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.
When Spain’s La Liga starts up it will feature moving-picture advertising boards from the Swedish Mediatec Group, based on a four year contract. The deal is worth several million SEK annually and entails that Mediatec is to deliver digital advertising boards to the world’s largest football league.
“We’ll be the biggest in Spain in supplies of technology with this deal”, says Kenneth Paterson, CEO at the Mediatec Group.
As opposed to the majority of other European countries the Spanish clubs have come together and negotiated a common advertising contract for the arenas. Mediatec won the procurement round for the technology deliveries, and these will be moved between the arenas which will provide optimal utilisation of coverage for the TV-broadcast matches. The solution consists of 12 mm high-definition LED screens.
The contract has been signed with Santa Monica, successor in title to UMedia, who will be selling advertising space on the boards while Mediatec supplies and maintains the technology. The screens will also be available for use by Mediatec at international matches over Europe as La Liga takes a break whilst the national teams are playing.
“This contract opens up for us a relation with the Spanish clubs, which will increase our opportunities to also help Santa Monica and the clubs with other technological solutions. We are opening an office in Madrid and soon also in Barcelona”, explains Kenneth Paterson, CEO at the Mediatec Group.
Football is the largest sport in the world; the Spanish league has the largest turnover. With this deal Mediatec strengthens its position as one of the world’s foremost suppliers of technology to major sporting events.
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
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!”
Mediatec Group produces TV broadcasts and delivers large-screen displays to major sporting events around the world. A prestigious three-year contract was recently signed with the classic Silverstone Circuit in Great Britain. When the Formula 1 British Grand Prix is decided during 8th-10th July Mediatec will be supplying 25 spectacular video screens around the Silverstone track.
”We’re very proud to have been entrusted with this assignment. Silverstone is a prestigious contract with financial significance. A contract with a racetrack of this calibre confirms our position as a dependable supplier of the very latest in technology with the highest possible quality”, says Kenneth Paterson CEO for Mediatec Group.
The LED screens from Mediatec are a combination of mobile and modular installations with sizes varying from 15 square meters up to gigantic screens of 88 square meters. The screens will maximise the spectators’ enjoyment at events such as the F1 British Grand Prix, AirAsia British Grand Prix MotoGP, World Super Bikes, British Super Bikes, Supercar featuring FIA GT1 VM and British Touring Cars.
Alex Lacey, Events Manager at Silverstone comments on the contract:
”We applied a strict bidding procedure in order to ensure we would get the best quality to satisfy our requirements and to deliver the best possible entertainment to our spectators. Mediatec convinced us of their ability to supply this at a competitive price, and we’re looking forward to a rewarding collaboration over the next three years”.
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.
The IIHF World Championships is the biggest annual winter sport event in the world. Television broadcasting is being produced by Mediatec for the sixth year in a row. 250 million viewers in 110 countries are expected to follow the tournament that started on April 29th and ends on May 15th. Behind the cameras, Mediatec’s crew of 82 people is capturing world class ice hockey experiences for the international television audience.
Whilst the world’s greatest ice hockey nations are competing in Championships in Slovakia, Mediatec is producing television broadcasts at the highest international standard with full HDTV coverage of all 56 games. Mediatec is filming and providing broadcasters around the world with pictures, support, live-statistics and more.
21 cameras are used at every game and all have a unique function. The positioning of the cameras is planned in detail, from the remote-controlled in-goal cameras to the overhead centre circle cameras. There are cameras positioned to capture the atmosphere providing an aerial view of the stadium, while others are there to show close ups and re-runs.
“Together, the 21 cameras cover all different angles of the game, helping to convey depth and variety that creates world class ice-hockey experiences for the audience” says Kenneth Paterson, CEO of the Mediatec Group.
In total there are 82 staff working for Mediatec in Slovakia during the tournament. About one third are stationed in Bratislava, one third in Kosice and one third are working with Viasat Sport.
“Everyone behind the cameras are from Mediatec, unlike the commentators and reporters that the audience sees and hears. They are from the TV-companies”, explains Kenneth Paterson.
