As consumer preferences shift and change, the demand for content localisation has undergone significant evolution. As audiences around the world seek content in their own language and cultural context, the role of dubbing studios like Dubbing Brothers has become increasingly crucial. To meet this increased demand, Dubbing Brothers has continued to grow. Its latest expansion has seen a raft of Genelec monitors added to its Paris facility.

Clear-Com announces that the highly anticipated Gen-IC Virtual Intercom, a new system combining the power of cloud production with Clear-Com's renowned reliability, is now available for purchase.

Astera – a leading developer of innovative light solutions for film, event and TV markets – today announced the launch of the LunaBulb, an innovative offering to the lighting market which externally replicates the appearance of a conventional lightbulb, but internally contains all of the remarkable creative control that comes as standard with Astera’s lighting ecosystem. The new LunaBulb will be debuted – alongside a display of Astera’s full lighting ecosystem - at Cinegear LA Expo 2024. 

After a successful exhibition at Euro Cine Expo 2024, Astera, a developer of lighting solutions for film, event, and TV markets, received the Best of Show Award from film-tv-video.de. This award was given for the new addition to their lighting portfolio: the LunaBulb, launched at the beginning of June. This success follows their achievement last year when Astera was shortlisted for their PlutoFresnel.

the TT-Phone studio patch panel strives to be a groundbreaking solution for purist, analog & digital studio environments that don't want to compromise on quality and functionality. This high-quality patch panel is specifically designed for professional music or home studio and broadcast applications, offering a combination of high packing density and robust construction for a long life even under demanding conditions. The sockets with palladium-silver plated, self-cleaning contacts guarantee the best signal transmission and durability. Each socket has five solder lugs that allow flexible connections in all normalization variants.

Global localisation expert Iyuno has seen a recent boom in demand for a variety of its services, such as lip synch, voiceover and audio description, audio editing, audio mixing, subtitling and closed captions. This has led the company to undertake a comprehensive refurbishment and expansion of its Paris studios with Genelec monitors at the heart of the project.

Following their extraordinary reception at NAB2024, Proton Camera Innovations - a German innovator in the field of miniaturised cameras – will be using their attendance at IBC2024 (Booth 11.A06) to showcase their PROTON CAM, the world’s smallest broadcast camera. 

"Ninja Warrior Germany 2023" is one of the most elaborate TV show productions currently undertaken by RTL Deutschland. The recording of the RTL Ninja Warrior Germany Celebrity Special required not only the competitors to demonstrate their skills but also posed significant demands on the broadcast technology. From mid-June 2023, the MMC Studios in Cologne were fully utilized for recording the eighth season of "Ninja Warrior Germany," a format originally from Japan, where participants complete an obstacle course against time, requiring strength, endurance, and agility.

Following a restructuring of the "ARD-Mittagsmagazin", Mitteldeutscher Rundfunk MDR has been responsible for the program's extended program on a weekly basis with ZDF since the beginning of the year. The new Studio 1 went into operation on May 27, 2024. The television broadcasting operations of Norddeutscher Rundfunk and Radio Bremen were relocated to MDR in Leipzig at the end of April 2024. We took a look around there.

SIGMA Corporation (CEO: Kazuto Yamaki) is pleased to announce its participation in IBC 2024, the world's leading broadcast media & tech show in Amsterdam, the Netherlands, which opens on September 13. Themed "Rediscovery", the SIGMA stand this year will feature a number of unique areas that will allow visitors to rediscover the creative potential of the popular SIGMA CINE LENS series.

Strong on stage and signal-proof ...
is the SYSCAT4 family from Sommer cable. It enables the simultaneous and reliable transmission of up to four analog or eight digital AES/EBU or DMX signals over distances of up to 100 meters via stage-compatible CAT cables.

Anton/Bauer, a leading provider of mobile power systems for the film and television industry, has announced the launch of the VCLX LI 1600. The latest evolution in its award-winning VCLX range of block battery systems delivers more power than ever from a lightweight and IP65-rated weatherproof unit. 

Calrec, leading designer and supplier of broadcast audio mixing consoles and equipment, has expanded its distribution partnership with Bavaria-based broadcast audio specialists, Cerberus Media Solutions to cover the entire DACH region – Germany, Austria and Switzerland. Broadcasters in these countries can take full advantage of Calrec’s multi-award-winning new standard for broadcast audio, Argo, available in Austria and Switzerland for the first time. Argo brings unrivalled flexibility, IP-native supercharged DSP, unwavering remote-control capability, and future-proof technologies built around Calrec’s ImPulse core and Assist UI.

V-Nova, a leading provider of video and data compression solutions and Amlogic, a world leading fabless semiconductor company, have today announced a partnership to support MPEG-5 LCEVC on Amlogic SoCs.

V-Nova and Amlogic are developing and deploying multiple implementations of the MPEG-5 LCEVC standard, for both the existing and future portfolio of Amlogic’s SoCs. MPEG-5 LCEVC support provides the high levels of security, processing power, and efficiency required by operators and service providers for premium-quality content. 

V-Nova and Amlogic will participate in Globo’s non-commercial TV 3.0 Olympic showcase with an ongoing commitment from Amlogic to support upcoming chipsets for the roll-out of TV 3.0 in 2025.

Ikegami announces a space-saving addition to its range of broadcast quality television production equipment. Previewed at the April 2024 NAB Show in Las Vegas and scheduled for introduction to the European market at IBC in September, the new ultra-compact OCP-500 camera control unit has the slimmest panel surface of any Ikegami operation control panel to date.