Gravity Media, a world leading global provider of complex live creative production and media services, today detailed its collaboration with Aware Super to deliver its key yearly event, the Annual Members’ Meeting, on Thursday 20 November.

The Aware Super Annual Members’ Meeting is a key yearly event where the super fund presents its financial performance for the past year and outlines its strategic plans and outlook for the future, offering members a chance to learn about investments, retirement, and governance, and to submit questions directly to the leadership team.

This year’s production utilised Gravity Media’s state-of-the-art production centre in Sydney as a central hub.

Gravity Media worked with the super fund to ensure an elevated visual experience for livestream viewers by deploying a 3-camera setup in its HD studio with a dedicated 9m x 2.4m LED wall and state-of-the-art video and audio control rooms.

The team at Aware Super also harnessed several supporting facilities, including make-up room, green room, and private production meeting rooms enabling efficient dress rehearsals and live production.

Gravity Media backed up the livestream with an experienced technical crew of 14 onsite at its production centre in Sydney.

The event streamed live on Thursday 20 November with a recording available to watch for free on Aware Super’s website from December 19.

Gravity Media, a world leading global provider of complex live creative production and media services, today detailed Gravity Media’s collaboration with the New South Wales Department of Education’s Arts Unit in a broadcast technology and television production undertaking to create and deliver this year’s Schools Spectacular – REMARKABLE!, one of the biggest live events in Australia, and the event’s national broadcast on the Seven Network, Friday December 19 from 7pm AEDT.

The New South Wales School Spectacular is the world’s largest annual amateur variety show and is produced by the New South Wales Department of Education’s Arts Unit. This year’s event REMARKABLE! celebrates the 42nd annual staging of the event.

Gravity Media has been the driving force behind the NSW Schools Spectacular national television broadcast since 2016, and in collaboration with the NSW Department of Education’s Arts Unit, Gravity Media proudly serves as the Event Partner for the 2025 event: Schools Spectacular – REMARKABLE!

In a significant broadcast undertaking for the 2025 event, Gravity Media will be accessing advanced formats for a captivating television production with higher resolution, more accurate colours, and smoother motion than ever before.

Schools Spectacular – REMARKABLE! encompasses four live arena shows at Qudos Bank Arena in Sydney Olympic Park with a national broadcast across Australia on the Seven Network.

Each of the four live arena performances over two days features over 5,500 students from NSW public schools including 2,300 dancers, a combined choir of 2,500, an 80-piece symphony orchestra, a stage band, the D’Arts Ensemble for students with disability, the Aboriginal Dance Ensemble, boy’s hip-hop ensemble, and circus arts ensemble.

From producing dazzling performer and teacher backstory content, crafting the event and broadcast promos, providing comprehensive graphic design services, to a cine film unit travelling 3,000 kilometres throughout regional and rural New South Wales capturing the talents of the state’s public-school students for the show’s opener, Gravity Media is delivering a comprehensive turnkey production outcome for the event.

The Gravity Media undertaking involves a total television production and technical staff of 75, deploying a state-of-the-art high definition outside broadcast truck and accessing 15 broadcast and specialist cameras, including Steadicams, Jib Cranes, Dolly Shot, and Spidercam, to deliver the complete television production for the New South Wales Department of Education and the Seven Network.

Richard Spiewak, Executive Producer at NSW Department of Education – Arts Unit said:

“This year’s show is titled “Remarkable” and is a fitting tribute to the extraordinary achievements of students across NSW public schools. Now in its 42nd year, the Schools Spectacular continues to be a vibrant celebration of the arts, showcasing the incredible talent, dedication, and creativity nurtured in our public education system.”

“The broadcast is an important component to the live production and allows us to reach right across Australia to highlight our remarkable students.”

Mike Purcell, Head of Production at Gravity Media in Australia, said:

“NSW Schools Spectacular showcases the incredible depth of talent in NSW public schools, and we’re proud to bear that to screen.”

“It’s been a pleasure to partner and collaborate with The Arts Unit for almost a decade allowing us to innovate and provide fresh creative ideas each year, something our entire team is proud of.”

“A truly ‘REMARKABLE!’ world-class event and broadcast.”

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EMG / Gravity Media, a world leading global provider of complex live creative production and media services, today detailed EMG / Gravity Media Australia’s collaboration with the New South Wales Department of Education in a broadcast technology and television production undertaking to create and deliver this year’s Schools Spectacular – All 4 One, one of the biggest live events in Australia, and the event’s national broadcast on the Seven Network. 

The New South Wales School Spectacular is the world’s largest annual amateur variety show and is produced by the New South Wales Department of Education’s Arts Unit. This year’s event All 4 One celebrates the 41st annual staging of the event. 

