| Today's Top Stories | | #1 | End of film: Paramount first studio to stop distributing film prints | | | by Richard Verrier, Los Angeles Times | | | In a historic step for Hollywood, Paramount Pictures has become the first major studio to stop releasing movies on film in the United States. Paramount recently notified theater owners that the Will Ferrell comedy "Anchorman 2: The Legend Continues," which opened in December, would be the last movie that would it would release on 35-millimeter film. More»
Why This Matters: Well I did think this had already happened, but there you go. Paramount wanted to get one last timeless movie onto celluloid to close a 100+ year chapter in technology with Anchorman 2. As you would. –Cynthia Wisehart |
| | #2 | Ted Talk: Guy Hoffman: Robots with "soul" | | | What kind of robots does an animator / jazz musician / roboticist make? Playful, reactive, curious ones. Guy Hoffman shows demo film of his family of unusual robots -- including two musical bots that like to jam with humans. More»
Why This Matters: A good fun watch, especially at the end. I couldn't help but wonder what kind of applications AV could use some robotic "soul." What if signage was not just user interactive, but riffed off of what was happening around it? Sensing people standing around looking confused after departing a flight, it could direct them to baggage claim. Or a PTZ camera could pick up facial expressions of the students of a remote satellite class it was capturing and indicate to the professor that their last point wasn't clear?–Jessaca Gutierrez |
| | #3 | A headphones jam with Umphrey's McGee in New York | | | by David Fricke, Rolling Stone | | | My seat at the Beacon Theater for the January 18th show by the Chicago-based progressive-rock-with-pop-and-jams band Umphrey's McGee was in the fourth row of the lower balcony. But I heard the first set from inside the soundboard – through headphones. It's the latest addition to the fan experience—audio immersion. More »
Why This Matters: Concert-goers looking for a better, or simply different, audio experience now have the opportunity to rent wireless audio kits beaming the concert straight from the soundboard to their ears. Rolling Stone's David Fricke shares his recent experience testing out the concept with gear from Audio-Technica and Sennheiser. –Lindsey Adler |
| |
| | Find Us Online |
| | Jobs from TWICE.com |
| Jobs from Eduwire
| | Click here to see all posted positions » | | Upcoming Events | Stampede Big Book of AV, Jan. 23, Austin, Texas
The NAMM Show, Jan. 23-26, Anaheim, Calif. Integrated Systems Europe (ISE), Feb. 4-6, Amsterdam RAI Digital Signage Expo, Feb. 12-13, Las Vegas
AVAD Vendopalooza, Feb. 20, Dallas
Sound Reinforcement For Technicians, Feb. 24-26, Portland
NSCA Business & Leadership Conference, Feb. 27-March 1, Dallas
For more events, see our calendar. |
| Was this copy of Pro AV Today forwarded to you?
Start your own subscription by clicking here. | |  |  |
|  |
|  |
|
| | | | | Pro AV Today Editorial Team
SOUND & VIDEO CONTRACTOR
CYNTHIA WISEHART, Editor
Phone: (212) 378-0400 x526 | Send Email
SYSTEMS CONTRACTOR NEWS
KIRSTEN NELSON, Editor
Phone: (212) 378-0400 x522 | Send Email
AV TECHNOLOGY
MARGOT DOUAIHY, Editor
Phone: (212) 378-0400 x 538 | Send Email
DIGITAL SIGNAGE
DAVID KEENE, Executive Editor
Phone: (512) 480-9473 | Send Email
RENTAL AND STAGING SYSTEMS
DAVID KEENE, Executive Editor
Phone: (512) 480-9473 | Send Email
RESIDENTIAL SYSTEMS
JEREMY GLOWACKI, Editor
Phone: (212) 378-0400 ext 514 | Send Email
|
| | |
