The world’s top ULTRA4 racers converge in Johnson Valley, CA every February to compete in the King of Hammers, a week-long series of off-road races spanning more than 200 miles of rocky desert terrain. The race draws in more than 60,000 spectators and is broadcast live to audiences via the ULTRA4 racing website and Livestream.com, with highlights streamed to YouTube and Facebook Live. Hammerking Productions is responsible for the week-long production, capturing and streaming more than seven hours of footage a day to fans on-site and online. With this year’s production involving multiple camera sources and destinations, the Hammerking team tapped AJA’s KUMO 6464 for SDI signal routing.

ChyronHego has debuted "Coach Capture," a product that streamlines the logging, tagging, telestration and HD recording live and post-game events. The product’s features and functionality make analyzing game play faster, easier and more accurate, the company says. Designed for sports video analysts and coaches, Coach Capture offers cross-platform compatibility with macOS X, Windows (versions 7 and 10), and Windows tablets, as well as existing production workflows.

World-renowned pro audio equipment maker Sound Devices released firmware upgrade v2.20 for the MixPre-3, MixPre-6, MixPre-10T, and the MixPre-10M. It is highly recommended that users of MixPre audio recorders update to the latest version of firmware available as soon as possible.

Sony has introduced its new camera control unit, the HDCU-3100. The 1.5U size of the compact fibre camera control unit brings IP capabilities to Sony's system cameras, from the flagship 4K HDC-4300 with BPU-4000 series, including the new BPU-4500A, through to the HDC-2000 series and HSC fibre system cameras.

The first regular broadcasts of DAB + have started in the Vienna, Austria region. Twelve radio stations can be received on the channel 11C multiplex. Many of these are not available on the FM band, according to radio.nl.

Madrid-based Tilt, a bespoke audio and video broadcast service provider, is reaping the benefits of a 48-fader Artemis Light console from Calrec for its UM003HD mobile production unit. Tilt’s business has grown considerably in the past year as it works with a variety of customers in live production across sports, music events, commercials and documentaries.

At the NAB Show 2018 Glensound BEATRICE R8 won two Best of Show Awards by ProSoundNews and TVTechnology. BEATRICE R8 is a 1RU rackmount 8-channel intercom system with Dante/AES67 network interface.

NEP UK has announced its two newest OB vehicles have been built to be compliant with SMPTE 2110 standard. Both of the vehicles, named Venus and Ceres, have been built with Grass Valley (formerly SAM) IQ UCP 25GbE Gateway cards, which provide two-way links between the the IP-based equipment and the existing baseband technology that is still needed to accommodate clients using SDI feeds. The trucks can also offer dual level UHD and HDI-SDI simultaneously.

Bluebell Opticom Ltd has been awarded an Emmy from the National Academy of Television Arts & Sciences (NATAS) for its SDI-over-fibre technology, at the 69th annual ceremony. The 69th Annual Technology & Engineering Emmy Awards ceremony took place in Las Vegas during the 2018 NAB Show in April, where Bluebell managing director Paul Felix McCann accepted the award.