Riedel sings as Eurovision transport infrastructure DetailsMichelle Clancy | 27 August 2017 For the 12th consecutive year, communications and signal distribution solutions from Riedel played a starring role in the Eurovision Song Contest, the world's longest-running international television song competition.Riedel's MediorNet real-time media network provided the redundant and decentralised signal routing and transport infrastructure from start to finish of the production, broadcast live from the International Exhibition Centre in Kiev, Ukraine in May. Plus, Riedel's all-new Bolero wireless intercom system was relied on for all crew communications, only six weeks after it was introduced to the market.Broadcast every year for 62 years, the Eurovision Song Contest is one of the most-watched non-sporting events in the world, with a current estimated global audience of around 200 million. For all three broadcasts, including the two semi-final shows and the finals competition, Riedel supplied a fibre-based signal and communications backbone for its partner, NEP Sweden AB, which produced the show's world feed on behalf of EBU and the Public Broadcasting Company of Ukraine. The recently launched MediorNet MultiViewer was also deployed, with everything supported by a 25-member onsite engineering team. "This year we once again turned to Riedel to ensure that we could pull off this immensely popular - and exceedingly complex - live production without a hitch. And once again, Riedel came through for every aspect of the show, from stage presentations to commentary and backstage interviews," said Ola Melzig, head of production at ESC 2017. "The versatility and quality of the Riedel equipment, backed by the expertise of Riedel's superb engineering team, helped us to make the 2017 Eurovision Song Contest a huge success."The Riedel MediorNet backbone consisted of four MetroN core routers and dozens of MicroN high-density media distribution network devices deployed in a mesh topology.