2012 Orange British Academy Film Award ceremony – the latest case study on the programme at the Fast Turnaround TV conference on 13 March in London.

The broadcast reseller, CVP (Creative Video) became the victim of one of the industry’s largest thefts last weekend when a substantial quantity of cameras, camcorders, lenses and ancillaries was stolen from its west London warehouse.

File transfer specialist Aspera has worked with news distribution platform SendtoNews to help British Columbia Royal Canadian Mounted Police (BC RCMP) fight crime on the move.

Bel Digital Audio has started shipping a new 16-channel 2RU audio monitor/de-embedder, with the first seven going to Gearhouse Broadcast for use in flyaway systems, and a further three to a US-based sports broadcaster.

Forbidden Technologies has seen impressive growth with broadcast post sales of its cloud video platform increasing by 94% in the first half of 2011. Melanie Dayasena-Lowe met with CEO Stephen Streater to find out what has driven the company’s rapid success rate.

No longer dumb, the new smart TV is part of a wider connected home where devices are linked together for the streaming, upload and sharing of professional and personal media. It’s a massive change impacting programme creation, distribution strategy and vendor R&D, reports Adrian Pennington.

Sonnet Technologies has announced that its Fusion D400QR5 four-drive RAID 5 SATA storage system played a key role in the post production editing process for Hell and Back Again, the Academy Award nominated documentary.

Harris Corporation, an international communications and information technology company, has introduced NEXIO Studio Suite to help customers easily and affordably transition to tapeless studio production and more efficient file-based workflows.

Ross Video has acquired Belgian camera robotics company FX-Motion, makers of the Furio system, following a booth meeting between David Ross (pictured) and FX-Motion CEO Stijn Vanorbeek at IBC2011 in Amsterdam.

European Broadcasting Union (EBU) Members will be offered generic applications to deploy Hybrid Broadcast Broadband TV (HbbTV) during the Olympics and the Eurovision Song Contest (ESC), when audiences peak.

Stereotec CEO and stereographer Florian Maier is calling for 3D films which pass a certain technical quality to be given a label of recommendation.

The documentary feature Shortlisted: Steppin' Krew 3D directed by Samuel Martin, is to be distributed by Electric Sky alongside an hour long stereo 3D streetdance training video.

Visual effects facility The Mill has become the first post-production house to begin using Emotion System’s new automatic loudness analysis and repair system, writes Kevin Hilton.

German television company ProSiebenSat.1 Produktion has installed 12 loudness metering and control systems at its facilities to bring output into line with EBU R128 specifications, writes Kevin Hilton.