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VariCam opens up new editing possibilities

The editor of Radiant City discovered many benefits to working with material shot with Panasonic’s flagship HD camera

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Panasonic, Sony stake out solid state

An exclusively tapeless production universe is still a few years away, but solid-state capture is here to stay. And Panasonic has now been joined by Sony, which unveiled its film magazine for the digital age at the recent National Association of Broadcasters conference in Las Vegas.

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Quantel’s GE

Quantel’s mantra for its new workflow management system is ‘same time, same media, different suites.’

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Avid courts indies, Apple colors Studio 2

Rivals Apple and Avid reached out in different ways to the independent content producer and the professional broadcast house at NAB2007, debuting changes to both production software and asset management applications.

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Vapor delivers hip sounds while saving Green

The Toronto shop produced a soundtrack of prerecorded indie songs for Everything’s Gone Green

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Fish-fry casts net in TV

Toronto music and sound studio fish-fry is working to a new beat, having migrated from the commercial sector largely to TV work.

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Composers gaze into the crystal ball

In the past decade, the ongoing digital evolution has led to fundamental changes in the way music is produced and recorded for movies and TV. So, what’s ahead? What do top composers expect to be the biggest changes to their jobs in the next five years?

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CGM tweaks plans for CHUM

Execs promise no overlap in programming between CTV and Citytv outlets, while claiming the latter are in financial trouble. ‘Let’s be honest,’ says skeptical CRTC chairman, ‘they’re not failing stations’

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Casgrain new CBC chair

Former accountant and boardroom veteran Timothy Casgrain fills the gap left after last year’s Guy Fournier fiasco

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Barna buys into mobile

Catherine Tait is moving her iThentic mobile startup north, following a joint venture unveiled Monday with Barna-Alper Productions

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Pitt film set to shoot in Montreal

But the arrival of the $140-million project from Paramount is a symbolic, rather than economic, victory, says film commissioner

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Suzuki, Hannah headed to Banff

Environmentalists David Suzuki, Daryl Hannah and Tim Flannery summoned to lead green panel at the TV festival