The HD OBVan Directory 2010 will be released in early Apri, presenting 40 new HD OBVans from across EMEA and featuring 15 international system integrators and their business approach in the area of HD Studio and HD OBVan turnkey solutions. In addition we will have a review on the Olympics in Vancouver and a preview on the FIFA WC in South Africa

It cost $2.7 Billion to build, has two racecourses, a 290 room-with-a view luxury hotel, and a marina. Meydan also features a spectacular 1.2 kilometre grandstand where up to 60,000 spectators can to watch the action in comfort on a huge, 110 metre long, video display.

German pin-up Magdalena Neuner will be chasing her third Olympic medal in Thursday's 15km individual event as the Germany team look to underline their status as biathlon queens.

Maelle Ricker became the first Canadian woman to win Olympic gold on home ground when she claimed victory in the snowboard cross on Tuesday.

Germany's Tatjana Huefner claimed gold in the women's singles on Tuesday as the German team threaten to sweep all three luge titles at the 2010 Olympic Winter Games.

Bjorn Ferry bagged Sweden's first men's biathlon gold in 50 years on Tuesday when muscled past Austrian Christoph Sumann taking silver and France's Vincent Jay to win the pursuit title.

Snowboarding superstar and defending champion Shaun White won the Olympic men's halfpipe gold Wednesday, dazzling the judges with his tricks - including the gravity-defying Double McTwist 1260.White scored 48.4 out of 50 in his second run after 46.8 in his first, which was in itself enough to seal the title. Finland's Peetu Piiroinen took silver with a score of 45.0 and Scott Lago of the United States won bronze with 42.8.

For broadcast engineers HD SDI 1.5 Gb/s operation is now common practice so many broadcasting units are presently looking at 3 Gb/s as the next step. “ With an increasing demand for HD transmissions broadcasters are demanding guarantees of 3G compatibility right down to cable and connector behaviour,“ says Oli Hentschel, Draka Product Manager, Studio Broadcast .” This month we concluded a series of thorough tests for our entire range with the leading measurement expert, Tektronix , who certified that our range of HDTV cables are fully in line with SMPTE 424M requirements.”

Ski-jumping, cross-country, biathlon, snowboarding and freestyle skiing – just a few of the medal contests that will be televised around the world with a Lawo-produced soundtrack. One of Europe’s leading TV service providers, the Belgian company Alfacam, is deploying nine OB vans for the Winter Games in Canada, and all of them feature Lawo mc²66 consoles and Nova73 HD routers.

Dome Productions had set up 27 cameras for OBS to cover the the men's figure skating at the Pacific Coliseum. The set-up included one Ultra Motion Camera, one Polecam, two crane cameras, one dolly-crane camera, two wireless cameras and a remote head camera above the ice ring.

With its Thunder HD OB Truck Dome Productions is covering the Ice Hockey games at Canada Hockey Place with 27 cameras including two UltraMotion cameras, one from Arri Media (the HiMotion) and one from DVS (the Super Loupe). The 15 goals on the Switzerland - Norway and Slovakia - Latvia games were delivered in stunning playback quality.

Clear-Com® Communication Systems, a Vitec Group brand, is the star of the show when it comes to communications at Russia’s Zvezda television channel. Launched in 2005 by the Russian Defence Ministry and serving the Moscow metropolitan area, the broadcaster counts on a 96-port Clear-Com Eclipse® Omega digital matrix intercom to keep communications running smoothly as staff members produce the channel’s 24/7 roster of programming.

 Thomas Riedel, founder and Managing Director of Riedel Communications, carried the Olympic Torch during the ceremonial Olympic Torch Relay at this year's Winter Olympic Games in Vancouver.
 "This was probably the most emotional moment I've ever had in event productions," said Riedel shortly after the run.

The Swiss SNG provider NewsCam expanded its four camera HD SNG vehicle with a Riedel Artist digital matrix intercom. Riedel Communications, one of the leading manufacturers of intercom, fiber, audio and radio technology, delivered an Artist 32 system. Tele Comm Sportservice, Riedel's partner in Switzerland, was responsible for implementing the project.

The Mubadala Development Company, sponsor of Etihad Airways' Scuderia Ferrari Formula One in Abu Dhabi, recently held its signature dinner at the Emirates Palace. The dinner was arranged inside the world's largest freestanding Dome Truss, built from Eurotruss elements. For control, Lighting Designer Paul Smith chose a grandMA2 system consisting of 1 x grandMA2 full-size console and 1 x grandMA2 light console, 2 x MA NPUs (Network Processing Unit) and grandMA2 onPC software.

ARD/ZDF (Germany), YLE (Finland), Avtoradio (Russia), NRK (Norway) and other broadcasters are using MAYAH codecs such as C11 Audio Codec, SPORTY Reporter Codec, as well as the Centauri II for their production during the Winter Olympics 2010.

A workshop on Helicopter Shooting and Safety will be held by the Guild of Television Cameramen on Saturday March 27 at Denham Aerodrome, west London. The event will be hosted by broadcaster Mike Smith, founder and Managing Director of Flying TV which owns and operates the only freelance ready-to-go fleet of television helicopters in Europe. Mike will explain the principles of flight and safety, and will cover everything cameramen need to know about working in the air with gyro-mounted and hand-held cameras.

Clear-Com® Communication Systems, a Vitec Group brand, proudly announces that its Hybrid Network (Hybrid Time-Division Multiplexing [TDM] Matrix/IP Server Intercom Network) was chosen as the intercom solution for the opening and closing ceremonies and other events of the Vancouver 2010 Olympic Winter Games. The P.A. People, a premier AV supplier and integrator managing the ceremonies’ entire communications setup, selected the Hybrid Network for the unique level of flexibility it offers ─ a critical factor in meeting the high demands of this event.