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!
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.
The Volvo Ocean Race is an exceptional test of sailing prowess and human endeavour which has been built on the spirit of great seafarers – fearless men who sailed the worlds’ oceans aboard square rigged clipper ships more than a centuary ago.
During the nine months of the Volvo Ocean Race, starting 5th November in Alicante, Spain, and concludes in Galway, Ireland during early July 2012, the teams will sail over 39,000 nautical miles of the world’s most treacherous seas via Cape Town, Abu Dhabi, Sanya, Auckland, around Cape Horn to Itajai, Miami, Lisbon and Lorient.
The race is the ultimate mix of world class sporting competition and on the edge adventure, a unique blend of on-shore glamour and off-shore drama and endurance.
It is undeniably the world’s premier global race and one of the most demanding team sporting events in the world.
Mediatec is continuing its proud heritage of supplying this type of event with modern, reliable and flexible technical solutions. For the 5th consecutive Volvo Ocean Race, Mediatec is the Official Supplier worldwide.
For the 2011/12 Volvo Ocean Race Mediatec will be supplying: Project Management; Video; Light; Sound; and IT Solutions for the Volvo Pavilion, which is a collaboration between Volvo Car Corporation and Volvo Group. The Pavilion includes over 100 screens, many of these interactive for public viewing and enjoyment, and a complete conference environment with an advanced IT system to handle the high demand of flow of information.
Mediatec will also be supplying technical equipment for the Volvo Ocean Race 3D Cinema. In an attempt to give the fans and visitors a more complete experience, Volvo Ocean Race together with Mediatec are creating a professional 3D cinema which will be open daily and free to all visitors.
In addition to the Volvo Pavilion and 3D Cinema, Mediatec will also be supplying equipment to other parts of the race village. One example is the Leader Board where visitors can view in “real time”, updated information both from the race and other events.
For further information about Mediatec and the Volvo Ocean Race please contact:
Martin Landström
martin.landstrom@mediatecgroup.com
+46(0)707-45 24 36
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
TEDx is a program of self-organised events that bring communities, organisations and individuals together to stimulate dialogue at a local level. A non-profit making organisation, TEDx is devoted to “Ideas worth spreading.”
Mediatec has supported TEDx Gothenburg since 2009, by supplying major technology such as projectors, projection screens and Outside Broadcast kit.
Anders Ynnerman was invited to speak at TEDx Göteborg. His words are published at TED.com along with other highly regarded thinkers and doers.
On Thursday 17th March 2011, The Stockholm Waterfront Congress Centre was opened in the heart of Stockholm city centre. The new congress centre is able to accommodate up to two thousand congress members simultaneously. Fourteen hundred special guests were invited to the grand opening party that also fundraised for the World Childhood Foundation.
Mediatec provided a 45m wide x 6m high projection screen in the congress hall, along with façade projections on the exterior of the building, making the viewing experience outstanding, even at night. Always up to speed with the latest technology, Mediatec supplied lights and camera production in full High Definition (HD).
More from the Stockholm Waterfront Congress Centre:
Mediatec was the technology event sponsor at this year’s “Gyllene Hjulet”, held on 29th March. The client, The Swedish Sponsorship and Event Association, recognised seven organisations for their various actions. Mediatec delivered a total solution of light, sound and video. During the celebration of the winners, artists like Orup and Veronica Maggio performed in front of a lively audience.
Mediatec was thrilled to hear that Volvo Car Corporation saw off competitors BMW and SMART to win “The Creativity” prize at the 2011 Geneva Motor Show. Mediatec is Volvos Car Corporations leading technology partner at global Motor Shows world over.
A part of the motivation from the Prize Committee as follows:
The integration of the three main LED screens that were visible from every angle in the exhibition hall and also in the connectivity room, were perfect. A sheltered room allowed visitors to utilise and experience new technologies in an intelligent way.
Anouk Poelman, President of Volvo Cars Switzerland said - "We are extremely happy and honoured to receive the Creativity Award for the very first time here in Geneva. Congratulations to all who have worked on developing the concept and to those who built the stand. It is a tremendous acknowledgement to them all!"
From the 3rd to the 13th of March, the 81th International Motor Show and Accessories was held in Geneva, Switzerland at PALEXPO. Mediatec supplied a large delivery of event technology and technical project management for different clients exhibiting at the show.
170 world premieres were presented this year and it is obvious that the automotive industry sees the optimism grow.
Mediatec delivered technical solutions ranging from live broadcasting, light, sound and high definition LED screens.
It is worth mentioning that Mediatec supplied complete technical solutions for the Press Conference at the Volvo Cars stand where the CEO and President Stefan Jacoby unveiled the V60 Plug-in Hybrid.
Melodifestivalen is an annual music competition organised by the Swedish public broadcasters SVT. The competition determines who will represent Sweden in the Eurovision Song Contest. Since 2000, it has been the most popular television program in Sweden.
Mediatec will deliver technical crew and advanced video technology to all five semifinals, which will be held in Luleå, Göteborg, Linköping, Malmö and Sundsvall, as well as the final in Stockholm. The logistics and planning process proves a crucial part of the project.
In total, Mediatec will supply 160sqm’s of LED screen to the TV-show as well as projectors, plasmas and other video technology together with an experienced team managed by Lasse Mossberg.
It takes nine hours for eight stage hands and four technicians to finalise the buildup of the main delivery LED screens.
The screens are an important part of the stage design. The popular Flexi Screen will be formed as a 24 meter long horse shoe which will frame the stage. Another LED screen, called Spider F30, will be integrated into the floor, the total size being 52sqm. Mediatec will also supply eight hanging screens of the R16 brand, the total size being 65 sqm.
Mediatec also provide plasmas to the Viewing rooms and Green rooms, as well as two video projections of 27 sqm each, for the benefit of the live audience.
On Tuesday January 11th Mediatec Solutions delivered event technology to Volvo Car Corporation’s press conference in Detroit.
The press conference was held at the North American International Auto Show in Detroit. Jonas Aronsson from business area Solutions was project manager and responsible for the delivery. Jonas has been project manager for Volvo’s press conferences since 2002.
Mediatec delivered a high-end solution with complete HD3 camera solution, audio equipment and light design. Furthermore we configured the image system to 1080 50i, although the press conference was held in the States. This was a huge simplification for the press department as it implied that expensive format conversions could be ignored, which saved time, money and also made it possible to avoid potential problems that otherwise easily arise when conversions are done.
For the fourth year in a row TV4 was broadcasting “The Swedish Enthusiast Awards Gala” (Eldsjälsgalan) live from Liseberg Hall in Gothenburg on December 30th. Some of Sweden’s most popular artists were performing.
For Mediatec, the gala involved a full-service solution including screens, lighting, PA system and technical project management.
Mediatec Group is one of Europe’s largest corporations working with technical solutions for event and television productions. Our idea is to supply the right technology and to make sure everything works.
