music Awards
The
Government of Canada is investing
an additional $390,000 in the East
Coast Music Awards Association over
the next two years. In addition,
the government is providing an additional
$37,000 specifically in support
for this year's award show taking
place in Corner Brook.
Versions
3.5 of Avid Media Composer and Avid
Symphony are now available. New
features include:
Native
XDCAM support, at all bandwidths,
allowing playback and editing directly
from the disc, as well as rendering,
mixing down, exporting sequences
and clips with eight audio tracks,
and writing back with sequence timecode.
Avid
Media Access Architecture, making
it possible to automatically link
clips from Sony XDCAM HD/EX devices
into an Avid editing bin, without
having to transcode or store the
media on their system.
Stereoscopic
3D editing, offering full support
of stereoscopic workflows, which
makes it possible to acquire, edit
and display stereoscopic (3D) material.
Content can be displayed with stereo
monitoring capabilities in both
the composer window and full screen
playback.
Two
Montreal-based Production Houses
Honored at Grammies 2009
CEV
would like to congratulate FogoLabs
& StroboSonic for winning a
well-deserved Grammy, for their
remarkable Zappa Plays Zappa.
Their
enormous talent has allowed them
to finish ahead of giants like David
Gilmour (from Pink Floyd), Rush
and Nine Inch Nails, in spite of
a much smaller operating budget.
The
independent music label StroboSonic,
from Montreal, initiated the project.
FogoLabs, another Montreal-based
company, provided all the production
technical services.
CEV
is proud to have FogoLabs amongst
its clients and hopes to continue
to collaborate with its talented
team and partners.
[March
2, 2009]
Previous
Events
Video
Stimulus
Exchange your Adrenaline for a Media
Composer Nitris DX and Save Thousands
of Dollars!!
If
you're using an old Media Composer
Adrenaline system to produce content,
you're not reaching your full potential.
Save over 33% off the retail price
of a new system when you move up
to the power and performance of
Media Composer Nitris DX and, for
a limited time, get a free computer!
Get
a Free HP Z400 Workstation
or
Get
Great Savings on a Fully Loaded
Mac Pro
Either
way, save more than $5000
Offer
valid until December 18, 2009.
Contact
your CEV representative for more
information.
Storage
Stimulus
Get More for Less With Special Year-End
Discounts!
If
there ever was a time to upgrade
your system and enlarge your project
capacity, this is it. From now until
December 18th, 2009, you can get:
20%
off Unity Media Engines
And with your purchase,
receive:
25%
off MEDIArray XTs
50%
off on Ethernet and FC connection
licenses
It's
no accident that Avid Unity MediaNetwork
is the preeminent collaborative
real-time shared storage solution
used by thousands of successful
media workgroups and production
businesses around the world.
Taking
advantage of this offer to expand
your system enables you to:
Add
more users
Easily
handle uncompressed finishing
workflows
Reduce
your overall shared storage cost
per gigabyte by improving operational
capacity and bandwidth performance.
Offer
valid until December 18, 2009.
Contact
your CEV representative for more
information.
Audio
Stimulus
Increase your Studio's Performance
While Saving Thousands of Dollars!!
When
trading-in your Pro Tools LE interface
Pro Tools LE for a Pro Tools|HD
system:
Save
$2000: When purchasing
Pro Tools|HD1, get a free 96 I/O
system.
Save
$4500: When purchasing
Pro Tools|HD2, get a free 192
I/O system.
Save
$6000: When purchasing
Pro Tools|HD3, get a free 192
I/O system AND a free 192 A/D
expansion card.
When
purchasing Pro Tools|HD without
upgrading, get a Massive
Pack 8 for free (a
plugins bundle worth
12 000$).
Offer
valid until December 18, 2009.
Contact
your CEV representative for more
information.
(Please
include your name and
phone number in the
registration email)
An
opportunity to discover the latest
Avid audio and video post production
solutions
Join
us on November 17, 2009, in Montreal
and learn about the latest in post
production workflows while socializing
with industry colleagues. We'll
show you how Avid has combined their
audio and video brands to offer
an end-to-end portfolio of solutions.
Presenting
the latest in Avid workflows and
third-party solution integration,
our interactive session will allow
you to get up close and personal
with the technologies of choice
for the world's top content creators:
Media
Composer 4: Discover the latest
innovations in Media Composer,
the world's most advanced film
and video editing system. Avid's
Kent Peterson will give us an
overview of Media Composer's new
offerings and main features
Audio
Mixing: See the latest innovations
in editorial and mixing with ICON,
Pro Tools HD and Video Satellite
Sony
XDCAM HD & 3D stereoscopic
post production: Learn how to
master the latest post production
workflows with Media Composer
4 and DS 10.2
Collaborative
TV production: Find out how to
get more done in less time with
Avid's file based workflows and
open collaborative infrastructure
based on Media Composer 4, Avid
Unity and Interplay 2.0
At
the same time, relax and mingle
with industry colleagues while enjoying
food and cocktails.
RSVP
Places
are limited. Contact us without
delay to RSVP.
Looking
forward to seeing you there!
