Local distributor Georges Toutounji, CEO of Scen-The comments: "The Voice, which premiered the first season in January 2015 and is currently in production for a second season is such a global brand that it needs very little introduction. The exciting part is showing people how limitless the system is, and then seeing how they use it on their shows. We have seen a lot of young adopters and now setting the standard in Wireless DMX transmission in the Croatian market. This was exactly the case with HRT."
For The Voice, a Blackbox F-1 transmits from front-of-house with a standard 3dBi omni-directional antenna to a couple of Blackbox R-512 boxes on the central truss ring that drops down during the show. The reason for choosing wireless over wired lies on the quick turnaround in the studio, and for the flexibility that it gives in the rig.
Two of the challenges with The Voice are the many outside broadcast shoots that the team has to do, and all the pre-footage and story pieces that happen in the corridors just outside the studio: "We have got five or six different locations that we commonly use as set for these recordings, but another vast number of outside locations where the production team needs to record. The use of W-DMX has helped a lot in minimising the setup time due to its plug & play system, and meet the time-frame production give us", says Damir Smetko, head of lighting at the HRT.
Niclas Arvidsson, CEO of Wireless Solution Sweden, comments, "Georges has a great knowledge of the products and the industry - he's a great partner in Croatia and we see a lot of happy customers coming back to our products and praising Georges support."
(Jim Evans)
