An experiment that has never been done before in this form. Musicians from all over Switzerland met virtually on 13 January 2021 to sing the song "Denkmal" by BLAY via video chat. They were all separately distributed at different locations (Bellinzona, Montreux, Klosters, Zurich, Bern and Volketswil). The big challenge here was that in the first step, everyone should be able to sing together synchronously. And in the second step, the jointly sung song was to be broadcast synchronously again from the venues in the Volketswil studio despite different latencies. "If the Ticinese are one beat faster than the Zurichers, you can hear that," Bligg emphasised shortly before the performance.

 The goal was to find out how real live experiences and shared moments can be transformed into an unforgettable livestream despite physical distance with the best network in Switzerland. In this way, an experience filled with music and a lot of emotion could be shared digitally.

When Switzerland announced its second lockdown, 15 Swiss musicians overcame all hurdles on the same day and sang a song together for the first time live from six different locations.

The challenge was to have all the signals arrive at the finish line at the same time.

The Switzerland Connected experiment has been a success.

Swisscom Broadcast, Media & Events was responsible for the overall technical management of this project. In addition, our team provided the temporary connectivity at the locations, took care of the operational direction and was responsible for a live stream that met the very highest standards. 

"This project was crazy and challenging, but also very inspiring," reports Jürgen Lochbrunner. Around 1.2 tonnes of technical equipment were used - per location! 80 technicians, including video technicians, camera operators, image technicians, lighting technicians, network technicians, streaming specialists, logisticians and project managers had to be coordinated almost as precisely as the actual live event. Thanks to our many years of experience, we succeeded in doing just that.  "Switzerland Connected" - Mission completed!

«For an ordinary event we need everything "once", but here we had six events that not only took place at the same time, but also synchronously.»

Jürgen Lochbrunner, General Project Manager Events

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