Shotoku Broadcast Systems, a leading international manufacturer of advanced camera support products, recently delivered a number of high-performance tripods and fluid heads to high profile users in Buenos Aires, Argentina through their local representatives, Isikawa Electronica SA. The announcement was made by Shotoku Inc.’s president, Naoki Ebimoto, from their US headquarters in Torrance, CA.

The IABM (International Association of Broadcasting Manufacturers) today announced that Mode-AL has been awarded the prestigious IABM Peter Wayne Award in recognition of their product Speed Rack. Dolby®, Gekko Technologies, Integrated Microwave Technologies, and Sony® each won an IABM Award for Excellence in Design and Innovation.

Shotoku Broadcast Systems, a leading international manufacturer of advanced camera support products, recently supplied a virtual set-enabled jib crane system to Caracol Televisión in Bogotá, Colombia. Shotoku Inc.’s president, Naoki Ebimoto, made the announcement from the Company’s US headquarters in Torrance, CA.

When Liga TV decided to move into HD production for its new Sport 1 OB van, the console of choice was a 32+8 fader Solid State Logic C100 HDS with an SSL MORSE Stage Box. Liga TV specializes in providing production services for live sporting events, large scale music concerts and other live events. The new OB van is the first to offer HD capabilities in Hungary. The choice of the C100 HDS was based on console features, versatility, ease of use and SSL’s reputation for reliability and service.

Roland Systems Group is happy to announce a cornerstone addition to their popular line of EDIROL video mixers – the V-1600HD Live Video Switcher - ideal for any live event or installation that requires a high channel count and the ability to accept a variety of video input formats out of the box.

BTX Technologies, a global value-added distributor and manufacturer of interface and integration products, today announced that the company has added Belden® FiberExpress® Brilliance field-installable connectors to its product line up. To save installers time and money in the field, the patent-pending FiberExpress connectors are the only fiber optic solutions in the marketplace to offer reliable terminations in less than five seconds without the need for termination tools.

At today’s premiere of Sony Pictures’ Eat Pray Love, guests will enjoy watching the hugely anticipated film delivered using Sony Professional’s state-of-the-art Sony Digital Cinema 4K projection system. Featuring more than four times the resolution of traditional full HD systems, the 4K system has been installed in Rome’s premiere Cinema, the Space Cinema Moderno.

Lawo AMBIT, mc² iApp and the innovative RAVENNA technology have been presented at the IBC. A number of renowned companies cooperate in the development of RAVENNA.

At IBC Avid® introduced Avid NewsVision™, an end-to-end digital news production solution that enables local and regional broadcasters to increase the quality and speed of their HD file-based productions at a compelling price, given today’s constrained budgets.

Christie®, an award-winning visual technologies company, is pleased to announce the release of a new product series, Christie Nitro Solutions digital luminaires. The modular series of motorized moving yokes can provide up to 20,000 ANSI lumens of video projection, creating high brightness imagery on any surface from anywhere. With the optional Xenon or LED lighting heads, the system can produce up to 50,000 lumens of lighting. Nitro Solutions can be installed at ground level or rigged to a truss, and are ideal for building projection, architectural lighting and cityscapes, houses of worship, theme parks, and live events such as concerts and theatre presentations.

Miranda Technologies has announced that it has started volume shipping of its NVISION 8500 Hybrid embedded audio routers with integrated audio processing, which significantly streamline television infrastructures and eliminate video/audio timing issues.

Wellen+Nöthen GmbH today announced that German public broadcaster SWR (Südwestrundfunk) has awarded it the contract for the overall implementation of a file-based production system at the broadcaster’s new production centre in Stuttgart. Wellen+Nöthen thus won a nine-month, European-wide tender process as systems integrator for implementation of the project.

3DStorm (NewTek Europe), distributor of NewTek products in Europe, Africa and the Middle-East, has presented and demonstrated the shipping version of TriCaster™ TCXD850, the latest addition to the award-winning TriCaster line of high definition (HD)/standard definition (SD) portable live production systems at IBC in Amsterdam.

Anton/Bauer®, a Vitec Group brand, and a world’s premier provider of batteries, chargers, lighting and other mobile power systems for the professional broadcast, video and film industries, introduced its cutting-edge Tandem® 150 Modular Power System to attendees at this year’s IBC 2010

In Buenos Aires, Pulsar TV has become Argentina’s first on-the-road user of a Lawo digital audio console, choosing the mc²56 for its new HD/3D Outside Broadcast vehicle, making its debut this month.