For the people of Munich, their Olympiahalle has been far and away the event location since the Olympic Games in 1972.Whether it's ice hockey, a rock concert, a riding tournament or motocross, Aida or the Dalai Lama: the Olympiahalle is always the perfect venue. It can handle up to 15,500 visitors in a converted space of at least 427,000 cubic metres.

Orad and IBIS are to launch PowerPlay, a fast turnaround sports media asset management solution at IBC 2011 (booth 7.B27). PowerPlay is the first solution to come out of Orad's investment in IBIS earlier this year.

dutchView, the leading multimedia broadcasting company in the Netherlands, has chosen AXON’s Synapse modular system for its new 3D OBVan. This OBVan should hit the road in November 2011.

Located in Surfside Beach, part of South Carolina’s Myrtle Beach resort area, the 950-seat Celebration Music Theatre opened earlier this year as a home to world-class live entertainment. The Theatre features the artist tribute show SUPERSTARZ! Live! with entertainers performing hits from Elvis, Rod Stewart, Tina Turner, Cher, Barbra Streisand and many other stars.

Calrec Audio today announced Artemis Light, the newest member of its Artemis family of Bluefin2/Hydra2 audio consoles. The Light introduces a new compact processing rack dedicated to delivering DSP and routing capabilities in a 4U enclosure.

Red Giant and the Original iPhone Film Festival are teaming up to inspire new levels of creativity for aspiring iOS filmmakers. Red Giant has signed on as a sponsor of this innovative competition. The festival will showcase the short films from the iPhone filmmaker community, and encourage filmmakers to tell their stories with the "film studio in their pocket"—Apple iOS devices. Submissions for the first annual Original iPhone Film Festival are due by September 30, 2011.

Pro-Sales-Solutions, headed by Chris Hollebone, and based in the UK has been signed on to sell Wild Touch Productions (WTP) corporate video packages in EMEA. Andrew Wild’s WTP company produces web-based product and training videos to manufacturers and studio facilities that serve the music, post, broadcast and live markets with an impressive list of clients including AMS Neve, Avid, Blue Sky Speakers, Neyrinck, Solid State Logic, Stagetec USA and Studer.

Available in six, 12, 18 and 24 fader configurations, the ROC console is housed in a desktop or tabletop enclosure allowing easy integration into permanent or temporary studios. The control surface includes high quality 100 millimetre long-throw Penny & Giles faders, OLED source indicators and meters, and a suite of controls to maximise the power of Logitek’s JetStream audio over IP platform.

Camera Corps Ltd, a world leader in providing robotic camera systems for live television and coverage of major sports events, announces a major addition to the feature set of its Q-Ball compact remote pan/tilt/zoom HD/SD camera.

The winner of the IBC2011 International Honour for Excellence is Sir David Attenborough, in recognition of his remarkable career in television and, in particular, natural history. His career spans almost 60 years, with his Atlantic Productions documentary Flying Monsters 3D with Sir David Attenborough one of the most acclaimed programmes commissioned by Sky 3D.

Cel-Soft returns to IBC in September. Exhibiting in Hall 7, stand K01-F, the company will introduce Version 1.4 of the Cel-Scope3D stereoscopic signal analyser.

Blue Microphones, a leading innovator in microphone technology and design, announces the availability of Reactor, a multi-pattern, large diaphragm condenser microphone that pushes the envelope of microphone design in functional versatility, sound and aesthetics. Reactor unites Blue’s proprietary pre-amp circuit and innovative pattern selection method (cardioid, omni or bi-directional) with a swiveling capsule head for precise positioning, making it inherently well-suited for multiple mic setups.

Half a century after humankind entered outer space, an ESA-developed camera produced live-streaming 3D images for the first time in the history of space travel – showing the International Space Station like never before.

Alfacam, operators of one of the largest outside broadcast fleet in Europe, is continuing its global expansion with major sporting contracts in India. As with all of Alfacam’s projects, the coverage depends upon Grass Valley™ cameras, including the LDK 8000 Elite and LDK 8300 Live Super Slo-Mo HD cameras.

ANT, a leading provider of software and services for the delivery of digital TV, today asserted its claim in the multiscreen TV market with the launch of ANT Galio Move. Maximising the functionality of today’s set-top boxes (STBs) and TV’s, ANT Galio Move combines extended live TV viewing with market leading, companion device TV services,  responding directly to the growing demand by viewers for a ‘TV everywhere’ experience.