San Francisco, Calif., May 17, 2012 — Grass Valley™ announced today that Mustafa Unsal has been appointed country manager for Turkey. With a strong broadcast and IT systems background, Unsal is tasked with providing a strong presence in the country, working with the rapidly developing broadcast and production market to propose and implement IT-enabled solutions.

San Francisco, Calif., May 15, 2012 — The Qatari Television Support and Development Committee (TVSDC) has selected Grass Valley™ for a major modernization project for Qatar TV. Grass Valley will be providing a complete master control room solution for the new Broadcast Center in Doha.

San Francisco, Calif., May 15, 2012 — Video Broadcast SA, a premiere digital audio and video systems engineering company and equipment reseller for broadcast products in Lima, Peru, is hosting an informative local showcase of the latest Grass Valley™ technologies and systems that were exhibited at the recent 2012 NAB Show in Las Vegas.

San Francisco, Calif., May 02, 2012 — To reinforce its solutions offerings to broadcasters and content producers, and to further strengthen its already firm reputation in the Middle East, Grass Valley™ has appointed Hassan Ghoul as Managing Director and Sales Manager for Grass Valley's operations in the Middle East.

San Francisco, Calif., April 30, 2012 — Reflecting the growing importance of IT in the broadcast world, Grass Valley™ has brought in a leading IT solutions expert to add to its European capabilities. Arnaud de Lagabbe brings experience in consulting, IT, and media to his new role as sales manager for southern Europe.

Las Vegas (National Association of Broadcasters Convention — Booth# SL106) April 17, 2012 — Grass Valley™ has announced a new strategic agreement with China Digital Video (CDV), one of China's leading suppliers of solutions to the broadcasting and professional video industry, for the sale of Grass Valley products and services to its growing list of clients across China

Las Vegas (National Association of Broadcasters Convention — Booth# SL106) April 16, 2012 — The Editors at Broadcast Engineering magazine have recognized the file-based networked newsroom installation at KWQC, which includes a full complement of digital news production technologies from Grass Valley™, as the winner of its prestigious 2012 "Excellence Awards" in the category of "Newsroom Technology."

Las Vegas (National Association of Broadcasters Convention – Booth # SL106) April 14, 2012 — The First Baptist Church, in Dallas, Tex., has embarked on a major multi-million dollar construction project of its downtown Worship Center and second high-rise building that, when completed, looks to change the very face of the city of Dallas.

Las Vegas (National Association of Broadcasters Convention – Booth # SL106) April 14, 2012 — Televideo S. A., a premiere production company in Bogota, Colombia, has purchased a wide variety of live production equipment from Grass Valley™ to improve the capabilities of its high-definition (HD) production studio and mobile production trucks. Videoelec S.A., Grass Valley's local distributor, coordinated the deal. Both the studio and the trucks will be operational in April 2012, and ready to cover the Colombian Soccer League Games

Las Vegas (National Association of Broadcasters Convention – Booth# SL106) April 14, 2012 — Māori Television, New Zealand's National Indigenous Broadcaster and arguably the largest programme production house in NZ, has upgraded its digital news production facilities to a new Grass Valley™ advanced news production solution allowing journalists, producers, and editors to be more creative while completing projects faster and with improved efficiency.

Las Vegas (National Association of Broadcasters Convention – Booth# SL106) April 14, 2012 — MIRA Mobile Television, a premier provider of remote television mobile production facilities, based in Wilsonville, OR, continues to expand its fleet of high-end video production trucks to meet the increasing technical demands of live sports, both college and professional, and entertainment clients across the US and Canada.

Las Vegas (National Association of Broadcasters Convention – Booth# SL106) April 14, 2012 — Manhattan Center, New York City's premiere multimedia and entertainment facility, has upgraded its production capabilities to high-definition (HD) with Grass Valley™ products and technologies. Manhattan Center's interconnection between the world famous Hammerstein Ballroom, The Grand Ballroom, studio 1, and studio 2 is based on a Grass Valley GeckoFlex™ fiber backbone, eliminating the majority of copper tie-lines and enabling the transport of HD throughout the facility.

Las Vegas (National Association of Broadcasters Convention – Booth# SL106) April 14, 2012 — As local television stations across the country continue to seek new business models by implementing cost-effective workflows, they continue to turn to Grass Valley™ for the right solutions. As part of an ongoing trend throughout the industry, small-to-mid-sized stations are increasingly upgrading to a file-based infrastructure built around the Grass Valley Ignite™ fully automated production system, which allows one or two operators to run and entire newscast.

