The Singapore community had every reason to celebrate in a big way at this year’s Chingay Parade. The annual event honoring the Chinese New Year was not only celebrating its 50th anniversary, it was also returning to a live extravaganza format after the pandemic minimized the festivities for the past two years.

The 2021 Copa América tournament was the 47th edition of the international men's football championship organized by South America's football ruling body, CONMEBOL. Clear-Com®’s Brazilian Partner, Savana Comunicações LTD., in conjunction with Mediapro Group Paraguay, were charged with providing the Video Assist Referee (VAR) equipment and expertise for the Copa América games taking place in five different stadiums in Brazil. Clear-Com products can be configured in multiple ways to meet the communication requirements of VAR, and each of the five stadiums used a different combination of Eclipse® HX Digital Matrix System, HelixNet® Digital Network Partyline, FreeSpeak II® Digital Wireless Intercom, Clear-Com Encore® Analog Partyline, LQ® Series of IP Interfaces and V-Series™ Iris Panels to make VAR implementation possible during the tournament.

Clear-Com® will be exhibiting on Booth #W1447 from June 8 – 10 at InfoComm, the most comprehensive event for audiovisual solutions for a wide variety of professional applications, from House of Worship to Corporate to Live Events and beyond. The company’s booth will showcase a robust set of solutions for diverse market applications highlighting the Arcadia® Central Station with the new integration of HelixNet® Digital Partyline, among other solutions including the complete FreeSpeak™ family of digital wireless products with its latest addition, the FreeSpeak Edge® Base Station, Station-IC™ Virtual Desktop Client, Agent-IC® Mobile App, and LQ® Series of IP Interfaces.

Clear-Com®Eclipse® HX Digital Matrix Intercom’s latest software update, version 13, delivers important networking, redundancy, and workflow advancements. The initial release, EHX v13.0, includes N+1 IP card redundancy and network redundancy, as well as Layer 3 support for AES67 endpoints. A soon to follow release, EHX v13.1, brings an industry-first innovation with role management advancements for a streamlined configuration process, and improved user experience, making it easier for users to stay connected.

Clear-Com will be in London May 11 – 12 for theMedia Production & Technology Show(MPTS), exhibiting their latest in broadcast,TV and Film productionsolutions and providing in-person person demonstrations on Booth #L450. These industries have been shifting to AoIP workflows and are experiencing more remote production needs than ever before and Clear-Com is excited to showcase their solutions that meet these demands. Clear-Com will be demonstrating the newArcadia®Central Station,Station-IC™ Virtual Desktop Client, a new update of EHX for theEclipse® HX Digital Matrix platform, and an updatedTrilogy Mentor™SPG system, alongside trusted, award-winning products includingFreeSpeak II®Digital Wireless system,DX410Digital Wireless,HelixNet®Digital Network Partyline, LQ® Series of IP Interfaces, and remote production “hero,” theAgent-IC®Mobile App.

When Jason Martin, owner of Houston-based audio rental house Jason Martin Audio, was looking to replace his traditional stand-alone smaller scale intercom systems, he wanted something that was flexible and could handle a myriad of different production and rental environments. After putting various manufacturers gear to the test, the clear-cut winner for Martin was Pliant Technologies’ CrewCom wireless intercom system.

Canadore College of applied arts and technology recently expanded its existing Clear-Com® system for a multi-purpose 125-seat theatre for multiple Media Arts programs at the College Drive Campus in North Bay, Ontario. The college had purchased a FreeSpeak II® Digital Wireless System after demoing it at NAMM in 2015, and with an increasing demand for comms across the campus and overwhelming success with their original purchase, they worked with Clear-Com’s Canadian Partner, GerrAudio, on a system expansion. The enlarged intercom system features an Eclipse®HX Digital Matrix System with FreeSpeak Edge® Digital Wireless Intercom, LQ® Series of IP Interfaces, and the Agent-IC® Mobile Intercom App.

