FOR-A, a manufacturer of video and audio systems for the broadcast and professional video industries, will introduce the VTW-330HS HD/SD Character Generator and LTG-50HS HD/SD Logo/Title Generator at the 2010 NAB Show in Las Vegas, Nev., April 12-15 (Booth C5219).

FOR-A, a manufacturer of video and audio systems for the broadcast and professional video industries, will introduce the FA-9500 Multi Purpose Signal Processor at the 2010 NAB Show in Las Vegas, Nev., April 12-15 (Booth C5219). A replacement for the FA-9100, the new unit offers frame sync and video and audio conversion tools, as well as a variety of options for improved functionality.

Strengthening its presence in the broadcast environment, Calibre is bringing their brand new ranges of format converters and synchronizers, scaler/switchers and warp & blend processors and will show them in not one, but two dedicated booths at NAB.

Embraced by European Broadcasters and Production Companies, German-Manufactured Monitors Will Now be Available to U.S. and Canadian Market

SES ASTRA, an SES company (Euronext Paris and Luxembourg Stock Exchange: SESG), announced today that it has again significantly increased its reach and grown the number of digital and High Definition TV households on the ASTRA satellite system. SES ASTRA is now broadcasting to 125 million TV homes across Europe and North Africa, three million more than the year before. For the first time, satellite reaches more households than cable in Europe, with 77 million satellite and 71 million cable households. Terrestrial infrastructures reach 86.5 million households; however, not even half of them (48 percent) are digital.

Dutch Media Hub, Holland’s initiative to become the ‘Digital Gateway to Europe’ will present itself to the international electronic media industry at the NAB Show in Las Vegas this April. Following their NAB presence, a Trade Mission Delegation of Dutch media companies and government officials will visit Los Angeles on 15 and 16 April to meet with the major film studios.

Because contemporary presentations are more complex than single screen, single output, single format shows, Barco introduced PlusPAK, a new configuration package for the FSN series switcher.

Riedel, one of the leading manufacturers of intercom fiber audio and radio solutions, presents several new fiber and intercom products at this year's NAB in Las Vegas. Besides several products to be announced at NAB, Riedel introduces the new and free Artist VCP-1004 Virtual Panel, the MADI and RockNet MediorNet cards as well as the software based Framestore feature for MediorNet to the American Markets at NAB.

Analog Way, a designer and manufacturer of image converters and presentation switchers, is pleased to announce the immediate availability of Quattro Value and Octo Value, two new Seamless Switchers with mono-scalers.

Miranda Technologies is launching two low cost, high performance master control switching and channel branding systems at NAB (North Hall, 2515), called Imagestore-Modular+ and Imagestore-Modular.

Compact Caption and Audio Decoder With Splitter Capability Enables Convenient, Cost-Effective Monitoring of SDI Stream and Caption Data

I-MOVIX today announced an ongoing partnership with Vision Research to provide a line of UltraMotion solutions for broadcasters. Collaboration between New Jersey-based high-speed camera manufacturer Vision Research and I-MOVIX has already produced the new SprintCam® Vvs HD system, which delivers new performance in live high-definition (HD) broadcast production, using the latest generations of Vision Research's high-speed HD cameras.

Mexico City and Monterrey were the targets for MA Lighting Latin America to present the brandnew grandMA2 as well as share the knowledge of this new console series. 70 people from the entertainment industry were attending these events. The companies Audio Systems and Serpro received the trainings in Monterrey whereas in Mexico City the new Mexican MA Lighting dealer Showco was trained.

Ross Video announces a free software upgrade to activate an internal multiviewer with v3.0 software for the CrossOver family of multi-definition compact production switchers.

Zaxcom today announced a new line of encrypted bodypack receivers for interruptible feedback (IFB), now shipping to customers worldwide. Slated for display at the 2010 NAB Show, Zaxcom's new ERX1 and ERX1TCD bodypacks receive high-quality digital audio, timecode, and metadata from any IFB transmitter in the Zaxcom TRX product series, providing a secure platform for television and film production crews to manage the full range of IFB signals required for their productions.