Las Vegas (National Association of Broadcasters Convention – Booth# SL106) April 14, 2012 — At this year's NAB, highly respected production professional Jonathan Aroesty will introduce Pronology—a new Software as a Service (SaaS) business that makes heavy use of the Grass Valley™ K2 Summit™ media server platform. Aroesty, co-founder of Pronology, has a long and successful history leveraging the power of Grass Valley's media servers in recording and playback solutions for high-profile, event-based productions. He counts TBS's Conan and other live and taped series specials among his clients.

Las Vegas (National Association of Broadcasters Convention – Booth# SL106) April 14, 2012 — Meeting its clients' need for first-rate production values at an affordable price, Viewpoint Production Services (VPS), a broadcast equipment rental and mobile production services company based in Pittsburgh, PA, has completed the upgrade of its two standard-definition production trucks to full high-definition (HD) capability. The first truck—VPS-38HD—has been equipped with a Grass Valley™ K2 Dyno™ Replay System, with the second truck's K2 Dyno Replay System scheduled for purchase next year. Once installed, VPS will be able to network the two K2 Dyno systems together, along with other servers in the truck, to expand its production capabilities.

Las Vegas (National Association of Broadcasters Convention – Booth# SL106) April 14, 2012 — Encompass Digital Media, a global leader in digital media services, has selected Grass Valley™ as one of its technology partners for implementing the company's strategic plan to invest in and rebuild their UK facility to create a new, integrated playout center in central London.

San Francisco, Calif., April 10, 2012 — Leading German production company Media Mobil GmbH has selected Grass Valley™ to re-equip its Unit 7 outside broadcast truck ahead of a busy summer schedule of events. The large, fixed axle Unit 7—widely used to cover sports and music events—will feature a Grass Valley 3 M/E Kayenne™ Video Production Center switcher.

San Francisco, Calif., April 04, 2012 — Mediatec, one of Europe's most experienced outside broadcast corporations continues to invest in the latest technology, setting itself apart with Grass Valley HD cameras and 3G transmission system.

San Francisco, Calif., April 03, 2012 — Ready to roll up its sleeves and get busy in London, Grass Valley™ announced today the availability of its comprehensive QuickFix Service Program to support broadcasters and production teams needing technical assistance for the five days leading up to and for the duration of the upcoming 2012 Summer Games, to be held from July 27 through August 12.

San Francisco, Calif., March 29, 2012 — As it has for the past several years, live sports production company F&F Productions, based in Clearwater, Fla. will send two of its most advanced high-definition (HD) production trucks outfitted with Grass Valley™ equipment, to cover the 2012 NCAA Men's Division I Final Four Weekend Tournament (March 31-April 1) and National Championship Game (April 2) for CBS Sports, with a third production truck dedicated to ESPN in order to supply the live international feed.

San Francisco, Calif., March 27, 2012 — With the goal of improving the overall customer experience, Grass Valley™ has launched a new Authorized Service Provider (ASP) Program that equips Grass Valley's resellers and channel partners with extensive certification training on a variety of Grass Valley products, services, and technologies to improve support in historically underserved regions around the world.

San Francisco, Calif., March 06, 2012 — Carburando, the Argentine motor sports broadcaster recently purchased 14 Grass Valley™ LDK 8000 Elite WorldCam high definition cameras with HD triax transmission. The new cameras will be used on Carburando's outside broadcast truck, and form a central part of a bold project to migrate to HD.

San Francisco, Calif., March 01, 2012 — Veteran mobile production company LYON Video helped produce the 2012 season opener of the Red Bull Crashed Ice World Championship from St. Paul, Minn. on Jan. 14, with the latest live high-definition (HD) production equipment from Grass Valley™. The Red Bull Crashed Ice World Championship now moves on to two other countries—The Netherlands and Sweden—before an eventual winner is crowned after the final race in Quebec City, Canada, on March 17.

San Francisco, Calif., February 28, 2012 — Squarely focused on continuing to exceed the expectations of its customers with enhancements to its current product lines and to preserve customers' investments, Grass Valley™ has added additional functionality to its Trinix™ NXT Multiviewer for SD, HD, and 3G. This powerful multiviewer can be added as an option to all Trinix frames worldwide and any Trinix frame ever sold. The latest enhancements include on-screen mouse and cursor functionality to expand individual tiles to full screen, powerful signal monitoring, status, alarming functions, and the ability to easily import and export configurations for pre-determined screen layouts.

San Francisco, Calif., February 28, 2012 — At NAB 2012, Grass Valley™ is adding to the flexibility of its 3G Camera Transmission system (introduced at NAB 2011) with the LDK 4427 3G Fiber Camera to 3G Triax Converter, allowing users producing programs in resolutions up to 1080p50/60 to send their signals across any type of cable infrastructure. The LDK 4427 performs a 1-to-1 conversion of a 3G fiber camera signal to a 3G triax signal. Ancillary data—such as return video, control, and intercom—are also converted on a 1-to-1 basis, with full access to all transmission diagnostics at any time.

