Clear-Com Powers Critical Communications at Rock in Rio 2026

	The deployment featured four Clear-Com Arcadia Central Station systems supporting approximately 50 wireless FreeSpeak II and FreeSpeak Icon beltpacks.

Clear-Com played a critical role in the production communications infrastructure for Rock in Rio 2026. With multiple stages, major international and Brazilian artists, and a live broadcast operation reaching audiences around the world, Rock in Rio demands communications technology that can perform reliably at an exceptional scale. The deployment was supported by Savana Comunicacao Ltd., a Clear-Com partner in Brazil, helping deliver and support the communications infrastructure for the event.

For the 2026 festival, Clear-Com solutions provided the communications solutions connecting production teams across the event, while also 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 approximately 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, multi-stage live event.

The system's capabilities extended beyond the festival grounds. One of the standout elements of the deployment was the integration between Rock in Rio's on-site communications infrastructure and 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 TV channel operated by Globo, broadcast the shows live.

"Rock in Rio is an incredibly demanding production environment, with teams working across multiple stages and production areas while simultaneously supporting a major live broadcast," says Joao Pedro Homem, Savana Comunicacoes Ltd.'s director of engineering. "The Clear-Com system gave the production teams the flexibility of wireless communications while seamlessly connecting the festival operation with the broadcaster. It's a strong example of how the system can scale and work together across even the most complex live productions."