The partnership will bring a complimentary extension to the Routing and Master Control market that Utah Scientific are renowned for. The results will be products and new systems that are efficient, reliable, and cost-effective digital signal transport based on the latest advances in component technology.

 SIS LIVE, one of Europe’s large outside broadcast (OB) and uplink supplier, has agreed a five-year, multi-million pound deal with racecourse operator, Arena Leisure Plc, to provide OB facilities at all its racecourses in the UK. The deal, beginning 15th May 2011, covers over 350 race meetings a year, including the famous Ladbrokes St Leger at Doncaster. Arena Leisure is the busiest racecourse operator in the UK, with seven courses that comprise Doncaster, Lingfield Park, Royal Windsor, Southwell, Folkestone, Worcester and Wolverhampton.

Deep Purple keyboardist Don Airey will be appearing at the HARMAN stand at the Prolight & Sound show in Frankfurt on Thursday, April 7. Airey will perform live through a HARMAN audio system at 2:00 PM and 4:00 PM

Snell today announced that at the 2011 NAB Show, the company will showcase two new features for the Kahuna 360 production switcher platform that automate key processing, interfacing, and control tasks, thereby giving operators more time to focus on the creative side of production. The new Source Safe technology ensures that any Kahuna 360 input can be safely integrated into a production, and Galaxy Event List enables Kahuna 360 to drive third-party devices in performing a set series of routine production operations. Both features make their debut at Snell's NAB booth N1820.

The international System Integrator and Controller & Network Management System Manufacturer BFE Studio und Medien Systeme GmbH names Helmut Jung as its new International Senior Sales Manager.

The leading German audio codec manufacturer MAYAH Communications launches five top-range MADI products for the musical instrument, live performance and studio market NAB in Las Vegas. The MADI format for simultaneous transmitting of up to 64 audio channels is continuously gaining interest in the audio industry. MAYAH now offers devices for cost-effective MADI signal processing, routing and monitoring.

EA SPORTS™, a label of Electronic Arts Inc. (NASDAQ: ERTS), and Orad Hi-Tec Systems Ltd. have worked together to bring EA SPORTS Virtual Playbook and its powerful digital capabilities to global football broadcasters. The joint solution will be demonstrated at Orad’s booth (SL6514) at the NAB Show in Las Vegas April 11-14.

Linear Acoustic®, a leader in television audio control from production to transmission, will debut the ground breaking AERO.calm — Coded Audio Loudness Manager — at the 2011 NAB Show.

Six Camera Corps Q-Ball robotic heads were used to provide live coverage of a record-breaking BBC Radio 1 broadcast by Chris Moyles and Dave Vitty. Televised via the red button on digital BBC 1 and on the Radio 1 website, the presentation commenced at 5 am on Wednesday 16th March, surpassing Simon Mayo's 37-hour record for longest Radio 1 show on Thursday evening and continuing to a total 51 hours 30 minutes by 8.30 am on Friday 18th March.

SIS LIVE, one of Europe’s largest outside broadcast (OB) and satellite uplink supplier, has launched the next addition to its line-up of new-generation trucks, OB 5. The 13.5m x 3.9m vehicle is fully HD and 3G capable and is equipped for full 5.1 surround sound. It had its first outing on Saturday 2nd April with BBC coverage of the West Bromwich Albion v Liverpool premier league game for Match of the Day.

At the NAB Show, EVS will present the ultimate level of integration with Avid® between live production and post-production environments. These include AVC-Intra codec based bi-directional workflow, new edit-while-capture features and EVS Hi and Lo-res file transfers to Avid ISIS® storage for quicker editing operations.

PixelRange is delighted to announce that, effective 1st April 2011, PRG Distribution has taken on the role of Exclusive European Distributor for its full range of innovative LED luminaires from PixelRange. Borne out of the James Thomas Engineering Ltd ethos, the PixelRange brand is synonymous with British-built quality, reliability and intensity of colour. The company was one of the earliest pioneers of LED technology bringing influential products such as the PixelPar and the PixelLine 1044 batten to the market.

While virtual sets offer limitless creative options for live 2D/3D sets, the calibration and alignment of multiple cameras with the synthetic set can be a prohibitively complex and time-consuming process. But with its industry-leading Viz Virtual Studio, Vizrt took the complexity out of setting up 2D/3D interactive virtual sets by providing an intuitive user interface and compatibility with most major camera-tracking solutions.

NAC Image Technology, one of the most experienced names in high-speed camera systems for the world’s sports broadcasters and commercial film producers, names Ikegami as distributor for the Hi-Motion II Ultra Slow Motion Camera System in Asia, Europe, North America, Central America and South America.

NAC Image Technology, one of the the most experienced names in high-speed camera systems for the world’s sports broadcasters and commercial film producers, announces the expansion of its strategic partnerships with EVS Broadcast Equipment for the Hi-Motion II Ultra Slow Motion Camera System.