International reseller Nacho Mazzini Family (NMF) (www.nachomf.com) has launched the NMF Training Academy in Miami, Florida, USA. The brand new facility is designed as a center of training excellence and know-how for professionals, industry newcomers and students worldwide involved in high-end digital cinematography as well as UHD HDR workflows – from the set into post production through to content delivery – of motion pictures, TV and OTT entertainment.

Colorfront (www.colorfront.com), the Academy, Emmy and HPA Award-winning developer of high-performance, on-set dailies and transcoding systems for motion pictures, broadcast, OTT and commercials, has further expanded the capabilities of its products to support the latest large format cameras, and launched brand new tools which extend their UHD/HDR color workflow capabilities. Colorfront has also deepened its technology collaborations with key industry partners – including AJA Video Systems, Netflix and HDR10+ Technologies – broadening the impact of its products from set through post production and to the home viewing experience.

Today, AJA released v2.0 software for its FS-HDR converter/frame synchronizer, for real time HDR transforms and 4K/HD up, down, cross-conversion. FS-HDR v2.0 software introduces intuitive new parametric controls that allow users to fine tune the look of final transforms in FS-HDR, and adds support for camera formats Sony S-Log3 S-Gamut3 Cine and S-Log3 BT.2020.

AJA Video Systems today announced that it has collaborated with Avid® to develop Avid Artist¢ | DNxIP¢, a new hardware interface option for Avid Media Composer® users that supports high frame rate, deep color and high dynamic range IP workflows. Avid Artist | DNxIP is a Thunderbolt¢ 3 equipped I/O device that enables the transfer of SMPTE standard HD video over 10 GigE IP networks, with high-quality local monitoring over 3G-SDI and HDMI 2.0.

AJA Video Systems today announced the new Io IP capture and output device for broadcast IP workflows. The portable device simplifies the transfer of SMPTE standard HD video over 10 GigE IP networks, with high-quality local monitoring over 3G-SDI and HDMI 2.0, and supports high frame rate, deep color and high dynamic range workflows.

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AJA Video Systems today announced a technology partnership with Avid® to design and manufacture Avid Artist | DNxIV, a new hardware interface option for Avid Media Composer®. The Thunderbolt¢ 3 capture and output device offers the latest 12G-SDI and HDMI 2.0 I/O connectivity, advanced audio features and 4K/UltraHD support up to 50p/60p frame rates.

AJA Video Systems today announced support for HDR10+ in the developer SDK for the companys award-winning video and audio I/O products that support 4K workflows. This new development will be demonstrated at IBC with pre-release SDK software supporting the dynamic metadata that HDR10+ delivers.

AJA Video Systems announced today that it has added new 3G-SDI Multi-Mode fiber extender cards to its line of openGear® compatible video and audio rack cards for use in openGear frames and AJAs OG-3 2RU frame. openGear is Ross Videos open-architecture, modular frame system supported by a diverse range of equipment manufacturers.

At IBC 2017, AJA Video Systems announced new v2.0 firmware for the Ki Pro Ultra Plus multi-channel HD recorder and 4K/UltraHD/2K/HD recorder and player. The new update enables the latest HDR formats with HLG and HDR10 playback, and adds support for recording and playing ProRes 4444 XQ up to 2K60p, among several other feature enhancements.

 At IBC 2017, AJA Video Systems unveiled a new line of FiDO 12G to Fiber/Fiber to 12G Mini-Converters. New price reductions have also been announced for the Hi5-4K-Plus (3G-SDI to HDMI 2.0) and 3GM (3G/1.5G Mux/DeMux) Mini-Converters, bringing the costs down from $695 to $595, and $795 to $495 respectively.