30
Dec
Exhibitions, festivals, World Cups, galas, conferences, roadside installations, football, royal birthdays, congresses, trotting, loads of TV productions and much, much more. At Mediatec, 2011 has been packed full of exciting events – and we’re rounding it off with technical solutions for the celebration in Berlin and Gothenburg.
We would like to thank all our existing clients and stakeholders for this year, and we are looking forward to an even more interesting 2012.
From everyone at Mediatec, have a very happy 2012!
Posted in Broadcast, Display, Event, Installation.
23
Dec
Liseberg is the largest amusement park in Scandinavia with approximately 3 million visitors annually. Mediatec has worked with Christmas at Liseberg since 2001, which is the biggest Christmas market in Scandinavia, with around 500 000 visitors yearly.
The park is decorated with thousands of lamps, which can be seen in trees, in the lakes, and outside the buildings and attractions. Mediatec is delivering technology, light design and technical project management to several areas within the park.
The technology used is 180 conventional armatures, about 130 rgb armatures, as well as special armatures and intelligent lighting.
We which you a Merry Christmas!
Posted in Broadcast, Display, Event, Installation.
11
Nov
On Sunday 6th November Mediatec ensured that an estimated 500 million viewers could catch the excitement of the Miss World 2011 crowning at Earls Court in London. Their large production unit, Mediatec HD2, was utilized by a professional production crew of around 20 people. It was on-site for a full week of rehearsals before the actual show on Sunday. Cranes, Steadicam, links and robotic cameras were all used in the production, which was transmitted live to 150 countries around the globe.
David Morgan, head of TV production for Miss World says: “For a live transmission like this we were anxious to get a technical provider that could guarantee top quality equipment and crew and still stay within budget. We made some changes in the setup during the rehearsal period but Mediatec delivered on the mark every time. That’s what counts.”
According to Allan Parsons, Mediatec project manager, HD2 could easily accommodate all the different wishes from Production.
To find out more about this production or what Mediatec can do for your production please give Mats Berggren a call on +46 10 4540316 or write a line to mats.berggren@mediatecgroup.com. For UK productions you can reach Allan at allan.parsons@mediatecgroup.com .
Posted in Hd2, Miss world, Steadicam, Uk, Broadcast.
26
Oct
For the 9th consecutive year the Swedish Cancer Society supported the pink ribbon campaign in Sweden. The purpose of the campaign is to fight against breast cancer by raising money to fund cancer research, disseminate knowledge and raise public awareness about the disease. In 2010 the Society raised a fantastic 434 million Swedish kronor.
Mediatec was proud to have supported the event by providing broadcast and display equipment for the gala, streamed live to TV3 from Norrköping, Sweden 26th October. In addition to OB5, which is their flagship fully equipped broadcast trailer, there were five wireless cameras with LINK XPR-system and two “track and dolly” camera systems complete with return video links. Thereby providing optimal coverage of the event in the Grand Hall to support the broadcast.
Axel Engström, technology project manager says – “We are thrilled that we could provide these wireless solutions, that gave us new possibilities to enhance the production of the Gala”
Mediatec also supplied an up-link unit for the distribution and projection of the event using a large-scale Barco 30 projector, one of the most powerful projectors on the market.
Posted in Barco, Broadcast, Projection.
22
Sep
Mediatec has sign an agreement with PMT in Germany, to be a partner for the Scandinavian market of Spidercam. Spidercam is a world leading aerial 3d product. Find out more about the product on our and PMTs homepage.
"We are proud of to be able to work closer with PMT and Spidercam suites us perfectly among our other products and will raise our technical solutions to a new dimension". (Claude Houdet and Axel Engström at Mediatec Broadcast)
"I am pleased to welcome Mediatec, a dedicated expert for broadcast solutions, as our exclusive Spidercam distribution partner for Sweden and as a strong and reliable partner for Scandinavia. We are having already done some great events together such as the Handball WC Final 2011. Ice Hockey or Soccer matches, we are really looking forward to working together with the Swedish team in the future." (Christian Gaertner, Graduate Engineer/CEO at PMT)
Posted in Spidercam, Broadcast.
16
Sep
From the point that the ruling party announced the general election in Denmark, it was only 3 weeks until the election was held.
That put the pressure on the opposition as well as the local broadcasters. This time, Mediatec also felt the pressure as the Danish public broadcaster, Danmarks Radio, largely relied on Mediatec to cover a major part of the outdoor events during the all evening election special on election night, Thursday 15th September.
In less than 2.5 weeks Mediatec planned, organized, equipped and crewed 5 large OB-units with more than 60 cameras, 10 EVS’s, large lenses, radio links and hundreds of other details. Among the details where the planning of parking two of Mediatec’s largest OB-units in the yard of Christiansborg, where the parliament resides, to cover party festivities and hold announcer positions.
