Live Events: Sports & Shows

AMP VISUAL TV Millenium 2 and Millenium 3 OBVans

As a specialist in TV Coverage, AMP VISUAL TV provides services throughout the production process for live programmes and those produced under live conditions. It has at its disposal one of the most extensive European fleets of OB vans for filming on location, and around twenty studios in the Paris region. More than 400 employees assist clients in devising, designing and carrying out filming, transmission and broadcasting of programmes destined for every screen format. Armed with an indisputable 30-year experience in television filming, AMP VISUAL TV has always strived to guide its clients in technological developments. Today, AMP VISUAL TV masters all the stages involved in producing programmes that meet consumers' expectations.

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3zero2 OB1

Advancements in technology are shaping the way media is consumed. Increasingly, consumers use multiple screens to engage with media. We live in a multi-screen world. TV, computers and mobile devices now share the same environment that once was an exclusive domain of television. 3zero2 is a turn-key solution provider for media producers and marketers to create, enhance and  distribute TV or video programming everywhere, on any device. In 2010, 3zero2TV merged with Euro Media Group, Europe’s leading provider of TV and Film facilities & Services. Euro Media Group has local presence in: France, Belgium, Netherlands, Germany, UK, Switzerland and Italy and has received awards for the technology excellence in the live coverage of the Tour de France.

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NEP Visions Celebrates 30 Years of Innovative Outside Broadcast Facilities

NEP Visions is celebrating 30 years of delivering outside broadcast facilities and services for a diverse range of events and clients. From small but confident beginnings with its first OB vehicle, Visions Mobiles 1, Visions has become the UK’s largest supplier of OB facilities, covering such prestigious events as multiple royal weddings and Olympic Games, and a decade of Champions League Finals. Visions has consistently led the way in technological advances, delivering the first digital truck in the UK and building its first HD truck in 2002; HD1 was used for Red Hot Chili Peppers’ Slane Castle concert, the first ever full HD shoot in Europe. Other Visions firsts include capturing Wimbledon in 3D for the BBC in 2011, and the ground-breaking live 4K broadcast of War Horse for the National Theatre earlier this year.

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Observe Genelec's - Premier Outside Broadcast Kit

Observe is one of Ireland’s leading Outside Broadcast (OB) providers and offers services to a wide range of productions, from sport to light entertainment to special events including state visits. Recently, Observe has handled some of Ireland’s most memorable events, including Queen Elizabeth’s historic state visit – the first from a UK Head of State in 100 years.  Crucial to Observe’s success in this area are the company’s OB trucks which, for both reliability and performance, have been kitted out with Genelec’s 8000 Series of active monitors. Observe has delivered successful OB services for The Voice Ireland and the Six Nations Rugby broadcasts, both at home in Dublin and as host broadcaster in Rome. Observe also holds the contract to supply OB facilities to RTE, Ireland’s state broadcaster. 

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Qvest Media Completes Alarab News Channel Project

Qvest Media has completed its delivery and implementation of all production, broadcast and distribution facilities for the Arab region’s latest breaking-news channel, Alarab. Due to go live later this year, Alarab will deliver a completely fresh style of presenting news from around the world that matters most to those living and working in the Middle East and North Africa. Based in Bahrain’s capital, Manama, the all-Arabic channel will include extensive news programming as well as regular news roundups and business information in association with Bloomberg. Qvest Media managed all aspects of the project including design, planning and technical integration. The scope includes two studios with affiliated control rooms as well as the latest technologies for monitoring, video and graphics editing and editorial processes.

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Vinten Radamec Tops the Winner’s Podium at Sky F1 Studio

Vinten Radamec, a world leader in robotic camera support systems, has supplied a range of its innovative equipment to Sky Italia for a brand new dedicated Virtual Reality facility. The studio, one of the six Sky Italia facilities based in Milan, has been installed with three of Vinten Radamec’s Quattro SE encoded pedestals alongside three of the company’s renowned Vector 750i pan and tilt heads, an ideal choice for large camera combinations where virtual or augmented reality is required. The project began in February in the studio which was originally used to cover the Winter Games in Sochi. One month after the Games ended, Vinten Radamec’s key distributor in Italy, Trans Audio Video (TAV), installed and integrated the systems.

