T-VIPS will demonstrate T-VIPS Connect at NAB, its management solution for sports and news projects involving multiple venues and occasional traffic. As well as monitoring equipment status, T-VIPS Connect also checks the health of backhaul connectivity and service status. This solution is ideal for sports and news operations, as it simplifies the task of setting-up and tearing down the occasional networks that are so common in sports and news backhaul.

The C300 HD master studio console will hit NAB this year as SSL offers it for the full spectrum post-production applications. The compact, assignable console features more than 500 mix inputs and 80 mix busses with DSP, tri-level sync support, an enhanced 96kHz feature set with provision for up to 16 discrete audio channels, and three or four channel side/read surround panning, among other features.

Thomson has collaborated with IBM and the International Standard Audiovisual Number International Agency (ISAN-IA). Thomson and IBM will both showcase demonstrations of Thomson’s integrated content tracking and security solutions during the National Association of Broadcasters (NAB) show from April 14-17, 2008 in Las Vegas.

DigiSoft.tv Inc. has signed with Sun Microsystems for the distribution of a Java Platform Micro Edition (Java ME) based software stack for IPTV Set Top Boxes (STB’s).

Ross Video will launch Vision Quattro, at NAB 2008. Vision Quattro is a family of production switchers and is the next step in the evolution of the award winning Vision series, launched at NAB 2007.

TANDBERG Television, part of the Ericsson Group, has appointed Dario Choi as Vice President and General Manager of TANDBERG Television Asia-Pacific with immediate effect.

TV Week reports that with hockey ratings continuing to track up, both on national and local platforms, Versus will team with Comcast Sports Net to maximize the audience surge for the sport. While the sport’s ratings are up nationally on both Versus and broadcaster NBC, local audiences are also enjoying the surge.

Telestream announced expansion of its flagship FlipFactory workflow automation family to include a new product for the cable market. With the increase in national and regional commercials, VOD content, infomercials and other media being delivered to cable operations centers as digital files, the need to automate the process continues to grow. FlipFactory AdManager for Cable streamlines the way cable companies move and manage commercials and other media being received from digital delivery services such as Vyvx, Mijo and DG FastChannel, internal edit suites, and other corporate and regional sources. Digital workflow automation eliminates the need for manual intervention, saving time, labor, and reducing the risk of errors for cable companies.

VBrick Systems, Inc., a provider in online networked video, has partnered with Glowpoint empowering the broadcast and management of live events over the Internet. Under the terms of the agreement, both Glowpoint and VBrick will promote and sell a bundled service combining the VBrick Online Streaming Service (VBoss) and Glowpoint's Quality of Service (QOS) Managed Video Network Services. The combined solution creates a unique plug and play capability for customers to manage and monetize video content and leverage the power of Internet distribution by making it very easy for them to distribute live and on-demand video on the Internet in their own branded Internet TV.

Gordon Blau will head Chyron's new Creative Services Group. Part of Chyron's new Online division, the Creative Services Group is being set up to support the newly acquired AXIS line of products for both client graphics support operations and to provide original graphic design functions, as well as assisting other departments.

Chyron is demonstrating its new Online portfolio of graphics at NAB 2008, on Booth SL3713. Following the acquisition of AXIS Graphics in January 2008, Chyron has fully integrated Online’s vast feature set, which includes AXISNews, FastMaps, FastQuotes, FastCharts and FastWX, with its sophisticated graphics portfolio.

SES AMERICOM will have a live demonstration of its IP-PRIME HD-4 service at NAB. The turnkey IPTV service, which originates from the company’s IPTV broadcast center in Vernon Valley, NJ, is the only national, commercially available MPEG-4-based video system.

Studer will showcase new developments for the Studer Vista range of consoles at NAB in the continuing effort to make it easier to mix 5.1 Surround Sound signals.