EMG / Gravity Media Australia has been the driving force behind the NSW Schools Spectacular national television broadcast since 2016, and in collaboration with the NSW Department of Education’s Arts Unit, EMG / Gravity Media proudly serves as the production, design, broadcast, and post-production partner for the 2024 event: Schools Spectacular – All 4 One. 

Schools Spectacular – All 4 One encompasses four live arena shows at Qudos Bank Arena in Sydney Olympic Park with a national broadcast across Australia on the Seven Network at 7:00pm on 14 December. 

Each of the four live arena performances over two days features a 2,800 voice choir, 2,300 dancers, an 80 piece symphony orchestra, a stage band, the D ’Arts Ensemble for students with disability, the Aboriginal Dance Ensemble, and 190 featured performers. 

From producing captivating performer backstory content, crafting the opening sequences at EMG / Gravity Media’s Sydney Production Centre, to a film unit travelling 3,000 kilometres throughout regional and rural New South Wales capturing the talents of the state’s public school students in a specially created music video, EMG / Gravity Media Australia is delivering a comprehensive turnkey production outcome for the event. 

The EMG / Gravity Media Australia undertaking involves a total television production and technical staff of 75, deploying a state-of-the-art high definition outside broadcast truck and accessing 15 broadcast and specialist cameras, including Steadicams, Jib Cranes and Spidercam, to deliver the complete television production for the New South Wales Department of Education and the Seven Network. 

Richard Spiewak – Manager, Arts Unit Operations and Administration, Executive Producer Schools Spectacular said: EMG / Gravity Media are a highly valued partner in delivering The Schools Spectacular annually. 

“The EMG / Gravity Media team has a wealth of experience behind them and their dedication to what we produce is simply outstanding. The care they show in the creation of the television production of the show, and their support of Arts in Education, and arts and vocational experiences, makes them highly valued in the delivery of the Spectacular annually. It has been a very rewarding partnership” 

Mike Purcell – Head of Production, EMG / Gravity Media Australia said:  

“EMG / Gravity Media is proud of its almost decade long partnership with The Arts Unit on the broadcast production and facilitation of Schools Spectacular.  

“The level of trust and collaboration between EMG / Gravity Media and the Arts Unit is valued along with the mutual commitment in providing fresh creative and innovations to the broadcast each year.  

“The calibre of the performances and the event is world class.  

“For the EMG / Gravity Media team in Australia it is a highlight of our year to not only bring Schools Spectacular to television but also rewarding to play a part in the growth and vocational experiences of NSW Public Schools students.” 

Through its studios, production, post-production, outside broadcast facilities and specialist camera technologies, EMG / Gravity Media in Australia is currently involved with major production companies, television networks and pay television and streaming platforms in Australia across projects including The Voice, Australian Idol, Dancing with the Stars, The Masked Singer, Australia’s Got Talent, Would I Lie to You?, The 1% Club and I’m A Celebrity Get Me Out Of Here. 

Along with the New South Wales School Spectacular, EMG / Gravity Media Australia also delivers broadcast technology and production outcomes for the ARIA Awards and the AACTA Awards, along with the recent Mushroom 50 Live Anniversary concert. 

EMG / Gravity Media Australia’s post-production centre, Gravity House, plays a key role in the production of major international television productions across broadcast, subscription and streaming platforms, as well as movies from the Marvel Universe and projects from multiple US and international studios, and many of Australia’s leading independent film productions. 

EMG / Gravity Media Australia’s acknowledged broadcast technology and production partnerships across major sports in Australia include the Australian Open and the Summer of Tennis, the Melbourne Cup and all major horse racing events in Australia, the Bathurst 1000 and the Repco Supercars Championship, the Bathurst 12 Hour, the Perth International Football Cup, a broadcast and technology partnership with Australian Professional Leagues for the A-Leagues Football, the PGA Tour of Australasia, a partnership with Cricket Australia for the coverage of multiple cricket competitions, the delivery of broadcast and production technology requirements for coverage of the rapidly expanding and developing AFLW in Australia, the Stawell Gift, the ESL Intel Extreme Masters Sydney, the World Athletics Cross Country Championships, the Tour Down Under, Cadel Evans Road Race, the Stawell Gift, the FINA World Swimming Championships (25m) in Melbourne, the Sydney Hobart Yacht Race, the Adelaide Equestrian Festival, Crankworx Cairns, the UCI MTB World Championships, the UCI BMX Racing World Cup and the FIM World Supercross Championship. 

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Move unites leading RF and connectivity divisions under one brand led by new international management team

Europe’s leading broadcast service provider EMG today announces that the RF Services & Connectivity in the Group will be united under the EMG brand. This means that the activities of Eurolinx, Broadcast RF and the RF activities of EMG France will be consolidated within a new business unit called EMG Connectivity. The new combination will, as global market leader, continue to deliver the bespoke customer service for which EMG is renowned all over the world. More than 1500 RF events per year are covered by the EMG Connectivity specialists including the most renowned sport events and entertainment shows of the world.

