Strictly Come Dancing returned for its 18th series at the end of 2020, with brand new visual content choreographed by Green Hippo Hippotizer Karst+ media servers. Leading the dance was a partnership of a Karst and Karst+, with the same duo serving as backup. An average series audience of more than 10 million Brits watched as the routines played out in front of a colourful array of visual content. The main stage was constructed as a series of arching LED screens, providing an eye-catching backdrop for the cameras. The visual content included custom-made content for each performance – created by…
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TEKVOX’s new 79086S Camera Extender Set is designed to improves the capabilities of HDMI cameras in classrooms, auditoriums, lecture halls, and conference centres by facilitating distance engagement. The Camera Extender Set allows integrators to mount an HDMI camera anywhere, without needing an AC outlet at the camera. Using a single CAT cable, the 79086S transports 4K video, bi-directional LAN and RS232, and 2.5A of 12V power to drive a camera at the far-end. A single outlet at the receiver-end can power the transmitter, receiver, and camera, eliminating the need for a far-end outlet. Typically, the availability of an AC outlet…
Proel expands its commercial structure with the arrival of Jérémie Mannlein as a company representative in the north of France. Mannlein, who is tasked with penetrating the Northern French market – developing and expanding the sales of all the Proel’s brands, with the exception of Dexibel, commented on his new position: “I have been in the music industry for over 20 years as a guitarist and along those years I acquired an experience of the stage and the technology involved in the set-up of shows. Ten years ago I created a music school that is still running successfully. At the…
Focusrite Group is scheduled to introduce a brand-new commercial audio brand to the market on 20 April, with the launch of Optimal Audio at a virtual event. Optimal Audio will become the Focusrite Group’s seventh brand, adding to Focusrite and Focusrite Pro, Adam Audio, Martin Audio, Novation and Ampify. Whilst full details will be revealed at the event, Focusrite Group CEO Tim Carroll was happy to talk about Optimal Audio’s prospects: “It’s a rare privilege to create a brand from scratch. The commercial audio sector has grown consistently over the years, and even during the pandemic has been more robust…
The proposed lavish party for the launch of Microsoft’s new Xbox Series X unfortunately had to be waived due to the COVID-19 pandemic. Nevertheless, the market launch of the new generation of consoles in the Gamescom city of Cologne was celebrated with the Xbox Dream Stream. The highlight was an impressive drone show over the Rhine. At the start of the 150-drone extravaganza, Jens Hillenkötter, in his role as Executive Producer and Director, on behalf of the GUD.berlin agency — deployed 36 Creative Light 1 Plus fixtures from GLP. GLP Creative Light 1 (CL1) is a wireless, battery-powered visual effect,…
DJ and music producer, Martin Jensen recently embarked a series of livestream concerts in unexpected locations throughout Denmark – from Copenhagen’s Parken Stadium, aboard Royal Danish Navy frigate HDMS Niels Juhl to aboard historic paddle-steamer Hjejlen, atop the Camp Adventure nature reserve forest tower in Rønnede and inside of a Copenhagen Illum department store – broadcast live on Twitch. At the heart the visual design of each performance was Lighting Designer, Mathias Skall Hansen of Frontsound. During five of the seven livestream sets, the LD deployed Robe moving lights – MegaPointes, Spiiders, BMFLs – supplied by Nordic Rentals. Skall specified…
Lighting Designer, Ezra Donellan reflects the energy of AJR’s stage presence during a video shoot for the band’s new song, Way Less Said, supported by a light show featuring CHAUVET Professional Rogue R1 BeamWash at Squeek Lights’ Ruby Stage. “So, one of most impressive things about this band is their ability to keep a high level of energy under all circumstances,” said Donellan. “We were all excited to be able to perform “Bang” for James Corden’s show, but rather than come down from the TV appearance, the band fed off the energy and recorded the video right there on the…
When London’s Adelphi Theatre re-opens later this year, it will do so with a brand new flying system. The refurbishment – stage one of three has involved a complete replacement of the fly tower hemp sets and a new front loading 42 set double purchase counterweight system. With all theatres across the country having spent the past 12 months in the dark, LW Theatres and Nederlander who jointly own the Adelphi, has taken the unprecedented circumstances as an opportunity to carry out a programme of work across several of its venues. And with no shows or audiences, this has allowed…
In the past year, disguise has become a major player in Virtual Production for film, television and xR – powering more than 200 xR productions in 35 countries in the Broadcast, Corporate and Education space. The latest set of features introduced by disguise include ACES colour management, DirectX12 (DX12) and Deep Learning Super Sampling (DLSS) support from Nvidia. Together, they will allow users to deliver images of the highest quality via 10-bit HDR processing of Unreal content through disguise RenderStream. RenderStream is a proprietary IP protocol that enables the hosting of Unreal content on dedicated disguise hardware. “This approach of…
