Live streaming a stage production is not a new approach, but Internationaal Theater Amsterdam (ITA) is adding its own unique twist, with help from Clear-Com’®s Eclipse® HX Digital Matrix, FreeSpeak II® Digital Wireless Intercom and HelixNet® Digital Network Partyline systems, designed and supported by Dutch Clear-Com partner Ampco Flashlight Sales.

In early August, the San Diego Symphony celebrated the grand opening of its new, state-of-the-art outdoor performance space, The Rady Shell at Jacobs Park, after a 13-month delay due to COVID. The architectural marvel and surrounding park grounds sit on the edge of the bay in Downtown San Diego, serving as a unique gathering ground for elevated live performances and public city events.

The world-renowned London Symphony Orchestra (LSO) is updating its home venue of St. Luke’s with wireless intercom systems from Clear-Com® to help the historic venue’s technical crews work more efficiently, save time and reduce production costs.

Germany’s cultural venues, live performance spaces, and rental companies were largely impacted by the restrictions of COVID-19, but many found alternate ways of surviving the tumultuous year. After the cancellation of several live events, beginning in February 2020,Aventem,K-9andTSErecognized the need to shift their focus from in-person events to dynamic virtual event streaming, in order to remain operational during the pandemic. All companies turned toClear-Com®’sGerman Partner,Audio-Technica, for immediate assistance in transitioning their existing rental gear into cost-effective and easy-to-deploy event streaming solutions.

GravityMedia, a leading global provider of complex live broadcast facilities and production services to content owners, creators and distributors – has made further significant investment into its real-time communication systems for live event broadcasts.

The new equipment meets increased demand for Gravity Media’s services, particularly for live sports. It will initially support a project with long-time client, UEFA European Soccer League, before being made available to other customers worldwide.

The Old Navy flagship store in midtown New York City was converted into a four-floor soundstage for a recent commercial shoot, and the production companies found a combination of Clear-Com^® wireless intercom technologies to be a perfect fit for covering the retailer’s closed (or more appropriately clothes?) set safely and efficiently.

Salrayworks have announced a new partnership with DigiBox in the UK and Ireland.  Salrayworks develop intelligent, easy to use IP broadcast equipment and innovative high-performance video processing solutions, including 360 degree full NDI PTZ cameras. 

Indiana’s Jeffersonville High School is in a league of its own when it comes to broadcast production for WJHI Radio and TV, rivaling even collegiate-level programs offered by universities around the US. Over the last five years the school has worked up to its elite status, constructing a production studio from the ground up, a new football stadium complete with a press box and broadcast booth, as well as the most recent addition of a sprinter van.  The goal of these extensive upgrades is to provide students access to industry-standard technology in preparation for careers in broadcast post-graduation, and Clear-Com®’s Encore® Analog Partyline with IFB was included in this goal from the outset.

The Todd Rundgren ten week tour, “Clearly Human,” was scheduled and rescheduled three times since March 2020 before landing on what was the first-of-its-kind adaptation of a “road” tour, localized in Chicago but virtualized across 25 different “stops” in major US cities. Each stop was curated to the look and feel of each city and included all the elements of a “normal” tour—an enormous video wall, lighting system, pyrotechnics and special effects—all of which required the same coordination as any major live music event. To ensure smooth communication between production team members as well as to maintain appropriate social distancing requirements, the tour employed Clear-Com®’s Encore® Analog Partyline Intercom System.  

Broadcast solutions specialist ES Broadcast has significantly expanded its equipment inventory in anticipation of major sporting events taking places this summer. The investment sees the addition of almost 100 UHD camera channels and 4K camcorders to the company’s rental fleet, including 24 Sony PXW-Z750 ENG camcorders, 42 Sony PXW-FX9 Super-35 camcorders, 25 Sony HDC-3500 channels and 10 Sony HDC-5500 channels.