USA - Production company ON Event Services (OES) of Atlanta recently utilized 16 ImageCue servers in Washington D.C. for a long-time client. The event was staged as 'Mission Control' with a 15' x 45' (4.5m x 13.7m) main video screen using four blended Christie 20K HD projectors, six smaller screens with 7K projectors, and fourteen presenter booths each with a 70" flat panel display.

Each booth had its own unique Presenter logo video loop, and was switched to play the opening and closing overall event videos. Normally it would be a difficult challenge to route and switch 16 video sources to 20 different screen surfaces, and require a massive amount of cable. OES utilized 16 of the award-winning ImageCue DMX controlled image servers to play all media, triggered off of a single cue fader from the lighting console on a single DMX universe. This synchronized all video and lighting

UK - In response to increasing market interest in the Sony DWX Wireless Microphone System: Autograph Sound, Stage Sound Services and new UK distributor Sound Network held a 'hands on' seminar for sound designers and theatre technicians at the National Theatre on 12 July.

The focus of the event was the use of the equipment in a live theatre environment with a comprehensive range of Sony wireless systems and a variety of microphones for attendees to appraise and experience.

Assisted by a team of professional actors the system was put through its paces with a series of duologues and songs, from whispers to high volume singing, exemplifying the accuracy and sound pressure handling of the microphones and wireless pre-amps. Industry standard DPA Microphones were used, including head worn, boom mics and handheld microphones.

A technical team made up of Autograph, Stage Sound

UK - The Mary Rose museum has re-opened with a full uninterrupted view, after a £5.4m revamp. Since being raised from the Solent in 1982, the Mary Rose, Henry VIII's flagship has undergone 34 years of conservation and can now be viewed through floor-to ceiling windows and an air-locked viewing balcony at the purpose built museum in Portsmouth Historic Dockyard.

Originally opening doors to visitors in May 2013 the museum has been closed from public view since November 2015 whilst the latest development works, to allow full height viewing of the ship from three separate viewing angles, were undertaken. The new look Mary Rose Museum now provides stunning panoramic views of the ship from all nine galleries through floor to ceiling glazing on the lower and main decks. On the upper deck visitors enter the Weston Ship Hall via an airlock and are separated from the ship only by

UK - PRG XL Video was contracted by Imagination to supply technology for Make the Future London and Shell Eco-marathon Europe 2016.

Working closely with Imagination's production director Matt Rose and production manager Matt Francis, PRG XL Video supplied a range of key event technology including video screens and control systems, lighting and rigging, for Make the Future London incorporating Shell Eco-marathon Europe, which took place at the Queen Elizabeth Olympic Park in East London, UK.

The annual Shell Eco-marathon events take place across Asia, the Americas and Europe. This year the European event was part of Make the Future London - a festival of ideas and innovation. The events challenge young engineers to design, build and drive energy efficient vehicles that go as far as possible on the least amount of fuel. The student teams compete in a number of categories on

UK - Creative Technology (CT) has announced the acquisition of The Wireless Works, a specialist event service business based in Godalming, UK, delivering radio communications, intercom and data services to the broadcast and live event markets.

Founded in 2002 by Tristian Bickerton, The Wireless Works operates alongside CT at many prestigious events including Wimbledon, Glastonbury and the Olympic Games. The two businesses also service many common clients in the wider corporate events market and have a shared ethos of delivering high end specialist technical services, driven by innovative people and best in class technology.

The development and recent launch of CT's Integrated Networks division has created new synergies and opportunities in an increasingly complex and core area of technical event delivery. In the immediate future, the business will continue to operate just

UK - AV technology specialist Peerless-AV has announced two new additions to the export sales support team with the appointment of Loyola Cotte and Valentina Bunu as export sales administrators.

This recent expansion signals the company's significant growth outside the UK and the need to increase the administration team to meet this demand. Both Loyola and Valentina are multilingual. They will work closely on a day to day basis with export sales managers and export customers.

"As our Export business continues to grow, we need to ensure that all areas of the business have the support necessary to deliver the high level of service that our customers have come to expect from us," said Keith Dutch, sales & operations director. "Loyola and Valentina are great additions to the team with their sales admin expertise and excellent language skills."

