Event Technology: Live streaming

With its yearly Global Sales Experience—or GSX, as it’s better known—Cisco has evolved what was once a one-and-done annual event into a case study for maximizing the reach and impact of live+digital experiences. One recent GSX welcomed 20,000 attendees: 5 percent were in broadcast locations, 75 percent were in conference room viewing locations and 20 […]

It was the first-ever reality show created by an advertiser, driven by consumers and broadcast on network TV. Ford’s “Escape Routes” was a six-part televised series of “Amazing Race”-style challenges in which six pairs of best friends vied for a Ford Escape and $100,000. Consumers supported their favorite contestants in their challenges online via live […]

In 2015 Intel shifted the focus of its booth at CES to highlight live storytelling and experiences. The Spotlight stage, surrounded by comfortable, tiered seating, a massive LED screen and three drop-down support screens, provided the focal point of the space and served as a “clearing,” where a constant rotation of artists and entrepreneurs who […]

The InterConnect 2015 stage experience worked not just in one venue, but in a second one across town as well as for a remote audience of more than 15,000. A 24-monitor touchscreen in both locations provided a powerful storytelling tool. Live bands, original imagery and an opening moment that seemingly jumped off the screen and […]

The Xbox Media Briefing at 2015 E3 was as big and bold as Xbox itself, a constantly changing combination of projection, lighting and digital media where surfaces and reflections converged and immersed the 4,000 attendees at USC’s Galen Center arena and millions of remote viewers into the world of Xbox. Scenic elements, reflective staging and […]