Journal

There’s a buzz in our warehouse today as Gearhouse Broadcast becomes one of the first companies worldwide to take delivery of Fujinon’s incredible new UA46x9.5BERD lenses. This investment is part of our ongoing commitment to offering the very latest video production technology, but you may have to prise it out of the hands of our very eager engineers.

Established in 1976, the Olivier Awards are the most sought-after and highly regarded accolades in British theatre. This year’s awards ceremony took place at The Royal Albert Hall on Sunday 7 April – hosted by Jason Manford, and featuring live performances from a number of the West End’s biggest shows and most famous faces.

Hellboy, the US dark fantasy superhero film, is back better than ever in its 2019 reboot.

HyperActive received a last-minute booking this weekend to come to the aid of CTV Outside Broadcasts, providing an EVS and Avid Media Composer Integration rig for the 2019 University Boat Race.

Hyperactive supported BBC Sport with its coverage of Manchester City vs Brighton last Saturday, in the first of the weekend’s two FA Cup Semi-Finals.

This weekend, HyperActive was with NEP once again supporting ITV’s coverage of the UK horse racing season. The venue of course was Aintree for the showpiece race of the year: The Grand National.

Gearhouse Broadcast, the Gravity Media-owned supplier of technical facilities, crew and services used to capture the world’s most watched content, has partnered with CyanView to provide a fully controllable mini-camera service. 

January 2019 saw the return of the critically acclaimed fly-on-the-wall documentary series 24 Hours in A&E – this time coming from the emergency department of St George’s hospital in south-west London. 

HyperActive has provided NEP with a number of Sony HDC-2500 camera channels, Canon HJ14 lenses and XDCAM storage decks to support the recording of the Brexit Debate for BBC Wales.

As part of a series of blogs on Gravity Media Group’s core services, here we take a quick look at Gearhouse Broadcast’s systems integration services within stadiums and arenas.

Following the success of everyone’s favourite nature programme, TheBlue Planet, BBC Studios and FKP Scorpio created a live arena tour “to bring the wonders and mysteries of the planet’s oceans and wildlife to the UK stage.”

A team of HyperActive engineers supported BBC Four with its nature programme Beach Live, which sought to uncover historical, geological and wildlife treasures live from the Jurassic Coast in Dorset.