With technology lying at the heart of Creative Technology’s business, the Company’s extensive inventory has been enlarged further with the purchase of a variety of new products that complement CT’s already comprehensive stock of audio visual equipment. Taking delivery of new modular display screens and projectors means CT can remain ahead of our competitors, ensuring we provide the very best of equipment to events worldwide.Amongst the new purchases, CT now own three new types of LED Video Display systems – the Flyer 12, the Panasonic 12mm LED and the Spider 30.

The BBC’s latest adventure into live natural history programming, Lambing Live, billed by some as ‘EweTube’ has been one of the surprise hits of the year so far, attracting more 2 million viewers in the UK on its opening night. The week-long show provided an insight into the biggest and busiest event in the farming calendar.

Harris Corporation is providing its NEXIO AMP® advanced media platform to German national public television broadcaster Zweites Deutsches Fernsehen (ZDF) to support the high-definition (HD) migration and centralization of ZDF’s playout center in Mainz.

SES ASTRA announced that it will launch a 3D demo channel on ASTRA. Following initial testing, the channel will go live on 4 May 2010 right in time for the opening of ANGA Cable, the international trade fair for cable broadband and satellite taking place from 4-6 May in Cologne, Germany. ASTRA's new 3D demo channel will be available free-to-air via ASTRA's orbital position 23.5 degrees East, and will initially target retailers and installers featuring high quality 3D content including sports, music and entertainment.

Following a successful formula of offering clients highly flexible rigs that can handle a variety of production formats, Token Creek Mobile Television, Inc., based near Madison Wisconsin, is building a new 53-foot digital production truck for its sports and entertainment clients with multi-format high-definition production equipment from Grass Valley™.

Telenor, the Norwegian owner and operator of the Thor satellites at 1 West, has renewed its contract with Arqiva for the uplinking of three digital multiplexes onto its Thor 5 satellite. This service, uplinked through Arqiva’s Winchester Teleport, delivers over 30 DTH (Direct To Home) TV channels into Scandinavian markets.

Following a year in which its Kayenne™ high-definition Video Production Center switcher has been used by numerous mobile production companies around the world for the most high-profile live sports and entertainment events, at this year’s NAB exhibition Grass Valley™ announced several new workflow enhancements to the Kayenne that make it more powerful and able to handle more complex productions from its single, color-coded control panel.

Vinten®, a Vitec Group brand and global leader in camera supports, currently celebrating its 100th year of business, has today received the Queen’s Award for Enterprise in the Innovation category.

Solid State Logic, the manufacturer of industry leading digital consoles for the broadcast industry, announced the integration of their digital broadcast console range with the Optocore Optical Digital Network System at NAB 2010.

NEP Visions, Britain's largest outside broadcast (OB) facilities company, recently provided a complete mobile production (fly pack) and editing facility, including a Wohler AMP1-E16-3G audio/video monitor, for a popular pregame football special aired from the U.S. Air Force base in Kabul, Afghanistan.

ETASound, the North Wales and London-based sound design, installation and rental company has given its AXYS® Scope system an impressive debut. The first outing for the new rig was at a Beth Nielsen Chapman concert at Venue Cymru, Llandudno, held in the 1,500-seat main auditorium.

ARRI, FUJINON and ZEISS announced a strategic partnership designed to utilize the unique strengths of each company in order to create innovative new products for the entertainment imaging community. The agreement consists of an open exchange of ideas, standards and technologies, as well as close cooperation in the development of new products.

Riedel Communications, renowned for pioneering most advanced intercom, fiber, audio and radio technology, presented the Artist 1100 Series OLED control panel, which is Riedel’s new premium control key panel for Artist digital matrix intercoms.

 Riedel Communications, leading manufacturer of intercom, fiber, audio and radio technology, presented the new software-based Embedder/De-Embedder for MediorNet as well as the MediorNet Multi-I/O breakout panel and the optical video card at this year's NAB in Las Vegas, Nevada.

Pixel Power, Inc., a leading provider of broadcast graphics systems, was awarded the prestigious 2010 STAR (Superior Technology Award Recipient) Award presented by the editorial staff of TV Technology magazine at the 2010 NAB Show for the new Video Switch Panel for BrandMaster, the world’s first branding switcher for master control.