Harris Corporation has won the Digital Studio Industry Leadership ‘Vendor of the Year' Award for the contributions it has made to the growth of the broadcast and production industry in the Middle East region. This marks the second year in a row that Harris received the top honour.

The award, which is supported by the International Association of Broadcast Manufacturers, was announced during the 2008 Cabsat exhibition in Dubai, United Arab Emirates. Cabsat is the Middle East's leading electronic media and satellite communications event.

Widevine Technologies, provider of downloadable conditional access, digital rights management and digital copy protection solutions for 130+ video operators worldwide, has announced that its Widevine Cypher for Digital Media solution has won the IPTV World Forum Product of the Year Award for Best Internet TV.

SecureMedia, provider of content protection software for secure video and multimedia delivery over IP networks was awarded the IPTV World Series Award for Best IPTV Content Protection and Digital Rights Management for its Encryptonite ONE System Release 2.

Industria, an IPTV solutions provider, and Edgeware, a technology provider in on-demand TV, have signed a partnership agreement that focuses on close technical cooperation between the companies. Under this agreement, both parties commit to closer cooperation on both technical levels as within sales and marketing.

Building on a clear vision of where the IPTV industry is headed Edgeware and Industria are aiming to lower the complexities of setting up service and building a reliable and scalable infrastructure.

Global Media, a direct-to-home satellite TV platform located in Medellín, Colombia, and serving South America has added 10 new digital channels. It has achieved this simply by becoming more efficient with its bandwidth with Thomson ViBE H.264 MPEG-4 transmission equipment. As part of the new agreement, Thomson engineers will manage the installation and provide maintenance and training services.

The National Association of Broadcasters and Pro Sound News have teamed up to offer the Surround Broadcast Conference on April 16 at the NAB Show in Las Vegas. This new conference will focus on the production of digital, multi-channel broadcast audio and related issues including capturing and mixing, the consistency of the listener experience and transmission and distribution of 5.1-channel audio, which will accompany high definition video.

The IABM, the organisation that represents broadcast and media technology suppliers worldwide, has announced that Roger Stanwell has taken over the leadership of the association with effect from the start of this week.

India's leading media and entertainment executives will discuss their country's rapid growth in the entertainment industry on Wednesday 16 April during the NAB Show in Las Vegas. The super session - titled ‘Tune-in to India's entertainment economy - from emerging to surging' - will be led by Farokh Balsara, the national president of the Indo-America Chamber of Commerce (IACC) and industry veteran.

Now in its fourth year, the Mobile Zone has continued to expand to reflect IBC's global reach and influence. The Mobile Zone provides a unique opportunity for application developers, content providers and technology companies to showcase their capabilities at the centre of the broadcast industry's leading international conference and exhibition.

The dynamics of the European mobile sales force automation (SFA) markets have never been better. Surveys indicate that a significant number of businesses are ready to invest in mobile applications and SFA ranks high amongst them.

New analysis from Frost & Sullivan - European Mobile Sales Force Automation (SFA) Markets - finds that the market generated €255.5 million in 2007 and estimates this to reach €869.5 million in 2013.