Bright Technologies, Inc., developer of advanced technology for shared media, has announced that Bristol-based post-production house, Films @ 59, has installed a BrightDrive media file server to provide the shared storage infrastructure for its new Stereo3D post-production and VFX workflows. The system was supplied by London-based post-production and broadcast industry supplier, XTFX.

Clear-Com®, a global leader in critical voice communication systems, is pleased to announce the promotion of Simon Browne to Director of Worldwide Product Management. Browne will oversee the product analysis, planning and lifecycle management activities for all of Clear-Com, while further developing the company’s strong portfolio of intercom products in order to meet the ever-expanding needs of the voice communication market.

Ukrainian broadcaster STB Worldwide Television, based in Kiev, has chosen a Lawo mc²56 digital audio console for its newly-acquired OB vehicle. Developed in conjunction with integrator TVC Lithuania, the STB OBVAN features a 16+16C+16 frame console, offering 240 channels of DSP.

Network Video today announced that its KulaByte live Internet encoder and HyperStream live cloud transcoder were chosen by the editors of TVBEurope and IBC Daily for a "Best of IBC2011" award. The award program recognizes the best new product innovations on display at IBC2011 in Amsterdam. KulaByte and HyperStream were winners in the Production + Infrastructure category.

With its presence at major sporting occasions (including the Olympics, the World Cup, the Monaco Grand Prix and the Tour de France), Euro Media has become an established international player in HF broadcasting, slow motion technology, virtual imaging, graphics and 3D, with aerial and specialised camera equipment. Again in September Euro Media France was involved in several international sports projects: Rugby in New Zealand, Football in Eastern Europe, Cycling in Canada and Handball in France.

Snell today announced that its Vega™ routing platform earned a TV Technology Europe STAR (Superior Technology Award Recipient) Award, a Broadcast Engineering Pick Hit Award, and TVBEurope's Best of IBC Editor's Award (Production + Infrastructure) at IBC2011. Allowing users to configure any signal port independently for fiber or coax (copper) connectivity, and to configure any signal port as either an input or output, Vega provides the industry's most flexible asymmetric routing solution within a space-saving 2-RU 96-port router.

Woods TV, part of Paris and Los Angeles based Woods Media Group, a full service global production and program adaptation company, has purchased a Quantel Enterprise sQ system together with Quantel’s revolutionary QTube global workflow technology. The system will be the backbone of Woods TV’s brand new HD, fully file-based facility as the company moves its EMEA HQ to a new state of the art headquarters in Boulogne Billancourt near Paris and reinforces its fast growing worldwide operation with the appointment of Elodie Brulere Powers as VP Global Operations and Development in the LA office.

ATEME is a world leading provider of MPEG-4 / H.264 and MPEG-2 bandwidth efficient compression technology.  ATEME encoding solutions are deployed widely for broadcast contribution links, distribution, multi-screen live streaming, OTT and VOD applications.

Scott Leslie has been appointed Director of Engineering for the HARMAN Professional Loudspeaker Business Unit, JBL Professional. He will report directly to Mark Ureda, Vice President and General Manager of the HARMAN Professional Loudspeaker Business Unit, JBL Professional.

The Hi-Motion product family has the only HD Ultra Slow Motion camera system employing 3-chip image capture technology. The Hi-Motion allows the user the flexibility of easily changing and recording speed from normal to 10x or more, while also allowing for the instant playback of previosly captured ultra slow motion imagery.

Working for professional audio equipment reseller Coffey Sound, Daron James appreciates the convenience that quality products bring to his customers. However, in his role as editor for Sound & Picture magazine, it’s these very products that help streamline video productions for the publication’s website, including his recent work on the red carpet during the Academy of Television Arts & Science’s 63rd Creative Arts Primetime Emmy Awards. In order to capture both audio and video during red carpet arrivals, James selected the Sound Devices PIX 240 to join him on one of Hollywood’s biggest nights.

Introduced at IBC 2011 in Amsterdam in September GY-HMZ1 the 3D ProHD handheld camera, along with the new GD-323D20 32 inch 3D display/production monitor, the already popular DT-3D24G1 monitor and the upgraded IF-2D3D1 2D to 3D converter.

The annualInternational Broadcasting Conference (IBC) in Amsterdam – the leading tradefair devoted to film, television and radio production – ran this year fromSeptember 9-13, and the newly enlarged booth of RTS/TELEX and the products ondisplay drew a very positive response from industry insiders and the generalpublic alike.

Broadcast Pix™ today announced that Mica™, its new cost-effective live video production system, is now shipping. Powered by native HD technology from Broadcast Pix Granite™ systems and Broadcast Pix Fluent™ software that tightly integrates video and file-based content, Mica allows even single operators to create compelling live productions. The company also announced its Powerful Punch Tour, which is stopping at a number of dealers and trade shows in cities worldwide this fall to demonstrate its Mica and Granite systems.

Saving energy not only reduces running costs but also helps save the environment by reducing the monitor’s carbon footprint, and since the LED drive doesn‘t include any harmful chemical elements unlike traditional CCFL backlights, the DT series monitors are remarkably green machines.