XL Video provides innovative audiovisual coverage at the Cisco Live event 2014 in Milan

The Cisco Live Celebration 2014, event in which this multinational specialized in networks has recently brought together thousands of professionals from the ICT sector at the MiCo congress center in Milan (Italy), has had the supplier XL Video for the design, supply and support of audiovisual solutions, of projection and control during the four days of duration.

XL Video has been in charge of the supply, design and support of a wide range of audiovisual solutions, including a projection screen of 60 meters and large format LED displays; cameras / PPU y equipo de control durante los cuatro días en los que se ha celebrado el evento anual de la multinacional culm, called Live 2014, which has taken place in the MiCo congress center in the Italian city of Milan and in which it has had the collaboration of event producers George P. Johnson.

For this project, the XL Video team, managed by Nick Askew and Steve Greetham, has worked closely with Ben Hawkins, Dave Johnstone and John Carss, by george P. Johnson, to design the projection system for the plenary sessions held in the MiCo auditorium, with the capacity to 3.100 people, and coordinate the equipment and logistics of audiovisual systems, Screens, projection and control of others 37 areas available for this event.

For the equipment of the auditorium an impressive total projection screen of 60 metre, divided into the left and right ends and gently tilted towards the audience, leaving three presentation podiums in front for Cisco Live speakers 2014.

Ten projectors of the HDF-W26 model of the Belgian firm ship they were in charge of creating the image on this large screen, that ran in five pairs (active and hot backup) from the room control area, and whose mixing edge together with the screen management system Encore to create a single image across the entire surface, which also controlled the live cameras and the output to the screen of a wide variety of formats (PowerPoint, Keynote , PlaybackPro, Etc).

Live production

Media playback for the screen was done with an XL Catalyst, managed by a grandMA2 light console, to flexibly program all video elements across the table and synchronize them with audio track playback, which was also powered by the Encore system.

Plenary sessions could be followed live thanks to five HD cameras Sony HXC-100 supplied by XL Video, which were distributed in two at the back of the auditorium equipped with x70 lenses; another pair on the rolling platforms in front of the stage, and a remote camera Bradley Cam-Ball 2. These systems were introduced in a Panasonic HS450 PPU to cut the mixture, while Cisco TV provided a standalone submix for Internet streaming via a Panasonic HS400 PPU.

The recording of the sessions was made in four Aja Ki Pros, which together with eight monitors were part of this system, with a Modular Lightware MX Matrix- FR33R with SDI and DVI-I/O and fiber systems Lightware.

Multi-device connection

To integrate a 'second screen' in plenary sessions, XL Video contacted Matt Mapleston to create a system that would communicate with attendees' devices, connected to the WiFi network on the Cisco website, and that allowed the sending of messages, imagery, Animations, Videos, Etc. to the thousands of devices connected during the event.

Delegates present in the plenary hall or auditorium connected to Cisco WiFi that directed to a specific IP address through their web browser, and during the opening session, images sent by the devices were displayed on the main screen, automatically adapting to the resolution and orientation of the connected device (tablet, smartphone,...). This system was also used to display the slides of the presentations on the same personal devices..

For the 37 informal meeting rooms reserved for Cisco Live 2014, XL Video has supplied 36 Projectors (between 6 and 20 K) of the firm Panasonic, using the new Lightware HDBaseT DVI over CAT system, as well as DVI over CAT 37 powered by Cisco encoders, that allowed attendees access to the presentation.

The rest room has been equipped with about twenty monitors, in formats of 47 until 90 Inch, along with 80 comfort monitors, all over fifty Barco Image Pro II and ten climbers Barco PDS-902.

XL Video also took care of the supply of an 11.5 LED screen×3 meters from the manufacturer Absen which has been used to welcome attendees to this event.

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