Outside broadcasting giant AMP VISUAL TV has chosen the company’s Apollo, Artemis, and Artemis Light audio consoles for its landmark new vehicle. The new truck, the Millenium Signature 12 (MS12), will be the standard-bearer in the AMP VISUAL TV fleet and will make its debut for coverage of the 24 Hours of Le Mans endurance automobile race in June.

Bet on the 4K from the Mediapro group is every day more evident. Two units with 4 K technology you added to your current mobile unit equipped for Ultra high definition production. For this reason, Mediapro will acquire a total of 57 new cameras AK-UC3000 of Panasonic intended for the television production of international events.

Panasonic’s AW-HE130 and AW-HE40 series PTZ cameras now have the ability to stream H.264 video over IP to NDI-compatible systems thanks to a recent integration of NewTek’s Network Device Interface technology. When configured as production inputs using NewTek Connect Pro software, the Panasonic cameras become recognizable on the LAN as NDI video sources.

The CBKZ-FS5RIF upgrade licence allows the PXW-FS5 camcorder to output 4K (4096x2160) RAW at 23.98p, 25p, 29.97p, 50p and 59.94p, and 2K RAW at 100, 120, 200 or 240 fps as 23.98p, 25p, 29.97p, 50p, and 59.94p.

The Romanian independent production company Studio Video Art has equipped its newest flagship outside broadcasting (OB) truck with RTS intercom systems. An ADAM intercom matrix, KP modular keypanels and a BTR wireless intercom system will secure communications for broadcasts such as the next European football championship.

SAM has announced that China's Dalian TV has installed SAM's Kahuna 6400 switcher and Sirius 830 router into its new OB van. The agreement also included the purchase of a KudosPro image processing platform, and six frames of SAM's IQ Modular interfacing and processing technology. With the launch of its new OB van, built by China's Beijing Xingguang Film & TV Equipment Technologies, Dalian TV has expanded its coverage to include sports, entertainment, music, and other live events.

AB Groupe, France’s first independent broadcaster and one of the largest producers in the country with 16 television channels, has selected ATEME’s TITAN Live to broadcast its first native 4K-UHD premium channel. The channel, called Ultra Nature dedicated to wildlife, discovery, travel and extreme sport.

NBC Olympics, a division of the NBC Sports Group, has selected Calrec to provide seven audio mixing consoles for its production of the Games of the XXXI Olympiad, which take place in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil Aug. 5-21. The announcement was made today by Karl Malone, Director, Sound Design, NBC Sports & Olympics and Dave Letson, Vice President of Sales, Calrec.

Zylight, a leading manufacturer of innovative LED lightingsolutions, unveiled its new Pro-Panel™ variable color LED soft light at the 2016 NAB Show. Available in 1×2 and 2×2 configurations, the Pro-Panel provides the cool operation, energy savings, and long life of LED technology, while eliminating the harsh glare and multiple shadow effects often associated with budget LED panel lights. Ideal for cinematography, video production, and professional photography, the Pro-Panel easily adjusts from tungsten to daylight (2700K-6500K) with up to a 95 CRI (Color Rendering Index) rating. It is fully dimmable and provides a wide, 110-degree beam angle. The rear panel includes color and dimming control knobs, plus two custom preset buttons.

Announced at NAB 2016 last month, the Sony FS5 firmware version 2.0 is now is available to download the free. Firmware 2.0 is quite a substantial update as it mainly enables the 4K Raw recording to an external recorder (you still have to buy the raw license separately) and the Auto ND feature, which is killer as you can now compensate for exposure changes without affecting depth of field as you don’t have to step down the aperture or open up, which in most cases can’t really be done with high precision unless you use high end cine lenses and use wireless motors. Canon EF lenses are notorious for their stepping aperture, even though it’s done in 1/3 increments, it can still be quite jarring to the casual viewer.