14
May
Mediatec are proud to have been involved in the production of the annual IIHF Ice Hockey World Championship and Division 1 games since 2005 and we will bring our largest production delivery and event technology to the Ice Hockey World Championship as it comes to Helsinki, Finland and Stockholm, Sweden, from the 4th to the 20th May, 2012. By the time the winning team is celebrating their victory on the evening of 20th May Mediatec will have produced 64 matches for our client Infront Sports & Media. The contract includes productions with no less than 20 cameras per match including state of the art super slow motion and goal cameras to ensure the spectators won´t miss a single angle of the game. The fully HD production is delivered to 70 contracted broadcasters showing the tournament in 114 countries.
As well as host broadcasting Mediatec delivers technology, local knowledge and technical expertise during the event. A 30sqm mobile LED screen, light and sound is provided in a FanZone for fans not inside the Ericsson Globe Arena. Mediatec is also supplying 40” to 70” LED displays for all other suppliers and contractors for the Championship.
Mediatec supplies for the arena production in the Ericsson Globe Arena include an LED banner system round the globe, a LED cube and ice projection equipment. Mediatec supply the graphics and content to these displays.
If you are interested in more specific information about our service please contact:
PA Gullö, +46 707 41 20 75 PA.Gullo@mediatecgroup.com
Posted in Broadcast, Display, Event, Installation.
20
Apr
UFC, ‘the fastest growing sport in the world’ continues to break into new territories, coming to Sweden and the Ericsson Globe arena for the first time in UFC history: “Sweden has been on our radar for a long time and on April 14, we’re excited to finally bring the UFC to Stockholm,” UFC President Dana White announced.
Strategic Television hold the contract for the worldwide production rights for UFC broadcast and worked in partnership with Mediatec Broadcast when transmitting from the Globe Arena.
Mediatec Broadcast delivered both satellite and fibre connectivity for all four transmission paths, all in HD and with full redundancy for the event. The complicated set-up in the arena was quickly achieved thanks to Mediatec’s large network of optical connections and priceless local knowledge of the facilities
Posted in Fibre, Hd, Broadcast.
10
Apr
Mediatec has successfully become the sole provider of both technical equipment and crew on the TV Show X-Factor Sweden, produced by Freemantle Media.
The contract will provide 100sqm of Panasonic 12mm pitch LED screen, a fully utilised OB unit with 8 cameras, EVS Media servers and a lighting rig consisting of over 100 pcs of moving lights. This equipment has been installed for the live auditions held in three of Sweden's major cities: Gothenburg, Malmoe and Stockholm where the final audition will be held on Friday, 13th April.
Mediatec will be back with the X-Factor Sweden in the fall of 2012 for the live shows. Stay tuned.
For further information please contact:
Axel Engström, Mediatec Broadcast, +46 704-44 40 85
Axen@mediatecgroup.com
Roberth Fredriksson, Mediatec Solutions, +46 722-44 09 18 Rofr@mediatecgroup.com
Posted in Broadcast, Display, Event.
3
Apr
The latest member in Mediatec’s fleet of state of the art OB trailers is called HD12 and is a development of the well proven “Streamline” design of HD10 & HD11. This time with an even larger production area, giving room for more operators and a larger production setup.
HD12 arrived before schedule from our systems integrator “Broadcast Solution” in Germany and after a couple of days preparation in the Mediatec garage it went right in to a hectic production period doing the hockey play offs in Sweden.
Unit Manager Anders Wikström says “-We have had a smooth start up process with almost no problems at all. The truck has performed exactly as planned with all the additional benefits we wanted, it has great production capacity with a minimum of setup time giving more time to focus on the client.”
To find out more about our new unit read here: Product page or Product sheet
Posted in Hd, Hd12, Broadcast, New trailer.
9
Feb
This weekend the FIS Cross-Country skiing World Cup was held in Demino outside the Russian town of Rybinsk.
Mediatec supplied the equipment and trucks for the host broadcast of the event.
During the preparations the crew faced challenging weather conditions with temperatures hitting -30 degrees.
But we came well prepared and managed to set everything up in good time for the transmission. The first day of competition mother nature worked in our favor and we were rewarded with a beautiful and sunny day. With a mainly Nordic crew, we could enjoy wonderful pictures of a Nordic trio on the podium in the ladies mass start.
The local organizers of course played an important role in making this event successful and we were greeted with kind assistance from the local crew who helped with everything from getting through bureaucracy to translation and cable pulling, thank you.
Posted in Broadcast.
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.