Straight Arrow News, a digital news start-up based in Omaha, Nebraska, is dedicated to providing an unbiased approach to its reporting. The recently launched company is having no trouble making that happen efficiently with Clear-Com® wireless intercom systems.

Clear-Com is pleased to announce the appointment of Kris Koch to Business Development Director, Broadcast Network & Media Production for Clear-Com. In this new role, Kris will be the acting sales lead for major U.S. broadcast networks, as well as the main point of contact for national U.S. broadcast systems integrators. 

Deploying Riedel's Bolero wireless intercom system on its broadcast-camera motorcycles, Danish RF video specialist Krickhahn TV ensures seamless communications between the camera operator, driver, and production team during live coverage of cycling road races. Deployed on specially adapted motorcycles as a standalone system, the Bolero system allows the Krickhahn TV team to use a variety of headsets, and even helmets with a built-in Bluetooth headset, to maintain clear communications with high audio quality so they can bring viewers the best shots from the road.

Since the start of 2020, tradeshows have been limited in their ability to carry on in their usual large-scale live event format, and in many cases, hybrid formats have been adopted. For Automechanika DIGITAL PLUS and Hypermotion 2021 in Frankfurt, live events and technology companies Gahrens + Battermann and Freaksound implemented a communications solution to enable both live and virtual elements of the shows. Clear-Com®’sHelixNet® Digital Network Partyline, LQ® Series of IP Interfaces, Agent-IC® Mobile App, and the new Station-IC™ Virtual Desktop Client assisted with event management and live streaming at the events.

As part of their commitment to the next generation of theater and live performance professionals, Clear-Com®will be present in full force, exhibiting on Booth #217 at the USITT Conference & Stage Expo from March 2 – 5 in Baltimore, MD. The company’s presence will include robust on-booth demo sessions of the new Arcadia™ Central Station, integrated with FreeSpeak II® Digital Wireless Intercom and the FreeSpeak Edge® Digital Wireless Intercom—the award-winning Agent-IC Mobile Intercom App will also be on the booth. In addition to a presence on the show floor, Clear-Com is resuming their ongoing sponsorship of the Stage Manager Award, presented this year to Sarah Bauch.

Clear-Com is pleased to announce the promotion of John Ruest to Regional Sales Manager for the Nordics (Denmark, Sweden and Norway) and Central Eastern Europe (Poland, Hungary, Slovakia and the Czech Republic). 

John has been a pre-sales Systems Consultant for the EMEA team since 2017, when he joined the Sales team from the Clear-Com Applications Engineering group. Prior to joining Clear-Com, John was an Applications Engineer for PixelPower. 

The 16th National Paralympic Games were hosted in Indonesia last year from November 2nd – 13th at the Mandala Stadium in Jayapura, Papua, Indonesia. Clear-Com’s Indonesian-based Partner, 86 Inc., was contacted by the Organizing Committee of the Opening and Closing Ceremonies (OCC) to assist with the show management and live broadcast communications for the complex events. 86 Inc. recommended a solution based around Clear-Com®’sHelixNet® Digital Network Partyline and FreeSpeak II® Digital Wireless Intercom.

Houston-based Intuitive Machines (IM)is a premiere provider and supplier of space products and services enabling sustainable exploration of the Moon, Mars and beyond. In 2021, IM completed construction of its Nova Control, a state-of-the-art mission control center in Houston that will track and support a series of three upcoming missions to the moon (IM-1, IM-2 and IM-3), beginning in early 2022. Since completing Nova Control, IM has been conducting successful lunar landing simulations and mission control testing, making its Lunar Telemetry and Tracking Network (LTN) the first ever validated commercial lunar distance communications network. Intuitive Machine’s LTN usesClear-Com®’sEclipse®HX Digital Matrix, V-Series Panels,Agent-IC®Mobile App and most recently,Station-IC™Virtual Desktop Client, to enable communications between ground teams responsible for tracking, telemetry and support for cis-lunar* space travel, landing and exploration.