Newsletter from 21/08/2018
The Early Bird Deadline has been Extended
IBC2018 opens on 14 September at the RAI Exhibition Centre in Amsterdam. As of today we feature 44 companies and their approach at the IBC2018 Show. This list is continuously updated.
AIMS - Apantac - AviWest - BoxxTV - BR Remote - Broadcast Pix - ChyronHego - Cobalt Digital - CyanView - Dejero - Densitron - DPA - DTC - EVS - FOR.A - G&D - Gearhouse - Globecast - Imagine Communications - IMT - Jünger Audio - LiveU - Marshall - Media Links - Mobile Viewpoint - MultyDyne - Neumann - NOA - Phabrix - Qvest Media - RTW - Sennheiser - Simplylive - Slomo.TV - sonoVTS - Sony - TAG V.S. - Tedial - The Switch - The Vitec Group - TSL - TVU - Vislink - XD motion
The link "IBC2018" will always show you the featured companies and events in alphabetical order
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MOBILE PRODUCTION
TOPCOOL OB Venus
TOPCOOL has released its second OB truck which already is 4K HDR ready. TOPCOOL is based in Shanghai, China. Venus is equiped with two Sony vision mixers, 24 Sony 4K cameras, multiviewers and digital glue from Axon, a 288x288 Utah Scientific Router, a Lawo audio mixer and a Riedel intercom matrix. The recorders come from AJA and the replay machines come from EVS and Sony.
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OB999 Accelerates Hill Climb Broadcast
The Shelsley Walsh Speed Hill Climb has been attempted by some of the world’s most accomplished racing drivers attempting to be the fastest up the 1,000 yard, 1 in 6 gradient track. In celebration of the motorsport venue’s 113th birthday, Formula E driver, Mitch Evans was the next to add his name to the list, in the seat of the Jaguar I-TYPE 2, the new car for Panasonic Jaguar Racing Formula E’s team, in its UK debut. However, this wasn’t the only impressive vehicle at the Hill Climb’s celebratory weekend. Capturing all of the action for guests and livestream viewers was a decommissioned ambulance, playfully nicknamed OB999, which has been painstakingly fitted out as a professional, multipurpose OB vehicle by Nick Collier of High Viz Media.
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120dB Lifts its Limits with SSL System T
120dB Sound Engineering has launched its new ST1 Sound Truck, for broadcast and recording duties at live events, including festivals, one-off gigs, and regular eSports events. The compact, versatile vehicle is equipped with SSL's System T broadcast production environment, including an S300 32-fader control surface, a T25 Tempest Audio Engine, and a variety of SSL Network I/O, all supplied by SSL Polish distributor, Audiotech. Michal Mika, the owner of 120dB Sound Engineering, realised that a dedicated audio van was needed as it became apparent that demand for his company’s services was growing rapidly
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STUDIO PRODUCTION
Legendary Wisseloord Studio Hosts RIVAGE Mixing Masterclass
Likened to ‘the Dutch Abbey Road’, Wisseloord Studio is a world famous recording facility where albums by many of the world’s leading rock and pop artists have been made. These have included Afrojack, Chris Brown, Elton John, Foo Fighters, Metallica, Michael Jackson, Paul McCartney, Steve Aoki, Sting, U2 and many more. On 30th July, attendees were welcomed to Wisseloord with a tour of the studio complex, including its renowned mastering room, conducted by the studios’ Chief Creative Officer Malik Berrabah. This was followed by an introduction to the RIVAGE PM7 system in Studio 2, conducted by Yamaha’s Ruben van der Goor and Jan Prins
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SPORT EVENTS
Ágatha & Duda lift their first World Tour Finals title
Brilliant Ágatha Bednarczuk and Duda Lisboa Santos swapped last season’s silver medal for a gold one as the Brazilians lifted the Beach Volleyball FIVB World Tour Finals title in Hamburg. The World’s number one team were too strong for Czech stars Barbora Hermannová and Markéta Sluková, winning 21-15, 21-19 to take the crown. In doing so the pair pocketed the biggest winners’ check in beach volleyball history, 150,000 US Dollars, while Duda, at just 20 years old, became the youngest ever World Tour Finals champion. Having lost in last year’s final to German heroes Laura Ludwig and Kira Walkenhorst, the victory was even sweeter for 35-year-old Ágatha and rising star Duda.
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Renewed Vision Delivers Multi-Screen Studio Experience for Live NBA 2K League
Building on the global popularity of the NBA, the new NBA 2K League brings together two teams of professional “e-sports” athletes that use specialized gaming controllers to move NBA-Star Avatars—passing the ball and making the shots—on a virtual court. For live and on-demand audiences watching on the Twitch.tv online network, Renewed Vision’s PVP3 media server and screen control system has amplified the visual excitement and fan engagement by powering NBA 2K’s dynamic, multiscreen experience. In a typical NBA 2K match, the two teams sit center stage at a large round console, with five players on either side.
