Matrox today introduced the Matrox® DS1™ series of Thunderbolt docking stations that brings all the productivity benefits of a desktop computer to MacBook® Pro and MacBook Air users.

New Signal Processing Range Offers Robust, Universal Up/Down/Crossconversion and Motion-Compensated Processing for SD, HD, and 3Gbps Applications

Colt Technology Services announced the availability of one of the world’s largest managed fibre networks for the broadcast sector based upon the combined services of Colt and Hibernia Media. This superior broadcast-quality fibre network means that Colt is now a single source provider of a wide range of lucrative sporting, news and entertainment content across Europe and into the USA and Asia.

Nativ, a media management and workflow expert, has published an independent report outlining the shortcomings and challenges of current workflow and is setting out its vision for helping the market overcome these.

From starting in 1987 the company looks back on continuous growth and became a high-performance supplier for system design and integration. The rental department was developed simultaneously and offers everything needed for high grade TV production – from single items to complete, fully integrated and customized flypack systems.

Studio Technologies Inc., a manufacturer of tailored, high-performance audio, video and fiber-optic products for the professional audio, installation and broadcast markets, is pleased to introduce the Model 742A Audio Mixer. The dual-audio-bus mixer is designed specifically for use in electronic newsgathering (ENG), small-scale production trucks and utility applications.

The concept of a removable Flypack that can be used inside a van or removed for shooting inside a venue was pioneered by Andrew Maisner in 1978. On top of the Flypack is a top-loading 3/4" U-matic video recorder. On the side table is an Ampex 2" video recorder. The $90,000 recorder in a small package was an incredible engineering feat for that era.

TVA, a subsidiary of Quebecor Media Inc., is in the process of installing three Solid State Logic C10 HD Compact Broadcast Consoles, one each in Control C, Control LCN and Control TVA Novelle. The consoles will be used to help TVA provide broadcast, production and package re-distribution services for Quebec province and national cable distribution throughout Canada. As part of a facility-wide move into HD/5.1 surround production, TVA chose C10 HD because of its audio quality, flexibility, small footprint and compatibility with Ross Overdrive automated production control systems.

Blackmagic Design announced that Sportvision, Inc., the  leading innovator of digital sports content, broadcast enhancements and motion tracking data aggregation, is using Blackmagic Design’s Universal Videohub 288 router to support their motorsports productions.  This includes delivering race graphics and performance data for live broadcasts of NASCAR’s Sprint Cup Series, Nationwide Series and Camping World Truck Series races.  Universal Videohub 288 is used as the primary router for Sportvision’s broadcast trailers, which are parked inside the television compounds at each NASCAR sanctioned race.

Grass Valley® announced a newly designed and significantly improved T2™ family of intelligent digital disk recorders (iDDRs) that are ideally suited for live event production, post production, and video-on-demand applications. With increased format support and faster signal processing, the new T2 iDDRs streamline manual processes and automate key capabilities to significantly improve a wide variety of file-based workflows.

Broadcast Microwave Services, a pioneer in microwave transmission solutions for over 30 years was demonstrating the wireless adapter integrated in the Sony HDC-2500 camera at IBC 2012

Providing cutting-edge post-production audio services for the thriving independent film industry in Austin, Texas, Korey Pereira, Owner and Lead Engineer of Soularity Sound, recently upgraded to 5.1 surround sound production capability with HARMAN’s JBL LSR4300 Series studio monitors.

A new addition to the Leader Instruments range of test equipment, the LV5307 is an SDI and HDMI video monitor with a wide range of features for professional video content-creation and post-production. Available now, the monitor incorporates a bright 7 inch widescreen colour display screen, signal analysis, SDI to HDMI cross-conversion and audio de-embedding in a compact unit priced at under US$2,000.

The first broadcast installation of Yamaha’s new CL series consoles has taken place in Spain, at the heart of one of the country’s most popular television programmes. Attracting a primetime audience of millions, El Hormiguero (The Anthill) is a chat show that features celebrity guests in a mix of entertainment, science, politics, comedy and sport. Two CL5s and an M7CL-48 have delivered a highly flexible solution to its complex audio requirements.

After a long hiatus, several side projects and a solo album, the four members of British indie rock band Bloc Party regrouped in NYC last year with producer Alex Newport (Death Cab For Cutie, The Mars Volta, At The Drive-In) to record their first album since 2008’s ‘Intimacy’. Following this summer’s release of their latest album ‘Four’, the band finds themselves back in the charts and on a world tour with Mogami ‘Cable for Life’ packaged cables.