Qvest Media is further expanding its distribution portfolio. The Dubai-based company for distribution and system integration is now taking over the exclusive distribution of live-streaming solutions from Code One in the Middle East. Qvest Media will present the Backpack Kit at CABSAT 2012.

Harris announced that India’s Zee News will upgrade its news production and playout facility in New Delhi using a complete integrated Harris broadcast solution.  Zee News became India’s first 24-hour news channel in 1999 and supplies content in the U.S., Europe, Africa, Middle East and the Asia- Pacific region.

Solid State Logic is pleased to announce that it has appointed Sennheiser Middle East (SeME), a division of Sennheiser UK, to be a manufacturer’s representative in the Middle East for SSL console products including C-Series Digital, Duality and AWS Consoles.

PESA has expanded its PESA PRO line of professional AV routers with the new PRO-3GSDI-1616 Routing Switcher. It supports all common SMPTE and ITU standard serial digital video signals, as well as embedded audio and other ancillary data required for HD-SDI and DVB/ASI broadcast sources. For digital cinema high definition video distribution requirements, it can be configured to switch SMPTE 372M dual-link HD-SDI in configurations up to 8x8.

On Tuesday 28 March at 11:30 a.m. following CABSAT's official opening hours, Quest Media had the great honor to welcome His Highness Sheikh Hasher bin Maktoum Al Maktoum, Director General of the Dubai Department of Information, on a visit of the Full HD OB truck at the main entrance.

Studer announced the introduction of Loudness Metering for all Vista consoles. This is a result of collaboration with RTW of Koeln, Germany, who is providing a special version of the TM7 touchscreen meter to be built into the meter bridge of Vista 9 and Vista 5 M2 consoles. The TM7 meter was chosen as it perfectly complements Vistonics™, the simple and elegant touchscreen user interface that Vista customers know and love.

The former Congress Hall on the Theresienwiese will host the 10th “Digitale Cinematographie” on July 5 and 6 this year. The anniversary will be duly celebrated at the event being held at the same time as the Filmfest München.

Harris has received an order from Jordan Radio and Television (JRTV), the state  broadcaster in Jordan, for a complete digital file-based news production, archive and continuity playout solution.

Broadcast Pix™ today announced that the Department of Communication at Far Eastern University (FEU) in Manila, Philippines, recently renovated its video production facilities with a Granite™ 1000 Video Control Center. The new Broadcast Pix system is part of an upgrade to HD production for FEU’s television production classes.

Harris Corporation has raised the bar in multi-display technology for live production, outside broadcast (OB) and other video/audio processing needs by introducing  HView™ SX Pro --  the broadcast industry’s most scalable, highest-density multi-display management system.

Canon’s new XU-80 remote control HD pan-tilt-zoom camera head is a versatile indoor/outdoor single-CMOS camera system. Its compact size, quiet operation and waterproof and dustproof construction make it ideal for a vast range of applications from outdoor event broadcasting to traffic monitoring to video conferencing.

BVE and TPS, the UK’s essential show for content creation professionals, proved a great success with high visitor numbers, positive feedback from the show floor, and a significant increase in international attendance ahead of the show’s move to ExCeL in 2013.

Pixel Power, the innovative supplier of broadcast playout solutions with integrated graphics, has today announced that Roger Sewell’s business development responsibilities within the company have been increased to include the Middle East region.

Games developer Electronic Arts (EA) has been using DPA 4061 miniature omnidirectional microphones for foreign dialogue recordings for its Battlefield 3 title.

AXON will attend at the 18th Cabsat, to be held in the Dubai International Convention and Exhibition Centre from February 28th – March 1, 2012.   This will mark the 13th year Axon will be exhibiting, confirming its long term commitment to the region, where Axon has made its contributions in the leading edge of new technologies in HD, 3D and Dolby audio streams.  Axon will be showing live presentations and demonstrations from the extensive range of Cortex monitoring and control software, Synapse modular interfaces (including routers and multi viewer) and the compliance recording system TRACS2.