[October
13, 2009]
Invitation
in Montreal
CEV
Technological Presentations
Unveiling
the Latest HD Videoconferencing
Solutions, Streaming and Communication
Tools
To
financially support our team, CEV
is raffling off a Sony Bravia 40"
HD TV with all proceeds being donated
in their names to the Montreal Jewish
General Hospital to fund cancer
research and care.
Tickets
are available at the CEV offices
in
Montreal and Quebec
City. Prices are one ticket for
$10 or 3 for $25. The draw will
be held on July 13, one day after
the event.
(Please
include your name and
phone number in the
registration email)
The
latest edition of the NAB in Las
Vegas was an opportunity for several
manufacturers to unveil their most
recent products. If you weren't
able to join us there, do not miss
our special presentation, a must
for all industry professionals.
Schedule
(Eastern Time Zone)
Tuesday
June 2
SONY
– 9h30 to12h (1
hour later in Halifax)
Presentation on several products
including the PDW-F800
et PDW-F1600
and the XDCAM
HD422 Family
as well as the BRC-Z330
and the BRS-200
.
Also presented: Projectors, videoconferencing
equipment and digital signage.
Wednesday
June 3
Lectrosonics
– 10h to 11h (1
hour later in Halifax)
Wireless microphones
Digital
Rapids –
13h30 to 15h (1
hour later in Halifax)
StreamPro Version 3
Tuesday
June 9
Spectra
Logic – 10h
to 11h30 (1 hour
later in Halifax)
Will cover the products &
technology presented during the
NAB, including: archiving digital
data – transitioning from
analog to digital – MAM,
DAM, bit rates & archive requirements,
metadata, Flashbox
solution
& File Migrator solution.
Products to be shown: Basic (nTier500
/ T50e) & Enterprise (nTier700
/ T950)
Wednesday
June 10
Avid,
Spectra
Logic, SGL
– 10h to 12h (1
hour later in Halifax) Storage
and archival with Avid. SGL
will be showing their flagship
product, FlashNet which works
with the leading nonlinear editing
and MAM companies for productions
and with all the leading video
server and automation companies
for on-air applications.
Thursday
June 11
MOG
– 9h30 to 10h (1
hour later in Halifax)
MXF based solutions
Avid
– 10h to 12h (1
hour later in Halifax)
XDCAM Workflow
with Media Composer & Red
workflow with DS
RSVP
Places
are limited. Contact us without
delay to RSVP.
Looking
forward to seeing you there!
[May
7, 2009]
Atlantic
Film Industry
New
Brunswick 2009 Short Film Venture
Applications Now Available
Aspiring
filmmakers across the province are
invited to submit applications for
the Short Film Venture program
The
Short Film Venture Program allows
individuals to express their creativity
in the visual format of short films.
Applicants
must submit a proposal outlining
their short film concept by May
31. Successful projects will be
selected, go through a jury process
to determine a shortlist for script
analysis review, and final recipients
will be notified by July 24. The
final film must be completed by
March 31 of the following year.
Those
chosen for the program will receive
a grant of 25%, of the total cost
of the project, up to a maximum
of $5,000. Winners will have a chance
to train with some of New Brunswick’s
industry professionals.
The
winning productions will be given
a showcase with a premier screening
at a film festival in New Brunswick.
The
ViewFinders Movie, Animation and
Green Screen Challenges are officially
launched!
Thousands
of dollars in prizes are yours to
be won if your film makes it into
the Top 10 entries to be screened
during ViewFinders at Empire Cinemas.
Every year the Challenge entries
from youth in Atlantic Canada show
the world what we're made of as
they move from our big screen to
festivals all over the globe.
The
Altantic Canada Opportunities
Agency is seeking proposals
for Atlantic Innovation Fund
ACOA
invites letters of intent and project
proposals under round VII of the
Atlantic Innovation Fund
Businesses,
universities and research institutions
are invited to submit proposals
under the next round of the Atlantic
Innovation Fund. This fund is designed
to increase Atlantic Canada's ability
to carry out leading-edge R&D.
Mandatory letters of intent must
be submitted by March 31, and complete
project proposals are due May 20.
(Please
include your name and
phone number in the
registration email)
The
Teranex
VC100 technology drastically
reduces jaggies on diagonal lines,
minimizes HD and SD video noise
and insures correct cadence. The
Emmy Award winning HQV Technology
yields unsurpassed image quality
for the demanding broadcaster.
PRESS REVIEW: According to the government
of Nova, the local film industry
had its best year on record with
$150 million in production activity
in 2008-09. Film Nova Scotia announced
that the record-breaking figure
is directly attributed to the Nova
Scotia government's film tax credit
that supports local productions
and helps attract more foreign film
productions.
Nova
Scotia's film industry had a banner
year last year, after a disappointing
2007-08.
As
seen in USA Today:
The
firm has six dedicated videoconference
rooms there, with high-definition
cameras, 47-inch or larger monitors,
and software provided by California-based
Polycom, a large videoconferencing
equipment supplier.
The
Government of Canada is investing
an additional $390,000 in the East
Coast Music Awards Association over
the next two years. In addition,
the government is providing an additional
$37,000 specifically in support
for this year's award show taking
place in Corner Brook.
ACOA
invites letters of intent and project
proposals under round VII of the
Atlantic Innovation Fund
