Production Resource Group, L.L.C. (PRG), a world leading supplier of entertainment and event technology headquartered in New York, announced today that it has acquired Showtec Beleuchtungs- und Beschallungs GmbH, the Europe-based event technology company.

Ross Video collaborates with NVerzion, packaging their SoftMetal Video Servers with NVerzion’s Master Control Automation.

Digital Rapids - a leading provider of tools and solutions for bringing television, movie and Web content to wider audiences - today announced new dual-channel models in the StreamZ and StreamZHD families of studio encoding systems; StreamZHD Live ABR adaptive streaming encoder; and Flux family of video capture and pre-processing hardware. The new models combine Digital Rapids' long-standing ability to output multiple formats, resolutions and bit rates simultaneously in real time with the capability to capture and encode from two distinct sources concurrently.

One of the many highlights of the UEFA Champions League took place on 15 March 2011 in Munich when Bayern played Inter in the round of 16. Bayern's 1-0 first-leg advantage lasted just four minutes as Samuel Eto'o tucked away his eighth goal of the competition. By 31 minutes Mario Gomez and Thomas Müller had struck to turn the game on its head, giving Louis van Gaal's men a handy lead – but there was a nasty sting in the tail for a side beaten by the Nerazzurri in last May's showpiece. Wesley Sneijder's 63rd-minute equaliser set the platform for Pandev, who fired high into the net as Inter became only the second club in UEFA Champions League history – and the first in 15 years – to overturn a first-leg deficit on their travels.

At NAB 2011, DVS will present its flagship product CLIPSTER® packed with the latest features. Along with support for mezzanine formats, CLIPSTER® now also features extended DCI Mastering support for 3D projects.

Two experienced and respected Belgian sound engineers are currently taking their first ride on Soundcraft’s Vi platform and loving every minute of it. Which is just as well, since the band Ozark Henry (which is also the stage name of founder Piet Goddaer) will be touring arenas up to 6,000 capacity in Germany and Benelux through the spring and early summer before playing a major part in Europe’s burgeoning festival scene — and finally continuing through 30-40 Benelux theatre dates in the Autumn.

Ross Video announces the appointment of Ty Atherholt, as Key Accounts Manager - US Station Groups.Mr. Atherholt will be based in New Hampshire and report to Kyle Luther, Director of Sales - USA. He will be responsible for representing Ross Video and maintaining relationships at the Broadcast Station Groups in the USA.

Petrol, a Vitec Group brand, announces that Israeli cinematographer Amir Terkel has chosen Petrol Bags Deca Raincover to protect his equipment while shooting a car show for Israeli TV. For this particular episode, he needed extra protection for his equipment, as he was shooting off-road 4x4s as they raced through mud and rain.

Looking to strengthen its service leadership around the world, Grass Valley™ has appointed broadcast industry veteran Charles Cataldo to the newly created position of Vice President of Global Solutions. Cataldo brings extensive knowledge and experience in developing and implementing media-centric solutions for Fortune 500 companies.

grandMA2 got up close and personal with the 17th Annual Screen Actors Guild (SAG) Awards when programmer Willy McLachlan tapped a grandMA2 system to control lighting designed by Jeffrey Engel. The awards show was simulcast live on TNT and TBS from the Los Angeles Shrine Exposition Center.

T-VIPS, a global leader in professional video contribution and distribution solutions, announced that its TVG450 JPEG2000 Video Gateway helped make possible the live 3D transmission of Gounod’s Faust from Stockholm’s Folkoperan opera house to the city’s Filmhuset digital cinema. The event was produced by Public Live AB, and T-VIPS’ transport solution was chosen by technology provider TwentyFourSeven. Prominent guests at the live 3D opera premiere, included Sweden’s Minister of Culture Lena Adelsohn Liljeroth and the Mayor of Stockholm, Sten Nordin. By employing new 3D technologies the cinema audience experienced a richer performance - almost as though they were present in the opera house.

The Holmenkollen neighbourhood of Oslo, a venue with a rich sporting tradition, played host to the World Nordic Skiing Championships from February 24 to March 6, 2011, and event organized by the International Ski Federation (FIS). According to the organizers, around 300,000 fans attended the various competitions, with millions more following the event on television. With more than 650 athletes from over 60 different countries competing and around 2,000 representatives of the media in Norway to cover the event, this was one of the largest sporting events on record. With medals disputed by both men and women in over twenty disciplines in the categories Ski Jumping, Cross-Country and Nordic Combined, and a lavish fringe programme of cultural events in and around the newly designed National Arena in Holmenkollen as well as in downtown Oslo, visitors had no excuse to be bored.

SGO is delighted to announce that Spatial View, a major stereo 3D pioneer in content creation and auto-stereoscopic display technologies, has exclusively chosen SGO’s Mistika, to prepare stereo 3D content for 3DeeCentral. Spatial View provides software, services and devices for the creation, adaptation, and viewing of stereo 3D content on a variety of platforms including the iPhone, iPod touch, mobile devices, PCs and internet connected devices. 3DeeCentral is the online source of stereo 3D content for PCs, mobile and internet connected devices.

Nimrod Productions has invested in a Prism Sound Orpheus FireWire computer interface, which it is using on a variety of projects including film mixes and soundtracks for video games.

wTVision will be displaying 3 stations from 3 distinct on-air graphics solutions on the company’s booth (SL8006), on NAB 2011. There will also a showreel station with several projects the company worked on across the globe.