iPONT International, an innovator and technology partner in the glasses-free 3D market, and SES Astra, an SES company will demonstrate ‘live’ 3D broadcasts on glasses-free 3DTV technology on SES stand 1.B51 at IBC 2011.  The demonstration, by Europe’s leading satellite operator and the glasses-free innovator, aims to prove that without-glasses 3DTV technologies have reached a level of maturity and quality acceptable to the consumer market.

Snell today announced that Mike Knee, the company's consultant engineer for research and development, has been chosen to make a technical presentation at the upcoming IBC2011 show in Amsterdam. On Saturday, Sept. 10 at 6pm CEST, Knee will present his paper, "Getting Machines to Watch 3D for You" in Room E102. Knee's paper was one of only seven selected to be printed in an Institute of Engineering and Technology (IET) journal-style publication representing the best content to be presented at the IBC2011 conference.

Phosphor Ltd announced today that Andy Bellamy is coming on board as a Field Sales Engineer focusing on promoting AJA Video Systems’ acquisition, editing and conversion solutions in Europe, the Middle East and Africa.

Televisión de Galicia (TVG) has upgraded its primary production studio in Santiago de Compostela, Spain to high-definition (HD) with Grass Valley™ production technologies. As the final phase of a multi-year €1 million (US$ 1.4 million) project, Grass Valley supplied Kayenne™ XL HD production switcher.

Digital Rapids announced today that TVBI Company Limited (TVBI) – the worldwide operating arm of Television Broadcasts Limited (TVB), one of the world’s largest producers and distributors of Chinese-language programming – is using a complete range of Digital Rapids solutions to power sophisticated media processing and delivery workflows for bringing TVB content to viewers and distribution partners on four continents. The systems span the critical points in TVBI’s workflows including encoding, transcoding, live streaming and business-to-business content delivery.

At the 13th IAAF World Athletics Championships in Daegu/South Korea, KBS is producing currently up to eight hours daily for the creation of the integrated host feeds with the 16-camera HD OB truck, "HDTV-4" made by Broadcast Solutions GmbH.

Harmonic Inc. (NASDAQ: HLIT) today announced that its ProMedia™ Carbon file-based transcoding software has been deployed by Omroep Flevoland (OF), an independent broadcaster in the Flevoland region of the Netherlands that provides sports, entertainment, and 24/7 news broadcasting to the region's 380,000 residents.

When the recent Squash World Championship took place in the Ahorn-Sportpark in Paderborn, Germany, not only were the elite of this famous sport present, but also some of the finest lighting technology products that money can buy.

Blackmagic Design today announced the world’s first video product with Thunderbolt technology. UltraStudio 3D which allows portable capture and playback with full resolution dual stream 3D support, 10 bit hardware architecture, dual link 3 Gb/s SDI, support for up to 1080p60 in SDI and component analog and HDMI 1.4a connections, as well as full SD, HD and 2K support, is now shipping for only US$995.

Clear-Com®, a global leader in critical voice communication systems, is pleased to announce that media powerhouse China Central Television (CCTV) has chosen Clear-Com intercom systems for its latest facility-wide communications upgrade and expansion.

Chyron today announced that LEX3.1, the newest release of the company's powerful and popular on-air graphics system, has been refined to provide free support for stereoscopic 3D. Through continuous R&D in response to changing industry demands, Chyron brings added technological innovation to this acclaimed workhorse and offers customers a future-facing solution capable of addressing their current and evolving graphics needs.

The iPhone 4 is fabulous and takes great HD quality video. However if there’s one area that lets it down, it’s the sound. The small internal microphone only records in mono with no control and as for the quality.... Well let’s just say it's not exactly high-fidelity.

SPORTEL is the International Sports Program Market for Television and NewMedia. The next edition, SPORTELMonaco, will take place from 10 to 13October 2011 at the Grimaldi Forum in Monaco. In 2010, SPORTELMonacoattracted 2188 participants representing 922 companies from 68 countries.

The USTA announced that Panasonic, a global leader in 3D broadcast technology, will once again work with CBS Sports and the USTA to broadcast the US Open Tennis Championships in 3D for a second year.  This year’s 3D broadcasts also will extend to coverage of CBS Sports’ matches from Louis Armstrong Stadium.

ONSIGHT Digital has purchased Eyeheight's  "LE-3D Video Legaliser" that provides identical legalisers working in parallel to a single control panel so the operator can be confident that each level of 3D video capture is precisely in compliance.