With the success of his second stratospheric test jump, Felix Baumgartner completed the final milestone before attempting to fulfill his dream of becoming the first person to break the speed of sound in freefall. With this final test completed, preparations for Felix Baumgartner’s record attempt from 120,000 feet / 36,576 meters have begun for the Final Mission on 14 October 2012.

The iconic Golden Gate Bridge turned 75 this year, and DPA Microphones is supporting local San Francisco artist Bill Fontana in honoring the landmark’s anniversary. With a video camera and seven DPA Reference Standard 4006A Omnidirectional microphones fixed to the bridge, Fontana is streaming and capturing six months’ worth of sound and footage for a live video and sound portrait titled Acoustical Visions of the Golden Gate. He also relies on a Sound Devices 788T multi-track digital audio recorder to capture the audio.

A huge rig of Clay Paky luminaires, supplied to Australian lighting designer Hugh Taranto by Sidney based Chameleon Touring Systems, is beaming a rock ‘n’ roll look into millions of Australian homes as the country’s version of hit TV show ‘The Voice’ kicks off.

Playing to millions of fans every year, with close to 13 million fans on Facebook, more than 350 million views on YouTube and 1.35 million followers on Twitter, the global force recognized as the ‘Greatest DJ in the World,’ TIËSTO, is now launching his very own headphone range.

Modern and innovative production companies in the TV, film-,and mobile TV broadcast business excel by professional live broadcasting. The most important issue here is a high-quality and reliable satellite link. The HD vehicles of rt1.tv are capable of transmitting and receiving via the DVB-S2 EBU standard and offer a high-quality video and audio control room for multi-camera productions. The most recent member of the fleet and operational since end of 2011 is the HD OB unit HD-DSNG 6; equipped with a Lawo mc²56 as the central mixing console for the sound mix.

Martin Professional’s new MAC III AirFX mid-air effects and wash luminaire had a successful test debut on the premier of a new Sensation electronic dance music event at Amsterdam Arena this past summer and is now shipping to rental houses across the globe.

Orad, developer of enterprise graphics and media management solutions, announced the implementation of the Emmy Award-winning MVP solution at SKY Perfect JSAT. SKY Perfect JSAT, Japan’s largest multi-channel pay TV service, selected the Orad MVP system to enhance the way on-air talent delivers sports highlights.

TSL, leading systems integrator for the broadcast industry, today announced that it has won the contract to supply systems integration work for the BBC One Nations HD Playout project; which will enable BBC One HD for Scotland, Wales and Northern Ireland. This means that each nation’s channel can be broadcast to national schedules, showing both true HD and up-scaled programmes.

America’s musical first family The Jacksons has reunited for the 2012 Unity Tour, the Jacksons’ first concert tour of the US in almost 30 years. The Jacksons Unity Tour brings together Jackie, Tito, Jermaine and Marlon Jackson to celebrate the remarkable musical heritage of the Jackson 5 and to honor the spirit of Michael Jackson. The Unity Tour features the brothers performing beloved hits like “I Want You Back,” “I’ll Be There,” “Wanna Be Startin’ Somethin’,” “The Love You Save” and many others, with plans for a live concert album and DVD to follow.

When Patrick Longman, cinematographer and aerial specialist at Active Camera Systems, an aerial cinematography and rental company based in Florida, was looking for a portable recorder that would fit into his helicopter's aerial photography system and provide the high-quality recording and monitoring capabilities he was looking for, he turned to Sound Devices PIX 240 recorder.

Broadcast Sports Inc., (BSI) a leading developer and service provider of wireless camera, audio and communication systems, provided a handheld radio camera and a wireless Pan Tilt Roll Zoom camera to film the Quiksilver Pro France surfing competition. This elite tour event featured surfers from around the world competing on 15-20 foot waves.

Clear-Com®, a global leader in critical voice communication systems, is pleased to announce that Spain’s national broadcaster, Televisión Española (RTVE), has installed Clear-Com’s FreeSpeak digital wireless intercoms at its Madrid headquarters, Prado del Rey and Torrespaña. Forming two separate networks for each station, the systems together comprise 40 FreeSpeak antennas and 70 FreeSpeak beltpacks. This setup ensures that busy staff members have fast access to consistently reliable communications, which is needed to coordinate TVE’s diverse array of channel programming.

AJA Ki Pro Mini Used With Panavision Genesis Camera by Legendary Cinematographer Haskell Wexler to Capture Endeavour's LAX Landing For Documentary Production

Calrec today announced its first foray into Russia with the sale of two Artemis Beam consoles to Television Technical Centre Ostankino for NTV-PLUS, a Russian subscriber satellite service broadcasting sports, news, movies, documentaries, and children's TV, as well as an HD service. The 48-fader desks were installed in the Moscow Television Technical Centre and were used by NTV-PLUS for the Wimbledon tennis tournament in London this year.

Swan Lake is regarded as one of the world's most popular ballets of all time, coming close after The Nutcracker. Russian composer Tchaikovsky’s familiar music is one reason for the ballet’s enduring popularity. The ballet premiered in 1877 at the Bolshoi Theatre in Moscow as The Lake of the Swans. Although the first version flopped (Reisenger), the second production choreographed by Marius Petipa and Lev Ivanov in 1894 brought the ballet the success it holds today. Most of today's versions are based on the St Petersburg 1894 production.