The 15th meeting of the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC) is being held in Copenhagen at the Bella Center from December 7 to 18. Founded in 1992, the annual conferences, known as the 'Conferences of the Parties' (COP), provide a forum for discussion and assessment of progress in dealing with worldwide climate change and the next step after the Kyoto Protocol. Attendees this year will include US President Obama as well as senior politicians and officials from 192 countries. Representatives from many other worldwide NGO organisations will also be present.

It was one of the major public events in Germany: the celebration of the 20th anniversary of the fall of the Berlin Wall. Riedel Communications, one of the leading manufacturers of intercom, fiber and audio technology, delivered a comprehensive video, audio and communications distribution network for the multiple stages, video walls used at the event and the various departments. Responsible for the planning of the event was the Berlin based agency COMPACTTEAM.

The United Nations Climate Change Conference (COP15), hosted Dec. 7-18 in Copenhagen by the Danish foreign ministry, is being broadcast to countries across the world in high quality, thanks to Snell's Alchemist Ph.C – HD motion-compensated standards converter. The Alchemist Ph.C – HD has been installed at the International Broadcasting Centre to make transparent standards conversion available to international broadcasters reporting on COP15 proceedings.

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.

Arqiva is supplying Sky News with extensive Satellite News Gathering (SNG) services to support their coverage of the UK general election. For three days a large proportion of Arqiva’s SNG fleet will be deployed at key electoral locations across the UK covering the build up, Election Day and the results. Arqiva will also provide Sky News with satellite space on AB1 and IS905.

SIS LIVE, Europe’s largest outside broadcast (OB) and uplink supplier, provided 70 satellite uplink vehicles to the main UK broadcasters for their coverage of the UK General Election 2010 coverage. Uplink vehicles and SIS LIVE crew were deployed throughout England, Scotland, Wales and Northern Ireland, giving the broadcasters unprecedented coverage of the main electoral battlegrounds. The number of SIS LIVE’s customers represented the whole array of broadcasting companies, including the BBC, Sky News, ITV, ITN, Five News and GMTV, as well as STV in Scotland, RTE in Ireland and Sky Italia.

The Association of Commercial Television in Europe (ACT) as well as the European Broadcasting Union (EBU have responded to today’s adoption of the Digital Agenda. The EU 2020 Strategy rightly recognised the Digital Agenda as one of seven flagship initiatives needed to stimulate growth. The creative industries, including commercial and public television, play a crucial role in that initiative, contributing to the European economy and employing millions of workers, but also by promoting democracy, original creative content, linguistic diversity and media pluralism. As indicated in the Digital Agenda attractive content plays an important role in stimulating investment in faster networks.

On June 19, Crown Princess Victoria of Sweden will marry Daniel Westling. This will be the first royal wedding in Sweden in more than 30 years, with particularly high interest in the event in Sweden itself and the rest of the EU.

RRsat has progressively developed a fleet of 11 SNG trucks. The trucks are based at various locations across Israel, enabling them to quickly reach any site in the country. Currently one HD SNG Mobile is located at Ashdod port.

On the occasion of the EU Presidency Conference organised by the Spanish Government in Madrid today on “European Media Meeting: The new Challenges”, the Association of Commercial Television in Europe (www.acte.be) expresses its view about the state of the media sector and calls for targeted and limited action by regulators at European and national level.

TORONTO, ON – (24th June, 2010) – Christie®, a global visual technologies company, is pleased to announce its participation in the Experience Canada Pavilion during the 2010 G8/G20 World Summit in Toronto, 23rd – 27th June. Christie’s High Definition projectors and innovative Christie® MicroTiles™ will play a large part in providing compelling visuals to showcase Canada as a prime destination for business, investment and tourism. Housed within the International Media Centre located in the Heritage Court of the Direct Energy Centre, the pavilion is designed to promote Canada to over 3,000 international media.

Called upon by long time partner QMDI in Doha, Qatar, and working alongside Production Company John Adkins (JA) Productions, Creative Technology (CT) provided a variety of video equipment for the inauguration of Phase 2 of the Al Khaleej Gas (AKG) Project in Qatar.
The ceremony, held at the Cultural Village in Doha on May 10th, was the second stage, the first phase of which began in November 2005 and was completed in December last year. This is an ambitious project, the aim of which is to provide gas to some of Qatar’s most significant industries.

On 5th July, VSN's director and CEO, Jordi Utiel, took part in the signing of an agreement amongst the Government of Catalonia, companies of the audiovisual sector and telecommunications operators with the aim to start a trial run to boost Catalonia's Audiovisual Ring. As a result of the agreement, the signing parties will cooperate on the initial stage of this project by contributing resources and knowledge to develop the infrastructure, connectivity, services and applications that add value to the audiovisual field.

When responding to the Commission consultation on theGreen Paper on Creative & Cultural Industries presented by DG Education and Cultureearlier this year, the Association of Commercial Television in Europe welcomed the recognition of the creative sector as a central part of theDigital Agenda and the wider EU economy as laid down in the EU 2020 Strategy.

Commercial broadcasters issued a vote of confidence in the future at the 3rd Annual ACT Conference today, where CEOs from all over Europe gathered to discuss the latest media developments with policy-makers. With viewing time for linear TV increasing for the tenth year in a row and reaching a European average of 222 minutes of TV viewing per person, per day, it is clear that television as a mass medium remains successful in an increasingly converged media landscape.