San Francisco, Calif., February 27, 2012 — The ABC Television Network once again brought this year's star-studded 84th Academy Awards® telecast into viewers homes live on Sunday, February 26, with high-definition live event production solutions from Grass Valley™—reprising its role as a key technology provider to live telecasts. In fact, Grass Valley has supported the Oscar® ceremonies every year for the past several years.

San Francisco, Calif. February 24, 2012 — Due to its advanced codec, multiformat file support and unparalleled speed, the Grass Valley™ EDIUS® high-definition (HD), nonlinear video editing software is quickly becoming one of the dominant solutions among editors working in the digital news and professional video production industries. At NAB 2012 Grass Valley will demonstrate the latest version (EDIUS v.6.5), with a comprehensive 3D editing workflow and native support for raw footage captured with digital cinematography cameras from RED Digital.

San Francisco, Calif., February 24, 2012 — At the NAB 2012 Show Grass Valley™ is beefing up its K2 Summit™ media server platform with a host of new features and functionality that make it more flexible than ever, while supporting next-generation, tightly integrated file-based workflows for playout and production applications. Among a long list of new features, there's support for AVCHD and H.264 file playback, as well as proxy encoding that can be both recorded and streamed over a network.

San Francisco, Calif., February 24, 2012 — Delivering on the promise it made when the STRATUS™ software architecture framework was announced a year ago, Grass Valley™ continues to add new features and functionality to the platform. The modular design of the STRATUS service oriented architecture (SOA) allows Grass Valley to easily and regularly add new software components to preserve customers' investment and help them leverage and upgrade to the most advanced content creation tools quickly and easily.

San Francisco, Calif., February 22, 2012 — Grass Valley™ will demonstrate the breadth of its production solutions at the 2012 CABSAT exhibition scheduled for February 28 to March 1 at the Dubai International Convention and Exhibition Centre (S3-C42). The presentation will focus on new additions to the Grass Valley product range that delivers unrivaled creative power and control at an unprecedented price point. On hand will be solutions fitting the requirements of customers in the sport, live, and news production areas, as well as those in the playout domain.

San Francisco, Calif. February 15, 2012 — Grass Valley™ live production technologies were central to the broadcast of this year's 54th Annual Grammy® Awards telecast on Sunday, February 12 (at the Staples Center in Los Angeles), which was produced live in the 1080i high-definition (HD) format by veteran mobile production company NEP Broadcasting for CBS and the E! Entertainment Television channel. NEP Broadcasting, based in Pittsburgh, Penn. has used Grass Valley technologies for many years to bring home all of the musical performances and pageantry of the world renowned Grammys.

San Francisco, Calif. February 10, 2012 — Continuing to strengthen its staff with key hires to support new growth in emerging markets, Grass Valley™ has named Andy Srinivasan as its new Vice President in the Asia Pacific (APAC) region.

San Francisco, Calif., February 10, 2012 — Visitors to the 2012 Broadcast Engineering Society (BES) Exhibition on February 11-13 at the Pragati Maidan Convention Center in New Delhi will have the opportunity to see hands-on demonstrations of the latest Grass Valley™ high definition, IT-centric live production equipment and systems. The presentation will include two HD camera models, a live production switcher and servers.

San Francisco, Calif. February 03, 2012 — Deployed by the country's largest and most experienced mobile production companies, a wide variety of live production equipment from Grass Valley™ will once again be used for this year's highly anticipated Super Bowl XLVI high-definition telecast—as well as for a number of related programs shot during the week leading up to the big game.

San Francisco, Calif., February 02, 2012 — The Grass Valley™ Kayenne™ Video Production Center is now more accessible to broadcasters that require mixing power on a temporary basis for live events, thanks to a deal with Presteigne Charter.

San Francisco, Calif. January 24, 2012 — AMS Pictures, a Texas-based, premiere, full-service video production company, has upgraded its production capabilities to full high-definition (HD) production with the purchase of a new Karrera™ Video Production Center switcher from Grass Valley™.

San Francisco, Calif., January 19, 2012 — Asahi Broadcasting Aomori (ABA), a local All-Nippon News Network facility owned by TV Asahi Corp., and specifically serving the Aomori prefecture of Japan (510,000 households), is completely upgrading its digital news production operations to a high-definition (HD), file-based system from Grass Valley™.

San Francisco, Calif. January 05, 2012 — Grass Valley™ (www.grassvalley.com) today announced a new Support Agreement portfolio designed to keep systems running and to help customers plan for their long-term maintenance needs. The new portfolio will be managed by the Grass Valley Global Services division.