Sunflower Jam is the brainchild of Jacky Paice, wife of Deep Purple drummer, Ian Paice, and was founded to raise money for underprivileged and sick children via the medium of live music. For this year’s event, SSE Audio Group deployed HARMAN’s Soundcraft Vi6 consoles for FOH and monitors respectively, each utilising 64 inputs, while the latest Soundcraft console offering, the Si Performer, received its live show debut. Connected digitally via MADI to the Vi6 at FOH, the Si Performer controlled all narrator mics and interval music.

Rustavi2, Georgia’s leading private broadcaster, employed Orad’s powerful augmented reality, tracking, and on-air graphic systems to broadcast recent Georgian elections. “With Orad’s solutions we were able to raise the production bar and offer our large audience up-to-the-moment, comprehensive election coverage,” stated George Kumsiashvili, Rustavi2’s technical director. “Orad lets us display large quantities of complex election data accurately and in real time. Thanks to the company’s 3D graphics capabilities, the overall look of the broadcast was enhanced significantly, grabbing viewers’ attention with image-rich information.“

Token Creek, one of the nation’s fastest-growing mobile HD and digital television production companies, will roll out the newest member of its mobile fleet in early November furnished with an extensive complement of Cobalt Digital’s sophisticated signal processing gear. The truck, named Chippewa, will predominantly cater to sports events.

The multi-award winning coolux Pandoras Box system is extending its market presence in the Middle East, thanks to a new distribution partnership between coolux Media Systems and TechnoPro llc, one of the Middle East's leading companies in the Entertainment Technology sector.

Clear-Com® is providing a total communications solution for the presidential debates. The company’s Eclipse Median digital matrix and HelixNet Partyline intercom systems and Tempest®2400 digital wireless intercom with the new Seamless Roaming feature are following the campaign trail, providing production team members at each of the four debate locations with an integrated communications solution for coordinating all the production elements within the venues as well as the pool broadcast truck.

Learn more about the latest Blackmagic Design solutions for film, broadcast, post production and live events, with exclusive presentations and content from leading industry professionals. Attendance is free although capacity is limited, so register early for a unique opportunity to see the latest technology in action!

Golf Channel, the world’s premiere distributor of golf-related programming, reaching over 120 million households worldwide, is currently upgrading all of its post-production and live suites at its Orlando studio as a facility-wide upgrade to HD/surround sound production.

Over the last 22 years, the Golden Podium Awards, created by Georges Bertellotti, have awarded the directors of the world’s best sports TV images of the year. The ceremony of the Golden Podium Awards was held on Tuesday 16 October 2012 at 19:00 in presence of London 2012 Olympic medalists and personalities from the sports and media world. This year, it was presented by Mary Patrux and Darren Tulett (beIN Sport).

For the first time, a UK pavilion and trade mission supported by the UK Trade & Investment (UKTI) Nat Expo (6 – 8 November), the leading Moscow convention for the broadcast and electronic media industry. Managed by Tradefair, the group of ten companies will demonstrate a broad range of products and technologies.

Blackmagic Design today announced Space Exploration Technologies (SpaceX) used Blackmagic Design’s ATEM 2 M/E Production Switcher and ATEM 2 M/E Broadcast Panel with the recent global broadcast of SpaceX’s mission to the International Space Station (ISS).

Miranda Technologies Inc., a Belden (NYSE: BDC) Brand, global provider of integrated solutions for production, playout and delivery systems for television broadcasters and multi-system operators, has announced that a technical paper written by Miranda technologists has been selected by the Society of Motion Picture and Television Engineers (SMPTE) as the recipient of the SMPTE 2012 Journal Award. The award is presented to the author of the most outstanding paper originally published in the SMPTE Motion Imaging Journal during the preceding calendar year.

coolux will present their new Pandoras Box Version 5.3 and their new Widget Designer 4.0 at this year’s LDI show in Las Vegas, with a special focus on interactive applications.

FOR-A Corporation of America, a leading manufacturer of video and audio systems for the broadcast and professional video industries, has announced its plans for CAPER 2012. The show, which focuses on the latest innovations in radio, television, cable, cinema, satellite, and multimedia, takes place October 24-26 at Centro Costa Salguero in Buenos Aires, Argentina. FOR-A will display a variety of their popular solutions in Booth C10.

The CUNIMA product family including the CUNIMA MCU[2] and the all new CUNIMA NANO cameras have all the features you need.Low power consumption, the small size and highest image quality provide a basis for exceptional images and new camera angles.

As announced today by Ms. Amparo Di Fede, General Manager of SPORTEL, the market has closed doors on another high with 2409 participants, representing 980 companies of 75 nations. Overall presents another significant increase of 20% of new companies compared to 2011!