German rock band Rammstein just finished its first ever stadium tour in Europe with Claypaky HY B-EYE K25, Scenius Unico, Mythos 2 and Sharpy lighting fixtures, selected by Lighting Designers Ronald Greil and Patrick Woodroffe of Woodroffe Bassett Design, accompanying the show across the continent.  Neg Earth Lights, London was the lighting vendor.
 

Israeli singer-songwriter Hanan Ben-Ari is currently one of the most popular artists in a country replete with singing talent, and his new tour has just started, complete with a lively and dynamic visual design by Nesi Alfasi, who has included 12 x Robe MegaPointes at the core of the lighting rig. These are being supplied to the tour by rental company Mega Kol based in Rosh Hayain and headed by Zvika Refaelovich, which has been involved with the artist as an equipment vendor since last year and has worked with LD Nesi for many years on assorted projects.

Stage Tec, the Berlin-based manufacturer of professional audio technology, participated in the JT-NM Tested Program for the second time this year in August. After the first test series in the USA took place in Texas, this time the standardized test procedure took place at the Riedel company headquarters in Wuppertal. Stage Tec participated again with the NEXUS AoIP interfaces XFIP/RIF67 and received the label "SMPTE ST 2110 JT-NM Tested".

Grass Valley  announces that UK broadcast equipment supplier, rental house and systems integrator, ES Broadcast, has made the single biggest purchase of its LDX 86^N 4K UHD cameras to date. The Watford-based 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.

disguise is the ultimate solution to imagine, create and deliver spectacular live visual experiences. After kicking off the EMEA Open House tour in Poland earlier this month, the roadshow will head to eight more locations across Europe and the Middle East over the next six weeks, including stops in London, Amsterdam, Madrid, Barcelona, Dubai, Berlin, Oslo and Gothenburg.

Game Creek Video, a leading provider of state-of-the-art mobile production units for large-scale live events, has chosen an extensive offering of EVS solutions to support its full HDR capability, including UHD-4K and 1080p productions. The new solutions, anchored by EVS’ XT-VIA servers, have been deployed for the first time by FOX Sports at the start of the new college football season. The new solutions will also help Game Creek support other leading broadcasters putting on large-scale productions to cover major U.S. sporting events.

Riedel’s Bolero wireless intercom and RiFace universal radio interface have been deployed by the Institute of Technical Education (ITE Central) in Singapore to support theater production communications over a broad coverage area with a minimum number of antennas. The versatile Riedel systems allowed for plug-and-play integration with the institute’s legacy 2-wire systems and were commissioned with ease, facilitating seamless roaming and exceptional audio quality.

Game Creek Video’s brand-new fleet of IP OB trucks not only boasts of impressive working floor dimensions but are also packed with Lawo IP technology for video and audio routing, multiviewers and overall orchestration and control. “Bravo” and “Columbia”, both 53′ Expandos with a HD Production Unit of 64′ by 24′ Recommended Working Area provide 26 fully-fledged workplaces in a spacious environment. Both have been already in use this Summer and will now ensure NFL coverage. Next truck in production called “Gridiron” is designed the same way but will feature also an additional B unit. For early next year two more trucks are scheduled, featuring the same design

Italian SI company Chromaline has built a large UHD OB Van, working with up to 30 cameras, for Italian broadcast and event company Videe and has shown the production tool at IBC. With this new OB Van development, named OB X, Chromaline makes a huge step putting the company on the map as one of the leading system integrators in Europe. For their largest OB Van development so far the company chooses hi – human interface by Broadcast Solutions as the core control system within OB X. Developing OB X Chromaline uses a completely new approach in terms of design, room concepts, integrated equipment, workflows and interior design.

NEP is a global media technology giant with an enviable reputation for innovation. Quick to see the benefit of the cloud for its operations around the globe, NEP’s centralized platform is based on an all IP infrastructure that allows the sharing of resources over multiple remote locations, such as production facilities, studios and external venues. IP installations are easy in theory, but efficient operation depends on the careful selection of some small but vital components. Not for the first time, a major broadcast facility has discovered how Anubis from Merging Technologies can fulfil a vital role. So convinced was the technical management team that this device would fit the bill, they placed an order for 50 units. 

disguise is celebrating its most successful year to date with multiple awards wins, and industry-first product launches. disguise is also pleased to announce the expansion of its EMEA sales and support teams with a number of new appointments.

At IBC 2019, Grass Valley, once again underscored how its award-winning solutions help content creators, broadcasters and media organizations produce captivating content. GV STRATUS One, which made its European debut at the show, secured a Future Best of Show award, highlighting Grass Valley’s commitment to continued technology excellence. The Future Best of Show awards honor innovation and outstanding product development at IBC.

Live Story Creator is a part of NewTek Premium Access tool pack. It’s a groundbreaking approach to program automation using Microsoft Word. You simply build a script in Microsoft Word with triggers for actions and your show is easily executed once loaded into NewTek Video Production Systems TriCaster or VMC1. Premium Access also includes scalable NDI recording and replay with full synchronization for easy multi-camera production, digital media aspect ratios and frame rates for delivery to digital screens as well as LiveGraphics, NDI KVM, LivePanel, Advance Audio, Virtual PTZ, and more.

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Mark L. Butler, owner of Majestic Sound Productions, Inc., knew he was in for quite a challenge when he agreed to go to the middle of Egypt and open a sarcophagus on a live TV broadcast to 100 countries. The live Discovery Channel event aimed to showcase one the biggest archaeological finds in 15 years and was co-hosted by real-life Indiana Jones, Dr. Zahi Hawass, former Minister of State for Antiquities Affairs for Egypt. For live audio mixing, Butler turned to Calrec’s Brio36 compact digital broadcast audio console.

On the opening day of IBC 2019, Video Europe, one of the UK's largest rental houses, has placed an order with Sony for 20 PXW-FX9 camcorders with an advanced 6K* Full-Frame sensor as well as ten PXW-Z750 4K camcorders. Both products were only announced hours earlier at the Sony IBC press conference.