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Media to present 2015 TV and Film Gala awards

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New York Festivals (NYF) International Television and Film Awards, now in its 58th year, has announced this year’s prominent media professionals slated to present awards at the 2015 TV and Film Gala honouring the World’s Best TV and Films. The Gala will be held at the annual NAB Show on Tuesday 14 April as they play host to over 98,000 attendees from 159 countries.

“We are in the fifth year of our strategic partnership with NAB Show,’ said Rose Anderson, executive director, New York Festivals International Television and Film Awards, “which has been so rewarding in enabling us to bring well-deserved attention to the 2015 winning programs from around the globe. Our partners and sponsors – Limelight Networks, PRG and Sony – join us in honouring Ken Aagaard, CBS Sports executive vice president, Operations, Engineering & Production Services, our Lifetime Achievement recipient.”

The 2015 presenters will include prominent media executives, broadcast journalists, talk show hosts, and content creators all representing the multi-faceted media industry. Presenters taking centre stage include:

• Chris Brown, executive vice president of NAB Conventions and Business Operations – USA
• Daniel Carriere, national reporter, Radio-Canada / Decouverte – Canada
• Mihai Gadea, CEO/host for Antena 3, and Mircea Badea, Anchor, Antena 3 – Romania
• David Mazza, senior vice president and chief technology officer, NBC Sports Group – USA
• Bjoern Miniers, creative director/post-production supervisor, Redbull Media House – Austria
• Mark Prahl, director of operations at Voice of America – USA
• Linda Stogner, director/producer, KERA – USA
• Bassem Youseff, host/co-creator of Al-Bernameg – Egypt

The International Television and Film Awards e-program continues NYF’s commitment to innovation and provides attendee’s instant access to the Gala’s programme viewable on all mobile screens. Program highlights include the complete 2015 award winners list, TV and Film Awards Advisory Board and Grand Jury panels, executive director’s letter, show schedule and more. To view the 2015 e-program, visit the NYF website. 2015 winner’s results will be announced on 14 April.

For more information visit the NYF website.

Entries open for Sir Peter Ustinov Television Scriptwriting Award

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Each year the International Academy of Arts and Sciences administers the Sir Peter Ustinov Television Scriptwriting competition. The initiative is designed to offer recognition and encouragement to novice writers under the age of 30 outside of the US.

The winning scriptwriter will be flown to New York City and presented with a US$2,500 prize at the International Emmy World Television Festival on 21 November 2015. The winning script will be read by actors in front of an audience at the festival, and the winner will be invited to take part in the red carpet festivities at the 43rd International Emmy Awards on Monday, 23 November.

Full competition details and entry form.

The deadline for submissions is 1 July 2015.

Those interested in participating as a juror or those who would like to recommend qualified individuals interested in judging submitted scripts from young writers, can email the foundation at foundation@iemmys.tv.

Tedial showcases MAM and media IT solutions at NAB

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MAM technology solutions specialist Tedial is to feature Tedial Evolution, an enhanced version of its Media IT platform, at NAB 2015. Tedial Evolution significantly extends MAM functionality with advanced search/indexing tools, new services to surf/explore archives, and improved integration between archive and workflows engines to reinforce a collaborative environment.

“Since 2001, Tedial’s MAM and media IT solutions have helped broadcasters and media companies worldwide improve efficiency, enhance productivity and optimise creativity,’ explains Jay Batista, Tedial general manager, US operations. “We are proud to introduce Tedial Evolution at NAB, the next generation MAM that takes media management to a whole new level. Evolution provides a business platform that marries logistics planning and media preparation into a complete supply chain, enabling customers to grow their businesses even as the business of media consumption evolves at an unprecedented speed.’

Tedial Evolution offers a completely new user experience designed to speed both manual and automated workflows. Built on the Tarsys MAM platform, the new HTML5 User interface keeps frequently used tools on the screen for improved performance. True multi-screen (Smartphone, Tablet, etc.) and multi-platform (IOS, Android, Windows, etc.) operations allow users to manage tasks, validate media or monitor workflows status from mobile devices.

