Modern high performance power amplifiers deliver current peaks of up to 125 A and maximum voltages of up to 190 V. This power needs to be carried to the loudspeakers with as little loss as possible. In this context it has to be noted that more and more power amp channels must be assigned to the loudspeaker systems. Very often large "line array" systems have three or even four active ways per cabinet.

SIS LIVE, the largest outside broadcast provider in the UK announces this week the launch of OB 14, the latest addition to its fleet of state-of- the-art outside broadcast vehicles. SIS LIVE supplies technical facilities for prestigious events around the world including the Commonwealth Games, Olympics and Paralympics, Open Golf, Wimbledon Tennis Championships, Formula 1, the Proms, BTCC, Six Nations Rugby, a multitude of high profile football matches and Royal events such as the Diamond Jubilee and the Royal Wedding.

The IABM (International Association of Broadcasting Manufacturers) today announced that it has conferred an honorary membership upon David MacGregor, a key figure in the organization's creation and growth over the past four decades. The honorary IABM membership recognizes his ongoing support of the IABM and its activities, as well as his exceptional personal contribution to the supply side of the broadcast media and technology industry.

Snell announced that its Kahuna 360 video switcher is driving production for Sky Sport News HD, the first 24-hour sports news channel to serve viewers in Germany and Austria. The Kahuna 360 is driven by a studio automation solution from Mosart®, and it joins Inews, Avid® Interplay®, and Vizrt systems to provide a complete workflow for switching and playout of multi-format video and graphics sources to air.

Mosart, a leading newscast automation system provider, has partnered with EVS, a leader in broadcast production technology, to help producers and newscasters improve newsroom productivity. The companies have teamed up to provide newsrooms with improved production workflows using EVS’ XT/XS series production servers controlled by Mosart’s automated interface.

RTW announced the recent sale of 100 TouchMonitor TM3 units to Cologne Broadcasting Center (CBC), a television production and broadcasting company with offices in Cologne, Munich and Berlin. CBC purchased the TM3s to help meet the German government’s upcoming loudness requirements for TV shows. Schmitronic, a Cologne-based expert provider of professional audio components, supplied the units, which CBC has already begun to install.

AXON Digital Design, a leading provider of modular broadcast systems introduced its first product in the range of JPEG2000 enabled broadcast products. This product, the HLD100, a High Definition version of the previously presented SLD100, is the direct result of the partnership with intoPIX, a market-leading provider of JPEG 2000 compression solutions. Furthermore, new at IBC was the SLD 200 long time SD-SDI uncompressed baseband video delay with two discrete output delays.

Lawo, a leading manufacturer of digital audio networking systems and consoles for a wide range of applications from small to large scale audio production in television and radio, post production, and live sound, announced the introduction of the second generation mc²56 production console. Featuring cross-platform compatibility with its two larger mc² Series siblings—the flagship mc²90 and mc²66—the new mc²56 introduces a wealth of new features aimed at streamlining workflow efficiencies and increasing one’s productivity. The new mc²56 made its premiere appearance at the IBC 2012 in Amsterdam.

Belden Inc., a global leader in signal transmission solutions for mission-critical applications, announces that its Telecast Fiber Systems brand is being integrated into its recently acquired Miranda brand. Telecast becomes a featured product brand under the Miranda umbrella, which now boasts the only solutions portfolio in the industry that connects broadcast and related workflows from content acquisition through playout. Multiple examples of Miranda/Telecast applications were on display at IBC 2012 at Miranda’s stand.

Hiltron GmbH, a leading distributor, integrator and manufacturer in the domain of satellite communication and related fields, announces a distribution partnership agreement with AVIWEST. The agreement names Hiltron as a distributor of AVIWEST products into Germany.

Delivering a greater level engagement that ever for customers and visitors, HARMAN’s Soundcraft Studer is taking to the road with its newly refurbished truck, featuring a range of Soundcraft Studer digital mixing consoles, JBL Professional LSR Series studio monitors and AKG microphones and headphones.

The London Games have been a success for Broadcast Rental. This Dutch based company specialised in rental of integrated video systems and professional equipment, installed all infrastructure for the Dutch broadcaster NOS. Broadcast Rental has set up a configuration for the distribution of the 40 video streams that NOS used. This configuration is also being used during the Paralympics. The entire operation is a big step forward for Broadcast Rental for the rental of complete video systems for all sorts of major events.

The new strategic partnership that was formed in August 2012, between DK-Technologies and TSL Professional Products Ltd, manufacturer of hardware and software audio monitoring, tally and power management products, has yielded its first audio measurement product, which launched at IBC 2012.

Professional audio technology specialists HHB Communications is enjoying an eventful and extremely busy IBC 2012 as a result of introducing more new professional broadcast audio products than ever before.

Chyron announced the release of ChyronIP, a real-time HD/SD 2D and 3D character and graphics generator that brings the company's acclaimed full-motion, data-driven 3D graphics to NewTek TriCaster live production systems for the first time. Loaded with all of the features and functions offered by Chyron's Lyric™ PRO software, ChyronIP delivers key and fill signals via the TriCaster network interface, which gives producers two full HD or SD live full-motion channels of Chyron graphics without tying up any of the TriCaster's video inputs.