Presteigne Charter, one of the world’s leading broadcast dry hire and systems rental specialists, has ordered three mc²56 digital audio consoles and Nova29 router from Lawo, for one of the most glamorous sporting events in the world – the inaugural America’s Cup World Series 2011-2012, a global programme of regattas designed to bring the sport of high-performance sailing to a wider audience ahead of the legendary America’s Cup itself.

EVS, a leading manufacturer of broadcast and media production systems, is set to launch its Newsroom in a Box tour through Europe and the Middle East. Travelling through 13 cities, from 24 May to 24 June, EVS will present Xedio Flash, a new all-in-one news production package offering a real plug and play toolkit for multiple fast turnaround production operations.

Arte, the French/German TV network, has upgraded the facilities at its Strasbourg HQ with a major HARMAN Studer routing solution, supplied by Audiopole, Studer’s French distributors.

DVS has equipped Mexico City-based Oxido with a CLIPSTER® to expand the facility's service portfolio for commercial and feature film projects. Oxido, one of the most important post production houses in Latin America, is the first provider of 2K stereoscopic work in Mexico. With CLIPSTER®, Oxido has opted for future-proof DI equipment, and further strengthens its role as DI pioneers in Latin America.

ToolsOnAir have announced an upgrade to their popular just: Broadcast Suite of Mac OS based applications for broadcast video professionals. The new version 1.5 update adds significant features and enhancements to the company's highly acclaimed software suite.

The coolux Widget Designer 3.0 PRO was used at this year’s Eurovision Song Contest to control the three DVI-matrixes (32x32, 16x16, 8x8). In case of unforseen circumstances, the Widget Designer could also have been used to easily change over to VPU backup systems.

Bow Tie television has been awarded the contract to televise the UK Parliament for the next 5 years.  The highly prestigious contract confirms Bow Tie Television's position as the premier supplier of this type of service in the UK.

At this year’s Ultra Music Festival, grandMA2 full-size consoles were the dominant control solution on the Main Stage. The 13th annual Ultra Music Festival (UMF) held its first-ever three-day event at Miami’s Bicentennial Park drawing more than 100,000 people to the celebration of electronic music.

The tension rose when on Saturday evening at about 23:30 local time Eurovision Song Contest scoring began. The juries and TV viewers favourites varied the voting considerably from country to country. This year the  winner did not emerge until the very end of the show with the sentence, “The winner is Azerbaijan!”

TV 2 Sumo, the Web TV service of the Norwegian broadcaster TV 2, has been declared Website of the Year by the Norwegian Media Business Association. TV 2 Sumo is Scandinavia's largest commercial WebTV service, offering a comprehensive library of TV 2 programs that users can view on demand, using their platform of choice.

DPA Microphones CEO and shareholder Christian Poulsen has assumed day-to-day management of DPA Inc, the Danish manufacturer’s US subsidiary, with immediate effect.

Heynen, a professional supplier of media processing applications, has announced a multi-year agreement with RTBF (Radio télévision belge de la communauté française) for the supply and integration of Studer audio mixing consoles for the radio studios of Brussels, Liege and Charleroi.

After the successful launch of Carbonite, Ross’ new mid-size production switchers at NAB 2011, Ross Video will put the show on the road with a Carbonite World Tour.

As part of overall improvements to the entire production facility at ARTE G.E.I.E’s Strasburg-based headquarters, the current audio post production system will become future proof. Having won a EU-wide bid, BCE’s technical division became the main contractor for the integration of the studios, production rooms, master control room, and the radio control room. As part of the update, fifteen 8-fader crystal consoles will be installed.

London 3D specialist rental/sales house DECODE will launch two new high end 3D mirror rigs at Cine Gear Expo 2011 in Paramount Studios, Los Angeles, 2nd-5th June.