Telenor, the Norwegian owner and operator of the Thor satellites at 1 West, has renewed its contract with Arqiva for the uplinking of three digital multiplexes onto its Thor 5 satellite. This service, uplinked through Arqiva’s Winchester Teleport, delivers over 30 DTH (Direct To Home) TV channels into Scandinavian markets.

Following a year in which its Kayenne™ high-definition Video Production Center switcher has been used by numerous mobile production companies around the world for the most high-profile live sports and entertainment events, at this year’s NAB exhibition Grass Valley™ announced several new workflow enhancements to the Kayenne that make it more powerful and able to handle more complex productions from its single, color-coded control panel.

Vinten®, a Vitec Group brand and global leader in camera supports, currently celebrating its 100th year of business, has today received the Queen’s Award for Enterprise in the Innovation category.

Solid State Logic, the manufacturer of industry leading digital consoles for the broadcast industry, announced the integration of their digital broadcast console range with the Optocore Optical Digital Network System at NAB 2010.

NEP Visions, Britain's largest outside broadcast (OB) facilities company, recently provided a complete mobile production (fly pack) and editing facility, including a Wohler AMP1-E16-3G audio/video monitor, for a popular pregame football special aired from the U.S. Air Force base in Kabul, Afghanistan.

ETASound, the North Wales and London-based sound design, installation and rental company has given its AXYS® Scope system an impressive debut. The first outing for the new rig was at a Beth Nielsen Chapman concert at Venue Cymru, Llandudno, held in the 1,500-seat main auditorium.

ARRI, FUJINON and ZEISS announced a strategic partnership designed to utilize the unique strengths of each company in order to create innovative new products for the entertainment imaging community. The agreement consists of an open exchange of ideas, standards and technologies, as well as close cooperation in the development of new products.

Riedel Communications, renowned for pioneering most advanced intercom, fiber, audio and radio technology, presented the Artist 1100 Series OLED control panel, which is Riedel’s new premium control key panel for Artist digital matrix intercoms.

 Riedel Communications, leading manufacturer of intercom, fiber, audio and radio technology, presented the new software-based Embedder/De-Embedder for MediorNet as well as the MediorNet Multi-I/O breakout panel and the optical video card at this year's NAB in Las Vegas, Nevada.

Pixel Power, Inc., a leading provider of broadcast graphics systems, was awarded the prestigious 2010 STAR (Superior Technology Award Recipient) Award presented by the editorial staff of TV Technology magazine at the 2010 NAB Show for the new Video Switch Panel for BrandMaster, the world’s first branding switcher for master control.

Understanding that the content management process used during many live events often includes non-technical reporters, producers and related staff, at NAB 2010 Grass Valley™ unveiled a new K2 Dyno™ Production Assistant software application.

IPV, a global leader and largest independent supplier of low bitrate, frame-accurate video technology to the broadcast and professional video sectors, is installing its Curator tapeless workflow solution at Infront Italy to provide greater flexibility for its entire sports production workflow — from ingest to transmission. A division of Infront Sports & Media AG, the international full service sports marketing company based in Switzerland, Infront Italy handles the rights for the Italian football league (Lega Calcio), Italy’s football governing body that permits the transmission of digital archive football materials to Italian broadcasters.

Marshall Electronics, a leading manufacturer of LCD monitors and audio products for Broadcast, Studio, Television, and Production used the 2010 National Association of Broadcasters (NAB) show in Las Vegas to announce a number of new innovative displays, audio monitors, and accessories.

• With D 8A, the manufacturer is responding to the oft-expressed wish of customers for a powered version of the D 8
• The device is equipped with a DND8200-8 neodymium chassis, a constant directivity HF horn and a DH3 driver from Electro-Voice
• Suitable for live music, AV and fixed installation

The Honduran broadcaster is putting up a new digital HD infrastructure with VSN coveringthe Ingest, Content management, News production and Master Control areas.