Broadcast News

Bookmark and Share
25/08/2006

Cinesite Europe Ltd makes acquisition of an Isilon

Cinesite Europe Ltd, one of London’s leading visual effects houses has recently made the acquisition of an Isilon IQ4800i 3 node cluster through Ovation Data Systems.
Cinesite’s recent work includes: 'XMen: The Last Stand', 'V for Vendetta' and 'The Omen'.
Peter Robertshaw, Cinesite Technical Services Manager commented: “This purchase decision was made after two years of market research, long discussions with Isilon and on site evaluation of four competitive systems. The Isilon system proved itself with its stability, ease of setup, price-performance and simply the fact that it just worked.”
Robertshaw added: “Other vendors offered solutions which needed tweaking to work with subtly different data demands. From what we’ve seen so far the Isilon cluster scales very nicely both in terms of adding more cluster nodes and adapting to the number of clients accessing it. To date we have replaced a pair of servers with the Isilon cluster. Currently that is responsible for receiving 3D output and then serving it to 2D."
Prior to the Isilon purchase, Cinesite had served its hundreds of users and rendering needs from fifteen or more servers, each tasked to a particular aspect of image serving.
Meanwhile, Isilon are working hand in hand with Cinesite’s Technical Services team to develop an output which notifies their HSM of new or modified data.
Cinesite is one of the largest full-service visual effects and post production facilities in the world, providing services as diverse as digital effects, physical effects, model construction and unit photography, film scanning, laser recording and visual effects supervision.
(DS)
Solidmate Ltd Memory Card Hire London

Top Related Stories
Click here for the latest broadcast news stories.

14/03/2024
XL8 Named Top AI & Data Product
XL8 has been named a Top AI & Data product in the 2024 Product Awards. The 7th Annual Product Awards, presented by Products That Count in partnership
17/04/2023
Ikegami Announces Addition To Its Broadcast-Quality Camera Systems
Ikegami has announced a major addition to its line of broadcast-quality camera systems. Scheduled for introduction on Ikegami’s Central Hall booth C38
30/03/2023
MySatGo Deploys Interra's ORION And ORION-OTT systems
Interra Systems announced that MySatGo — an online TV platform offering Arabic content to the Middle East, Australia, and Canada — has deployed the co
23/11/2023
Riedel Teams Up With Kapetanović Systems
Riedel Communications has announced a new partnership with Croatia-based system integrator Kapetanović Systems to deliver top-tier solutions to t
01/11/2023
7TV Relies On AEQ Intercom Systems
7TV, Murcia's public regional channel operated by the Secuoya Group, was launched in 2006 and has achieved record audiences in recent years with its g
12/03/2024
Ikegami USA To Display Range Of Broadcast Quality Camera Systems
Celebrating its 60th Anniversary this year, Ikegami USA is to demonstrate the latest versions of its wide range of broadcast quality camera systems an
11/03/2024
J.T. Rooney Selects Kino Flo Lighting Systems
Kino Flo Lighting Systems has announced that its MIMIK 120 full-spectrum, image-based video lighting tile has been chosen by creative producer and vir
11/03/2024
Emotion Systems To Display Latest Developments In Workflow Management
Emotion Systems, an established leader in media file processing is to showcase its latest developments in workflow management. The need for normalisin
01/03/2024
Interra Systems To Display Product Innovations At 2024 NAB Show
At the 2024 NAB Show, Interra Systems is to showcase its cutting-edge product innovations designed to deliver end-to-end quality assurance for the dyn
28/09/2023
Amagi Unveils Strategic Alliance With TAG Video Systems
Setting a new industry benchmark in digital channel monitoring, Amagi, the global leader in cloud-based SaaS technology for broadcast and connected TV
26/09/2023
RE:LIVE Productions Acquires Ikegami UHK-X700 4K-UHD Camera Systems
RE:LIVE Productions, formerly known as Pufferfish Productions, one of Singapore's leading providers of creative video, event management and live strea
15/03/2023
SRZ Installs Riedel’s Artist And Bolero Intercom Systems
Riedel Communications has announced that Schutz & Rettung Zürich (SRZ) in Switzerland, has equipped its command vehicle with a comprehensive communica
13/03/2023
Interra Systems To Showcase Innovative Solutions At NAB 2023
At the 2023 NAB Show, Interra Systems will showcase its latest innovative and award-winning content QC, monitoring, and analysis solutions that help m
01/02/2024
Ikegami Delivers Camera Systems To Iberian Public Service Television Network
Ikegami Electronics has announced the delivery of 27 UHK-X700 4K-UHD HDR camera systems to a leading Iberian public service television network. The pr
31/01/2024
Digital Alert Systems Announces Availability Of Update Of FEMA Digital Certificates
Digital Alert Systems has announced the availability of a necessary update of Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) digital certificates used to