DONAU INSEL FEST
Live broadcast for a festival selection process
Overview
A four-hour live broadcast of the audition process for Donau Insel Fest — one of Europe's largest open-air festivals — streamed on JOYN Österreich.
The format required continuous coverage of back-to-back performances with no interruptions, while viewers participated in real-time online voting.
Context
The audition ran as an uninterrupted sequence of live performances. There were no retakes, no editorial cuts between acts, and no pause in the broadcast.
The production had to maintain consistent visual quality across the full four hours while keeping the stream in sync with the voting interface on the platform side.
Our role
We handled the full live production on-site: camera direction, live switching, sound, and broadcast graphics.
Custom lower thirds and voting overlay graphics were prepared in advance and integrated into the stream in real time. The voting mechanism itself was managed on the platform side; our responsibility was the on-screen visual layer that made it broadcast-ready.
Four-camera configuration — three locked-off positions covering the stage and panel, one roving operator for close-ups and reaction coverage. Live switching on-site.
Five-person crew: director, sound engineer, graphics operator, and two camera operators.
Custom graphics package prepared for voting segments and integrated into the broadcast in real time.
Four hours. Continuous. No interruptions.