Sony's Hiroshi Yoshioka will deliver the opening keynote on Monday, April 12 at the 2010 NAB Show in Las Vegas, show organizers announced today. Yoshioka, who oversees Sony's television, digital imaging, home audio and video businesses, will focus on the global and U.S. consumer demand for 3D technology and Sony's vision for the future of 3D technology, for consumers and professionals.

EVS Broadcast Equipment, the leader in Instant Tapeless Technology, is announcing that its XT[2]+ and XS series servers will have full native support of Panasonic AVC-Intra high-performance codec in Q4 2010.

FOR-A, a leading manufacturer of video and audio systems for the broadcast and professional video industries, will introduce the IVS-200 Video Stabilizer and Automatic Video Optimizer at the 2010 NAB Show in Las Vegas, Nev., April 12-15 (Booth C5219). The new stabilizer is the latest member of FOR-A’s family of video stabilizers for image stabilization, and is ideal for improving unsteady video for security and surveillance applications.

The Guild of Television Cameramen's 'Shooting from Helicopters' workshop on March 27, hosted by Mike Smith of Flying TV HD at Denham Aerodrome, was a huge success reports the GTC's Workshop Coordinator Clive North. In addition to Mike and co-host Monica Wyer of Flying TV, the contributors were the GTC's very own experienced aerial cameramen Alan Duxbury, Laurie Gilbert and Rex Palmer. Forty members attended.

The City Manager of 2010 FIFA World Cup South Africa host city Durban and the Chairman of London’s Olympic Delivery Authority will be featured speakers in the City Forum during the SportAccord Convention in Dubai next month. Dr Michael Sutcliffe from Durban will deliver a case study on the upcoming football mega-event and his city, and ODA chief John Armitt will address the subject of how London 2012 is balancing the needs of the Olympic Games with long-term legacy.

SENSIO Technologies Inc. announced that it is collaborating with Teranex Systems, Inc. (Teranex) at the 2010 National Association of Broadcasters (NAB) Show to demonstrate integration of the SENSIO® 3D Encoder and Decoder IP Cores within the Teranex VC100 Universal Frame Synchronizer and Format Converter. The technology integration, on display at the Teranex booth (N1115), will showcase how easily SENSIO's professional-quality 3D technology can be incorporated into best-of-breed broadcast products to simplify broadcasters' move into 3D broadcasting on current and future infrastructures.

Ross Video will be releasing a range of CWDM optical transmitters, optical muxes and optical demuxes to allow customers to fully utilize available bandwidth on their existing fiber connections.

Focal Professional will be demonstrating the CMS 40 professional monitoring speakers during the 2010 NAB show in Las Vegas, the speakers are the latest addition to its award-winning CMS (Compact Monitoring System) line. The new CMS 40, targeted for Broadcast and Post-Production environments, combines sound neutrality, extended bass frequency, high dynamics and absence of distortion at high sound levels, all in an ultra-compact speaker. The CMS 40 is the most compact and most affordable monitor of the Focal Professional range and joins the already popular CMS 50 and CMS 65 speakers, and the active CMS subwoofer. The CMS 40 model is set for release in the US and Canada in June 2010 through Focal’s exclusive distributor Audio Plus Services.

On March 14th TopVision, the Berlin-based OB-Van production company, presented the first live 3D HD Bundesliga football match in Germany. Nine 3D camera rigs (18 cameras in total) provided the video and Vizrt’s software generated the graphics. The Viz Trio character generator and the dual-channel Viz Engine created and synchronized graphics for the left and right eyes, creating the 3D effect.

China 3D World’s FORUM, held in conjunction with the China Electronics Fair (CEF), is scheduled for Friday, April 9 and Saturday, April 10th. The goal of the 2-day FORUM is to educate FORUM attendees and promote the development of the 3D consumer electronics industry.

Coming off its groundbreaking S3D telecast of the March 24th NHL game between the New York Rangers and Islanders at Madison Square Garden, 3ality Digital LLC will demonstrate the broadcast industry’s S3D systems of choice throughout the upcoming NAB show in Las Vegas. 3ality Digital’s technology and content will be widely represented at the April 10-15 industry gathering, and company executives will lend their expertise to high-profile NAB panel discussions.

Riedel Communications, leading manufacturer of intercom, audio, fiber and radio technology, unveiled the new RockNet RN.343.VI expansion card for Soundcraft Studer digital mixing consoles at this year's Prolight + Sound in Frankfurt, Germany.

Ross Video announces XPression Live CG, a version of XPression Designer exclusive to the CrossOver series of production switchers.
XPression Live CG renders still graphics on a laptop or PC running Nvidia Graphics, sending the stills with alpha over a network directly into the CrossOver Media Store channels.

If you are planning to attend NAB 2010 with stereoscopic 3DTV in your sights, then Vizrt’s booth is the place to be. Not only will there be powerful, proven stereo 3D technology on display, visitors will also get a glimpse of real-time, stereoscopic 3D HD imagery. This stunning, novel stereo 3DTV experience will take place in Vizrt’s booth SL5408 at the 2010 National Association of Broadcasters show from April 10-15, 2010 in Las Vegas, NV.

Riedel Communications, pioneer of most advanced intercom, fiber and audio network technologies, and DiGiCo, UK-based manufacturer of groundbreaking digital mixing consoles and FPGA designs, have announced a close technology partnership at DiGiCo’s press conference at this year’s ProLight + Sound in Frankfurt.