Systems integration specialist Broadcast Networks has completed the refurbishment of three vehicles for OB Team, the outside broadcast arm of Norway’s TV2.

The work, which was carried out to bring the vehicles in line with current technical specifications, had to be completed very quickly as they were all needed to cover a variety of sporting events. more

Hefei, the capital city of Anhui Province in Southeast China, will soon have a brand new opera house that will incorporate two performance halls and a recording and mixing studio to capture live events taking place in the complex.

Among the equipment being installed in the complex are three Fairlight Xynergi MPC96 systems, which will be used for recording and post production. more

Acoustic and studio design consultancy White Mark Ltd returned to the Cotswold town of Tetbury last month to help Modern World Studios create a variable acoustic environment in its renowned live room.

Established in 2007, Modern World Studios is a state of the art residential music recording facility that was originally designed by White Mark for its owner Nick Cowan. The facility boasts a large control room equipped with a 48-channel SSL Duality console, Exigy 5.1 monitoring and a DigiDesign Pro Tools HD3 7.3.1 with a range of plug-ins. This is complimented by a spacious live area with natural daylight, a separate drum room and a Pro Tools Pro Control Editing Suite. more

Independent Media Distribution (IMD) has installed a DK-Technologies MSD600M++ with an SDI de-embedder card, which is being using as part of a suite of tools to help monitor and control the loudness value of television audio.

Founded in 1997, IMD is now the leading distributor of broadcast quality audio to the UK and Ireland’s commercial radio stations. It also offers a broadcast quality digital distribution service to the TV industry, providing an efficient and cost effective route through which commercials and programming can be sent to broadcasters ready for immediate broadcast. IMD maintains its own telecoms network, which enables it to deliver to over 220 national and regional radio stations and over 70 TV stations. more

Providing proper training to the producers and engineers of tomorrow is vital for the entire future of the broadcast industry. Not only do they need to learn skills that are applicable to the industry, but they also need to learn about the equipment they will regularly come into contact with. more

A five-storey 1920’s Art Deco building in Nottingham city centre is currently being transformed into Antenna, a state of the art digital media business centre, complete with dedicated meeting spaces, offices, bar and restaurant.

The centre, which is due to be completed this summer, is also the new home of Spool Post, an audio post production facility that specialises in sound-to-picture for film and television. more

Satellite Telecommunication Networks (STN), which provides play-out and transmission services to broadcasters worldwide from its facilities in Slovenia, has invested in Jünger Audio’s LEVEL MAGIC™ technology to ensure the quality of its audio signals.

STN currently operates 10 satellite uplinks and has a state of the art play-out facility in Ljubljana, which is capable of handling both SD and HD formats. Its international customer base includes more than 80 private television stations, public television corporations and over 50 radio stations. more

Dynamics processing specialist Jünger Audio has appointed the Salzbrenner Stagetec Media Group as is exclusive distributor for Malaysia, with responsibility for handling its entire product range including its ground-breaking LEVEL MAGIC™ automated audio loudness control system for production and broadcast.

Salzbrenner Stagetec Media Group is a dynamic consortium of several corporations that provide a multitude of products and services. These include the design, integration, and distribution of professional audio, video, and intercom technology as well as outdoor TV productions. more

Damian Del Borrello, head of MoFo Productions, describes himself as a ‘tech geek’, who demands as much from his studio equipment as his clients demand from him.

With this philosophy in mind, he has chosen to install a Fairlight Xynergi Media Production Centre at his facility in Perth because it offers an elegant and complete solution to all his audio production needs. more

DK-Technologies has unveiled the PT0710M HD/SD waveform monitor, a single channel version of the acclaimed PT0760M that won a TV Technology STAR Award at NAB last year.

Billed at the PT0760M’s baby brother, the PT0710M can display Red, Green, Blue and luminance plus Gamut errors. It is available with a variety of upgrades, making it ideally suited to smaller production studios and Outside Broadcast vehicles that don’t currently need a multi-channel unit but would like the option of adding functionality at a later stage. These upgrades include external reference from Black Burst or Tri-level signals, Vectorscope, audio de-embedding of up to 16 channels, simple bar graph audio metering, Dolby E decoding, full 5.1 metering via the DK StarFishTM/JellyFishTM display and a full range of 8 audio channel input and output plug-in cards. more