Utah Scientific, the world's leading specialist in switchers for video routing and master control, today announced it has opened a training and support facility in Milan, Italy, to enhance its European and regional customer service.

At Harbor Park in Norfolk, Virginia, home to Minor League Baseball’s Norfolk Tides, a new JBL VLA line array system gave the team’s stadium a sonic refresher that both vastly improved the sound on the field and did so very cost-effectively. Two clusters, each containing six JBL VLA 901 speakers with 90-degree horizontal horn coverage patterns offer fans exceptional sound and high intelligibility while staying within both the team’s budget and the physical limitations of the park.

Plazamedia together with TV Skyline produced the Universum Boxing-Evening on Saturday 4th December at the Sports and Convention Center in Schwerin. The full-service provider for TV and New Media realized the TV signal of the boxing event in 3D, HD and SD. In cooperation with SPORT1, Deutsche Telekom and HD+ the TV signals of the fights were distributed via the T-Entertain platform on channel 311 and via Astra on SPORT1 in 3D. In addition the Polish pay-tv operator TVN started its regular 3D channel “nShow 3D” with this boxing event.

As the company name suggests, German artist Xavier Naidoo and his long-time musical partner Michael Herberger founded Naidoo-Herberger Produktion GbR. Their main focus is set on producing CDs of German rap band Söhne Mannheims (Sons of Mannheim, featuring lead singer Xavier Naidoo) as well as Naidoo’s solo albums. For their latest projects, they rely on the tools in Lawo’s plug-in collection.

Polish jazz pianist Leszek Możdżer, a long-time fan of DPA Microphones, has been using two DPA stereo miking kits - a 3511 and a 3506 - for his live performances and studio recordings.

STAGETEC USA announced that Touring Video Inc. has ordered a 32 fader, 110 channel CRESCENDO console. After using the console on a couple of live-to-tape TV broadcasts in LA, the flexibility and reliability of the system has proven itself ready for prime time.

Sony has expanded its family of premium-quality memory cards to meet the growing needs of today’s digital imaging users.

• Great value new ESSENTIAL Series, value-added EXPERIENCE Series and high-speed EXPERT Series SDHC cards by Sony
• Capacities up to 32GB and transfer speeds up to 20MB/s (EXPERT Series)
• File Rescue HD software (supported file type: AVCHD and MP4) for EXPERIENCE and EXPERT card customers – the only rescue software supporting AVCHD files
• Also available for download: x-Pict Story™software for no-fuss slideshow creation

With surgeon-like precision, he dribbles the ball across the field. He caresses it once, twice, three times; suddenly, his opponent’s sliding tackle clears the ball into touch. As if on the field, viewers at home can see every single blade of grass flying through the air. Champions League matches broadcast via SES Astra’s HD+ platform are just like this; they provide the content for broadcasters such as SAT.1, ProSieben, and kabel eins.

Trilogy Communications, the global provider of digital intercom systems and Master Reference Generators to the broadcast industry, today announced that Nova, Greece’s premier sports and movies provider, has selected its Mentor XL Master Reference generators as part of the DVB platform upgrade to HD.

Oxygen DCT will be attending BVE 2011 with a comprehensive range of broadcast systems and monitoring products that includes the Cinedeck EXTREME v2.0, an ultra-portable uncompressed HD recording and playback device for film and TV.

His Royal Highness, The Duke of York, KG, in his official capacity as UK Special Representative for International Trade and Investment, today joined Harris Corporation (NYSE:HRS) Chairman and CEO Howard Lance to officially open the company’s headquarters for Europe, the Middle East and Africa (EMEA). The ceremony, which included a tour of the new facilities and the unveiling of a commemorative plaque, took place in front of local dignitaries, senior defence and MOD personnel, senior broadcast media personnel, key partners and customers, as well as more than 200 Harris employees.

RTW, a leading manufacturer and distributor of professional audio metering and control devices, is pleased to announce that it is now shipping worldwide the new TouchMonitor series of products. TouchMonitor is an innovative range of products that marks the next generation in professional audio-signal metering. Developed by RTW from the ground up, TouchMonitor is poised to set new standards in the professional audio arena.

FOR-A, a leading manufacturer of video and audio systems for the broadcast and professional video industries, was awarded a Government Video Salute for its new VFC-7000 HD Variable Frame Rate (Super Slow Motion) Camera by Government Video magazine at the Government Video Expo in Washington, D.C. The camera offers high-speed playout and recording in full frame HD (720/59.94p or 720/50p) at up to 700 fps, with variable recording speed from 125 fps to 700 fps.

Logic Systems Sound and Lighting, a 20-year-old audio/video production company based in Valley Park, Missouri, continues to deploy JBL SRX728 subwoofers for events ranging from live concerts to presidential rallies across the Midwest. With a large arsenal of the subwoofers, owner Chip Self and his staff not only provide superior sound to the rental firm’s events, but also highlight the SRX728’s capabilities during local subwoofer technology workshops.

The ikan PT3100 is a through-the-glass teleprompter that is large enough for studio applications, while still retaining enough portability to be utilized on location. With a 15” LCD, VGA AC-powered monitor, the PT3100 offers a large viewing surface along with the same features of the ikan PT3000. A host of new features can be found on the PT3100, all of which have been implemented to provide more practical solutions for your through-the-glass applications.