Colorworks, Sony Pictures Entertainment’s digital intermediate facility, has opened a new facility focused on 4K television postproduction. Located in the Capra Building on the Sony Pictures lot in Culver City, Colorworks 4K Television will provide post services for original programming shot in 4K and re-mastering services for film-originated media. It will deliver both HD masters for current distribution and 4K masters for future use.
The recent arrival of 4K Ultra HD TVs new 4K camera systems, including Sony’s F65 and F55, has prompted more television productions to capture in 4K. That, in turn, is creating growing demand for 4K post-production services, according to Colorworks sr. VP Bob Bailey.
“Sony Pictures Entertainment and Colorworks are supporting the growth of 4K television by providing producers with a seamless solution for mastering their shows in the format of the future, 4K,” Bailey said. “Our new television facility has been designed and built to move and process 4K data as easily as HD.”
Colorworks 4K Television will work closely with other units on the Sony Pictures lot, including picture editorial, sound editorial, sound mixing and visual effects, to provide producers, shooting on the lot and elsewhere, with an efficient, one-stop solution. Special packaging is available for productions taking advantage of inclusive services.
“The ability to collaborate across all segments of post-production makes the solution that we offer unique,” said Ben Benedetti, Sony Pictures Entertainment executive director, Sound and Digital Services. “Additionally, our experience with Sony during the development of the F65 and F55 cameras makes our facilities uniquely well qualified to service 4K television.”
The new television facility features two 4K color grading suites and a 4K editorial finishing suite. The latest 4K imaging technology is employed throughout, including Baselight EIGHT color grading systems. Each room also includes 4K Sony projection systems, high resolution digital monitors and support gear required by high-level post production.
Grading and finishing suites are directly connected to Sony Pictures’ Television Backbone, providing colorists and editors with immediate access to original production media, metadata and other critical production and post data.
A Closer Look At Proposed Measures Designed To Curb Google’s Search Monopoly
U.S. regulators are proposing aggressive measures to restore competition to the online search market after a federal judge ruled Google maintained an illegal monopoly for the last decade.
The sweeping set of recommendations filed late Wednesday by the U.S. Department of Justice could radically alter Google's business, including possibly spinning off the Chrome web browser and syndicating its search data to competitors. Even if the courts adopt the blueprint, Google isn't likely to make any significant changes until 2026 at the earliest, because of the legal system's slow-moving wheels.
Here's what it all means:
What is the Justice Department's goal?
Federal prosecutors are cracking down on Google in a case originally filed during near the end of then-President Donald Trump's first term. Officials say the main goal of these proposals is to get Google to stop leveraging its dominant search engine to illegally squelch competition and stifle innovation.
"The playing field is not level because of Google's conduct, and Google's quality reflects the ill-gotten gains of an advantage illegally acquired," the Justice Department asserted in its recommendations. "The remedy must close this gap and deprive Google of these advantages."
Not surprisingly, Google sees things much differently. The Justice Department's "wildly overbroad proposal goes miles beyond the Court's decision," Kent Walker, Google's chief legal officer, asserted in a blog post. "It would break a range of Google products — even beyond search — that people love and find helpful in their everyday lives."
It's still possible that the Justice Department could ease off on its attempts to break up Google, especially if President-elect Donald Trump... Read More