Trio Video, a Chicago-based mobile production company, recently rolled out Tempo - its newest HD mobile unit furnished with an extensive complement of Cobalt Digital’s 3G/HD/SD conversion gear. The Cobalt equipment is being used to distribute audio and video signals throughout the vehicle, and convert high-definition signals to different levels and formats. Chris Shaw, Cobalt’s vp of sales, made the announcement from Company headquarters in Urbana, IL.

• The El Barça-Madrid match is the first of the regular 3D broadcasts of the Spanish First Division

• The El Barça-Madrid match also kicks-off weekly HD screenings of Spanish football matches in cinemas

Korea’s largest online retailer has completed the second phase of HD conversion of its TV production facilities, specifying Lawo mc²66 digital consoles as standard for its audio mixing requirements. On completion in 2011, the GS Home Shopping channel intends to use its three Lawo systems in a networked configuration.

On 26 November Reckord Outside Broadcast produced the Slávik Song Contest in Bratislava for TV Markíza. It was the first HD production and transmission of TV Markíza.

Due to unprecedented demand from Switzerland’s classical outdoor festival circuit, TiMax distributor Bleuel Electronics AG have invested in additional TiMax Tracker and TiMax2 SoundHub systems from UK developer Out Board. With their existing rental stock already fully committed to other shows, Bleuel purchased a further TiMax SoundHub-R32 delay matrix and four-sensor TiMax Tracker (TT) performer tracking system to service a spectacular in-the-round production of Carmen being staged outdoors in Schinznach Dorf.

T-VIPS today announced that it ranked Number 30 on the Deloitte Technology Fast 500 EMEA 2010, a ranking of the 500 fastest growing technology companies in EMEA. Rankings are based on percentage revenue growth over five years. T-VIPS grew 3133% during this period.

Autocue celebrated a number of major newsroom system successes in 2010, including Rogers Media (Canada), Ghana Broadcast Corporation (GBC), and Lincoln and Glamorgan Universities (UK).

News 14 Carolina, North Carolina’s 24-hour cable news network, recently turned to FOR-A when looking for a new, networkable HD/SD chroma keyer solution, and FOR-A delivered with the FOR-A MBP-100CK.

TSL has added new functionality to the double award-winning PAM2-3G16 Audio Monitoring unit. The latest software for PAM2-3G16 contains new features, designed in response to customer feedback, to ensure the Audio Monitoring Unit maintains its class leading position. Available at no charge to existing customers, the latest software is now shipping as standard in all production units. Since the PAM2-3G16 was launched at IBC 2009, the product has evolved consistently to help our customers to meet the challenge of increasingly complex programme delivery requirements.

• Alterna GV-4 3D Rig
• Horizontal 3D Rig

Three Soundcraft Vi consoles--two Vi6 and a Vi1--were supplied to BBC Worldwide by ADLIB Audio for the recent Doctor Who Live tour, which visited nine major UK arenas in October and November. All desks were originally supplied by Sound Technology Ltd, Soundcraft’s UK/ROI distributors.

RPR Sports, a Los Angeles-based production company for corporate and network clients, built an HD studio from scratch on the beach this past August for the Huntington Beach (US Open of Surf) National Surf Competition. Central to the on-site studio were RPR’s recently purchased FOR-A HVS-300HS HD/SD portable video switcher and two HVS-3800HS HD/SD2M/E digital video switchers with DVE options. According to RPR Sports director of operations Robert Real, the all-in-one functionality and small footprint of the FOR-A switchers make them indispensable for extreme shooting environments such as this.

Wireless Solution Sweden AB today announced the appointment of CSI as the new distributor of W-DMX™ for entertainment in France. The agreement was made official during the JTSE trade show in Paris on November 24, 2010.

Sportcast is one of the largest producers of live sports in HD worldwide. And as a subsidiary of DFL Deutsche Fußball Liga GmbH, Sportcast is the host broadcaster of the Bundesliga and 2. Bundesliga in Germany. In addition, Sportcast produces all DFB cup matches and provides advice on productions in various media formats to further associations and leagues as a competent contact partner. After the two DFB cup matches on 26 and 27 October Sportcast produced another 3D Bundesliga match on 27 November in Berlin.

Minnetonka Audio Software, Inc., a leader in production software for motion picture, broadcast surround sound applications and consumer electronics, announced today new pricing on the entire family of Dolby E solutions, including standalone encoders, decoders and bundles. In line with these adjustments, a newly announced production suite offers a simple and comprehensive entry into Dolby E workflows for a wide variety of businesses.