Sennheiser, a leading manufacturers of microphones, headphones and wireless transmission systems, will showcase its latest products at Cabsat, the Middle East and Africa's largest broadcast, digital media and satellite expo, next month in Dubai, UAE.

The audio specialist will debut in the Middle East its new EK6042 dual-channel camera-mount receiver- the world’s first receiver capable of working with both analogue and digital transmitters, said a statement from the company.

Sennheiser will also demonstrate its broad range of audio solutions for broadcast, studio and live production applications, it said.

Cabsat will mark the culmination of Sennheiser’s AVX contest which has seen scores of the region’s up-and-coming filmmakers submit their entries in the hopes of winning the company’s audio for video solutions.

At the exhibition, a panel of judges which includes Allie Ghaffour, head of Audio for Al Jazeera and Achim Gleissner, commercial manager for the broadcast and media segment for Sennheiser, will pick three winners.

Additonally, Sennheiser as the Diamond Sponsor of the content marketplace in Cabsat, will participate in a panel discussion on the democratisation of content capture with the emergence of new technologies.

Mig Cardamone, director of sales and marketing at Sennheiser Middle East, said: “This competition has been our way of engaging with and supporting local content producers. We really want to encourage up and coming local talent to create interesting and engaging content that demonstrates their audio and video skills.”

“We’re looking forward to seeing the level of talent that we have here and also to awarding an excellent audio for video solution based around AVX that will help them with their future projects and productions,” he said. – TradeArabia News Service