NEP Broadcasting, LLC, a premiere provider of state-of-the-art mobile and fixed broadcast facilities, has installed multiple Grass Valley™ K2 media servers for TBS's "Conan". Three K2 Summit™ production clients running ChannelFlex™, three K2 Dyno™ Replay Controllers on a K2 production SAN, a K2 Dyno Production Assistant, and a 180x256 Trinix™ NXT router were recently installed in the new production studio built on Stage 15 on the Warner Bros. Studios lot in Burbank, Calif. “Conan” debuted on TBS on November 8.

About three months ago from 18th to 20th September, Holger Fleig and Volker Tittel were in the spotlight when receiving the cinecAward for their project “campilots” during the International Trade Fair for Cine Equipment and Technology cinec. Now they were awarded a prize once again: In Berlin, the “campilots” and Arnold & Richter Cine Technik were given the Innovation Award 2010, a prize awarded by the Federal Government Commissioner for Culture and the Media.

Troumaron, a run-down quarter in the suburbs of Port-Louis, the capital city of Mauritius: The life of four young people in an area of the city marked by sadness and unemployment becomes a fight for survival. The escape to another country fails and ends in a catastrophe. In the novel, "Eve de ses décombres" ("Eve from her ruins"), the Mauritian author Ananda Devi paints a sad picture of the tourist paradise. In Mauritius, the Swiss-Polish cinematographer Piotr Jaxa made a motion picture based on this story. Shooting was done with a Sony EX3 accompanied by the SOOM tripod system and the FSB 8 fluid head from Sachtler, a Vitec Group brand.

DSC Labs, a developer of innovative products for image quality improvement, has announced the newest addition to its product catalog: the Hawk Quick Check Chart (QCC). Designed by Senior Video and Broadcast Engineer Gary Hawkins, the Hawk QCC provides a simple way to match cameras on location. Ideal for single- or multi-camera shoots, the Hawk QCC records critical information from an original scene set-up using a primary chart, then acts as its replacement by providing enough data for a quick camera evaluation and scene matching.

LYNX Technik AG is an industry leader and technology provider of signal processing solutions for broadcast and professional use. LYNX Technik AG is an independent privately owned company with its headquarters, research and manufacturing facilities based in Weiterstadt, Germany. Sales and Support is covered through secondary distribution channels managed from its headquarters in Germany and the USA.

The new GefenPRO 3G SDI Fiber Optics Extender offers a long-range method of extending any 3G SDI source, far exceeding previous distance limitations. This sender/receiver system is packaged in a small dongle format, offering a rugged construction with a small footprint that can be installed anywhere in true plug and play fashion.

Arqiva has distributed Coupe de France football for France Television Outre-Mer (France Ô). Arqiva’s SNGs were deployed to uplink two matches played on November 20th. Arqiva also provided the domestic satellite capacity from which France Ô downlinked the live feeds.

The Panasonic AG-AF101 has a Four Thirds MOS sensor optimised for HD video recording. The camera can record video in Full HD (1080i/p)/720p formats including 1080/24p native mode with Full HD Variable Frame Rate function. The video can be recorded on SDXC memory cards in professional high quality PH mode (up to 24Mbps). Two SD card slots allow relay recording from one card to another to give large recording capacity of up to 12 hours in PH mode or 48 hours in HE mode. The Panasonic AG-AF101 will be released in December.

Utah Scientific, the world's leading specialist in switchers for video routing and master control, today announced it has opened a training and support facility in Milan, Italy, to enhance its European and regional customer service.

As the company name suggests, German artist Xavier Naidoo and his long-time musical partner Michael Herberger founded Naidoo-Herberger Produktion GbR. Their main focus is set on producing CDs of German rap band Söhne Mannheims (Sons of Mannheim, featuring lead singer Xavier Naidoo) as well as Naidoo’s solo albums. For their latest projects, they rely on the tools in Lawo’s plug-in collection.

Polish jazz pianist Leszek Możdżer, a long-time fan of DPA Microphones, has been using two DPA stereo miking kits - a 3511 and a 3506 - for his live performances and studio recordings.

STAGETEC USA announced that Touring Video Inc. has ordered a 32 fader, 110 channel CRESCENDO console. After using the console on a couple of live-to-tape TV broadcasts in LA, the flexibility and reliability of the system has proven itself ready for prime time.

Sony has expanded its family of premium-quality memory cards to meet the growing needs of today’s digital imaging users.

• Great value new ESSENTIAL Series, value-added EXPERIENCE Series and high-speed EXPERT Series SDHC cards by Sony
• Capacities up to 32GB and transfer speeds up to 20MB/s (EXPERT Series)
• File Rescue HD software (supported file type: AVCHD and MP4) for EXPERIENCE and EXPERT card customers – the only rescue software supporting AVCHD files
• Also available for download: x-Pict Story™software for no-fuss slideshow creation

With surgeon-like precision, he dribbles the ball across the field. He caresses it once, twice, three times; suddenly, his opponent’s sliding tackle clears the ball into touch. As if on the field, viewers at home can see every single blade of grass flying through the air. Champions League matches broadcast via SES Astra’s HD+ platform are just like this; they provide the content for broadcasters such as SAT.1, ProSieben, and kabel eins.

Trilogy Communications, the global provider of digital intercom systems and Master Reference Generators to the broadcast industry, today announced that Nova, Greece’s premier sports and movies provider, has selected its Mentor XL Master Reference generators as part of the DVB platform upgrade to HD.