AJA’s Ki Pro family of digital recorders can be found in many places — on sets, at live events, playing out entries in film festivals and dailies in screening rooms. At the largest visual effects company in Sweden, The Chimney Pot, AJA’s Ki Pro Mini portable flash disk recorder can be found in a rack in the machine room. The company uses it as a fast and easy solution to handle high demand for Apple ProRes 422 logging and QuickTime file output.

As HARMAN’s Studer Broadcast Academy kicks off this week, Studer is pleased to announce that industry veteran Jorge Silva will be on hand for the Academy’s July 20th date in New York City. Silva is currently the Head Audio Engineer for ‘The Martha Stewart Show’, using a Studer Vista 8, on the Hallmark Network, and offers a wealth of experience and show credits in television broadcast, ranging from political conventions to news programs to award shows.

Now DSLR owners have a way to work safely in adverse or unpredictable weather: the new Transparent DSLR Plus Rain Cover from Petrol Bags, a Vitec Group brand.

Swiss facilities company EVP has ordered a Grass Valley™ Kayenne™ XL switcher control panel with a Kayak™ HD switcher frame  for its new mid-sized outside broadcast truck. The 2.5 M/E switcher will be integrated into EVP’s 10 camera truck currently under construction, which will be ready to go on the road later this year.

German Pro-Audio-Specialist SALZBRENNER STAGETEC MEDIAGROUP continues to expand overseas and has opened a new subsidiary in Sydney, Australia. The MEDIAGROUP is located near the city centre in Huntley Street, Alexandria. The Australian subsidiary will showcase its products and services at the country’s most influential pro-audio expos, the SMPTE in July and the Integrate Expo in late August.

GlobeCast announced today the arrival of Philippe Rouxel as chief marketing officer. His principal assignment will be to develop GlobeCast's global product strategy for all business units in France, U.K., Italy, South Africa, Asia, and the Americas. He will lead the implementation of a strategy focused on value-added products in the broadcast market.

The SMPTE Australia 2011 Conference and Exhibition, will feature a comprehensive variety of industry experts and new technology presentations that look to help broadcasters do their job faster and more efficiently. The Australia Section of the Society of Motion Picture & Television Engineers (SMPTE) will host the popular conference July 19-22 at the Sydney Exhibition Centre, in Darling Harbour.

Calrec’s Nutclough Mill was once the home of the first worker-production textile co-operative in England. The mill, situated in Hebden Bridge, West Yorkshire, in the UK, has been the global headquarters for Calrec Audio for the last two decades.

Prism Sound and SADiE will be attending this year’s IBC Convention in Amsterdam with a range of products aimed at the professional broadcast and post production markets.

SMPTE Australia conference and exhibition (19-22 July) will see EVS’ comprehensive suite of solutions offering the industry’s most advanced live broadcast and most effective studio production operations.   Discover EVS solutions at Amber Technology stand, Booth G11.

ATG Broadcast announces a new addition to its team with the appointment of Jonathan Baker as Product Specialist. He joins the company following nearly eight years at TNP Broadcast Sales where he was Sales Account Manager. His educational background includes a BA degree in Media Production from the University of Luton.

Pixel Power is a leader in the development and production of SD and HD broadcast graphics systems, news production workflow tools and live interactive content with more than 2,000 installations worldwide. With a local presence around the world the company’s award-winning solutions suit broadcasters, post-production houses and outside broadcast (OB) trucks of all sizes for distinctive, professional, reliable and cost-effective on-air graphics.

At IBC2011, never.no will highlight its Synchronized Companion App Framework, the latest advance for its flagship Interactivity Suite (IS). Companion app buzz is growing with this new emerging technology, which enables the viewer to sync tablets, PCs, or smartphones to the action on television.

Ross Video will show the latest in television live production and infrastructure solutions at IBC 2011in Amsterdam. All product lines will showcase their advancements on Ross’ newly expanded IBC stand. Be sure to stop by stand 9.C20, to see these exciting new developments as well as one or two last minute surprises.

Shotoku Broadcast Systems, a well-established leader in camera support and virtual reality tracking will return to the IBC exhibition with enhanced and new manual and robotic solutions. Manual highlights will include a new 2-stage pneumatic pedestal and perfect counter-balance pan & tilt head.  On the robotic side, enhancements that further ease-of-use and please the most budget conscious will be demonstrated. All the latest releases will be at show in Hall 11, Stand G30.