Broadcasters across Europe are offered football fans the best picture quality available during this summer’s Euro 2020. Viewers in the UK, Netherlands and France was watched the matches in Ultra HD.

Panasonic is launching Panasonic Connect Europe, a new company that will offer diverse broadcast and media entertainment solutions. An integral part of the new company will be business frontline process innovation — called Gemba Process Innovation — which Panasonic says draws on its business, technology and solutions know-how and is a “transformational approach to radically review, redesign and reinvent operations”.

AJA Video Systems has released a collection of new firmware updates for AJA openGear cards, including OG-ROI-HDMI, OG-ROI-DVI, OG-ROI-SDI, OG-HA5-4K and OG-12GM.

AJA Video Systems has expanded its lineup of openGear compatible 12G-SDI Fiber Converters with a pair of new OG-FiDO 12G cards for receiving signals from LC Fiber or ST Fiber and converting those signals to baseband 12G-SDI. OG-FiDO-R-12G-ST is a Fiber receiver that supports single-channel conversion from ST Fiber to 12G-SDI, and OG-FiDO-2R-12G offers dual-channel conversion from LC Fiber to 12G-SDI. Both new models receive 12G-SDI signals from standard Fiber video sources, including AJA FiDO Mini-Converters.

LYNX Technik, provider of modular signal processing interfaces, announces that is has launched seven new fiber yellobriks. These new models offer a cost-effective solution to convert fiber to copper ethernet, copper to fiber, fiber to fiber (multi-mode <> single-mode), or simply to extend electrical ethernet signals over a bi-directional single fiber; with support up to 10Gbit/s.

Video over IP specialist BirdDog has moved into the box camera category with the launch of its new PF120 high bandwidth NDI camera. It supports up to 1080p60 and uses a Sony Exmor R Back illuminated image sensor. The PF120 with 20x zoom is the company’s first foray into the box camera market.

Using two cameras on a shoot can actually throw up more problems than it solves. With that in mind, here's four ways to make use of a second camera and what to consider.

PHABRIX is pleased to announce that 12 of its SxE handheld instruments have been purchased by National Broadcasting Services of Thailand (NBT). The SxE devices replace NBT’s legacy SD test and measurement equipment, delivering HD video and audio Generation, Analysis and Monitoring with advanced Physical Layer Analysis.

Sony has launched the Version 3.0 update for its BRC-X400, SRG-X400 and SRG-X120 PTZ cameras, adding support for the Secure Reliable Transport (SRT) protocol, the company said. SRT adds low-latency transmission of high-quality video to the cameras, which are well-suited to a wide variety of applications, such as remote production, seminars, live events, education and house of worship.

AJA Releases Mini-Config v2.26.2. This free software update introduces features for select AJA 12G-SDI, 4K/UHD and other Mini-Converter models, including Region of Interest scan converters.