Sky News Australia has made a major investment in state-of-the-art robotic camera support systems from Vinten and Intelligent Prompting solutions from Autoscript for its six remote studios located throughout Australia. With the latest build-out just completed in Sky News’ Canberra Parliament House studio, the Vinten and Autoscript equipment is a vital link in the network’s strategy to reduce operational costs through centralised, IP-based control of remote broadcasts.
 

Genelec have collaborated with top Japanese engineer Mick Sawaguchi to produce a series of high-quality classical immersive recordings that capture performances by an ensemble of renowned Finnish musicians in Lahti’s Sibelius Hall. The recordings, which relied heavily on Genelec monitors throughout, were debuted at the recent
Inter BEE show in Japan and will form a key part of Genelec’s critical listening sessions at global shows and events in the future.

Hala Koszyki is a new meeting, greeting, eating and social concept in Warsaw. Located in a stunning industrial building dating back to 1909 once a flourishing food market during the Russian Empire and a military hospital in the second world war, this has now beautifully and painstakingly restored to its original shape and form. It features multiple restaurant and bar concepts, grocery stores and services with a diverse and eclectic offering of international food and cuisine.
 

West Midlands, UK-based event technical production specialist CPL has invested in 40 new Robe LEDBeam 150 moving lights ... the company’s first Robe purchase! These will be a valuable addition to the lighting department’s rental stock and will help service CPL’s busy schedule. In addition to a diverse range of corporate and industrial clients, the company provides design services plus lighting, video, sound, rigging and staging to a selection of music and arts festivals and shows including Arcadia Spectacular. Elrow Town, The Hay Festival, Boomtown, Camper Calling, etc.

Leaders in the field of fiber network signal distribution, Optocore, and its partner company BroaMan, have appointed Parma-based Audiolink as its sole distributor for the Italian market.  Stated Audiolink general manager, Stefano Cantadori, “With Optocore and BroaMan as part of our already well-stocked portfolio we are able to offer customers flexible solutions at the highest level, in both the live and fixed installation sectors, particularly theatres.

LiveU today presents its annual ‘State of Live’ report based on data gathered from its global customer base of thousands of users. The findings reflect the substantial growth in IP news and sports broadcasting with a 50% increase in the number of LiveU units used to stream live events and 250% increase to around 20 million in live sessions overall.

Sony has announced that its Simple Live Streaming service, a new proposition for users to streamline the process of acquiring live content, will be available from today. The additional workflow flexibility for its palm-sized 4K HDR professional camcorders, the HXR-NX80 and PXW-Z90, can be accessed via a free firmware upgrade to enable content creators to shoot wherever and however they want. 

M3 (Music Mix Mobile), a New Jersey-based remote facilities company combining the talents of award-winning production professionals and state-of-the-art audio solutions, once again chose to use Waves MultiRack, SoundGrid® and Waves plugins with a Lawo console at the recent 53rd Annual Country Music Association (CMA) Awards. The show was presented Wednesday, November 13, 2019, at Bridgestone Arena in Nashville, and broadcast live in 5.1-channel surround sound on the ABC Television Network. The CMA Awards presentation is recognized as Country Music’s Biggest Night™ and represents the pinnacle of achievement for those involved in country music. For the 10th year in a row, M3 was responsible for the broadcast music mix, and their use of Waves products kept things running smoothly in the high-stress, high-stakes environment of live event broadcast audio.  

VITEC, a worldwide leader in advanced video encoding and streaming solutions, today announced that Minnesota United selected its award-winning EZ TV IPTV and Digital Signage Solution to control video feeds and signage to hundreds of screens installed throughout the new Allianz Field soccer stadium. As part of the new $250-million venue, EZ TV delivers a high-quality, low-latency live feed of the game and eye-catching digital signage, allowing fans to never miss a minute of action.

LTN Global Will Transmit More Than 40 Live Events Per Year to Five Channels With Easier Distribution at Lower Cost

Fully embracing the concept of distributed routing, California entertainment production services provider Touring Video Inc. has outfitted its newest production truck, TV-2, with a massive signal transport, processing, and routing backbone based on Riedel’s MediorNet. Unlike most production vehicles, in which the gear is permanently mounted inside the truck, Touring Video has built TV-2 to fully leverage distributed routing with the ability to outboard gear — or even the entire control room — for entirely new levels of production flexibility.

TSL Products, a leading designer and manufacturer of broadcast workflow solutions, continues to see expanded uptake of its broadcast control system offerings to meet the specific needs of sports broadcasters who require solutions that keep up in fast-paced, high-stress environments. Using TSL’s powerful control tools to support remote production in particular, local production teams can maximise their resources and take control of devices located anywhere, allowing them to save valuable time and investment when it matters most.

Stage Tec, the Berlin-based manufacturer of professional audio technology, is expanding its worldwide network of distribution partners. TAC SYSTEM INC., based in Tokyo, is now responsible for the distribution of Stage Tec's entire product range in Japan.

Broadcast Solutions, System Integrator and distributor with its headquarters in Bingen am Rhein, Germany, is expanding its sales team for the German-speaking region. Since the end of 2019, Andre Weis is new in the DACH sales team to manage various brands in the company’s product portfolio.

Joseph Electronics (JE), the premier one-stop shop for the broadcast industry and provider of fiber termination and custom fiber solutions, today announced that the company has been appointed as the exclusive dealer for ERECA, the France-based innovative provider of optical fiber transport systems for the broadcast industry.