Palm Beach Opera brought joy to Florida’s classical music fans with an innovative opera festival with nine days of performances at the iTHINK Financial Amphitheatre in West Palm Beach. The socially distanced event was the company’s first outdoor, open-air festival which implemented a variety of measures to ensure the safety of performers, crew and audience members alike. With the outdoor venue not providing the perfect acoustic environment expected at operatic performances, a sound reinforcement system was required to ensure the audience could get the full enjoyment of the event. Sound design for the event called on Point Source Audio EMBRACE…
Lance Show & Publications Limited, organiser of The Showman’s Show has confirmed that the event will be held at Newbury Showground from 20–21 October 2021. The Showman’s Show Event Director, Johnny Lance commented: “The unveiling of the roadmap was the positive news that we’d all been waiting for. As publishers of the Showman’s Directory, we’ve seen a surge in event organisers getting in touch to confirm dates for their 2021 events and we’ve been busy updating the website. It’s also been wonderful to see so many high-profile events receiving national media coverage as they announce that they intend to run…
London Remixed Festival returns on 26 and 27 March 2021 with a global remix special, taking place in Lost Horizon, the world’s largest virtual reality music and arts venue, with a wealth of artists and partners from around the world highlighting the sounds of remixed culture. Produced by Continental Drifts and Global Local, most years London Remixed is a showcase of the booming UK scene, but this year’s groundbreaking 2021 festival will embrace the digital arena, joining hands with friends across the continents to create a unique music festival moment as it unites music from countries and genres around the…
Veteran tour sound professionals Ken ‘Pooch’ Van Druten and Dennie Miller will be participating in private demo sessions of Meyer Sound’s Spacemap Go spatial sound design and live mixing tool at Soundcheck in Nashville from Monday, 29 to 31 March. The sessions are scheduled in conjunction with the Spring Training 2021 event at the same location, presented by the Nashville chapter of the Audio Engineering Society (AES). The hands-on demo sessions Monday and Tuesday are by invitation only. To reserve a time, contact sales@meyersound.com. The AES Spring Training is open to all who register. To attend the event, register here.…
SensorSpace – a new cloud-based platform – is set to revolutionise the way riggers can access and manage data from Broadweigh’s wireless sensors. Launched this month, SensorSpace can be used to remotely monitor the status of any Broadweigh sensor – load or wind speed – and help site managers and rigging managers make decisions or take action before, and during a show. Broadweigh Product Specialist, Elliot Van Laere explained: “SensorSpace is a game-changer. It not only provides a way to visualise load cell or wind speed data in the cloud, so anyone with access can log in on a desktop…
Founded in 2020 in collaboration with technical and equipment supporter, Fuse Technical Group, XR Studios provides two high-spec LED stages featuring Brompton Technology processing and ROE Visual LED panels – offering a team of technologists to help bring XR productions to life. “We have always had a great relationship with Fuse, a company we consider to be one of the greatest pioneers in terms of pushing LED technology for a wide variety of applications,” said XR Studios Director, J.T. Rooney. “They have a lot of experience with the equipment and provide technical consulting across live entertainment, television, film and virtual…
On the terrace of Genoa’s San Martino Polyclinic, considered as the Liguria region’s most important hospital, an Outline loudspeaker system amplified the reading by famous Italian actor/film director Sergio Castellitto to recall a difficult 12 months following the outbreak of the COVID-19 pandemic. Castellitto, accompanied by a string quintet from the Carlo Felice Theatre, read some passages of the book “Una lezione da non dimenticare” (“A lesson not to be forgotten”), written by the director of the Infectious Disease Clinic of Genoa’s San Martino Polyclinic, Matteo Bassetti, with journalist Martina Maltagliati. Participants included the Liguria Region’s top authorities, such as…
AVK Soluçoes Audiovisuais has turned to an Analog Way Aquilon RS4 4K/8K multi-screen presentation system and videowall processor to drive the LED videowall and floor in a new 300 sq m virtual production studio in Sintra, Portugal. “The main concept behind the new studio was to build an XR stage that could be flexible and powerful enough to meet all the requests we were getting for live events, streaming, film and advertising shoots,” explained AVK Senior Video Engineer and Project Manager, Rui Fonseca. “The challenge was to have a big enough stage to accommodate all possible clients without compromising technical…
The volunteer trustees at Stagehand, the original live production welfare fund, have revealed that, after further fundraising efforts and campaigns, the fourth application window for the COVID-19 Crew Relief Fund is now open. Unlike some other funds that have already received grants, applicants can apply to multiple rounds of the fund. Applications for grants of up to £500 will be invited from those that have received zero or minimal support from UK Government self employment or furlough schemes and haven’t any significant alternative income. The fund is open to non-theatrical live event crew, for those in theatre, our colleagues at…
