Satellite broadcaster Sky TV continues to expand, thanks to its wide broadcasting remit and, in particular, it’s high quality sports coverage. This has recently seen the company boost its already impressive collection of Yamaha digital mixing consoles to a remarkable 46.
Télévision Suisse Romande (TSR), the leading French language television station in Switzerland, has recently upgraded many of its video facilities at its headquarters in Geneva. This included installing new audio systems, for which Yamaha MSP Studio monitors proved the ideal solution.
Whether it’s been the judges or Jedward, the 2009 season of television talent contest The X Factor has, as always, got the British public talking. And helping to get the contestants singing has been monitor engineer Fred Jackson and his trusty Yamaha mixing consoles.
The advent of digital audio has seen the methods by which sound and data are transmitted developing as quickly as all the other equipment in the signal chain. Cat5 cable or fibre optic? EtherSound, Cobranet or MADI? Recently, a facility in the German city of Lübeck has taken this one stage further and, as you would expect, Yamaha audio equipment has played a key role.
Such is the nature of the music business that, as well as the artists they work with, some recording producers themselves become well-known personalities. Very few, however, can claim to have recorded over 3000 artists in a decade - which is precisely the achievement of award winning producer / recording engineer Chris Denman and his trusty Yamaha DM2000 mixing console.
More than 10,000 students and faculty at Fordham University were treated to a surprise visit and six-song set by U2 at the school’s Bronx, New York campus which aired live on Good Morning America (ABC) Friday, March 6. The appearance — capping U2’s weeklong promo for the band’s new CD No Line on the Horizon — took place on the steps of the university’s gothic Keating Hall. The packed crowd weathered the cold, some staking a spot as early as 1:30 am once the rumour of the band’s Friday morning concert was confirmed.
While Slumdog Millionaire took home eight Oscars including Best Picture on Sunday, February 22, 2009 when the 81st Academy Awards Ceremony was held at the Kodak Theater and broadcast live on ABC, there were three behind-the-scenes winners that evening: Yamaha digital audio consoles.
With television studios needing to host to a wide variety of productions, having a versatile technical specification is a priority. And, thanks to a Yamaha audio system, a regional production centre in Italy has been able to maximise the range of shows that it can host.
