Disguise and Creative Technology power Eurovision visuals for the eighth year — TPi
Disguise and Creative Technology power Eurovision visuals for the eighth year — TPi
Publish Date: 2026-05-15 05:04:00
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Disguise has partnered with Creative Technology (CT) to deliver the visual playback infrastructure for the Eurovision Song Contest 2026, supporting one of the world’s most complex and high-profile live broadcast productions. The 70th edition of the event will take place in Vienna on 16 May, with semi-finals on 12 and 14 May, bringing together audiences from across the globe for another spectacular showcase of music and live production innovation.
Returning for the eighth consecutive year, Disguise and Creative Technology continue their collaboration on one of Europe’s largest live broadcast events. Building on the success of previous contests, Disguise’s GX 3 media servers are being deployed to power this year’s visuals, delivering high-performance playback and supporting the production’s shift toward a more LED-driven stage design, while also optimising workflows for IP-VFC. The setup has been carefully designed to support the scale and flexibility required for Eurovision’s dynamic staging and fast-paced broadcast environment.
In parallel with the hardware deployment, Disguise has worked closely with Creative Technology to refine IP-VFC performance and workflows for large-scale broadcast environments. Eurovision 2026 will also be one of the first major live broadcast productions to deploy the latest IP-VFC firmware update, marking an important milestone for Disguise’s ST 2110 workflow technology. Built for the demands of complex live productions, the new IP-VFC release delivers significant stability and performance enhancements for GX 3 servers, helping support resilient, low-latency video distribution across Eurovision’s expansive LED and broadcast infrastructure.
As one of the world’s most technically demanding live events, Eurovision provides a powerful real-world showcase for the next evolution of Disguise’s IP-based broadcast workflows. To support the production on-site, Disguise engineers have also worked alongside…
