On Tuesday 28 March at 11:30 a.m. following CABSAT's official opening hours, Quest Media had the great honor to welcome His Highness Sheikh Hasher bin Maktoum Al Maktoum, Director General of the Dubai Department of Information, on a visit of the Full HD OB truck at the main entrance.

Veteran mobile production company LYON Video helped produce the 2012 season opener of the Red Bull Crashed Ice World Championship from St. Paul, Minn. on Jan. 14, with the latest live high-definition (HD) production equipment from Grass Valley™. The Red Bull Crashed Ice World Championship now moves on to two other countries—The Netherlands and Sweden—before an eventual winner is crowned after the final race in Quebec City, Canada, on March 17.

Gearhouse Broadcast completes the successful delivery of comprehensive technical facilities for the Australian Open host broadcast and unilateral broadcasters at this year’s Asian/Pacific Grand Slam.

Studer announced the introduction of Loudness Metering for all Vista consoles. This is a result of collaboration with RTW of Koeln, Germany, who is providing a special version of the TM7 touchscreen meter to be built into the meter bridge of Vista 9 and Vista 5 M2 consoles. The TM7 meter was chosen as it perfectly complements Vistonics™, the simple and elegant touchscreen user interface that Vista customers know and love.

The former Congress Hall on the Theresienwiese will host the 10th “Digitale Cinematographie” on July 5 and 6 this year. The anniversary will be duly celebrated at the event being held at the same time as the Filmfest München.

Madonna may have headlined Super Bowl XLVI’s Halftime Show, but Clay Paky Sharpy fixtures made a name for themselves too, helping to light up the stage for the Material Girl at Lucas Oil Stadium in Indianapolis.  Lighting designer Al Gurdon, of UK-based Incandescent Design, utilized 204 Sharpys supplied by PRG after being impressed with their performance on FOX’s “X Factor.”

Over the last year, Euro Media Group-3D (EMG-3D)has developed a complete work-flow for EFP 3D stereo productions. Depending on project and budget, EMG-3D can offer tailor made solutions using the right tools ranging from quick and fast ENG style cameras up to under water cameras and to high end mirror rigs fitted with cine style cameras.

Harris has received an order from Jordan Radio and Television (JRTV), the state  broadcaster in Jordan, for a complete digital file-based news production, archive and continuity playout solution.

Broadcast Pix™ today announced that the Department of Communication at Far Eastern University (FEU) in Manila, Philippines, recently renovated its video production facilities with a Granite™ 1000 Video Control Center. The new Broadcast Pix system is part of an upgrade to HD production for FEU’s television production classes.

Boxing legend visits SPORTEL, as Octapixx LIVE celebrates second season of “Prime/Time Boxing™” . Octapixx LIVE is pleased to commemorate the start of the second season of its international boxing television series, “Prime/Time Boxing™” (48 x 120’), by welcoming legendary Brazilian boxer, Acelino “Popo” Freitas” to SPORTELRio on Monday, March 12, 2012.

Harris Corporation has raised the bar in multi-display technology for live production, outside broadcast (OB) and other video/audio processing needs by introducing  HView™ SX Pro --  the broadcast industry’s most scalable, highest-density multi-display management system.

Canon’s new XU-80 remote control HD pan-tilt-zoom camera head is a versatile indoor/outdoor single-CMOS camera system. Its compact size, quiet operation and waterproof and dustproof construction make it ideal for a vast range of applications from outdoor event broadcasting to traffic monitoring to video conferencing.

BVE and TPS, the UK’s essential show for content creation professionals, proved a great success with high visitor numbers, positive feedback from the show floor, and a significant increase in international attendance ahead of the show’s move to ExCeL in 2013.

Pixel Power, the innovative supplier of broadcast playout solutions with integrated graphics, has today announced that Roger Sewell’s business development responsibilities within the company have been increased to include the Middle East region.

Games developer Electronic Arts (EA) has been using DPA 4061 miniature omnidirectional microphones for foreign dialogue recordings for its Battlefield 3 title.