Kantipur TV, the main private TV broadcaster in Nepal, has chosen VSN technology for a complete renovation of their technology, going to a complete tapeless broadcast system. Kantipur TV has been broadcasting non-stop since 2003 covering the Indian subcontinent, Pacific and North America and had wishes to become the first tapeless TV channel in Nepal.

Wimbledon Film and TV Studios and Roll To Record have completed their first joint project, ‘The Angel’, for Twofour. The 5x60min production for Sky 1 HD is due for transmission in summer 2012. Roll To Record previously worked with Twofour on the hugely successful observational documentary ‘Educating Essex’ for Channel 4.

SIS Live, working with ITV Sport, took two of Editec’s Sprintcams to Bucharest, Romania, to add Ultra Motion replay facilities to the Europa League finals.  Editec supplied on-site support for this prestigious event, to assist with installation and technical familiarization.

Clay Paky’s world-class lighting fixtures are ‘Dancing on Ice’ at Britain’s biggest arenas this spring as the hit ITV show goes on tour. With skating legends Jayne Torvill and Christopher Dean headlining, the sixth live UK tour of Dancing On Ice is a sell out.

Serbian TV’s Got Talent – and now it sparkles even more, thanks to lighting director Viktor Trifu’s decision to light the local version of the show I’ve Got Talent! (Ja imam talenat!) with an ETC Ion control desk. The show is similar to other Got Talent programs across the globe, with its trademark huge stage and impressive lighting rig..

Filament Productions provides touring video and production design services for top-drawing acts. For the last three years, AJA Ki Pro digital video recorders have played an integral role for the company's tapeless recording and live production workflow. Filament is using them once again for the Dave Matthews Band (DMB) 2012 summer tour, which kicked off May 18th in Houston, Texas.

As the nation's largest owner of stations in mid-size markets, Gray Television Group dominates broadcasting across Middle America. With 36 diverse affiliates spread throughout college towns and state capitols, Gray VP of Technology Jim Ocon recognized his company's crucial need to establish a common cost-effective, automated workflow across all its stations. To meet this challenge, Ocon established a new technology strategy he calls the Gray Model.

On Thursday 24 May, the sports media industry will come together in the ISS Dome in Düsseldorf for the 7th SPONSORs Sports Media Summit. National and international top speakers will once again discuss the latest issues in the world of sports media at this year’s high-profile conference.

Concert recordings from the Liszt Festival, which took place from March 23-25 in Raiding, in the Burgenland region of Austria, were the inauguration and the first live broadcasts from the matinee in Bad Tatzmannsdorf and from the Easter Liturgy in Neudörfl took place in early April.

This year's Eurovision Song Contest will take place from 22nd to 26th May 2012 in Baku, Azerbaijan. Just as every year, more than 50 countries will broadcast the contest. Via its technical facilities, Alfacam will allow more than 125 million spectators to watch their favorite artists perform live. The show is hostbroadcasted and organized by Ictimai TV and produced by Brainpool TV.

Grass Valley™ announced that Mustafa Unsal has been appointed country manager for Turkey. With a strong broadcast and IT systems background, Unsal is tasked with providing a strong presence in the country, working with the rapidly developing broadcast and production market to propose and implement IT-enabled solutions.

Pixel Power, the innovative supplier of broadcast playout solutions with integrated graphics, has announced that it has signed a deal with specialist broadcast reseller and systems integrator Engineer Service to strengthen its ability to serve multiple East European markets. The deal is being announced at the Kyiv International TV and Radio Fair, Ukraine, 22-24 May.

LarMac LIVE(LML) - creative and technical production specialists – produced thestar-studded show at the heart of last weekend’s “Our Greatest Team Rises” TeamGB and ParalympicsGB gala fundraising event at the Royal Albert Hall in London .

Soundcheck is one of the Philippines’ top audio contractors and has handled the live sound for artists including Rihanna, Chris Brown, Incubus, Beyoncé, Linkin Park, Christina Aguilera and many others. The company has used HARMAN’s JBL VerTec® line arrays since their introduction, in situations from indoor corporate events to outdoor shows for major international touring acts. Soundcheck just upgraded to JBL’s new V5 VerTec preset tunings and its clients are hearing the improvement.

With its motto “Light Your Fire!”, the biggest live music event in the world will be broadcast from Azerbaijan: the 2012 Eurovision Song Contest is bound to captivate well over 100 million viewers on 26th May. The 57th edition of the contest will also be an anniversary for Sennheiser: it will be the 25th Song Contest to use the audio specialist’s wireless microphones and monitoring systems. Sennheiser technicians are on hand in Baku to assist the production team with their preparations.