There are 16,405 digital cinema screens around the world, an increase of 86.4% on 2008, with further growth to come in 2010 as digital 3D pushes the market towards a 35mm-free cinema sector. This means that 14.8% of the world's modern cinema screens are digitised, and 9000 are also equipped with digital 3D (55% of total digital screens). The eventual and inevitable conclusion of full digital cinema will take the best part of another decade to complete, although some countries will be all-digital well before then.

The NAB Show has announced a keynote conversation with the chairmen of Twentieth Century Fox Television (TCFTV), Gary Newman and Dana Walden. The 2010 NAB Show takes place from 10-15 April in Las Vegas.

Los Angeles Times reporter Joe Flint will moderate the Keynote Conversation with Walden and Newman, which will centre on how they have built Twentieth into a leading provider of TV blockbusters while navigating the challenges and opportunities facing media companies today. The panel will take place on Monday, 12 April from 11:30 am to 12:30.

Bridge Technologies has been listed as one of the fastest-growing technology companies in Europe, Africa, and the Middle East by Deloitte Touche Tomatsu (DTT).

Harris Corporation has announced that Egyptian state broadcaster ERTU has chosen Harris dual-cast TV transmitters as a central part of its preparation for the switch to digital transmission.

Harris Maxiva ULX liquid-cooled UHF TV transmitters and Platinum VLX liquid-cooled VHF TV transmitters have been ordered, and will cover the Great Cairo and the Matruh zones in Egypt.

Technicolor has signed a contract with TV Globo in Brazil to provide HD set top boxes, bringing the digital TV Globo signal via C-band satellite to rural areas throughout the country.

Part of a privately owned Brazilian media Group, with a network of 122 television stations, among owned and operated and affiliated broadcasters, TV Globo is both producer and broadcaster of the most compelling TV content countrywide, generating over 2500 hours of programming each year.

Verimatrix has announced the appointment of Petr Peterka as its new chief technology officer. Peterka joins Verimatrix as his latest role in a career in the San Diego technology and global digital TV scenes.

The market for digital signage is set to grow rapidly over the next few years. A recent report by iSuppli predicts that global shipments of digital retail signs are set to rise to 2.5 million units by 2013. This figure represents a Compound Annual Growth Rate (CAGR) of 26.8% since 2008. The technologies, solutions and content that are driving this revolution in communication will form the focus for the Digital Signage Zone at IBC2010.

IT Europa, the leading European IT publisher and market intelligence organisation, has announced the winners of the European IT Excellence Awards 2010 - the first pan-European awards event for IT and Telecoms channels. The finalists were honoured at a celebration dinner at The Tower Hotel, London.

Megahertz (MHz) has continued to build on its strong links with the Middle East by forming partnerships with ETACO in Egypt, Ghali Electronics in Syria and Maritronics in Bahrain.

GlobeCast America has appointed Jeff Casey as vice president of media management, based in the company's US headquarters in New York and reporting directly to the CEO of GlobeCast America, David Justin.