RTL Deutschland’s new 360° studio has been equipped with almost 150 sq metres of Leyard Europe LED walls. Four hanging, freely movable and rotatable LED walls, along with a fixed curved video wall, create an advanced infrastructure that allows presenters to move around the studio and interact with the content,…
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AOTO supplies Turkey’s largest virtual production studio
Ankara-based EMN Tech has teamed up with AOTO to create the largest virtual production studio in Turkey. The studio is designed to provide an all-in-one solution for virtual production and is equipped with a 175 sq metre LED wall, cameras and motion capture technology. The LED wall comprises AOTO's RM2.3…
Blackmagic Studio Camera 4K Pros drive Formula 1 podcast
The Fellas Studios is using a multi-camera workflow featuring Blackmagic Studio Camera 4K Pros for its new Formula 1 podcast, The Last Lap. The show began as a pre-recorded podcast, but Elliot Hackney, managing director of The Fellas Studios, recognised that shifting to a live format could lead to greater…
Neumann mic brings out warmth in Meghan Markle’s voice
A microphone enthusiast has put in the hard yards to identify the device used by Meghan Markle for her Archetypes podcast for Spotify. In a story for Forbes, Mark Sparrow explained that as soon as he heard the warmth and nuance in the Duchess of Sussex's voice, he had to…
‘World’s largest’ LED volume built for filming in Australia
The Australian branch of US-based NantStudios is to operate what is said to be the world's largest LED volume. In one of two new LED in-camera VFX stages at Docklands Studios in Melbourne, a 12m x 88m radiused wall of 6,000 LED panels runs alongside a 2,300 sq m stage…
Real-time video expert launches textbook as VP booms
Built on decades of technical production experience, Laura Frank’s ‘Real-Time Video Content for Virtual Production & Live Entertainment’ doesn’t dwell on the past. Acutely aware of its history and trends, Frank looks at the passage of time through the valuable, transferable skills that serve so many entertainment production uses and…
Dante AV deployed throughout post-production studio
A post-production studio in the Philippines that serves the advertising, music and film industries has installed Dante's AV-over-IP solution. HIT Productions was set up in the early-1990s, but changes to how content is created, distributed and consumed meant that its facility no longer met the needs of its production teams…
CT delivers largest temporary broadcast studio at World Cup
Creative Technology Middle East delivered the largest temporary studio in Qatar during the FIFA World Cup to support Fox sports broadcasting. All 64 World Cup games were broadcast live across the United States from the set which featured four stages, including the finals which reached 16 million viewers. CTME delivered…
Sail Grand Prix drone coverage provides 5G proof of concept
Spanish telecoms company Telefónica has deployed Haivision Air mobile transmitters for a 5G-powered drone proof of concept during the Spain Sail Grand Prix in September. The telecoms operator had been testing Haivision solutions with its 5G network and selected the Air320 wireless transmitter to contribute live video from professional drones…
First virtual studio with Sony Crystal LED display completed
The first virtual studio with a Sony Crystal LED screen has been completed in France. Sony joined forces with Plateau Virtuel (a virtual production studio subsidiary of the Novelty-Magnum-Dushow Group) and Studios de France (the leading set provider for broadcasting in France) to create the 700 sq m set at…