Adlib enjoys video active summer
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The major purchase has been the addition of Unilumin’s UpadIII H5 5mm indoor/outdoor LED screen, which has been designed for quick and safe assembly with the demands of touring and concert style events in mind.
Other new purchases include new broadcast quality camera channels, PPUs and Green Hippo KARST media servers, allowing Adlib to offer large scale video production options to all its clients, as well as versatile single solution technical packages for those wanting to source video lighting and sound equipment and expertise from one supplier.
BBC Music's Biggest Weekend, the event which generally kicks off the UK festival season was expanded to multiple sites this year, Adlib supplied sound and lighting to both stages at Scone Palace in Perth, Scotland, plus video to the main stage, utilising the new Unilumin UpadIII H5 LED screen.
The BBC provided camera feeds which came into Adlib’s PPU, together with Adlib’s own custom media servers running Watchout - capable of three outputs at 4K and 12 at HD resolution - which were used to manage the ‘house’ video content including ‘holding graphics’ and artist video content.
A Barco E3 screen management system was upstream to Adlib’s new 4K video processing racks which contain NovaStar MCTRL4K processors and Analog Way VIO 4Ks to run the pixel management and scaling.
Adlib became embroiled in the football action when asked, - at short notice due to the seat-edge developments and progress of England’s performance in the tournament - to supply LED screens for a large Fanzone accommodating 8,000 supporters at the Pier Head on Liverpool’s waterfront.
This was for the semi-final against Croatia, allowing fans to enjoy the thrills and spills of the game on a 17m wide by 7m high screen.
This was the same UpadIII-H5 5mm surface, which proved its versatility once again in this very different but equally visible context.
Adlib also supplied an L-Acoustics KARA sound system including a DiGiCo console to deal with all audio needs.
For Rewind 2018, Adlib supplied a full production package - sound, lighting, video and rigging - to all three sites. The complete video package included LED screens, media servers, a full camera system and PPU, and the set up was identical at each site.
(Jim Evans)
