In what was considered to be a cultural milestone, Lighthouse Technologies provided Chicago’s Jay Pritzker Pavillion in the city’s Millennium Park with its revolutionary VideoBlades™ LED video display for a recent simulcast of the Paris Opéra Ballet’s Giselle, presented live by Chicago’s Harris Theater and the Grant Park Orchestra.

Mexico undoubtedly knows how to celebrate. When the country recently marked the 150th anniversary of Cinco de Mayo – the commemoration of the Battle of Puebla, which halted an invasion by the French – it pulled out all the stops with an array of festivities and special events.

Digital Rapids announced that Chunghwa Telecom (CHT) has chosen Digital Rapids' StreamZ Live adaptive streaming encoders and the Digital Rapids Broadcast Manager multi-encoder management software to power live online streaming of the 2012 Summer Olympic Games for viewers in Taiwan.

With a project duration of only three weeks, Presteigne Charter Germany has built six VandA (Video and Audio) boxes for the ARD live coverage of the London 2012 Games held in the UK’s Capital this summer. 

Snell announced that SatLink Communications, a leading provider of transmission solutions for video, audio, and data, has purchased two Alchemist Ph.C-HD systems to facilitate its global distribution of video feeds including live sports events such as the London Summer Games to Asia and Africa.

Robe moving lights – ROBIN 600 LEDWash and ROBIN 600E Spots - have been specified and installed at the Serbian national broadcaster RDU RTV Vojvodine’s main studios in Novi Sad, together with LEDForce 18s from the Light4ce range.

Camera Corps specialises in sports television with a difference. Where outside broadcasters traditionally rely on high-magnification zoom lenses, we design and build speciality cameras that can be placed at the centre of the action. Each is controlled remotely to ensure that the technology doesn't distract the talent or the spectators.

Chyron will provide 10 HyperX³.¹ on-air graphics playout systems to NBC Olympics during its production of the 2012 London Olympic Games, July 27-August 12, 2012. The announcement was made today by Philip Paully, Director, Graphics Engineering and Operations, NBC Olympics, and Peter Morrone, Senior Vice President, Product Engineering, Chyron.

LiveU a pioneer of portable video-over-cellular solutions, has announced that over 100 units will be used to provide enhanced live video coverage of the 2012 London Olympic Games. Customers who will be using LiveU’s technology to increase the scope of their content, taking advantage of its innate mobility, include NBC, Globosat, Terra, TV Record, Televisa, Uno TV and BBC News.

June saw an event which marked another ‘first’ for Yamaha’s new CL series of digital mixing consoles - the first time one had been used at an outdoor classical concert.

Andrew Lloyd Webber’s latest television talent contest is a search for the lead role in a nationwide tour of Jesus Christ Superstar. The show is to be broadcast on ITV this summer and Sennheiser 8000 series wired microphones have been used exclusively throughout the recording of the auditions.

A small rural village is not usually the first thing that comes to one’s mind when the topic of high-tech projection technology is raised. In the case of the German theatre company theaterspinnerei, the situation is different.

At this year’s Festival d’Avignon in France, HARMAN’s Soundcraft and its French distributor SCV Audio will host “Mixing with Professionals” seminars from July 23-26. Sessions will be held each day from 10:00 AM-5:00 PM. Registration is free.

To ensure that viewers have the most current business news, Sky News has expanded its use of Vizrt’s Viz Content Pilot to create real-time, data-driven graphics for its “Business Bulletins,” presented at regular intervals throughout the 24-hour news day.

Baltimore video production company, Producers, has recently upgraded its Quantel eQ to a Pablo 2K color correction system with a Neo panel that will boost S3D capabilities and enhance color correction tools at the busy facility. Producers specialises in producing local and international premier high-end film, high definition video, audio and 3D motion graphics. Its customers include Toyota, Under Armour, Dick’s Sporting Goods, The Department of Homeland Security, GNC and HBO.