In the first step to what will be a comprehensive expansion of its operations in India, Harman Professional has announced the appointment of audio industry veteran Ankush Agarwal to the role of marketing & communications manager. Agarwal's appointment is part of a greater overall initiative to bring increased focus to the Indian marketplace, and will be followed by more appointments to Harman Professional's sales, technical support and service teams in the months ahead.

The shortlist for the IBC2010 Innovation Awards features projects from around the world and applications from the preservation of formal content to bringing new excitement to sports coverage. The IBC Innovation Awards are unique in celebrating not just the technology but the collaboration between suppliers and end user to create commercially successful and creatively empowering solutions.

Powered by Orad Hi-Tec Systems' MVP (Motion Video Play) sports enhancement solution, branded as ‘Flomotion', CBS Sports' Fall 2009 coverage of the US Open Tennis Championships has been named the winner of the prestigious 2010 Sports Emmy George Wensel Technical Achievement Award.

Streambox has announced that its Streambox Live broadband video contribution service provided a vital communications link for 13-year-old climber Jordan Romero's ascent of Mount Everest. Romero, the youngest person ever to attempt and reach the summit of the world's highest peak, used the service to send up-to-the-minute, high-quality video reports of his progress from various locations on the mountain - one of which was included in CNN's broadcast coverage of the expedition.

Megahertz (MHz has delivered an HD-ready Digital Satellite News Gathering (DSNG) truck to AP Television News in London. The vehicle is already in South Africa covering live news events from around the 2010 World Cup football.

According to Akamai, the 2010 World Cup has become the largest globally consumed sporting event seen on the company's platform to-date. Daily World Cup-related traffic on the Akamai network has been consistently above 500 Gbps (gigabits per second), with the highest peaks (during the workday) at nearly 1Tbit/sec of traffic, on top of the content Akamai already delivers for its global customer base of more than 3000 companies.

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Chinese radio company Chongqing Broadcasting Group has placed an order for more than 20 Pyramix digital audio workstations with Merging Asia, the Chinese distributor for Pyramix's Swiss manufacturer, Merging Technologies.

In the broadcast and media technology sector the worst of the recession appears to be over, and vendors are feeling increasingly optimistic about the future, according to a new study carried out by Ernst & Young LLP in association with IABM, the body which represents the supply side of the industry.

Harris has received a multi-million dollar TV transmitter order from the Associated Broadcast Company (ABC) as part of a large, regional transmission network extension project covering key cities across the Philippines.

The order consists of seven Harris Maxiva ULX liquid-cooled UHF transmitters, together with a Jampro antenna system. Installation and commissioning will be provided by Harris, Jampro and Composite Technology Inc., a Harris distributor in the Philippines.

Civolution, provider of technology and solutions for identifying, managing, and monetising media content, introduced a formal validation program for its NexGuard forensic marking technology used in digital cinema systems.