During the IIHF World Championships Mediatec Broadcast Sweden AB (a part of the Mediatec Group) is working on behalf of Infront Sport & Media, the commercial partner to the International Ice Hockey Federation (IIHF) that handles media and marketing rights for the IIHF World Championship. Mediatec is producing, distributing and supervising the tournament administration. In 2006, an agreement was reached between Dream Team Production and Infront before the tournament in Riga. In 2008 the Dream Team became a part of Mediatec.
“The first time we broadcast the IIHF World Championships was in Riga 2006, so there is a lot of experience within Mediatec. Now we have a contract until 2013. Mediatec has been assigned to produce the Championships broadcasts because we are considered a reliable supplier with a high level of competence that enables us to contribute innovative solutions and ensures that the broadcast maintain the highest international standard”, says Kenneth Paterson.
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).
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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.
Still on a high from the “Vasaloppet” production, Mediatec sped into their next skiing adventure. This year’s final of the “Ski Classics”, was held at Norefjell in Norway, not far from Oslo, where the World Skiing Championships finished a couple of weeks ago. The winner from Vasaloppet, Jörgen Brink, also attended Norefjell, to test his stamina in an extremely tough competition, with a course stretching 65km of mountainous landscape.
Mediatec worked with IEC, supplying the host feed with our flagship truck HD1, sixteen cameras are hooked up to the unit. In addition, Mediatec also provided two uplinks, with three additional cameras on each site.
“Due to the terrain and lack of local infrastructure, it was necessary to use uplinks to distribute the signals from distant parts of the track”, said Mediatec’s production coordinator Axel Engström, who was also responsible for co-coordinating three snowmobiles with wireless cameras, a helicopter and a relaying airplane. Axel was part of a fortyeight men team provided by Mediatec to bring this spectacular race to television audiences across the world.
As well as the Ski Classics, Mediatec accomplished other productions in the same weekend, covering events such as Football, Handball, Ice hockey, Basketball, a concert and a corporate event. Another busy weekend down and dusted!
The finale of the Danish version of TV talent show X Factor, took place the 25th of March! A total sell out, the final was held at the Parken Arena in Copenhagen. The audience saw the three finalists sing their hearts out with, Danish group Aqua and Take That with their supererstar, Robbie Williams performed.
Mediatec are delighted to supply event technology to the Danish X Factor, delivered our largest Broadcast trailer - HD1 for the Danish public broadcaster DR. Both the TV-production and LED screen production was produced in the same unit. No less than eighteen cameras for the TV-production was mounted on steadicam, hotheads, cranes, mini links and spidercam.
Technology manager at Parken for Mediatec, Pär Svensson said: “A large and complex event like the X Factor final would be hard to carry out without the flexibility and sheer size of Mediatec’s HD1 trailer, a lot of different technology is required to interact with each other. The preparation went well we know the show will be spectacular! ”
Mediatec Solutions have delivered, in co-operation with a local distributor, over 500sqm of LED Screen positioned on the stage and its surrounding areas. Mediatec also supplied two Mobile LED Screens. To ensure the spectator experience is maximized!
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!"
In association with SIS LIVE, Europes largest HD and SD Outside broadcast and satellite uplink provider, Mediatec was thrilled to supply broadcast equipment to the Barclays Premier League match between Sunderland and Tottenham on February 12th 2011. Harry Redknapp’s boys maintained the pressure on their rivals in the hunt for Champions League football with a 2-1 win at the Stadium of Light.
Mediatec delivered a 24-camera production unit controlled by its HD1 broadcast trailer, one of the most sophisticated OB-units in Europe. Having also been utilised at the Olympics games, the unit required an eight-strong team of Mediatec technicians to operate it.
Mediatec also supported the Spanish broadcasting association FORTA, in the UEFA Champions League match between Arsenal and Barcelona, A 7-camera production unit, with 4-feeds for different Spanish TV-channels were supplied. Solutions for four commentator’s positions were also delivered.
The 11th to 12th of March it time for the annually Freestyle FIS World Cup in Åre, the Swedish Mecca of winter sports. It´s the fourth time in a row this event is held. Just like the world elite all the Swedish best athletes will compete, totally around 100 precipitants in the different events.
