The Coppa Italia (Italian Cup) is a 100-year-old annual event that pits the best of Italy’s football teams in a knock-out competition which culminates in a much loved, much debated and much watched final game. This year the final match featured teams coming from the two largest cities in northern Italy – Milan’s “Inter” and Turin’s “Juventus”. These teams have faced each other only two other times with Juventus winning both previous games. This year’s match up promised to be very exciting.

Ikegami Electronics (Europe) announces a major addition to its range of broadcast production cameras. Introduced at the April 2022 NAB Show in Las Vegas and now confirmed for the EAME market, the UHK-X750 is a full studio/OB camera optimised for fixed-mount operation on a pedestal or tripod. Integrated into a robust metal housing designed to ensure extreme ruggedness, it includes high frame-rate capture for slow motion applications, global shutter sensors and versatile connectivity.

Recognising the wide acceptance and use of NDI as a practical solution for transmitting video over IP, Caton Technology, a pioneer in next-generation IP network transport solutions, offers a powerful new software application for collaborative and remote workflows. The Caton NDI Gateway is a vital contribution to the NDI ecosystem, allowing users to move and share high resolution files far beyond their local network, simply and intuitively.
 

⦁    Canadian Society of Cinematographers launched the educational campaign “The Future is Calling” to support national outreach, opportunities, and education for emerging filmmakers
⦁    ARRI supports the advancement of technologies and virtual production with combined cash and provision of state-of-the-art equipment

Vizrt, the leader of software-defined visual storytelling tools (#SDVS), today announces the first use of Viz Now, its new automated deployment solution for cloud live production.

Allen & Heath has announced the release of Avantis firmware V1.2, a major update delivering new features including a next-generation RTA engine, Sennheiser wireless integration and a trio of new additions to the dPack bundle of DEEP processors.

Anton/Bauer a leading manufacturer of mobile power solutions for broadcast and cinematic equipment and a Videndum brand, today announced the next generation of its Academy Award winning VCLX battery.  The new VCLX NM2 delivers 600Wh of consistent power at 14.4V, 28V and 48V to drive high-power draw equipment at peak performance on cinematic productions.
 

Frame.io

Frame.io is a C2C cooperative solution giving access to ADOBE software for delocalized postproduction and selective data sharing.

Dalet, a leading technology and service provider for media-rich organizations, will be showcasing the new Dalet Flex for Teams SaaS offering and cloud-native Dalet Pyramid solutions at the SportsInnovation event hosted at the Merkur Spiel-Arena in Düsseldorf, Germany on May 11 and 12. Dalet is an established leader in end-to-end media management, sports and news workflow solutions with renowned brands and media organizations such as Sportcast – a subsidiary of the Deutsche Fußball Liga, PULS4 part of ProSiebenSat1 Media SE, Bayerischer Rundfunk (ARD), and SRF in Switzerland relying on Dalet solutions to power mission-critical content production, management, and multiplatform distribution workflows. Attendees to SportsInnovation can book an appointment with Dalet to discuss new technology advancements and sports media best practices.

Creative Technology Asia Pacific has recently taken delivery of a further shipment of Ayrton Diablo S profile fixtures to expand its existing rental stock. The Singapore-based audio-visual company, caters for a variety of MICE events including keynotes, Kick-off meetings, exhibitions and product launches across the region. It made its first investment in the ultra-compact, feature-packed powerhouse profile when Diablo was first launched back in 2019, before increasing its stock levels in 2020, and again this year.
 

TVU Networks, the leader in cloud and IP-based live streaming solutions, announced today that its live IP-based video broadcast  transmitters, apps, and distribution platform were selected by China Global Television Network (CGTN) and other news providers to bring live coverage of the Ukraine-Russia conflict to millions of viewers worldwide.  

Elation Professional is pleased to be expanding its KL “Key Light” Series of LED Fresnel luminaires with the full-color KL Fresnel 6 FC™. The new KL Fresnel 6 FC projects gorgeous shades across the full color spectrum and meets the strict standards of performance venues that are light critical and noise sensitive like broadcast studios and theatres.

The most complex and anticipated music gathering in Europe -- Eurovision Song Contest -- celebrated its 2022 Grand Finale on May 14. Broadcast live from Pala Alpitour in Turin, Italy, Eurovision featured 40 international artists and attracted more than 100 million viewers globally. The sound of Eurovision 2022 was designed by Rai Radiotelevisione Italiana and supported by Agorà Srl, the service company for audio, lighting, and video service, by De Amicis Wolfango and Vittorio brothers. The Shure Axient Digital Wireless System was selected to deliver extraordinary audio throughout one of the largest live music events in the world. 
 
 

Hot on the heels of its triumphant debut at the 2022 NAB Show, the new SK-UHD7000 4K Ultra HD live production camera system from Hitachi Kokusai Electric America, Ltd. (Hitachi Kokusai) will make its first professional AV trade show appearance next month at InfoComm 2022. The company’s second-generation 4K camera system, the SK-UHD7000 will be demonstrated alongside other Hitachi camera innovations in booth N2175 from June 8 to 10 in Las Vegas.

G&D’s new PersonalWorkplace-Controller lets user individually arrange and operate multiple sources