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Two more sponsors have come onboard to support TVBEurope’s IT Broadcast Workflow conference, taking place on Wednesday 13 June at BAFTA in central London.

Public national broadcaster invests in 22 D*AP LM4 four-channel units and 51 D*AP LM2 to comply with France’s new loudness legislation.

Twickenham Studios is to continue as a film production and audio post-production centre after the initial bid to buy the site and redevelop it for housing was blocked, writes Kevin Hilton.

London post-production company The Farm Group has completed what is being described as the biggest installation of Avid Pro Tools HDX workstations and 10 HD software in the UK, writes Kevin Hilton.

Canford has acquired cabinet and rack manufacturer Enclosure Systems (ES), its principal supplier of 19-inch racks for the last 10 years. Canford will take over manufacturing and distribution of the ES range, moving production and warehousing from Kent to the HQ in Washington, UK.

RTW has shipped a further three pre-production units of its new, compact TM3 TouchMonitors to Cologne-based Wige Broadcast. RTW has yet to officially launch the TM3; however, the first units were delivered to Zurich’s technology and production centre (tpc) in April.

A trial of next-generation wireless coverage, using so-called TV ‘white spaces’, drew to a close in last month with a ‘summit’ and conference held at the AirSpace Conference Centre in Cambridgeshire, writes Phil Ward.

Sennheiser is among the leading manufacturers helping PMSE users to make the transition, writes David Davies.

New post-production facilities continue to open at MediaCityUK (MCUK) in Salford Quays, with Timeline Television about to launch a branch in the Blue Tower, featuring a 5.1 dubbing suite, writes Kevin Hilton.

A major installation of DAB (digital audio broadcasting) transmitters is underway in Norway, which is on course to be the first country to switch off analogue radio transmissions, with plans to end FM broadcasts in 2017, writes Kevin Hilton.

Half-day seminars ideal for engineers with little to no experience on Vista and OnAir consoles, though further, in-depth training on Vista series is planned for the near future.

RTW’s TM7 TouchMonitors will be integrated into Calrec’s consoles, while Swiss technology and production center takes first delivery of the new TM3 units.

Three new OnAir 1500 consoles are added to the media centre of the Swiss parliament building in Berne, bringing the total number of Studer consoles up to 14.

RadiantGrid was made a Wohler Technologies company at NAB 2012 yesterday. The partnership allows the two companies to streamline workflows as broadcasters move to file-based distribution systems.

Protocol developers hail a “significant change” for the broadcast industry following collaboration announcement in Las Vegas, writes Dave Robinson.