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St. Louis Symphony Optimizes Capabilities for Recording and Live Broadcast

Looking for a digital console to meet its needs for high-resolution recordings and live radio broadcasts, the prestigious St. Louis Symphony found the ideal solution in HARMAN’s Studer Vista 5 console. Offering 128 channels at a 96kHz sample rate, the Vista 5 has given the Symphony tremendous versatility, redundancy and world-class audio quality. The St. Louis Symphony is currently in its fifth season of broadcasting, where each of its Saturday evening orchestral series performances are aired live on St. Louis Public Radio 90.7-KWMU. “It’s truly a live broadcast, nothing is pre-taped,” said Paul Hennerich, lead engineer for the St. Louis Symphony and owner of the Pan Galactic Company. “The Vista 5’s redundancy and flexibility have really made a difference this season. And the board also enables us to work with multiple streams during the performances.”

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Incheon Asian Games 2014 Holds Grand finale with Closing Ceremony

The 2014 Incheon Asian Games, which kicked off on September 19, had its grand finale with the closing ceremony at the Incheon Asiad Main Stadium on October 4. XD motion provided all specialty cameras for Athletics, Swimming and Rowing. Athletics: X fly 3D and X track 100 meters double heads (Hi Speed and standard HD). These cameras were also in action during the opening and the closing ceremonies. Swimming/Synchro/Diving: X fly 2D, X track 50 meters double heads, Underwater cameras and track, Plungcam. Rowing: Cine G Gyro stabalized head on travelling car crane. On the sporting side, there were 17 world records, 34 Asian records, and 116 Asian Games records. It is noticeable that 37 countries out of 45 NOC members won medals while China dominated the medal tables and South Korea and Japan rounded out the top three.

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CT at The Ryder Cup

The 2014 Ryder Cup, held at Gleneagles, Scotland, is Creative Technology’s 8th European Ryder Cup and, by some margin, the largest and most complex in its 29 year relationship with the event. The most visible element of Creative Technology’s (CT) package is the numerous large screens positioned around the course, on the Opening and Closing Ceremony stages and in the three park and ride centres. A total of 21 screens ranging in size from 8m2 to 100m2 have been installed; many in extremely inaccessible locations. The overall screen area totals 750 m2, an increase of over 50% compared to the 2010 event held at Celtic Manor in Wales.

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Riedel Serves as Radio and Intercom Services Provider for European Athletics Championships

"Riedel Switzerland provided us with seamlessly integrated solutions for video transport and communications, and the company's professional support not only enabled optimal use of the Riedel gear, but also ensured that the hundreds of volunteers and other professionals involved in the event were able to use their radio systems effectively," said Christoph Joho, marketing director of the Leichtathletik EM 2014 AG. "The flexibility of Riedel's fiber-based, networked solutions made it possible to accommodate changing communications or video-transport requirements very simply and very quickly." Riedel Switzerland deployed four Artist digital matrix intercom systems to enable communications across the stadium and on the road race course in the Zurich city center. The team of 13 Riedel engineers working on site used the Riedel Juggler to enable the connection of TETRA radio systems to support nearly 500 volunteers and other professionals using Motorola radios.

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Atos and Worldline Unveil “Live Stadium” App in Partnership with EVS

Atos, an international IT services company has integrated C-Cast, a cloud based multimedia distribution platform from EVS into its SMART player (Sports Media Application in Real Time). Worldline, the European leader in the payments and transactional services industry, has incorporated this player into a comprehensive app designed to engage with the spectator before, during and after an event. Today’s sports fans are used to having access to a variety of information from the comfort of their homes. While a first screen traditionally provides the main event – audio and video plus expert commentator), a second screen is able to provide the sports fan with interaction with other viewers through social media channels as well as access to statistics and instant replay etc.