Mediatec delivers the HD6 broadcast trailer with 10 cameras to make this event public for the masses at other venues, it´s the Swedish national television (SVT) who will broadcast the event during the days of competition.
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.
The first Sunday in March every year is traditionally the day of the ski race, Vasaloppet. The race first took place in 1922 to honor the Swedish king “Gustav Vasa” who is said to having escaped Danish troops by skiing through the forests of Dalarna, where the race now is held between the villages Sälen and Mora.
The main race on Sunday usually draws more than 15 000 participants in all categories struggling to finish the race as fast as possible. The winner usually crosses the line after about 4 hours of hard work, when the majority of the skiers still have many hours to go. During the week about 59000 people participate in different ski events.
To cover this race for SVT, Mediatec has 31 cameras along the track all connected to the same truck. The truck is the Mediatec unit HD2, with a workspace for 30 persons in one single unit.
To be able to run the cameras over such long distances Mediatec has developed a way to connect the cameras to the local fiber network and still remain in full control of all the camera functions such as paint control, tallies and communication. The fiber devices have a proven track record from earlier events such as alpine skiing, biathlon and city marathons.
Jens Envall, chief engineer at Mediatec says:
-“Since the truck is parked at the midpoint of the race most of the fibers have enough light budgets for the GVG cameras. At the start and finish line we use a multiplex solution, still with full control, called Geckoflex from GVG.
We have long experience of doing the race for SVT but this is the first time we do it with just one unit and it is a very complex setup involving wireless cameras, helicopters, SNG units and of course a lot of fiber networking.”
To give the live audience the ultimate enjoyment Mediatec delivers three Mobile LED Screens in different sizes. As a complement to the TV-production Mediatec supply a 9-camera production exclusively for the screens. During the whole week the common people can follow their relatives live through IP-TV from the check-points Sälen, Mångsbodarna, Evertsberg, Oxberg, Hökberg and Eldris
Mediatec are proud to be forerunner in modern production techniques by pushing the limits of technolgy making production safer, easier and using less crew.
No, not really, but Mediatec are present with Wirecam at the Osl2011 FIS Nordic World ski Championships.
The Wirecam extends almost 300 meter from the medal plaza across the famous Karl Johans Street where it is not unusual to see thousands of enthusiastic people gather for the evening ceremonies. Each end of the wires is supported by giant mobile cranes making it possible to set up the Wirecam at almost any location, as long as you have a parking permit.
During the week we have seen the Wirecam catching magic moments in stunning pictures when gold medalists, beaming with joy from the crowd support, express their happiness.
Mediatec are equally happy with being trusted to enhance these moment to the TV audience with the Wirecam.
Watch some action here from the Host Broadcaster, NRK.
If you want to know more about Wirecam, please contact:
The 48th FIS Nordic World Ski Championships 2011, takes place at Holmenkollen in Oslo 23rd February to the 6th March. It´s the fifth time in history Norway have organized the event. Twenty one Cross-Country, Nordic Combined and Ski Jumping events will be held over two weeks proving the biggest sporting event in Norway for many years.
Mediatec provides five Mobile LED screens in Holmenkollen, our largest screen, the 88sqm, two 50sqm screens and two 12sqm screens. In addition to the international broadcast production we also supply an 8-camera production to give the spectators their best experience ever.
Mediatec will also provide components for the internal communication at the ski stadium.
The prize ceremonies will take place in Oslo city centre. For the celebrations, Mediatec will supply a 100sqm transparent effect screen for the main stage and two 30sqm IMAG side screens. In front Norwegian Parliament Stortinget, a 50sqm Mobile LED screen will be positioned for the public downtown.
As a supplement for the NRK host production we deliver a 280 meters wirecam to give the viewers a nice shot over the downtown area. Compound Mediatec Broadcast supplying OB-trucks with a total of 20 cameras.
If you want to see how we do it, pleace follow us on Youtube:
Mediatec is proud to be a part of the largest sport event in Norway for many years. For more information about our products and services please contact us. We are constantly ready to answers your questions.
Mobile LED screens, Per Kristian Sæter, +47 988 88 890, perkristian.saeter@mediatecgroup.com
Transperent LED screen, Henrik Lysaker, +47 913 37 788, henrik.lysaker@mediatecgroup.com
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.
