NewTek Inc. and LearnLightWave.com are sponsoring the NewTek Next Dimension Training Tour, a series of two-day training seminars on 3D animation, visual effects and graphic design, which will travel through 26 North American cities this fall and winter. The class will teach useful tips and detailed techniques on topic

Media 100, a unit of Optibase, is kicking off a North American tour to showcase the newly launched Media 100 HD and recently released 844/X Version 3.

An upcoming series of one-day seminars will give news professionals the chance to experience the advanced news-handling techniques used at the IfraNewsplex at the University of South Carolina.

The high-definition film festival HDFEST plans to embark on its first annual world tour from November 2002 to May 2003. The tour will travel through London; Paris; Toronto; Ottawa, Canada; New York and Los Angeles. HDFEST plans to present new high-definition works from around the globe. Content will be screened in hi-

JVC Professional Products Co. is sponsoring a nationwide tour, the "Camcorder Seminar Series," designed to teach users how to evaluate camera performance and get more out of current camera technology. The series is being conducted by industry experts and will guide participants through the application of camera techn

Unlike the United States, Canada does not have a transition plan in place for digital terrestrial television broadcasting. That, however, hasn’t stopped Canadian broadcasters from producing and distributing programming in HD, whether it be by cable, satellite or over-the-air.

DigitalHomeCanada.com reported CBC to begin HDTV Broadcasts March 5 . The Digital Home Canada article doesn't mention over-the-air broadcast channels and the CBC web site does not mention CBC's HDTV broadcasts anywhere I could find. Private broadcaster CITY-TV recently announced it was transmitting HDTV over cha