Vinten®, part of Vitec Videocom, a Vitec Group company, will unveil its eagerly anticipated new Vision blue5 pan and tilt head and tripod system to the Asian market for first time at this year’s BroadcastAsia 2012, on 19-22 June.

With the urgency implicit in the title of its own entry, "Running Scared", Azerbaijan had within the space of a few months erected an arena of exceptional architectural merit in which to stage on its own territory the Eurovision Song Contest. And to ensure a light show every bit as magnificent, the crew that had handled last year's final in Düsseldorf was retained: Cape Cross Studio + Filmlicht GmbH as general technical contractor along with lighting designer Jerry Appelt.

Netherlands-based AV conversion, processing and compliance recording specialist Axon Digital Design has strengthened its European sales team with the appointment of Adrian Richmond. Recruited as UK Area Sales Manager. Richmond will be responsible for supporting a number of key UK accounts as well as developing new business in the region. A senior appointment within Axon, he will report to Bill Leadbetter, Director of Sales at Axon UK.

EVS, a leading provider of broadcast and media production systems for sports, news and TV entertainment, has announced that Japanese media company Dentsu, one of the world’s largest advertising agencies, has selected C-Cast to power its second screen app, VOLLEYBALL EyeSurround.

This year's ITU World Triathlon Series will take place from April till October 2012 in 8 different countries. Alfacam and its daughter wireless company Eurolinx cover 2 of the 8 competitions : Madrid in co-production with ISB TV and Kitzbühel in co-production with Tri Austria Event- und Management GmbH.

Students from the University of Portsmouth have broken new ground by being the first undergraduates in the country to produce and air four hours of live television coverage. Produced with two TriCaster live production and streaming systems… and a lot of enthusiasm, this live record performance required professional skills and endurance.

Feel the vertigo, the energy, the teamwork of one of the world’s most spectacular traditions: these buildings made of men, women and children who climb on one another up to 10 floors. Discover it in 3-D! Premiered in Paris last September, the aim of the film is to present human towers to the world in a way that has never been done before. The Castellers de Vilafranca, one of the most important human tower groups, will participate in the presentation of this spectacular 3D movie with a human tower.

Centrepiece of the recent spectacular celebrations for the Queen’s Diamond Jubilee (QDJ) in London, UK, featured a massive concert staged just in front of Buckingham Palace around the Queen Victoria Monument (QVM), which was lit by Durham Marenghi and broadcast live worldwide on the BBC.

Fujinon’s newly launched ZK4.7x19 lightweight PL mount zoom lens with detachable servo proves immensely popular with broadcasters and cinematographers from the word go!

XL Video continues to supply Coldplay’s phenomenal Mylo Xyloto (MX) world tour with LED screens, cameras / HD PPU, media servers and control plus crew, which has stepped up to play stadiums shows in the UK and Europe.

Summer 2012 is to be an exciting time for the UK OB industry. With a packed sporting schedule it is hands on deck over the coming months, with all the major players present throughout the summer. This in turn means that Calrec’s desks will be in abundance too.

British singer and rapper Example is looking forward to a busy summer, playing a wide variety of festivals and other live shows across the UK and Europe whilst also putting together his fourth studio album. A comprehensive Sennheiser package ensures that, while onstage he Won’t Go Quietly, it’s always with the best possible quality.

Leading UK sound company ADLIB continued its reputation for further sonic enhancement of the hottest dance music on the planet, amping it up for the world’s most popular DJ, David Guetta at his recent high-energy London Alexandra Palace show, over the Queen’s Jubilee Weekend.

Leader Instruments announces the nomination of Thameside to provide product service-centre support for Leader test equipment during the sports events taking place this summer in London.

Following the recent adoption of intoPIX JPEG 2000 compression solution by NTT-AT, intoPIX and NTT-AT signed today an agreement on 4K interoperability based on the new JPEG 2000 Broadcast Profile to ease the 4K adoption in the Broadcast & Video Production market.