Live sports are a crucible for new production techniques, but the competition to win ratings remains fierce. With exclusive behind-the-scenes analysis of the London Olympics and a preview of FIFA World Cup 2014, IBC kicks off debate surrounding the technical, economic, and creative challenges facing international sports broadcasters in the year ahead.

Broadcast Solutions GmbH is a system integrator and a sales and service partner for the broadcast market. Broadcast Solutions specializes in the area of video-, audio-, network and control systems, as well as in the satellite communications sector. The company's core competence is the customized design and manufacture of DSNG vehicles and OB-vans.

Broadcast operations at large international events such as the Olympic Games always present challenges of scale. One of them is the distribution of thousands of audio circuits from different sources (commentary, International Sound, PA, etc.) to all of the Rights Holding Broadcasters.

Arqiva is to support South Asian broadcaster Star in their launch of the UK’s first South Asian high definition channel. The Star Plus HD Channel will be uplinked onto satellite capacity on Arqiva’s dedicated HD platform on Eurobird 1. This will enable subscribers on BSkyB to enjoy Star Plus HD, the world's most watched Hindi entertainment channel.

Snell announced that Andrey Velichko has been named the company's head of sales for CIS and the Baltic region, a position that includes leadership of Snell's Moscow office and primary responsibility for supporting and further developing Snell business in this territory.

Panasonic Corporation will release the AG-AC90 memory card camera recorder, a new "AVCCAM" series model, in October 2012.

RTW will display its new TM3, the latest addition to the RTW TouchMonitor family of products, at the Libor Comercio Importacao, Ltda. booth (C17) during the 2012 SET Congress and 21st edition of the Broadcast & Cable International Technology Fair. The company will also exhibit its TM9 and TM7 TouchMonitors and the flagship SurroundControl 31960SD, which supports new EBU/ITU loudness regulations.

From August 21 to 23, EVS will be at Broadcast & Cable (Video Systems’ booth D8/D9) to present its latest range of solutions for fast turnaround TV sports, news and entertainment. The leader in live sports and high speed media production technology will give visitors new production perspectives based on its new XT3 and XS production servers. Visitors to the booth will learn about exciting innovations and advanced solutions.

At the upcoming SET 2012 Broadcast & Cable show in Brazil, Grass Valley™ will demonstrate how acquiring, producing, and distributing all types of high-definition (HD) content with its latest technology solutions can save users time and money, while making their workflows much more efficient.

TSL has re-organised its business into two distinct entities namely, TSL (Television Systems Limited) Systems Integrator for the broadcast industry and, TSL Professional Products Ltd., leading manufacturer of audio monitoring, tally systems and power management solutions.

Europe's public service broadcasters (PSBs) have shown they are still the best in the business by producing and delivering thousands of hours of flawless coverage of "the most watched Olympic Games in history".

XD motion, Deep Vision and LMC provided special camera equipment for the Olympic Games 2012 in London.

Turkish national broadcaster TRT relied on Orad's PlayMaker super slow motion replay servers with Orbit real time storage extensively for their Olympic and major football productions. PlayMaker and Orbit provided TRT the tapeless workflow necessary for fast paced Olympic and sports environments.

When London 2012 ends, the International Olympic Committee expects that almost five billion people in more than 200 countries will have watched the Olympic Games. So, with more than 13,000 accredited broadcast personnel anticipated to exceed 61,000 hours of broadcast time, finding a competitive broadcasting advantage is essential for members of global online and traditional media outlets. Many have found the answer in a backpack from UK-provider, Garland Partners Limited.

Wildfires, severe weather, civil unrest, terrorist attacks,  global sporting and human interest events are just some of the breaking news stories broadcasters need to bring to viewers.  But sending camera crews to news hot spots, especially in remote locations, can be difficult, costly, and even dangerous. Vizrt recently launched a new service called DigitalGlobe Online that gives Vizrt customers access to DigitalGlobe’s vast satellite imagery library. Part of the DigitalGlobe Online service is FirstLook, a faster, more cost-effective way to capture events from around the world.