The Sons of Mannheim, Thomas Godoj, Sasha and Peter Maffay – Record Lab, based in Cologne, Germany, has covered several large-scale broadcast and live recording projects. Most recently they handled a Catholic Church service for the German public broadcaster ZDF. However, one of their most extensive and logistically challenging productions this year was a concert tour in Syria by the Armenian KOHAR Symphony Orchestra. For this task, Lawo mc266 consoles were put to use in Record Lab’s ‘Mobile One’ truck and the associated ‘nobeo 1’ OB van

Camera Corps' Q-Ball robotic HD cameras have successfully completed 100 days of continuous service as a key element of OB coverage from the 4th plinth in London's Trafalgar Square. The cameras were chosen by 021 Television, part of Gravity Media Group, to provide video coverage of Antony Gormley's 'One & Other' project. A total of 2,400 people participated in the event, some promoting their favourite cause or charity while others simply admired the view. The Q-Ball cameras were used from July 6 to October 14, accumulating content for the production of 60 minute reports transmitted on Sky Arts 1 HD each Friday evening. Live HD video from the cameras was also downconverted and streamed for the entire duration of the round-the-clock event via the Sky Arts website www.oneandother.com.

To celebrate the 20th anniversary of the fall of the Berlin Wall, festival organizers engaged street theatre specialists Royal de Luxe to provide a 'gigantic' spectacle. TSG AG of Berlin was responsible for the sound production as the performance wound its way through the docklands. The Electro-Voice equipment deployed included X-Line and XLD line arrays, TG-7 amplifiers and NetMax N8000 controllers.

The official gala at the opening of the new concert hall of the Danish Broadcasting Corporation in Copenhagen on 17 January 2009 marked the successful completion of a complex major project for German cable producer KLOTZ a.i.s. The Danish Broadcasting Corporation's prestigious new venue was designed by top French architect Jean Nouvel, winner of the Pritzker Prize ("the Nobel Prize of architecture"). It contains four concert halls offering state-of-the-art acoustics to supreme world-class standards.

Since years the ORF is famous for its live broadcasts of classical concerts, operas and operettas from various worldwide known open-air stages (Salzburg, Bregenz, Mörbisch) or concert halls (Salzburg, Vienna). Due to the popularity of these events througout Europe, the demand for DVDs and in the future also for high definition Blu-Rays and HD DVDs is obvious. Because of the cooperation of the ORF with DVD production companies an intensive post-production work has to be carried out before the DVD is released. This was one of the reasons why the ORF has decided to build a High Definition linear edit suite in its facilities in Vienna.