Linear Acoustic, manufacturer of customer-centric multichannel sound solutions for digital broadcast, has become the fourth member of the Telos Systems group, a technology partnership whose companies, including Omnia and Axia, provide advanced audio solutions for professional communications, production, and broadcast applications.

In a major upgrade to the camera systems for the news department of its France 2 channel, France Télévisions, the French national public television broadcaster, has selected Panasonic's P2 technology. The choice follows a similar move by France Télévisions' RFO channel, whose main focus is news production for France's overseas territories.

The IPTV World Series is preparing for the latest addition to the calendar, the IPTV World Forum North America. This event is taking place in Chicago from 22 - 23 July, at the McCormick Place Convention Centre.

This will be the first IPTV World Series event in the region and has been added to address the significant number of regional and local telecoms operators in North America who pioneered this new digital TV platform. North America is expected to account for a large proportion of the world's new IPTV subscriptions during the next few years.

Avid Technology Inc has announced that Beatriz Alonso-Martinez, a key member of Avid Europe's Professional Services Group, has won the award for the ‘Best use of technology within the multimedia industry by a woman' at the Blackberry Women & Technology Awards 2008.

The awards, held at The Grosvenor Hotel in London recently, honour the achievements of women both within and beyond the IT sector. They aim to celebrate these women's success, as well as inspire other women by showcasing their stories.

Beaufort International Group Plc has acquired the business and assets of DTS Digital Cinema from DTS, Inc. for an undisclosed sum. Beaufort made the acquisition through its US subsidiary, Beaufort California, Inc.

Digital Rapids, developer of solutions for bringing television, video and film content to the next generation of viewing devices, has opened a new sales and support office in Hong Kong to bolster the company's presence in China.

Zattoo, the live TV to PC platform, has significantly extended its channel line up in the UK, showing all five UK terrestrial channels online via one media player for the first time ever. As well as the leading UK channels, Zattoo will also live-stream the latest financial news from Bloomberg, children's programming from Cbeebies and special interest channels such as AutoMoto TV and The Poker Channel.

The Reel Show is free for registered viewers and each month new original programming will be added. Content includes unique behind-the-scenes film set footage, independent product tests and reviews by top filmmakers, debate and discussion programmes.

Zodiac Interactive, a multiple Emmy-nominated and Emmy award-winning developer of software for interactive television, has announced it has sold its subsidiary, Zodigo, a new mobile content search engine, in a management buy-out, led by Matt Johnston, formerly Zodiac's SVP of strategy and Zodigo's CEO.

The market for sports graphics technology is showing no sign of a slow down with Red Bee Media announcing two separate contracts with broadcasters RTE (Ireland) and C More Entertainment (Sweden) to supply them with Piero 3D graphics technology.

RTE will use Piero on GAA (Gaelic Athletic Association) games, the English Premier League matches, UEFA Euro 2008 and UEFA Championship League games as well as certain rugby leagues. This is the first time Red Bee Media has supplied Piero for the analysis of Gaelic football and Hurling.