Broadcast sound specialist Red TX was recently commissioned to capture the audio for a very special Red Hot Chili Peppers concert in Cologne, Germany, which was filmed and broadcast live to 1,500 cinemas around the world.

IPDirector is an integrated suite of video production management applications giving you total control of productions via EVS servers integrated into any workflow.

As broadband subscriptions continue to grow in the EU27, Point Topic has today announced analysis on how many subscribers there will be and how many will take an IPTV service as well. According to the leading global broadband analyst firm, IPTV is set to treble by 2020.

Hollywood-based DI facility Light Iron has purchased a third Quantel Pablo 4K color correction and finishing system together with a Pablo PA workflow assist station. These will be connected via their GenePool to Light Iron’s two other Pablos, creating a truly collaborative and highly efficient digital workflow. The systems are installed at Light Iron’s new 10,000 sq. ft. facility in Hollywood, which includes three DI theaters.

The short film "Victims" by producer Chris Carr from London has reached the finals of Film London's "Best of Boroughs" competition. The independent filmmaker only had a very limited budget for his production and so had to depend on sponsors in order to complete the project. Litepanels, a Vitec Group brand, supported the shoot with 1x1 LED production lights.

In addition to being one of the main sponsors of PLASA 2011, Clay Paky also fulfilled its role as organizer of the annual Knights of Illumination Awards ceremony, an event that has grown to become a highlight for the entire show lighting business. The evening saw a total of eleven lighting designers knighted for their fantastic contributions to the art of lighting, while Richard Pilbrow received the lifetime achievement award as well as the resounding recognition of his peers.

Slovenian musician and media personality Anja Bukovec has been using a DPA 4099V instrument clip mic for her live appearances. The microphone was provided by Sonus, DPA’s distributor in Slovenia.

CAST Software of Toronto, Canada, proud maker of wysiwyg previsualization software, has received rave reviews from Dream Theater’s creative team regarding the use of the latest wysiwyg release, R27, on the recent European festival tour of progressive rock band Dream Theater.

Versioning, localisation and media supply services expert, TVT has selected Hamlet's award-winning DigiScope DS900 to monitor both SD and HD signals in the transmission chain for the encoding of Closed Captions at BBC World.  The deal was for one initial unit, with the option to purchase further units as the anticipated requirement to insert Closed Captions in additional streams of BBC World increases.

The Audi Team triumphed at the 24 Hours Race in Le Mans on June 11-12, 2011 and relied for the 3rd time on its full service media technology partner Creative Technology – with Live Broadcast Technology and Streaming, LED, Video and Audio Technology in five locations around the race track.

Wohler Technologies today announced that it will serve as a reseller and distributor for SoundField, the U.K.-based company renowned for developing and manufacturing microphones and upmix solutions for recording and processing in stereophonic and multichannel surround formats. Wohler will offer SoundField's full product line — including the acclaimed DSF-2 broadcast microphone system and the UPM-1 stereo-to-5.1 converter — in all North, Central, and South American countries with the exception of Colombia.

Wireless Solution Sweden AB sent the award-winning W-DMX™ technology to Peru to play an important role in the 100-year anniversary of the discovery of the existence of the Quechua citadel of Machu Picchu in 1911 (“100 Años del Redescubrimiento de Machu Picchu) by explorer Hiram Bingham.

The Zurich Opera House is internationally recognized as one of the world’s most successful theatres. Year after year it hosts over 300 opera and ballet performances, concerts and recitals, all at the highest artistic level. This season, the programme included Verdi’s ‘La Traviata’ and Bizet’s ‘The Pearl Fishers’, as well as a premiere of Rossini’s ‘The Silken Ladder’. And now, in two stages, an upgrade of the opera house audio system has been completed with a Lawo mc²66 console at its heart.

Chris Hollebone of Pro-Sales-Solutionsis to manage distribution sales and assume responsibility for some key marketing roles in a reorganisation announced by Merging Technologies SA. Hollebone brings with him more than thirty years of practical experience of various sales and marketing roles inthe  pro-audio and broadcast industry.

Live 3D Outside Broadcast is, undoubtedly, a challenge – and ensuring crystal-clear quality, is of paramount importance. This was the challenge faced by the team producing the FIFA World Cup and the Ryder Cup last year and Wimbledon in 3D earlier this year.