Anton/Bauer®, a brand of The Vitec Group, and the world’s premier provider of batteries, chargers, lighting and other mobile power systems for the professional broadcast, video and film industries, demonstrated the advanced capabilities of its power solutions to European broadcast and video professionals at this year’s 2011 IBC Show.

The RF Central microLite HD Elite system is a complete video RF link in a portable package, with all required accessories specifically chosen to optimize total system performance.

“Sound Devices previewed its new line of PIX recorders at this year’s NAB show and had such an overwhelming positive response, that we are now officially launching the product at IBC,” says Jon Tatooles, managing director of Sound Devices. “Continuing our heritage in field production, we’ve taken the next step and introduced high-performance video along with high performance audio with our new PIX recorders. While our existing products have become the audio recorder of choice for countless productions worldwide, camera and sound operators alike will soon be able to count on these new high-performance audio/video recorders in the field as well.”

In 2012, SRG SSR TV Units (SRF, RTS, RSI and RTR) will comply entirely with the European broadcast loudness standard, EBU R128. To get a head start, SRG SSR has installed 22 TC TouchMonitors TM9 for TV audio production and post-production.

Clear-Com® announced that it is now offering Optocore™ digital fibre and SANE™ CAT5 network interfaces for real-time audio, intercom, and data distribution. These products are a direct result of a strategic joint development partnership with Optocore GmbH, a pioneer in fibre-optic based audio and data network distribution.

Kanal 75, the prolific Swedish producer of live, produced and archive horse racing content, is replacing its entire production infrastructure with a new HD workflow based on EVS technology. The new system, which includes XS and XT3 production servers and the powerful IPDirector content production management suite, will also be the first installation to fully integrate an EVS system with Avid Interplay Media Asset Manager (MAM).

Prysm’s revolutionary Laser Phosphor Display (LPD) platforms were on display during this year’s IBC. With a 134” diagonal and consisting of 24 tiles, Prysm’s display creates a stunning backdrop of live correspondent screens that provide extremely wide viewing angles, a high range of temperature settings, auto uniformity, extremely low power consumption, less than a household toaster and a long lifespan.

The world’s first live Ultra Motion Replay Solution relies on the integration between EVS’ XT3 production server and the X10 from I-MOVIX which is a new Ultra Motion system based on the latest generation of the Vision Research high-speed HD camera.

Lux Media Plan is always good for a surprise, and even more so at IBC 2011: With its brand-new microHD system, the German specialist for mini cameras and digital image processing is presenting a new remote camera which puts the concept of its ultra-compact predecessor model HD1200 on an even higher – or rather “smaller” – level.

Sky News Arabia, a joint venture between British Sky Broadcasting (BSkyB) and Abu Dhabi Media Investment Corporation (ADMIC), has announced today that it has signed a contract with tapeless technology specialist EVS to provide a fully integrated news production solution for the launch of the new 24/7 Arabic news channel.

Last month, United Broadcast Facilities (UBF) – the facilities management company based in Hilversum – moved a large number of its business units to a historic building in the city's Media Park: the completely rebuilt Muziekpaviljoen (Music Pavilion). The remaining businesses will follow shortly. From today, all businesses will be known under one single name: United.

Grass Valley™, the inventors of the modern day production switcher, and a company known for the highest-quality production switchers available today, has leveraged its extensive engineering expertise with the Kayenne™ Video Production Center and Kayak™ switchers, along with its field-proven experience, to introduce a new, lower-cost switcher platform called the Karrera™ Video Production Center – bringing top of the line production capabilities to more applications and more users.

AJA Video Systems is debuting the next-generation KONA LHe Plus, offering powerful video capture and playback capabilities at a new reduced price -- almost 25% lower -- and with greater performance than its predecessor, the KONA LHe.

Utah Scientific, a leading global provider of video signal routing systems, announced a new family of menu-based router control panels at IBC 2011. The new panels feature high-resolution, full-color LCD displays and buttons, offering a new level of user-friendly operation for today's increasingly complex routing systems.

The IABM (International Association of Broadcasting Manufacturers) today announced that Sony has been awarded the prestigious IABM Peter Wayne Award in recognition of its BVM-E250, a 25-inch OLED reference monitor optimized for picture precision and stability. Photon Beard, Quantel, Snell, and Vision Research each won an IABM Award for Excellence in Design and Innovation.