The Tarsys search/indexing engine has been extended to organise/search collections and other object related entities, to indexing very large databases via shared indexes, and to automatically tag descriptive metadata based on scoring of texts using stop words.

Harnessing the power of a true Object Relational Database, a new set of tools provides a service to manage group entities, a multi-level classification schema (collections, albums, series, projects, rights, delivery packages, etc.) based on dynamic, changing relations. Employing the power of a real Object Relational Database, entities are logged as assets, which can now be a repository for all shared information. Assets are categorised as members of multiple entities, according to the user needs.

All information related to an asset can be explored from the Mediaset view including Metadata, media files, attached documents, logical versions, processing or delivery orders. Moreover, related assets (physical versions, promos, parts) and entities can be explored from the original master asset wherever they are located or associated. And as part of Tedial’s evolution to support DAM operations, full audio support is now available in the basic Tarsys MAM. Tedial Evolution offers tight integration with rights management systems to ensure media is rights aware.

Business Process Management services have been extended to reinforce collaboration, allowing several users to work with the same asset. New collaborative processes can be defined using an extended library of foundation workflows and activities.

EVS recognised at Sports Technology Awards

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EVS, a provider of live video solutions, was recognised as best technology provider at the Sports Technology Awards, which were held on 27 March in London. EVS’ live production technology enabled the ingest, management and distribution of the live content for the 2014 FIFA World Cup.

In Brazil, a broadcast infrastructure at each stadium consisting of 16 EVS XT3 live production servers, managed by various live production tools – including EVS’ LSM remote control panel, MultiReview, IPDirector and Epsio – captured the action from more than 30 cameras and supported fast-turnaround editing as well as instant replays. EVS’ connected content technology, C-Cast, was also implemented into this workflow. It acted as a multimedia production and distribution platform to deliver video content to a white label mobile application designed, implemented and managed by FIFA’s dedicated host broadcaster, HBS.

More than 10 million apps were downloaded and as many as three million users a day chose to enrich their experience using the application. Over the course of the tournament, more than 24 million unique users watched tens of millions of hours of content via the multimedia solution.

Quentin Grutman, SVP for EMEA at EVS accepted the award on behalf of the company and commented, “With the FIFA World Cup in Brazil commanding the world’s largest TV audiences for a sporting event, we’re delighted that EVS live production technology was relied upon to bring the excitement of the event to viewers around the world, setting new standards for modern sports broadcasting.’

EVS’ live production technology will be showcased as part of the FanZone on the EVS booth (SL3817) at the NAB Show between 13 and 16 April in Las Vegas.

SA filmmaker to attend Vancouver Festival

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Across the Colour Bar, directed by AFDA masters student Nkantu Luscious Dosi, is a documentary film which paints a vivid and thoughtful picture of the life and times of Ntabiseng (Charmaine) Hibbert, who relocated to Katlehong Township in 1995. The film has been selected to appear at The Vancouver South African Film Festival (VSAFF), which runs from 10 to 12 April in Canada. Thanks to a grant from the National Film and Video Foundation, Dosi will be in attendance.

“This great expedition will be a learning curve to learn and share with other filmmakers who cherish our craft. Going to Vancouver also allows me to represent South Africa, especially the little boy or girl from the township – to show them that they can one day have their passion acknowledged on the other side of the world,’ says Dosi.

Watch the Across the Colour Bar trailer.

VSAFF presents features and documentaries which explore the culture, history and politics of South Africa – films that both entertain and inform. VSAFF is a non-profit event organized entirely by volunteers. All proceeds from the festival go to supporting the educational development work that Education Without Borders has been doing in South Africa since 2002.

