The Society of Motion Picture and Television Engineers has named the outstanding industry members who will be recognized October 29 at the SMPTE 2015 Awards Ceremony. The SMPTE 2015 Awards Ceremony, supported by Imax, is being held in conjunction with the SMPTE 2015 Annual Technical Conference & Exhibition at the Loews Hollywood Hotel in Los Angeles.
The Australia Section of the Society of Motion Picture and Television Engineers has announced the successful conclusion to the SMPTE Australia Conference & Exhibition held last month.
The Society of Motion Picture and Television Engineers has elevated 15 industry leaders to the status of SMPTE Fellow. This honor is conferred on individuals who have, through their proficiency and contributions to the industries, attained an outstanding rank among members of the Society. New SMPTE Fellows will be elevated on October 28, during the Fellows Luncheon, held in conjunction with the SMPTE 2015 Annual Technical Conference & Exhibition at the Loews Hollywood Hotel in Los Angeles.
The theme for the SMPTE Australia Conference & Exhibition is Persistence of Vision – Defining the Future. The show will be held in Sydney, July 14-17. The theme gives a nod to the optical illusion that makes motion imaging possible and reinforces the ongoing devotion of SMPTE to the critical tasks of standards development and education for the motion-imaging industry.
GDC Technology will showcase its comprehensive range digital cinema tools at the Centre Convencions Internacional Barcelona in Barcelona June 23-25 during CineEurope 2015.
As European motion picture professionals gather in Barcelona this week for the start of CineEurope 2015, Barco will once again be highlighting the Barco Escape format, arguably one of the hits of this year’s CinemaCon in Las Vegas. Prior to CineEurope I got a progress report from Barco executives and some Escape customers about the new format and how exhibitors and audiences have responded to it so far.
Dolby Laboratories returns to CineEurope 2015 at the Centre de Convencions Internacional Barcelona next week to showcase its range of integrated, end-to-end post-production and audio tools.
The Ringling College of Art and Design student senior thesis film Jinxy Jenkins and Lucky Lou has won the Best Computer Animated Short Award in the SIGGRAPH 2015 42nd Annual Computer Animation Festival.
NEC Display Solutions Europe will showcase its range of dedicated cinema laser projectors and display systems at CineEurope 2015 in Barcelona, Spain on June 23-25.
The Society of Motion Picture and Television Engineers partnered with the Fernseh- und Kinotechnische Gesellschaft, in collaboration with the EBU's Technology and Innovation department, to hold the SMPTE Forum 2015, Entertainment Technology in the Internet Age: A European Perspective, in Berlin.
