S+H Technical’s new 12 mm lightweight LED screen was specified by Video & Visuals Designer Ian Holmes for the recent UK and European leg of legendary guitarist and musician Steve Hackett’s 2013 “Genesis Revisited II” world tour.

To get the top six media server companies in one room, showing their expertise and demonstrating their kit to its full potential in front of their counterparts could have been a logistical impossibility. However CT managed to create reality from improbability and in May opened the doors to their 2013 Open Days where visitors could find the crème de la crème of media server companies.

Following the ambitious broadcast of the Coronation of King Willem-Alexander, the United OB14 mobile truck was in action again at the 2013 UEFA Europe League in Amsterdam’s ArenA.

This UCI worldtour race started in Naples - May 4th and finished in hard weather conditions in Brescia. This race crossed Italy 3.317km. Each year, the Giro d’Italia is the first of Europe’s three Grand Tours, with the Tour de France and Vuelta a España following in July and August, respectively. It’s arguably the most important sporting event in Italy and one of the largest in the world.

In 2013 the Showlight Conference was staged in the Czech Republic for the first time, at beautiful Český Krumlov‎ and with Robe lighting as the very proud main sponsor.

The recent abdication of Queen Beatrix on April 30th made way for her son, Willem-Alexander, to become King of The Netherlands. The occasion was marked by a grand ceremony that was broadcast live by Dutch national broadcaster NOS, as well as being relayed to many other countries, and also by a special concert from Dutch violin superstar, André Rieu.

Cobham, the RF specialist company that uses cutting edge communications technologies to empower broadcast users, has announced the signing of Beijing-based Century Sage Scientific (CSS) as its new distributor in the region.

More than 50 high value fixtures from PR Lighting were deployed to support a massive concert in Costa Rica recently, given by French DJ/production superstar David Guetta.

Using 12 of GLP’s versatile impression X4 LED fixtures, Washington DC-based Pulse Lighting recently provided lighting for Slightly Stoopid’s special one-off ‘Hot Box’ show at Red Rocks Park and Amphitheatre in Denver, Colorado. The show, which also featured Cypress Hill, was scheduled for broadcast live on AXS TV the same evening.

James Thomas Engineering’s newly-released retro-designed PATT 2013 softlight made its first appearance at the Radio 1’s Big Weekend in Londonderry (24 – 26 May 2013) to spectacular and instantaneous response.

Audiotech Services Ltd is supplying One Directions 120 date ‘Take Me Home’ Tour with an AV control system built around Blackmagic Design infrastructure, including the Blackmagic Design ATEM 2 M/E Production Switcher with ATEM 2 M/E Broadcast Panel, Broadcast Videohub router and SmartView Duo monitor.

Canucks Sports and Entertainment, owner of professional hockey franchise the Vancouver Canucks, has deployed an extensive sports video network throughout the team’s home venue based on Harris Broadcast’s InfoCaster™ digital signage technology.

Riedel Communications, provider of pioneering real-time video, audio, data, and communications networks, today announced that Alford Media Services, supplier of event technology support to corporate clients across the United States, has upgraded and expanded its portfolio of Riedel equipment. With this investment, Alford has increased both its capacity for providing complete top-quality event communications systems and its ability to offer comprehensive training for new and existing users of Riedel gear.

Lighting designer Fredrik Jönsson specified over 700 Clay Paky fixtures to provide stunning lighting effects forming the centrepiece of the 2013 Eurovision Song Contest, the world’s largest non-sporting television production.   This large supply of equipment was coordinated by Clay Paky’s Swedish distributor, Interlite AB, that managed contacts with technical supplier Starlight as well as with SVT (Swedish Television), producers of the ESC 2013.

Roland Systems Group is pleased to announce the InfoComm (Orlando, FL, June 12-14 2013) launch of the Roland VR-50HD, an all-in-one AV Mixer with outputs for web streaming and recording. The Roland VR-50HD fully integrates an audio mixer, video switcher, multi-viewer touch screen and USB Video/Audio Streaming into a stand-alone device controllable by a single operator. This unique product adds HD/multi-format capability to the very popular VR Series that includes the Roland VR-5 and VR-3 AV Mixers.