Effective immediately, Bruno Hochstrasser returns to HARMAN’s Studer as General Manager, reporting to Andy Trott (VP and General Manager, Mixing and Microphones & Headphones).

Integrated Microwave Technologies, LLC (IMT), a Business Unit within the Vitec Group’s Videocom Division, and a leader in advanced digital microwave systems serving the Broadcast, Sports & Entertainment and MAG (Military, Aerospace & Government) markets, today announced that it has achieved ISO 9001:2008 Quality Management certification for its Mt. Olive, New Jersey production facility.

From June 15-17, Straubing provided the setting for another edition of DYNACORD's MI Dealers' Academy. This year the DYNACORD team led by Frauke Jungbluth (Sales Manager Europe), Martin Traut (Senior Product Manager), and Andreas Köstlinger (Tech Support) was pleased to welcome 40 participants from the EMEA region.

Prism Sound has consolidated its relationship with producer/engineer Leif Mases by taking on US distribution for his entire Mases Electronics “Maselec” range of analogue dynamic processors and custom consoles.

Danmon Systems Group (DSG) will exhibit its full range of systems integration services on stand 8.B51 at IBC2011, Amsterdam, 9-13 September.

Is it possible to control loudness without affecting original content? At IBC 2011, Linear Acoustic® will reverse the primary DTV loudness issue from compliance to audio quality with a groundbreaking technology that changes everything. Also, the award-winning file-based workflow system Linear Acoustic unveiled last year is now perfected and will be fully demonstrated. Many signature products have received enhanced designs and exclusive upgrades, and new streamlined products have been added to Linear Acoustic AERO™ and LQ™ families.

Digital Rapids is bringing our complete range of tools and solutions for transforming and distributing media to IBC 2011. Digital Rapids connects content to opportunity, providing the leading tools, technology and expertise for bringing live and on-demand video to wider audiences and the latest viewing platforms. Enabling superior multi-screen viewing experiences, powerful file-based workflows and efficient business-to-business content distribution, our solutions span video ingest, encoding, transcoding, management, streaming and delivery.

Val Garay has produced dozens of platinum and gold records and worked with artists including Linda Ronstadt, James Taylor, Dolly Parton, Bonnie Raitt, the Motels, Toto, Don Henley, Kim Carnes, Neil Diamond, Santana, Reel Big Fish and a who’s who of others. He produced the GRAMMY® Award-winning “We Are the World,” introduced entirely new production and micing techniques, and in the 1970s was a key architect of what is still known as the “LA Sound.”

Nowhere is the water so clean and pure like in the Black Forest. Not only a wonderfully refreshing mineral water, but also the ideas of the cable designers from SOMMER Cable GmbH in Straubenhardt are bubbling here.

A fresh breeze of cleanliness for monitors, TVs, tablets, smartphones, anti-glare filters, audio components and much else comes from southern German connector and component manufacturer HICON in the form of an economically doseable detergent (content: 125 ml).

Systems integration specialist Broadcast Networks has helped Norwegian broadcaster OB-Team stay one step ahead of its competition by delivering a 3D capable, 16-camera High Definition Outside Broadcast vehicle – the first of its kind in Scandinavia.

Calrec Audio announced that New Hampshire-based mobile production company Game Creek Video has added its first two Calrec Apollo mixing consoles to its all-Calrec fleet. The Apollo consoles are being installed in two new HD trucks that will get rolling this summer, bringing Game Creek’s fleet to 27 trucks encompassing 13 all-HD, all-digital systems.

Continuing to expand its senior management team with top-level talent, Grass Valley™ is pleased to announce that Alan Wright, a well-connected and successful industry veteran, will lead the Europe, Middle East, and Africa (EMEA) region as Senior Vice President. Wright will be based in the UK.

London and Surrey-based media services company Bestlight specialises in multicamera productions of performances from some of the UK’s top theatre and arts venues. Bestlight is a BBC preferred supplier in the fields of Drama, Entertainment and Children’s Programming and has a formidable reputation to maintain. It therefore sets the bar very high when it comes to equipment choices.

Trilogy Communications, the global provider of intercom systems and Master Reference Generators to the performing arts and broadcast industry, today announced that London’s iconic Royal Opera House has selected Trilogy’s latest Gemini intercom system to replace its existing communications infrastructure within the backstage and auditorium areas.