We are gearing up for NAB 2012 and are excited to once again bring you video coverage of the show. In the meantime you can check out what was coverage last year by watching the video below or visiting our YouTube Channel.

Broadcast Engineering has announced the winners of its Pick Hits awards for NAB 2010. With a long history, Pick Hits are the most prestigious technical awards given at NAB. A panel of independent judges toured the show floor for three days, looking for innovative products and technology. The judges then met to make their selections based on several criteria, including the technical and financial improvements the product can bring to a facility’s operation. Our editors and publishers have no vote in the selection process.

Congratulations to the following manufacturers for their creative technology solutions! more

Belo, Cox Media Group, E.W. Scripps, Fox, Gannett Broadcasting, Hearst Television, ION Television, Media General, Meredith, NBC, Post-Newsweek Stations, and Raycom Media announced plans to form a joint venture to develop a new national mobile content service. Using existing broadcast spectrum, the service will allow member companies to provide content to mobile devices, including live and on-demand video, local and national news from print and electronic sources, and sports and entertainment programming. more

The National Association of Broadcasters today released its attendance figures for the 2010 NAB Show, the world’s largest electronic media event covering filmed entertainment and the development, management and delivery of content across all mediums. more

There is a new player in the 3-D space and it’s Sensio Technologies. Sensio develops and markets stereoscopic 3-D digital compression and display formatting technologies. Sensio 3D allows the high-quality distribution of 3-D content through conventional existing 2-D infrastructures and playback/monitor on any 3-D display device. The Sensio 3D format is compatible with existing DVD and Blu-ray players and game consoles. While Sensio is not exhibiting on the show floor, you’ll be hearing more from this solutions company as 3-D further enters our space. More information is available at www.sensio.tv.

Avid announced that CBS News has selected the new Interplay Media Asset Manager module to streamline content-related workflows and improve visibility into its asset library. Through a tight integration with its existing Avid Interplay Production and Avid Unity™ ISIS systems, Interplay Media Asset Manager will enable CBS News to easily identify available tape and digital library media assets for use in its own broadcasts or make them available for sale to third parties.

Interplay Media Asset Manager enhances content-related workflows by allowing media enterprises to collect, index, catalog, manipulate, retrieve, and distribute rich media. Customers can gain greater visibility into their assets, work across teams and geographies, and build business processes adapted to their specific needs.

Maybe you couldn’t make it to Las Vegas this year, or maybe you were stuck minding the booth. In either case, if you missed Panasonic’s press conference, you’re in luck. Panasonic has video of its conference, and you can watch it on the company’s Video Showcase page.

Panasonic Solutions Company showcased its new AG-3DA1, a professional-quality, fully integrated full-HD 3-D camcorder offering SD media card recording.

Panasonic booth (#C3712) visitors will be able to view 3-D video content shot with the 3DA1 during show hours. Also on display will be Panasonic’s recently announced BT-3DL2550, a 25in professional-quality 3-D LCD monitor for field use, and the AG-HMX100, a professional HD digital AV mixer for live 3-D event production. more

NAB President and CEO Gordon Smith delivered his first NAB “State of the Industry” opening keynote during the 2010 NAB Show. Below are his prepared remarks. more

Avid announced that it has entered into a definitive agreement to acquire Euphonix, a producer of large-format digital audio consoles, media controllers, and peripherals. With the acquisition, Avid will deliver a broad range of audio and video control surfaces and consoles designed to meet the needs of customers ranging from the independent professional to the high-end broadcaster. Avid plans to continue to support and sell both Euphonix control surfaces and Avid’s existing ICON solution, enabling customers to leverage existing investments in industry-leading hardware. more