Deploying the new MetroN core router along with its MediorNet real-time media network, Riedel Communications radically reduced the signal-distribution infrastructure required to support the Red Bull Air Race World Championships. Throughout the season, this new solution enabled Riedel to reduce the required hardware by 75 percent while increasing available bandwidth.

NEP Australia’s largest outside broadcast (OB) of 2015 has just successfully wrapped: the biennial Presidents Cup golf tournament from Korea.

On 16 August 2015, the Australian Netball Diamonds crowned their 2015 Netball World Cup campaign with their 11th title, beating out 15 other nations, including arch rivals New Zealand in the grand final. A crowd of just under 17,000 at Sydney’s Allphones Arena watched the Diamonds emerge triumphant, and Novatech Creative Event Technology were on hand to make sure that the final, and every game in the 10 days leading up to it, were presented with the best possible audio and technical production.

Martin Audio partner and sub-distributor Old Barn Audio (OBA) has been a regular visitor to the Lee Valley White Water Centre in Waltham Cross recently. Originally constructed in 2010 at a cost of £31m as one of the 2012 London Olympics host venues, it has now undergone an upgrade to its installed sound system in preparation for hosting the recent ICF Canoe Slalom World Championships.

The  Championships, Wimbledon, took place at The All England Lawn Tennis and Croquet Club, London, from 29 June to 12 July 2015. Long standing audio suppliers, RG Jones Sound Engineering, first brought in Clear-Com in 2014 to test how the equipment would integrate with the overall system. Following its success, they were asked to return in a more complete capacity. 

The SPORTEL AWARDS Ceremony took place last Tuesday in Monaco to announce winners of the Georges Bertellotti Golden Podium Competition and Renaud de Laborderie Sports Book Competition. They respectively reward the world most beautiful sports.

Digital sport market leader deltatre have struck a deal with top live video production technology provider EVS for the joint delivery of the 2015/2016 UEFA Champions League season. The announcement follows a multi-year collaboration between the two companies, which have been developing digital and broadcast services for major sport events’ coverage since 2007. 

Digital and broadcast sports specialist deltatre has signed a deal with top public service media alliance, European Broadcasting Union (EBU), to act as partners for the delivery of next level Digital and TV sport content for the use of sports federations and rights-holders.

Bristol based lighting and visuals specialist Fineline Lighting is supplying LED screens and supports for the Rugby World Cup fan zone in picturesque Northernhay Gardens in Exeter city centre.

Trimaran, a leading provider of CGI, 3D animation, and visual effects solutions for broadcast, cinema, and enterprise applications, today announced that Canal+, a premier French cable television channel, recently used Trimaran's GeoRacing GPS tracking and visualization system to improve live television coverage of the Tour de Corse 2015, the FIA World Rally Championship held on the island of Corsica. Through a combination of GPS data and advanced technologies like virtual timing and ghost visualization, Trimaran's GeoRacing solution allowed Canal+ to track the motorsport race in real time and better visualize its progression, enhancing the television viewer's experience.

The annual Sportel Awards Ceremony took place recently in Monaco to announce winners of the Georges Bertellotti Golden Podium Competition and Renaud de Laborderie Sports Book Competition. The Georges Bertellotti Award rewards the world’s most beautiful sports images.

Robe was the moving light brand of choice – with nearly 200 units - at the Opening Ceremony of the 2015 European Maccabi Games (EMG2015), Europe’s biggest Jewish sports event, staged at the Waldbühne amphitheatre in Berlin’s Olympic Park, and officially declared open by German President Joachim Gauk.

AERIGON, the aerial remote camera head manufactured by Intuitive Aerial, empowered filmmaker Ty Evans to capture spectacular shots for the skateboarding feature film We Are Blood. With the precision and maneuverability of AERIGON, the camera was able to follow the skateboarding action and capture shots that would never have been possible before. By providing a versatile yet stable aerial platform for 5K and 6K digital cameras with pro cinema lenses, the AERIGON UAV is expanding the modern cinematographer’s toolset and the possibilities for visual storytelling.

BeckTV, one of the United States' premier design-build systems integrators, today announced that it has completed a new HD production control room for the City of Frisco's Dr Pepper Ballpark and the Frisco RoughRiders, the Class AA Minor League Baseball (MiLB) affiliate of the Texas Rangers. The Texas ballpark is rated among the best in the minor leagues, and it undertook the project to complement a new 85-foot by 33-foot Daktronics LED video display. With design firm WJHW consulting on the project, BeckTV installed and took the new facility online within the month preceding the Frisco RoughRiders' April 9 home opener.

During the Canoe Slalom World Championships, which took place in London at the Lee Valley Olympic Course this September, World Canoe Slalom Association ICF used the videoReferee® system to support the judges during the tournament. The 12 channel videoReferee video judging system offered reliable and safe decisions during the tournament with 55 countries participating and thousands of visitors on site and at home. During the Olympic Games 2016 in Brazil videoReferee® will also be the video judging tool for the Canoe Slalom tournaments.