Broadcast Solutions is appointed a Marquis Broadcast Elite reseller in the Middle East. Marquis Broadcast is pleased to announce the appointment of Broadcast Solutions as an Elite reseller in the Middle East. This strategic move forms part of Marquis Broadcast’s business plan to grow its presence in this important territory, delivering the best experience with Marquis products and services for its customers. Marquis’s clever systems enable and accelerate production processes, making new, more efficient workflows possible; the new appointment of Broadcast Solutions will help promote and manage these systems in the Middle East.

EVS’ newly introduced AI-based camera automation system, Overcam, has won the IABM BaM award at IBC2019. It was honored in the Create category at last night’s ceremony at IBC in Amsterdam.

SLS, one of the major rental and technical production companies in the UAE, has recently made a substantial investment in Robe – an initial purchase of 50 x MegaPointes last year was followed by 86 Spiider LED wash beams earlier this year, then 24 x regular Pointes and a pair of DL4S Profiles for a specific job … and they expect this business to continue!

Leading South African lighting designer Joshua Cutts from Visual Frontier used Astera Titan Tubes to light various segments of the final of The Voice South Africa 2019, which was staged at the Mosaïek Teatro in Fairlands, Johannesburg, and broadcast on M-Net Channel 101.

The West London-based technical specialist has been involved with the 2-day event since 2015 when the Berlin edition of the popular music extravaganza started. It was the second year for Lolla Berlin at the Olympiapark site, and once again Perry’s Stage was inside the Stadium arena itself, where a fantastic line-up was headlined by Underworld on Saturday and Martin Garrix on Sunday, with many more great sounds smashing it through the weekend including Don Diablo, Scooter, TV Noise and others.

Belgian-based visual design studio Painting with Light (PWL) celebrates 20 years of utilising multiple media and luminescent sources – including lighting, video, lasers, projection – and content to create inspiring designs, breath-taking WOW factors and dramatic immersive environments.The journey has seen it grow from an ambitious dream to a leading international technical innovator and solutions provider. The company was founded by Luc Peumans in 1999.

Claypaky is pleased to announce that Marcus Graser is, with immediate effect, the new CEO of the Company. Marcus takes the place of Pio Nahum who, starting from 1 October 2019, will retire after spending 30 years in the lighting industry.

Sonotechnique President Patrice Delhaes says “Beginning an association with Lawo at this moment is particularly good timing. We have seen that many of radio’s early AoIP adopters are now looking to begin their second round of networked-studio builds. Many stations with traditional studios are also preparing to network. All of them want standards-based networking, rather than proprietary protocols that limit their choices. Lawo, with their continuing technical innovation and commitment to open standards such as RAVENNA and AES67, is a perfect fit.”

Celebrating its 20th anniversary year, and extended to five days for the 2019 edition, the mighty Rock In Japan festival also marked the Japanese debut of Martin Audio’s flagship Wavefront Precision Longbow (WPL).
 

Solotech quickly configures PA setups of its K2 system using Soundvision’s new Autosolver tools for celebrated band’s North American tour
 

Green Hippo, specialist creator of tools for the real-time manipulation of video for the AV industries, has announced that leading US regional sports network, Fox Sports Southwest, has upgraded its media playback system with the addition of Hippotizer Karst+ media servers.

Leading broadcast technology manufacturer Grass Valley today announced that ES Broadcast has made the single biggest purchase of its LDX 86^N UHD cameras to date. The company has invested in 151 cameras and 15 Kahuna production switchers to prepare for major sporting events in 2020 and to meet increasing demand for UHD.

CP Communications, a leader in innovative solutions and services for complex live event productions, has partnered with communications specialist DC Rentals to deliver turnkey AV, content delivery, and security services for large-scale entertainment events. The two companies will support music festivals, sporting events, municipal celebrations and other large outdoor events from RF7, a co-branded event communications and production trailer that brings all required infrastructure together into one mobile command center.

Inspired by the launch of its new PLASA Innovation Award-winning ESPRITE moving light with fully replaceable LED engine and a host of other ground-breaking features and the iconic Back to The Future movie franchise … Robe presented the first in a new trilogy of expo live performance concepts at the PLASA 2019 expo in London.
 

Adlib supplied full production – lighting, video including LED screens and cameras, audio and rigging – to DF Concerts for the 2019 Glasgow Summer Sessions in Bellahouston Park that featured three dynamic gigs over two consecutive weekends, attracting over 100,000 people who rocked up to see headliners The Cure, Foo Fighters and The 1975.