Rihanna, Sade and Peter Maffay were just some of the artists who took to the stage for the 2010 Echo Awards at the Palais am Funkturm in Berlin in March. The 22-year old Barbados-born singer stole this year’s show with a performance of her latest single Rude Boy, her first on German television, alongside two giant animatronic robots. Pop newcomer Ke$ha treated the audience to a raucous rendition of her recent number one hit Tik Tok while Sade performed Soldier of Love from her new album. At the heart of the 2010 awards, making sure all the performances wowed the crowd, were Sennheiser’s microphones and monitoring equipment.

A unique act in the massive work of contemporary music, Celtic Woman merges modern elements with time-honored Celtic tunes through the voices of five superb female soloists backed by a full band and an eight-member choir. Since its formation in 2004, the group has sold over fifty million albums and has played to sold-out arenas throughout the world. The current 75+ city tour, “Songs From the Heart” supports the latest release of the same name and made its way in late February through New York City. The group invited the Internet phenomenon P.S. 22 Chorus to share the stage at Radio City Music Hall.

NEP Studio 54 recently installed a 48-fader, Solid State Logic C100 HD console to handle the audio for Comedy Central’s popular The Colbert Report. NEP has upgraded two studios for full HD production, Studio 52, where Comedy Central’s the Daily Show with Jon Stewart is produced, and, most recently, Studio 54. The success of the C100 HD in Studio 52 inspired the purchase of a second SSL for Studio 54.

NOA Audio Solutions today announced that Slovak Radio (SKR) has deployed the company's complete mediARC™ solution, as well as NOA IngestLine™ digital transcription, to secure, preserve, and manage the diverse content of its extensive and historic audio collection. The NOA installation at the Bratislava-based national broadcaster was completed in March.

The Advanced Media Workflow Association (AMWA) and the European Broadcasting Union (EBU) are co-publishing a Request For Technology (RFT) as the result of joint activities in the FIMS (Framework for Interoperable Media Service) Task Force. The Task Force has been created to address issues around interoperability in digital workflows. The joint effort between the EBU and the AMWA to seek out a common approach to integrate hardware and software components in modern TV production facilities is believed to be a fundamental need of the whole media industry.

After five years of successful teamwork, the Red Bull Air Race GmbH and LMC officially join forces and continue the valuable co-operation with LMC becoming "Official Global Supplier".

All technology has its physical limits. The automotive industry is struggling with the effective range of electric vehicles as manufacturers of solar cells are looking for greater efficiency in the generation of electrical power. For headphone developers, the challenge is in the magnetic field of sound generation. To put it more precisely: at the magical frontier of 1 tesla.

Tektronix, Inc., the market leader in broadcast video test, monitoring and analysis solutions, featured an extensive range of new and enhanced products and solutions at the National Association of Broadcasters (NAB) 2010. Tektronix showcased solutions across its portfolio of solutions for SD to HD, to 3G-SDI and MPEG monitoring technologies.

SIS LIVE, one of Europe’s largest outside broadcast (OB) and uplink supplier, has unveiled its latest new-generation, super-sized outside broadcast vehicle, OB 1. The 24-camera, 14.6m x 5.65m truck is the largest OB vehicle in the UK. The state-of-the-art production unit is fully high definition (HD) throughout and 3G capable. Its first job was to cover Match of the Day for BBC Sport and it is now moving on to two more very big BBC broadcast events, the Boat Race and extended coverage of the 2010 John Smith’s Grand National from Aintree on 10th April.

Protecting the environment and reducing emissions are important aims of the Red Bull Air Race and the world’s fastest growing international motorsport is committed to the goal of becoming carbon-neutral, said Red Bull Air Race GmbH CEO Bernd Loidl ahead of Earth Day on April 22. The high-speed, low-altitude race has been steadily reducing its carbon footprint each year with pioneering logistics strategies, intelligent race calendar planning and high-tech solutions designed to reduce both emissions and costs. There are also concrete plans on the drawing board to complement those efforts with carbon offsets in the near future.

FOR-A, a leading manufacturer of video and audio systems for the broadcast and video production industry, today announced its versatile and cost-effective HVS-300HS HD/SD Portable Video Switcher can be integrated easily into Crestron-controlled AV systems with a new software control module. The free software module will be available for download at www.Crestron.com within the next 30 days for Crestron dealers, partners, and customers with a Crestron account.

The 128th Convention of the Audio Engineering Society, the international audio technology organisation and standards body, takes place in London this year, from May 22nd-25th, at the Novotel Convention Centre, Hammersmith.

True Visions, one of the largest cable and satellite television providers in Thailand and South East Asia, has installed Jünger Audio LEVEL MAGIC™ processors in its final programme chain to help balance audio levels across its pay-TV channels.

Brick House Video’s NAB 2010 line-up included a balance of new and enhanced compact and cost-effective equipment for production and post-production. Products include an HD version of Callisto Micro - probably the smallest switcher on the market, a 3G capable up/cross converter, and a detail enhanced multi-format, and a multi-purpose converter. The manufacturer has also demonstrated its new on-board web server for remote IP control.

Communitek Video Systems presented the Minicaster™ at NAB 2010. The Minicaster is a high-performance, standalone encoding system designed specifically for live streaming of HD and SD content for Internet video broadcasts and IPTV applications. Offering real-time MPEG4/H.264, Adobe Flash™ and Windows Media™ encoding, this compact device is the perfect solution for live broadcasts from both field and studio locations. Applications include live sports and concert events, high-quality video conferencing for business, government and medical applications, as well as worldwide distribution of television and radio broadcasts over the Internet.