Other films which will feature at the festival include:
Hear Me Move, directed by Scottnes L. Smith
Sea Skeletons, directed by Tamsyn Reynolds
Getting There, directed by Masechaba Mogane
Strong Bones, featuring Vakhegula Vakhegula
Behind The Lens, directed by Melanie Chait
The Forgotten Kingdom, directed by Andrew Mudge
Four Corners, directed by Ian Gabriel
Khumba, directed by Anthony Silverston
Nelson Mandela: The Myth and Me, directed by Khalo Matabane
Angels in Exhile, directed by Billy Raftery
Faan se Trein, directed by Koos Roets

eAcademy Train the Trainer course

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The Sabido eAcademy will host a “Train the Trainer’ course from 20 to 22 July at the institution’s campus in Hyde Park, Johannesburg. The course will be presented by managing director Natalie Delport and is aimed at those who wish to perform one-to-one training as well as understand the South African skills development landscape better.

Course details
SAQA Unit Standard: 117877
Credits: 4 NQF level: 3
Duration: three days

Coaching learners or employees in skills development involves working alongside them to help improve their abilities in a specific area of application. This also means training them towards a defined performance standard. The course will enable participants to:

• Prepare for one-to-one training on the job
• Conduct training sessions
• Monitor and report on learner progress
• Review training
• Assess learners as per SETA requirements

For more information visit the eAcademy website or call 011 537 6000

Roland M-5000 showcases broadcast features at NAB

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The new Roland M-5000 will debut at Roland’s booth (C2635) at NAB, which runs from 11 to 16 April in Las Vegas, to showcase its extensive broadcasting features. The M-5000 based on the O.H.R.C.A platform delivers freely definable audio paths, supporting multiple audio formats protocols, plus pristine 96 kHz sound quality throughout the system.

Because of the flexible architecture of the M-5000, the 128 audio paths can be freely defined including 5.1 surround mixing and monitoring, Mix-Minus busses, GPIO triggers and delay important for broadcasting applications and OB Vans.

OB Vans today require lots of features in a small footprints and flexibility to handle a variety of remote broadcast events such as sports, concerts, newscasts, and awards ceremonies. Because the M-5000 can handle a variety of applications and has an extremely flexible configuration it is a good digital audio console for broadcast.

The 5.1 surround functions can be accessed to change pan positions via the built-in touch panel or free downloaded remote control software. For 5.1-channel monitoring, individual delay and alignment functions can be adjusted to speaker levels and delays. When using 5.1 surround mode, users can select output destinations and a simultaneous stereo downmix. Delays on every input and output with several different frame rates allow broadcasters the ability match the output.
The M-5000 features a Mix-Minus function, indispensable for recording and relay feeds, ideal for location or mobile broadcasts to remove a reporter/talent mic channels from the mix. M-5000’s flexible architecture allows you to freely assign the desired number of outputs for your Mix-Minus setup.

Using the flexibility of the O.H.R.C.A. platform found in the M-5000, a typical broadcast setup might include 84 mixing channels, 5.1 + LR output mix, 6 Mono Auxes, 8 Matrix, 5.1 +LR monitor setup, 2 Downmixes, Talkback, headphone monitoring and talkback channel.

The M-5000 has two built-in REAC ports, plus two expansion card slots with seven expansion card options that include Dante, MADI, Waves SoundGrid, or more REAC ports, as well as future formats. The additional XI-expansion card options also include XI-SDI to mix 16-channels in/out of embedded audio off an SDI cable. It also includes XI-DVI for mixing up to 2-channels and the XI-SFP card for fibre optics and gigabit ethernet communications with up to 16-channels in/out ideal for broadcasting applications.

The back panel includes 16×16 analog I/O, 4×4 AES/EBU, a 16×16 USB audio interface, connection for control via an iPad connected or wireless, and control ports including footswitches, GPIO, RS-232C and MIDI. All of this capability enables the console to see up to 300 inputs and 296 outputs, all at 96kHz and even more at 48kHz.

NFVF call for Q1 funding applications

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The National Film and Video Foundation (NFVF), an agency of the Department of Arts and Culture, is calling for submissions of applications for funding for Quarter One (Q1). The areas of funding application include: training, marketing and distribution support and development and production financing. Deadline date for applications is 22 April 2015.

