Satellite uplink, outside broadcast and product design specialist SIS announces this week its increased presence at MediaCityUK as the latest developments to its facilities come online.

Chinese Reality Talent Shows “The Voice” of China, is Asia’s first live reality singing competition to be broadcasted live using Ross Video’s Furio Robotic Camera System.

A.C. Entertainment Technologies (AC-ET) Ltd. recently held an exclusive TV & Broadcast Lighting Open Day for STLD members at their state-of-the-art demo facilities in High Wycombe, UK.

London-based Neon Broadcast Services chose Camera Corps (part of Vitec Videocom, a Vitec Group company) to provide remote camera facilities for the latest Derren Brown production, 'Apocalypse', which was broadcast by Channel 4 UK on 26 October and 2 November 2012. Nearly 50 Camera Corps Q-Ball robotic pan/tilt/zoom heads with integral 1080-line high-definition cameras were provided for the programme which was created by Objective Productions.

DPA Microphones’ new hand held d:facto™ Vocal Microphone made its debut on Chinese television this summer when it was used extensively during the production of The Voice of China, a show produced and screened by Zhejiang Satellite TV that topped the nationwide ratings.

Andrew Lloyd Webber was just 21 years old when he and Tim Rice collaborated to pen Jesus Christ Superstar. Now, more than 40 years later, Laurence Connor's contemporary take on the production, which features former Spice Girl Mel C and Australian comedian Tim Minchin, is in the midst of an arena tour of the United Kingdom. Sixty of HARMAN’s AKG C544L headset mics are deployed for all vocals during the show, and according to both FOH and monitor engineers, the mic was ideally suited to this particular application.

Panasonic Professional Camera Solutions will release the new AG-AF101A Series Memory Card Camera Recorder in November 2012.

Originally founded as The Media Festival in 2006, The Media Innovation Forum now celebrates the creative innovation that advances hand-in-hand with digital technology. The event takes place alongside BVE North and delivers inspiring insight into how today’s digital and multi-platform environment can be exploited to break the boundaries of content creativity.

At BVE North (Stand G25), monitor specialist Oxygen DCT will unveil a number of new monitors include a  new ‘next generation’, premium quality 7.67" OLED (organic light emitting diode) field production monitor for studio, outside broadcast, satellite news and engineering.

Leader Instruments has chosen BVE North in Manchester as the UK launch venue for a powerful new optional audio card for its award-winning LV5770 Multi-Monitor. The company will be represented on stand D39 by Chris Margrave-Gregory and Alex Small from Leader's UK master distributor Thameside TV.

Lawo, a leading manufacturer of digital audio networking systems and consoles for a wide range of applications from small to large scale audio production in television and radio, post production, and live sound, is pleased to announce it has been selected by Canadian French language Category A specialty broadcaster MusiquePlus—part of Astral Media—to provide key components in the station’s revitalized production facility. Central to the purchase are two second generation Lawo mc²56 production consoles, a Nova 73HD router, and a V__pro8 (pronounced ‘V-line pro 8’) video processor, all of which will be able to be controlled by a Ross Overdrive automated production control system. Completion of the project is currently slated for January 2013.

Following the success of Broadcast Video Expo’s (BVE) inaugural Manchester event, Sennheiser UK heads back to the Manchester Central Arena, where stand E35 will see the company exhibiting its industry-leading microphones, wireless systems, headphones and monitoring products as well as highlights from its distributed partners including Nagra and new addition Avalon.

The Panasonic Visual Experience will be making a series of visits to major UK and other European cities during November 2012.  In the UK dates and locations in November are; Weybridge on the 20th, Stoke on the 22nd and Edinburgh on the 27th.

Big Blue, the Olympic Broadcast Services tower designed, assembled and commissioned for London 2012, has been saved from the scrap heap and will be available to broadcasters covering events worldwide.

Telegraph Media Group (TMG) has announced a substantial new investment in live video streaming facilities.  The publisher has been working with Garland Partners Limited to deliver this investment.