EVS, the leading manufacturer of live broadcast and media production systems, is announcing the signature of a multi-million deal with Russian OB facility company Panorama to provide high definition production servers and associated content production and management solutions.

When it was time for rock legend Paul McCartney to acquire a new rig for his recent tour of North America, lighting designer Roy Bennett selected over 80 Clay Paky Sharpy narrow-beam spotlights.

Reinforcing its human resources in the key business development areas of video servers, broadcast graphics and video headend solutions architecture, Harris Broadcast Communications has announced three new appointments in Marcel Tölkemeier,  Mathias Kunert and Markus Kartulik.

3DTV was arguably the hot topic at IBC, thanks largely to the presence of James Cameron who made at least six public appearances and explored further in this IBC round up by TVB Europe

This weekend a worldwide premiere will arrive at screens: the first test of binocular vision in cinemas. The initiative stars Victor, the first three-dimensional optician/optometrist in history, which forms part of Viu en 3-D!, promoted by the Optician and Optometrist Association of Catalonia (COOOC), TV3 Televisió de Catalunya and the Association of Cinema Companies of Catalonia, with the approval of the School of Optometry of the Polytechnic University of Catalonia.

ESPN3 and International Roller Cup collaborate on the American market to spread the passion and the show of figure roller skating. With the exclusive deal, ESPN3 will be entitled to carry live the most amazing figure roller skating event of the world in the United States.

The charity concert “Elämä Lapselle” (Life of a Child) in the Hartwall-Areena, Helsinki, Finland raises funds to help Finnish children in need. It  has been staged annually since 1995 and has since been aired on MTV3. Initially, the concert was called "Pure Life in a Child", until it was changed to its current form. For this year's event, lighting and visual designer Mikko Linnavuori and lighting designer Eero Helle used two grandMA2 light, a grandMA full-size, a grandMA light and 3 x MA NSP (Network Signal Processor).

The Colombian broadcaster RCN decided to implement a managed system of contents contribution between its branches and headquarters in Bogotá. The technical managers were satisfied with VSNIPTRANSFER due to its transparent integration with their current news and content production systems, which creates a simple and automatic workflow that accelerates the availability of materials and avoids all performance errors.

"Out of the ordinary" is German director and photographer Marko Vucic's motto. Recently, he has produced a diverse range of promotional films for companies from the technical photography, broadcasting and feature film fields. To help get these jobs done he used the O-Grips Handgrips and the Cine Follow Focus CFF-1 from OConnor, a Vitec Group brand.

Belden, a global leader in signal transmission solutions for mission-critical applications, has launched a new and innovative range of Belden Brilliance High Definition (HD) BNC Connectors. Designed for use with Belden Brilliance Coax Cables, these new Belden HD Brilliance Connectors deliver unparalleled end-to-end performance.

Award-winning commercial/music video cinematographer Mark Williams’ recent music video, “Everlong” is poised to launch female choir Scala to the top of the charts. Scala’s unique cover of Radiohead’s “Creep”, used for the trailer for “The Social Network” earned the group accolades. Williams chose MiniPlus LED fixtures from Litepanels, a Vitec Group brand, for the music video shooting.

FOR-A Corporation of America, a leading manufacturer of video and audio systems for the broadcast and professional video industries, today announces the company’s participation at CAPER 2011 (Camara Argentina de Proveedores y Fabricantes de Equipos de Radiodifusion), an annual convention focused on digital television technology.

During the whole event, 10 operators guaranteed the real-time graphics service, to Live Abu Dhabi Media, using the SportStats CG software. The event, broadcast by Abu Dhabi Sports Channel, had volleyball, basketball, bowling, soccer, handball, goalball, swimming, table tennis, cycling and athletics competitions, being wTVision the graphics service provider for every one of them. wTVision’s designers created all graphic templates, which were based on the competition's logo.

Peter Harman, Product Manager at Vinten®, has received the Institute of Videography’s (IOV) prestigious Clive Ireland Award in a recent ceremony at Coventry’s Ricoh Arena.

Cel-Soft announces a major new addition to the feature set of its Cel-Scope3D stereoscopic signal analyser: automatic detection of edge-violation.