W-DMX™ by Wireless Solution Sweden AB is part of The Components Co new Smart-e, a revolutionary compact wireless LED fixture, measuring approximately the size and weight of a standard bag of sugar, making it the first wireless LED product to scale down the size without compromising the performance.

Grass Valley™  today announced a new Support Agreement portfolio designed to keep systems running and to help customers plan for their long-term maintenance needs. The new portfolio will be managed by the Grass Valley Global Services division.

It has long been a Philharmonic tradition at the New Year to present a program consisting of the lively and at the same time nostalgic music from the vast repertoire of the Johann Strauss family and its contemporaries. These concerts not only delight the audiences in the Musikverein in Vienna, but also enjoy great international popularity through the worldwide television broadcast, which is reaching an audience of more than 50 million spectators in 73 countries.

New York’s Irving Plaza recently purchased High End Systems, a Barco company, intellaspot and Technospot automated luminaires for installation in the live music/dance-oriented club.

DNF Controls announced the On-Set Playback Control Application built on the Flex Control Network®, DNF's modular platform of professional IP-based machine controllers that solve all manner of operational control problems and set a new standard of excellence for operational efficiency and profitability.

Armed with a custom-painted flash/neon/lime green HARMAN AKG D5 microphone, vocal percussion sensation and native Austrian fii takes the stage around the world with his a cappella beat boxing show, wowing audiences with his beats, harmonies, singing and rapping transmitted through an AKG WMS 4500 wireless system.  Expressing his love for the art of music, fii’s unrestricted genre of performance, through multiple channels of looped vocals, is never distorted and sounds perfectly natural with AKG.

Mosart Medialab will attend the Hamburg Open on Jan. 26 and will showcase the most recent version of its newscast automation system at the event.

The Spanish company will show new versions of all the solutions included in its ‘Spider’ platform. The innovative VSN’s broadcast architecture allows working in a distributed, multi-site environment, cloud computing, multiplatform distribution and seamless integration among multiple areas.

In a move that immediately enhances its international sales team, HARMAN Professional today announced that it has appointed Doug Green to the position of Director of Sales for the EMEA regional sales office. Green is based at HARMAN’s facilities in Potters Bar, UK. He will report directly to Scott Robbins, Senior Director Of Sales, HARMAN Professional.

The University of Delaware recently purchased a HARMAN Soundcraft Vi1 audio mixing console for use at its football games and other major events around campus. Joe Dombroski, Audio Engineering Technician and his colleagues at IT-University Media Services were looking for a new board to complete the expanding audio needs of the University’s large events. After comparing a number of products they chose the Soundcraft Vi1. The board was purchased through New Jersey-based Total Video Products.

Eyeheight has chosen BVE 2012 as the UK launch venue for the world’s first dual-channel stereoscopic 3D video legaliser.

Cel-Soft announces a major new addition to its suite of quality-control and monitoring softwareDesigned to run on a standard desktop PC or workstation, Reel-Check Solo-QC enables a complete set of quality-control tests to be performed on live or file-based video and audio. It is compatible with all signal standards and media file-types currently in common use, including webcast, broadcast and 444 digital-film formats up to 4K.

To light the auto interiors and related interviews for content about a new KIA hybrid vehicle, Emmy-winning DP and DGA-nominated director and cameraman Jody Eldred tried out the Sola ENG LED Fresnel light from Litepanels, a Vitec Group brand. The client, Source Interlink Media, is the largest provider of media content to enthusiast communities interested in automotive, action sports, marine and other niche activities.

French pay-TV channel Canal+ will close its 3D channel Canal+ 3D on 24 January while China’s first 3D television channel will go into full operation during the upcoming Lunar New Year Festival in late January.

For the fourth time in a row the German brand ABC Products by Movie Tech will provide the cranes for the European Championship in Poland and Ukraine. Equipped with remote heads of the "Pelé" type, a total of ten "Crane 120" will be located in the coaching zone and behind the goals to catch the scenes for the thousands of viewers watching the games on their home television screen.