In recent years, the necessary legions of equipment movers known as roadies have evolved to become true technical wizards as live music has morphed into ever more sophisticated production events. For better or for worse, though, cinematic representations of them tend to fall short of reality, and that seems to be the consensus of critics and actual roadies of Showtime’s comedy-drama Roadies, which debuted earlier this year. However, the show is getting high marks on its efforts for the authenticity of the environment they work in, and a DiGiCo SD9 console played a major role in that achievement.

For experienced sound professionals, the beyerdynamic DT 770 Pro is an old friend used in countless studios throughout the world. To celebrate the company’s 88th anniversary beyerdynamic, the audio specialist from Heilbronn in Germany launched a special edition of the DT 770 Pro with an impedance of 32 ohms for optimal use with smartphones, mobile players and notebooks. It soon sold out, but beyerdynamic is now meeting the enormous demand for this special model by starting series production of the DT 770 Pro with 32 ohms.

The 16th edition of the world's biggest and most prestigious one-on-one breaking competition, Red Bull BC One, culminated in Mumbai, India, with victories for B-Boy Menno of the Netherlands and B-Girl Kastet from Russia. Here is all you need to know:

Elation Professional’s European office recently launched The Elation Coffee Break on Facebook Livestream, an online presentation series that takes an up-close look at some of the company’s most popular product series. Elation continues the webinar series on Thursday, August 20^th at 11:00 a.m. CEST with Elation technical sales specialist Alistair Smyth and International Sales Manager Frederik Afif looking at the innovative qualities of the Rayzor 760™ and Proteus Rayzor 760™ LED luminaires. The presentation will air live on Elation Europe’s Facebook page www.facebook.com/ELATION.Pro.Europe/live/. No registration is required.

IBC is the premier annual event for professionals engaged in the creation, management and delivery of entertainment and news content worldwide. The event attracts more than 45,000 attendees from 140+ countries worldwide and showcases upwards of 1,300 key international technology suppliers alongside a peer-reviewed conference that debates the hottest industry topics.

Hugely successful Australian burlesque Star Wars parody “The Empire Strips Back” has just completed its most extensive North American tour to date, also visiting Canada for the first time, complete with a suitably boisterous lightshow designed by Peter Rubie, featuring 30 x Robe Spiider LED wash beams as the core moving light fixtures.

The recent EMC-sponsored IDC Digital Universe Report told you what you already knew … there is a crapload of stuff being prepared, sent, digested and used; and by 2020, it’s only going to be worse. By then, we’ll have surpassed more than 40 zettabytes or about 5,200 GB of stuff for every man, woman and child on the planet. We know IDC is good, but they amazed even me by pointing out that’s 57 times more than all the grains of sand on all the beaches … everywhere.

MA Lighting is well known for its approach towards professional lighting control and enjoys a distinguished reputation for quality and reliability. Now MA presents a new range of compact lighting control solutions – the dot2.

After the successful induction of the new President of the Council Mr. Donald Tusk inNovember 2014 the European Council decided to buy two KEM 975. These will be used for future meetings in the Atrium of the European Council which givesbroadcaster an acouctical challenge due to its huge glass and granit stone walls.

The Euskalduna Palace in Bilbao was the venue chosen to host the broadcast of the game, which saw 300 Seat and BBVA guests in attendance being able to enjoy the unbelievable 3D viewing experience. An 80-square metre screen coupled with Dolby 5.1sound, with no commentary, allowed the guests to literally be part of the game and yet get the chance to see moments of the match which can only be enjoyed on a television screen. The guests wore non-disposable active 3Dglasses for the broadcast.

Come see what’s new at the LSM Cockpit, where professional operators will be piloting the latest EVS tools within a unified LSM environment.

The Experience Lagos, is the world's largest Gospel concert, gathering some of today's best-known gospel artists. Originally, The Experience was an opportunity for Nigerians to put aside their differences, to come together and pray.

INSIGHT TV, the world’s largest producer and broadcaster of adventure travel and extreme sports genres in true, unscripted 4K UHD, has commissioned a major new football reality show Lost in Europe, starring global social influencers the F2 Freestylers. With over five and a half million YouTube subscribers (F2 Freestylers – Ultimate Soccer Skills Channel) and more than four million Instagram followers (thef2), the F2 Freestylers, made up of British football super stars Billy Wingrove and Jeremy Lynch, are huge social media celebrities. The show, which will launch in 4K UHD on INSIGHT TV in October 2017, is being produced by Renowned Films. INSIGHT TV’s aim is to combine global social influencers with quality broadcast television providing cool and creative new shows like Lost in Europe.
 

Direct from the driver's seat to your tablet or smartphone device, the new 2nd Screen FIA WEC app provides racing fans with unprecedented access to all the on-track action.

After more than a month of fierce battle, the 2020 League of Legends World Championship ushered in the final battle. The SN team from China LPL and the DWG team from South Korea LCK successfully met in the finals, representing the top teams of the two strongest leagues. , carrying all LOLer's eager expectations, this match attracted worldwide attention.