Twenty-five years to the day that Rick Hansen and his “Man in Motion World Tour” returned to Vancouver, a journey in which he circled the world in his wheelchair to raise awareness and money for spinal cord injuries, the Canadian Paralympian held a special anniversary show to inspire a new generation of activists.

An army of Clay Paky fixtures brightened up kid’s faces across the Benelux as pop sensation K3, kicked of its EYO tour at the Sportpaleis in Antwerp and the Ahoy, Rotterdam.

Broadcast Pix™ announced the release of its Video Control Center™ 3.1 software. A free download for current Granite™ and Mica™ customers, V3.1 is available now and delivers PowerAux™ multi-screen support for 1 M/E systems, Multi-Lingual Fluent-View features, support for Grass Valley K2 servers, and additional enhancements.

Professional audio technology specialists HHB Communications has been appointed by leading UK digital console manufacturer DiGiCo as its Broadcast Dealer in the UK and Ireland.

Botswana TV (BTV) has purchased a major upgrade for its Quantel Enterprise sQ news production system. BTV is the state broadcaster for Botswana in southern Africa and has been using Quantel news production tools since 2001. The upgrade provides BTV with the latest Quantel V5 software which makes all journalist and editing PCs compliant with the latest Windows 7 operating system as well as adding a host of new editing, workflow and management facilities.

On Saturday, July 7th, 2012, the second season of the successful game show 17 Meters (The Whole 19 Yards) was launched on the channel ProSieben.

Martin Professional’s representative office in Russia and the CIS, in cooperation with Messe Frankfurt RUS, held a lighting designer contest as part of the Prolight + Sound NAMM Russia exhibition in Moscow.

iStreamPlanet, the leader in live, Internet managed broadcast software, services and solutions, and Haivision, a global leader in advanced video networking and IP video distribution solutions, announced today the availability of the Go-Live Package, a turnkey, end-to-end, live streaming and cross platform video playback solution for the London 2012 Olympic Games rights-holding broadcasters (RHBs).

Robe moving lights and LED fixtures – around 135 in total -  were again specified by lighting designer Helmut Krammer to illuminate the 2012 Summer Night Concert, staged by the Vienna Philharmonic orchestra in the fantastically sumptuous Baroque setting of Schönbrunn Palace, Vienna, a UNESCO World Heritage site.

EVS has announced that Asia’s biggest sports content provider and long-standing customer ESPN STAR Sports (ESS) has upgraded its EVS systems for the London 2012 Olympic Games.

Vizrt will supply BBC Sport with their HD graphics engines to deliver the broadcaster’s live television graphics for the London 2012 Olympic Games. Working in conjunction with Vizrt are two London-based graphics providers – Mammoth Graphics and deltatre. The two firms will use their Vizrt expertise to design, operate and manage the delivery of the live HD graphics operation, which will be based within the broadcaster’s studio at the International Broadcast Centre (IBC) in London.

Guntermann & Drunck’s DL-MUX4-MC2 is now Tempest certified. As high-quality safety switch, the device fulfils the quality and security standards required for the use in public safety and the military. The certification according to SDIP 27 Level B (ER) indicates that the switch can be used in a Zone 1 environment, meaning it is tap-proof from attacks within 20 to 100 m from the installation.

Robe moving lights have been installed in the E&M TV studio in Seoul, Korea, which is dedicated to producing music shows – both pre-recorded, live and often with live audiences - for the MNet broadcasting network’s 24 hour music channel.

Whether it’s the weekly interview/talk show done in the 900 Films offices, viral skateboard videos for Tony Hawk or sports documentaries for ESPN, producer/cameraman Jared Prindle relies on K-Tek’s Norbert camera accessory frame. “With 20 shoe mounts, the Norbert allows me to create a camera platform to support just about any kind of shoot from simple sit downs to rapid movement on-the-go shots catching skateboarder’s exciting moments,” he says.

Arqiva has partnered with SuperVision Media to distribute the 2012 Wimbledon Lawn Tennis Championships Men's Final, live and in 3D to cinemas around the world. Arqiva’s Digital Cinema Satellite Distribution System provided the complete global transmission chain including SNG uplink, teleport services and satellite capacity.