On 10 March, for the first time in Belgium, Belgacom's innovation department in cooperation with its partner Outside Broadcast, performed a 3D HD capture of a Belgian football match (Charleroi-Lokeren). Belgacom is happy to announce that this test was very conclusive: the new 3D HD technology, particularly in the case of football, offers a truly new television experience to viewers and opens up new and exciting prospects for the future.

Solid State Logic, the manufacturer of industry leading digital consoles for the broadcast industry, will showcase the integration of their digital broadcast console range with the world’s most powerful broadcast automation systems at NAB 2010, in the new Pro Audio Hall located in the Central Hall on booth C3313, on April 10 to 15 at the Las Vegas Convention Center.

CleanSwitch adds the ability to cleanly and quietly switch video signals with embedded audio, passing the audio through with a V-fade or Crossfade.The CleanSwitch option adds a separate openGear card that is controlled by CrossOver to mix up to a full 16 embedded audio channels.

Once again, ABC light cranes (type 120 and 100 with Remote Heads Pele and Alex digital) will be employed at the Football World Cup 2010 in South Africa and enable camera operators to shoot the most exciting goal scenes as close as possible. At least camera operators should have an easy job shooting at the World Cup because they use ABC light cranes.

At the 31st Annual Sports Emmy® Awards, winners in 32 categories including outstanding live sports special, live series, sports documentary, studio show, technical team remote, technical team studio, promotional announcements, play-by-play personality and studio analyst will be honored. The Awards will be given out at the prestigious Frederick P. Rose Hall, Home of Jazz at Lincoln Center located in the Time Warner Center on April 26th, 2010 in New York City.

MultiDyne, a premier provider of fiber optic-based video and audio transport and routing solutions for broadcast and pro A/V applications, will introduce a new LiGHTBoX® 3D field fiber transport system at this year’s NAB (Booth C7637). With the explosion of 3D in the broadcast industry, MultiDyne has re-configured its popular LiGHTBoX solution to serve this growing market.

wTVision's World Cup Studio CG is a solution with dedicated controller software to manage, edit and control the graphics you need to cover the World Cup in every detail.It comes prepackaged with FIFA’s Official graphics for right holders or an exclusive look & feel designed by wTVision for non-rights holders.

The HD-3500 fiber optic transceiver supports a multirate 3.0 Gbps HD-SDI video signal with capability for four analog audio or two AES audio channels. The system also supports bidirectional stereo audio for intercom with bidirectional RS-232 and RS-422 data capability.

Defending champion Paul Bonhomme of Britain won the first Red Bull Air Race of the 2010 season in Abu Dhabi on Saturday with a hard-fought victory in scorching heat, finishing just ahead of compatriot Nigel Lamb (2nd) and Hungary’s Peter Besenyei (3rd) in an eventful battle over the turquoise waters of the Arabian Gulf. Austria’s Hannes Arch finished a disappointing 11th after posting the fastest Qualifying time on Friday.

For the past 13 years, NDR’s Ü30 OB van has handled the station’s radio broadcasts, primarily working on classical concerts. On board: a Lawo mc80. Now, the vehicle is due to be replaced by a new Ü30, whose centrepiece will be a mc²66 – once again from Lawo.

Austria’s Hannes Arch won the first point of the 2010 Red Bull Air Race World Championship by posting the fastest time in Qualifying on Friday ahead of Saturday’s season opener in Abu Dhabi. Defending champion Paul Bonhomme of Britain made a thrilling dash to try to beat Arch and snatch the one point away from his rival but hit an Air Gate at the end of his run and ended up a disappointing third. Britain’s Nigel Lamb got second while Australia’s Matt Hall took fourth.

LYNX Technik AG will debut nine new 3G-ready modular infrastructure products at NAB 2010 – Booth N5011. They complement the existing comprehensive line of Series 5000 high-end rack and card based terminal equipment solutions for conversion, distribution, embedding and de-embedding, frame synchronization, audio delay and test signal generation.

LYNX Technik AG will debut a new 3G fiber transmitter, 3G transceiver, and 3G bi-directional transceiver at NAB 2010 – Booth N5011. They complement the existing line of yellobrik fiber brick interfaces

LYNX Technik AG, provider of signal processing solutions for the broadcast and professional AV industries, will launch their new yellobrik® SDI to HDMI Converter, the CDH 1811, at NAB 2010 – Booth Number N5011.

Clear-Com® Communication Systems, a Vitec Group brand, is pleased to announce that the France 2 television network, part of the government-owned France Télévisions, has outfitted its new HD OB van with Clear-Com’s Eclipse Median digital matrix intercom system, six IP-enabled V-Series 12-lever user panels and one V-Series 24-lever panel.