Architectural and entertainment lighting visionary AO Technology has launched AO Drones, a brand-new division in its portfolio of innovative visual design services, heralding ‘a new dimension in creative visual design’. AO Drones’ mission – to enhance all types and sizes of events and performances with spectacularly choreographed, volumetric images in the sky. Utilising advanced technology, developed specifically for entertainment applications, AO Drones’ software facilitates flexible, fast show creation for both indoor and outdoor environments.

Apantac, an internationally recognized manufacturer of multiviewers, video walls, extension and signal processing solutions announces its new KVM over IP solutions, which it will showcase at the upcoming IBC 2019 event on stand 8.E43.

Finnish orchestral rock band Apocalyptica have embarked on a two-year world tour to support their new album, with DPA 4099 instrument clip mics accompanying them all the way.

The 61st Eurovision Song Contest has come and gone once again, but not without setting a whole host of firsts, one of which was the biggest international audience to date to witness the highly-acclaimed TourPro LightSky Aquabeam.

Not everyone gets to have their lights gracing a 55 ft. tall, 60 ft. wide, 50 tonne spider made from re-imagined industrial waste and Robe is hugely proud that Arcadia Spectacular chose to invest in its moving lights to ensure this masterpiece of imagination, engineering, resourcefulness and fully immersive performance will have its own lightshow and the highest production values.

ARET is a provider of broadcast of broadcast facilities, turnkey video and audio integrated systems for broadcast, cable, satellite, production/postproduction and mobile television. ARET plays an important role as equipment distributor for many important brands in Italy and abroad. ARET will be exhibiting at booth A4

ARET is a provider of broadcast of broadcast facilities, turnkey video and audio integrated systems for broadcast, cable, satellite, production/postproduction and mobile television. ARET plays an important role as equipment distributor for many important brands in Italy and abroad. ARET will be exhibiting at booth 7L1-01

Ideas del Sur Producciones, a premiere video production company with its studio based in Buenos Aires, Argentina, has purchased a new Grass Valley™ high-definition (HD) video production switcher and slow-motion replay system to produce a variety of live and pre-taped programs, including the country’s highest rated program “Bailando por un Sueño" ("Dancing for a Dream").

For singer-actress Ariana Grande, diamonds are definitely a girl’s best friend. Lighting designer Chris Kuroda used a diamond motif for Grande’s “The Honeymoon Tour,” deploying Clay Paky Stormys and A.leda B-EYE K20 fixtures to deliver a sparkling, jewel-like look.

An ArKaos Stage Server Pro and Kling-Net protocol were used to save thousands of DMX channels and provide a fluid, real-time harmony between lighting and video effects onstage for a massive ‘Viva for Life’ concert fundraiser event organised by Belgian national TV channel RTBF.
The visual design for the stage that ran for multiple days in Tournai city square, featuring a diverse line up of top Belgian artists, was created by RTBF’s Didier Piron.
 

Lighting designer and long-term ArKaos advocate, Francesco Calvi, turned to ArKaos MediaMaster Pro yet again to deliver the creative visuals for the 11th season of Big Brother Australia 2014, the popular reality television series.

One of the world’s top DJs, Tiësto, performed to mass audiences in front of a spectacular backdrop of ArKaos MediaMaster visuals at the Stereosonic festival in Australia at the end of 2012. Now in its sixth year, Stereosonic is unofficially Australia’s number one electronic music festival attracting over 170,000 people.

Eight of ArKaos’ new 4K Studio Servers were in action providing a 360-degree video solution for the recent fourth German edition of popular TV franchise Dancing on Ice, which was recorded at the Magic Media Company’s Coloneum venue in Ossendorf, Cologne, in a special set up that was customised for the first series. The show’s lighting designer was Manuel Da Costa who is very well known in the world of television, and has lit DSDS and many other leading German talent and music shows.  Manuel worked alongside his regular visuals designer Dennis Muhl who wanted to run the video cues via his grandMA3 console. The video and screens supplier was ETC Germany.

Lighting designer Nathan Wan created a high impact design for the Live Action Arena at the 2018 Autosports International show, staged at the NEC, Birmingham, UK, where a one hour special presentation showcased some of the fastest and craziest performance cars on the planet! This delighted petrol-hedz and speed junkies of all persuasions who packed out the massive grandstand six times a day for the duration of the expo.
 

The Arlette Gruss Circus is well known for its love of technology and reinvention, constantly keeping their shows fresh and new … so this year, when they changed up their old Big Top for an even more spangly new one, they also embraced a new Robe RoboSpot system ... which has impressed everyone!