Until August 12th, the most gifted athletes from around the world are competing in the summer games. The games and its media exposure provide athletes with the chance to attain both national and, in some cases, international fame. As a major part of the games’ media exposure, broadcasters from around the globe carry the feeds that fill the television screens, radio systems, and streaming Internet programs that are being enjoyed by billions — and a significant portion of those signals originate in control rooms from worldwide customers of Rastatt, Germany-based Lawo.

“Is this magic?” asked a magazine reviewer rhetorically in 1993, speaking of a new spotlight that was nearly twice as efficient as any other on the market. The luminaire’s groundbreaking technology in optics and energy savings would set a new industry standard for stage lighting, and launch the brand of lights known as Source Fours.

Broadcast Sports, Inc. (BSI) a leading developer and service provider of wireless camera, audio and communication systems, reveals its role in obtaining shots of the speed boat on the river Thames during the Opening Ceremony for NEP Cymru.

Outside broadcast, uplink and systems integration specialists SIS LIVE has been working in a collaborative venture with France Televisions Sports Department to achieve a historic premiere in broadcasting, delivering the first ever live broadcasts from a mobile TV studio.

Haivision announced that Asia’s No. 1 sports content provider, ESPN STAR Sports (ESS), is using Haivision’s Barracuda™ H.264 encoder and Makito™ decoder at its Singapore and Taiwan facilities to support live sports commentary in multiple languages. The extremely low latency of the Haivision encoder and decoder enables ESS to adopt an exceptionally fast and cost-effective model for delivering quality HD content in which commentary is closely synchronized with the video.

ATG Broadcast announces a new addition to its management team. Zaheer Khan joins as Marketing Executive of ATG Broadcast Middle East, based at Dubai Media City.

Broadcast audio specialists Red TX sent its Red II Outside Broadcast truck to Cambridge recently to capture an extensive programme of music during the three days of the Cambridge Folk Festival.

EMF's New Media department and Mediatree have come together to create a new automated and secure platform for the exchange of media.

Grass Valley™ announced that PARTER Capital Group, an equity investment firm based in Frankfurt, Germany, has purchased the assets and resources of Grass Valley’s systems integration team based in Weiterstadt, Germany. The group consists of system engineers and specialists that design and build outside broadcast (OB) vehicles as well as production and broadcast facilities across Europe, the Middle East, and Africa (EMEA).

The IABM (International Association of Broadcasting Manufacturers) will present the latest findings of its Industry Index and End-User Survey at the IABM Conference Session scheduled for Sept. 7 at IBC2012.

Racing against a star-studded field in which every qualifier ran faster than 10 seconds in the semifinal, Bolt successfully defended his 2008 gold medal in the 100 meters by setting a new Olympic record of 9.63 seconds.

TV Globo has equipped its São Paulo and Rio de Janeiro broadcast facilities with Orad ProSet virtual studios. TV Globo utilizes the ProSet virtual studio technology extensively to produce and broadcast a wide range of HD programs, including magazine shows, news and weather.

For the 99th Tour de France, Team Garmin uses a radio solution from Riedel Communications. The specialist for real-time communications and media networks installed a combination of conventional trunked radios and NanoTalk for enabling team communication for Garmin.

Bexel announces a major continued investment in precision audio monitor systems from TSL Professional Products Ltd. (TSL). Bexel will add the new gear to its rental inventory, integrating it heavily into the flypacks the company provides as part of its complete turnkey solutions.

Trained in multiple aspects of rhythm, ranging from classical, Afro-Cuban and Brazilian to West African, Middle Eastern, Japanese and Indian, percussionist Taku Hirano, while touring with the internationally acclaimed Cirque Du Soleil – Michael Jackson: THE IMMORTAL World Tour, is utilizing his down time to host drum clinics throughout Europe.