ALAMEDA, Calif.—Clear-Com played a critical role in the production communications infrastructure for Rock in Rio 2026, one of the world’s largest music festivals.
With multiple stages, major international and Brazilian artists and a live broadcast operation reaching a worldwide audiences, Rock in Rio requires communications technology that performs reliably at scale, Clear-Com said. The deployment was supported by Savana Comunicação, a Clear-Com partner in Brazil.
For the 2026 festival, Clear-Com provided the communications solutions connecting production teams across the event while creating a seamless link between the festival site and TV Globo’s broadcast facilities.
The deployment featured four Clear-Com Arcadia Central Station systems supporting about 50 wireless FreeSpeak II and FreeSpeak Icon beltpacks. A combination of E1 and IP-connected FreeSpeak transceivers provided wireless coverage across the festival’s production areas, giving teams the mobility and flexibility needed to coordinate a large-scale, multistage live event.
The system’s capabilities extended beyond the festival grounds, integrating Rock in Rio’s on-site communications infrastructure with TV Globo’s broadcast operation. The Arcadia systems were connected via Dante over a dedicated network to the broadcaster’s facilities, providing audio connectivity between the festival’s Arcadia systems and Clear-Com Eclipse matrix infrastructure.
This integration enabled on-site production and broadcast teams to operate within a connected communications environment, helping streamline coordination between the live event and the television production. Multishow, a cable and satellite TV network operated by Globo, broadcast the festival live.
More information is available on Clear-Com’s website.
