RED DIGITAL CINEMA® officially announced the availability of the new V-RAPTOR XLTM 8K VV camera today during a livestream event. The V-RAPTOR XL system expands on the most advanced RED® camera platform ever, leveraging the current flagship V-RAPTOR 8K VV + 6K S35 multi-format sensor inside of a large-scale-production ready XL camera body.

SUMOLIGHT, known for SUMOSPACE, SUMOSKY, SUMOMAX and new SUMOLASER lighting, announces the opening of a new US facility adjacent to the burgeoning Santa Clarita Studio film community. The convenient location offers a showroom to test existing and upcoming SUMOLIGHT products. The accessible ground floor space provides filmmakers with a warehouse full of SUMOLIGHT fixtures backed by local support.

Wooden Camera announced today that two new collections of custom kits and accessories for the Fujifilm GFX100S and X-H2S will be showcased at the 2022 Cine Gear Expo from June 9–12, 2022, in booth 565 in the West Hall of the Los Angeles Convention Center.

CP Communications and its subsidiary Red House Streaming have gradually evolved their St. Petersburg, Florida headquarters into a specialized broadcast and production center that even produces and streams original programming worldwide for local and remote talent. The growing media and entertainment company has now deployed a varied network infrastructure of 1Gb and 10Gb pipes that interface with its two homegrown RHS studios and new RHS-36 truck, allowing the company to seamlessly manage live content coming from and going to any location globally – without leaving the property, and without leaving the IP domain if desired. 

Red House Streaming, a subsidiary of CP Communications, helped to transform this year’s live production model for SXSW Conference and Festivals in Austin, Texas, which for the first time featured a hybrid event to support in-person and remote participants. An official 2022 SXSW Conference and Festivals technology partner, Red House Streaming (RHS) designed and deployed a wide-area Layer 2 network infrastructure across multiple event locations with a supporting onsite crew to help bring inspirational sessions and panels, music showcases, comedy performances and more to audiences worldwide.

AudioVideo BrandBuilder Corp (AVBB), the exclusive manufacturer’s rep and master distributor for Dream Chip in North and South America, was tapped to provide the cameras to capture a mid-air pilot exchange carried out 14,000 feet above Arizona. The Red Bull Plane Swap will use Dream Chip’s ATOM cameras to draw the audience in for each nerve-wracking moment as two skydivers point their planes towards earth, step out, and swap cockpits mid-air. The event is scheduled to be broadcast live on Hulu on Sunday, April 24th at 4PM PT / 7PM ET.

Consult Red is today announcing its new CEO, Raghu Venkatesam. He will enable Consult Red to leverage its track record in cutting-edge, connected devices and systems to meet soaring demand for smart, internet-of-things (IoT) products. In the media sector, Consult Red is trusted by the world’s leading Pay TV and OTT brands to develop technologies that are now in tens of millions of homes. Its cutting-edge solutions include its recent project to launch the world’s first RDK Video Accelerator running on an Amlogic SoC.

An international crime adventure, “Red Notice” follows FBI profiler John Hartley (Dwayne Johnson) as he pursues art thief Nolan Booth (Ryan Reynolds). Hartley must partner with Booth to catch “The Bishop” (Gal Gadot), an elusive art thief herself who is attempting to steal a trio of priceless bejeweled artifacts known as Cleopatra’s Eggs.

Maxon today shared that both Cinema 4D R25 and Red Giant Complete are winners in the Best New Graphics, Editing, VFX, and Switchers Technology category in the 2021 NAB Show Product of the Year Awards. This official awards program recognizes the most significant and promising new products and technologies showcased by corporate partners of NAB Show and the winners were selected from a total of 16 categories by a panel of industry experts.

In September, Maxon’s extensive Fall release included updates to nearly every product in the Maxon One subscription, including Trapcode Suite 17 that featured the long-requested ability to work with Particular and Form in the same 3D space. Less than two months later, Maxon is pleased to announce the immediate availability of an update for Trapcode (17.1) that contains workflow and performance enhancements, as well as several minor bug fixes for Particular.