The Red Bull Air Race has been awarded with the prestigious Emmy Award for the second time in a row. Utilizing its revolutionary MediorNet technology, Riedel Communications is responsible for all on-site communications and signal distribution for the event as well as the wireless onboard HD cameras at the Red Bull Air Race.

Dolby Laboratories, Inc. announced a collaboration that will see Nokia incorporate Dolby surround sound technologies into select handsets worldwide.

Streambox® today announced the launch of StreamboxME, a new video-encoding application that enables iPhone® 3GS users to upload high-quality video over the AT&T 3G network and other carriers via the Streambox Live™ broadband video contribution service. Available for free download from iTunes®, StreamboxME is a groundbreaking approach to field newsgathering and video capture that reporters and other contributors can use to stream live or file-based video from their iPhones to broadcasters, news organizations, government agencies, and enterprises.

HaiVision Network Video today announced its VFiControl technology, an iPhone®/iPad™ application that dramatically simplifies the recording of live events in real time. VFiControl enables users to control the Furnace's recording process, apply real-time metadata (HotMarks™) on the fly, and review video recording directly on the mobile device. VFiControl is ideal for controlling the recording, review, and publishing processes of medical procedures, medical skills and other training simulations, lectures, military exercises, and sporting events. With VFiControl, users can instantly review the recording directly on their mobile device prior to publishing it directly to the Furnace IP video system.

Camera Corps has named Bexel, a unit of the Vitec Group's Services Division and a leading worldwide provider of broadcast services and solutions, as the exclusive United States distributor and rental agent for the Q-Ball HD/SD minicam system.

Two new additions to the NTP Technology range of digital audio routers and control software will be introduced at the AES Convention in London, May 23-25. Exhibiting on stand 1105, NTP will demonstrate the Penta 725 compact modular audio router and RCCoreV3 configuration-and-control software.

Clear-Com®, a global leader in mission-critical voice communication systems, is connecting more than 200,000 square meters of integrated television production and telecommunications space at Russia’s Television Technical Center Ostankino (TTC Ostankino). Using Clear-Com’s Eclipse® Omega, Median and PiCo digital matrix intercom systems as the facility’s in-house intercom system, over 2,000 TTC Ostankino staff members communicate seamlessly during the collaboration and coordination of much of the country’s leading television and radio programming.

In the world of studio microphones, the numbers “47”, “67” and “87” have associations that inspire enthusiasm among professionals in the field. It is of course no coincidence that the name of the new TLM 67* contains the number “67”. In many respects, the TLM 67 is based on the “workhorse” of the 1960s, the legendary U 67. Like the U 67, the TLM 67 incorporates the K 67 capsule. In addition, the special new circuit design closely reproduces the sound characteristics of the classic U 67, without the use of tubes. Similar Neumann circuit technology has already proved very successful in the TLM 49.

Scottish singer and songwriter Amy Macdonald rose to worldwide acclaim almost overnight. Macdonald answered an ad posted by producer Pete Wilkinson asking for talent for his new production company, Melodramatic Records, and Macdonald sparkled among the literally thousands of respondents. The two recorded 2007’s This Is The Life, which sold over three million copies, reaching platinum or multi-platinum status in twelve countries, making Amy Macdonald an instant star.

NEP Studio 54 recently installed a 48-fader, Solid State Logic C100 HD console to handle the audio for Comedy Central’s popular The Colbert Report. NEP has upgraded two studios for full HD production, Studio 52, where Comedy Central’s the Daily Show with Jon Stewart is produced, and, most recently, Studio 54. The success of the C100 HD in Studio 52 inspired the purchase of a second SSL for Studio 54.

NOA Audio Solutions today announced that Slovak Radio (SKR) has deployed the company's complete mediARC™ solution, as well as NOA IngestLine™ digital transcription, to secure, preserve, and manage the diverse content of its extensive and historic audio collection. The NOA installation at the Bratislava-based national broadcaster was completed in March.

The Advanced Media Workflow Association (AMWA) and the European Broadcasting Union (EBU) are co-publishing a Request For Technology (RFT) as the result of joint activities in the FIMS (Framework for Interoperable Media Service) Task Force. The Task Force has been created to address issues around interoperability in digital workflows. The joint effort between the EBU and the AMWA to seek out a common approach to integrate hardware and software components in modern TV production facilities is believed to be a fundamental need of the whole media industry.

All technology has its physical limits. The automotive industry is struggling with the effective range of electric vehicles as manufacturers of solar cells are looking for greater efficiency in the generation of electrical power. For headphone developers, the challenge is in the magnetic field of sound generation. To put it more precisely: at the magical frontier of 1 tesla.

Tektronix, Inc., the market leader in broadcast video test, monitoring and analysis solutions, featured an extensive range of new and enhanced products and solutions at the National Association of Broadcasters (NAB) 2010. Tektronix showcased solutions across its portfolio of solutions for SD to HD, to 3G-SDI and MPEG monitoring technologies.

SIS LIVE, one of Europe’s largest outside broadcast (OB) and uplink supplier, has unveiled its latest new-generation, super-sized outside broadcast vehicle, OB 1. The 24-camera, 14.6m x 5.65m truck is the largest OB vehicle in the UK. The state-of-the-art production unit is fully high definition (HD) throughout and 3G capable. Its first job was to cover Match of the Day for BBC Sport and it is now moving on to two more very big BBC broadcast events, the Boat Race and extended coverage of the 2010 John Smith’s Grand National from Aintree on 10th April.