All applicants are advised to carefully study the criteria and submission requirements in all funding categories. Incomplete applications will not be considered. Applications received after the deadline will only be considered for the next quarterly meeting of council.

The following categories will be considered for production and development funding:
• Documentaries
• Features
• Short films
• TV Formats

The following categories will be considered for training applications:
• International bursaries
• Training provider funding

The following Marketing and Distribution categories will be considered for applications:
• Marketing and distribution – which entails funding for print and advertising as well as for independent DVD distribution.
• Film festival – which provides financial support to individuals or organisations to host local film festivals which create a unique offering for the industry

All applications must be hand delivered or posted to the NFVF at 87 Central Street, Houghton, Johannesburg, 2198. No email submissions will be accepted. The NFVF is however working on an online application platform which will be in operation soon.
To download the applications forms, visit the NFVF website.
To view the funding criteria for all categories, visit the NFVF website.
The NFVF will inform applicants of the outcome of the applications in June 2015.

For any queries regarding development and production email: Vuyo Sokupa on vuyos@nfvf.co.za
For any queries regarding training or bursaries email: Pretty Mthiyane on prettym@nfvf.co.za.
For any queries regarding marketing and distribution email: Lerato Mokopanele on leratom@nfvf.co.za.

Approved applicants will be required to submit proof of banking details such as a letter from the bank, bank statement or cancelled cheque, tax clearance certificate (where applicable) as well as a newly certified copy of ID.
These documents should be submitted to NFVF finance before payment is processed.

SABC announces new Commercial Enterprises group executive

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Following the early retirement of Anton Heunis, the South African Broadcasting Corporation (SABC) has announced that Nomsa Philiso has been appointed as group executive for commercial enterprises.

Philiso joined the SABC in a financial capacity in 1994. She progressed to management level within the Technology Division – specifically focusing on systems improvements across SABC divisions and moving to Commercial Enterprises in 2010. She was appointed as general manager: sales operations in 2011 and has since frequently acted as group executive: commercial enterprises.

Heunis began his SABC career in the Human Resources Division in 1979. He progressed through the ranks and management levels within HR before being appointed as group manager: human resources. Thereafter, Anton was appointed as Head of Audience Services and a member of the Group Executive Committee in 1999. He was seconded to Commercial Enterprises in 2010 with a mandate to turn around the division. Under his watch, the division has regained its stature as a credible media advertising partner.

For continuity and to capitalise on his institutional memory, Heunis will stay on as commercial advisor for a period of time.

The SABC’s chief operations officer, Hlaudi Motsoeneng stated, “We would like to thank Mr. Heunis for the dedication that he has shown the organisation throughout the years. He has been a loyal member of the SABC’s executive management team and he has always put the organisation first’.

Motsoeneng further commented that, “The appointment of Ms. Philiso is a handing-over of a baton, as she worked closely with Mr. Heunis for a considerable period of time. It is in line with succession planning that has been happening in the organisation. Ms. Philiso has the required expertise to handle the mammoth task before her and we are confident that she will succeed’.

Red Digital Cinema to showcase latest camera at NAB

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Red Digital Cinema is returning to the National Association of Broadcasters (NAB) Show in Las Vegas, running from 11 to 16 April, and will showcase the latest camera in its Dragon sensor line up. The Red Weapon features the colour science and dynamic range of the 19 megapixel Dragon sensor, and will adhere to the company’s mantra to “Obsolescence Obsolete,’ allowing customers to upgrade their technology as innovations are unveiled.

Red’s NAB booth will feature live demonstrations showcasing Red workflows. Attendees will also get a behind-the-scenes look at the company’s customisable broadcast solutions, which are capable of offering a live 4K signal while capturing 6K R3D masters.
NextVR will be supporting a live virtual reality experience of Red’s NAB booth using the latest technology. Situated at Red’s flagship Los Angeles and New York stores, as well as the company’s United Kingdom, Germany, India, and China offices, customers will be able to experience much of what’s taking place at NAB.

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