Dataton

24/06/2026

🚀 Meet the experts from Dataton Premium Partner PENMAC at Mediatech Africa!

🔥Explore the exciting new features in the latest WATCHOUT release, 7.8 – now available for download from dataton.com
✅Get hands-on with the newest addition to our media server family: powerful and compact WATCHPAX 50
🎟️ Register for FREE using code DATATON

From live events and projection mapping to broadcast studios, museums, visitor attractions, houses of worship, and immersive experience centres, Dataton WATCHOUT helps creators deliver large-scale visual experiences with precision and impact.

Visit Dataton WATCHOUT and PENMAC at Mediatech Africa 2026 and discover how its powerful multi-display software enables seamless playback and synchronisation of video, graphics, animations, live streams, images, and audio across multiple screens and projection surfaces. Designed for maximum flexibility and visual impact, WATCHOUT continues to be a trusted platform for complex multimedia productions worldwide.

Mediatech Africa

📍 Hall 3, Stand D49
📅 30 June – 2 July 2026
📍 Kyalami Grand Prix Circuit, Johannesburg, South Africa

Register free before 29 June using code: DATATON
🔗 https://zurl.co/9ed2r

23/06/2026

🎬 In Episode 4 of our Feature Bites series the question is: Why rebuild from scratch when you don't have to? Learn how to import WATCHOUT 6 shows directly into WATCHOUT 7 – one of the many powerful new features in the latest release!
⚡ Migrate smoothly. Save time. Stay in control. 🎯

22/06/2026

🚀 Check back tomorrow for episode 4 in our Feature Bites series — this time we'll be looking at the super smooth show import feature in the latest WATCHOUT release. Stay tuned and move to 7! 👀

22/06/2026

✨Get hands-on with the latest WATCHOUT release! There's so much to discover that you'll want to check out the extensive new user guide and the full release notes, too, but here are some of the highlights:

🎥 Experience stunning visual quality with support for 10-bit capture and output, wide color gamut, HDR, and state-of-the-art HAP encoding—providing the precision and performance demanded by today's LED wall and broadcast environments.
⚡ With a completely rebuilt optimizer engine, it's easier than ever to adapt content for different resolutions, displays, and projects—without having to return to your original source files.
🔄 The smart show importer helps bring your favorite WATCHOUT 6 productions into WATCHOUT 7, making migration faster and more straightforward than ever.

Discover what's possible with WATCHOUT.
Available for download now: https://eu1.hubs.ly/H0wlsKG0

17/06/2026

🇺🇸 It's time for InfoComm in Las Vegas! Head to the Show Sage booth (C5454) to meet the Dataton team, including product evangelist Karol Banka and R&D lead Miro Andel. We'll be showing the brand new WATCHOUT release (http://7.8) and our range of WATCHPAX media servers!
Free admission: Use code SHO438 during registration
Want to book a meeting during the show? https://eu1.hubs.ly/H0wdsqm0

09/06/2026

🤩 Big round of applause for everyone involved in awesome ”ASCEND” and special thanks to for sharing! 🙏 🔥


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“ASCEND” at Pittsburgh Playhouse - Point Park University
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Co-Creator, Director and Choreographer - Kiesha Lalama
Co-Creator - Jacob John White
Co-Creator - Jaxon White
Composer - Ryan McMasters
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Projection Design - Brian Pacelli
Associate Projection Design - Claire Talbott
Associate Projection Design - Taylor Gordon .gordonn
Animator - Ann Slote
Animator - Brian C. Staton
Theatrical AV/IT Supervisor - William “Buzz” Miller

Equipment - PRG .north.america
Projectors - Panasonic
Media Server - Watchout 7 -
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Scenic Designer - Christian Fleming
Costume Designer - Michael Montgomery
Lighting Designer - Keith A. Truax .a.truax.lighting
Sound Designer - Travis Joseph Wright .joseph.wright
Properties Designer and Fabrication - Katie Mikula-Wineman

Stage Manager - Jess Levine
Aerial Coach - Jessica Walz
Stilts Coach - PJ Roduta
Production Manager - Danielle Paccione
Technical Director - Nick Smith
Associate Sound Designer - Sabina Ali
Scenic Charge - Lori Lynn Bollinger
Assistant Director and Choreographer - Carson Russo
Assistant Director and Choreographer - Jordan Wanuck
Assistant Lighting Designer - Chloe Ingraham
Assistant Lighting Designer - Michael Palumbo
Assistant Lighting Designer - Braydon Turner
Assistant Stage Manager - Talyn McClafferty
Run Crew - August Carter, Daveigh Hedgeman, Amelia Irvin, Julia Kern, Imani Ramsundar, Sam Rodriguez, Jaclyn Vandiver, Lane Wilson
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Cast - Bailey Cheung, Amber Gibson, Sophia Leal, Hannah Ramos, Makayla Rice, Maggie Roberts, Isabella Rodgaard, Morgan Ryder, Grace Schmader, Alejandro Tinnell, Jacqueline Trinh-Juarez, Jordan Wanuck

Swings - Melissa Garlock, Melaina Kramer, Carson Russo, Elizabeth Stefanick

01/06/2026

😎 Thanks to everyone – friends, family, music-lovers and Linköping Science Park colleagues – who joined us yesterday for the summer concert here at Dataton in Linköping. Special thanks, of course, to the talented artists on the stage: Leo Nilsson, Daniel Berg, Sirous Namazi, Ivo Nilsson, Jörgen Pettersson 👏👏👏

20/05/2026

🔥WATCHOUT in action – looking awesome Pixel Nation Inc! Thanks for sharing🙏

Show ready Dataton

13/05/2026

🎶In Linköping on May 31?
Enjoy summer music at Dataton in Linköping Science Park! The concert features Swedish composer/musicians Leo Nilsson, Daniel Berg, Jörgen Pettersson, Ivo Nilsson and artist Sirous Namazi, with a nod to our synth past! Places are limited – make sure to reserve your spot here (it's free!): https://eu1.hubs.ly/H0vhNBl0

06/05/2026

🎬Episode 3 of our Feature Bites series is here — and we are talking Blind Edit in WATCHOUT, the no-drama way to make changes without interrupting your show.
⚡ Update quietly. Reveal smoothly. Stay in control. 🎯