Gearhouse Broadcast Rental Division specialises in short and long term rental of the latest broadcast equipment, all at competitive rates.

Achieve Transmission Distances that are Simply Impossible Over Hybrid Copper/Fiber Cables. The new SMPTE–HUT system is a universal camera transceiver designed to free cameras from the limitations of hybrid cabling. Not only will you achieve incredible transmission distances, but you will also benefit from the absence of RF, EMI and grounding issues, faster set and strike times and lighter OB Vans, B–units and cable shipments.

With their SC-MERCATOR CAT.6 PUR the experts at SOMMER CABLE are introducing a high-performance cable for the mobile outdoor transmission of digital audio and network signals.

The “Kill The Lights” tour has been killing it on the road. Headliner Luke Bryan and tour mates Little Big Town and Dustin Lynch have been on the road since February with the second year of the tour, which began in 2015, with well over 120,000 tickets sold this year alone. The tour’s success and Bryan’s status as “Entertainer of the Year” award winner from both the Academy of Country Music (ACM) and the Country Music Association (CMA) made it the perfect concert choice to inaugurate the new U.S. Bank Stadium, the NFL’s newest venue and home to the Minnesota Vikings.

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.

Designing one jib for the existing wide range of professional camcorders in different weight classes was ABC Products’ aim when developing its new product, the Jib 100. It will be presented for the first time at the Broadcast Asia Show in Singapore from 21 to 24 June and will soon be available in the stores.

At last year's IBC show, ToolsOnAir turned heads with their "TV Station in a Mac Mini," and the overwhelming consensus among broadcast professionals was that this concept represented the future of the broadcast industry. Since then, ToolsOnAir's Broadcast Suite has become an integral part of several more than 350 broadcast facilities in 47 countries, delivering real-world power and performance in a small and cost-effective setup.

The Optical Devices Division of FUJINON announces that Boston-based rental house and reseller Talamas has invested in its FUJINON Premier PL 20-120mm Cabrio XK (XK6x20) zoom lens. Talamas is the first in the New England area to buy the recently introduced lens, which they purchased last month to demo, rent, and sell to clients for ENG-style video and cinema production.

Dave Talamas started Newton, MA -based Talamas Sound in July 1979. Talamas wasted no time building on its foundation of now time-tested principles: an unwavering commitment to customer service, a willingness to anticipate trends in the industry and an emphasis on maintaining strong relationships. Sennheiser Electronic Corporation was among the first companies with which Talamas Sales and Rentals developed a lasting relationship.

Airing on MTV3, “Idols” is a Finnish reality-television singing competition that debuted in the summer of 2003 and went on to become one of the most popular shows on Finnish television. Part of the Idol franchise, it originated from the reality program Pop Idol created by British entertainment executive Simon Fuller, which was first aired in 2001 in the United Kingdom.

"The metaphor is the bridge is alive. It was conceived originally as an interactive soundscape in which the people could play the bridge as an instrument. As the project evolved we changed to the idea of a dream; something contemplative to walk through." Contemporary composer Martyn Ware describing one of the more diverting entertainments commissioned by the Lord Mayor's office to delight visitors to London throughout this Olympian summer. "To give it meaning the music needed some narrative element."

The cavernous Shlomo Arena in Tel Aviv was  brought to life - for the first time ever with the buzz of dance music - as the fantastic sounds and musical distinction of Tale of Us swirled around the environment in a limited-entry show presented by The Tripping, the country’s most discerning electronic music promoters.
 

Autoscript’s voice-activated teleprompting software module, VoicePlus, is the new solution that’s transforming broadcast one studio at a time. With an accuracy that blows users away, the add-on to Autoscript’s market leading WinPlus software is getting great customer response.

“Let’s start talking!” shouts Julie Chen, host of the CBS show The Talk, as her bubbly cohosts charge onto the set. The live studio audience is on its feet cheering – it feels more like a football game than a one-hour chat session. Their playing field is a multilevel set with a central table, a couch for celebrity guests, a kitchen, a library and an area for musical acts. The audience flanks the set on three sides of a stage that looks much bigger in reality than it does on TV. Despite its snappy title, in the competitive landscape of daytime TV, the talk show is no longer all talk. As the show enters its sixth season, the high-energy format makes each show feel fresh and it keeps the lighting crew sharp.

April saw the return of The Gadget Show Live 2015 to The National Exhibition Centre (NEC) Birmingham, including the famous Super Theatre performances. During these live one hour shows, presenters from the series reviewed the latest consumer technology, took on challenges and performed high octane stunts. For the fifth consecutive show, Fonix LED Limited, who were tasked with supplying the visual and structural elements for the live shows, supplied LED screens and a live production workflow featuring Blackmagic’s ATEM 2 M/E Production Studio 4K.