Rally Sweden, a part of the FIA World Rally Championship takes place on the 10th to the 13th of February. This year, Mediatec and Rally Sweden celebrate ten years of partnership. Mediatec has supplied Mobile LED screens to the race since 2002.
Mediatec will deliver an 88spm screen, the largest in their Mobile inventory, for the opening ceremony and the sprint-legs at the trotting course at Färjestad. In connections with these events we deliver a four-camera production in full broadcast quality for the screen.
At the depot in Hagfors Mediatec will supply a 56sqm Mobile LED Screen for the Special Stages, which will be in action on the the 11th and the 12th of February. An arena production will also be created. The screen will then be moved to the main square in Karlstad for the finale of the event of which an arena production will be produced.
Mediatec’s involvement in this event demonstrates the magnificent flexibility offered when utilising a mobile LED Screen. We look forward to ensuring this year Rally Sweden is an even greater success!
On January 27th it is premiere for a co-production between OTW and TV3 Sweden and TV3 Norway named “Landskampen”. This is an outdoor production in which both active and former sports superstars from Norway and Sweden compete to find out which country actually is best in winter sports.
The TV-show is going to be broadcasted in nine episodes,this is an example in which Mediatec Broadcast works with a production consisting of many episodes. We supply two OB-units and technical crew.
The actual shooting takes place in Åre, Sweden between the 6th and the 23rd of January.
During 18 days in January the tournament is played at 8 locations in Sweden: Norrköping, Linköping, Jönköping, Göteborg, Malmö, Kristianstad, Lund and Skövde.
Swedish TV4, who is the host broadcaster of the World Championship, has appointed Mediatec Broadcast as their provider of technical facilities, project management and all crew needed for the productions.
98 matches are played, 94 of them are produced in HD.
Mediatec Broadcast also supplies equipment and technical personnel for the TV4 studio productions on site in Göteborg and Malmö.
Mediatec is also responsible for all bookings of the unilateral and commentary services via the booking site hostbroadcaster.org on behalf of the rights holder UFA Sports.
Mediatec Broadcast is proud to be a part of the close cooperation between TV4 and UFA Sports.
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 5th year in a row Mediatec Solutions provided a Mobile LED Screen to the International Ski Federation (FIS) and the Viessmann FIS Tour de Ski performance by Craft Sportswear, 2010/2011.
The tour is about 10 event days and takes place in two countries and at five different venues. 20 participating nations and 152 athletes were competing against each other in the tour.
Mediatec Solutions delivered a 56sqm DigiLed Mobile LED Screen trailer equipped with a studio at the venues Oberstdorf, Toblach and at the tour’s final destination, Val di Fiemme. One technician and one producer worked with the production to help the fans follow and cheer their favourite athlete up through the ski slope against the tour final at the top.
On the 4-5th January 2011, Mediatec Solutions worked at the adrenaline fuelled, Relentless BIGAIR in Stuttgart.
The biggest snowboard-contest in Germany took place in Neckarpark, in central Stuttgart.
The two day contest was part of the prestigious Swatch TTR World Snowboard Tour, and riders such as Gjermund Braten from Norway currently in second place, were competing with Olympic contestants like the former Olympic bronze medallist in half-pipe Markku Koski and Tore Holvik. Mediatec provided an 88sqm Mobile LED Trailer to enhance the spectator experience and allow the audience to see former United States TTR-Vice-World champion, Chad Guldemond winning jump after jump.
It was the first time a Snowboard event of this scale took place in Stuttgart and Mediatec is proud to have been part of its success.
On New Year’s Eve Mediatec Broadcast delivered technical equipment and crew when the production company OTW AB produced the “The New Year’s Celebration at Skansen” in Stockholm, for SVT.
This event took place outside Skansen and included performances by some of Sweden’s best known artists. The show ended with a spectacular firework over Stockholm city.
Mediatec Broadcast delivered one SD mobile unit and production crew consisting of 14 people and the production was project managed by Claude Houdet. This is the second year in a row Mediatec was asked to work with this event which is a highly appreciated TV-production in Sweden. SVT has broadcasted this event since 1977.
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.
