Pixel Power, a leading supplier of broadcast graphics systems, has announced today that MUTV – the official TV channel for Manchester United Football Club – has upgraded its broadcast graphics technology with the installation of a Clarity™ 3000 unit with 3D, clips and audio options.

The Swedish rental company Kameraten in Stockholm buys Fujinon’s HK4.7x18 PL to be used in a big American production partly to be filmed in Sweden and is based on the first of three books written by the Swedish author Stieg Larsson that, per today (27 Sept. 2010), been on the U.S. Top 150 bestseller list for an impressive 72 weeks.

Avid® (NASDAQ: AVID) today introduced Pro Tools | HD Native, enabling a growing market of music and post-production professionals to tackle demanding audio projects using the full capabilities of Pro Tools® HD software running entirely on computer CPU host-processing power.

Shotoku Broadcast Systems, a leading international manufacturer of advanced camera support products, recently delivered a significant quantity of the Company's robust equipment to Digital Plus, an established outside broadcast operator based in Guayaquil, Ecuador. Shotoku Inc.’s president, Naoki Ebimoto, made the announcement from the Company’s US headquarters in Torrance, CA.

OConnor, a Vitec Group brand, announces that cinematographer Marco Mazzei recently chose the OConnor 2575 to support his latest music video for the Goo Goo Dolls.

Looking to reduce costs and streamline its operations, Mediaworks' TV3, based in New Zealand, has become the first television network in the country to migrate its studios and future news broadcasts to a Grass Valley™ Ignite™ HD scalable automated production system. This brings the number of Ignite systems to 22 in 16 locations within the Australia/New Zealand region.

Christian Poulsen has joined DPA microphones as CEO and shareholder, with effect 1 October 2010.
Poulsen, a member of DPA Microphones’ board of directors for the last four years, has also been working as an external consultant at DPA for the last 10 months. According to chairman of the board Erik Holst, he has built up valuable knowledge of the company during this time.

Drawmer has unveiled the HQ, a combined precision high-quality monitor pre-amp/volume controller and DAC aimed at devotees to high-fidelity audio everywhere. Bringing together Drawmer's respected expertise for precision design in both the analogue and digital domains, the HQ is a critical listening device incorporating a highly accurate pre-amp and offering finely balanced volume control over a variety of analogue and digital input sources, with extremely low inter-channel crosstalk. The HQ also boasts a state-of-the-art DAC for clean conversion of digital sources to analogue for reference monitoring.

In August Blackmagic Design announced the acquisition of all assets of EchoLab Inc., one of the world’s leading designers and manufacturers of production switchers. EchoLab had over 35 years of experience in designing and building production switchers since 1974. This experience has culminated in the latest ATEM range of production switchers that include cutting edge technology for world leading features such as up conversion on inputs, multilayer SuperSource™ input, Stinger™ transitions, and built in multi-view monitoring, all in a familiar and affordable, fully digital M/E style design.

'All you wanted to know about the RED camera but were afraid to ask' is the theme of a workshop being organised by the Guild of Television Cameramen. Manufactured by RED Digital Cinema Camera Company, the RED One can record directly to flash or hard disk at up to 4,096 x 2,304 pixels resolution. It features a single Super 35-sized CMOS sensor and a cinematography-industry standard PL mount.

SoundField's UPM-1 stereo-to-5.1 processor provided invaluable live upmixing assistance to a team of Dolby sound consultants at the recent world premiere of Disney's summer blockbuster Prince Of Persia, held in London.

Leading Belgian facilities company Videohouse has expanded its OmniBus Systems iTX automation and playout platform to 39 channels to provide the facilities for hosting Telenet Digital TV channels to cable viewers in Flanders. Videohouse went live on Aug. 19 with 14 Telenet SD and two HD channels, including the live sports channel Prime Sport 1 HD.

TV Canção Nova becomes the reference of VSN's 'OneStop' concept thanks to the deployment of a complete, fully redundant, HD television system worth $ 1.5 million that includes news production and archive, automation for 4 channels and broadcast playout for 3 studios.

Not only in production MMC develops appropriate concepts for each customer request. Whether Avid or Final Cut Pro, HD or SD – also in post-production the company is offering customized solutions.

After France, Belgium, the Netherlands, the United Kingdom, Germany and Switzerland, Euro Media Group, the market leader in audiovisual and cinematographic services in Europe, has added a 7th string to its bow with a presence in Italy. By acquiring 3Zero2, the Group has strengthened its presence in the Mediterranean basin and is developing its content management services (Play Out).