Last August Element Technica announced that director Rankin and cinematographer Marco Mazzei had chosen the Quasar rig for one of the newest 3D music videos, Kelly Rowland’s Rose Colored Glasses. Rowland sings about a break up with a boyfriend who was ‘bad news’ and mistreated her. She contrasts the difference between the reality of him and the way she used to see him through ‘rose colored glasses’.

SGO announces today that specialist digital film consultancy, Light Illusion has installed India's first ever Mistika 4K DI & finishing system with an 83TB SAN at a newly launched digital film facility within Hyderabad-based Annapurna Studios.

Harris invites you to the IP in Broadcasting roadshow where they will be presenting issues and offering solutions. Digitisation and the merging of the broadcast and computer/telecommunications industries is accelerating the pace of change.

Korea’s biggest Broadcast Station Korean Broadcasting Systems (KBS) engaged Broadcast Solutions GmbH to build a 16-Camera HD OB-Truck.

On behalf of its client, the Saudi Arabia Ministry of Culture and Information (MOCI), systems integrator First Gulf Company has installed nine Snell Kahuna SD/HD multi-format switchers at the MOCI's TV production facilities within the holy sites of Mecca and Medina. As key players in a multi-million-dollar project to upgrade the MOCI's studios for HD production, the Kahuna switchers have enabled Saudi TV to make a smooth and cost-effective transition to HDTV.

For the second time since 1978 Garmisch-Partenkirchen was the “heart of alpine skiing” for two weeks. The host broadcasting operation for this year’s most spectacular winter event was in the hands of GAP TV2011, a joint venture of ARD and ZDF. Under the leadership of ZDF the host broadcaster took care of the production of the international signals of all the competitions (Super-G, Downhill, Super Combined, Nations Team Event, Giant Slalom, Slalom), and the services to unilateral broadcasters from 8th to 20th February.

Innovason customers can now rely on the high-quality support of an experienced crew in two locations: qualified service engineers in France and Germany can be contacted directly during business hours and also, in urgent cases, until late at night or at the weekend, thus guaranteeing rapid and efficient support.

DVB is pleased to announce that on February 17 at the 67th Meeting of the Steering Board, the DVB-3DTV specification was approved. The specification will be submitted immediately to the European Telecommunications Standards Institute (ETSI) for formal standardisation. BlueBook A154 ‘Frame Compatible Plano-Stereoscopic 3DTV’, (DVB-3DTV) has been published and is available for downloading from the DVB website.

TSL has been at the heart of the broadcast industry for 25 years and operates two separate businesses - an international, independent broadcast systems integrator and a Professional Products Group that designs, manufactures and sells worldwide a unique range of TSL-branded products.

With their new CAT.7 PUR XL 10 Gbit cable, the SOMMER CABLE cable expert from Straubenhardt ensures optimal transmission properties even over long distances. The SC-MERCATOR CAT.7 PUR XL has a large wire cross-section (AWG23/7) plus a high-quality foam/skin PE wire insulation and 100% shielding provided by a CU mesh screen and AL/PT foil-screened wire pairs (PimF). The extremely rugged jacket compound guarantees a long life and has its share in the good reelability and outdoor temperature resistance.

Nashville-based producer Mark Hornsby tested a SoundField SPS200 microphone on a recent orchestral session at Abbey Road Studios, London, and has used it and its associated Surround Zone plug-in to mix the audio from the sessions.

San Francisco, Calif., February 22, 2011 — Grass Valley™ is pleased to announce that Broadcast Systems & Equipment (BSE), a leading supplier/systems integrator to the broadcast, telco, and cable industries in Canada, has joined the growing network of authorized resellers handling Grass Valley equipment and systems around the world.

CEV, a Montreal, Québec-based company specializing in the sale, rental, custom design, installation, integration, servicing, and product training of best-in-class products and systems for audio and video production and distribution, has joined the growing network of Grass Valley™ resellers and will now serve as an authorized dealer of Grass Valley broadcast products and systems throughout Canada.

After a perfect performance on the Screen Actors Guild Awards on January 30th, Ross Video’s XPression 2D/3D CG and motion graphics system was selected by Los Angeles-based Mdots/Fontastics to provide live graphics for the 53rd Annual GRAMMY Awards® which aired live on CBS, Sunday, February 13th.

Broadcast equipment rental company HotCam is supplying camera and lighting kit for PBS’ groundbreaking “America Revealed” series.