The company, founded in 1912 by Franz Ghielmetti and Emil Zbinden in Berne, has not only been able to assert itself on the market, but also improved its position to become one of the wolrdwide leading providers of Audio- and Video System solutions as well as of Industrial Automation.

Up to 6.07 million viewers watched the thrilling finale of "Deutschland sucht den Superstar" (German Idol) on RTL, where Luca Haenni was voted as the winner in 2012.

Music video director/cinematographer Jeremy Rall has been on the road a lot this year. First he was trekking through the Mojave Desert for Marlon Roudette’s “Anti-Hero” music video then he was off to Wales, for LilyGreen and Maguire’s “Ain’t Love Crazy”.

Orad is pleased to announce that French broadcaster TF1 has implemented Orad’s 3DPlay channel branding solution across all of its channels. The new Orad graphics installation, which consists of four Orad 3DPlay systems, provides TF1 with a much more flexible on-air graphics production workflow.

Matrox® Video Products Group today released support for the new Adobe® Creative Suite® 6 Production Premium software and Adobe Mercury Transmit with the Matrox MXO2™ family1 of I/O devices and the Matrox Mojito MAX™2 I/O card.

Sennheiser UK takes a responsibility to inspire and encourage up-and-coming musicians very seriously. The company’s latest initiative, titled Masters of Sound, invited artists to compose and submit an original composition that could be used as the ultimate track to demonstrate the company’s headphones.

The technology, flexibility and reliability of Yamaha audio equipment has made it the benchmark for today’s live music industry. However, many venues feature installations of high specification Yamaha technology performing functions which are just as important and advanced, but much less visible. A prime example is the DME series of digital mixing engines, which are a major feature of one of Europe’s most technically advanced venues, the Helsinki Music Centre.

Launched on the first day of this year’s ProLight+Sound trade show, early pre-orders for Yamaha’s much-anticipated CL series of digital mixing consoles have massively surpassed even the company’s most optimistic expectations.

It was an exciting evening at the Baku Crystal Hall where in front of thousands of people in the arena and millions of people on TV, Loreen from Sweden won the 2012 edition of Europe's Favourite TV Show with 372 points!

Tonight, the Grand Final of the 2012 Eurovision Song Contest will be broadcast LIVE from the Baku Crystal Hall in Baku, Azerbaijan, where 26 countries will compete for the title of Winner of the 2012 Eurovision Song Contest.

In the seven years since the split of post-hardcore band Million Dead, the band’s lead vocalist Frank Turner has built a large following for his unique brand of folk/punk. April saw him reach a career high with a sold-out show at London’s Wembley Arena, where Sennheiser equipment was much in evidence.

Indonesian distributor for HARMAN’s Studer, PT. Kinarya Swarna Indonesia, recently organized a Studer product seminar for the radio broadcast industry. Held in the Sari Pan Pacific Hotel Jakarta on April 25, 2012 the seminar was attended by over 70 Indonesian broadcast professionals.

“Standing Still” is the German contribution for the Eurovision Song Contest finals on May 26, 2012, performed by Roman Lob. Standing still is a thing completely alien to the Belgium TV Broadcast and OB van provider Alfacam: For ten days, five OB trucks with up-to-date technology were on their way to Baku for broadcasting this event in optimum quality. After this job, they will go straight to Kiev for the European Football Championship 2012 and then travel on to broadcast from the Olympic Games in London. Regarding sound, Alfacam relies on Lawo technology – like the routing system Nova73 HD and the mc²66 consoles.

Following Telos Alliance’ RAVENNA partnership announcement at NAB, RAVENNA now arrives in Far East: Infomedia, the leading professional audio technology company in China, just recently signed-up for RAVENNA partnership.

Ever since Riverdance came to international prominence, via a legendary first performance at the 1994 Eurovision Song Contest, there has been an insatiable demand for productions like Michael Flatley’s Lord Of The Dance, Feet of Flames and Celtic Tiger. Two Lord of the Dance troupes are currently touring, with Yamaha DM1000 digital mixing consoles ensuring that artists, audiences and promoters alike are kept happy.