Queensland’s Fifalite Effects Lighting has taken delivery of a brand new MA Lighting dot2 XL-F, a compact lighting console designed for small to medium sized productions up to 4,096 control channels. However, it retains the cleverness of MA Lighting systems, including the 3D visualizer.

When one of U.S. television’s most visible sports anchors launched his new sportstalk TV/radio show in early October, lighting designer Victor Fable turned to a lighting package of studio-optimized Elation lighting equipment including DW Series and TVL Series professional white light LED fixtures to light the set.

“Are You D1 and Only?” This was the challenge that audio specialist Sennheiser set for bands and musicians by inviting them to take part in the “D1 and Only” contest to find the most creative cover version of the 90s pop classic “The One and Only” by Chesney Hawkes. The songs that were submitted revealed genuine vocal talents and a huge “bandwidth” of musical variety. Just about every music genre was represented – from power ballads and classic adaptations to funky hip-hop versions. 168 bands and musicians from all over the world took part in the Cover Song Contest. And Sennheiser has now found “The One and Only“ – after votes were cast by more than 50,000 fans and an expert jury.

TV and Radio Company “Start” is a broadcaster of major sporting events in Russia, including football, volleyball, handball, basketball and many others. In order to improve the quality of sports production, TRC “Start” has upgraded its new ОB van with eight Grass Valley LDX Flex cameras and XCU base stations.

Stage Tec, the Berlin-based manufacturer of professional audio technology, has received the label "SMPTE ST 2110 JT-NM Tested" for its XFIP/RIF67 NEXUS products at NAB. The JT-NM Tested program documents the extent to which products implement the ST2110 standard. The results were presented at the NAB IP showcase. Stage Tec participated in the ST2110-30 audio test and the ST2022-7 test with its XFIP/RIF67 NEXUS products. The catalogue with the description of the full test procedures, the results and the participant list can be downloaded here: http://jt-nm.org/jt-nm_tested/.

⦁    “REMI“ refers to remote production via centralized IP technology, enabling decentralized crew and talent deployment
⦁    Broadcast Management Group uses the ODIN digital intercom matrix from RTS as its communications backbone, connecting remote locations via RVON (RTS Voice Over Network) with full software control and cloud-based redundancy and backup
⦁    ODIN’s OMNEO IP architecture allows it to operate seamlessly on any Dante network, connecting remote crew and talent with full, reliable intercom
 

Israel’s Channel 9 broadcasts news around the clock from their studios in Modiʿin as well as talk shows, current affairs programs, series, original productions, telenovelas and many more. The channel has two studios, a large 900sqm space and smaller one of 350sqm. A new lighting system was installed with grandMA2 control with the move into the new facility.

Soundcheck is one of the Philippines’ top audio contractors and has handled the live sound for artists including Rihanna, Chris Brown, Incubus, Beyoncé, Linkin Park, Christina Aguilera and many others. The company has used HARMAN’s JBL VerTec® line arrays since their introduction, in situations from indoor corporate events to outdoor shows for major international touring acts. Soundcheck just upgraded to JBL’s new V5 VerTec preset tunings and its clients are hearing the improvement.

MOG Technologies, a worldwide supplier for both centralized ingest solutions and MXF development tools, has recently announced a new version of MXF::SDK, its MXF Software Development Toolkit.

Nativ, a media management and workflow expert, has published an independent report outlining the shortcomings and challenges of current workflow and is setting out its vision for helping the market overcome these.

South African lighting designer Peter Rieck is the proud owner of one of MA Lighting’s new dot2 XL-F consoles. Peter, an industry professional for 15 years and one of the country’s leading television lighting specialists recently launched a new company, Rieck’s, headed by himself. Having been an MA user for the last seven or so years, the first thing the new venture did was purchase its own dot2.

The Austin City Limits Music Festival recently returned to Zilker Park to showcase more than 130 rock, pop and hip hop artists on eight stages, including Outkast, Beck, Eminem, Skrillex, Calvin Harris and Pearl Jam. grandMA2 full-size consoles were on hand to provide control for festival performers. Seth Jackson served as festival lighting designer and lighting coordinator.

Universal Serial Bus (USB) is the most successful interface in the history of computers with over ten billion USB devices in the global market that currently use the interface for communication. Guntermann & Drunck (G&D) rely on the patented ExtremeUSB® technology by Icron Technologies, the leading developer and manufacturer of high-performance USB and video extension technology.

LiveU, a leader in portable live video-over-cellular solutions, has announced that “Hamburger Abendblatt”, the Hamburg regional newspaper owned by Axel Springer AG, has deployed market-leading cellular uplinking technology from LiveU to expand its online video use.

Nativ, the media management and workflow expert, has published an independent report outlining the shortcomings and challenges of internet delivery and is setting out its vision for helping the market overcome these.