The beginning of June will see a reassignment of responsibilities at Bosch Communications Systems. To date, as Sales Director Pro Audio Export, Klaus Seitz has been responsible for the Pro Sound segment (Electro-Voice, DYNACORD) in Europe, the Middle East and Africa (EMEA), whilst Kamil Swobodzinski has been responsible for the marketing of broadcast and intercom equipment (RTS, TELEX) in the same three regions.

Last April, VSN signed a commercial agreement with the Bolivian company SEST (Systems, Equipment and Technology Solutions) to distribute its automation and digitization solutions for TV channels in this Latin American country. With the broadcast sector in Bolivia currently making the digital technology transition, both companies hope to undertake a commercial adventure together to cater for the needs of the different Bolivian TV channels.

On May 10 2011 United Broadcast Facilities (UBF) recorded the spectacular 3Dimensies concert given by top artist Marco Borsato in the Netherlands’ biggest concert hall, the Gelredome, in Arnhem.

For the first time ever in international media coverage, there is going to be a live broadcast in 5.1 real audio and revolutionary 3D stereoscopy. A large team of technicians, scenography designers, lighting crews, engineers, media experts and TV producers are working together in this nonprofitable experience, held in Zaragoza, Spain, on June 10th at 10pm. Legendary Hip Hop band Violadores del Verso will be generously taking part, mixing rhythms and rimes in their last concert of their successful Vivir para Contarlo Spain tour.

wTVision provided graphics solutions to 4 regional channels, in Spain, for the May 22 electoral night. TV Galicia, Barcelona TV and Televisión del Principado de Asturias presented their viewers special elections programs, during more than 4 hours, with a broad range of interactive graphics in full screen, tickers and augmented reality functionalities, which came into fruition through a partnership between these broadcasters and the Portuguese software-house, besides the full integration with the official sources which feed the system with real-time results, something that all projects had in common. For 8TV, wTVision developed a more economic solution to display results during the electoral program.

Its easy to hide behind a wall of superlatives, bigger, heavier, brighter, bolder, sharper; and for Creative Technology this years' Eurovision Song Contest was all those things and more; but it's the little details that put the polish on this project. "The spectacular creative design from Florian Wieder and Jerry Appelt stretched us in places we'd never been stretched before," said head of CT's Dusseldorf Office, Alex Klaus, and the man responsible for running the project.

Feel Your Heart Beat: the show followed on TV screens by an audience of around 120 million people on 14 May was one of superlatives. The competitors from 25 countries pulled out all the stops to try and win the 56th Eurovision Song Contest. With great technical efforts, German broadcaster NDR (Norddeutscher Rundfunk) had transformed the Düsseldorf football stadium into a gigantic TV studio for around 36,000 viewers on behalf of the hosting broadcasting association ARD. And, for the 24th time, the event organisers relied on Sennheiser for the artists’ microphones and monitor systems.

ENI Media Asia Pte Ltd has invested in Jünger Audio’s LEVEL MAGIC™ technology to ensure the quality of its audio signals.Based in Singapore’s ST Teleport building, ENI Media was established in 2010 to provide television playout services to broadcasters and channel owners.

Lighting designer Rob Mills used a grandMA2 light as his control platform for a recent production of Verdi's "Aida" at the Epsom Playhouse in Surrey, UK. The week long production by Riverside Opera was directed by James Hurley who is a regular client of Mills, a busy theatre and opera LD, who also lights corporate and live events.

Right after NAB, LMC's brandnew Antelope MkII went on air during various productions. Amongst others the Ultramotion system based on the Phantom 641 chip was used at the Formula 1 GP in Spain.

The organizers of this year's Eurovision Song Contest, EBU and NDR, used a comprehensive fiber-based MediorNet system from Riedel Communications to distribute video, audio and communications signals at the event. Riedel, one of the leading manufacturers of real-time networks for HD video, audio and communications, installed a versatile system comprising of MediorNet, RockNet, Artist and Performer components, turning the former football stadium into a 15,000 square meter TV broadcast studio.

Norwegian pianist Torgeir Kinne Solsvik has just finished a major recording project, releasing three CDs on his own record label, Cheek Piano. All recordings were made with DPA microphones.

Setai Recording Studio isn’t your average facility. It’s located in the penthouse of the Setai Hotel in South Beach, Florida. Matt Knobel is the Director of Operations and Chief Engineer for Setai Recording Studio. Knobel started his recording career working for some of the top facilities in New York and he went on to tour with Billy Joel as a keyboard technician, and joined major jingle production company JSM Music.

The Eurovision Song Contest is the world’s biggest non-sporting live TV event and a strong household name among hundreds of millions of people in Europe. Every year, 100 to 125 million people in over 45 countries watch the televised competition. Famous former participants include Julio Iglesias, Olivia Newton-John, Céline Dion, ABBA, Johnny Logan, Alla Pugacheva, Secret Garden, Philip Kirkorov, t.A.T.u., Lordi and Patricia Kaas.

The Eurovision Song Contest recently completed its 56th year, held at Düsseldorf Arena, marking the show’s first return to Germany since 1983. The production today is as well known for its technical achievements as for its lavish and sometimes unusual brand of musical performances. Nevertheless, Eurovision still intrigues audiences worldwide.