At this year’s UEFA EURO football championships in Poland and Ukraine the host broadcaster as well as a lot of the rental companies and rights holding broadcasters were working with communication equipment from Riedel. Riedel has delivered various solutions out of its portfolio of Artist digital intercom matrixes, TETRA RF products, RockNet audio networks and MediorNet fiber networks.

At this year’s IBC (International Broadcast Convention), taking place from September 7 to 11 at the RAI Amsterdam, Shure will present a selected product portfolio for broadcast and media production at booth 11.A61. Among the show highlights are portable solutions, application-specific microphones and headsets as well as advanced wireless systems.

18 months after the break-up of Norwegian pop legends a-ha, spring 2012 has seen the release of frontman Morten Harket’s new solo album and a world tour. Taking in Belarus, Belgium, France, Germany, Russia, Switzerland, the UK and Harket’s native Norway – before heading to South America this autumn – the tour features a comprehensive Sennheiser microphone and monitoring specification.

In just a few clicks, Vinten’s customers can visit the online store and buy camera support spare parts to fit themselves, without any special tools or training. The store has gone live across Europe, including the UK, Germany and other selected EU countries. The site will be available to customers in France in the coming weeks and will be rolled out worldwide in the near future.

Dejero, creator of the award-winning LIVE+ bonded wireless transmission solution, announces the world-wide launch of its latest product, the Dejero LIVE+ Mobile App.  Now available for download in Apple’s iTunes Store for use on the iPhone 4S or iPad, the Dejero LIVE+ Mobile App enables both traditional and online broadcasters to transmit high quality HD or SD live video from a consumer device.

France's number one broadcaster, TF1, has installed Chyron's Ticker Tool — a solution driven by Chyron's Channel Box² graphics branding and promo technology — to provide channel branding for LCI, the network's popular 24-hour news channel.

Magne Furuholmen, one of Scandinavia's most popular and successful musicians, has invested in his third NTP DAD AX24 audio signal processor. Guitarist, keyboardist, singer and songwriter, he was a founder member of the A-ha group in 1982 and later of Timbersound.

Research into global video trends has revealed that the growth in IP-delivered content is not being matched by a comparable level of investment in advertising across connected devices. The research - a collaboration between sell side video ad management platform, Videoplaza and analyst house IHS Screen Digest - found that TV remains first choice for reaching audiences at a national scale for building brand awareness.

The Advanced Television Systems Committee (ATSC) and the Society of Broadcast Engineers (SBE) are pleased to announce an upcoming series of educational seminar for broadcasters, manufacturers, and others interested in audio loudness management. The 2012 Audio Loudness Management Series will kick off with the first one-day seminar scheduled for August 23, 2012 in Chicago, Illinois hosted by WTTW PBS Chicago.

WTS Group has today announced that their portable flight-case production suite, Studio in a Box, will be used by international news agency TIMA for coverage of the 2012 Olympic Games.

Last Thursday and Friday, 5 and 6 July 2012, Digitale Cinematographie celebrated its 10-year anniversary in the Alten Kongresshalle in Munich. Despite the very high temperatures, many visitors found their way to Theresienhöhe in Munich and experienced an excellent programme.

Castlesound Studios, a studio in Scotland specializing in the recording of acoustic music for leading artists of all genres, as well as clients from the film, TV, radio and advertising world, has installed a Solid State Logic AWS 948 Hybrid Console/Controller. The new console was recently used to complete music tracks featuring renowned Gaelic singer, Julie Fowlis, for the soundtrack for the new Pixar feature ‘Brave.’ Replacing an original AWS 900, the AWS 948 provides Castlesound with an expanded channel count and new features to adequately handle larger productions.

Digigram's IQOYA STL solution has been adopted throughout the Yukon Territory in Northwestern Canada by Native North Broadcasting Yukon (NNBY). The broadcaster has deployed 22 Digigram IQOYA Link and Link/LEs to provide multilingual coverage throughout the territory of more than 480,000 square miles.

The Guild of Television Cameramen announces the election of Keith Massey as Chair. Recipient of a prestigious Royal Television Society Lifetime Achievement Award in 2010, he is a highly experienced and well-respected cameraman based in Yorkshire.

Satellite uplink and outside broadcast specialist, SIS LIVE, announces the launch of its brand new teleport facility at MediaCityUK in Salford. It is the largest broadcast teleport ever built in the north of the UK and confirms the company’s position as the leading provider of satellite facilities in Europe.