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Despite being bought over by Harris recently, Leitch is pushing ahead with its plans to open an office in Dubai Media City. The new office will support and strengthen Leitch’s reseller channels in the region by supplying local sales and service support. “It has been a long term objective of Leitch to strengthen our presence [...]

Latest version of 3-D digital character and visual effects software delivers advanced character tools and easy migration paths for Maya users Tewksbury , Mass. – September 26, 2005 – Avid Technology, Inc. (NASDAQ: AVID) today announced the worldwide availability of SOFTIMAGE®|XSI® version 5.0, the latest edition of the company’s flagship 3-D animation software. Unveiled at [...]

The GCC states have scrapped a plan to launch a wildlife TV channel to feature wildlife and environment conservation programmes, saying it was “too costly”. Officials from the six oil-rich member states said here yesterday that a feasibility study had shown that the proposed channel would cost around $21m a year and that it would [...]

Noorsat predicts the number of television channels broadcasting to the Middle East region to double in the next five years. The bullish outlook follows Noorsat’s agreement to use the capacity of two Eutelsat satellites which will be practically co-located at the Middle Eastern hotspots of 7 degrees West and 26 degrees East. Noorsat CEO Omar [...]

IBC, Amsterdam – 9 September 2005 – Avid Technology, Inc. (NASDAQ: AVID), today announced that the leading U.K. digital broadcaster, British Sky Broadcasting (BSkyB), has adopted the Avid DNxHD™ mastering-quality HD codec for postproduction in preparation for launching its SkyHD service in the U.K. and Ireland in the first half of 2006. SkyHD will offer [...]

IBC 2005, Amsterdam ( IBC, Stands 1.210 / 7.830 / 7.938 ) – September 9, 2005 – Avid Technology, Inc. (NASDAQ: AVID) today announced that it expects to deliver native HDV editing and workflow support in its PC-based Avid Xpress® Pro and Media Composer® Adrenaline ™ products by October 17, 2005. Customers who purchase either [...]