UEFA have announced today that Mediaset have been awarded the remaining package of media rights to the UEFA Champions League in Italy as well as the right to broadcast all UEFA Europa League matches. These deals conclude the sale of media rights to UEFA’s club competitions in Italy following the recent award of certain media rights to Sky Italia in respect of the UEFA Champions League.

With the start of the second round of the German Soccer League (DFL) on 14th January 2011 Sportcast will start its regular 3D productions of one match per matchday for SKY Germany. As a final test Sportcast produced the DFB Cup match FC Augsburg – Schalke 04 (0:1) on 21st December 2010 with the production company TopVision in 3D.

Broadcast Pix™ today announced that the State Distance Education University (UNED) in Costa Rica is using a Slate™ 1000 video production systems at the heart of its new mobile video production unit, which is being used for distance education and other live productions.

Trilogy Communications, a global provider of digital intercom systems and Master Reference Generators to the broadcast industry, has received an order from Megahertz Broadcast Systems for three Commander matrix intercoms for three new High-Definition (HD) Outside Broadcast (OB) vehicles destined to provide the production facilities for Racing UK Ltd, the premier independent horseracing broadcaster in the UK and Ireland. The high-specification trucks that will be designed and built by MHz are due to be deployed in the first quarter of next year — with the 2011 Cheltenham Festival in March expected to be the first major horseracing fixture to be shown in HD by terrestrial broadcaster, Channel 4.

A grandMA2 full-size console was chosen by LD Mauritz Jacobs to control all lighting for the 2010 Final of Miss South Africa, staged at Sun City Superbowl. Lighting equipment for the all-action, high-energy show - also a live MNET telecast - was supplied by Johannesburg Dream Sets, who purchased their grandMA2 from MA’s South African distributor DWR earlier in the year. They were one of the first companies in South Africa to run the new grandMA2 with the latest software version.

Argosy has been appointed by Calibre UK to distribute its HQView, PremierViewPro and VideoExcel ranges of image processing, scaling and warping products to the EMEA broadcast and production communities.

"ABBA - The Concert performed by AbbAgain" is a live reconstruction of the legendary 1979 Abba performance at Wembley featuring more than 13 musicians and 150 minutes of Abba songs. To distribute the audio at the various tour locations, the show uses a RockNet digital audio network from Riedel Communications.

Panasonic Corporation is offering to buy filmmakers’ first 3D short film for 4,000 euros when shot with a AG-3DA1 integrated twin lens camcorders purchased between 1st December 2010, and 31st March 2011.

ATG Broadcast will exhibit its full range of systems planning, design, installation, commissioning and post-installation support services on stand at BVE 2011 in London's Earls Court, 15-17 February. In addition to this ATG Broadcast will be debuting its broadcast products to the UK market, including the range of products from its sister company NTP Technology.

The Portland Trail Blazers basketball organization has upgraded its primary broadcast control room with a 32-fader, 96-channel Solid State Logic C100 Digital Broadcast console with Alpha-Link Live I/O and Alpha-Link 8-RMP units. The High Post Studio complex is used to produce pre- and post-game programs as well as handle both location and remote audio for the games. The C100 provides a platform that is easy to use, offers innovative features to streamline the production process and the powerful Black Rock processor core for expansion and longevity.

HBS, in association with Sony Professional, was recently awarded the Innovative Technology Award for its 3D coverage of the 2010 FIFA World Cup™ at the 6th edition of the Association for International Broadcasting (AIB) Awards.

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The Guild of Television Cameramen (GTC) returns to Broadcast Video Expo at Earls Court, London, 15-17 February. Exhibiting on Stand I-66, the GTC will be represented by Exhibitions Manager, Dudley Darby, and other GTC members.
Upcoming events include a GTC Workshop, 'Keeping Ahead of the Game', which will be held at Aerial Camera Systems in Godalming, Surrey, on Tuesday 11 January.

The glitz and glamour of the 2010 Strictly Come Dancing season waltzed onto the UK’s televisions in October with a host of new celebrity students, professional dancers and guest stars in anticipation of an exciting 14 weeks of dance entertainment. Coupled with a brand new and critically acclaimed set, courtesy of set designer Patrick Doherty, this year’s Strictly was sure to be a guaranteed success.

The European Broadcasting Union (EBU) and the International Ski Federation (FIS) announced today that they have signed a landmark agreement to broadcast key FIS Ski Flying Championships. The agreement includes the 2014 and 2016 FIS Ski Flying World Championships. The 2014 event will take place in Harrachov, Czech Republic whilst the event organizer for 2016 will be elected at the FIS Congress in 2012.