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35 Million Viewers Watch SHoW DMX at the Olympics
City Theatrical's new SHoW DMX wireless DMX performs flawlessly at the Beijing Olympics in front of an average of 35 million viewers per day.
NBC Olympics lighting designer Steve Brill of The Lighting Design Group utilized SHoW DMX to light the Bob Costas NBC Prime Time Studio set which rotates 360° on a turntable. Power to dimmers mounted on the revolving set is run through a three-phase commutator, but DMX data is sent wirelessly from a SHoW DMX Transmitter in the studio. SHoW DMX delivers DMX data to dimmers, which control 26 key lights on a circular truss over the newsdesk.
SHoW DMX's unique user interface allows it to be adjusted to have minimal impact on any other wireless equipment in the studio. It was set to output in limited bandwidth mode and to output only 30 DMX channels, thereby creating only a very small radio footprint, and not affecting any WiFi networks in the studio.
Steve Brill commented: "We needed a solid wireless DMX solution, and SHoW DMX met that need. There is a lot of RF in the facility, and SHoW DMX fit in seamlessly and reliably."
The electrician for the show is George Gountas. SHoW DMX equipment was provided through PRG Lighting.
CTI's award winning SHoW DMX system utilizes a patent pending method that synchronizes the hopping pattern of the radio with the incoming DMX packet to attain levels of data fidelity previously unreachable with wireless DMX. Additionally, SHoW DMX has a range of features including adjustable output power, limited bandwidth mode, and limited burst mode that allow it to peacefully coexist with other radio signals in the busy 2.4GHz band.
20th August 2008
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