Chyron today announced the release of PRIME VSAR 1.7, a significant step forward in the company's mission to help broadcasters maximize and monetize the content they can generate with Unreal-driven virtual sets and augmented reality. This latest release implements Unreal Engine 4.26, increases cameras per PRIME VSAR engine, and adds a host of template-based tools to simplify the process of creating and managing a broadcast-grade virtual set. PRIME VSAR 1.7 makes it easier for designers to create compelling virtual graphics and puts power in the hands of producers and journalists to leverage these assets across different channels and programs.

Sliding Leg C-Stand with Grip heads and Arm

Matthews C-stands have been a mainstay on sets for over 50 years. Now there’s one that literally fits in your pocket. Matthews 5” Pocket C-Stand™ offers familiar features in a super-compact form, including a rugged steel build with a double riser, sliding leg and 2 fully functional aluminum grip heads with 3/16 holes.

Umberto “Tino” Liberatore has become the new Managing Director at leading professional audio accessory manufacturer, K-Tek.

After working with K-Tek as International Sales Manager for 9 years, Tino has been influential in ushering in a new era of the latest on set and location audio gear to facilitate boom operators and sound mixers. Liberatore is known for supporting the sound community internationally and domestically by working with high profile customers and holding seminars and workshops to bring the community together. He continues to be vital in introducing the growing line of K-Tek Stingray Sound Bags, including the 25^th Anniversary Purple Edition for popular mixer/recorders. Along with K-Tek owner Brenda Klemme, Liberatore is responsible for updating features of the original Academy-Award winning K-Tek Klassic Boom pole and introducing The Mighty Boom Pole, with faster locking collars, better rigidity, increased interchangeability and more. Today K-Tek audio gear is a staple of the professional sound industry, worldwide.

Owing to growing demand for localisation services, one of Germany’s top localisation specialists Leinhaeuser Language Services, has invested in four SubtitleNEXT Explorer Licenses to further boost their AV translation capabilities. In order to balance text and subtitling quality with tight deadlines, the team at Leinhaeuser required a state-of-the-art tool and turned to SubtitleNEXT. Leinhaeuser provides cross-media text and translation services for blue-chip companies across corporate, finance, and communications, specialising in the adaptation and implementation of content in analogue, digital and AV media. SubtitleNEXT supports length restrictions, frame gap settings and recognises cut changes, contributing to a smooth, fast spotting process. Its ability to integrate subtitles into a video provides Leinhäuser with an attractive delivery format. Leinhaeuser's team was also impressed with SubtitleNEXT’s intuitive user guidance. SubtitleNEXT's remote capability offered via its dynamic licensing model, raises the bar for localisation companies to continue to excel when regulations call for flexible working.

Matthews Studio Equipment introduces an easy, grip-compatible solution to hold the industry’s professional medium-sized dimmable LED bulbs by Aputure and Astera. The BM1 Bulb Mount™ offers a quick, versatile and inexpensive answer for mounting these battery-powered bulbs to various types of grip equipment and ¼-20 hardware.

Designed for any E26/E27 medium bulb, the Mount offers a standard lamp socket thread (1.25” OD) to accept an LED bulb. At the other end a standard ¼”-20 female threaded insert is ready to accept a Micro Grip Pin, Scissor Clamp, Micro Grip Rod and more.

With a low-profile matte black surface, the BM1 Bulb Mount is made of lightweight yet sturdy molded nylon. It measures 2.6”/66mm long and weighs just 0.8-oz/22g.

Matthews BM1 Bulb Mount is available through the company’s worldwide dealer network. For more information visit https://bit.ly/MSE_BM1 or www.msegrip.com

EditShare®, the technology leader that enables storytellers to create and manage collaborative media workflows, announced significant updates to its FLOW media asset management (MAM) and EFS shared storage systems

SMPTE®, the home of media professionals, technologists, and engineers, today announced that SMPTE — through its newest program, Rapid Industry Solutions (RIS) On-Set Virtual Production Initiative (OSVP) — has received a prestigious Epic MegaGrant from Epic Games. Drawing on the expertise and contributions of diverse technology and thought leaders, the RIS OSVP is working quickly to assess challenges; establish goals; and make interoperability specifications, workflows, and best practices open and free to the industry along with supporting educational courses and webcasts. The $150,000 Epic MegaGrant will empower SMPTE to deliver even more quickly on the promise of this first RIS Initiative.

mediaClass announces its partnership in a major expansion of Antenna Hungaria's online TV service. A new service, mindigTV Go (alwaysTV Go), is being delivered on mediaClass products developed and customised to AH's requirements.

In an industry that relies heavily on collaboration to combine technical excellence with inspiring creativity, the last two years have been a unique challenge. The ZEISS Cinema Lens team, meanwhile, has worked hard to not only continue communications, but to also expand and improve its capabilities across the Americas. Whether it’s from behind masks or monitors they have been actively engaging with the filmmaking community, unveiling new technology, maintaining channels, sponsoring online events and film festivals, and producing their Studies in Cinematography series with the likes of Greig Fraser, ASC, ACS, Matthew Libatique, ASC and Alice Brooks, ASC.

Matthews announces the answer for safely mounting Astera Hyperion, Titan and Helios as well as T12 tube lights to standard grip equipment. The Claw is a new generation clamp, designed to solve real on-set issues, by Sci-Tech Award-winning Key Grip Richard Mall with gaffer Jeremy Launais and crafted by the team at MSE headquarters in Burbank, California.