Top 20 Best Unique Awards Ceremony Music 2025
Award Ceremony Music Back by popular demand, here are our Top 20 music tunes to play at an awards ceremony, our 2025 addition! Getting the music right at your awards plays a huge part in the events success. We’ve often had guests asking us for our music playlist, so we must be doing something right! […]
What Should I Consider When Hiring a Stage Ramp?
Event Stage Ramp Do you need a stage ramp at your event? Here are a few pointers for you to consider. Accessibility at events is a must nowadays. Events have to ensure that all individuals, regardless of their abilities, can fully participate and enjoy the experience. From a production point of view, a ramp should […]
Chris Tarrant… TisWas a Brilliant Night!
Providing Audio Visual support for TV Legend, Chris Tarrant! Let us introduce to you, our new client, TV Legend Chris Tarrant! Chris chose Istead AV to provide audio visual support for his ‘Big Music Quiz’ event, as he’d had some technical issues with his previous audio visual provider. The ‘Big Music Quiz’ helps raise money […]
Production Company reaches The Summit
Production Company Find out how we reached the summit of the audio visual world in the following article from Coventry & Warwickshire Chamber of Commerce, showcasing our delivery of one of our biggest events to date! Here is a snippet from the article below… “Istead AV’s Managing Director Neil Sayer commented on the event’s success, […]
2023: The Year of the Video Wall
Video Wall in 2023 2023 has been our busiest year yet for providing video LED walls at customers’ events. The productions have ranged from supplying a moderate sized screen for the Saudi royal family, up to our largest screen yet, measuring over 20m wide, for a high street retailer’s staff conference. The benefits and wow […]
Catchbox- The Throwable Microphone
Catchbox Involvement A great addition to any event is the Catchbox, the world’s first throwable microphone. Whether you’re planning a conference, AGM or even a small meeting, Catchbox is a fun and interactive way of engaging with your audience, making their experience more enjoyable and most importantly, your event more memorable. Catchbox is lightweight, robust […]
Transporting equipment and goods through Europe
Legal Requirement If you ever need to transport equipment & goods through Europe, then there are some things you need to know. One of which is the production of a Carnet. We’re lucky enough to deliver events in Europe. We won’t lie, a pizza in Rome, or a Schnitzel in Berlin is rather enjoyable, but […]
Top 10 Music Stings by a Female Artist
Top 10 Music Stings To celebrate International Women’s Day, we’ve put together our Top 10 pieces of music, by a female artist, that we regularly play at our award ceremonies. The power of good music at any event should never be underestimated. It can instil emotions in your audience and help to create a certain […]
Screen Ratio Sizes 4:3 or 16:9
Screen Ratio Explained Believe it or not, we receive PowerPoint presentations using the old style 4:3 screen ratio. Typically, from medical presenters (we can only guess that some NHS systems are a few years behind the times shall we say!). We thought we’d write a short blog about presentation slide ratios, from an AV production […]
Spotlight Streaming Studio – Frequently Asked Questions
Spotlight Streaming Studio We are in strange times. Everyone is adapting and learning how to navigate through this new world of virtual events and using new online technology. That’s where Spotlight Streaming Studio was born. We’re finding that even the most experienced presenters and event managers are unsure how a Streaming Studio works. So, here […]