For several years, the various Connectivity business units have been collaborating and working as one at many major international events such as Tour de France and Giro d’Italia, the Olympics and FIFA World Cup, the European Championships in Munich, the marathons of London, Berlin and Vienna and many entertainment shows including Love Island and the BAFTAs. Clients working with EMG Connectivity will now be able to draw on the unrivalled knowledge and resources of the whole Group to integrate world leading solutions in remote production, IP technology, RF, satellite and 5G into their next production.

The new business unit will be led by an international team of EMG experts helmed by Bruno Gallais (Managing Director EMG Connectivity) who will hold this role alongside his work as CEO of EMG France. Gallais will be joined in the management team by Mark Houghton who will lead the UK business and will be Innovation Director for EMG Connectivity. Bruno Coudyzer from Belgium will be responsible for Business Development. From France, Rudy Dendleux will be the Technical Director while Chris Brandrick, known from Broadcast RF, will become the unit’s Commercial Director.

Within EMG Connectivity approx. 80 professionals are constantly working on more than 1500 events per year, with double this number on race/event days.

EMG Connectivity will be the best equipped RF company in the world providing the most extensive range of wireless broadcast solutions in the best possible quality. Among these are:

• 10 operational RF vehicles
• 300+ RF links, of which 175+ are HEVC (UHD/HDR capable)
• 35 BMW motorbikes and access to multiple electric motorbikes
• 5 equipped relay airplanes, of which 4 with pressurised cabins
• The ability to deploy 25+ EASA airworthy RF helicopters
• 20+ bonded cellular 4G/5G systems

The inhouse development company Livetools is continuously developing new devices exclusively for EMG Connectivity. Apart from Livetools, EMG also deploy the world leading RF manufacturers in the industry.

Het MediaCentrum Defensie (MCD), het mediaproductiebedrijf van het Ministerie van Defensie, heeft facilitair bedrijf EMG geselecteerd als technisch mediapartner voor de komende jaren.

MCD (Mediacentrum Defensie) en EMG zijn al ruim 20 jaar onlosmakelijk aan elkaar verbonden bij de contentcreatie van publieke evenementen zoals de Landmacht- Luchtmacht- en Marinedagen, jaarlijkse herdenkingsbijeenkomsten als Veteranendag, en vele webinars ten behoeve van de interne communicatie binnen alle organen van de Nederlandse krijgsmacht.

De full service dienstverlening van EMG sluit volledig aan bij de wensen van de interne opdrachtgevers binnen Defensie; het dienstenpakket vanuit EMG bevat het leveren van crew en apparatuur op gebied van (live) contentregistratie, live verbindingen en postproductie in de hoogste norm en kwaliteit.

Binnen EMG is een speciaal productieteam samengesteld dat zich bezighoudt met de inhoudelijke en technische realisatie van de projecten voor het MCD. “Defensie is een opdrachtgever die de beste kwaliteit verwacht maar ook veel flexibiliteit van ons vraagt. Het is voor ons productieteam altijd streven naar de meest geschikte oplossing binnen de gestelde budgetten. MCD is echter een partner die net als wij met hoogwaardige technologieën werkt waardoor we elkaar goed begrijpen en we altijd tot de beste resultaten komen!”, aldus Bart Slijkerman, Technisch Producent van EMG.

André te Boekhorst, Senior Productieleider MCD: “Binnen Defensie is hoogwaardige content van groot belang voor zowel interne als externe communicatie maar ook bijvoorbeeld opleidingen. We zijn verheugd dat we ook de komende jaren weer samenwerken met EMG, onze teams kennen elkaar goed en vullen elkaar perfect aan.”

Gravity Media worked alongside Favoriz Production to successfully complete a live remote production of Horiba’s latest virtual conference.

Horiba is a Japanese manufacturer of precision instruments for measurement and analysis. They make instruments that measure and analyse automobile exhaust gas, and environmental, medical and scientific applications.

The Gravity Media team was on site in the Paris area, capturing the action for their latest virtual conference and Favoriz Production set up a vision mixer with their production team based in the city of Grenoble.

A fast-growing segment of Gravity Media’s work involves partnering with clients that have production and broadcast needs, but whose primary business isn’t content production. That could be a company, an ad agency, a charity, a government department – essentially any organisation that doesn’t specifically focus on production itself.

Projects range from TV commercials and branded content, to vignettes, social media clips, internal presentations, webinars, animations and more. We work on location – e.g. live-streaming corporate summits – or from our networked Production Centres – e.g. filming educational videos in one of our studios ‒ and options include full onsite production, or our increasingly popular hybrid and remote production solutions.

To find out how Gravity Media can help you with your next production, email enquiries@gravitymedia.com