Playing in venues of widely different sizes is always a challenge for sound engineers, but when singer Leona Lewis toured the UK in May to promote her latest album Glassheart, Sennheiser 9000 series digital wireless systems, Neumann AES42 digital wired microphones and K-array loudspeakers helped to ensure that the sound was always transparent.

Leading systems integrator and mobile specialist, Megahertz Broadcast Systems (MHz), has twice demonstrated its skills in meeting tough timescales on a satellite link vehicle for Links Broadcast. It built the new truck in record time and has since upgraded its facilities — and in both projects has delivered real value for money.

Istanbul-based event engineering company Phantom has supplied a tip-top team of Clay Paky Alpha, A.Leda, and Sharpy fixtures to light the sparkling 2013 Mediterranean Games Opening and Closing Ceremonies.

A revolutionary sound system and reoriented stage provided the perfect recipe for the AEG-Barclaycard British Summer Time festival at London’s Hyde Park, as Bon Jovi and the Rolling Stones kicked off the ten-day season attracting crowds of 65,000.

CCTV, China’s national television station, has installed another SprintCam® Vvs HD ultra slow motion system from I-MOVIX. The system will be used in a range of CCTV productions including sport events, documentaries, news documentaries, and entertainment.

grandMA2 consoles proved to be country strong when they turned out in force for the 2013 CMT Music Awards at the Bridgestone Arena in Nashville. Lighting designer Tom Kenny used 6 x grandMA2 full-size for the gala special, which was hosted by Kristen Bell and Jason Aldean.

Grass Valley® will showcase its latest innovations in nonlinear live production at this year’s SMPTE Australia Conference and Exhibition, 23-26 July, in Sydney. The conference provides an opportunity for Grass Valley to debut the GV Director™ Nonlinear Live Production System to the Oceanic market, and to demonstrate the latest version of its Ignite® Automated Production System

Gorgeous, glorious Glastonbury - this year the teams from Avolites and Avolites Media were not only blessed with the sunniest festival in years but also the joy of witnessing the proliferation of new Avolites consoles around the site.

Orad Hi-Tec Systems Ltd., a global developer, marketer and distributor of graphic solutions for the broadcast market, announced that it is expanding its management team in North America, appointing Brian Kelly to the role of Vice President and General Manager.

Over 400 feet of camera track and a large inventory of camera support equipment were fielded by The Camera Store (TCS), a Vitec Group company, for the high-definition broadcast coverage of this year's Glastonbury Festival.

Anton/Bauer® a premier global provider of batteries, chargers, lighting and other mobile power systems for the professional broadcast, video, film and healthcare technology industries, is pleased to announce its sponsorship of Alex Buono’s Visual Storytelling Tour. The tour kicked off in Minneapolis on June 3, and Buono, the Oscar-nominated Saturday Night Live Director of Photography, is hosting three filmmaking workshops a day across the country—discussing everything from script and location scouting to editing and delivery.

The first music festival to be promoted by an industry technical production company - Chilfest by Universal Event Productions (UEP) - was a resounding success at the weekend.

It’s New, Better – Companies no longer work for a year or more on a new product or device and then roll out something that is spectacularly different. Instead, they roll out a new version with a change here and there so they can tell you how superior it is to the one you bought yesterday. People are becoming less interested in drinking the Kool-Aid today.

The historic Indochine tour, which will take place over two years, debuted at mid-sized venues in France in March. It has gradually become more and more impressive in size occupying ever more important concert locations and triumphing at the Stade de France.

Sony said its new Video Unlimited 4K will be the world’s first and only network video service that gives viewers access to a regularly updated library of full-length 4K Ultra HD feature films and TV shows at home.