Outside broadcast, satellite uplink and product design specialist SIS LIVE announces the deployment of its new 1.8m vehicle mounted antenna DriveForce®. DriveForce delivers high bandwidth transmissions with the ability to transmit at any location including those, like links golf courses, where exceptionally windy conditions prevail.

The second intake of intaji students, the employment and traineeship programme developed by twofour54 especially for UAE nationals, has celebrated its graduation with Noura Al Kaabi, Chief Executive of twofour54, a Media Zone Authority company.

The Society of Motion Picture and Television Engineers (SMPTE) today announced that the SMPTE Hong Kong section will host the organization's Standards Update meeting from March 4-9 at the Hong Kong Design Institute (HKDI). In addition to facilitating face-to-face meetings among SMPTE members, the event will feature a one-day seminar, "SMPTE Standards Update With a Focus on Compression and Beyond HD," presented on March 9 by industry experts from around the world.

"As the U.K.'s largest exhibition for broadcast professionals, BVE 2013 is the ideal forum for us to support our distributor, Holdan, in highlighting Sonnet's Thunderbolt-to-PCIe expansion solutions which facilitate mobile and on-location workflows using the portable computers engineers have come to rely on. This is accomplished through integration with a host of complementary cards from manufacturers such as Avid, Blackmagic Design, Red Digital Cinema, RME, Universal Audio, and others."— Greg LaPorte, Vice President of Sales and Marketing of Sonnet Technologies

It’s enough to set any motorsports enthusiast’s pulse racing – the newly completed Circuit of the Americas (COTA) is the first purpose-built Grand Prix racetrack in the U.S. The complex hosted the 2012 Formula One United States Grand Prix, and upcoming races will include the MotoGP, FIA World Endurance Championship and American Le Mans Series.

The ability to move from venue to venue and achieve the same sound regardless of the acoustics or the PA system is the main reason why sound engineer Raul Mendez chooses DPA Microphones.

With the delivery of an Artemis Light audio console, Calrec has made its second sale to Ukraine system integrator and OB truck company Engineer Service. Engineer Service will install the Artemis Light console in its newest mobile OB truck to mix live audio in stereo and Dolby® E 5.1 broadcast formats, and for multichannel recording in live production.

L-S-B Broadcast Technologies will present the company and the Virtual Studio Manager (VSM) at Broadcast Video Expo (BVE) 2013 (26 to 28 February) in London. The VSM is an IP-based control system, which is used in production and broadcasting operation. The focus of the presentation at Stand J48 will be the Advance Intercom Module, parameter linking function, a selection of different hardware panels and controlling devices via the graphic touch screen.

Rental company Audio Broadcast Services (ABS) will provide Lawo equipment for sound reinforcement and monitoring duties at the forthcoming “Wetten, dass ...?” shows in Friedrichshafen, Vienna, Bremen, Halle/Saale and Augsburg. The company previously supplied equipment for the last show, which aired on German public TV channel ZDF on January 19, 2013 in Offenburg/Germany.

LEMO is the acknowledged leader in the design and manufacture of precision custom connection solutions. LEMO's high quality push-pull connectors are found in a variety of challenging application environments including medical, industrial control, test and measurement, audio-video, and telecommunications. LEMO has been designing precision connectors for six decades. Offering more than 50,000 combinations of product that continues to grow through custom specific designs LEMO, and it's affiliated sister companies REDEL and COELVER, currently serve more than 100,000 customers in over 80 countries around the world.

With a huge opening ceremony the 2013 Skiing World Championships recently started in Schladming, Austria. Associate LD Jeffrey Goes and associate LD Daan Oomen relied for the show on an MA Lighting system, consisting of 2 x grandMA2 light, 1 x grandMA2 fader wing  and 2 x MA NPU (Network Processing Unit).

For world-class recording artists including Bruno Mars, Sting, Zac Brown, Miranda Lambert, Alicia Keys and Ed Sheeran, Sennheiser was the microphone and wireless system of choice for the 55th annual Grammy Awards event, held at the Staples Center in downtown Los Angeles on February 10. The evening’s telecast, hosted for a second time by LL Cool J, drew 28.1 million viewers and showcased over 25 spectacular performances by a diverse range of artists.

A staggering 14,000 SGM LB-100 360° LED Balls — the largest deployment ever — recently combined to produce two giant circular overhead displays up in the Austrian Tyrol.

Robe lighting is sponsoring Czech MotoGP racer Karel Abraham for the 2013 Road Racing World Championship Grand Prix – the premier championship in the world of motorcycle road racing.

Teletest have launched their affordable HD digital wireless system, the Telesend. Rugged and lightweight, these compact transmitters and receivers have been designed for directors wanting to view the cameraman's output, cable-free.