XL Video Provides Innovative Audiovisual Coverage at Cisco Live Event 2014 in Milan

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 (Italia), has relied on the supplier XL Video for the design, supply and support of audiovisual solutions, 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 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 Cisco, called Live 2014, which took place at the MiCo congress center in the Italian city of Milan and which included the collaboration of event producers George P. Johnson.

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

To equip the auditorium, an impressive total projection screen of 60 metros, divided into left and right corners and gently angled towards the audience, leaving three presentation podiums in front for Cisco Live speakers 2014.

Ten HDF-W26 model projectors from the Belgian firm Barco They were in charge of creating the image on this big screen, which ran in five pairs (hot and active backup) from the control room area, and whose edge was mixed together with the screen management system Encore to create a single image on 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 via the console and synchronize them with the playback of audio tracks, which was also powered by the Encore system.

The 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 dollies in front of the stage, and a remote camera Bradley Cam-Ball 2. These systems were introduced in a Panasonic HS450 PPU for cutting the mixture, while Cisco TV provided a separate submix for Internet streaming via a Panasonic HS400 PPU.

The recording of the sessions was done in four AJA Ki Pros, which together with eight monitors were part of this system, with a Lightware MX modular array- 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 communicates with attendees' devices, connected to the WiFi network on the Cisco website, and that allowed the sending of messages, images, animations, videos, etc. to the thousands of devices connected during the event.

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

For the 37 Informal meeting rooms reserved for Cisco Live 2014, XL Video has supplied 36 projectors (between 6 y 20 K) from Panasonic, that used 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 break rooms have been equipped with twenty monitors, in formats of 47 until 90 inches, along with 80 comfort monitors, all over fifty Barco Image Pro II and ten climbers Barco PDS-902.

XL Video was also responsible for the supply of an 11.5 LED screen×3 manufacturer meters Roll call which has been used to welcome attendees to this event.