Vue Entertainment, one of the UK’s leading operators and developers of state-of-the-art multiplex cinemas, has reached an agreement in principle with Sony Europe to install 4K digital cinema projection systems across its circuit.

At IBC 2010 Stand 8.B80, Miranda Technologies will be highlighting its Densite HMP-1801 single card, solid state Stereoscopic 3D media player.

“The 3D train is moving forward, speedily and steadily, like China’s Harmony Express. And Sony clearly has the strongest engine in this 3D express.” Sir Howard Stringer, CEO Sony Corporation, said enthusiastically at the press conference of Sony Europe at IFA 2010. As Sony is aggressively blazing the trail in every part of the 3D universe, its hour-long press conference was held entirely in 3D.

The CEL name returns to IBC this year as Cel-Soft Ltd, a recently-formed company specialising in broadcast-quality control and measurement technology. Cel-Soft is the brainchild of Robin Palmer who founded CEL-Broadcast in the early 1980s and whose design talents have been behind many innovative and successful broadcast products.
Cel-Scope3D stereoscopic analyser, a software solution to the challenges of 3D quality control and depth budget management.

The Royal Opera House (ROH) in London continued to break new ground as a leader in digital distribution of the arts: It was the first opera house to film and distribute full length productions in 3D for a mass audience.

Pixel Power, the leading supplier of broadcast graphics systems, has today announced the international launch of its real-time stereoscopic 3D graphics control technology across its product range.

As the keynote to the IBC2010 conference day devoted to stereoscopic 3D (S3D), Steve Schklair, CEO of 3ality Digital, world leader in advanced technologies to empower creative digital stereoscopic 3D acquisition, is presenting a remarkable demonstration. In a recreation of a real-world live shoot he will use three beam-splitter rigs, including the latest TS-5 lightweight rig operated on a Steadicam mount, with the pictures shown live on the giant screen in the Auditorium.

Telecast Fiber Systems today introduced the CopperHead™ 3400, an innovative new fiber optic video transceiver specifically designed for high-end 3D cinema production. The CopperHead 3400 is the first product of its kind to mount directly onto a dual-camera 3D rig, allowing producers to harness the flexibility and cost-effectiveness of tactical fiber for transporting high-quality stereoscopic HD signals over long distances.

The use of interactive 3D visualisations is growing each year. Real estate property developers, governments and even industrial companies are reaping the benefits of these multifunctional visual presentations. World-leading 3D company Zero Creative is demonstrating its new solutions at IBC this year.

At IBC in Amsterdam our 3D Booklet and our HD OBVan Special 2010 will be available at the Live-Production.TV press stand #38 on the walkway between Halls 8 & 9/10/11. The Booklet will cover recent 3D productions like Football, Ice Hockey, Tennis and Rugby and will give a comprehensive overview of available 3D production trucks as well as a brief description of state-of-the-art 3D production equipment.

CAST Software of Toronto, Canada will be debuting their newest technology, BlackTrax (patent pending), at PLASA, September 12-15 at Earls Court in London, Stand 1-G15. BlackTrax is a revolutionary motion tracking system for people and objects that operates in real time. BlackTrax is designed to work with CAST’s game-changing BlackBox system of multi-directional high-speed control coordination.

In a stunning turn of events, Northern California native and acknowledged production engineering expert Fred Meyers, who recently worked on George Lucas’s independent feature Red Tails, is joining the Band Pro team. Meyers will serve as Director of Production Engineering for Band Pro Munich, and be available for on-set consultation or to create workflow for productions that require his expertise.

Frontniche will now be demonstrating the new 3D Ortho-stereoscopic camera at IBC from 'Outside' the exhibition halls with the 2 new 3D monitors (23" & 40") being hosted by courtesy of the Euro Media Group (EMG) booth OE115.

Element Technica, designer of the leading family of 3D rigs for stereoscopically mounting cameras and lenses for television and motion picture 3D production, premiers its Pulsar 3D rig at the 2010 IBC exhibition. The Pulsar, which provides stereoscopic mounting of mid-sized high resolution digital cameras with ENG-style lenses, gives Element Technica a complete range of Technica 3D rigs for the largest to the smallest professional digital cameras.

• WIGE as technical service provider for extensive 3D production of a Lang Lang concert
• For the optimum 3D result, the combination of innovative technology and a specially trained stereoscopic team is a must
• WIGE technology allows for flexible real-time 3D shootings