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Massive Robe Rig for 2014 iHeartRadio Music Festival

Tom Kenny specified over 500 Robe moving lights for the immensely popular 2014 iHeartRadio Music Festival, staged in the 15,000 capacity Ballroom of the MGM Grand in Las Vegas for two consecutive days. With a glittering line up of stars – Coldplay, Taylor Swift, Usher, Nicki Minaj, One Direction, Ed Sheeran, Calvin Harris, Bastille and many, many more including some show-stopping collaborations, the high profile spectacle was hosted by Ryan Seacrest and broadcast live on over 150 iHeartMedia radio stations across the country. It was also video streamed live over the internet reaching an estimated 2.5 billion additional viewers … with edited highlights aired as a special two night exclusive on the US’s CW network a week later.

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Clay Paky B-EYEs with Lady Gaga for the ArtRave World Tour

Lady Gaga has launched her tour, ArtRave: The Artpop Ball, and Clay Paky’s A.leda B-EYE K20 innovative, LED-based moving lights and Clay Paky Sharpys are along for the wild ride. ArtRave marks Lady Gaga’s fourth concert tour.  It is in support of her third studio album, “Artpop” and kicked off May 4 in Fort Lauderdale.  It will play 78 dates in North America, Europe, Oceania and Asia. PRG has provided 120 B-EYEs for the tour as well as a large complement of Clay Paky Sharpys.  Lighting control is performed with three full-size grandMA2s and 10 NPUs. For the ArtRave tour the lighting designer has deployed the Sharpy rig “all over the place: the main stage, front, rear, side, as well as on the pods over the audience.  The Sharpys act as our other main effects light.  I always have at least 100 if not 200 hundred on shows.”

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Beyoncé and Jay Z Take Sennheiser Digital 9000 ‘On The Run’ for Stadium Tour

Following the recent success of their highly successful solo tours, international superstars Beyoncé and Jay Z have combined their talents to deliver a musically scintillating and immaculately choreographed ‘Bonnie and Clyde’ themed stadium tour, ‘On The Run’. The tour, which recently completed a 20-date North American leg before heading off to Europe earlier this month, explores the vast and dynamic repertoire of the duo while highlighting their creative synergies, flawless fashion sensibilities and unique on-stage chemistry. For the duration of the tour, Beyoncé and Jay Z have relied on Sennheiser’s Digital 9000 wireless microphone system, which was purchased specifically for the tour by Eighth Day Sound Systems, Inc. at the recommendation of front-of-house engineer Stephen Curtin and monitor engineer James Berry – both veterans of the tour.

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L-ACOUSTICS Helps Tomorrowland Blow Out their Ten Candles

Tomorrowland is undoubtedly one of the world’s most important dance festivals, attracting over 400,000 to this year’s 10th Anniversary edition.  Spread out over two three-day weekends in the town of Boom in Belgium, Tomorrowland headliners included David Guetta, Steve Aoki, Armin van Buuren and Aviici.  Tomorrowland’s success and influence now extend around the globe, with new editions being created in Brazil and the USA. With such an amazing roster of world-renowned acts, good sound is clearly a top priority and Tomorrowland has called on the audio pros at NoizBoyz and Phlippo Productions for the last four years.  The sound crew’s task is complicated as the Tomorrowland site encompasses multiple stages that are not only in close proximity, but also constantly run simultaneous acts.

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EVS Announces the Departure of Joop Janssen

In a meeting on October 10, 2014, the Board of Directors and Joop Janssen mutually agreed to end the term of the office and duties of Joop Janssen, managing director and CEO of EVS, due to differences in view about the implementation of the company’s long term strategy. This agreement is effective as of October 14, 2014, although Mr Janssen remains available as an advisor, allowing for a smooth transition. The Board of Directors has launched the search for a new CEO. Muriel De Lathouwer, currently a member of the Board of Directors of EVS, chairing the Strategy Committee, is appointed as the President of the Executive Committee on an interim basis. “I have great confidence in Muriel De Lathouwer’s capacities to perform this task, in close cooperation with the management team in place,” Pierre Rion added.

