In today’s broadcast world where content is monetized through international sales and television signals often cross geographic boundaries, controlling audio levels is just as important for TV broadcasters in countries with no Loudness legislation as it is for those in countries that do.

From the 8th to the 13th January, this season’s Biathlon World Cup was contested in the Chiemgau Arena in Ruhpolding, Germany. During the five days of competition, some 70,000 spectators visited the village in Upper Bavaria to watch the world’s elite biathletes in action.

BTS broadcast technology solutions received an order from Grass Valley to develop and construct an outdoor broadcast (OB) van for the 27th South East Asia Games to be held in Myanmar in December 2013.

AMP Visual TV, provider of outside broadcast services, paired with leading 3D equipment provider Stereolabs to shoot in 3D the Etam Fashion Show which opened the famous Paris Fashion Week on February 24. The show featured live performances by Lily Allen, Lykke Li, Rita Ora, Selah Sue and M.I.A. It was transmitted live to more than 20 cinemas in France and on the internet.

Grass Valley® will showcase its latest innovations in Live Production workflows with an end-to-end offering that defines the future of live broadcasting at this year’s CABSAT (Hall 5, Stand A5-20) in Dubai. Pivotal in the lineup are the versatile LDX Series™ system cameras, Kayenne® Video Production Center switcher, K2 Dyno® S Replay System, and GV STRATUS® nonlinear production and content management tools.

With a new record number of visitors, this year’s Broadcast Video Expo (BVE) ran from February 26-28. In 2013, the annual gathering of predominantly British, but also international, broadcast scene was held at London’s ExCeL premises for the first time. With its successful relocation to London’s Docklands, the trade event also once again lived up to the expectations for RTS.

Popular German entertainer Helene Fischer played a pair of shows at the Berlin Velodrom in mid-December with lighting designer Jerry Appelt incorporating a host of Martin MAC luminaires into his design, including the new MAC III AirFX, along with visually stunning set elements like large movable “doors“ constructed of Martin LC Plus Series video panels.

DPA Microphones played a vital role in helping nearly 100 studio engineers get to grips with the black art of miking a drum kit during a workshop seminar given by Grammy award-winning drummer Morgan Ågren.

In an effort to drive the movement toward a common protocol for audio networking, Calrec has joined the AVnu Alliance, an industry consortium dedicated to the development and promotion of a professional-quality streaming standard for networked audio and video content based on the IEEE 802.1 Audio Video Bridging (AVB) standards.

Korea’s national television station KBS has invested in the SprintCam® Vvs HD ultra slow motion technology from I-MOVIX. KBS will deploy the  solution to enhance its coverage of domestic and international baseball, volleyball, basketball and football events.

The first Robe ROBIN MMX WashBeams fixtures to tour the UK went out on ‘Strictly Come Dancing – The Live Tour’, which played a month of UK arenas following the latest of the BBC’s hugely popular hit TV series. The glittering 2013 tour line up included reigning Strictly champion and Olympic gymnast, Louis Smith, dancing with Ola Jordan.

The new RTL game show, "Cash Crash" had a respectable launch. The players took home 43,000 euros. On Friday, March 1st, 2013, the German commercial channel RTL broadcast the first episode of the game show "Cash Crash", presented by host Daniel Hartwich.

Trade and system company for media technologies Qvest Media today announced the appointment of Thomas Müller as its new General Manager. Müller thus directly succeeds Stephan Seeländer, who is moving within the company group to Wellen+Nöthen in Germany.

HARMAN Professional Makes Key Promotions At Lighting Strategic Business Unit: Names Lars Dige Knudsen To Vice President, General Manager Position And Villads Thomsen As Vice President, Global Sales, Martin Professional

Snell announced the appointment of Paul Martin as president of Snell North America. Martin is taking on leadership of sales, marketing, and service functions for the North American market.