It was the party of the year: On May 29, NDR and the city of Hamburg invited the public to view the Eurovision Song Contest final on a live screen on the Reeperbahn. The visitors enjoyed a live broadcast from Oslo on a huge screen as well as a stage program with Xavier Naidoo and Nena as the top acts. The broadcast was taken over by NDR using audio technology from the SALZBRENNER STAGETEC MEDIAGROUP.

NRK, Norway’s public broadcaster, successfully hosted this year’s Eurovision Song Contest, which was held last week in Oslo. EVS’ new XT[2]+ servers and its Full Tapeless Workflows played a key role in bringing this spectacular event to millions of viewers all over Europe.

For the fourth year running Gearhouse Broadcast were awarded the contract to supply radio microphone equipment for the judges, hosts and contestants for the ITV live studio show of Britain’s Got Talent. The show regularly attracts an average viewing audience of over 10 million.

PINEWOOD Studios, home to some of Britain’s most iconic films and television series continues to be an integral part of the nation’s broadcast industry.
As one of Europe’s leading providers of broadcast equipment sales, rentals, project solutions and systems integration, Gearhouse Broadcast is proud of the excellent working relationship it has built up with Pinewood in recent years, and to have supplied the cutting edge technology used to realise some of the most popular shows currently appearing on British television screens.

The EBU is proud to announce that 41 Members will broadcast the 2010 FIFA World Cup™ Kick-off Celebration Concert. The live concert will be delivered to the widest possible audience the night before the tournament's first match on 10 June at Johannesburg's Orlando Stadium.

Kicking off the FIFA World Cup at the newly-renovated Orlando Stadium in Soweto Johannesburg, this historic live concert event will showcase the music, sport and the cultural diversity of South Africa. The event will feature musical performances by major international superstars and African artists, along with special appearances by past and present football legends. Broadcast to networks around the world, the event is expected to be the greatest entertainment event to date on the African continent. All net proceeds will benefit “20 Centres for 2010”, the Official Campaign of the 2010 FIFA World Cup South Africa™, which aims to build 20 centres across Africa offering education and healthcare services as well as football training to disadvantaged communities.

 More than 120 million viewers worldwide witnessed an exciting and entertaining event with the 55th Eurovision song contest that took place in the Telenor Arena Oslo on May 29th. Large live television events such as the Eurovision Song Contest need special considerations for their event and broadcast installations. Usually this means several separate systems, lots of cabling and plenty of work. This year the Norwegian Broadcast Corporation NRK used an extensive installation from Riedel Communications to handle this enormous event. Riedel's MediorNet technology combined and integrated the various parts of the event's infrastructure such as cameras, intercom and lighting into one single communications and signal distribution backbone. The system transported a combination of Riedel MediorNet, Artist digital matrix intercom, Performer digital partyline intercom, as well as the RockNet digital audio network.

Lena was overjoyed when she won the 2010 Eurovision Song Contest, and Europe was just as pleased with the Norwegian Broadcasting Corporation (NRK): the broadcaster presented a fantastic music event with outstanding competitors to the whole of Europe. “We want to share the Eurovision Song Contest, rather than just broadcast it,” said Hasse Lindmo, Contest Producer at NRK, when he introduced the motto, “Share the moment”. And the broadcaster more than fulfilled its promise. Audio specialist Sennheiser provided the wireless microphone and monitoring technology for this massive event for the 23rd time – in fact, it was the largest wireless system ever used for a Song Contest.

ARET is a provider of broadcast of broadcast facilities, turnkey video and audio integrated systems for broadcast, cable, satellite, production/postproduction and mobile television. ARET plays an important role as equipment distributor for many important brands in Italy and abroad. ARET will be exhibiting at booth 7L1-01

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Since its formation in 1994, HIM has earned an enviable worldwide following with its unique brand of hard rock, self-described as “love metal” and has toured with such top bands as Metallica, Linkin Park, and My Chemical Romance. As the first Finnish band to produce a U.S. gold-certified album, HIM is using an extensive collection of Sennheiser evolution wired mics and Sennheiser evolution G3 wireless personal monitors during their 2010 world tour. The microphone selections, which included an e 965 condenser on lead vocals; e 935 dynamics on backing vocals; e 902s, e 904s, and e 905s on drums; and e 906s on guitars, were made after a blind shootout involving products from all of the major live sound microphone manufacturers.

NORTHRIDGE, California – JBL VERTEC® line arrays are heading up the PA system on Conan O’Brien’s current “Legally Prohibited From Being Funny On Television Tour,” with Audio Analysts providing live sound reinforcement for the production. The 30-city tour kicked off on April 12 in Eugene, Oregon and will culminate June 14 in Atlanta, Georgia. 

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The shortlist for the IBC2010 Innovation Awards features projects from around the world and applications from the preservation of formal content to bringing new excitement to sports coverage. The IBC Innovation Awards are unique in celebrating not just the technology but the collaboration between suppliers and end user to create commercially successful and creatively empowering solutions.

More visitors, a packed conference programme, a city location popular with the society's members and a more popular series of events and seminars contributed to the success of the recent European Convention of the Audio Engineering Society, held from May 22-25th at the Novotel Exhibition Centre in Hammersmith, London.