The Ukraine is rocking out with a proliferation of products from High End Systems, a Barco company, on high profile events. Rental company Feyeria, one of the largest owners of HES equipment in the country, is most recently using SHOWGUN 2.5 automated luminaires and the Road Hog Full Boar on all areas of entertainment: concerts, conferences, TV shows, exhibitions, sports, corporate and political events.

GoPro recently partnered with Project Aether on an ambitious expedition to Alaska to conduct science experiments and record the first high quality images of the Aurora Borealis from the edge of space.

As an award-winning leader among municipal access television facilities, Denver 8 TV is known for creating and cable casting programming that enhances understanding of and access to the processes of Denver city government. To help bolster their high standards for broadcast operations and keep costs in check, Denver 8 TV relies on camera robotics positioning control hardware and software solutions from Telemetrics.

The IABM (International Association of Broadcasting Manufacturers) today announced that the organization is accepting entries for the 2012 IABM Awards for Design and Innovation.

CAMERON PACE Group (CPG) unveiled its latest solutions to make 3D profitable for broadcasters and filmmakers. ShadowCam, FrameLinking, Smart Rigs, and ShadowVision are all proven technology products where the need for additional personnel is significantly reduced. As a solution provider, CPG creates integrated products that work seamlessly with the 2D production.

Wohler Technologies today announced that the state-of-the-art broadcast facility, newly opened in Turkmenistan's capital city of Ashgabad, is being equipped with a range of Wohler audio and video monitoring, switching, and processing systems. Provided by Wohler dealer Radikal Ltd. and integrated by Policom — a subsidiary of the Turkish company that built the Turkmenistan TV tower — the Wohler gear will facilitate complete monitoring and management of signals while giving operators the ability to mix and output various audio content, manage metadata, and analyze Dolby audio.

The London Organising Committee of the Olympic and Paralympic Games (LOCOG)are responsible for preparing and staging the 2012 Games. Organising the Games isa huge challenge. With 26 Olympic Sports and 20 Paralympic Sports, it is theequivalent of staging 46 World Championships simultaneously. LOCOG will organisethese across 36 competition venues, with 14,700 athletes, 21,000 media andbroadcasters, and 10.8 million ticket-holders.

Subfrantic, supplier of  high-end sound, lighting, staging and video equipment to the events industry have recently purchased the Roland V-1600HD Multi format live video switcher in a move that will see them bring all of their video services in house.

Sachtler, part of Vitec Videocom, a Vitec Groupcompany, is launching its online store for original spare parts: Spare partswhich camera operators can change without special tools or training will beavailable in the store. The Sachtler Store is already online in Europe. After apilot phase, it will be launched worldwide.

The decision by France’s CSA (Conseil Supérieur de l’Audiovisuel) to link the EBU’s Loudness Recommendation R128 to its own audio-visual legislation is now focusing the attention of French broadcasters on purchasing loudness processing equipment that complies with the EBU R128 standard.

Yo-Yo Ma’s Audio Engineer Jody Elff relies on DPA Microphones’ 4088 cardioid headset and 4061 omnidirectional miniature microphones for the Silk Road Ensemble tour.

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 discuss the latest issues in the world of sports media at this year’s high-profile conference.

The RTL Comedy Week is a new comedy show, where four of Germany’s best comedians meet in the MMC studio 35 and do some plain talking about current topics. Six episodes of the show will be broadcast.

Mediapro implemented an impressive technical deployment for the latest matchup between FC Barcelona and Real Madrid. The Spanish production company provided more than 300 technical staff, ten OB vans – one dedicated to the 3D feed – and 34 cameras.

At NAB Sony announced the launch of the SR-D1, a compact, affordable and easy to use Memory Drive Unit which opens up the power of F65RAW and SStP workflow to a much wider audience. The SR-D1 is the latest addition to Sony’s SRMASTER family and has been designed for drag and drop ingest of content from SRMemory media recorded using cameras such as the revolutionary F65/SR-R4 and the PMW-F3 with SR-R1.