In 2009 wTVision produced over 2300 Live Sport broadcasts in over 40 different sports for a variety of TV channels around the world.

Following a recent upgrade of two of their D-Cam 'Clip-on' Wireless Camera Systems to HD, Dubai Media International used them up on level 154 for the official opening of the Burj Khalifa by the Ruler of Dubai,Sheikh Mohamed.

Swiss sport events are transmitted in HD via Neutrik’s opticalCON.
Since 2005 Neutrik offers a fiber optic connection system. The reliable and simple concept of the opticalCON system has proven its robustness and low maintenance which led to a wide acceptance. These product attributes as well as quality and innovation made the company to the world wide leading supplier of professional entertainment connector products.

Sony today announced plans to accelerate initiatives to deliver an array of 3D entertainment for the home in 2010, leveraging all its diverse business assets to create a 3D world encompassing electronics and games, to movie content. Sony also unveiled the first of its ground-breaking lineup of 3D entertainment products for the home at "International CES 2010", currently being held in Las Vegas, U.S.

Year-long celebrations for one of the oldestbusinesses in television. Vinten® is celebrating its centenary in 2010. It wason 1 January 1910 that William Vinten, already noted as a remarkable mechanicalengineer, took over a workshop in Wardour Street in London as his own business,at first repairing then designing and building cameras.

The European Broadcasting Union (EBU)* and the Finnish Skiing Association (FSA) have reached an agreement to prolong their cooperation with regard to the worldwide broadcast rights to the Nordic Skiing World Cups taking place in Finland for the next three seasons, from autumn 2010 to spring 2013. The contract includes Ski Jumping, Cross-Country and Nordic Combined World Cups in Kuusamo, Lahti and Kuopio, altogether 50 competitions during the term.

5 million euro contract signed: In just 10 days the MEDIAPRO group, with 150 staff working on the project, has got up and running the operation to provide production and international broadcast signal services for the competition.

The Swiss national broadcaster SRG SSR have taken delivery of 16 of the new Glensound Digital Commentary Systems GDC-6432. These are to be used at large sports events in their Mercedes Sprinter Commentary Control Centres, and flight cased for portable use. The GDC 6432 will be the commentary system used for SRG SSRs coverage of Alpine and Nordic skiing, cycling, athletics, rowing, tennis, soccer, volleyball, and golf.

Software Generation Ltd (SGL), a provider of content archive and storage management software for media and entertainment, has sold and installed a FlashNet archive at The London Studios.

Following a meeting between EBU* Members and representatives from Avid®, Grass Valley, Panasonic, Snell and Sony on 16-17 December 2009, a new project has been launched to address issues of interoperability for future HDTV production systems.

TV2GO Inc., an international satellite transmission and video production company, debuted its 9,5m uplink mobile truck in October featuring the FOR-A HVS-300HS compact HD/SD switcher and the MV-410HS HD/SD high-resolution quad multi-viewer.

“We knew that Plazamedia planned to demonstrate its new real-time HD virtual studio. So we thought, why not take it one step further and create all the scenes in 3D?,” explained Gerhard Lang, Chief Engineering Officer, Vizrt.

After its aquisition of Dales Broadcast in December 2009, SIS LIVE, a leading outside broadcast (OB)and uplink supplier in Europe, has agreed to buy the bulk of the assets of leading OB company 021 Televisionfrom Gravity Media Group. Under the terms of the multi-million pound deal, SIS LIVE will acquire thestate-of-the-art OB fleet of 021 Television and most of the staff. SIS LIVE will also take on 021Television’s customer contracts.

Following a number of site-surveys and planning meetings during 2009, a 44-strong Camera Corps team heads to British Columbia in February to provide point-of-view cameras for the duration of the Winter Games. Two 40 metre tracking systems, nine sports dollies, over 60 robotic heads, 118 HD cameras, and a large inventory of lenses, controllers, interfaces and support equipment are being installed to cover events from Vancouver as well as the winter sports resorts of Whistler and Cypress Mountain.

More than 25 years after their stunning debut, scandinavian pop trio a-ha is on the road on their ultimate farewell – their “Foot of the Mountain” Tour. German lighting designer JoJo Tillmann is responsible for staging the light show and delivers spectacular visual effects, using a unique design of impression.