Blackmagic Design today announced Intensity Shuttle, a revolutionary new video capture and playback solution that uses Intel’s groundbreaking Thunderbolt™ technology. Intensity Shuttle makes the highest quality 10-bit SD and HD video affordable for everyone, in a truly portable solution that’s priced at only $239.

Following the successful launch of its integrated playout solution ChannelMaster  at IBC 2011, Pixel Power, the innovative supplier of broadcast playout solutions with integrated graphics, has today announced that SBS Broadcasting Networks is leading the way with the purchase of 19 ChannelMaster systems. This is the second recent major Pixel Power order from SBS for deployment across its Scandinavian channels.

Custom Consoles has chosen CABSAT 2012, Dubai, to announce major enhancements to its wide range of broadcast studio control desks, monitor display supports and storage furniture. New options for Module-R and Media Wall will be promoted on the company's stand, S1-C33, together with an upgraded version of the System 2 height-adjustable workstation. Custom Consoles will be represented by Neil Reed (Managing Director) and Gary Fuller (Sales Manager).

The Society of Motion Picture & Television Engineers (SMPTE) today announced a powerful lineup for The Forum on Emerging Media Technologies, an executive-level symposium to be held by the Society in May in Geneva and produced in collaboration with the European Broadcasting Union (EBU). Presenters will include those from ABC Australia, ATSC, BSkyB, EBU, the Fraunhofer Institute, Grass Valley, IBM, Intel, NHK, Radio Television Hong Kong, Sony, Warner Bros., and zeebox.

In February 2012, fluid head and tripod innovator OConnor, a Vitec Group brand, will showcase its professional camera support systems at two important exhibitions: Cabsat in Dubai, February 8–12, booth S3-B41 and BVE in London, February 14–16, booth i30.

Spark Digital is the first studio-grade condenser microphone for both iPad and USB, bringing true studio recording capabilities to the iPad mobile platform. - Ultra compact and built for portability, Tiki is the first USB microphone with advanced DSP that mimics the intelligence of human hearing. - Bringing unmatched audio quality to portable recording, Mikey Digital offers stereo recording, automatic gain and auxiliary input.

Sky Deutschland has launched its new channel - Sky Sport News HD - and has chosen to rely on Vitec Videocom brands for its slick new automated production including Autoscript prompting, low energy LED lighting from Litepanels and Vinten Radamec broadcast camera robotics.

The 2012 NAB Show, April 14 - 19 in Las Vegas, will focus on the theme "The Great Content Shift: Defining Your Evolution," addressing how new paradigms in consumption are forever changing the way we create, manage, deliver and monetize content. These changes are forcing industries, businesses and individuals to reevaluate expectations, technologies and strategies for the future.

Norwia, the company that produces the unique miniHUB Optical fiber distribution system has now moved to new and larger premises.  The new headquarter is on the harbor side of Sandefjord city and within 10 minutes reach of the local international airport. It’s a perfect location that has easy access to the European markets and beyond.

PT Indomedia Pekar Sentosa, a broadcast equipment service provider based in Jakarta, Indonesia invests in Ross Video’s XPression 3D Character Generator and Motion Graphics System.

With the completion of the Shanghai Baoshan Sports Center’s recent renovation project, audiences will soon be able to experience breathtaking visual effects on the center-hung video scoreboards, LED fascia ribbon display, and full-color outdoor LED screens provided by Lighthouse Technologies, a world leader in LED display solutions.

ERA Ltd, a leading IT infrastructure and application reseller specialising in Post Production, Broadcast and Media, will showcase its latest multi-client workflow automation solution and launch a new cost-effective platform for secure collaborative editing at Broadcast Video Expo, Earls Court 2, London, 14-16 February 2012 (Stand K54).

To start this great sports year, Broadcast Rental has added a fantastic camera feature to their rental stock, the GoPro HD HERO2. This tiny complete camera set, with big capabilities and possibilities,  is not bigger than your handpalm. It makes great full HD (1080i) videos for all kind of situations where normal cameras can't go.

The Arctic Monkeys, an English indie rock band formed in 2002, has released four studio albums. The band is known as one of the first groups to build a fan base and attention through social media, using new ways of promotion and marketing to help drive its rise to stardom. The band’s debut album titled Whatever People Say I Am, That’s What I’m Not in 2006, became the fastest-selling debut album in British music history, selling 363,735 copies in the first week.

Established Spanish post production company, Free Your Mind, has invested in a Mistika 2K System with a DI Module to replace their existing technology and enhance the current infrastructure to maximise their strengths.  In order to meet the growing demand of commercials production, Free Your Mind has placed Mistika as their post production tool of choice as a complete system they can rely on. Mistika’s advanced set of tools is wider and more flexible than any other system, or combination of other systems, without compromising creativity or quality, while maintaining the highest output speed at the same time.