Business screen magazine (1946)

NEWSREEL commuci for the U.S. market, with intcrnuiiunal deliveries later in the year. The company previously indicated U.S. deliveries would start late in 1971. Engineering work is underway to make several minor impro\ements in the product as well as lo insure that the Inslavideo system complies with current inlcrprciations of FTC radiation specifications designed lo prevent possible interference with the picture reception of neighboring television sets. Elkus said firm prices for the Inslavideo line will be announced later Ibis year. New Manpower Development Organization in Detroit A new manaizcmcnt and manpower development organization, the Bill Sandy Compans, has been formed in Detroit. President of the company is Bill Sandy, former vice president of the Jam Handy Organization, who has said that the new company "will place emphasis on emerging and innovative technologies, from computer assisted instruction to closed circuit television." Jayark Opens New Plant on Long Island Jayark Instruments Corp.. manufacturers of self-contained portable Super 8 projectors, has acquired a new 30.000 square-foot facility at Brentwood. New York, and expects to quadruple I lie company has .[lie.iUN tipliDiKa a SLCond building of similar si/e in the immediate area. New York Cameramen Freeze Wages Before Freeze Cameramen of local 644, the Motion Picture Pholt)graphers Union in New York, have voluntarily put a two-year freeze on their wages in an all-out effort to encourage more commercial production. Cameramen voted the moratorium on wages during a membership meeting on July 7. some weeks before President Nixon placed the lid on price and wage hikes. "Once again Local 644 is leading the way," said Harvey Cienkins, business representative of the Local, "We read the signs and we knew what had lo l)c done, so we did it," he added. 14 Harold Posner, president of Local 644, said thai rounds of w,ige hikes lend lo be self-defeating for the majority of professional cameramen by drying up jobs. "Our members," he said, "opted for higher pensions and welfare benefits which more independent producers can live with." Additional provisions of the contract include straight time for traveling on Satirrdays and a common meal period with the rest of the industry's craft unions. Super 8 Film Videoplayer Demonstrated A feasibility model of a cartridgeloading super S film videoplayer that could be used in schools, industrv. government and the home, to pla\ color and sound super 8 motion pictures over a standard television receiver, was demonstrated at the convention of the Society of Motion Picture and Television Engineers in Montreal. October 8. The demonstration, which Kodak emphasized was not a new product announcement, was made by Eric Yaviiz, sales administrator lor Kodak's Motion Picture and Education Markets Division, who outlined several specific advantages of film over other software, stressing the limitations of other software systems entirely dependent upon a television receiver for playback. Pointing out several of Ihe more well-known advantages in any television playback device — such as enabling the user lo program without setting up projection equipment and darkening the room, being able to feed one or a number of television .sets from remote locations, etc. — Yaviiz went on to point out several similarly inherent disadvantages of a system entirely dependent upon a television set for playback. Included were the high price of Ihe cassette player and color television set, the limited size of Ihe IV screen, the difficulty and expense in distribution overseas due to differing television standanls. and the obvious inability to progr.MU niaterial without .i television set. Identifying the pros and eons of a system lh,it permits only television playback. Yavitz pinpointed the need for a more flexible sNslem permitting more freedom for the professional communicator in business. industr\. education, and government. "Super 8 sound film systems can give the user this sort of flexibilitv." siiid Yavitz. Joseph L. Boon. Technical Assistant to Ihe General Manager of Kodak's Apparatus Division, outlined some of the key concepts in the design of the feasibility model of a super « film videoplayer built by Kodak and demonstrated at the convention. The compact, noiseless unit, meas uring 8 inches in height. 26 inches wide, and 24 inches in depth, weighs 35 pounds, runs on standard 60-cycle, llO-volt current, and its output is two wiring clips for attachment to the TV receiver. The feasibility model lends itself j readiK lo nuKlification for use in countries utilizing other electrical (50cycle) and television scanning systems. Kodak officials emphasized that Ihe videoplayer demonstrated at the convention was merely a feasibility model — built to study the concept of a cartridged. super 8 television playback device — and thai no commiimeni lo manufacture or market such .i unit has been iiiaile hv Kodak. Thermal Tape Duplication Ihe l)u Pont C omp.mv li.is been granted a U.S. patent on its thermal technology for duplication on chriv mium dioxide magnetic tape. The company said that patents covering the same technology have previously been granted by most West European countries and are pending in some others, as well as in Canada and Japan The process covered by these patents is known as ihermoremaneni duplication. It is based on the particular magnetic qualities of chromium dioxide, the proprietary material of Du Pont's "Crohn" magnetic tape. Du Pont has demonstrated that the y>rocess can duplicate videotape at least 10 to 15 times f.isier than present electronic methods without loss of quality. Production equipment using the Du Pont process has been under development by several companie* since Du Pont's announcement of the new technology in June. 1970. .Application of this technoi .■ :;v shiiulil play an important role n ihc growth of the large consumer ir. Ici predicted tor pre-recorded videc . i\seltes, according to Donald C. Ni>lte, marketing manager for "Crolyn" m-ignelic tape. This market piMenli.il Mi Nolte said, has been hamper eJ In lack of a high speed economic. d duplicating process. BUSINESS SCKI IN