Vinten Radamec®, a Vitec Group brand, has won an order to supply Czech TV with its high quality broadcast virtual reality equipment. The agreement will see three Quattro SE encoded manual pedestals installed in the refurbished Czech TV studios in Prague.

The International Broadcasting Convention (IBC) is an international media and broadcasting exhibition and conference that takes place in Amsterdam every September. IBC’s Rising Stars programme for students and young professionals runs alongside this, and will allow those interested in taking up a career in broadcasting to gain insight into the latest technological advances and the big issues facing the broadcast industry. Students will also get an 80% discount on conference passes.

London 3D specialist rental/sales house DECODE has taken delivery of two new ARRI ALEXA PLUS complete high end camera systems.

Today’s “Connected World” is creating new opportunities for broadcasters & independent producers as broadband internet connectivity provides new options for accessing and enjoying broadcast content.

The 13th Ultra Music Festival drew well over 100,000 techno fans to Miami’s Bicentennial Park in late March, expanding to a three-day format for the first time. The event, which has developed a huge following among techno and electronic music fans, featured more than 300 DJs and numerous bands performing on six stages. Headliners on the main stage included The Chemical Brothers, Duran Duran and Tiësto.

Pietro Lombardi is the winner of the 8th season of "Deutschland sucht den Superstar" (German Idol). On Saturday 7 June 2011, the 18-year-old singer competed in the grand finale at MMC’s stage 30/31 with his same-aged girlfriend Sarah Engels. In the end, 51.9 % of the viewers voted for Lombardi. He won the contest and a recording contract with Universal Music.

The IBC Innovation Awards are unique in celebrating not just technology but the application of that technology and the collaborations that took place to create an outstanding contribution to the broadcast and electronic media industry.

Systems Integration specialist Broadcast Networks will showcase its latest ‘go anywhere’ live production vehicle at IBC 2011.  Featuring Sony’s Media Backbone HDXchange server, the custom-built Land Rover Discovery is designed for a one or two-person team and will be on show at the Sony booth 12.A10 at the RAI Centre Amsterdam from September 9-14.

Chyron today announced three new appointments for the company's expanding London office. Industry veterans David Scott and Stephen Kelly join Chyron as EMEA regional sales directors, and Oliver Parker has been appointed as the company's new EMEA product and demonstration specialist. All three positions will be based at the company's Chiswick office, headed by Chyron's Vice President of EMEA Sales, Paul Glasgow.

NewTek, a worldwide leader in portable live production and 3D animation systems, today announced the company is shipping the award-winning TriCaster™ 850 EXTREME™ a full quarter before expected. The new and highly anticipated HD portable live production system blurs the lines between live and post production.

From international performances and private celebrity birthday parties, to composing and recording tracks for network television shows and his own records, renowned DJ, drummer and producer Ravi Jakhotia, aka DJ RAVIDRUMS, is busy on top broadcast and music projects. Jakhotia relies on HARMAN’s JBL LSR4300 series studio monitors to ensure his projects hit their mark when heard on a wide range of playback systems.

Prism Sound, the manufacturers of the world-leading SADiE craft editor, is sponsoring the Commonwealth Broadcasting Association conference ‘CBA: Live in Nairobi’ in Kenya. The conference is part of the ‘Digital East Africa’ project and will be hosted by the CBA at the Kenya National Museum in Nairobi from 20th-22nd June.

Clay Paky’s new spotlight, the Sharpy, has been named Product of the Year by US entertainment technology magazine, Live Design. The award confirms Sharpy’s popularity as one of the most innovative products to emerge from the industry in recent years, earning plaudits from the jury of professional lighting designers.

Frost & Sullivan, the Growth Partnership Company, has awarded Grass Valley™ the 2011 Global Market Share Leadership of the Year Award in the overall video switchers market. The award recognises Grass Valley as a “best-in-class company” that has distinguished itself in the key technology areas of worldwide growth, innovation and leadership. After a year of extensive best practices research, Frost & Sullivan noted that Grass Valley has recorded the maximum share of the total video switcher sales during 2010 and also is the market leader in the routing switcher space.

To provide a comprehensive system for distributing of the audio signals and establishing a comms infrastructure at this year’s Tony Awards the production companies Firehouse Productions and Audio Intercom Services provided a versatile solution. The system comprised RockNet digital audio network including Studer Vista 5 console integration, Artist digital matrix intercom and Performer digital partyline from Riedel Communications, one of the leading manufacturers of real-time networks for video, audio and communications.