5D Cyborg goes online with Beam.TV

Media solutions developer 5D have linked up with BEAM.TV to demonstrate the power of Internet delivery for the modern film and television industry.
The first fruits of the technology partnership between 5D and BEAM.TV were shown at NAB 2002, where 5D Cyborg version 2 compositing demonstrations were published directly to the Internet via BEAM.TV for viewing anywhere in the world.
The NAB installation also featured BEAMBOX, a specifically developed player that enables all assets sent via BEAM.TV to be viewed on a television monitor. MPEG, QuickTime, Real, and Windows Media files can be stored on-line but viewed as reels and annotated with real-time text-based comment. BEAMBOX is currently being shipped to agencies including Ogilvy, Saatchi & Saatchi, Leo Burnett, Publicis, M&C Saatchi, BBH, and Lowe who store their assets on the central BEAM.TV server.
“Film and television production and post production have become ‘global’ propositions,“ said Marc Dando, a director of 5D. “Motion picture and advertising agency executives, directors and digital artists are often in different places, often on other continents, as projects progress through the postproduction cycle. One of the biggest requirements is the need to provide effective online communications. 5D’s link with BEAM.TV demonstrates how simple and cost effective it is to send, view and archive the result of a 5D Cyborg compositing session in a range of different film and television media. It’s the next best thing to being there.”
Andy Barmer, director of new media at BEAM.TV said the future of postproduction is the movement of files straight from tools like 5D Cyborg allowing agency and production staff to view cuts wherever they are in the world, without being in the suite with the digital artist.
BEAM.TV is a global network of production partners founded by Oscar-winning postproduction facility The Mill. BEAM provides fast and efficient management of on-line video via a series of complementary services. Review and Approval is conducted via secure personalised websites and is complemented by tape-in tape-out delivery via BEAM.TV global partners.
5D’s solutions for digital artists worldwide, help boost productivity, creativity and workflow in film and video post-production.
5D, www.five-d.com
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