An experienced sales executiv

UK - For four years Alex Leinster and his team of video technicians have installed and managed a thousand square metres of LED screen and camera package for AEG's highly regarded Barclaycard presents British Summer Time Hyde Park concert season.

The equipment supplied by Video Design has been slightly expanded this year, "We've added a 1.1m-wide vertical wrap around strip to the stage left wing to improve the view from the VIP area," explained Leinster. This well-reasoned attention to detail illuminates the bigger question, what do performers actually do with this generous expanse of video screen?

"The band are very energetic and rock their show, but they are not really a video band in the sense that on tour they don't have a scrap of LED on stage." Such was the conundrum outlined by Steve Price, video director for Mumford & Sons, one of the half dozen acts that headlined

UK - Evans Audio Visual Staging has invested in new LED displays, compact speakers and laser projectors, August 2016.

Part of the company's ongoing investment strategy has seen Evans bolster its already extensive product inventory to expand its rental stock and offer event organisers improved energy efficiency, the latest technology and enhanced performance.

This new investment includes the addition of Panasonic PT-RZ12k 3chip DLP laser projectors with WUXGA 1920 x 1200 pixel resolution. Not only do these offer reduced power consumption, but they produce exceptional picture quality with sharp images and vibrant colours. Evans has also bolstered its stock with new Samsung DM65E 65 inch LED displays, along with Nexo ID24s compact speakers, which can be used as part of a full-range system, or as a single unit in difficult spaces.

Reg Evans from Evans Audio Visual Staging

Europe - Maxin10sity, the Hungarian projection mapping specialist, has firmly established itself as the expert in the innovative videomapping space, having recently delivered two show-stopping projects for prestigious client Audi to mark the launch of its very latest models.

Commissioned by technical planning and show direction specialist Niyu, Maxin10sity brought its skill and expertise to Audi's Late Light Show - an exclusive videomapping event for Audi employees and the community surrounding its Ingolstadt, Germany HQ with a spectacular 10-minute show running every evening over six days from 25-30 May 2016.

The Late Light Show set the stage for the world premiere unveiling of the Audi A5/S5 Coupe, which was celebrated with a further bespoke five-minute mapping; a visual representation of the evolution of the Audi Coupe from its inception through to the brand new models.

UK - Panasonic, the National Trust's technology partner, has played a key part in supporting the National Trust's video conferencing trial.

The six-month trial involved the conservation charity's regional team in the North, who regularly travel between five different hubs, zig-zagging to meetings from Newcastle in the East to Manchester in the West.

Following their introduction into the project, Panasonic delivered large 4K 55" TVs to a number of Trust regional office locations, linking them into a Video Conferencing service. The regional team were then able to set up a video conferencing facility linking the various locations very quickly and easily,

Darren Belton, who was involved in the trial said, "Not only was the audio, size and quality of the screen superb but video conferencing saved me driving over 200 miles, dramatically reducing my impact on the environment.

USA - Pete's Big TVs (PBTV) got the outdoor summer fun off to a big start in New York City at the kick off concert of Samsung's Live @ 837 series. Having opened Samsung 837 this past spring, Samsung Electronics America, Inc. surprised the neighbourhood with an early summer street concert featuring Gwen Stefani and Diplo. PBTV mounted LED screens on the fa

Brazil - Celebrating more than 20 years in Latin America Barco is strengthening its presence in Brazil with a growing deployment of advanced visualization projects that support public health and safety, commerce and entertainment in the region.

Many of Barco's technologically advanced AV solutions have contributed to the success of Brazil's most high-profile public venues and events, as well as supported the development of corporate and commercial enterprises in the region.

Projects that are helping to fuel the transportation, utilities, and healthcare infrastructures serving the country's 200m residents include: control room visual collaboration platforms help safeguard and manage efficient travel; best-in-class cinema projection and immersive sound systems enrich the movie-going experience; and innovative diagnostic, surgical and clinical medical display systems ensure o

Ireland - UK-based image innovation technology company, GBvi, has recently delivered two VOID infinity display experiences to a new art installation by media and technology artist, David Cotterrell. The new installation work, Mirror II - Distance, is on show in Dublin as part of the Seeing exhibition at the Science Gallery.

