Welk Aviation has made a bold move into the professional unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV) market with the purchase of two AERIGON aerial remote camera heads (ARCH™) from Intuitive Aerial. The AERIGON, for which Welk Aviation has received an FAA 333 exemption, will provide an expanded palette of HD and UHD aerial camera capture for the helicopter company’s TV and motion picture clients. This is a significant development for Hollywood filmmakers and L.A. broadcasters, who now have access right in their backyard to the only professional ARCH capable of operating heavy broadcast and feature film-ready cameras and lenses.

The LANG ACADEMY extends their Analog Way Trainings concept to an additional level: the Analog Way LiveCore Expert Level, whose main element is the Vertige controller. This integration allows completely new applications and uses for different projects in rental and staging. The requirement for participation is the advanced level.

Los Angeles based Felix Lighting invested in 60 of Robe’s BMFL moving lights – 48 BMFL Spots and 12 BMFL Blades - for their busy rental stock.

With the DT 1770 PRO headphones, beyerdynamic is building on a great tradition. The new model is the next step in the evolution of the DT 770 PRO reference headphones, which have been tried and tested for decades and are an essential staple for professional users around the globe. The DT 1770 PRO meets the high requirements of musicians, sound engineers and producers who are looking for the best equipment available on the market. The new headphones are clearly positioned as a new premium model in the range of professional beyerdynamic headphones.

Elation Professional’s new EPT6IP high-resolution LED display panels played a key role at NY CityFest with Luis Palau, a free outdoor concert held July 11th on the Great Lawn in New York’s Central Park. Boston-based rental and production company Audio Spectrum Inc.  provided all of the LED video screens and staging for the event, some 280 EPT6IP panels in all, some of which were sub-rented from Elation dealer Gemini Light, Sound & Video. Lighting design for the event was by Gordon Painter and Kevin Shaw.

NEP Group, one of the largest global outsourced provider of comprehensive live and broadcast production solutions, announced that it has postponed its previously announced initial public offering.  NEP's board of directors, management and sponsor elected to postpone the offering as a result of unfavorable equity market conditions. NEP will continue to evaluate the timing for the proposed offering as market conditions develop.

IABM has announced the shortlist of nominees for its 2015 Design & Innovation Awards. A record number of entrants were received for this year’s industry accolades, which recognise those products that offer significant solutions or new opportunities to the broadcast and media industry

Operation via on-screen display or web interface and other features such as proactive system monitoring and the possibilities provided for the operation within a matrix are real-added value to users of the new DVI KVM extenders DVI-Vision-CAT and DVI-Vision-Fiber.

Clear-Com®, a global leader in real-time communication solutions and services, has helped the Broadway production of The Lion King improve its wireless intercom communications through the installation of the DECT-based, FreeSpeak II wireless intercom solution. The installation and configuration was performed by Sound Associates, Inc. of New York City, The Lion King’s sound department and an authorized Clear-Com dealer; with the assistance of the Clear-Com team.

Fox Sports Netherlands' new daily highlights show "Fox Sports Vandaag" debuted this week with graphics reflecting up-to-date sports news and data powered by custom ticker solutions from Reality Check Systems (RCS). Part of a four-year deal with RCS, the systems facilitate a customizable reverse L-Bar graphic that the network's editorial team may instantly edit and populate with real-time player, team and match stats. With an array of templates available on the systems for a wide range of sports, the network plans to use the technology to enliven "Fox Sports Vandaag" as well as other half-time, pre-match and post-match studio coverage of live sporting events, including the 2015-2016 Eredivisie soccer season.

Studio Technologies, manufacturer of high-quality audio, video and fiber-optic solutions, introduces a new, portable truck-end unit for its Live-Link™ Mini Remote Camera Interface System. The compact device is the latest addition to the company’s existing, powerful Live-Link Mini camera extender system. Broadcasters now have three options to interconnect with the system’s compact camera-end unit, including two rack-mount truck-end units and the new portable truck-end version. Each allows a system to be optimized to get the right “fit” for a wide range of applications.

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Audio visual expert eyevis is to present its industry-leading solutions for TV studios from across the world at the annual IBC exhibition in Amsterdam this September. IBC is the premier annual event for professionals engaged in the creation, management and delivery of entertainment and news content worldwide and is being held in the RAI international exhibition and congress centre from September 11 to 15. Last year, the event attracted more than 55,000 representatives from 170 countries around the world. In addition to the visualisation systems from eyevis, on the stand there will also be hardware and software solution for video networking and IPTV systems from eyevis’ subsidiary company Teracue eyevis GmbH.

"IBC is the ideal forum to introduce our innovative new products to a wider market. We first revealed these products at the 2015 NAB Show, and they were met with great enthusiasm from all who saw them. We expect a similar reaction this side of the Atlantic. Alongside the Fieldbox, H2Hub, and Hydra2 Interface card, we will launch some exciting new additions to our product range. We're not talking about them yet, but there will be more details in the run-up to the show."
— Dave Letson, VP of Sales, Calrec Audio

"At IBC2015 we will feature two new solutions to support remote robotic cameras. Each has features, packaging, and options that make it flexible enough to handle almost any remote camera requirement at very competitive prices. Also, remote-monitoring capabilities have arrived for our BC364 and ShaxX products! These capabilities remove the complexity from optically multiplexing signals. We are very much looking forward to seeing our customers and partners in September."
— Paul McCann, General Manager, Bluebell Opticom