Live broadcast and live stream of the award ceremony for the 1st German Jazz Prize
In June 2021 the German jazz prize awarded for the first time as the successor to the Echo Jazz. The production took place across four locations. The Jazz Prize Studio, hosted by Pinar Atalay was located in Hamburg. In addition, three jazz clubs in Mannheim, Berlin and Munich were go live connected to the studio in Hamburg. Interviews, artist performances, and presentations also took place at the satellite locations. At all four locations, the audience was present and could follow the live broadcast via monitors and LED walls follow. For the live stream For the award ceremony, the ifbbw Institute for Image Movement connected all four locations via livestream.
Nominees switched live due to the pandemic
Due to the pandemic, it was not possible to welcome all nominees and award winners in person at one of the four locations. Therefore, all nominees who did not have a musical performance as part of the program were integrated into the program via live broadcast. Congratulations thus reached the winners digitally.
Laudation by Max Mutzke, congratulations by Herbie Hancock
Among the speakers at the event was the German singer Max MutzkeThe varied award ceremony concluded with the lifetime achievement award for concert promoters Karsten JahnkeFrom Los Angeles, jazz legend Herbie Hancock moving words to the award winner.
We as technical service provider of the live broadcast
The ifbbw Institute for Visual Movement was responsible for the productions for the German Jazz Award in Mannheim, Berlin, and Munich. We also operated the central control room in Hamburg, from which we handled all live broadcasts and generated the video mix for the livestream of the awards ceremony. We were represented at all locations with staff and technology to implement the requirements of this production.
Our services at a glance:
- Video production Mannheim, Munich, Berlin
- Central control Hamburg
- Cross-site production communication
- Handling all live switching
- Transmission of the broadcast to remote locations
- Video mixing of the LED walls in the Jazzpreis Studio Hamburg
- Livestream of the awards ceremony
