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Cuemaster @ Eurovision Song Contest in Baku

jeroenbeckers — Wed, 02 May 2012 18:42:34 +0000

Cuemaster was awarded the contract to provide teleprompter services during the Eurovision Song Contest in Baku, Azerbaijan.

From May 6th till May 27th, we will provide the production with 2 prompter sets and 1 operator.
This period includes all the rehearsals and the 2 semi-finals held on May 22nd and May 24th and of course the Grand Finale on May 26th.

Cuemaster again in China and Switzerland

jeroenbeckers — Wed, 02 May 2012 18:32:04 +0000

Last week Cuemaster was again at the same day present in China and Switzerland.
For Citroën we were with 2 prompter systems at the Beijing Motorshow. This year there was a seperate press conference for Citroën and the DS line. So 2 press conferences and 2 prompter systems! Our operator supervised both set-ups.

At the same moment we provided Adecco, for the 3rd consecutive year, a conference prompter for their shareholder meeting held in Laussane. The prompter was used by members of the board to address the audience.

Cuemaster @ Bocuse d’Or Brussels

jeroenbeckers — Fri, 23 Mar 2012 11:01:14 +0000

This week Cuemaster was present at the Bocuse D’Or cooking competition in Brussels where the European semi finals were held.
At the competition itself, held in Brussels Expo, we provided the organisation with 2 cameramen during the 2 days of the competition.

On Wednesday night Cuemaster provided all the camera facilities for the Gala Dinner held in The Royal Depot at the Tour & Taxis site.
We provided a camera fly away set with 3 camera’s from witch 2 were wireless, and of course the full crew.
For this job we used the wireless camera system from Grass Valley.

Cuemaster @ Geneva Motorshow

jeroenbeckers — Tue, 13 Mar 2012 09:59:36 +0000

Last week Cuemaster was present at the Geneva Motorshow, to provide Mitsubishi, Toyota and Lexus with prompting equipment.
For Toyota and Lexus we provided a conference prompter set for their press conferences.
For Mitsubishi we provided another conference prompter set and an operator.
Geneva Motorshow is one of the biggest motorshows in the world where press from all over the world comes to check the latest premiers.

Cuemaster @ PTC Snooker and German Masters

jeroenbeckers — Tue, 13 Mar 2012 09:41:36 +0000

Cuemaster provided throughout the Snooker season 2011-2012 a cameraman for several tournaments.
We were present at the PTC tournaments in Warshaw and Antwerp, and the German Masters in Berlin.
At the 3 events our client Alfacam provided the production company with an OB-van with 5 camera’s.
The tournaments were broadcasted live on Eurosport.

Cuemaster @ Royal Wedding London

jeroenbeckers — Mon, 02 May 2011 11:46:12 +0000

Last Friday, April 29th Cuemaster provided one cameraman for Associated Press during the coverage of the Royal Wedding in London.
AP operated 8 live positions in front of Buckingham Palace at the occasion of the Wedding.
Our client Alfacam provided AP with an OB truck that fed the signal of the 8 camera’s and 2 camera’s in a studio to the MCR. Live feeds could be done in any video signal and -format possible.

Cuemaster @ the WTCC

jeroenbeckers — Wed, 27 Apr 2011 19:00:25 +0000

Last weekend the European leg of the World Touring Car Championship started in Zolder, Belgium.
Also this year Cuemaster will provide a cameraman ( Jeroen Beckers) to the Eurosport team that is responsible for the host broadcast of these events.
It’s the 8th consecutive year that we’re part of the camera team that provides the TV coverage for the European races.
All races are broadcasted live on Eurosport, and many broadcasters around the world.

RIP Hubert Schlafly, inventor of the teleprompter

jeroenbeckers — Wed, 27 Apr 2011 18:58:17 +0000

Hubert “Hub” Schlafly, a key member of the team that invented the teleprompter died on April 20 at Stamford Hospital after a brief illness.

Schlafly was born in 1919 in St Louis. He graduated from Notre Dame University, where he studied electrical engineering. He worked for General Electric and the MIT Radiation Laboratory before joining 20th Century Fox in New York City in 1947.

Actor Fred Barton Jr wanted a way to remember his lines and approached Irving Berlin Kahn, nephew of composer Irving Berlin and vice-president of radio and television at 20th Century Fox. Kahn went to Schlafly, then the director of television research.

The result, a monitor facing the person appearing on screen and rolling a script at reading speed, was named the TelePrompTer, which made its debut in 1950 on the soap opera The First Hundred Years.

Herbert Hoover became the first politician to use a teleprompter in 1952, when the former president gave the keynote speech at the Republican National Convention in Chicago.

Cuemaster will keep on using the technology invented by Mr. Schafly to serve clients all over the world.

April 19th: Cuemaster in Lausanne for Adecco and in Shanghai for Citroën

jeroenbeckers — Tue, 19 Apr 2011 20:44:47 +0000

Cuemaster provided on April 19th 2 prompter systems for 2 different clients in 2 very different regions of the world.

The first system was used by Adecco at their Annual General Meeting in Lausanne. We provided them a conference prompter that was used by Mr Rolf Dörig, Chairmain of the Board and by Mr Patrick De Maeseneire, CEO of the Adecco Group. It was the second year in a row that Adecco asked Cuemaster to supply a prompter system for the AGM.

The second system was used by Citroën at the Shanghai Motor show. Citroën revealed the DS5 here, which will be on sale in Europe later this year. The prompter was used during the press conference by all speakers, including one speaking Chinese.

In both cases Cuemaster also provided the operator.

Cuemaster in the EU Parliament with Georgian President Mr Saakasjvili

jeroenbeckers — Mon, 29 Nov 2010 09:34:30 +0000

Cuemaster provided a conference prompter for the speech of Mr Saakasjvili, President of the Republic of Georgia.
Mr Saakasjvili addressed the European Parliament in Straatsburg where he asked Europe and Russia to help create an enduring peace in the Caucasian region.