Over the last five months, the #WeMakeEvents campaign has been tirelessly raising awareness around the current plight facing the live entertainment sector and its urgent need for financial support if it is to survive the Covid-19 crisis. With the introduction of tier systems and the continued local lockdowns, this means that hosting live events has become even more difficult than before. As such, the campaign is continuing to make its voice heard and will continue raising as much awareness as possible, as seen with the Survival in the Square creative activation which will take place later this month.

Award-winning author, journalist and radio and TV personality Stephen J. Dubner will deliver the keynote address during the NAB Show opening session, sponsored by Blackmagic Design, Monday, April 16. Dubner is the co-author of the international bestsellers "Freakonomics" and "SuperFreakonomics."

The Georges-Pompidou Cultural Centre in Vincennes near Paris will be the first venue in France to be equipped with an Arthur followspot, the latest addition to Robert Juliat's range of LED followspots.
 

Riedel Communications today announced that the company's STX-200 solution for bringing Skype® connectivity into the professional broadcast environment has been deployed on the popular reality show "India's Got Talent" ("IGT"), broadcast on Hindi-language entertainment television channel ColorsTV. Making it easy to enrich the live broadcast with reliable, high-quality Skype contributions, whether from across the production facility or from across India, the STX-200 changes the way that the "IGT" fans, host, judges, and even the contestants can interact and engage.

The winners of the 2018 ‘Opus - German Stage Award’ have now been chosen. The winning projects are ‘THE ONE Grand Show’ in the Friedrichstadt-Palast in Berlin and ‘The Blossom Tour’ by the German pop group Milky Chance. The Opus is awarded annually and honours exceptional achievement in theatre and stage production. The award ceremony will take place on 12 April, as part of Prolight + Sound, the international trade fair of technologies and services for entertainment, integrated systems and creation.

Riedel Communications, provider of pioneering real-time video, audio, data, and communications networks, today announced that His Majesty's Theatre in Perth has installed a Riedel digital intercom system. The Riedel solution prepares the facility for Australia's "digital dividend," which mandates the release and eventual auction of 126 MHz of contiguous RF spectrum and will affect wireless microphones, in-ear monitors, and RF communications systems.

In an exciting partnership between ATP, ATP Media, Infosys (the Global Technology Services Partner of the ATP World Tour) and Sony Professional Solutions Europe, visitors to the Fan Zone at The O2 will be able to immerse themselves in matches by stepping into unique interactive pods featuring PlayStation®VR where they will find themselves in a virtual tennis world.

A multimedia Christmas musical, A Star is Born, was one of the performance highlights during the Christmas advent events held at the ZKM Art & Media Centre’s Filmpalast cinema in Karlsruhe, Germany, mixed on an Allen & Heath dLive system.
 

On Monday, August 19th 2013, at 10:15pm, Simon Gosejohann and his brother Thilo appeared in the new comedy show "antisocial network," broadcast by the German channel ProSieben.

No cut: German DOP and Operator Markus Kambeck filmed a music video in a single continuous shot, using the artemis EFP HD SE by Sachtler, a Vitec Group brand. The production took about three months, including conception and planning; three days were needed for filming and post-processing. Markus Kambeck learned how to professionally use the artemis EFP HD SE system from Curt O. Schaller, cinematographer, operator, and artemis developer, during a workshop at the Wendelin Sachtler Academy in Eching near Munich.

NewTek Inc., manufacturer of industry-leading 3D animation and video products, announced this week that Rob Powers has joined the company as Director of Entertainment and Media Development. Rob will serve as a liaison between studios, 3D artists and NewTek, sharing the benefits of LightWave 3D® with the visual effects community and communicating the studios' and artists' needs to the NewTek LightWave 3D development team.

Based on Stephen King’s best-selling novel, Carrie The Musical focuses on an awkward teenage girl with telekinetic powers whose lonely life is dominated by an oppressive religious fanatic mother. When she is humiliated by her classmates at the high school prom, she wreaks havoc on everyone and everything in her path. It’s a chilling tale that has enthralled audiences since 1988. Presented by Ray of Light Theatre from October 4th - November 2nd at The Victoria Theatre in San Francisco, Carrie The Musical kept its audiences on the edge of their seats—and to ensure the utmost clarity for both dialog and the musical performances, E6i Omnidirectional Earset microphones from Menlo Park, CA-based Countryman Associates were deployed.

On November 13, the time has come to sign up for the Wings for Life World Run 2020. What happens when well over 100,000 people across the globe walk, run, and roll in wheelchairs at the same time for a great cause? Personal goals are reached, lifetime friendships are made and the world comes closer to finding a cure for spinal cord injury. The chase-based format is perfect for all levels of participation, everyone feels the excitement, and each person makes a difference. Registration opens November 13!

NEP Broadcasting, LLC, a premiere provider of state-of-the-art mobile and fixed broadcast facilities, has installed multiple Grass Valley™ K2 media servers for TBS's "Conan". Three K2 Summit™ production clients running ChannelFlex™, three K2 Dyno™ Replay Controllers on a K2 production SAN, a K2 Dyno Production Assistant, and a 180x256 Trinix™ NXT router were recently installed in the new production studio built on Stage 15 on the Warner Bros. Studios lot in Burbank, Calif. “Conan” debuted on TBS on November 8.

On December 16th, 2012, Jean-Michel Aweh (age 20) won the contest and the prize money of 100,000 Euros in the finale of "Das Supertalent", the German edition of "Got Talent". Aweh received 25.39 percent of the audience votes for performing a song that he himself had composed and written.