Professional entertainment lighting manufacturer Clay Paky has appointed RMB Lights and Sounds as its distributor in the Philippines. Serving the theatrical and television industry for twelve years, RMB is a wholesale provider of specialty lamps throughout the Philippines.

In two compelling examples of how HARMAN professional audio systems installed at leading venues can play excellent host to temporary gear from HARMAN-equipped rental system owners, the Halftime Show of Super Bowl XLVI and the 54th Annual GRAMMY® Awards both relied upon event sound designs that integrated HARMAN house systems at Lucas Oil Stadium and STAPLES Center respectively, with concert-quality systems supplied by ATK Audiotek of Valencia, CA.

Clay Paky Sharpy fixtures, from Las Vegas-based Morpheus Lights, are giving Bruce Springsteen’s Wrecking Ball World Tour a look that The Boss’s previous concert performances have never had before.

Based in Nashville, Tennessee, Camp Digital’s latest production vehicle, aptly named Thunderbolt HD, has been built around core production technologies from Ross Video. Designed for large event productions, Thunderbolt HD has been equipped with a Ross Vision 3 production switcher, NK series signal routing and an XPression Graphics system.

With BBC and Sky set to ramp up their 3D-TV output over the next few years, now is the time for film and TV camera personnel to upskill in 3D camera.

Arqiva, the communications infrastructure and media services company, has signed a new contract with Eutelsat Communications (Euronext Paris: ETL) for additional satellite capacity to meet growing demand for its Occasional Use satellite services.

London-based audio and broadcast equipment hire company Richmond Film Services has upgraded one of its trio of SoundField ST250 portable microphones, replacing it with the recently launched ST450.

The Red Bull Skydive Team recently performed a spectacular performance high in the skies above Austria well worthy of any James Bond film. As part of the project Akte Blanix III, the five-man squadron set off in hot pursuit of two Blanix gliders cruising 4,000 metres above the ground. In one of the most daring wingsuit manoeuvres ever seen, the skydivers then inched their way towards the aircraft before flying along side by side at speeds in excess of 180km/h.

Sony Pictures and Berlin’s O2 World held host to the German premiere of Men in Black III last night, with the film screened using state-of-the-art Sony Digital Cinema 4K projection systems.

TSL Professional Products today announced that the BBC will soon be taking delivery of more than forty of its PAM2 multi-channel audio monitoring units for standardised use across its Olympic broadcast facility within the IBC (International Broadcast Centre).

Camera Corps reports strong international demand for the standard and recently-introduced Pre-Set versions of the Q-Ball robotic camera systems, including orders from a leading US television network based in California and from Netherlands-based Egripment Support Systems, located near Hilversum.

Snell announced that it will be working with TeliaSonera for the distribution of NHL games across the Nordics. TeliaSonera International Carrier will be using nine Alchemist Ph.C – HD TX50 motion-compensated HD standards converters for real-time conversion of live sports feeds for satellite broadband service provider Viasat.

ChaulaTV is a Latvian youth TV channel broadcasting 24/7. All its content is created in studio and ‘on location’ by high school students with the help of industry media professionals.

Beautiful, elaborate, ornate, the Timisoara National Theatre in Romania is one of those European jewels of which we have been denied for so long. As a venue it stands within the Palace of Culture, an arts centre conceived in the Viennese style by architects Hellmer and Felmer, and was opened in 1875 at the height of the Belle Époque.

The second day of rehearsals has just finished. Albania was the first country of 45 to test out the stage at the brand new Crystall Hall in Baku. Shortly after an amazing experience in Düsseldorf the EBU started a close cooperation with Ictimai TV, the Host Broadcaster of this year’s Eurovision Song Contest.