PK Sound Delivers Broadcast-Grade Audio for Italy's La Partita del Cuore

Portable stacks of PK Sound T8 robotic line source modules atop T18 intelligent subwoofers covered the stadium for La Partita del Cuore, Italy's beloved annual charity football match pitting the nation's politicians against its famous musicians.

Broadcaster and production company VideoSound Pro tapped PK partners Backstage and MG Service Pro for the deployment – a fixture of the Italian television calendar that drew millions of viewers, and was opened this year by a speech from the Pope.

Stadium events built for broadcast carry a double burden: the sound system must energize tens of thousands of fans in the bowl while staying acoustically disciplined enough that announcements, performances, and ceremony audio translate cleanly to air.

T8's precise mechanical coverage control resolved both demands. Using PK's patented Multi-Axis Robotics, the team shaped each stack's vertical and horizontal dispersion to its coverage zone – delivering full excitement and impact to the stands while keeping energy off the pitch and out of the broadcast microphones.

The ground-stacked configuration also showcased the T8 system's versatility: the same modules that fly in theatres and clubs deployed rapidly at stadium scale, with no cranes or extensive rigging required. Stacked along the touchline, the arrays stayed low enough to remain clear of every camera line – a constraint that ordinarily forces a compromise between what the crowd hears and what the broadcast sees.

The event adds to a growing list of high-profile Italian deployments through PK's Southern European network, from live-to-broadcast entertainment with Milan's Backstage PA to orchestral performances at the Tones Teatro Natura.