MultiDyne Video & Fiber Optic Systems, a premier provider of fiber optic-based video and audio transport and routing solutions for broadcast and pro A/V applications, will showcase its line of multi-rate HD-SDI fiber optic transport links – the HD-1520, HD-1540, HD-3200 and HD-3400 – at Content & Communications World (CCW) EXPO 2010 October 13 thru October 14 (Booth 916). These solutions offer 1.5G or 3G HD video with either 2-channels of two-way data or 4-channels of audio over a single-mode fiber.

Arqiva’s Digital Cinema partners, Arts Alliance Media, have signed a major contract with leading Spanish cinema chain Yelmo Cines. This will see the roll out of Arqiva’s Digital Cinema Satellite Distribution System to all Yelmo Cines sites across Spain.

Sky Sports has selected EVS Instant Tapeless Technology for its new Harlequin 1 HD production facilities. EVS’ hardware and software solutions will be powering the heart of Sky Sports live and near-live HD studios, as well as its interactive and highlights production suites. The multi-million € order includes 4 XT[2]+, 20 XS , 33 IPDirector and 29 XEDIO CleanEdit systems for Sky’s live and near-live HD studios, as well as its interactive and highlight suites.

MultiDyne Video & Fiber Optic Systems, a premier provider of fiber optic-based video and audio transport and routing solutions for broadcast and pro A/V applications, will introduce the MultiDyne Fiber-Saver at Content & Communications World (CCW) EXPO 2010 (Booth 916). The MultiDyne Fiber-Saver is an innovative solution for combining as many as 18 signals from new HD-SDI camera feeds, and optical signals from existing fiber gear into one single-mode fiber. This allows stadiums, arenas and ball fields to increase signal capacity without the need to pull into place more multi-strand fiber optic cables.

On September 16, The Recording Academy® Atlanta Chapter, in association with The Producers & Engineers Wing®, presented the GRAMMY® Professional Development Event, “Anatomy of a Hit.” Sponsored in part by Harman Professional Brands JBL Professional, AKG Acoustics and Lexicon, the event was held at Glenn Schick Mastering and included a panel discussion moderated by Billboard magazine’s R&B/Hip-Hop Senior Music Editor Gail Mitchell.

Wireless Solution Sweden AB, manufacturer of the award-winning W-DMX™ wireless DMX technology, is proud to welcome Shelly Li as the newest member of the sales team. Shelly is a native of China and speaks fluent Chinese as well as English. Her duties will include sales support to the Asian market as well as support to all of the W-DMX OEM partners in Asia. She will also work with the regional sales managers in Asia, Eastern Europe, Middle East, Africa and Oceania. Her addition marks Wireless Solution’s commitment to supporting and building strong customer sales and service in its ever-increasing distributor network.

Sky Sports, Britain’s leading sports broadcaster, has upgraded EVS XT[2] servers and MulticamLSM software to incorporate HD, 3D and additional production tools, such as Epsio, EVS’ new graphic overlay solution, for their outside broadcast operations, including live coverage of the English Premier League.

Vizrt announces a major $1.5 million (USD) sale to GMA Network Inc., the premiere broadcast television network in the Philippines, for its Viz Ardome media asset management software. GMA Network broadcasts news, entertainment, and public affairs programming to over 12 million households across the Philippines and Southeast Asia.

Ross Video announces their partnership with wTVision, providing turnkey graphics solutions based on the Ross Video XPression platform. wTVision is a multivendor platform player that integrates different graphic platforms and third party technologies with its own solutions. As one of the main European on-air Graphics Players, wTVision’s market focus is sports.

Entering its sixth performance season, the $64 million DeBartolo Performing Arts Center at the University of Notre Dame campus has recently upgraded its former audio system in the Leighton Concert Hall and now hosts a Soundcraft Vi4 digital console with BSS Soundweb London digital signal processing.

T-VIPS, a global leader in professional video contribution and distribution solutions, today announced that its new TVG480 Digital Cinema Gateway for the professional video production and digital cinema industries is available and shipping. Whether used for viewing digital dailies in real-time at remote facilities or transmitting live events to digital cinemas, the TVG480 gateway offers the industry's highest quality JPEG2000-based IP video transport for HD and 3D content.

UK audio-visual rental company Terry Tew has become the first hire company to purchase a SoundField DSF-2 and DSF-3 digital microphone system for discrete-channel 5.1 audio capture. Within weeks of the digital SoundField mic arriving at the Terry Tew HQ to the north-east of London, the system was in such demand that Managing Director Tew has now purchased a second complete DSF-2/DSF-3 rig and a UPM-1 stereo-to-5.1 upmix processor as well.

A special presentation of the Centenary Rally was made last week in Paris in the presence of Michel Boeri, President of the Automobile Club de Monaco (ACM), Laurent-Eric Le Lay, President of Eurosport Group, René Isoart, ACM General Commissioner, and Géraldine Filiol, Managing Director of Eurosport Events, the promoter of the Intercontinental Rally Challenge. On this occasion, a number of exciting key decisions were announced to celebrate the rally's 100th anniversary.

Working in partnership with SIS Live, Camera Corps is providing the speciality camera systems for the 2010 Commonwealth Games in Delhi. A wide range of equipment including remote heads, tracking systems and Q-Ball compact robotic cameras have been supplied. All are being supported and maintained throughout the event by experienced SIS/Camera Corps technicians.

Clear-Com®, a global leader in mission-critical voice communication systems, proudly announces that QVC Italy, the latest branch of the popular shopping network, has selected the Eclipse-Median digital matrix intercom with the Logic Maestro software add-on module for its new facility, which officially launched in late September. QVC Italy called in the Clear-Com equipment for help managing a complex communications chain spanning the new space’s six studio floors and two control rooms.