Newsletter from 28/08/2018
Entertainment Technology @ 2018
The ongoing expansion of “immersive” or “inclusive” entertainment of various types marks one of the more unusual game-changing technology trends the entertainment industry has seen in recent years. That’s because the trend appears to be running on multiple tracks, all with enormous potential. The use of new tools to create virtual reality (VR), extended reality (XR), augmented reality (AR), and hyper-reality experiences, along with new forms of immersive theater and a few other things along the way, appears to be important both regarding the challenge of how to transform that content into meaningful consumer entertainment experiences on the one hand, and for the significance of the tools used to make the content to begin with. Both tracks appear to be growing in importance for studios seeking to create new kinds of entertainment and new ways to produce traditional forms of entertainment. As a consequence, although it is still early, and much is still unknown about how such content and tools will change the media landscape, major studios are ratcheting up infrastructures designed to make sense of it all in a healthy experimental way.
IBC2018 opens on 14 September at the RAI Exhibition Centre in Amsterdam. As of today we feature 48 companies and their approach at the IBC2018 Show. This list is continuously updated.
AIMS - Apantac - Argosy - 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 - Quicklink - Qvest Media - RTW - Sennheiser - Simplylive - Slomo.TV - sonoVTS - Sony - SSL - TAG V.S. - Tedial - The Switch - The Vitec Group - TSL - TVU - Vislink - VSN - XD motion
The link "IBC2018" will always show you the featured companies and events in alphabetical order
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MOBILE PRODUCTION
ERR MOON
Eesti Rahvusringhääling (ERR) is a publicly funded radio and television organisation created in Estonia on 1 June 2007 to take over the functions of the formerly separate Estonian Radio and Estonian Television, The first chair of ERR is Margus Allikmaa, the former chair of Eesti Raadio. Present CEO is Erik Roose. Regular radio broadcasting in Estonia began on 18 December 1926. TV was first broadcast in Estonia on 19 July 1955. ERR receives a state grant to fund the operation of its five national radio channels and three TV channels. ERR participates in a number of projects within the European Broadcasting Union, , of which it is a full member, notably in musical exchanges and concert series. In addition, ERR's Radio Drama Department has won international recognition at events organised by the EBU.
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LRT OBX
Lithuanian National Radio and Television (LRT) is a non-profit public broadcaster that has been providing regular radio services since 1926 and television broadcasts since 1957. LRT operates three national television, three radio channels and internet portal. It also provides satellite and live internet broadcasts, radio and television podcasts. Organization employs around 600 people. Since the 1st January 2015, the Act amending the Law on the Lithuanian National Radio and Television came into force. This Act bands the commercial advertising on all LRT radio and TV channels but provides more sustainable funding from State budget. The assigned funding is based on the State Budget revenues from the income tax and the excise revenues received in two previous years. Its operations are overseen by the LRT Council. LRT joined European Broadcasting Union (EBU) 1993.
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MediaPro OB52 HD
MediaPro produces and distributes audiovisual content, administers and distributes sporting events, is a film and interactive content producer, plus supplier of post-production services. With activity in 35 venues spread across four continents, it has a team of about 4,450 professionals. Created in 1994, MEDIAPRO makes more than 2,500 productions each year thanks to its own mobile units and broadcast of events in high definition worldwide. Currently, its teams participate in the production of the most important football leagues, emphasising its coverage of global sports championships. In its role as a leader in innovation in the European audiovisual field, MEDIAPRO has established one of the most advanced 4K production technology with the capacity for live HDR production, specifically for sporting events.
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STUDIO PRODUCTION
Robe for The Four - Season Two
‘The Four: Battle for Stardom’ – AKA ‘The Four’ - is a new US reality TV show and singing competition produced by ITV Entertainment and Armoza Formats, with the second season just completed following a successful premier on Fox at the start of the year. Lighting designer Tom Sutherland of DX7 DESIGN produced a large scale immersive 360-degree lighting environment for this second season. It was a distinctive aesthetic shift from the look and feel of the first season, and this time around, he included Robe MegaPointes and Spiiders on the rig. The show was recorded in Studio 14 of the CBS Studio Centre in LA and the lighting equipment was supplied by California based Felix Lighting.
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SPORT EVENTS
Taking on PUBG's eSports Battlegrounds!
PUBG’s e-sports Battlegrounds are conquering Berlin: the world’s 20 best PUBG teams were competing for 2M dollar prize money at the Global Invitational Meeting 2018 in Mercedes-Benz-Arena Berlin from July 25th-29th. Despite only having been published in December 2017, the game has already gained a huge fan base: the tournament was commented live in four different languages and streamed online which attracted up to 60M spectators at the same time. PRG provided all the event technology (rigging, static calculation, sound, video and lighting technology), including related video processing components.
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France Galop chooses Sony IP Live for new Longchamp Racecourse control room
“From a global perspective, since the installation of IP based production, we have been able to use fibre cabling for transporting video signals without the need for a huge HD-SDI gate and to eliminate HD-SDI/fibre optic conversion. The goal was to be able to offer a set of future-oriented IP solutions, especially for audio, intercom, KVM and video," says Kevin Bonnaud, Project Manager at MTCE Consulting. “Before we chose the solution for the racecourse, we had made a comprehensive study of the technical and financial offers on the market, a key factor was also our visit to both the BBC Studioworks’ installation of IP and Sony’s IP set-up, located at Pinewood Studios,” adds Kevin Bonnaud.
