Publisher's Clearing House (PCH) tapped AbelCine to build a broadcast studio in their new headquarters in Jericho, NY. PCH wanted to focus on content creation for social media outlets to engage its audience further. The challenge for PCH was to create a live studio that could be run by either a single person or by a crew of three to six people.

The SUMO19 (Monitor/Recorder), and SUMO19M (Monitor), represent a new form factor in the growing line of recording and monitoring solutions from ATOMOS. With the need for more accurate monitoring and recording solutions for today's digital cinema cameras (that are capable of capturing and outputting HDR imagery), the SUMO19 and SUMO19M help content producers more accurately work with their camera systems.

On Saturday, October 7, we held our Chicago Cinema Tech Expo. We expanded the event into a new space so that we could include more gear, workshops, panels, and unique community programming. Over twenty manufacturers were in attendance, with booths filling up the large ballroom at Cinespace. Over the course of the day, our technical specialists were able to visit the booths and get a closer look at some of the most exciting gear that was on display.

This year's IBC show in Amsterdam was an exciting one, showcasing a lot of technological development across different categories of gear.

This year’s Cine Gear Expo was definitely one of the most eventful ones. From new camera announcements to the latest in lighting technology and more, there was a little something for everyone to get excited about. In that vein, we’ve rounded up some of the most relevant coverage — both from our own specialists as well as our friends over at Newsshooter.

Engineer Ben Meadors talks monitor calibrations – from why you should be doing them, to how they’re performed, to how often you should perform them. A properly calibrated monitor is the key to ensuring you will see the most accurate colors.

I stopped by the Sony booth, where Joseph Schimizzi talked me through their recent updates. A big focus for Sony this year has been increased support for HDR, and with these updates they are making the technology much more accessible to a larger base of users, and a wider audience.

I chatted with Paul Hawxhurst about the new updates from Canon. As you might have heard, they are releasing a Canon Log update for their popular DSLR camera, the 5DIV. Customers have been asking for this, and Canon listened. This upgrade must be performed by a Canon factory service center and will cost around a hundred dollars.

I had a chance to chat with Pamela Berry from Atomos about new firmware for their Shogun Inferno monitor/recorder as well as an exciting new product. Atomos recently released a free firmware update for their popular Shogun Inferno enabling all supported RAW formats to be saved in CinemaDNG format, preserving the RAW context of the files all the way through post, if required.