The National Centre for the Performing Arts, one of China's most prestigious and architecturally striking performance complexes, has invested in a large number of Claypaky's latest award-winning LED HCR wash light, the Claypaky K-EYE K20, along with the another of the brand's award-winning fixtures, the Claypaky Scenius Profile, as part of a major upgrade to the lighting rigs in its theatre and opera halls. 

Doordarshan (DD), India's largest broadcaster, chose UK manufacturer Bel Digital Audio’s latest range of 16 channel audio/video monitors for monitoring and de-embedding purposes during India's first live streaming of the Republic Day parade. As part of a larger package from Bel, a BM-AV2-16SHD was installed in an outside broadcast vehicle and monitored the high definition signals before transmission.

For many years, the Berlin Philharmonic is offering its Digital Concert Hall (DCH) subscribers (https://digitalconcerthall.com) around 50 concerts per year as an HD live stream and is providing additional services such as background information, interviews and a very large archive (VoD ) including concerts with Herbert von Karajan as conductor. DCH has more than 740,000 registered users, including 26,000 with a paid ticket. DCH visitors come from 100 countries, 25 percent of sales are generated in Germany, 20 percent in the US and 15 percent in Japan.

Studio 3 control room at the Berlin Philharmonie is where concerts given by the Berliner Philharmoniker in the big hall are recorded, mixed and broadcast live by radio stations.

Bexel, a unit of the Vitec Group’s Services Division and a leading worldwide provider of broadcast services and solutions, will once again be on-site supporting live coverage of the iconic New Year’s Eve celebration in Times Square as it is broadcast around the world. Bexel's team of expert engineers will coordinate the complex wireless operations and establish a fiber infrastructure for all feeds going to and from the production truck handling the coverage. For over a decade, Bexel has provided equipment and services to support national and international broadcasts of the Times Square celebration.

Robe lights were right there at the hub of  the action for the UK's largest student show and the world’s biggest Bhangra competition, ‘Bhangra Showdown’, which this year seriously upped the ante, moving to the SSE Arena, Wembley, London  for the first time, reflecting the success and popularity of the event now in its eighth glorious year.

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.

The 17^th edition of Asia TV Forum & Market (ATF) and the 6^th edition of ScreenSingapore ended on a high note last Friday, with record-breaking showing by 5,383 attendees. Based on exhibitor feedback collated to date, over US$244 million worth of deals and partnerships were estimated to have been facilitated during the three-day market.

The multimedia “autoSYMPHONIC” show recently ended celebrations for the 125th birthday of the automobile in Mannheim, Germany. An audience of 17,000 attended the spectacle that traced the history of cars and gave an insight into their future development.

Blackmagic Design today announced that a multicamera SMPTE fiber solution, featuring the Blackmagic URSA Broadcast with ATEM Camera Control Panel, was deployed across the main stage at this year's Festival Beauregard, and delivered live coverage of performances by Fatboy Slim, Interpol, Disclosure and more.

Taking place in the heart of northern France every summer for almost 50 years, the Festival Interceltique attracts crowds of more than three quarters of a million over ten days, and is a huge celebration dedicated to the cultural and musical traditions of the Celtic nations. This year saw Wales as the country of honour, and headlining the closing night was legendary Welsh rock band, the Manic Street Preachers. 

At the beginning of May, a two-year project came to be realised for inspirational Guildford School of Acting lighting tutor Michelle (Mig) Burgess when her unique design installation Blackout was revealed to the industry. Harnessing the collective powers of light, sound and video in the hope of affecting genuine changes in an approach to mental health, Mig set about on her quest over two years ago.

For the 12^th consecutive year, Blackout was entrusted to supply the ‘Summer Series with American Express®’, ten evenings of concerts from pop headliners and emerging artists, before transforming Somerset House for its ‘Film4 Summer Screen’ fortnight of cult, classic and contemporary outdoor movie showings, August 2016.

Dan Ridd and Steven Haynes of Clearsound Productions in Shipston-on-Stour, Warwickshire, UK … positioned eight Robe MegaPointes on the roof of their warehouse –and beamed them around the town and up into the night sky, creating a unique piece of light art to connect the local community and show support for the incredible efforts of frontline and essential workers and the National Health Service (NHS) during the Coronavirus pandemic

The Colosseum in Rome – world famous heritage site and one of Italy’s most popular tourist attractions - was originally constructed in 70 – 80 AD and is the largest amphitheatre ever built. This summer it was reopened after three years of extensive refurbishments – the first in its history.