In light of the recent CALM legislation on audio loudness in the US, DK-Technologies is using the NAB 2011 platform (Booth C7840) to highlight the numerous audio and video metering products within its range that are complaint with ATSC recommendations, as well as the European EBU R128 and ITU BS1770/1771 recommendations.

"At the 2011 NAB Show, Utah Scientific offers multiple enhancements to its routing and master control products as well as its control software. Debuting this year are I/O boards that bring embedded signal processing to the flagship UTAH-400 line of routers; significant additions to the UTAH-100 professional series; and new internal squeeze and graphics capabilities for master control. We'll also use this year's NAB platform as a launch pad for new releases of configuration and control software that incorporate invaluable SNMP-compatible alarm monitoring and management. We look forward to NAB not only as an opportunity to share with customers but also to listen to their feedback." — Tom Harmon, Utah Scientific president and CEO

The NAB Show 2011 is the ultimate place for media and entertainment professionals to find everything necessary to bring their vision to life. Egripment will be there: April 11 – 14th in Las Vegas Convention Centre, Las Vegas, Nevada USA, stand C8312.

At this year’s 2011 NAB Show, April 11-14, TC Electronic (SU10217) will exhibit its precision loudness meter range, as well as a number of professional broadcasting processors that take broadcast audio to a new level.

Shotoku Broadcast Systems,international manufacturer of a full line of camera support equipment, is enhancing its manual range with three new products to be launched at NAB 2011. A pneumatic pedestal, perfect counter-balance pan & tilt head, and positional calibration system will all be shown for the first time in Booth C8528.

T-VIPS, a global leader in professional video contribution and distribution solutions, today announces that NAB 2011 will see new functionality and products launched across its product ranges: video transport; monitoring & switching; and transport stream processing & remultiplexing. The company’s on-booth demonstrations will show how the company is enabling broadcasters and operators to save time, money and resources by increasing operational efficiency and reliability, reducing the requirement for capital investment and through simplifying workflows. The new product introductions at NAB will include the CP546 Transport Steam Monitor, a powerful tool for the continuous monitoring of transport streams, services, PID’s and PSI/SI/PSIP tables, ensuring fast fault detection and diagnostics.

Together with a Sony large lens adapter HDLA 1505, an OLED viewfinder HDVF-EL75 7.4” and an EVS XT[2]+ server Broadcast Rental is offering the Sony camera HDC-3300R in a unique SuperSloMo combination, including the possibility of 3D shooting on one server with the latest Multicam software.

Music’s Biggest Night® would be nothing without sound. As the world watched their favorite musicians perform and present at the GRAMMY Awards®, AKG was tasked to provide flawless audio through its DMS700 wireless microphone system and corresponding D-series microphones. Held at the STAPLES Center in Los Angeles on Sunday, February 13, the GRAMMY Awards honor those who have achieved recording greatness around the world.

BFM Business, owned and operated by the NextRadioTV Group in Paris, provides coverage of French and international business and financial news for the city of Paris over terrestrial TV and for France over broadband internet, cable and satellite. Programs are also broadcast over Business BFM Radio and through podcasts on iTunes. A 32-channel, 24-fader Solid State Logic C10 HD Compact Broadcast Console was installed to meet BFM Business’ challenges of long hours of operation, covering a variety of programming types. The C10’s reliability, feature set and ease of use were important factors in the purchase.

Rainbow Events AS, a Norwegian production company that coordinates concert tours for major national and international artists, recently added a Soundcraft Vi1 digital mixing console to its inventory. With capabilities to provide sound reinforcement and services for events with up to 30,000 attendees, the Oslo-based company has experience with festivals, clubs, theaters and other events, including the Momarkedet Festival in Mysen, Norway.

Production Resource Group, L.L.C. (PRG), a leading global supplier of entertainment and event technology solutions headquartered in New York, has announced that it will acquire the business and assets of Australian-based Bytecraft Entertainment, a wholly-owned subsidiary of Staging Connections Group Limited. PRG chairman and CEO Jeremiah “Jere” Harris and Bytecraft Managing Director Stephen Found today jointly announced the acquisition, which will be completed by the end of March. Stephen Found will continue in a leadership role with the company.

The men’s slalom: second run, last round, and the tension is rising. The faintest creaking of the snow and the sound of carvers scraping over the ice are clearly audible: the international sound (IS) is being created by Lawo consoles.

The German Hockey Federation (DHB) has negotiated a partnership with Cologne-based WIGE Int'l TV-Marketing GmbH for the international TV rights of the EuroHockey Nations Championship (men’s and women’s), which will be held from August 20th to 28th in the Warsteiner HockeyPark in Moenchengladbach. Torsten Bartel, Spokesman of the DHB Board: “The cooperation promises extensive television coverage on the international market. In Germany, we will have excellent coverage in public programmes due to our long-standing partner Sport A.”

With 2011 Grammy nominations for Best New Artist and Best Rock Song (“Little Lion Man”), Mumford & Sons have grown into a hot property in less time than it takes some bands to record an album. The West London-based quartet have topped the charts in Australia, recorded with the Kinks’ Ray Davies, and completed a sold out US tour that included appearances on The Late Show with David Letterman and The Late Late Show with Craig Ferguson.

Danny Boyle’s latest film, 127 Hours, famously recreates the ordeal of young mountaineer Aron Ralston, who gets trapped in a Utah canyon when a boulder slips, trapping his arm. The soundtrack, which was nominated for a BAFTA and a Satellite in the Best Sound categories, was almost entirely recreated in post production. A large selection of DPA microphones provided by UK distributor Sound Network was used extensively to record the dramatic tension and ambience of the surroundings. Boyle has described 127 Hours as “an action movie in which the hero doesn’t move.” A challenge to film, and one that demanded a lot from its soundtrack.