4HM is to show its full range of MADI broadcast interfaces, breakouts routers and monitoring products at this year’s BVE show including their recently launched MADI-MON. The MADI-MON is a MADI monitoring device that uniquely permits the interrogation of the live MADI audio stream in order to view the status of embedded channels as well as providing integral MADI to AES format conversion as standard.

4K 4Charity Fun Run organizers today announced that registration has opened for the latest virtual installment of the annual running and walking event held alongside the SMPTE 2020 Annual Technical Conference. The 4K 4Charity Fun Run series raises funds for nonprofits focused on increasing diversity and inclusion in the technology industry while offering a fun and healthy means for colleagues to connect and give back. Beneficiaries of this year’s 4K 4Charity Virtual Run at SMPTE 2020 include Technovation  and UNICEF. Registration is available now at the 4K 4Charity website and donations will be accepted through December 9.
 
 

4K HDR production can elevate the quality of content and help it stand out in a crowded marketplace, but requires a workflow equipped to handle vast amounts of complex data. Since launching in 2016, 4K Garden has focused on providing solutions that alleviate common pain points when working in 4K and now HDR. As the popularity of 4K HDR content has grown, so has demand for its services. 4K Garden’s clients include the top two 4K channels in China, offered by national public broadcaster China Central Television (CCTV) and provincial broadcaster Guangdong TV Station, each featuring a range of live 4K programming. To ensure reliable, quality 4K HDR outputs across productions, 4K Garden relies on an array of sophisticated gear, including AJA’s FS-HDR real-time HDR/WCG converter, HDR Image Analyzer 12G, and the Ki Pro Ultra 12G recorder/player. These tools also play a crucial role in a 4K/UltraHD HDR training program that 4K Garden provides to up-and-coming talent.

Panasonic has introduced a new handheld camcorder, the first in a series set to combine advanced connectivity functionality with high end image production for broadcast and streaming applications. The AG-CX350 camcorder spearheads the series, and is the first camcorder in the industry to provide NDI | HX connectivity1. This ensures smooth video transmission and camera control over IP for live events and web distribution, and means the camera can be built in to larger systems working alongside Panasonic PTZ camera systems equipped with NDI|HX and the Panasonic Live Production Center (AV-HLC100).

High End TV, a premiere video production company specializing in multi-camera systems for broadcast and high-profile entertainment events, has tapped Cobalt Digital’s card-based platform for 4K HDR Multiviewer and HDR conversion solutions in its newest truck. Symphony, High End TV’s most sophisticated endeavor to date, is fully fabricated with 4K HDR technology and will be rolling out with  Cobalt® Digital’s 4K in and 4K out 9971-MV6-4K Multiviewer and 9904-UDX-4K HDR processor on board. Cobalt is an industry-leading designer and manufacturer of award-winning edge devices for live video production and master control. The Company is also a founding partner in the openGear® initiative.
 

2013 is the year of 4K, with many of the major global broadcasters testing the format for mainstream broadcast. BVE is therefore delighted to be able to be in partnership with AJA, Canon and RedShark to bring visitors a dedicated theatre set up with the highest quality projection equipment and present the latest content being delivered in 4K. The theatre will also introduce debates on what 4K means for the wider industry, discussing the latest camera technology and workflows while looking at how to integrate these new technologies into current working practices.

With an impressive portfolio of satisfied clients including Apple, Vogue, Amazon, and Spotify, GUM Studios is a New York Qualified Production Facility, offering expansive and versatile spaces that can confidently cater for any requirement and shoot. Recently, GUM turned to 4Wall Entertainment to provide lighting and video equipment for its new Virtual Production (VP) facility. The high-spec virtual environment includes ROE Visual Black Pearl 2 LED video panels, which are driven by Brompton 4K Tessera SX40 processors.

Leading North American Lighting and Video rental specialist 4Wall Entertainment has invested in new Kinesys automation equipment with the purchase of 36 x Elevation vari-speed chain hoists, 36 x LibraCELL load monitoring shackles, two K2 control consoles and numerous Kinesys Vector control systems.
 

During the recent LDI trade show in Las Vegas, leading stage lighting provider 4Wall Entertainment Lighting augmented its New York rental inventory with the purchase of 24 High End Systems SolaSpot Pro 1500 fixtures. Promoted as 'ALL ABOUT LED', High End's display at the event featured a fully developed family of powerful LED based automated luminaires.

Rising Australian punk pop band, 5 Seconds of Summer (5SOS), has completed a tour of the UK, USA and Australia, and are about to embark on European dates supporting One Direction, travelling with a compact Allen & Heath iLive system to manage monitors.

Australian pop rock band 5 Seconds of Summer is currently one of the hottest bands in the world. Since forming in December 2011 as college students posting YouTube videos of cover songs, the group has rocketed to worldwide fame—it has performed as the opening act for One Direction and will reprise that role on an upcoming tour, had its debut single “She Looks So Perfect” hit Number One in 39 countries and sold out headlining shows in Australia, the US and the UK in minutes. Over the last year the band and front of house engineer John Delf have toured the world with one console: the HARMAN Soundcraft Vi4.

Wisbech UK based 5 Star Cases - Europe’s leading flightcase manufacturer – has supplied a substantial quantity of cases to OB specialists Megahertz.

Show technology, control and integration specialist the FIX8 Group is absolutely delighted with its latest purchase of flight cases from Wisbech, Cambridgeshire based  manufacturer 5 Star Cases, and this brings their total now to over 60 x 5 Star built cases.

Leading European flightcase manufacturer 5 Star Cases launches a revised range of ‘Industrial Rack’ products aimed at professional lighting, sound and video applications, and also to house telemetry and telecoms equipment for installations and mobile use.

Leading flightcase manufacturer 5 Star Cases opens a new factory in Fenggang Town, Dongguan City, Guandong Province, China. Established to run in parallel with the UK manufacturing base in Wisbech, Cambridgeshire, the new 5 Star China operation will primarily service the burgeoning domestic Chinese and wider Asian markets which are demanding high quality products - for which it’s simply not practical to ship from the UK.