Italian entertainment lighting manufacturer Clay Paky has congratulated its long-term Russian distribution partner DOKA on 25 years in the business at its annual seminar in Moscow.

Salam Media Cast has consolidated its position as a leading integrated broadcasting solutions provider by opening a new London office that will enhance its service offering to its well-established network of international clients.

Grass Valley™ will exhibit its latest, field-proven solutions for live production, file-based workflows, and integrated playout applications at the 2012 BIRTV Show, August 22-25. The annual conference, the region’s largest broadcast and professional video production trade fair, will be held at the China International Exhibition Centre in Beijing.

Vinten Radamec®, part of Vitec Videocom, a Vitec Group company, will unveil its new next generation heads to China’s broadcast market for the first time at BIRTV 2012, in Beijing, on 22-25 August.

TSL Professional Products Ltd., manufacturer of hardware and software audio monitoring, tally and power management products for the broadcast industry, and DK-Technologies, manufacturer of high-quality audio and video test and measurement equipment for broadcast and production, are pleased to announce a strategic technology partnership. As part of this relationship, TSL will offer unique product solutions for a variety of markets, beginning with the broadcast industry.

C2S Systems, the broadcast integration arm of WTS Group, has completed work on a new London-based playout centre and studios for broadcaster Phoenix ChineseNews and Entertainment (PCNE). The Mandarin and Cantonese language channels commenced transmission from the new facilities to audiences in the UK and Europe on the 2nd of July.

Soundcraft’s ‘Mixing with Professionals’ series has become popular in the US and abroad with industry pros and newcomers alike, offering tips and tricks about using Soundcraft Vi Series consoles from some of live sound’s most experienced engineers. On August 21, Soundcraft continues the series at the HARMAN campus in Northridge, California with seminars hosted by internationally renowned front of house engineer Dave Kay.

“Is this magic?” asked a magazine reviewer rhetorically in 1993, speaking of a new spotlight that was nearly twice as efficient as any other on the market. The luminaire’s groundbreaking technology in optics and energy savings would set a new industry standard for stage lighting, and launch the brand of lights known as Source Fours.

Haivision announced that Asia’s No. 1 sports content provider, ESPN STAR Sports (ESS), is using Haivision’s Barracuda™ H.264 encoder and Makito™ decoder at its Singapore and Taiwan facilities to support live sports commentary in multiple languages. The extremely low latency of the Haivision encoder and decoder enables ESS to adopt an exceptionally fast and cost-effective model for delivering quality HD content in which commentary is closely synchronized with the video.

ATG Broadcast announces a new addition to its management team. Zaheer Khan joins as Marketing Executive of ATG Broadcast Middle East, based at Dubai Media City.

EMF's New Media department and Mediatree have come together to create a new automated and secure platform for the exchange of media.

Grass Valley™ announced that PARTER Capital Group, an equity investment firm based in Frankfurt, Germany, has purchased the assets and resources of Grass Valley’s systems integration team based in Weiterstadt, Germany. The group consists of system engineers and specialists that design and build outside broadcast (OB) vehicles as well as production and broadcast facilities across Europe, the Middle East, and Africa (EMEA).

The IABM (International Association of Broadcasting Manufacturers) will present the latest findings of its Industry Index and End-User Survey at the IABM Conference Session scheduled for Sept. 7 at IBC2012.

TV Globo has equipped its São Paulo and Rio de Janeiro broadcast facilities with Orad ProSet virtual studios. TV Globo utilizes the ProSet virtual studio technology extensively to produce and broadcast a wide range of HD programs, including magazine shows, news and weather.

Bexel announces a major continued investment in precision audio monitor systems from TSL Professional Products Ltd. (TSL). Bexel will add the new gear to its rental inventory, integrating it heavily into the flypacks the company provides as part of its complete turnkey solutions.