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| First ITTF WJC Event in Algeria for EPTV Abdel Kader Salifou of France and Elizabeta Samara of Romania won the Boys and Girls’ Singles titles respectively at the ITTF 'World Junior Circuit' event in Algeria. Host broadcaster, EPTV, used Gigawave MVL-D2 links to beam live coverage of the event back to their studios.
“Because we have now a junior team and these players are our future national senior team, we think it is important to work with the young players and you can see that the ages of our players in this tournament are no more than fifteen years old in general, we want to work hard with them”. It’s been a busy time for the Algerian Table Tennis Federation. First a training camp followed by a the ITTF 'World Junior Circuit' event. Next, the African Junior Championships Tipaza, Algeria - March 2006 |
| Telecinco Leads Ratings with F1 Coverage Thanks to Fernando Alonso’s phenomenal success in last year’s Driver’s Championship, Spanish broadcaster, Telecinco, is attracting over 50% of the viewing audience with their coverage of this season's Formula One races from Bahrain and Malaysia.
According to Telecinco’s F1 Producer, Miguel Cobos, choosing the supplier of RF equipment for their live coverage of F1 was easy, “TWS could provide all the RF facilities we needed at a competitive price, including redundancy back-up for all major items of equipment. This is particularly important when you are working in places like Bahrain or Malaysia where it is difficult to find replacement equipment.”
A testament to the reliability of the D-Cam Clip-on was that during the Malaysian race weekend an ambient air temperature of 36 degrees (Celsius). This provided little cooling for the transmit module which operated for much of the time at an temperature of 61 degrees, with no adverse effects!
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| Gigawave to Sponsor Layt in UK Superbikes Gigawave are to sponsor Matt Layt in this year's British Supersport Cup Series, part of the prestigious British Superbike Championship. As part of the deal Matt will assist Gigawave engineers develop and test their new digital on-board camera system for motorcycle racing.
The first race of the 2006 season is scheduled for Sunday 26 March when Matt (#11) will race his 600cc Honda around the famous 'Indy' circuit at Brands Hatch. During the 2006 season, Matt will race at ten of the UK's top race circuits before returning to Brands Hatch to race around the full GP circuit on 01 October.
The BSB Championship, which has most recently been televised on the Sky Sports subscription channel, will now be once more free to air in the UK. According to Dorna's UK managing director, Tony Partis, "This is an incredibly positive development for the Bennetts British Superbike Championship and we are thrilled that ITV is to cover the series with live coverage,"
The contract with Dorna marks the return of top level motorcycle racing to the channel for the first time since the 1980s when the ITV's World of Sport Superbike Challenge thrilled TV viewers with epic battles between the likes of the late-Barry Sheene, Ron Haslam (father of current BSB star Leon), Wayne Gardner and Randy Mamola. Mark Sharman, ITV's Controller of Sport, commented: "The British Superbike Championship provides genuine sports entertainment – high quality racing with plenty of thrills. We also have some exciting young riders coming through, so I’m delighted to bring this series to a wider audience."  Gigawave Technical Centre - March 2006 |
| Queen Opens 2006 Commonwealth Games Around 81,000 spectators at the Melbourne Cricket Ground. were treated to a spectacular show which began with the surreal sight of a winged tram landing in the centre of the Melbourne Cricket Ground.
The opening ceremony marked the end of a180,000 kilometre jouney around the world for the 'Queen's Batton'. Her Majesty Queen Elizabeth II received the batton from Australian running legend and Governor of Victoria John Landy. It contained a message from the Queen which she read out aloud: "We celebrate the value of sport as a means of bringing together people from 71 nations and territories and from a wide range of cultures, traditions and beliefs,"
BnC's owner, Barry Sutherland, was delighted with the results, "We sent all of our D-Cam 'Dockable' and 'Clip-on' systems back to Gigawave prior to the Commonwealthe Games for them to be upgraded to the latest 'low-delay' specification. The overall result is that everyone is delighted with the performance of the seven D-Cam wireless camera systems here in Melbourne." Melbourne , Australia - March 2006 |
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| Cabsat Attracts Record Number of Visitors Cabsat 2006 was even better than last year's show according to Gigawave Sales and Marketing Director, John Rolfe. He and Regional Sales Manager, Trevor Vizard, expected a busy show and were not disappointed.
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