UK lighting rental company Clearsound Productions has not let the Coronavirus lockdown stop them from shining their lights … to boost morale in their ‘hood, send messages of positive energy and show solidarity for all those frontline and essential workers putting their lives on the line as the country battles the virus. In a resounding Sunday night collective action – the largest to date - on 19^th April, over 50 lighting and laser companies joined Clearsound to shine lights in the sky, united by the hashtag #ourshininglight

Arvato Systems and Vidispine regret to announce today that, in order to ensure the health and safety of colleagues, we are withdrawing from this year’s IBC which is due to take place at the Amsterdam RAI, 11-15 September 2020.

EVS strategically expands its global footprint, enabling customers to benefit from the most comprehensive and integrated range of media infrastructure solutions for live productions

EVS, a leading provider of live video technology for broadcast and new media productions, today announces the acquisition of leading broadcast and media network infrastructure specialist Axon.

Join two of our industry’s top lighting designers for outdoor events on the next Elation Hour to be broadcast Wednesday, May 6^th at 10:00 a.m. Pacific Standard Time in the U.S. Patrick Dierson and Chris Lisle, both top tier designers with decades of invaluable experience in production and lighting design, will join hosts John Dunn and Matthias Hinrichs for a Tools & Techniques discussion about the ins and outs of lighting for festivals and outdoor events. Hear some of the most experienced designers in the business share their own personal insight, experiences and tricks of the trade.

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The Audio Engineering Society has begun to announce program details for the upcoming Virtual Vienna Convention, including three keynote lectures and the Heyser Presentation. As a result of circumstances dictating the move of the Convention to an online format, the Audio Engineering Society is bringing the AES Europe Convention directly to virtual attendees around the globe, with Keynotes from AES Fellow and Silver Medal Awardee Jamie Angus (University of Salford), Marisa Hoeschele (Acoustics Research Institute, Austrian Academy of Sciences) and Franz Zotter (Institute for Electronic Music and Acoustics, University of Arts and Music, Graz), as well as this year’s Heyser Presentation by AES Fellow and Bronze Medal Awardee Francis Rumsey (technical consultant, author, Audio Engineering Society). The AES Virtual Vienna Convention will take place online June 2 – 5, and registration is now open for as little as $50 USD for AES members.

Responding to the myriad of complex digital transformation challenges and the need to innovate at speed and collaborate remotely in today’s Media & Entertainment industry, IBC has introduced the Accelerator Innovation Programme.  Accelerators are fast track, open and collaborative innovation projects that address complex media & entertainment industry business and technology challenges. Download the accelerator deck here. Through the Accelerators, multicompany teams come together – led by game changing Broadcasters, Studios, Platforms and Content Owners as ‘Champions’ - to develop solutions to use cases working with expert vendors and solutions providers as project ‘Participants’. Projects develop over an intensive five months’ project path, culminating in innovative solutions that will be showcased as proof of concepts at IBC2020

It has been an unusual Eurovision year to say the least, so to bring the excitement of the event weeks to your home, we're pleased to announce 2 special shows that will air on the same dates as the Eurovision 2020 Semi-Finals! The ‘Eurovision Song Celebration 2020’ will premiere on our YouTube channel on Tuesday 12 and Thursday 14 May at 21:00 CEST. These shows will complement the EBU and its Dutch members, NPO, NOS and AVROTROS' show, ‘Eurovision: Europe Shine A Light’, that will air on the usual Grand Final date of 16 May. Keep reading to find out how you can feature in the final recap!

As part of the Ross Live | 2020 program, Ross is today pleased to announce a significant update for the Carbonite Ultra production switcher that brings massive feature additions and offers customers even more flexibility and convenience.
 

Breaking down barriers between athletes and fans, Ross Stripling and Cooper Surles launched “The Big Swing” podcast in January 2019 to discuss everything from sports to pop culture to finance, with a focus on all things baseball. When the co-hosts were looking to deploy a high-quality microphone solution to capture crystal-clear audio for their podcast, they found exactly what they were searching for with MXL Microphones’ BCD-1 Live Broadcast Dynamic Microphone.

But with the race postponed because of the current health circumstances, Verstappen and his teammate Alex Albon went on a special road trip to Circuit Zandvoort in two Red Bull Racing RB7s and RB8s. Here is all you need to know: This eye-catching road trip starts by driving out of shipping containers at Rotterdam docks.

With Covid-19 lockdowns worldwide and health authorities urging people to self-isolate and practice social distancing on a massive scale as part of an enormous effort to #FlattenTheCurve of this global pandemic … we are reaching out to industry friends, colleagues, associates, partners, etc., and asking them to share their #StayHome and #QuarantineandChill activities with us during this extraordinary time.

Expo 2020 Dubai is gearing up to help shape a post-pandemic world and create a better future for all after a two-thirds majority of Bureau International des Expositions (BIE) Member States voted in favour of postponing the next World Expo by one year. The global mega event will now run from 1 October 2021 to 31 March 2022, a delay that allows all participants to safely navigate the impact of COVID-19, and allows the World Expo to focus on a collective desire for new thinking to identify solutions to some of the greatest challenges of our time.

Clear-Com®’s intercom solutions are proving to be a game changer in enabling the French outside broadcast company, Boîte à Outils Broadcast (BOB), to continue production operations for Clique, the daily current affairs show produced by Première Fois Productions for Canal+, despite COVID-19 lockdown conditions.

Dance Studio Vol. 1 is the latest addition to the nightlife scene in Chicago’s River North neighborhood and is one of the most unique clubs you’ll find anywhere. Filling the ceiling above its dance floor are an astounding 470 ADJ mirror balls, both static and kinetic, that mix with Elation Professional DARTZ 360™ and Fuze Wash Z120™ moving heads for a lightshow that is a visual one of a kind.
 

More than 25 years after they unapologetically catapulted into the UK charts, and 10 since disbanding to produce solo material, much-loved British rockers Supergrass returned to touring with audio rental house Britannia Row in February and March.