Always looking for a sharper edge, Pacific Broadcast Pty Ltd., a full service production company in Melbourne, Australia, is catchin’ some waves with eight Grass Valley™ LDK 8000 Elite cameras and a Kayak™ HD video production switcher to capture the action at some of the hottest championship surfing events around the globe.

The Czech broadcast provider ACE Prague installed a versatile Artist infrastructure from Riedel Communications in its eight HD camera OB truck, the ACE 08 HD. Riedel, one of the leading manufacturers of real-time networks for video, audio and communications, delivered a system comprising of an Artist 64 digital matrix intercom mainframe, Artist 1000 series control panels and several commentary units. Riedel’s Czech partner for broadcast applications, Kit Digital Czech, was responsible for the installation.

It may not be your grandmother’s symphony orchestra but, nevertheless, grandMA2 was out in force when the New World Symphony opened its new Frank Gehry-designed home in Miami Beach. The New World Center is the first American concert space built from the ground up to integrate sophisticated video, theatrical lighting and flexible stage space, and a grandMA2 full-size and a grandMA2 ultra-light play a key role in lighting control on the campus.

Litepanels, a Vitec Group brand, announces that Buck McNeely has chosen Litepanels as his primary lighting partner for the widely syndicated adventure series ‘The Outdoorsman’. Each week McNeely, along with a celebrity guest, bring important conservation issues to their national and international audience.

SENCORE, a leading provider of signal quality and video delivery solutions, today announced that its MRD 3187B receiver decoder was deployed by CBS News for its remote network coverage of the royal wedding of Prince William and Catherine Middleton on April 29. Paired with a high-performance HD encoder, the MRD 3187B delivered MPEG-4 AVC compressed live HD feeds from London for broadcasts of "The Early Show" and "CBS Evening News with Katie Couric."

Utah Scientific today announced that TIMedia-LA7, the third-largest terrestrial broadcaster in Italy, is installing a large-scale Utah Scientific routing system, comprising two UTAH-400/528 video routers with integrated audio routing, at the heart of a technical infrastructure that is being thoroughly renovated to provide full 3G/HD/SDI signal distribution. TIMedia-LA7, owned by Telecom Italia Media (TIM), operates two main television services, LA7 and LA7d, along with themed channels, WebTV, and satellite channels.

After the Criterium International race in Corsica on 26th and 27th of March, the schedule was heavy for the Euro Media France RF team also in April. On the schedule were two operations carried out under the summer sun: the Paris Marathon and the Paris - Roubaix cycling race.

“The Realm” has certainly caught the eyes - behind polarized glasses - of audiences who experienced its April 20 debut at the University of Alabama. Dept. of Theatre and Dance faculty member John Virciglio created The Realm, a theatrical dance performance using stereoscopic 3D to create a virtual environment for live performers in real time. The 3-D elements came from 12 High End Systems DL.3 digital lighting fixtures, controlled with a Road Hog Full Boar. Mainlight Industries supplied The Realm with the DL.3 fixtures.

The state of 3D production is a controversial topic. Some SVG members have outright said that “3D is Dead,” while others believe that “These things take time.” Meanwhile, on the horizon are a new spate of ultra-high resolution formats — 4K, high-frame rates, etc. — that may be an even greater game changer for the sports video experience.

The German branch of Presteigne Charter, one of the world's leading dry-hire and system rental specialists, introduced a process-oriented quality management system for service providers in the first quarter of 2011.

When we think of the sound of sport on TV or radio, it's generally commentary. But what's around the commentary? Broadcast sport would be nothing without the crowds, the kicks, the thwacks and the grunts. On Saturday 30 April 2011 at 20:00h GMT and on Monday 02 May 2011 at 15:00 GMT Peregrine Andrews will discuss with six sound engineers from films, games and live sports on BBC Radio 4. This programme is about those sounds and why they matter.

Apantac LLC, designer and developer of high quality, cost effective multiviewers and signal processing equipment announced that Euro Media France, one of Europe's leading outside broadcast contractors, has equipped it's OBVan XL3 with TAHOMA-LE high definition Multiviewers and MT HOOD DVI Receivers.

Camera Corps, a world leader in remote cameras and control systems for television sports, stage and studio applications, reports a highly successful National Association of Broadcasters Convention. Co-exhibiting with Bexel in the Central Hall of the Las Vegas Convention Center, April 11-14, Camera Corps demonstrated its new CC-3D Universal RCP and Multi Camera Keypad alongside the proven Q-Ball ultra-compact HD/SD camera head.

Chyron announced that MOOV, the graphics company of choice for leading broadcasters including BBC, ESPN, RTÉ, ITV, Sky Italia, and Channel 4, will be using two Chyron HyperX3 on-air graphics systems to provide graphics for the BBC's live coverage of the royal wedding of Prince William of Wales and Catherine "Kate" Middleton.

2 x grandMA2 light consoles and 9 x MA VPU (Video Processing Unit) plus are being used to deliver the stunning video and graphics package for the current series of German Pop Idol, which is being recorded in Studios 30/31 at the Coloneum MMC Studios in Cologne, produced by Grundy Light Entertainment.