Newsletter from 30/07/2010
Tour de France - Red Bull Air Race - BAPS - Danube Island Festival
Tour de France 2010
The 2010 Tour de France was the 97th edition of the Tour de France cycle race, one of cycling's Grand Tours. It started on 3 July with an 8.9 km prologue time trial in Rotterdam, the first start in the Netherlands since 1996. The race visited three countries: the Netherlands, Belgium and France, and finished on 25 July on the Champs-Élysées in Paris . The total length was 3,642 kilometres (2,263 mi) including 60.9 kilometres (37.8 mi) in time-trials. Following an opening prologue time trial, featured again after a two year absence, the first three stages passed through the Netherlands and Belgium on routes designed to replicate some features of the spring classic cycle races.
Read the case study about the production by Euro Media France at
Red Bull Air Race
The Red Bull Air Race World Championships has brought another dimension to the world of motorsport, and broadcast solution specialists Gearhouse Broadcast are helping ensure the very best of the amazing aerial action reaches its growing legion of fans around the globe. The races are a breathtaking combination of speed and aerial agility featuring the world’s most skilful race pilots, and are set against the backdrop of some of the world’s most spectacular cities, including New York, Lisbon, Abu Dhabi and Rio De Janiero.
Read the news about the involvement of Gearhouse Broadcast and SIVision at
BAPS Swaminarayan Sanstha Show 2010
BAPS, a socio-spiritual organization that was established in the early 20th century, is committed to ‘caring for the world’. Affiliated with the United Nations’ Economic and Social Council, BAPS has a worldwide network of 3,300 centers and a total of 55,000 volunteers who are active in moral and cultural, medical, educational, environmental, social, tribal and spiritual activities. Just recently, BAPS’ Swaminarayan Akshardham complex in Gandhinagar, India scheduled a breathtaking, once-nightly water show, provoking India’s ancient story of Nachiketa. Barco took up the gauntlet to provide the high-quality equipment required to project images onto a 40 x 21 meter screen made of water droplets – in the open air!
See pictures of the show at
Sennheiser rocks the Vienna Danube Island Festival 2010
Three million visitors over three days: the Vienna Danube Island Festival (Wiener Donau Insel Fest) has again raised the bar with regard to music festivals. In addition to record crowds, the largest open air festival in Europe again presented a top class programme of acts this year. Over the course of three sunny days and evenings from 25 – 27th June, the festival on the island situated between Empire Bridge (Reichsbrücke) and North Bridge (Nordbrücke) provided top sounds for all manner of music tastes. Sennheiser and its Austrian partner Grothusen AV were also part of the action: the audio specialists were responsible for equipping FM4-Planet.tt. island, one of the event’s major stages.
Get the background information about how to produce great audio on the stage at