The R&S SFE Broadcast Tester from Rohde & Schwarz is now available with the new R&S SFE-K30 fading simulator option integrated. The multistandard broadcast signal generator provides TV and radio consumer equipment manufacturers with all the functions they need for R&D, manufacturing and quality assurance. The compact signal generator is the only œ 19" device on the market equipped with a modulator that integrates a realtime coder, an integrated baseband signal source and a 12-path channel simulator. It supports all common worldwide broadcasting standards.

AmberFin has released iCR Version 5.5 for its iCR ingest, transcode and quality control software range.

Version 5.5 includes HD standards conversion, new quality control developments and a range of enhancements to current workflow tools.

Football fans around the world are able to enjoy unsurpassed coverage of the 2010 South African international tournament thanks to Camera Corps' new Net-Cam. Developed specifically for this event, Net-Cam is a miniature HD camera with a high-quality ultra-wide-angle lens, designed specifically to capture the entire goal-mouth from the rear corner of the net.

Nevion, formerly Network/VPG, a video transport solution provider for broadcasters, service providers and government entities worldwide, has announced the Nevion DataMiner Cube, a user interface for service management of video over IP, SONET/SDH and fibre overlay.

Telestream, provider of digital media tools and workflow solutions, has announced that its Episode video encoding software was selected by Banis Software Development, Inc. to provide video and audio transcoding for V&A Waterfront World Media & Legacy Centre which was built for the 2010 FIFA World Cup in Cape Town, South Africa.

Playboy TV has updated its ingest quality control process with software-based solutions from Hamlet. The contract is for two Reel-Check file-based systems and four VidScope PC-based tools.

Telestream has released Vantage, claimed to be the industry's first fully-integrated family of enterprise-class software products that allows users to easily design and manage IT-based video workflows. Vantage combines video capture, transcoding, analysis, quality control, metadata processing and clip management into a single, flexible workflow framework.

Audio Precision has introduced the APx515, a new two channel audio analyser optimised for production test. According to the manufacturer, despite its low cost the APx515 still has excellent performance, with a typical THD+N of -106 dB, 24-bit FFTs, and 192k digital I/O. With respect to the other instruments in the APx Series, it sits just below the APx525, whose lower THD+N and chip-level connectivity options make it more appropriate for R&D.

Brainstorm has provided a full suite of data driven 2D and 3D graphics for the BBC's recent Election Night coverage. The graphics consisted of an updating tally, lower third flashes, name straps and full-form results showing 3D map location and vote share, change and swing in real time.

The coverage featured a new U-Touch touch screen running 3D graphics showing a data-driven map of the UK with the ability to select individual constituencies and show share, change, swing and turnout.

Playout automation specialist, Abit Ltd, has continued the evolution of its control interface with Miranda's range of channel branding equipment. The Present-it automation system offers rich integration with the Imagestore 750, Intuition XG and LGK-3901 channel branding processors, allowing playout of the full breadth of advanced HD/SD graphics effects.