Mirror II - Distance is part of the "Mirror" project, a series devised to provide insight into global communities that experience distancing and objectification. It is inspired by observations of the Diplomatic Enclave in Islamabad and features two Pakistani guards standing and watching over the expat compounds they are stationed over. The two men observe each other across a distance as they listen to the visitors, the experts and the specialists discuss Pakistan, its people and its future.

The art installation comprises two VOID installations by GBvi,

USA - MCA Nashville recording artist David Nail is known for his powerful lyrics with emotionally-charged vocals that have garnered him both Grammy and ACM Award nominations. Currently on tour in support of his fourth album Fighter, Nail and his production team are making their way across the United States bringing his music to fans in packed houses and festivals across the country. With a lighting design and playback system created by Cour Design, the production team needed a tour provider who understands the value of quality gear and support so they once again turned to Nashville-based Elite Multimedia.

"This will be our second tour with David and his shows are really focused on the music and the storytelling of his life," says lighting designer Gordon Droitcour. "To make sure we are supporting him best as an artist, the lighting design has to be dynamic for both high

Singapore - Christie visual solutions delivered spectacular visuals that captivated over 55,000 spectators who attended Singapore's 51st birthday celebrations at the new National Stadium. The projection mapping performances were planned and executed by Christie's rental staging partner Hexogon Solutions Plc Ltd.

A total of 66 Christie Boxer 4K30 3DLP projectors were installed around the fourth level of the stadium to claim the biggest real-time tracking 3D projection mapping show in the world for this National Day Parade (NDP) in Singapore. A slew of bright and vibrant visuals projected onto the surfaces of the two moving structures by the Boxer 4K30s greatly enhanced the scale and excitement of the celebrations. This marks the debut of Christie Boxer 4K30s at the National Stadium since the completion of this state-of-the-art sports facility in 2014

Adrian Goh, group manag

UK - tvONE, designer and manufacturer of video and multimedia processing equipment, is expanding the tvONE Training Academy with a new studio area to enable the development of an extensive suite of online tutorial videos as well as the expansion of its series of webinars.

Commenting, Mark Trevena, training manager of tvONE said, "Our CTS accredited hands-on sessions remain popular, but we hear from clients that their time is becoming more and more precious. The tvONE Training Academy Studio provides a solution that maintains the high quality of presentation and content our partners, installers and end users expect, but provides new formats and forms of content that they can access instantly online at a time that suits them."

In order to deliver the high standard of presentation that the Pro AV industry expects from tvONE, the studio is fitted out with nearly £100,000

USA - Broadway Media Distribution (BMD), formerly known as Broadway Motion Design, has selected ImageCue as the preferred playback device for their scenic projection content. BMD has partnered with Adoline A/V to provide ImageCue for purchase or hire to its customers.

"We are very excited to be associated with BMD", says ImageCue CEO Bill Hewlett. "Their animated artwork for musical theatre scenic projections is stunning, and the way they build cue-able content is a perfect match with ImageCue."

ImageCue allows BMD's scenic projections to be played back on cue from a standard lighting controller using only 12 channels of DMX512. Both ImageCue and BMD have been featured in Richard Cadena's Video Matters column in LSi magazine - ImageCue in November 2015

USA - As a leading lifestyle brand focused on making yoga and fitness accessible for everyone, Gaiam currently has a worldwide network of approximately 38,000 retail environments with 18,000 of those located within existing retail locations.

When Macy's began a new initiative to transform a retail location into the 'Store of the Future', they approached Gaiam with an opportunity to create a completely new retail environment meant to achieve a higher level of customer engagement. Understanding exactly how they wanted to capture the attention of Macy's shoppers, Gaiam began working with Reflect who chose to incorporate FLEXLite NXG 3.9mm LED video technology from Nashville-based PixelFLEX into the new retail environment.

"As a fitness and wellness brand partner of Macy's, we were very excited about the opportunity to take part in their technology renovation and feature a spa

Singapore - VYV Photon media servers were used to achieve the world's largest real-time motion-tracked 3D projection mapping, in celebration of Singapore's 51st National Day at the New Singapore National Stadium.

