For more than 26 years, IDK Corporation has been leading the ProAV market in Japan with advanced products and innovative technology, specializing in the education, corporate and digital signage markets, successfully deliver cost effective solutions for class rooms, conference facilities, command and control centers, and for event/staging venues.

Harmonic (NASDAQ: HLIT), the worldwide leader in video delivery infrastructure, today announced that NASA TV UHD, the first consumer Ultra HD (UHD) channel in North America, is now available. Leveraging an end-to-end UHD delivery system from Harmonic, NASA's ambient video channel provides consumers with a wide array of out-of-this-world linear 2160p60 video content, capturing the breathtaking beauty of the space program.

Barnfind Technologies, manufacturer of a revolutionary multi-functional, signal neutral transport platform, has announced that Zhongshan Broadcasting & Television in Guangdong Province, China has deployed Barnfind’s BarnOne flagship series as the signal transport system for its new mobile four-channel Ultra-HD/EFP (Electronic Field Production) studio.

On December 9th 2015 Broadcast Solutions GmbH will host a special one-day event at its headquarters in Bingen/Germany. As part of the Broadcast Innovation Days series, this special Broadcast Innovation Day in Bingen will be a fantastic occasion to see the largest fleet of OB Vans in production in Europe today plus much more.

The Centro Televisivo Vaticano (CTV — Vatican Television Centre) has announced a major overhaul of the equipment used for its live footage capture. By this autumn, their OB-8 OB truck will be fully kitted out with 4K technology and will feature eight Sony HDC-4300 cameras, a 4K PWS-4400 server and a 4K MVS-7000X switcher.

AJA Video Systems today introduced the Ki Pro Ultra - a next generation file-based 4K/UltraHD and 2K/HD video recorder and player with a built-in HD LCD monitor. Ki Pro Ultra is capable of capturing edit-ready 4K (4096 x 2160), UltraHD (3840 x 2160), 2K (2048 x 1080) and HD (1920 x 1080) Apple ProRes files. Ki Pro Ultra also supports a range of video formats and frame rates up to 4K 60p, and offers flexible input and output connectivity - including 3G-SDI, Fiber and HDMI - for powerful and efficient large-raster and high-frame rate workflows.

Mediapro continues to lead the way in innovation with the live broadcast of the match in ultra high definition / To air the game around the world 37 cameras have been set up in the Santiago Bernabeu, a record number for a Madrid-Barça game

2015 hasn’t exactly been a blockbuster film release year but SMPTE (Society of Motion Picture and Television Engineers) 2015 Symposium attendees are eternally optimistic that tomorrow’s releases will be richer, better and there will be more.

V-Nova Ltd., a leading provider of video compression solutions, announced today that its innovative PERSEUS technology was deployed by Mediapro’s Overon for visually lossless contribution of the November 21 “El Clásico” match between Real Madrid and Barcelona played at the Santiago Bernabau stadium in Madrid, Spain.

For the very first time in a Madrid-Barça game, MEDIAPRO carried out live 4K production with operators from Germany, Switzerland and Hong Kong receiving the match signal in Ultra High Definition with excellent results. For the coverage, the group used a 12- 4K camera OB van to produce the match with the cutting-edge technology. The biggest match in the Spanish league could also be seen in HD around the world. ESPN, DIRECTV, FOX Brasil, beIN SPORTS MENA, PPTV, beIN SPORTS USA, beIN SPORTS France and VIASAT requested signal customisation services from within the Santiago Bernabeu Stadium with link-ups both before and after the match.

Media Burst, the Systems Integration company of the Mediapro group, chose three LEADER LV 5490 multi-screen waveform monitors for ultra-high definition coverage of the Real Madrid versus Barcelona football match in Madrid on Saturday November 21.

The National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) and Harmonic (NASDAQ: HLIT), a worldwide leader in video delivery infrastructure, announced that they will document the launch of the Orbital 4 mission, carrying supplies to the International Space Station, at a new level with leading 4K and UHD capabilities. As an industry first, yesterday, Dec. 6, the teams shoot the launch for release using an array of six 4K+ cameras, shooting at high frame rate (HFR) and in high dynamic range (HDR). The footage will then be rapidly post-produced into a program on the entire process of the launch, to be aired on NASA TV UHD tomorrow. HDR reference UHD video clips of the launch will also be published at the beginning of next year.

intoPIX has been presented with the prestigious IABM Peter Wayne Award for Design and Innovation for its TICO lightweight compression. With this game changing technology, intoPIX and broadcast equipment manufacturers are easing the transition to IP and UHDTV  in Live production workflows while ensuring interoperability with existing SDI infrastructures.

Blackmagic Design has today announced that German satellite channel pearl.tv has installed a 12G-SDI multicam workflow using Blackmagic Design broadcast infrastructure to become the first European broadcaster to transmit in 4K to ASTRA. The Ultra HD workflow features Blackmagic hardware including the ATEM 2 M/E Broadcast Studio 4K, Studio Camera 4K and Ultra Studio 4K Extreme.

Mediapro Turkey & ACTA Medya, provided the technical infrastructure and crew for three important Ultra HD productions between 7-11 December. The Galatasaray - Astana match, was broadcasted as the first UEFA match ever  in 4K as free-to- air. In addition Turkey hosted the world’s first 4K video conferences from 5 different locations.