31 Jan 2013

The Farm invests in Mistika for broadcast and commercial projects and future innovation

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The Farm Group, award-winning London-based full-service post production facility, has significantly added to its colour grading and workflow resources through the purchase of a Mistika system at its Soho Headquarters. Following an extensive search for a future-proof solution that would move the facility beyond HD capability, the timing was ideal for The Farm to invest in Mistika.
5 Sep 2012

Hong Kong’s Post Production Office Group invests in SGO’s Mistika

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Leading Hong Kong facility Post Production Office Group (PO Group), founded in 2003 by famous Hong Kong entrepreneur and actor, Nicholas Tse, has invested in Mistika’s technology. The Company is the largest post production house in Hong Kong, which grosses over one billion Hong Kong dollars annually with branches in Shanghai, Hong Kong and now in Beijing. PO Group purchased from SGO, a 4K Stereo Mistika System, a Mistika Assist Station and an SGO SAN to support their Stereo 3D and high end Colour Grading services for film and commercials projects for its newly launched Beijing branch.
5 Sep 2011

ONSIGHT invests in fourth SGO Mistika system

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London, UK, 5 September, 2011 – In order to further reinforce its production pipeline to meet growing demand, London’s Onsight, one of the UK’s major DI and stereoscopic 3D specialists, expands with the purchase of a fourth Mistika 4K post production system. Reputed for using innovative technology such as Mistika, Onsight’s on-going success in attracting DI and Stereo 3D projects has vastly increased. Onsight now offers clients a suite of SGO products, including 4 Mistika systems operating on shared storage, the Mistika on-set production tool and an SGO SAN.
31 May 2011

First stereo 3D programme ever to win a BAFTA award produced with Mistika

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31 May 2011: SGO is delighted to announce that breath-taking Flying Monsters 3D with David Attenborough for Sky 3D, became the first 3D documentary ever to win a BAFTA for the Specialist Factual category. Sir David Attenborough’s venture into the prehistoric era brings a magnificent view of an unobserved world, back to life on 3D television and the giant IMAX screen, through the latest cutting-edge technology, including SGO Mistika, the most powerful stereoscopic 3D toolset in the industry. Mistika was used for all the stereo 3D, 2D and 3D IMAX post work, by London’s On Sight. Leading UK HD and S3D specialists and renown for using innovative technology, On Sight, chose Mistika for this high profile project which involved multi deliverable formats.
4 Mar 2011

BSkyB increases their Mistika systems

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London, UK, 4 March 2011 – In order to meet increasing stereoscopic 3D demand for content, global broadcasting giant, British Sky Broadcasting Corporation (BSkyB) expands its stereo 3D capacity with the purchase of two additional Mistika Post production systems working on a 64 TB SGO SAN, to enable powerful collaborative workflows. BSkyB launched Sky 3D, Europe’s first 3D TV channel, using the latest technology which included Mistika to create an incredible 3D experience, providing sports programmes, movies and entertainment into people’s homes across the country. History was made in January last year, with the world’s first live 3D sports broadcast, in which Mistika played a major role in the delivery. BSkyB continues to lead the way in TV entertainment with Sky 3D which is Europe’s first 3D channel.
24 Jan 2011

Chroma Film & TV invests in SGO’s Mistika for Stereoscopic 3D projects

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24 January 2011: In order to provide its clients with an advanced and highly efficient 2D and stereoscopic 3D work-flow, Hamburg-based Chroma Film & TV, one of Germany’s stereoscopic 3D pioneers, has invested in a Mistika 2K system for both 2D and 3D Stereo post production. Defined as one of the most powerful 2D and 3D post production tools in the industry for commercials, feature films and broadcast, Mistika will play an integral role in supporting Chroma Film & TV’s existing current project work-flow and in attracting new clientele to the company.
11 Feb 2010

SGO UK leads the Stereo 3D broadcasting revolution with Mistika at BSkyB

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London, UK, 11 February 2010: SGO UK established European developer of high-end solutions for the post production and broadcast markets, is delighted to announce the sale of a Mistika HD finishing system to British Sky Broadcasting for use primarily in creating stereo 3D content. Mistika is part of Sky Creative and comes after working closely with the team at Sky to identify their demands and requirements to ingest, edit, colour correct, geometry align and deliver material as quickly as possible. Sky needed a system that had a truly open architecture and vitally, a proven real-time stereo 3D toolset and workflow. Mistika was the only product that met all of these requirements. The SGO UK team also provided a high level of assistance and support, which will continue as the demands for stereo 3D production evolve.