Panasonic Corporation, a TOP1 sponsor of the Olympic Games, announced today that it will deliver the largest supply of its audio visual equipment for any Olympic Games in the company’s history to support the London 2012 Olympic Games to be held in July and August.

The UEFA EURO 2012 opening ceremony in Warsaw on 8 June will bring sport and culture together, and combine heritage and innovation, to herald the start of this summer's tournament.

Euro Media France will dispatch a large amount of audio and video equipment to Poland and the Ukraine, specifically 5 OB trucks, more than 100 cameras and around 100 technicians in order to cover the 40th European Football Championships, taking place from the 8th June to the 1st July this year.

United is sending three satellite vans and one OB truck to Poland and Ukraine for NOS, Brazilian TV Globo International and Infostrada Sports to record programmes on the European Championship.

Over 50 remotely controlled cameras, including 10 Camera Corps Q-Ball ultra-compact high-definition pan/tilt/zoom systems, are en-route to Poland and the Ukraine for the concluding round of games in the 2012 European Football Championship. 16 nations will compete between 8 June and 1 July, the winner gaining automatic entry to the 2013 FIFA Confederations Cup in Brazil.

Okinawa, the most southerly isle of the Japanese archipelago, is home to the Ryukyu Golden Kings (RGK) one of the leading basketball teams on the island and a member of the Western Conference of Basketball Japan. While they might not yet be the LA Lakers, their aspirations are high. In an effort to increase income that has already born fruit, the team sought to expand its audience by upping the excitement level at matches with the application of some twenty first century sporting show business.

Host Broadcast Services (HBS) AG is a dedicated host broadcast organisation which has been appointed as Host Broadcaster for all FIFA World Cups™ since 2002; HBS is now the host broadcaster of the 2014 FIFA World Cup Brazil™ and the 2018 FIFA World Cup Russia™.

SIS Live, working with ITV Sport, took two of Editec’s Sprintcams to Bucharest, Romania, to add Ultra Motion replay facilities to the Europa League finals.  Editec supplied on-site support for this prestigious event, to assist with installation and technical familiarization.

On Thursday 24 May, the sports media industry will come together in the ISS Dome in Düsseldorf for the 7th SPONSORs Sports Media Summit. National and international top speakers will once again discuss the latest issues in the world of sports media at this year’s high-profile conference.

The Red Bull Skydive Team recently performed a spectacular performance high in the skies above Austria well worthy of any James Bond film. As part of the project Akte Blanix III, the five-man squadron set off in hot pursuit of two Blanix gliders cruising 4,000 metres above the ground. In one of the most daring wingsuit manoeuvres ever seen, the skydivers then inched their way towards the aircraft before flying along side by side at speeds in excess of 180km/h.

International systems integration company Gearhouse Broadcast has installed Harris signal processing and conversion technology to provide the backbone of a new mobile High Definition (HD) production facility being used by British Sky Broadcasting (BSkyB) to televise the 2012 Formula 1 motor racing championship. Amongst the Harris systems installed in this innovative flyaway Pod system are 6800+™ core processing, Harris fibre optics and up, down and cross signal conversion systems.

The fifth race of the season was broadcast in 72 countries and was watched live in Spain by close to 5 million viewers

The first-ever official public screening of the UEFA Champions League final will crown the UEFAA Champions Festival celebrations in Munich on Saturday 19 May. This official public screening of thee final between FC Bayern Munich and Chelsea FC, hosted by Olympiapark at the Olympiastadion, will form part of the four-day UEFA Champions Festival.

Making the final available via the official public screening gives fans an opportunity to celebrate the game and experience the magic of the UEFA Champions League final, which will be watched by millions of viewers around the world.

Sports fans will be able to catch highlights of their favourite Barclays Premier League teams on Sky News Arabia, the 24-hour Arabic language multi-platform breaking news channel.

On Thursday 24 May, the sports media industry will come together in the ISS Dome in Düsseldorf for the 7th SPONSORS Sports Media Summit. National and international top speakers will once again discuss the latest issues in the world of sports media at this year’s high-profile conference.