ATG Danmon announces a new addition to its team with the appointment of Chris Nairn as Sales Director. Reporting to Managing Director Russell Peirson-Hagger, he joins from Bang & Olufsen Pro AV where he was Sales Director, Strategic Enterprise Partner Programme.

Chris Nairn began his broadcast industry career at Quantel followed by seven years in sales management roles with Sony Professional Solutions Europe. In 2016 he joined Grass Valley as Regional Sales Manager, Northern Europe, before joining Bang & Olufsen.

"We are very pleased to welcome Chris into the company," Russell Peirson-Hagger comments. "His long career in sales roles with some of the most innovative companies in the industry has given him an ideal professional background for this position. The role includes prospecting for new clients across the broadcast, post production, corporate, educational and wider AV sectors."

Mo-Sys Engineering (www.mo-sys.com), leaders in virtual production and image robotics, and HYPER Studios (www.hyperstudios.co.uk), leaders in cloud broadcast graphics, have created the first virtual production system with data-driven sports graphics.

Hebden Bridge, 4^th March 2021 — Taking advantage of fully redundant fabric, high density links, and flexibility for different workflows, Canada-based Dome Productions has unveiled a new all-IP SMPTE 2110 OB mobile unit replete with a Calrec Apollo digital audio console. Called Gateway, the truck is Dome’s first large scale, all IP, UHD/HDR unit and is currently being used for TSN and Rogers SportsNet on their hockey broadcasts. The deal has been managed by Calrec’s Canadian partner SC Media. 

Never.no, the award-winning audience engagement specialist, today announced the appointment of their new Head of Marketing & Communications, Alex Humphries-French, who'll help to consolidate market position with key verticals in broadcast, digital, and brand advertising as a cloud-based SaaS solution

ATEME, the leader in video delivery solutions for broadcast, cable, DTH, IPTV and OTT, announces it has entered into a partnership with NPAW (Nice People At Work), the video intelligence company developing the most complete solution for holistic video analytics in the market. The partnership aims to offer customers of both companies a free trial version of key solutions designed to enhance the Quality of Experience for viewers of video content.

GB Labs, innovators of powerful and intelligent storage solutions for the media and entertainment industries, is now a member of the Wasabi partner network. Wasabi is known for its Hot Cloud Storage, a disruptively simple storage technology that delivers speed, productivity and price benefits.

ATEME, the leader in video delivery solutions for broadcast, cable TV, DTH, IPTV and OTT, has revealed that its “24-Hours of ATEME” event will return in 2021 following huge success last year. Once again, a lineup of sessions with guest speakers from 30 partners will be scheduled over a continuous 24-hour period, taking place from the 3^rd to 4^th March.

Litepanels have launched the next generation of Lykos mini LED panel lights. The new Lykos+ Bi-color LED panel is one of the smallest in the Litepanels range but features an output 40% brighter than the previous generation, delivering an impressive 2000 lux (@3ft/1m) of accurate white light at any color temperature from 3200-5600K.

Ikegami announces a major addition to its UNICAM XE 4K system camera series. The UHK-X700 incorporates three newly developed 2/3-inch CMOS 4K sensors with global shutters to eliminate rolling shutter distortion and flash-banding artefacts.

"Designed for broadcast-quality video production and online streaming applications, the UHK-X700 looks set to become the flagship of the UNICAM series," comments Michael Lätzsch, Broadcast & Professional Video Division Manager at Ikegami Electronics (Europe). "It provides the high signal quality, versatile connectivity and robust build that are essential in today's multi-resolution media world. That includes full support for high dynamic range imagery with HLG or standard dynamic range, as well as the possibility to independently choose between BT.2020 and BT.709 colour spaces. High frame-rate shooting at up to 2x speed in 4K or up to 8x speed in HD via the base station is possible as an option, for applications such as capturing fast motion in sport or stage events."

When combined with the Ikegami BSX-100 base station, the camera optionally supports simultaneous output in 4K/HD video formats, including mixed sources. 4K video is available as a 12G-SDI feed directly from the camera head, allowing the UHK-X700 to be integrated into a wireless system.

Cobalt Digital, provider of a best-of-breed interoperability signal processing platform, has announced that its EVP of engineering, Dr. Ciro Noronha, will deliver a presentation during Virtual VidTrans 2021 that evaluates options for transporting HDR over a communications link using compression. The session, entitled “Bit-Rate Evaluation of Compressed HDR using SL-HDR1” is scheduled for Monday, March 1 at 10:30 eastern and is free to all attendees.