The Switch, the platform for the production and global transmission of live video, has expanded its The Switch At-Home^TM service with the launch of an additional at-home/remote production facility in Burbank, California. The investment is designed to meet rising demand for live content, driven primarily by sports events. Broadcasters and rights holders can now leverage The Switch’s unique combination of high-end production capabilities and unmatched network reach to cost-effectively capture, edit and package even more sports and live event content, delivering it to viewers anywhere in the world, on any device.

The current Take That Live 2015 tour, promoting the band’s seventh studio album, III, is the sixth major tour for which Brilliant Stages has constructed bespoke staging for the eternal boy band since the company first built a stage set for the band in 1994.

Set manufacturer Brilliant Stages has played the leading role in supplying the dazzling stage set for Robbie Williams’ Take the Crown stadium tour.

Helene Fischer’s Farbenspiel tour of Germany, Austria and Switzerland in late 2014 marked the first set built by Brilliant Stages under Dark Arches Holdings ownership. The German television presenter and singing star’s sell-out tour saw her perform on a complex, multi-level stage with a large LED tree as a spectacular backdrop.

One Direction recently kicked off their latest stadium tour, Where We Are, to celebrate their third album, Midnight Memories. Working with designers Ray Winkler and Ric Lipson of Stufish, Brilliant Stages delivered a series of staging elements designed around a central theme of a skatepark.

Now that the seasonal festivities are over, and 2011 is well under way, Lawo is proud to present an exciting new software version for mc² consoles and the Nova73 HD router. V4.12 is packed with a brilliant set of new tools designed to brighten a sound engineer’s workflow at this frosty time.

Britain’s Paul Bonhomme was crowned the winner of the Red Bull Air Race World Championship stop at the famous Ascot Racecourse on Sunday, flying brilliantly under pressure in the world's fastest motorsport series. The victory was Bonhomme’s third this season and second straight win at Ascot to the delight of more than 40,000 spectators.

Elation gear has become a staple of the Coachella Festival as it has grown to become one of the largest and most successful music festivals in the U.S. This year, Coachella hosted more than 500,000 people over the festival’s two weekends with headliners Muse and Arcade Fire, along with a list of surprise guests and more than 180 other acts, delivering another memorable event.

Bright Spark Studios, a video production and live streaming company, have adopted the Quicklink Studio solution for introducing remote contributors into virtual events.
 

Viewers Around the World Followed the Vattenfall Solar Team in Real Time Through the Harsh Australian Outback, Thanks to AVIWEST's System

The International Olympic Committee (IOC) and Bridgestone Corporation (Bridgestone) today announced a collaborative agreement that makes the world’s largest tyre and rubber company the first Founding Partner of the Olympic Channel. The new, ground-breaking digital platform, where fans can experience the power of sport and the Olympic Movement all year round, will launch worldwide on Sunday 21 August following the Closing Ceremony of the Olympic Games Rio 2016. The four-year partnership between Bridgestone and the IOC extends through to 2020. 

After cementing their working relationship together in September 2019, Bridge Technologies is proud to support Densitron’s development of a new four-unit, rack-mountable Multiviewer+ system, based on Densitron’s Intelligent Display System (IDS) solution. The new Multiviewer+ incorporates a Densitron UReady 4RU touchscreen 19” monitor and the full functionality of Bridge Technologies’ VB440 monitoring probes using the Widglets™ API.  Densitron is a global leader in innovative Human Machine Interaction (HMI) and display technology that provides intuitive touch control, routing and monitoring capabilities to broadcast and production customers.

At IBC 2019, Bridge Technologies will have its largest and most prominent stand to date, located strategically at the main entrance to Hall 1 – stand 1.A71. “We’ll be able to meet many more prospective customers, and show a much more representative selection of our broad product range than we’ve been able to before,” said Simen K Frostad, Chairman, Bridge Technologies. “We’ll also have more space to welcome our existing customers and partners, and make them even more comfortable.”

Bridge Technologies creates advanced systems for ensuring high-quality, profitable digital media service delivery in broadcast, cable, satellite, OTT, and telecoms applications. Its sophisticated platform for converging digital media services encompasses award-winning products and solutions, including analysis, measurement, and monitoring systems; intelligent redundancy switching; and comprehensive analytics solutions for TV Everywhere providers. Compatible with all major industrial standards, ruggedized for reliability in challenging environments, and built for low-energy operation, Bridge Technologies systems bring greater efficiency to digital media businesses by making it simpler to manage complexity.

Bridge Technologies has launched its new VB252 RF interface, a complete RF monitoring and analysis solution for DVB-T/T2 broadcasters. With its extensive RF capabilities, ETR290 analysis via the VB120 and VB220 probes, and comprehensive support for DVB-T, DVB-T2, and DVB-T2 MI protocols, the VB252 solution is the only product on the market to offer everything the DVB-T broadcaster needs in one compact chassis.