Montreux Jazz Festival has announced a new multi-year collaboration with Gravity Media, who will become the Festival’s Audio Visual Production Provider following a robust proposal process for a 3+2-year agreement.
Gravity Media will work in close collaboration with Montreux Media Ventures (MMV), the Festival’s dedicated audiovisual production arm, to deliver world-class live and recorded coverage across the Festival’s stages, platforms and broadcast partners.
Gravity Media succeeds RTS (Radio Télévision Suisse), the Swiss public broadcaster, who has worked with the Festival for the last five years and will remain a key Montreux Jazz Festival partner.
2026 marks the 60th edition of the legendary festival, which has welcomed some of greatest artists of all time to the shores of Lake Geneva, from David Bowie and Prince to Aretha Franklin, Etta James, Quincy Jones, Bob Dylan, Elton John, Kendrick Lamar, Nina Simone and many more.
MMV has developed a distinctive approach to live music production that applies the emotional grammar of cinema – movement, narrative progression, spatial depth and refined colour authenticity – to live broadcast, transforming coverage into immersive storytelling.
Rather than simply documenting performances, MMV’s philosophy is to translate the feeling of being inside the venue for audiences watching around the world, using storytelling through editing, audience POV shots, and a deliberate progression from wide shots to close-ups to build emotional momentum.
The partnership will build on the Festival’s advanced technical and creative production model, including a UHD S-Log3 master workflow and real-time development for broadcast delivery via a live colour grading station, ensuring show-specific control and a consistent “Montreux look” that remains faithful to each artist’s stage design and lighting
Gravity Media is deploying its Nova 105 outside broadcast vehicle, in full IP delivery mode, configured across two stages within a single XXL truck to provide enhanced production capacity and flexibility. The system supports P25 camera formats and wide-sensor camera workflows, including Sony Venice II integration, enabling premium cinematic output. The agreement forms part of a multi-year contract and includes dedicated technical staffing to ensure consistent, high-level operational support.
Nick Bonard, CEO of Montreux Media Ventures, said: “Since 1967, the Montreux Jazz Festival has been a pioneer in technological and artistic innovation. Our new collaboration with Gravity Media builds on this legacy, enhancing our distinctive cinematic approach to live music production and taking the festival’s world-class performances to new creative heights.”
Chris Demeulemeester responsible for International Projects & Sales at Gravity Media added:“Gravity Media is widely recognised for delivering world-class sports coverage, but this iconic music event is another fantastic opportunity to showcase the breadth of our end-to-end media services and facilities capabilities. Large-scale live music productions demand the same precision, technical excellence and collaborative approach as major sporting events. Our team thrives on capturing the atmosphere, scale and emotion of these moments, and we’re proud to bring our proven live broadcast capabilities to yet another landmark event on the global stage.”
Alongside live festival coverage, MMV will also begin producing monthly livestreams of legendary performances its UNESCO-registered audiovisual collection in the coming months. The series will begin in February with Alanis Morissette: Live at Montreux (2012), with further shows to follow.
