Pro Applications Update 2008-01 is a revision to Final Cut Studio 2.0 focused on new camera support. This update includes Final Cut Pro 6.0.3, Compressor 3.0.3, Apple HDV Codec 1.4, PluginManager 1.7.3, and a cumulative update of shared technology components from Pro Applications Update 2007-01 forward.

Apple on Tuesday began shipping Final Cut Server, the company’s new asset management tool. Apple also gave some guidance on how its Final Cut Studio product is doing with filmmakers in the industry.

Todays news there are alot of new products being shown here this week. Today we are going to spotlight 2 companies,Telestream and AJA.
 
AJA known for their quality and commitment to video has released 4 new converters.

The HD10CEA, HA5, 3GM and the 3GDA. The HD10CEA converts SD/HD-SDI With embedded audio to analog Video and 4 channel balanced analog audio. This versatile low cost miniature monitoring solution will be available soon and has a MSRP of $990.00.

The HA5 converts HDMI to SD/HD-SDI it has 2 SDI/HD-SDI outputs supporting HDMI cables on the input. This will be available in May for the MSRP of $490.00. The 3GM is a great tool for interconnecting dual-link 1.5G SMPTE and 3G SMTPE. The HA5 can also convert 3G from/to type A/B IT will be available in Q2 for the MSRP of $990.00. And finally from AJA is the 3GDA a low cost 1x6 3G HD-SDI/HD-SDI/SDI re-clocking distribution amplifier. This will also be i Q2 for the MSRP of $690.00

Telestream showed Episode for adapting your media. Episode is scalable and works flawlessly on the Mac. Some of its features are being allowed to batch process in the background and you can prioritize encoding and add files and settings to the batch while it is running.Preivew A/B comparison and auto-update on the fly. Boasts more than 500 templates has 2 pass in-coding. Output formats include for the WEB Flash 8 and Flash 9, Streaming mobile 3gpp,3gpp2,mp4.H.264, Apple TV, iPod, iPhone IPTV, DVD and HDDVD.