Netherlands-based AV conversion, processing and compliance recording specialist Axon Digital Design (Booth N3024) arrives at NAB on the back of the announcement of major growth in its global sales revenue. In 2010, Axon registered over 25 per cent growth in its worldwide sales, growth that positions Axon as the leading supplier of signal processing equipment (digital glue) in HD & 3D OB vehicles (source: www.live-production.tv ).

Tom Cosgrove, CEO of 3net, the first 24/7 fully programmed, general entertainment 3D television network, will join Tim Pastore, 3net's vice president, production and development; Sony 3D Technology Center stereographer Grant Anderson; Josh Derby, Discovery Communications' director of technology and standards; and Craig Tanner, president and chief stereographer at Digital Revolution Studios, for a session titled "3net: Programming and Producing High-Quality 3DTV" at the 2011 NAB Show.

Since announcing its acquisition of LiberoVision AG in November 2010, Vizrt plans to reveal their initial efforts toward creating an integrated Vizrt/LiberoVision sports platform at its booth (#SL5408) at the 2011 NAB show from April 11-14, 2011 in Las Vegas.

Cel-Soft Ltd, a world leader in software development for 3D television programme production and file-based signal analysis, announces the appointment of DigiLog Media as its sales partner for South Korea. Based in Seoul, DigiLog Media specialises in supplying broadcast and motion-picture-related products to production studios, post-production facilities, television channels and playout companies.

PLAZAMEDIA, Germany's biggest sports TV producer, has chosen Sony Professional high-performance monitors for its 2D and 3D production. The 19 LMD-2341W 2D monitors are mainly used in the new HD-AVID editing suites; the 10 LMD-2451TD 3D monitors in the broadcast of 3D SKY programmes, among other things.

3ality Digital, a world leader in advanced technologies to empower creative digital stereoscopic 3D (S3D) acquisition, has today unveiled new software tools to make acquiring compelling S3D easier and more efficient than ever before. The IntelleCal™ and IntelleCam™ solutions, part of the 3space™ suite of products, will be launched by 3ality Digital at NAB in Las Vegas.

The recent football match between Marseilles and Paris, a very high-stakes game at the Vélodrome stadium, was entirely filmed and broadcast in stereoscopic 3D. The images were filmed by AMP/Visual TV for Canal+, and the graphics were created by Hasta, using Orad’s solutions.

While virtual sets offer limitless creative options for live 2D/3D sets, the calibration and alignment of multiple cameras with the synthetic set can be a prohibitively complex and time-consuming process. But with its industry-leading Viz Virtual Studio, Vizrt took the complexity out of setting up 2D/3D interactive virtual sets by providing an intuitive user interface and compatibility with most major camera-tracking solutions.

Binocle, the leading provider and manufacturer of S-3D equipment in France, will be at NAB Show 2011, Booth C11143

This competition is aimed at all producers and creators of 3D contents, who can sign up their S3D projects in one of the Festival’s 9 categories

The climax of last year’s Six Nations took place in Paris on Saturday 20th March in front of 80,000 spectators with the Northern Hemisphere’s two traditional powerhouses France and England squaring off at the Stade de France in Paris for the final. The French national rugby team “Les Bleus” celebrated 100 years of playing the Six Nations with a 12 – 10 victory over England. This anniversary was further marked by the first 3D broadcast of a rugby match in France – an achievement made possible through the technical expertise of Euro Media France.

SGO, with Element Technica (ET), pioneering designer and manufacturer of the Technica 3D family of stereoscopic 3D rigs, jointly announce today, that an exciting strategic technical collaboration has been formed between the two companies.

Sony has selected Arqiva as their technology partner for the live global 3D distribution of the 2011 Wimbledon Lawn Tennis Championships to worldwide cinemas. This will be the first time this famous tournament has been transmitted live to cinemas or seen in stunning high-definition 3D, and so it represents an innovative and unique viewing opportunity for tennis enthusiasts all around the world. Four key matches will be transmitted - the men’s semi-finals, the women’s final and the men’s final.

Marcus Theatres, one of the top cinema chains in the United States, is dedicated to providing the ultimate cinema experience to moviegoers. The company’s patented UltraScreen® movie screen is more than three stories tall, with five times the square footage area of a typical screen. Marcus Theatres is equally committed to cinema sound, using HARMAN’s JBL ScreenArray® 5742 4-way and 5732 3-way ultra-high-power loudspeaker systems, and Crown I-Tech HD Series power amplifiers in its UltraScreen 3D and 2D theaters.

One of the many highlights of the UEFA Champions League took place on 15 March 2011 in Munich when Bayern played Inter in the round of 16. Bayern's 1-0 first-leg advantage lasted just four minutes as Samuel Eto'o tucked away his eighth goal of the competition. By 31 minutes Mario Gomez and Thomas Müller had struck to turn the game on its head, giving Louis van Gaal's men a handy lead – but there was a nasty sting in the tail for a side beaten by the Nerazzurri in last May's showpiece. Wesley Sneijder's 63rd-minute equaliser set the platform for Pandev, who fired high into the net as Inter became only the second club in UEFA Champions League history – and the first in 15 years – to overturn a first-leg deficit on their travels.