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Optocore Boosts National Theatre's MADI Capacity

Commissioned by project engineer Tim Middleton, and senior sound technician Alex Caplen, the Optocore devices are distributed in pairs between the three theatres that make up the complex — the newly-named Dorfman (formerly Cottesloe), Lyttelton and Olivier Theatres. These are linked to the DiGiCo front of house consoles (SD7Ts in the Olivier and Lyttelton, SD10T in the Dorfman) with a roaming SD10T, which can be used as a rehearsal console or designer’s remote. After providing a redundant optical loop (via multimode fibre) at the 450-capacity Dorfman Theatre for its inauguration galas, the DD4MR-FX’s first high profile outing has been on the new David Byrne and Fatboy Slim musical Here Lies Love (with sound design by ML Dogg and Cody Spencer), which has transferred from the Public Theater, New York.

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NewTek Unveils the Most Complete, Compact Multimedia Studio in the World: TriCaster Mini

NewTek™ unveiled TriCaster Mini™ - the world’s most complete and compact multimedia studio. The ultra-portable system allows anyone who doesn’t speak or understand the technical language of video production or broadcasting to transform an ordinary presentation into engaging multimedia content that looks like network-style TV in a matter of minutes. Marketers, corporate employees, small business managers, community administrators, educators, trainers, non-profit and worship service volunteers, and entertainers who are interested in delivering their messages like seasoned television professionals can now use TriCaster Mini to assemble visually sophisticated multimedia presentations - and stream them live, publish to social media or upload to a website from the office, an event, or any location with an Internet connection. The tiny, sleek design, support for virtually any camera, and comprehensive toolset make TriCaster Mini easy to carry in one hand, setup, create and share content.

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Sony Launches Networked Media Interface

Sony, in collaboration with 10 of the world’s leading broadcast industry organisations, has today launched the Networked Media Interface. The new AV over IP interface delivers low latency and noise-free switching of HD and 4K video, audio and metadata as part of IP-based networking. The Networked Media Interface packetizes video, audio and metadata, enabling real-time transmission between video-production products via standard network infrastructures.  This technology will further enhance Sony’s IP Live Production system by increasing efficiency and reducing cost for the broadcasting of live studio and sports production.

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Q-TEC Inc Selects Pablo Rio for a 4K Future

Quantel announced that Tokyo post house, Q-TEC Inc, has invested in a turnkey Pablo Rio 4K HFR high quality color and finishing system to provide post production services to its animation department. Q-TEC now has a total of eighteen Quantel systems in house making it the largest Quantel-based post facility in the world. Based in Akasaka, Tokyo, Q-TEC is one of Japan’s leading post production houses providing editing, CG/VFX production, 3D conversion, offline editing and DI services for animation projects. Pablo Rio is Quantel's high quality color and finishing system that provides the ultimate productive post workflow. Pablo Rio runs on high performance PC hardware and exploits NVIDIA Maximus multi-GPU technology to deliver true interactivity and maximum productivity, with realtime performance at 4K 60p and beyond. Pablo Rio is available as software only and as a range of Quantel-backed turnkey systems.

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I-MOVIX X10 UHD Delivers World Premiere 4K Live Super Slow Motion

Ultra slow motion took a major step forward as a live broadcast production tool, with the world-first use of 4K continuous super motion at the eni Motorrad Grand Prix in Germany. I-MOVIX’s  X10 UHD was used in a variety of innovative ways to explore the system’s potential in both 4K and HD coverage. Exclusive MotoGP television rights holder Dorna Sports used an X10 UHD system in 4K high speed modes at 500, 750 and 1,000 fps, and in 4K  2x super slow motion delivering a continuous 2160p feed at 100 fps. The demonstration of the 4K capture in continuous super slow motion is a world first, the X10 UHD being the only system capable of doing this live. During the event, Dorna Sports also pioneered continuous 10x super slow motion in 1080 HD at 500fps.

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