The Challenge: Engineer an audio system that is concealed in the stage and scenery while still providing exceptional sound quality for both live and broadcast audiences.

Clear-Com® Communication Systems, a Vitec Group brand, is pleased to announce that the France 2 television network, part of the government-owned France Télévisions, has outfitted its new HD OB van with Clear-Com’s Eclipse Median digital matrix intercom system, six IP-enabled V-Series 12-lever user panels and one V-Series 24-lever panel.

For its 10th anniversary, the 2010 annual Laureus World Sports Awards were this year staged in Abu Dhabi’s Emirates Palace. Hailed as the Oscars of the sporting world, the star-studded Laureus Awards is the premier recognition event to celebrate the world’s finest professional athletes of the year. Broadcast to a worldwide audience and profiling the top sportsmen and women, the event also raises money for children in poverty.

Austria’s Hannes Arch won the first point of the 2010 Red Bull Air Race World Championship by posting the fastest time in Qualifying on Friday ahead of Saturday’s season opener in Abu Dhabi. Defending champion Paul Bonhomme of Britain made a thrilling dash to try to beat Arch and snatch the one point away from his rival but hit an Air Gate at the end of his run and ended up a disappointing third. Britain’s Nigel Lamb got second while Australia’s Matt Hall took fourth.

Defending champion Paul Bonhomme of Britain won the first Red Bull Air Race of the 2010 season in Abu Dhabi on Saturday with a hard-fought victory in scorching heat, finishing just ahead of compatriot Nigel Lamb (2nd) and Hungary’s Peter Besenyei (3rd) in an eventful battle over the turquoise waters of the Arabian Gulf. Austria’s Hannes Arch finished a disappointing 11th after posting the fastest Qualifying time on Friday.

At the 31st Annual Sports Emmy® Awards, winners in 32 categories including outstanding live sports special, live series, sports documentary, studio show, technical team remote, technical team studio, promotional announcements, play-by-play personality and studio analyst will be honored. The Awards will be given out at the prestigious Frederick P. Rose Hall, Home of Jazz at Lincoln Center located in the Time Warner Center on April 26th, 2010 in New York City.

Once again, ABC light cranes (type 120 and 100 with Remote Heads Pele and Alex digital) will be employed at the Football World Cup 2010 in South Africa and enable camera operators to shoot the most exciting goal scenes as close as possible. At least camera operators should have an easy job shooting at the World Cup because they use ABC light cranes.

Polecam operator Steve Rausch has completed his second season capturing ISOC National SnoCross Racing (SnoX). Nine events were organized by the International Series of Champions during winter 2009-2010, each race being streamed live on the internet and later edited into a one-hour show for transmission on the Versus cable TV network.

The Guild of Television Cameramen's 'Shooting from Helicopters' workshop on March 27, hosted by Mike Smith of Flying TV HD at Denham Aerodrome, was a huge success reports the GTC's Workshop Coordinator Clive North. In addition to Mike and co-host Monica Wyer of Flying TV, the contributors were the GTC's very own experienced aerial cameramen Alan Duxbury, Laurie Gilbert and Rex Palmer. Forty members attended.

The City Manager of 2010 FIFA World Cup South Africa host city Durban and the Chairman of London’s Olympic Delivery Authority will be featured speakers in the City Forum during the SportAccord Convention in Dubai next month. Dr Michael Sutcliffe from Durban will deliver a case study on the upcoming football mega-event and his city, and ODA chief John Armitt will address the subject of how London 2012 is balancing the needs of the Olympic Games with long-term legacy.

EVS has invited specialists in the field of sports broadcasting to share their experience with Instant Tapeless Technology for content production. The following workshops will be organized by EVS at NAB, in room C204 in the Central Hall (upstairs).

Telline Video Broadcast, a leading French equipment rental and video production company, has invested in a Polecam 7th Heaven HD rig. Based in Paris, Telline will be using Seventh Heaven for its own video productions with an Iconix HD-RH1 compact remote camera head. The rig was purchased via Polecam's French master reseller, ACS France.

wTVision moved to Algarve Stadium to produce the on-air graphics of the amazing Carlsberg Cup final game played by S.L.Benfica and F.C.Porto.

Football is king in Belgium and wTVision is always there, making part of the action. Last month, wTVision covered several football games for different TV Stations.

Aldea Solutions Inc. a leading provider of international video broadcast transmission services and Input Media one of the UK’s leading independent sports production companies, announced today at the National Association of Broadcasters Convention that they will partner to offer unique facilities from Cape Town for the upcoming coverage of the 2010 World Cup. Through this partnership international broadcasters will have access to the media and broadcast facilities at Granger Bay at the heart of the V&A Waterfront’s World Media & Legacy Centre in Cape Town, with views of the new purpose-built Cape Town Stadium, Table Mountain and Robben Island and will be able to broadcast their live coverage using state of the art fiber-optic to the Americas and Europe.