Teldex Studio Berlin continues to enjoy a busy recording schedule, both in the famous Recording Hall and on location. One of the most significant of the recent mobile recordings was the Vienna Philharmonic Summer Night Concert at the spectacular Schönbrunn Palace on May 30th.

The St. Olaf Choir, the premier choral ensemble from St. Olaf College in Northfield, Minnesota, USA, has marked its centenary by recording a classical concert at Nidaros Cathedral in Trondheim, Norway. This two-day recording in June 2013 was captured for broadcast and subsequent DVD and Blu-ray release by UK audio for broadcast specialists Red TX in conjunction with Visions/NEP.

Riedel Communications, provider of pioneering real-time video, audio, data, and communications networks, today announced that Production House, Ireland's leading supplier of professional audio systems, used an extensive RockNet real-time audio network to support the finale of "The Return of Colmcille" — a landmark production of the 2013 City of Culture celebrations in Derry-Londonderry. Produced by outdoor arts experts Walk the Plank, "The Return of Colmcille" culminated in a battle between the city's founder, Saint Colmcille and the legendary Loch Ness Monster on the River Foyle. The Riedel fiber network facilitated audio distribution during the impressive finale.

The Anvil Concert Hall in Basingstoke, Hampshire, UK is something of a regional gem. With performances that range from stand-up comics like Jack Dee, through to the Philharmonia Orchestra conducted by Sir Andrew Davies and Mike Oldfield’s Tubular Bells “For Two”, the in-house lighting system needs to be flexible to say the least. The venue has been designed to transform into various configurations: as an orchestral concert hall it has 1,400 seats and when it becomes a theatre with a proscenium arch, an open stage or a flat floor extended stage it can accommodate up to 1,150.

Manchester based dbn Lighting helped to bring an ancient legend to life for a landmark event in the UK’s first ever City of Culture, Derry~Londonderry. dbn designed and supplied rigging and lighting for a breath-taking recreation of the famed Loch Ness Monster – which played a starring role in the Showdown on the Foyle finale to the weekend-long celebrations entitled ‘The Return of Colmcille’.

A complex multi-screen projection set to run for five months in a national pavilion at one of the world’s most prestigious art event has to work and it has to work well. Renowned Scandinavian rental and installation company, Informationsteknik, was happy to propose Dataton’s WATCHOUT™ as the ideal solution to the playback on 5 screens but dealing with 11 channels of audio and one screen in 5.1 was not so easy. In the light of previous experience, there was a need to find something that would be perfectly in sync but also easy to edit.

Ross Video provided an XPression Real Time Motion Graphics System and personnel in support of the 30th Annual CHEO Telethon on CTV Ottawa. Held at Ernst & Young Centre in Ottawa’s South end, the 24hour telethon raised $6, 749, 150 for The Children’s Hospital of Eastern Ontario.

Robe lighting’s CEO Josef Valchar and staff at the company’s HQ in Valasske Mezirici, Czech Republic, have mobilised to help contribute to humanitarian aid relief in the wake of the worst floods to hit the country in a decade.

The 2013 Olivier Awards saw the new Clay Paky Sharpy Wash 330s take charge of their first event since they became a recent addition to White Light’s ever growing arsenal of entertainment technology.

Moscow's Teresa Durova Teatrium na Serpukhovke performance venue has invested in Philips Selecon's powerful, smooth colour changing PLCyc1 luminaires in a major upgrade to its lighting equipment, replacing twelve 1250W asymmetric tungsten cyc floods.

Around 150 Robe moving lights were again specified by lighting designer Helmut Krammer to illuminate the 2013 Summer Night Concert, performed for its tenth year by the Vienna Philharmonic Orchestra in the amazingly magical Baroque setting of Schönbrunn Palace, Vienna.

Celebrating its status as the first quadrennial UK City of Culture, the Northern Ireland city of Derry~Londonderry is staging an array of events throughout the year. By far the most spectacular was the finale Showdown on the Foyle of The Return of Colmcille on 8th June, where a mile of the River Foyle was the stage for a dramatic battle of good against evil. Despite immense technical challenges, Yamaha audio equipment ensured that thousands of the city’s citizens had the night of their lives.

In its 21st year of “Fighting AIDS and Celebrating Life,” the annual Life Ball celebration featured global celebrities, ambassadors and performers on 11 stages in a glamorous night to raise awareness of the ailment affecting hundreds of millions of people. From Sir Elton John to Bill Clinton, a vast spectrum of stars performed and presented to the thousands in attendance and millions watching on television to deliver the important message.

In the role of general contractor, A&O Technology illuminated the capital of Oman, Muscat, along with many of its most notable sights in February as part of the Muscat Festival of Lights, bathing in changing colours not only the coastal road but also such landmarks as the Riyam Monument, the Mutrah Fort and the Mutrah Gate.

Creative Production Agency ECA2 of France has broken new ground in show technology with BIG-O, a breathtaking multimedia installation at the EXPO 2012 grounds in Yeosu, South Korea.