Coolux Media Systems' Pandoras Box To Receive Engineering Honours At Emmys

The Academy of Television Arts & Sciences has awarded coolux Media Systems, a provider of solutions for real-time, on-location media control, compositing, editing and 3D image processing, an Engineering Plaque in recognition of outstanding achievement in engineering development for the Pandoras Box real-time compositing media server.
coolux Media Systems Gmbh President Jan Huewel will be honoured for this accomplishment during the 2008 Primetime Emmy Engineering Awards ceremony on August 23 at the Renaissance Hotel in Los Angeles.
Steve Gilbard, President of coolux International, said: "Pandoras Box is a turnkey solution that perfectly unites state-of-the-art rendering technology with intuitive media control and we're tremendously honoured that the Academy of Television Arts & Sciences has recognised the engineering ingenuity involved in developing this unique and very powerful solution."
The Engineering Plaque is presented for those achievements that exhibit a high level of engineering and are important to the progress of the industry. The four plaques awarded this year serve as a positive recognition of engineering achievements that are on a different level of technology and industry importance than the Emmy Award.
Pandoras Box Media Server features a 4K workspace in dual channels of 2K HD/SD outputs for on-air and pre- and post-production. Designed to enable creativity in multimedia design that is no longer subordinate to technical limitations, the 3D compositing and rendering system from coolux Media Systems provides real-time on-location media control that is customisable to the needs of each client and project.
The software allows users to arrange video and images freely; change the colour, form and position of images; synchronise 3-D sound; or animate 3-D objects.
Since its introduction in 2004, Pandoras Box from coolux Media Systems has been adopted around the world, playing an integral role in major awards shows; productions by leading TV networks; live corporate events and high-profile trade shows; gallery and museum installations; and in theatre, opera and musicals as a single, cost-effective tool for merging digital lighting video displays and video projection into virtually any surface. Short-throw and off-angle projection, as well as screen warping, provide maximum flexibility in creating exceptional design concepts and stunning visual spectacles with minimal setup and maintenance time.
(KMcA/JM)