Broadcast live on Austrian national TV channel ORF, the final 2015 edition of the ‘Starnacht’ series of festival style outdoor pop concerts took place at the charismatic Dűrnstein castle ruins in the stunning Wachau valley, cut through by the legendary River Danube. Produced by IP Media, lighting for the show was designed and programmed by Chris Moylan of Berlin based Optikalusion, and featured … [Read more...]
Robe Enjoys A Great Opportunity
Die Große Chance (A Great Opportunity) is one of Austria’s leading talent competitions. The 2014 final staged in Studio 1 at national broadcaster ORF’s HQ in Vienna was lit in great style by Lighting Director Thomas Kruder using nearly 300 Robe moving lights! It was also Kruder’s first chance to use Robe’s brand new Bright Multi-Functional Luminaires (BMFLs) of which he had eight on the … [Read more...]
ORF switches to grandMA2
In a major technical upgrade, the ORF center in Vienna has changed all its grandMA “series 1” consoles to grandMA2 consoles. The MA NSPs (Network Signal Processors) were also replaced by MA NPUs (Network Processing Units), and furthermore, the ORF has invested in new grandMA2 fader wings. Altogether the Austrian national public service broadcaster now owns 4 x grandMA2 full-size consoles, 17 x … [Read more...]
