Barco's RHDM-2301 brings LCD technology of the highest professional standards, including: a true 10-bit, 120Hz flat panel scanning LED backlight technology embedded calibration and stabilization technology and unique 48-bit color processing. All these features ensure a color performance and image quality level that is unseen in broadcast and post-production environments. RHDM-2301B is a reliable reference for master control rooms, camera control, camera shading, signal quality checks, technical rooms etc, both in TV studios as well as OB vans.

Leading Portuguese sports broadcaster chooses Enterprise sQ for HD and mixed resolution sports programming

Latest addition to the Polecam range of truly portable video and digital-film production equipment, the Microwhite LED head is a highly innovative luminaire designed specifically for use with miniature broadcast-quality HD and SD cameras. It incorporates 20 white light emitters in ring configuration on a black Delrin body which attaches to a Fujinon compact prime lens via Polecam's FFFS head or to other cameras via a mounting cradle.

On your marks, get set, go! 9.58 seconds later Usain Bolt had written history again. The sprinter from Jamaica beat his previous sensational time at the Olympic Games by an amazing 11/100 secs, and celebrated his win with his signature archer’s pose. This was only one of the many highlights of the Athletics World Championships in Berlin. This exciting sports event was broadcast in HD by ZDF’s new MP-4 OB truck.

Following the launch of Sony’s new HDC R-Series system cameras, UK based The London Studios has announced the purchase of 18 HDC-1500R and HDC-1000R cameras, alongside a selection of Vision Mixers, LCD monitors and studio recorders. The investment will enable The London Studios to produce programmes in both SD and HD in their main studios as well as future proofing their investment for 1080p production.

Carmen McRae and Jiggs Whigham. Joe Zawinul and Eddie Harris. Many jazz stars have already recorded albums in WDR’s Big Band studio. The works of Patti Austin, Vince Mendoza, as well as Randy and Michael Brecker have even been awarded a Grammy. In the legendary Big Band studio – Studio 4 – WDR have installed new technology, and at the heart of this studio is the latest generation Lawo mc²66.

One of the latest additions to the expanding list of NTP DAD AX24 users is NDR Hamburg which recently installed 12 systems following the successful completion of listening tests as part of the network's Broadcast Sound Studio 1 project. Located in Rothenbaum, NDR's Broadcast Sound Studio 1 and Regie 1 are designed primarily for recording the NDR Bigband, widely acknowledged to be one of the finest bands in Germany. Studio 1 is built around a 72-fader SSL Duality and Sequoia digital audio workstation software. Eight NTP DAD AX24 converters are connected via MADI to the workstation.

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.

EVS will raise the curtain on its future live Offside Line graphics solution, which will become an integral part of the renowned XT[2] server and its Live Slow-Motion controller. With this new fully automated offside line graphic overlay EVS confirms its intention to reinforce its current live sports recording and production technology. LSM operators can instantly control the offside line graphic overlay, allowing them to optimize their live production workflow without additional resources.

Grass Valley™ announced the K2 Dyno™ Director, a new software management layer that extends the capabilities of the K2 product line while enabling live event productions to cost-effectively combine multiple Grass Valley K2 Dyno™ HD replay controllers for use within OB vans and sports venues. The architecture is completely scalable to accommodate virtually any number of replay channels and/or camera inputs, all tied to a centralized point of production on-site.

RSI (Radiotelevisione svizzera di lingua italiana), an affiliate of public broadcaster SRG SSR idée suisse network, and tpc (tv productioncenter zürich ag), Switzerland's largest audiovisual production firm and another affiliate company of SRG SSR, are both migrating their existing production facilities to a file-based high-definition infrastructure with a full complement of the latest Grass Valley™ video server technology.

NEP and its NEP Visions high-definition broadcast facilities company in the UK, are expanding their equipment itinerary with the latest HD cameras from Grass Valley™. The new Grass Valley LDK 8000 Elite WorldCam multi-format HD cameras can quickly switch between 1080i, 1080p, and 720p formats at 50-, 59.94, and 60 Hz for a wide variety of production applications.

VRT, the Flemish language national broadcaster in Belgium, has outsourced its outside broadcast services to supplier Videohouse which has committed to building two new high definition production trucks equipped with Grass Valley™ cameras, vision mixers, and routers. The new contract maintains Grass Valley’s a nearly 100% market share for broadcast HD system cameras in Belgium.

Cinematographer Geoffrey Boyle recently finished another installment in the Swedish-language film series based on Swedish crime writer Henning Mankell’s fictional character Kurt Wallander. The ongoing series Wallander airs on Swedish and Nordic television channels, then moves to the BBC and is released on DVD. And, thanks to the addition of Element Technica’s Mantis camera support, Boyle’s last two episodes were a pleasure to shoot.

Capturing all the performances on ITV’s The X Factor – shot in London’s Fountain Studios - called for fast and fluid movement from the cameras. One of the ways to achieve that freedom was with the use of Vinten Quattro-S pedestals with Vision 250 heads, supplied by The Camera Store. The Quattro-S pedestal retains all the advantages of the Vinten Quattro – perfect balance over the whole of its one metre height adjustment, with smooth and silent on-shot moves – but with a smaller footprint. Under the pressure of a fast-moving live show like The X Factor this means that more cameras could get close to the action in the confined area at the front of the stage. “The whole show was all about creating high excitement, which means lots of unusual camera angles and plenty of movement,” said Simon Tyres, camera supervisor on the production. “The Vinten Quattro S allowed me to move wherever the director calls, and never restricts my movements. It is the perfect pedestal for live light entertainment.” The X Factor is produced by Syco Productions and Talkback Thames.