Avolites Servers Drive LED at Central American and Caribbean Games
The 2018 Central American and Caribbean Games (CACG) kicked off with a spectacular Opening Ceremony at Barranquilla’s Roberto Meléndez Stadium, featuring projection mapped visuals to the stadium pitch and huge LED screens using Avolites Ai RX8 servers. During the ceremony, the 47,000-capacity crowd experienced a video concept based on a story of time travel from the future to the present, offering unique perspective of Barranquilla, which highlighted local culture, folklore and its vibrant music scene. The Opening Ceremony was produced by Victor Ariza from Performa SAS. Miguel Carrillo from Foro IQ designed the stages.
SHOW EVENTS
Festival in a Fortress
One of the biggest festivals in France, and unrivalled in its setting, Festival de Carcassonne attracts crowds of more than 200,000 every year. The UNESCO World Heritage Site, La Cité de Carcassonne, is a spectacle of its own accord, but throw in 120 different shows throughout the month of July, including many national and international artists, and you’ll find this event is like no other. This year saw Australian siblings and indie pop group, Angus & Julia Stone, make their first appearance at the festival, and AV production company, Festivisuel, was on hand with a live production solution build around Blackmagic Design to capture their performance for regional TV channel, viàOccitanie, as well as the group’s YouTube channel.
WI for Us + Them Outdoor Shows
Belgian-based creative engineering specialists WIcreations are involved in the design and fabrication of three bespoke set elements - all optimised for air freight - to be used on a series of epic outdoor shows on Roger Waters’ current “Us + Them” world tour, which launched with two seminal shows in Rome and Lucca, Italy. A pair of elegant 16.6-metre-high circular PA towers grace the stage, complete with integral tracking systems on the onstage side for the rigging of 10 moving light fixtures, and on the downstage side for the sound cluster’s wind brace.
Robe Getting into the Ultra Eurozone
Where there's a will, there's a way, kind of beautiful …. every night has its day, so magical … Zagreb based Promo Logistika was the site-wide technical provider for sound, lighting, video, rigging, logistics, crew and – via carefully selected partner companies – staging. It’s the sixth year the massive event has been presented in Europe, and the fourth year that Promo Logistika has ensured that the many layers of demanding international creative and technical standards have been met and exceeded. Over 300 Robe moving lights featured prominently on the Main Stage this year explained Miro Hrg, Promo Logistika’s production lighting co-ordinator for that area.
PRODUCTS
IBC TV and EVS Roll Out Full Live IP Remote News Production
IBC TV, the official channel of the highly influential IBC show will be rolling out a fully IP-connected live production workflow driven once again by EVS technology. This is the tenth year running that IBC TV partners with EVS to deliver IBC-related news and interviews live to screens throughout the RAI exhibition center and to the IBC TV website. This year, IBC TV and EVS will go a step further in showcasing the latest live production technologies, as the entire network will operate using the SMPTE 2110 standard. The IP live production workflow will be deployed across several locations within the immense venue.
Slomo.tv Launches World’s Smallest Fully Functional Video Replay Unit at IBC2018
“Ripley is another significant step that Slomo.tv is taking in making our solutions affordable and desirable for the broadest range of sports production,” said Michael Gilman, CEO of Slomo.tv. “This controller/server combo builds on the success of our Simple R and Jr. products: but in this case, our design engineers have succeeded in creating a fully functional server inside a 4.5 kg controller. This opens up a whole new world of opportunities for anybody who wants a broadcast quality slow motion instant replay server for sports and video-judging applications.”
Simplylive at IBC2018
At this year’s IBC Show Simplylive will present their full product portfolio in hall 3, stand B19. The company will showcase the latest developments in their wide range of innovative products at IBC Show including the award-winning ViBox production system. With its modular approach consisting of 3 hardware models combined with one common backend software, the eco-system offers four different applications: an all-in-one live production system, a slow-motion and playback solution, a video referee system or a master recording and streaming solution.
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NEP aces UHD HDR support for Wimbledon with Grass Valley IP Infrastructure
NEP UK supported the first UHD HDR live production of the 2018 Wimbledon Tennis Championship with IP infrastructure from Grass Valley, a Belden Brand. NEP’s latest SMPTE ST 2110 trucks, Venus and Ceres, were deployed to support the newly formed host broadcaster, Wimbledon Broadcast Services (WBS). WBS provided multi-camera coverage of all 18 courts for the first time, including a net-cam on both Center Court and No.1 Court, as well as other enhancements throughout the tournament. Venus and Ceres managed HD, HDR and UHD content, providing world feeds to 20 onsite broadcasters and supporting 21 of its own production galleries.