In response to a surge in OB broadcast sessions, Finland’s Soundon has recently added a second OB van to its fleet – equipped with a 5.1 Genelec Smart Active Monitoring System. The addition of the new truck means that Soundon – which specialises in sound recording for concerts and television with multi-camera productions and live broadcasts – now has even more capacity for bookings and post-production studio sessions.

On behalf of Live-Production.tv, we mourn the loss of our esteemed colleague and dear friend Bryce Button, who passed away on May 19, 2023. Born on February 4, 1966, Bryce made a lasting impact on countless lives throughout his life. As a valued colleague at AJA, Bryce worked closely with us. Our condolences go out to his family, friends, and colleagues.

Guntermann & Drunck (G&D), Germany’s leading expert in KVM solutions, is expanding its VisionXS product series. Modern devices can easily be integrated into the overall installation thanks to the new extender variants for USB Type-C.

In order to develop products that are more small, compact, and powerful, G&D is continuing to expand its VisionXS product series further. The high-performance KVM extenders are matrix-compatible and offer resolutions of up to 4K @ 60 Hz and a broad range of features for an optimal user experience. The systems are available in both variants, as KVM-over-IP™ systems or for classic direct transmission.

Vizrt, a leader in real-time graphics and live production solutions for content creators, today announces the availability of three new products – Viz Flowics, Viz Data Connectors, and Viz Social after integrating Flowics’ unique offerings into the wider Vizrt product portfolio. 
 
Vizrt's new solutions with the addition of Flowics’ technologies, simplifies production workflows for all customers, from broadcasters to service providers, streamers, and YouTubers, showcasing the company's evolving offerings due to the changing demands of content creators. 

Returning to Asia’s key industry show, LiveU is taking the opportunity to present its complete IP-Video EcoSystem for agile live remote and on-site production across sports, news and other events. LiveU’s EcoSystem helps producers spend less money and time planning live productions by removing previous technological hurdles – replaced with easy-to-use, efficient and high-quality solutions. Producers can fully focus on creating dynamic, engaging content.

North America's largest AV trade show will once again welcome numerous visitors from around the world to discuss trends and innovations in AV technology. The main topics, Networking, AV Education and AV Products are also to be found at booth 2749, where Guntermann & Drunck (G&D) will present their latest, German engineered, KVM solutions and their seamless integration into AV systems from  June 14 – 16, 2023. G&D’s products ensure the best possible system homogeneity and interoperability in control room installations.

Obsidian Control Systems is pleased to offer the NETRON RP2™, an intelligent 2-way DMX power relay that serves as a protective device for lighting fixtures. The RP2 helps to increase efficiency by reducing power consumption, protecting sensitive equipment and prolonging the longevity of lighting systems. The unit is available and shipping from June 2023.

ARRI opens a new office in Rome to further promote and support the film and audiovisual industry in Italy. To celebrate this important milestone, an opening ceremony took place on May 3, 2023. More than 100 guests from the Italian film industry, including cinematographers, producers, directors, business partners, postproduction and rental professionals gathered together to toast the new premises. The event was also attended by members of ARRI’s global management team.

AVL Media Group, a leading distributor of professional audio and video equipment, is pleased to announce that it has been appointed as the exclusive distributor of Wharfedale Pro products in the USA, effective immediately.

TAG Video Systems, the leader in software-based IP end-to-end monitoring, deep probing, logging, and real time visualization solutions, has received a Best of Show Award at NAB 2023 from TV Technology for its new Content Matching Technology.

DirectOut and Lawo today announced that the modular Prodigy.MP and Prodigy.MC audio converters, which were only recently on tour with Coldplay, are now fully integrated with Lawo’s HOME platform.

First-class citizenship in the HOME ecosystem means that the Prodigy converters will benefit from instant IP discovery and registration, intuitive stream routing, device monitoring, diagnostics, parameter control and the security features offered by the HOME platform, all enabled through a single control API.

One highly anticipated result is that the Prodigy’s parameters can be conveniently tweaked from an mc²-series console with built-in HOME functionality.

Vislink Technologies, Inc. (“Vislink”) (Nasdaq: VISL), a global technology leader in the capture, delivery, and management of high-quality, live video and associated data in the media and entertainment, law enforcement, and defense markets, takes home a major accolade from the 2023 NAB show with the honor of its new 5G-Link being named a winner in the influential NAB Product of the Year Award, under the Remote Production Category. 

PlayBox Neo, a globally active leader in digital content management, graphic styling and playout solutions, announces a new addition to its network of partner companies with the appointment of CIS Group as a systems integration service provider. Headquartered in Florida, CIS provides services to clients around the world (with a primary focus on the Americas region), and has offices in Rio de Janeiro, São Paulo, Massachusetts, and North Carolina.

Adding efficiency, quality, and adaptability for live content creators remains central to LiveU's mission. LiveU will be giving guided tours of the LiveU EcoSystem every hour of NAB at Booth #3058, North Hall, showcasing new innovations and products in contribution, production and distribution across sports, news and live productions. LiveU's solutions are all built on LiveU's field-proven LRT™ (LiveU Reliable Transport) protocol for low latency, high quality, and rock-solid resiliency.

Lawo unveils the newest generation of its popular Power Core software-defined DSP mixing engine and I/O gateway – Power Core Rev3 – at NAB 2023 in Las Vegas.

The versatile 1RU Power Core platform has been a favorite of broadcasters since its debut, thanks to its amazing I/O and DSP resources. Its scalable license model makes it a cost-effective choice, whether powering a single Lawo diamond mixing console or providing whole-plant I/O gateway services.