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Czech pilot Sonka takes back-to-back wins with Kazan triumph
The 2017 overall runner-up Sonka came into Kazan on a high after claiming his first race win of the 2018 season in Budapest, yet struggled to find the best lines in the Russian racetrack and finished 12th in Qualifying. But in Sunday’s race the Czech star was on rails, clocking the fastest time in the opening Round of 14 and doing the same in the Round of 8. The Final 4 piled on the pressure, as Chambliss and Goulian – who were first and third in Kazan in 2017 – as well as Spain’s Juan Velarde all logged times under 53 seconds. It was all up to Sonka, and split times were neck-and-neck, but in the end Sonka pulled off 52.123s, outpacing Goulian by just 0.115s for the win and a jump up the overall leaderboard.
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SHOW EVENTS
Claypaky Scenius Unicos for Justin Timberlake’s “Man of the Woods” Tour
“Man of the Woods” is Timberlake’s sixth headlining tour; it follows the release of his fifth studio album of the same name. The tour kicked off in Toronto and will play dates in North America until the commencement of the European leg in July. Then more North American dates are scheduled from September through the tour’s conclusion in Denver next January. The show presents Timberlake’s music in several “worlds,” which are themed around the origins of the songs. The massive, in-the-round set is composed of multiple stages spanning the arena space.
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ACL 360i™ Pods for Luke Bryan “What Makes You Country” Tour
When an artist tours as regularly as country music’s Luke Bryan, and returns to many of the same markets year after year, a fresh and innovative lighting design is a must. Bryan’s production and lighting designer Justin Kitchenman gives each tour its own distinct look and for 2018’s “What Makes You Country” tour is thrilling audiences with an innovative design that features adaptable lighting pods full of compact Elation ACL 360i™ beam effect lights. Luke Bryan’s latest tour launched May 31st in Toronto with the country star playing dates in the U.S. and Canada through October, many of them large stadium shows. Nashville-based production provider Elite Multimedia Productions has supplied the lighting, LED video and IMAG video technology for the run.
PRODUCTS
P!NK Swings Into Action With Sennheiser Digital 6000
Sennheiser has a long association with P!NK through her RF coordinator and monitor engineer for the band, Horst Hartmann. For her 2013 The Truth About Love Tour, he specified an integrated in-ear monitor and microphone system to help facilitate her technically and physically challenging show. “As well as the challenge of the range of motion, we needed to provide P!NK with a headset that could also work in front of the PA because she is often flying above the audience and through the whole room,” Hartmann stated at the time. “Additionally, the microphone had to sound as good as a hand-held one and had to be extremely resistant to feedback, like a hand-held would be.”
Axon’s Cerebrum Keeps Broadcasters At The Top Of Their Game
At the heart of numerous major sport productions - including the FIFA World Cup for BBC Sport, Wimbledon, The Open and The Asian Games - Cerebrum has enabled broadcasters and OB companies to eliminate engineering bottlenecks and create efficient unified workflows; serving up the most comprehensive third-party device control available and helping to deliver ground-breaking IP productions and UHD HDR coverage. With a user-friendly GUI, Cerebrum provides powerful multi-device control and simplifies complexity to shield operators from ever-changing technologies so that they’re free to focus on the action. That’s why Cerebrum is trusted worldwide to keep broadcasters & OB providers at the top of their game.
CyanView’s Camera Control Races Ahead in Le Mans
CyanView worked to integrate its solution with AMP VISUAL’s own wireless telemetry system to control all the onboard mini-cameras. Three RCPs were integrated with Lawo’s IP-based VSM control system, a V-pro8 8-channel video processing toolkit and the new Cy-VP4 – a simple enough task, as all CyanView’s products are based on IP. The RCPs were all installed in AMP VISUAL TV’s OB vans vision area. “This was a great opportunity to work with a market leader to test, validate and further develop our solution in a real world environment,” said David Bourgeois, founder and CEO of CyanView. “AMP VISUAL prides itself on delivering the best solutions for its customers."
4K / 8K ARISING
Atomos records 4K 10-bit full-frame video from new Nikon Z 6 and Z 7
The holy grail of video on mirrorless cameras has been unveiled: the new Nikon Z 6 and Z 7 mirrorless cameras output a full-frame 10-bit 4K N-Log signal which the new Atomos Ninja V 4K HDR monitor/recorder can record and display in HDR. This combination raises the bar for filmmakers and photographers shooting video everywhere. The Nikon Z 6 and Z 7 have state-of-the-art sensors that output pristine 4K images over HDMI, ready for conversion to HDR by Atomos. The Atomos Ninja V records the output to production-ready 10-bit Apple ProRes or Avid DNx formats. Atomos is proud to be the first to support Nikon Log, Apple ProRes recording and HDR monitoring from the Z series cameras.