SYPHAnews - 15 August 2005

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Camera news

ProHD a major focus for JVC at IBC 2005 (10/8/2005)

IDX shows new high-capacity ENDURA V-Mount range of Lithium-Ion batteries (26/7/2005)

Anton/Bauer's New Products Meet Capacity Demands of High Definition Production (20/7/2005)

NLE news

Panasonic Announces Availability of Rugged AJ-PCS060 DVCPRO P2 Store Drive (15/8/2005)

Avid Completes Acquisition of Pinnacle (10/8/2005)

Telestream Flip4Mac Adds Windows Media Encoding Support for Apple Compressor 2 (10/8/2005)

European Commission Clears Avid's Acquisition of Pinnacle Deal (5/8/2005)

Avid and Pinnacle Shareholders Approve Acquisition (4/8/2005)

Hi Tech Systems Introduces New Controllers at IBC (3/8/2005)

Doremi Technologies Introduces MCS-HD Server and More at IBC (3/8/2005)

Omneon Announces New ProBrowse System and Introduces HDV Support at IBC2005 (29/7/2005)

Telestream Expands Flip4Mac MXF Ingest for Final Cut Pro Users (29/7/2005)

Aurora Video Systems announces Fuse-X card for professional audio workstations, and new Interceptor technology (29/7/2005)

Pinnacle Systems Board Reaffirms Recommendation of Pending Merger With Avid Technology (26/7/2005)

Autodesk Releases New Versions of its Visual Effects, Editing and Digital Colour Grading Systems (26/7/2005)

Mistika HD Version 2.0 will be Demonstrated Running on Linux at IBC 2005 (22/7/2005)

DigiEffects shipping CineLook2 visual special effects plug-ins (22/7/2005)

SGO at IBC 2005 with Mistika and Natural Tools (22/7/2005)

ProCon Technology Introduces RS232 Direct Connect Controllers for QuickCapture A2D (20/7/2005)

Quantel at IBC 2005 - Hold on tight! (20/7/2005)

Matrox Axio Realtime Multi-Stream SD and HD Editing Platforms Now Shipping (14/7/2005)

HD news

Leitch Releases New Version of Inscriber Inca RTX HD (15/8/2005)

New Versions Of FilmLight Digital Systems to Premiere At IBC 2005 (15/8/2005)

Digital Rapids launches CarbonHD at IBC 2005 (10/8/2005)

Red Giant Software Releases Primatte Keyer 3 and Key Correct Pro (10/8/2005)

ASSIMILATE to Showcase Expanded SCRATCH Product Line at IBC 2005 (3/8/2005)

Bryant Broadcast 'solutions' for HDTV at IBC (3/8/2005)

Sony at IBC 2005: HD for everyone (26/7/2005)

Hamlet Makes the Move to HD Easier with Flexible Test and Measurement at IBC2005 (26/7/2005)

Wohler Technologies Provides Versatility and Convenience in the HD Transition with 15 New HD Monitoring Products (22/7/2005)

New High Resolution LCD Video Monitor Product range takes Wohler Technologies beyond Confidence Monitoring (22/7/2005)

TCube announces two new hardware platforms: FIG for High-Definition and CHERRY for DV (20/7/2005)

Sonic Forges High Definition Authoring Alliance (14/7/2005)

DAW news

MAYAH Introduces New Colourful FLASHMAN Recorders at IBC (15/8/2005)

Steinberg Unveils Studio Case II (15/8/2005)

Edirol Introduces World's First Hi-Speed USB (USB 2.0) Multi-Channel Audio Support for Apple Mac OS X Tiger (29/7/2005)

Tascam Debuts New DP-01FX/CD Digital Portastudio w/Built-in CD Burner (29/7/2005)

Steinberg Unveils Cubase SX/SL 3.1 (14/7/2005)

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