NRK, Norway’s public broadcaster, successfully hosted this year’s Eurovision Song Contest, which was held last week in Oslo. EVS’ new XT[2]+ servers and its Full Tapeless Workflows played a key role in bringing this spectacular event to millions of viewers all over Europe.

With the football World Cup in South Africa, Alfacam takes up a new technological challenge and thus makes an important contribution to the largest broadcast project so far in the area of international football coverage. Alfacam will produce about 45% of all the matches as ‘world feed’ for HBS.

The “Car 8”, owned and operated by the French Company AMP is one of two European HD OBVans which are equipped for 3D shooting of 25 games at the FIFA World Cup. “Car 8” will be in charge of the 3D shooting of one match in Durban and 15 matches in Johannesburg, shared between Soccer City Stadium and Ellis Park Stadium. "Car 8" has been chosen for the international broadcasting of the opening match and the final match of the FIFA World Cup in 3D.

S.two Corporation, the Reno based manufacturer known for providing uncompressed digital film production solutions and the workflows to seamlessly integrate the move to post has announced the industry’s most comprehensive uncompressed 3D capture and workflow support with the latest version of their successful OB-1 on-board recorder for digital cinematography. The new release has full 3D recording capability for 2 x digital cinematography cameras at 444 or ARRIRAW T-Link 3K.

World renowned wildlife filmmakers Deeble & Stone have partnered with leading 3D production specialist Inition to co-produce a 3D wildlife pilot in Africa. The shoot took place in Kenya and was produced in association with equipment manufacturer P+S TECHNIK. The pilot is narrated by Sir Ian Holm and will be screened for the first time on 1st June at Dimension 3, Seine-Saint-Denis, France.

South African Broadcaster M-NET has purchased a high specification, high definition outside broadcast trailer from UK Systems Integrator, Gearhouse Broadcast.

Vitec Group brands Sachtler and Vinten are collaborating with local distributor Telemedia to establish a full service facility in Johannesburg throughout the World Cup. The centre is being led by Christian Huber, sales and service support manager for Sachtler and Vinten.

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During the 2010 FIFA World Cup™, Sony Corporation will open a variety of pavilions in seven countries (including South Africa) where visitors will be able to experience the "3D world Created by Sony," featuring vivid 3D images of football as well as entertainment content including music, movies and games from across the Sony Group.

Panasonic and the Fédération Française de Tennis (FFT) form partnership to deliver the first two weeks live European sporting event in 3D.

A season of change for the UEFA Champions League culminated with a familiar face lifting the trophy as José Mourinho led FC Internazionale Milano to a 2-0 victory against FC Bayern München at the Santiago Bernabéu in Madrid. At the conclusion of his 700th match for Inter, Javier Zanetti lifted the trophy and added the continental crown to the Italian league and cup double Inter had already secured. Diego Milito scored in each half to capture Inter's third European Champion Clubs' Cup and the second for Mourinho who, following his 2004 triumph with FC Porto, became just the third coach after Ottmar Hitzfeld and Ernst Happel to win the title with two clubs.

Considered the world’s largest non-sport television production, the Eurovision Song Contest Finale is being broadcast live from the Telenor Arena, in Oslo, Norway during several dates in late May. Started in 1956, the contest has since grown to include two live semi-finals, which are held on the 25th and the 27th of May. NRK, the national public broadcaster of Norway (the winning country in 2009), is the host broadcaster this year. The final broadcast consists of entries from 25 countries. The host nation is pre-qualified for the final, along with the UK, Spain, France and Germany, and the 20 qualifiers from the two Semi-Finals, leading up to the Grand Finale held on May 29th.

The Hope Channel Production Center, owned and operated by Seventh Day Adventist Church for the Hope Channel, a provider that delivers programming available around the world, has recently installed a Solid State Logic 32x8 C10 HD console in its new HD production annex. The C10 HD provides the rich feature set, audio quality and ease of use necessary for a production schedule handled by multiple engineers with varying skill levels.

Arqiva is to provide XDC with satellite based electronic delivery to cinemas using its IS905 Digital Cinema platform and satellite infrastructure. Under a non-exclusive agreement Arqiva will deliver Digital Cinema Packages and live events to exhibitors in XDC's network, while XDC will also be able to transmit content to all cinemas connected to the Arqiva Digital Cinema network.

Two match days before the end of the season, FC Bayern München and FC Schalke 04 were topping the Bundesliga, Germany’s top football league, with level points. In the relegation battle, it was neck and neck until the last game, excitedly watched by a large TV audience. TV broadcaster LIVECAST TV Produktion’s two new OB vans were in on the gripping league finale, and produced a ‘basic feed’ of the football broadcasts. For the audio component, LIVECAST TV relies on Lawo consoles.