For Singapore's National Day Parade, VYV and partner Hexogon Solution provided a 360-degree real-time tracked 3D projection mapping for two scenes - a large moving boulder that was to be split into eight pieces, and a floating city made up of 15 collapsible fabric towers totalling 99 objects, which stands 20m tall and 60m in diameter.

Hexogon Solution deployed a total of 40 tracking cameras, 66 projectors each producing 30,000 lumens, 250 VYV Copernic tracking emitters and 12 VYV Photon servers for this task.

Accurate tracking, quick and painless automatic calibration and dynamic edge blending were all essential ingredients to the success of this record-shatte

UK - Event technical production specialist Central Presentations Limited (CPL) has invested in 80sq.m of new ROE Black OnyX 3.4 mm LED screen plus ROE LED strip product - both of which are going directly onto a job in London and will then be available from the west Midlands, UK based company's rental stock.

CPL project manager Simon Haydon explains that this screen was chosen because as a high quality HD indoor product and in keeping with the company's commitment to stocking premium brands, ROE is one of the best known and most widely used brands in the European rental and staging markets, and has gained a great reputation for being practical and innovative.

"We purchased it as a versatile all-round solution that will be perfect for the range of shows and events we service," confirms Simon.

Robust magnetised magnesium alloy frames and bumper-bars with clamps that hold

UK - Evans Audio Visual Staging supplied PA systems, video screens and a bespoke 'Bristol' sign to the 2016 Bristol International Balloon Fiesta, Europe's largest hot air balloon event, 11- 14 August 2016.

The 38th Bristol International Balloon Fiesta took place at Ashton Court Estate and attracted hundreds of thousands of visitors and over 100 hot air balloons from across the globe. With mass ascents, Nightglows, Cirque Bijou performances and aerial displays from The Parabatix Flying Display team, it's the largest event of its kind in Europe.

Bristol based Evans Audio Visual Staging was selected by Richmond Event Management (REM) to design, manufacture and install a giant 12m x 3m Bristol sign, which was situated to the west of the balloon launch field. During the nightglows this sign was illuminated by Bristol based Utopium, to showcase the blue and green of the new Bris

UK - Working with the Cambridge Live Trust and their production manager, Andrew Keightly, PRG XL Video has continued its long-running relationship with the Cambridge Folk Festival.

Each year the festival takes place in Cherry Hinton, Cambridge UK, and attracts the very best folk music artists from around the world. The festival site includes a range of stages arranged around a central area where many audience members choose to sit.

This year, the main stage tent saw performances from artists including Christy Moore, Gogol Bordello, Imelda May, Mary Chapin Carpenter, and Glen Hansard. Ensuring the audiences had a great view of the main stage performances, two LED screens, each 3.6 x 2.4m, were located either side of the entrance to the tent.

PRG XL Video senior account manager, Paul Wood, specified ROE Visual MC-7T Blackface LED for the screens. The product is IP65 rate

UK - MDG's theONE, the award-winning, touring dual haze and fog generator, has been bought by Liverpool-based Adlib to strengthen its 'complete package' offering to production managers and lighting designers.

No sooner had theONE atmospheric generator arrived, it immediately joined American blues rocker, Joe Bonamassa, as he toured the UK and Europe this summer paying tribute to three of the legends of the British Blues, Eric Clapton, Jeff Beck and Jimmy Page. Post tour, theONE will feature at various prestigious events Adlib is involved in after the summer festival season.

For Adlib's lighting & video general manager, Mike Docksey, theONE was the only choice. He explains, "We felt it was the most suitable product on the market with a good reputation to add to our armoury for large scale live events. As we constantly grow our inventory and the scale of events which we unde

UK - The spectacular large format projections that have graced Edinburgh Castle for the last 11 years creating a dramatic and dynamic backdrop for the Royal Edinburgh Military Tattoo season have just become brighter and even more visible with a new video projection system specified by digital artist Ross Ashton from The Projection Studio.

The 12 x Panasonic PT-DW17K2 projectors have been purchased by the Tattoo and are running for the first time during the 2016 programme which launched last week showcasing another exciting and eclectic mix of military pageantry, music, dance, technical wizardry and special effects which will enthral audiences from all over the globe.

The increase in brightness and clarity compared to the PIGI film projectors which had served the event for the last 11 years is substantial.

As Ross explains, "When the Tattoo first explored the medium of

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