Sony have announced version 9 of Vegas, which will be available mid-May. The new version will add support to RED cameras natively, support for XDCam-EX natively (currently you have to convert it to MXF format to use it in Vegas) and various other enhancements.
Since it was announced today, to co-incide with NAB, the big video show in Las Vegas which also starts today, we have not yet had a play with the new version or even seen a screen shot.  
Also announced is a new set of plugins to automate several tasks, such as creating a montage or a set of lower third titles.  Again we have had not seen this in operation but it all sounds very exciting!
We do not have UK prices as yet but will be posting the information here when available.

Read the full press release here:
http://www.sonycreativesoftware.com/news/ShowRelease.asp?ReleaseID=712&CatID=0