Thomson Video Networks (formerly the digital headend division of Grass Valley) announced today that Canal Satélite Digital, a division of Sogecable and Spain's leading provider of satellite broadcasting services, has expanded its installation of Thomson Video Networks infrastructure to support the addition of two new HD transponders.

Christie®, a pioneer in digital projection technology for cinemas, is taking the lead again with the launch of its new premium 4K DLP Cinema® Solaria™ series projectors at ShowEast in Orlando, FL – 11-14 October, following its successful preview last month at IBC.

TV One, widely recognized as a world leader in video signal processing technology, is again expanding their portfolio to introduce a whole new range of products capable of 3D signal processing using their award-winning CORIO® Technology.

UK based lighting designer Paul Normandale specified a grandMA2 light console to run lighting for the Scissor Sisters current "Night Works" world tour. Normandale likes the feel of the console, and used one with Glen Johnson (Scissor Sisters Lighting Director) on the Courteeners earlier in the year. Johnson has been using the grandMA2 ever since it became available with great success and enthusiasm.

Chris Taber, one of Britain's leading Polecam operators, reports the successful completion of a project for Sky 3D, Europe's first 3D television channel.

Moving an opera is not trivial: Two years of renovation works at Berlin’s Schillertheater are now complete. In October, the theatre will become the temporary home of the Berlin State Opera because the main house at Unter den Linden requires renovation. As a system provider, the SALZBRENNER STAGETEC MEDIAGROUP participated in the project of making the 200-year-old theatre building fit for use as an opera. The high-performance media infrastructure now installed will allow for state-of-the-art drama productions even when the Opera returns to its home in 2013.

The Virtual Studio Manager (VSM) is the control system that HD Broadcast has employed in the new 3D ready OB van. Together with project engineers at L-S-B Broadcast Technologies GmbH, the system integrator company Broadcast Solutions put the new 16-camera OB truck into operation at the end of July. The fully digital truck, which has been showcased at the IBC 2010 in Amsterdam, is designed for outside and studio productions in HD.

Radim Vrbata scored twice and added an assist to lead the Phoenix Coyotes past the Boston Bruins 5-2 in their NHL season-opening game in the Czech capital Saturday. Nathan Horton scored twice for Boston in the third period. Vrbata, a Czech right winger, pleased the home crowd of about 16,000 in O2 Arena 7:59 into the game, scoring from a rebound off Adrian Aucoin's slap shot. Vrbata hit the puck when it was in the air.

Dynamics processing specialist Jünger Audio has fitted its new T*AP TV Audio Processor with a revolutionary removable front panel, thus giving broadcast engineers the option of controlling the device remotely from wherever they happen to be working.

Gekko Technology, a leading provider of lighting systems for film and television production studios, will be demonstrating examples from its wide range of LED-based equipment at SATIS in Paris and LDI 2010 in Las Vegas.

With China now the world’s second-largest economy – and with an economic growth rate of around 9% a year - it makes sense for European companies to have a dedicated office in the country so that they are better placed to tap into this lucrative market.

Ensuring that thousands of dedicated action, fantasy and superhero fans were blown away with advance previews of the summer’s hottest movies and games, regional audio systems provider Meeting Services, Inc. supplied sound to the Comic-Con International 2010 convention in San Diego for the 19th straight year. Using a complete JBL solution, Meeting Services transformed the 6,500-person San Diego Convention Center’s exhibit hall into one of the largest movie premiere venues in the world.

More than 14,000 athletes from 45 countries and regions will compete in 42 events. The main broadcast service of the Games - Guangzhou Asian Games Broadcasting (GAB) - was established on December 31, 2008 with Mr Ma Guoli, a very respected member of the International Broadcast Industry, as its president.

FIFA, Sony, Host Broadcast Services (HBS) and ESPN have jointly won the prestigious Judges’ Award – one of the IBC’s Innovation Awards, at the RAI Convention Centre in Amsterdam. IBC is the leading international forum for the electronic media industry. The four partners received the special prize titled “The 2010 FIFA World Cup™ in 3D” in recognition of their fruitful collaboration which led to a remarkable “first” in sports broadcasting: 25 matches of the 2010 FIFA World Cup™ in South Africa were being covered in 3D.

"Through you I have learned that a company can be very successful in a competitive environment without losing dependability and humane respect for the customer." With these words, Gerd Grunwald, laudator at the birthday celebration of the Rastatt family company, addressed founder Peter Lawo. The former NDR Head of TV operations and Deputy Head of Production stated that the responsible approach to business partners, charisma and passion, combined with expert knowledge and everlasting enthusiasm for work, had paved the way to allow the company to develop into what it is today: a global German company with international recognition.