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Enhancements
for Adobe
Creative Cloud

Visual Data Acquires
Soho Digital Cinema

V

isual Data Media Services has
acquired Soho Digital Cinema
(SDC) for an undisclosed sum.
The acquisition enables Visual Data
to add Digital Cinema Mastering and
Cinema Distribution to its armoury of
services. As with its existing broadcast,
streaming and VOD offerings, Visual
Data will now take care of every step
in the digital cinema content supply
chain, throughout the content lifecycle.
"Visual Data and Soho Digital Cinema
had worked together on several
projects and we saw clear synergies
between our two companies, with our
complementary product and service
offerings and adjacent or converging
markets," said Symon Roue, Managing

A
Visual Data snaps up
Soho Digital Cinema

Director, Visual Data Media Services.
"The acquisition is a positive move for
all of our customers, enabling them to
master and distribute all deliverables
from
one
place,
significantly
streamlining the distribution process
while saving time and money."
While the company will operate
under the Visual Data brand, the

Screenfast platform will retain
its name and will continue to be
developed.
Symon Roue will continue to head
up Visual Data in the UK, while SDC's
David Margolis has been appointed
Director of Digital Cinema.
The SDC team will relocate to Visual
Data's UK facilities in west London.

ChyronHego Expands Presence In Americas
S
ignalling solid and continued
growth in its Americas broadcast
division, ChyronHego has made a
number of key appointments.
"We're pleased to welcome these
high-calibre sales and creative
professionals to our Americas
broadcast team. All four bring
stellar expertise, relationships, and
experience built through many years of
working with high-profile broadcasters
and
broadcasting
technology
companies," said Marco Lopez, CEO of

ChyronHego. "As momentum continues
to build throughout the Americas for
our world-class graphics solutions,
we're confident that this team will
help us cement our leadership in the
region."
As Regional Sales Manager of Major
Accounts, based in Los Angeles,
Gregoire Rouyer will oversee key
broadcast accounts and drive company
growth.
Based in Washington, D.C., Holly
Myers will leverage his strong

Holly
Myers

relationships to build ChyronHego's
presence in the government sector.
Jason Toliopoulos is transitioning
into a new role as Strategic Account
Executive. He will be managing some
of ChyronHego's largest strategic
accounts in the U.S and Canada.
As global creative services manager,
Mark Friedman will work with
broadcast customers around the world
to engage with audiences that use
ChyronHego's award-winning graphicsrendering technologies.

Mark
Friedman

Jason
Toliopoulos
Gregoire
Rouyer

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dobe has announced performance
updates and new innovations for
video and audio tools in Adobe Creative
Cloud to improve efficiency in video
production.
New features include ContentAware Fill for video, powered
by Adobe Sensei, the company's
artificial intelligence and machine
learning technology, along with new
capabilities for titles and graphics,
crafting animations, refining audio
mixing, and organising and preparing
project media. Some of the hundreds
of performance improvements include
faster Mask Tracking for effects
and colour workflows, dual GPU
optimisation and improved hardware
acceleration for HEVC and H.264
formats in Premiere Pro. In After
Effects, enhancements include GPUaccelerated effects, such as Change
Colour and Roughen Edges.
The new features are
available now

"Video consumption is exploding
across broadcast, film, streaming
services and digital marketing,
resulting in a spike in content
creation demands," said Steven
Warner, Vice President of Digital
Video and Audio at Adobe. "Through
optimised performance and intelligent
new features powered by Adobe
Sensei, Creative Cloud helps video
professionals eliminate the most
tedious production tasks so they can
focus on storytelling and executing on
their creative vision."
The new features for Adobe Creative
Cloud are available now.

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