Channel 4 Upfronts

Shoreditch Town Hall in London was taken over for a week by Channel 4 for their annual flagship industry event – A Night With Channel 4

As part of the media industry’s Upfronts series, the event showcased Channel 4’s new content with senior staff and celebrities presenting to  industry guests. The showcase was followed by a number of live performances including -Annie Marie, Craig David and George Ezra.

A further five rooms of production were used to recreate some of Channel 4’s most popular stage sets including The Great British Bake Off and Bear Gryils Survivor.

Rouge Events asked KSS to manage all technical aspects of the event from its inception and planning stages through to on-site delivery.

​KSS MD Mark Stephen worked as overall technical manager and liaised directly with the project’s various stakeholders.

​Video consisted of multiple 2mm pitch LED screens. These were hung using a custom-built rigging solution that allowed the screens to be incorporated seamlessly into the main stage set produced by Diagon Design. Two Barco 30K stacked projectors were used for the main 5m central content screen with signal and data routed using Lightware CAT TX/RX.

Lighting was designed by Chris Steel,. Martin Sceptrons were used to outline the contours of the main set,  Clay Paky beams placed on stages and series of Robe MMX spots and Wash 300s flown overhead.

Sound was overseen by John da Sousa and Rex Halifeild and consisted of a main d&b Auodtechnk Q system and M2 monitoring, Digico SD10 and SD7 consoles for FOH and monitors alongside over 50 channels wireless mics and IEMs.

KSS worked closely with Premier PR and Entee Entertainment to manage celebrity talent and bands in what was a a very busy show schedule with short changeovers.

Sound –  d&b Audiotechnik main system and stage monitoring / Midas and Digico consoles / Shure and Sennheiser radio mic and IEM systems / band multicore, line system  and mics

​Lighting – Martin Sceptron mapped stage set / stage spots and washes / ambient uplighting / Chamsys control and Avolites dimming

​Video – multiple 2mm LED video screens / x2 30K Barco projectors, multiple LED TVs as preview, autocue and comfort monitoring / Lightware CAT signal send and matrix system

Rigging – trussing for stage set back drop and bar over head surrounds

Power – distribution for all equipment and catering