The opening ceremony for the Clarion Hotel Post was held in the centre of Gothenburg on 26th January. Mediatec supplied high-end projectors required to successfully project over 1000 sqm onto the facade of the building. In addition to this, they also supplied moving lights, projection, LED screens and a three camera production for the staged opening ceremony viewed by the 2000 special guests and thousands of visitors to the area.
As an Event technician you will drive the Mobile LED Screen to events in the whole of Europe. You will represent the company and be responsible for the equipment and the performance on site. In many cases you will be expected to do a smaller production.
You are self-going and are not afraid of heights.
You are interested in technique and have knowledge of mechanics and heavy vehicles. If you have knowledge of electricity and are interested in pixels and screens it is even better. You need to be flexible as you will be traveling and working odd and long hours, often on weekends.
Knowledge of English both spoken and written is a must. If you have your own business and are willing to work as a freelancer and have a CE-driving license, you might be the one we are looking for.
Do you find this interesting? Please, send a CV and a short personal letter to Helene Andersson at hean@mediatecgroup.com
Please do not hesitate to contact Helene if you have any questions. Mobile: +46 10 454 00 15
You can find more information about this job at facebook (unfortunately only in Swedish): Mediatec Facebook page
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.
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 .
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
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.
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)
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.
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.
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