More visitors, a packed conference programme, a city location popular with the society's members and a more popular series of events and seminars contributed to the success of the recent European Convention of the Audio Engineering Society, held from May 22-25th at the Novotel Exhibition Centre in Hammersmith, London.

EVS Broadcast Equipment, a leader in the design of hardware and software for the acquisition, the production and the playout of sport, news and TV programs today announced  that Astro, Malaysia’s leading cross-media broadcaster and direct-to-home (DTH) satellite pay-TV operator, has selected their instant tapeless technologies for content control operations on its HD channels.

Lighting for the current UK touring version of cult classic musical The Rocky Horror Show has been transferred to grandMA for control, with the tour, produced by the Ambassadors Theatre Group, carrying a grandMA light with an grandMA ultra-light for backup and 2 x MA NSP (Network Signal Processors), supplied by lighting contractors White Light.

Violinist Marcus Holden has purchased a DPA 4099V clip mount from distributor Amber Sound. Holden has been using his mic to tour Australia with Scotland the Brave, a musical tribute to Scotland, and also for the Sydney Theatre Company production, Spring Awakening.

Arqiva is to provide specialist French film channel ‘Cinémoi’ with playout services through its Chalfont Grove Media Centre. This is in addition to Arqiva’s current provision of uplinking and Eurobird satellite capacity.

Gefen Supplies Support for 3DTV Just in Time for the Premier 3DTV Broadcast of the World Soccer Championship in South Africa.

CHATSWORTH, CA – Connectivity solutions provider Gefen today announced the availability of its new product line, Gefen ToolBox. Initially unveiled at 2010 trade shows such as CES and InfoComm, the new products are currently shipping. The mix of products include a selection of audio/video matrixes, switchers, splitters and extenders, which are small in size, easily transported and can be wall-mounted. All products support audio/video systems using HDMI v1.4a connectivity including 3DTV pass-through, and are equipped with a locking HDMI connector to eliminate cable disconnects in the field.

“TV2 are operating in two parts at this World Cup,” explained Henrik “Bob” Fre­deriksen, Production Executive for TV2, “one team of three to four people are working with the match feeds and the FIFA MAX footage to send back home. The remaining 17 members of the team are purely concentrated on the Danish team.” This second part includes an ENG crew dedicated to following the team’s training sessions, as well as an OB van at the Danish matches.

FIG Artistic Gymnastics World Cup was the seventh event of this years' season and took place between June 18 and June 20 in São João da Madeira, near Porto - Portugal. It was the first Artistic Gymnastics World Cup in Portugal and wTVision couldn't miss it.

Austria’s Hannes Arch qualified fastest for the first-ever Red Bull Air Race in New York on Saturday and collected one championship point that cut Paul Bonhomme‘s lead at the top to just one point before Sunday’s race. Canada's Pete McLeod took a remarkable third place on the turn-filled track on the Hudson River, between the Statue of Liberty and Manhattan skyscrapers. Americans Kirby Chambliss and Michael Goulian were in strong position for Sunday in fourth and fifth place, respectively.

Most watched U.S. public broadcaster selects Dalet Enterprise Edition to integrate and modernize production infrastructure, making digital program content more accessible internally and across affiliates.

“Football is not tremendously popular in New Zealand,” admits Rodney Haugh, Project Engineer for Special Events with TVNZ at the IBC, “or rather, it was not tremendously popular until the All Whites qualified. That popularity has definitely grown with the opening result - viewing stats were through the roof back home.”

Foxtel brought the first-ever live 3D sport broadcast event to Australian homes during the soccer match played between Australia and New Zealand. The live production was managed by Fox Sports and included replay actions, slow motion and highlights made with EVS technology.

More than 50 Lawo systems, used by numerous national broadcasters and for the production of international audio feeds, are in use at the World Cup in South Africa. Audio feeds from all the commentators are sent digitally from the stadiums to the International Broadcast Center (IBC) via a Lawo Nova73 HD routing matrix, and are available directly from the IBC or via ISDN for use in home country broadcasts.

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AKG recently provided a complete set of microphones to support the Chelsea Academy, the recently opened secondary school in southwest London created to be an outstanding centre of education and creativity. Working with The Bryan Adams Foundation, AKG has donated a 6-piece drum microphone set and four C1000 S condenser mics to the Academy's Music Centre, which is designed to give students a thorough grounding in performance and recording techniques.