This immense task was possible to perform in such a short time thanks to Mediatec’s skilled and dedicated project managers, engineers and operators. With a large fleet of high performance OB-units under Mediatec’s control, the planning was made a little easier but it was still quite a jigsaw puzzle, with lots of pieces that needed to find their right place.
Technical coordinator for the election, Linus Malmborg, says -“We used equipment from all over the Mediatec group and doing this during the same time as the IBC exhibition took place didn’t make it easier”.
Summing it up, it was a very successful operation with an equally very happy client. And the opposition won by just a few percent.
Posted in Broadcast.
6
Sep
This year we would like to show you one of our most recent and streamlined broadcast vehicles at our exhibition booth OE110 (outside broadcast area near the main entrance in front of Hall 1-6). It is a 10-camera truck that provides cost efficient use of materials and equipment for full broadcast functionality. It’s designed with efficiency in mind; a quick and efficient build process, a cost efficient production tool and tailored for all type of medium sized productions providing efficient ownership. Come and see for yourself. If you can’t meet us at the exhibition, download the specs for the HD10-unit here at the website.
Also don’t miss the opportunity to check out “the Mediabank” our Media and asset management system. This is the ideal solution for Rightsholders and Broadcasters in search for a streamlined and highly automated workflow for handling tasks like review and approval, archiving, media conversion, rights management or any other frequent tasks. We will be happy to customize the perfect solution for YOU.
Please join us at our “Nordic Night” on Saturday the 10th of September from 5PM at our stand OE110. We will enjoy Nordic finger food and drinks, and Mediatec Broadcast will be well represented by many of our experts within broadcast production – we look forward to meeting you!
For a free entrance to IBC, register online at http://www.ibc.org/registration with the customer ticket code 10480.
Posted in Exhibition, Mediabank, Broadcast, Display.
5
Jul
Mediatec is proud to announce that we are the official partner of the Stena Match Cup 2011. The event is a part of the ISAF World Match Racing Tour (WMRT) and takes place at the Swedish Sailing metro pole, Marstrand between the 4th to 10th of July. Mediatec will provide large screen solutions, Electronic News Gathering (ENG) production, Digital signage, Stages, Audio and much more to make the event memorable for both the participants and the spectators.
ISAF World Match Racing is the leading professional sailing series in the world, featuring nine World Championships across the globe. With one hundred thousand plus visitors and the best Sailors in the world, the event at Marstrand has established itself as Sweden’s largest international sailing event. The competition will take place close to the entrance of the port which makes it possible for the general public to follow all the races from the sunny cliffs close by.
Mediatec hopes to see you during the race.
For more information about our partnership and solutions please contact:
Allen Ratkovic at Allen.Ratkovic@mediatecgroup.com
Or
Christian Heimholt at Christian.Heimholt@mediatecgroup.com
For more info about the event: www.matchcupsweden.com
Posted in Mobile led screen, Broadcast, Display, Event.
1
Jul
Since 1877, the most classic of all Tennis Tournaments has been held at Wimbledon and the interest never seems to decline. Nowadays, over 30 million follow the championship on television.
To satisfy the huge interest, Mediatec delivered an OB unit (HD7) that can handle up to 16 cameras and productions in both SD as HD,
Mediatec broadcast (former Prisma Outside Broadcast) has delivered facilities since 1987 and we agree with the opinion of former MD Hans Öberg: “I have been come here for twenty four concessive
Years and it becomes more fun for every year!”
Posted in Broadcast, Sport.
29
May
On the 28th and 29th of May 2011, one of the biggest handball events in the world took place in the Lanxess Arena, in Cologne, Germany.
With an astonishing 22,000 spectators per match, the European Handball Federation and the VELUX EHF CHAMPIONS LEAGUE FINAL4 is the highlight of the handball season, seeing the world’s top four men’s teams meet and compete in one venue, over two days to thrash out the champions of the 2010/2011 season.
The very first VELUX EHF FINAL4 took place in May 2010, in the LANXESS arena in Cologne and has already gone down as one of the finest handball events in history. First-class handball matches, special effects, and all round family entertainment make this event so appealing.
This event closes an impressive season in the VELUX EHF Champions League tournament, seeing Mediatec Broadcast producing more than 12 handball-matches from the VELUX EHF Champions League tournament, as well as working in partnership with EHF by producing the last four matches in the tournament, finishing up with the final on the evening of the 29th May, in a sold out arena.
The productions were created with 18 cameras including Spidercam, High-pan, Superslows and wireless cameras. All technical facilities and crew were delivered by Mediatec Broadcast.
Posted in Broadcast.
