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Technology Conference: Status of Tape Stock Supply
May 13, 2014  | Written by Terri Potratz
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IFE Services’ Victor Hernandez and CMI’s John O’Connor were joined via phone by Sony’s Senior Marketing Manager for Professional Media, Joe Balsam, for an update on one of IFE’s hottest topics:  the availability of professional-grade Hi8 and V8 tape stock. Sony has since re-started the production of professional-grade stock since the tsunami in 2011 had a major […]

Technology Conference: Eric Grab, DivX
 | Written by Terri Potratz
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Eric Grab, CTO of DivX, updated us on the new high-efficiency video codec (HEVC) H.265 format, which will provide significantly more compression than current H.264 standard, saving on data storage space. The codec is still in development and we are about 1-2 years away from heavy usage in production. Once implemented, the H.265 format will […]

Technology Conference: Thoma Thurau, Technicolor
 | Written by Terri Potratz
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Michael Childers, Technology Committee Chair and APEX Board Member, opened up the May 2014 Technology Conference in Universal City, CA today, and introduced the first keynote speaker of today’s session. Thoma Thurau, VP Engineering and Operations Production with Technicolor, provided a brief history of the advancements in display technologies, and noted that film acquisition is […]

Disney’s Planes: Fire & Rescue
Aviation Press Day
May 12, 2014  | Written by Tomas Romero
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This past Thursday was Aviation Press Day at the Disneytoon Studios in Glendale, California. Situated just a few feet from the original runway at the historic Grand Central Air Terminal, the event offered aviation journalists from around the country a rare glimpse “inside the hangar” with the filmmaking team behind the upcoming 3D release of Disney’s […]

Disney’s Planes: Fire & Rescue Aviation Press Day
 | Written by Tomas Romero
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This past Thursday was Aviation Press Day at the Disneytoon Studios in Glendale, California. Situated just a few feet from the original runway at the historic Grand Central Air Terminal, the event offered aviation journalists from around the country a rare glimpse “inside the hangar” with the filmmaking team behind the upcoming 3D release of Disney’s […]

Singapore Airlines to Launch Premium Economy in 2015
May 9, 2014  | Written by Katie Sehl
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After ditching Premium Economy in favor of an all-business class, Singapore Airlines has announced that they will be launching the “economy plus” class on its Boeing 777-300ER, Airbus A380 superjumbo fleet and Airbus A380 jets in the upcoming year. A sign of the times? Is Premium Economy finally asserting itself as a legitimate fourth class? […]

TV Market Education: Highly-Personalized IFE
May 2, 2014  | Written by Terri Potratz
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James Chu – Industrial Designer, Branding Strategist & Educator at the Art Center College of Design in California – outlined the potential for highly personalized user and brand experiences within the air travel industry during his keynote address at the APEX TV Market in Dublin this week. James began his session with an anecdote about […]

TV Market Dublin: Education Panels
 | Written by Terri Potratz
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The education agenda at the TV Market varied from the future of highly-personalized IFE content, developing brand strategy with enhanced media programming and online video content, a look at customer behaviors within the home and aircraft, and how PEDs might fit into an evolving industry. Stay tuned for more in-depth coverage of each panel, coming […]