Dejero, an innovator in cloud-managed solutions that simplify the transport of live video and real-time data across remote or mobile IP networks, has announced that Dutch broadcaster, RTL Nieuws, will be covering tomorrow night’s US election results from a studio in New York in a special four-hour long live show, using Dejero’s compact and mobile LIVE+ EnGo to transmit video and audio back to the Netherlands.

IABM today unveiled the results of a detailed survey on the potential effects of Brexit on broadcast and media technology suppliers and end-users. Conducted during September 2016, the survey was carried out among UK and European broadcast and media companies. As this is a one-off survey, IABM has decided that non-members as well as members may have free access to the full report. The report can be downloaded here.

HARMAN Professional Solutions  announced that its AMX SVSI series of Networked AV solutions were used in the Hangzhou International Expo Center, the location of this year’s G20 Summit. The 2016 G20 Summit, which ended on September 5, 2016 in Hangzhou, was one of the most important international conferences organized by China in recent years. The 20 most influential world leaders gather at the Summit to discuss topics of global warming, international trade, economic boosting and the like. The newly constructed Expo Center, which provides 850,000 square meters of space, sits in the Xiaoshan District of Hangzhou City.

The University of South California (USC) Annenberg School for Communication and Journalism has installed a sophisticated Telemetrics camera robotics system in three of its state-of-the-art television studios and two large event spaces within its newest building, Wallis Annenberg Hall. USC Annenberg is a national leader in education and scholarship in the fields of communication, journalism, public diplomacy and public relations. The School of Journalism offers students a range of experience in broadcast news production, and its award-winning Annenberg Television News (ATVN) has earned an outstanding reputation in the broadcast community.

When the two National Conventions were held to select the Presidential candidates for the Republican and Democratic parties, Powersoft was on hand to electrify the events.
First of all 84 of Powersoft’s K10 amplifiers occupied prime position in Cleveland during a whirlwind four-day event which saw Donald Trump formally capture the Republican party presidential nomination.

The Slovakian government holds the presidency of the Council of the European Union from July to December 2016, a role which rotates between member states every six months. Yamaha TF1 digital mixing consoles have been chosen for the vital role of mixing the local and broadcast audio for ministerial meetings, leader summits and press conferences.

“Lieutenant Dan got me invested in some kind of fruit company [Apple computer]. So then I got a call from him, saying we don’t have to worry about money no more. And I said, that’s good! One less thing.”

Ericsson today announced that it has won an exclusive multi-year access services contract with the Office of the Clerk of the House of Representatives in New Zealand. The contract will see Ericsson remotely deliver live captioning services for the Parliament TV broadcasts of the sittings of the New Zealand House of Representatives. The new captioning service will be available on Parliament TV for the first time from August 2016.

120,000 Tampa Bay residents who assembled at MacDill Air Force Base earlier this year for AirFest 2016, one of the world’s largest air shows, received a front row seat to all the action on the ground and in the sky. For the first time, attendees could view everything from military aircraft displays to aerial performances on large-scale video walls featuring real-time footage interlaced with graphics detailing pilot bios, aircraft profiles, attendee tweets and more. Taking advantage of a graphics and AV workflow developed by Reality Check Systems (RCS) and OSA Media Solutions, AirFest pulled off the largest-scale live production and stream in air show history.

Piksel, a global leader in building successful online video businesses, has successfully streamed Howard University’s 2016 Commencement ceremonies across the internet — including an address by President Barack Obama.

Trickbox TV, the broadcast services provider, has delivered studio facilities for interviews from the main Mayoral candidates for the Mayoral Election taking place alongside the London Assembly election on Thursday 5th May 2016.

When world leaders gathered for the 2015 United Nations Climate Change Conference (COP 21) held last December outside Paris, Riedel Communications equipment enabled critical real-time distribution of video, audio, and intercom signals between sites spread across several thousand square kilometers. Using Riedel’s MediorNet real-time media network, RockNet real-time and low-latency digital audio network, and Artist digital matrix intercom system, AV France provided the backbone supporting communications and signal distribution over an extensive audiovisual infrastructure spanning multiple locations.

From the morning of the 22nd March, the day of the terrorist attacks at Zaventem Airport and Maelbeek underground station, Overon has provided comprehensive broadcast coverage of the breaking events from a host of key points in the Belgian capital. The first round of coverage was provided by equipment and staff from Overon’s base in Brussels and which kicked off barely two hours after the first bomb attack at the airport. Extra equipment was flown in from bases in Paris, Nice, Warsaw, Barcelona and Bilbao providing a total of 7 DSNG’s working simultaneously with 15 stand-up positions in place.

As MacDill Air Force Base gears up for Tampa Bay AirFest 2016 this weekend, it’s planning to give thousands of attendees an up-close view of the action with large-scale video walls that will live stream aerial performances and behind-the-scenes content interlaced with real-time graphics powered by Reality Check Systems solutions. OSA Media Solutions is supplying the production hardware for video capture and output to the walls, with RCS providing a custom graphics package, an UpperCut system for distributing live graphics-enabled content to the walls and proprietary social media software for showcasing spectator Tweets. 

The Opus - German Stage Award is one of the most prestigious awards in theatre and stage production and will be presented this year to Björn Hermann who is active internationally as a lighting designer. He receives the award for the production of the Fraunhofer Annual Meeting in 2015 which featured the especially creative use of moving light as a focus for the performance on stage. The award ceremony takes place on 7 April 2016 at Prolight + Sound, the international trade fair of technologies and services for entertainment, integrated systems and creation. This was the first time leading figures from the sector had the possibility to submit projects directly to the expert jury.