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 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

The organizer of the opening ceremony of RUHR.2010 – the European Capital of Culture – utilized a flexible communications infrastructure to integrate the various parts of the event. Riedel Communications, one of the leading manufacturers of intercom, audio network and fiber technology, delivered a comprehensive system for the occasion. Equipment included a combination of Artist digital matrix intercom and Performer digital partyline, as well as analog and digital trunked radios plus a RockNet digital audio network. Riedel also handled the radio frequency management for the event.

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.

Three projectiondesign® F22 DLP® projectors have been used to provide the artistic backdrop for a new production by the innovative multimedia theatre company Theater Spinnerei in Stuttgart, Germany.

Through a contract awarded to Intelsat by IMAGE MEDIA Farm Inc. (IMF), SIUS Live is providing mobile satellite connectivity services for The 2010 Torch Relay. The Relay, the longest ever to take place in a single country, kicked off on October 30 in Victoria, BC and concludes at the Opening Ceremony for the Winter Games on February 12, 2010. IMF, provider of complete contract HD video production services, is the official chronicler of the Winter Games. The announcement was made from SIS LIVE’s US headquarters in Washington, DC.

 Thomas Riedel, founder and Managing Director of Riedel Communications, carried the Olympic Torch during the ceremonial Olympic Torch Relay at this year's Winter Olympic Games in Vancouver.
 "This was probably the most emotional moment I've ever had in event productions," said Riedel shortly after the run.

The 34th Hong Kong International Film Festival kicked off in grand fashion on March 21st at the Hong Kong Convention and Exhibition Center, where more than 900 honored guests from around the world enjoyed an exciting celebration of film under the glimmering Victoria Bay sky. World leading LED display solution provider Lighthouse had the honor of sponsoring the large display at the main venue during the opening ceremony, bringing celebrities closer than ever to adoring fans with an unforgettable audio-visual experience.

The BBC’s latest adventure into live natural history programming, Lambing Live, billed by some as ‘EweTube’ has been one of the surprise hits of the year so far, attracting more 2 million viewers in the UK on its opening night. The week-long show provided an insight into the biggest and busiest event in the farming calendar.

As part of the Abu Dhabi Festival 2010, Emirates Palace hosted the staging of the famous Opera “La Bohème” on the 25th and 26th of March. The act was brought to the stage by the Puccini Festival Company, which travelled from Italy to delight the Abu Dhabi public with their voices.

Themed as “Better City – Better Life" the Shanghai Expo 2010 recently started with a spectacular Opening Ceremony, produced by David Atkins Enterprises from Australia, for which a grandMA2 system was used for lighting control. Robert Dickinson and Ted Wells realised the lighting design for this huge event in Shanghai, China. Dickinson commented: “The grandMA2 did the most impossible project ever.”

The Fugard Theatre, with performances by the Isango Portobello theatre company recently opened in the District Six area in Cape Town, South Africa. The theatre has been named in honour of Athol Fugard - and it’s not often that a theatre is named after someone in its lifetime. The “Train Driver”, written and directed by Fugard, had its opening night at The Fugard on 24th March, and is being met by sell out houses and standing ovations.

Early in May 2010, Shanghai Expo officially declared open – using a sound-reinforcement and announcement installation based on the NEXUS and C.A.S. 300 systems by Salzbrenner Stagetec Mediagroup. This compact system comprises static, wired subscriber units and wireless modules plus an integrated solid-state digital audio player with pre-recorded announcements. It has been installed in the Zhejiang Pavilion and is the first C.A.S. 300 installation in China. The setup serves as the public address, stage-management and central control system.

For the exclusive coverage of the 2010 Cannes Film Festival, KM, the production company in charge of TV Festival de Cannes, placed once again its confidence in EVS Instant Tapeless Technology.