Broadcast Pix™ today announced that the South African Broadcasting Corp. (SABC), the official broadcaster of the 2010 FIFA World Cup, has purchased 10 Slate™ 1000 live video production systems for use during the international sports event. The tournament, which begins June 11 and features 32 teams from countries around the world, is expected to draw substantial crowds beyond ticketed spectators, and the Slate systems will be used to provide coverage for public viewing areas near each venue.

The 3D revolution is here to stay and British cinema-goers are in for the experience of a lifetime at Europe’s first all 3D multiplex. Apollo Cinemas, the cinema chain revolutionising the movie-going experience in the UK, has today announced the opening of the first fully digital, all 3D multiplex in Europe. Working in conjunction with Sony Professional and RealD, Apollo are opening one of the most technologically advanced cinemas in Europe. Apollo’s new multiplex will be home to six digital cinema screens, each of which will be equipped to display stunning 3D.

The RealD Professional Stereo3D™ Calculator app for iPod®, iTouch®, and iPad® is an interactive pre-production and on-set tool for filmmakers shooting in stereoscopic 3D. Designed for both seasoned stereographers and newcomers to stereo 3D production, this app saves time and budget by calculating parallax and separation to plan stereo 3D depth, helping a filmmaker determine an optimal camera rig, its settings and lens configuration, all from the palm of your hand.

Fresh from releasing her 18th album in an illustrious career spanning 14 years, Taiwanese pop sensation A-mei is back on the road in a spectacular rock tour that demanded many months of preparation.

Solid State Logic is pleased to announce the installation of a 24+8-fader C100 HDS console with two 128 DSP Blackrock Processor Units in the TRT Avaz Studio supporting programming for TRT’s newest broadcast channel, TRT Avaz.

Camera Corps reports growing worldwide demand for its Q-Ball ultra-compact robotic minicam system. Following a highly successful presence at NAB 2010 in Las Vegas, Q-Ball has achieved successful sales in Australia, Britain, Canada, Germany, Holland, Italy, South Africa and the USA. It is now a popular choice for point-of-view coverage of major sports events, reality-television shows and documentaries.

Love Never Dies, Andrew Lloyd Webber’s long-awaited sequel to The Phantom of the Opera, has opened at London’s Adelphi Theatre, with cast and orchestra fully miked up with DPA microphones, specified by sound designer Mick Potter and supplied by Autograph Sound Hire. Love Never Dies continues the story of the Phantom, moving from Paris to Phantasma, a fabulous, early 20th century showground in Coney Island, New York - home to freaks and entertainers.

CTV, Canada's largest private broadcaster, recently completed a substantial investment in Lawo equipment that was used by Canada’s Olympic Broadcast Media Consortium, a unique relationship between leading media conglomerates CTV Inc. and Rogers Media Inc., which, collectively, broadcast the 2010 Winter Games across Canada. The purchase consisted of seven Lawo systems—five mc²56 consoles and two zirkonXL consoles that were deployed at the IBC (International Broadcast Center) in Vancouver. With the massive project now successfully completed, CTV is already planning for the next big event that will utilize their Lawo equipment.

Following the successful fan-based activities organised in Paris (2006), Athens (2007), Moscow (2008) and Rome (2009) during the previous years, the UEFA Champions Festival opens its doors for the public this year at the heart of the Spanish capital and welcomes all Madrileños, Spanish, finalists’ fans and city visitors to a week-long celebration of football which will be staged from Saturday 15 May to Saturday 22 May, closing just a few hours before the final takes place at the Estadio Santiago Bernabéu of Madrid.

DPA’s Portuguese distributor Avantgarde has supplied a 5100 mobile surround microphone and ten 4017mk2-R shotgun mics with Rycote weather protection systems to Radio e Televisao de Portugal (RTP), to be used at the Dragon Stadium in Porto, on the UEFA Champions League Porto vs Chelsea football match.

Broadcast Pix™ announced iPixPanel, its new software application that allows an Apple iPad to control any of its video production systems, is now available for download from Apple’s App Store.

Thanks to the introduction of a new software upgrade, existing DK customers can adapt their audio meters so that the display shows Loudness in a clear and easy to read format, while still showing any of the usual DK metering scales.

Arqiva is providing regular distribution of FA Cup soccer matches from the UK to the Americas for Sports broadcaster ESPN. Arqiva is providing uplink and capacity on IS805 to distribute 28 FA Cup matches to ESPN audiences throughout Latin America.

The goal of these meetings, gathering integrators from different Spanish cities, was to presentthe company's latest developments at the corporate, commercial and technical levels. Duringthe sessions, they went over the latest VSN developments for Mac, the advanced graphicssystem vsncg+ and the latest versions of the scheduling, traffic and management solutionvsncreaTV. They also showed the latest novelties in their content distribution and contributiontool vsnIPTransfer and the new UMP links optimization protocol, an important R&D project inwhich the company is currently involved.

Miranda Technologies today announced that its award-winning, Densité 3DX-3901 Stereoscopic 3D video processor will be shipping in time for the 2010 FIFA World Cup South AfricaTM football tournament, which will be broadcast in 3D.