The Hålogaland Theatre in Tromsø, Norway, is putting its new DPA d:fine™ Headset Microphones through their paces on a production of Les Misérables, which opened on September 6th 2012.

In a bold move designed to facilitate the transition to fully progressive workflows, Snell announced today that it will now offer 1080p functionality at no additional charge for all 1080p-capable products, thereby bringing down one of the most significant barriers to the adoption of 3Gbps equipment: extra cost.

The IABM (International Association of Broadcasting Manufacturers) Training Academy today announced the launch of two new training courses designed specifically for engineers working in the broadcast technology sector. Each of the two-day courses, "Network Essentials for Broadcast Engineers" and "Compression Fundamentals and Applications," offers intensive training led by experienced trainers and experts in the field.

Leading Australian outside broadcast (OB) and broadcast service company, Gearhouse Broadcast, has announced the appointment of Manny Papas as Sales Director. Papas joined Gravity Media – Gearhouse Broadcast’s parent company – in April 2011 as Business Development Manager and his new role is effective immediately.

Upstaging is supplying Martin Professional’s new, award-winning MAC Viper Profile automated spot fixture for Latin music icon Luis Miguel’s current world tour, which sees the Grammy Award winner on the road until June 2013.

HARMAN Professional announced its AKG Acoustics, JBL Professional and Lexicon brands are maintaining their status as official “P&E Wing Sustaining Partners” with the renewal of their sponsorship of The Recording Academy® Producers & Engineers Wing® through 2013. This sponsorship will include cooperation in a variety of events and activities throughout the year, a presence on the P&E Wing section of the GRAMMY365 member Web site and sustaining sponsorship of the P&E Wing Manufacturers Council.

Ireland’s largest commercial broadcaster TV3 has announced a technology partnership with Sony which will see the broadcast technology and solutions company provide the latest in High Definition Camera and support equipment for its new HD Studio in Ballymount, Dublin. The deal follows a series of discussions which culminated in an agreement at IBC 2012 and will see the new studio – which will be Ireland’s biggest fully HD studio – named The Sony HD Studio Dublin.

Euro Media Group, Europe’s leading provider of broadcast facilities and services, is delighted to announce the arrival of Thierry Drilhon as Chief Executive Officer (CEO).

Effective since October 1, 2012 Alexander Shirokikh has been appointed to the position of Key Account/Business Development Manager of Harris Communications CIS.This position was previously held by Maxim Sverdlov.

HARMAN Professional today announced the promotion of John Fitzgerald to the position of Vice President, General Manager Amplifiers & Signal Processing Strategic Business Unit.  The move follows the retirement of Rob Urry after more than 28 years at the company and reflects HARMAN’s commitment to advance product innovation and increase the rate of new product throughput.  In making the appointment, Blake Augsburger, President HARMAN Professional noted John Fitzgerald’s pedigree and Rob Urry’s contribution.

Independent station owner Griffin Communications, LLC is putting the finishing touches on a brand new, all HD broadcast facility in Tulsa, Okla.—as the home of News On 6, KOTV, the local CBS affiliate and The Tulsa CW, KQCW, the local CW affiliate—and equipping it with several high-definition (HD) cameras, a new HD video production switcher and several of the latest generation of HD media servers from Grass Valley®. Griffin Communications has been a long-time user of Grass Valley solutions in its existing facility, from which it began broadcasting in 1949.

Panasonic Broadcast announced that LANG AG, one of Europe’s leading providers of visual presentation technology for sale and for hire, has extended its rental catalogue with the addition of Panasonic AK-HC3500 studio cameras. The company’s decision was based on the cameras’ signal transmission technology and their low-noise images.

Red-hot updates from the practice courts. The latest rumour about transfers. Interviews with coaches and players. Around the clock and seven days a week, ‘Sky Sport News HD’ delivers sports news in excellent quality into the homes of the viewers. Germany’s and Austria’s first 24-hours sports news broadcaster trusts in the field-tested Lawo audio quality.

This week SIS LIVE announces the appointment of Simon Bowler as Sales Director of its outside broadcast business, effective as of 1st November.

On its BVE North stand (E49), Axon Digital Design will highlight the increasingly important role that modular core processing technology plays within modern broadcast workflows, which are characterised as multivendor systems where third party interoperability and some form of unified control mechanism is essential. Within this environment the way in which the various third party system components ‘glue’ together and are controlled and monitored is critical to the success of the overall workflow.