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Maverick is currently constructing the a wide range of digital signage products, as well as a team of dedicated support specialists located in the UK, Spain, and Portugal. Full roll out to 16 countries throughout Europe will take place over the next 12 months.

Jon Sidwick, director of Maverick Europe, states, "It is a great boom for us to be able to add Magenta's Cyan video extension range to our product offering, we have been looking for cutting edge products that address changing technology and Magenta brings that to the table. Our companies are mutually aligned to offer customers the best solution and service."

Bob Michaels, president of Magenta Research adds, "In the year following the opening of our office in the UK, th

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The Vancouver EOC coordinates emergency response teams from Vancouver's police and RCMP, fire and rescue, traffic management, city engineering services, health authority and more. Staffed by personnel from city departments and trained volunteers, it supports all response activities in the field and provides overall direction to responders in emergency situations. The 24/7 hub is critical to the safety of visitors, athletes, spectators and residents of Vancouver.

Powered by Christie HD405 single-chip DLP high definition projectors and the Christie TVC-1210 disp

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This new initiative involves the live streaming of fashion shows and a selection of digitally presented fashion films, which have been created by a number of innovative London designers.

Following a two-way pitch, DB was awarded the contract by creative event company Blonstein & Associates to be the official supplier of the audio visual elements in the show's digital presentation theatre. This will include providing networking solutions that allow video content to be sent to various screens and projectors around the site, as well as preparing and installing a number of screens, which will be supplied by LG.

Oliver Richardson, DB sales director, commented: "Since this is the first time London Fashion Week will have a Digital Schedule there is a degree of pressure for everythi

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Global sales manager, S°ren Kraemmergaard, described the decision to allow their key resellers to represent the company's range in their own specialist sectors as a complete success. "We noticed the favourable response, not only at these booths but also those of OEM partners such as Christie and Eyevis," he said.

Kraemmergaard added that although the general traffic appeared reduced this year, dnp were excited by the quality of visitor, and the potential of the follow-ups that this has generated.

While the market was clearly getting more competitive, dnp seemed largely unaffected. "Generally we saw more

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A major incentive in attracting new installers to DMi was the new Escient Zone product offerings, enabling the streaming and playout of HD video, and the bidirectional control integration of leading Blu-ray players, universal disc players and AV receivers from Denon and Marantz.

DMi brand director, Bert Kiggen, commented: "It has been a very successful show for us with plenty of new installers and distributors signing up for DMi 'membership' and training. Feedback from installers was especially positive to our offering

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Sunday morning services in the huge Vue theatre are co-ordinated by a large team of volunteers, led by Sakkie Erasmus and Glen Trollip, which mans SD and HD cameras, numerous laptops, live streaming, audio control and vision mixing. The church has just invested in an Edirol V-440HD multi-format video mixing system to help them step up their video presentation from standard to high-definition.

Says Erasmus, "For the last thr

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The audio visual system uses the seven F32 projectors for the reproduction of panoramic video images with a special resolution of about 7,000 pixels and luminosity of around 28,000 lumens. The HD images are projected using an optical mirror system as vertical slices onto a curved 180-degree screen. Dedicated warping and blending hardware allows seamless transitions between these HD slices to enable the video to appear as a single panorama of brilliant image quality. The system is backed u

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XL project manager Chris Saunders, who coordinated the camera and playback elements was also clocking up an impressive sixteenth Brit Awards, working alongside XL's Paul Wood, who managed the screens, projection and specials. Saunders and Wood both work closely with The Brits production team each year, together with lighting designer Al Gurdon and set designer Nicoline Refsing from Stufish, to create a distinctive look and feel for the show.

This year, the central onstage 'artists' screen was made up of 80sq.m of Pixled F11, which returned after leaving such

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The first true 1080p HD video screen in an NBA or NHL facility, Lighthouse's American Airlines Centre installation in Dallas features a 1080x1920 high definition video screen and includes 25 individual Lighthouse screens for superior impact and visibility.

"Lighthouse is excited to play such a large role in the NBA's showcase event," said Ed Whitaker, Lighthouse N.A.S.A director of sales. "Our LED video technology and

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The event was held in a series of marquee structures at the historic Tyringham Hall in Buckinghamshire and organised by event production specialists GSP with interactive technology experts Arcstream AV providing the technology.

The entertainment programme included aerialists and contortionists and live opera and drummers, featuring headline performances from Akon and Sophie Ellis Bextor.

The biggest spectacle of the evening was a fully choreographed, special effect, laser and water show produced by Arcstream AV which took place in and around the 72m pool, watched by guests through the glass sided marquee. The company used its newly acquir

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The show entitled Transforming Tomorrow spanned three consecutive evenings during which over 20,000 members of the public were invited to see Cambridge in a new light through a walking tour, starting from Senate House and leading to Kings College First Court building, adorned with ETC's stunning projections and combined with architectural lighting and audio provided by Pearce Hire.

Pearce Hire's managing director Shaun Pearce said, "We were proud to be entrusted as the central technical supplier across this prestigious series of events which celebrated such a landmark in Cambridge's history. All events have been managed to consistently high sta

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"We were really impressed with the knowledge and creativity of David's team at I.E. Effects," said Cecil Magpuri, president of Falcon's Treehouse. "Their experience with previous stereo 3D and venue projects was a great asset, and their u

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Dr. Andreas Gruettner has been appointed as the new Klotz Digital CEO, with the mission to take the company to a new era and direction. He is taking over from Thomas Klotz, who has resigned from his position with immediate effect.

Gruettner identifies the company's main potential for growth in the international PA market. He also plans to boost Klotz Digital's position in the industry, and to increase its economic efficiency. "Even if we will not instigate drastic strategic changes at Klotz Digital, we now have a solid new base for the com

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Additionally, the AVnu Alliance also hosted the first member plugfest. The event was the first step in the alliance's efforts to ensure interoperability among AVB-enabled networked products.

"I'm very pleased with the success of AVnu Alliance's first plugfest," states Kevin Stanton, chair of the Technical Working Group and principal engineer at Intel. "We achieved a high degree of interoperability among multiple independent AVB endpoint and switch imple

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The new European team is led by Gilles Albaredes, former Autodesk vice president of sales for EMEA and chief marketing officer at Lectra, the IT provider for the fashion industry. Albaredes is the managing director and will work alongside former International Olympic Committee marketing director and strategic advisor to the sport and entertainment industry, Michael Payne, who will serve as Crystal CG's non-executive chairman.

Best known for delivering the digit

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Just a week after ISE2010, Russian company Big Screen Service put in an order for 108 MicroTiles. Eugene Marinichev, BSS's technical director, explains, "Our industry relies on products and display solutions that can be easily set-up, deliver impact, and broken down quickly to be shipped on to the next job. Our business model, costs and profits are directly affected by this. So when a solution like MicroTiles comes along, we see a great opportunity. Here is a solution that has all these characteristics and is ultimately reconfigurable permitting it to be used again and again in fresh and exciting ways."

In Portugal, Christie partner, Europalco,

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The Tensioned Descender Electrol ensures the flattest possible viewing surface for a retractable screen thanks to its tab-tensioning system, says the company. The projection screen surface is tensioned in all four directions by a teardrop shaped aluminium extruded slat bar and nylon tensioning cables on each side to match with the parabolic curves of the screen. The end result is a projection viewing area that is evenly tensioned and suitable for all critical viewing projection.

The Tensioned Descender is available as either a standard 220v configuration or with a radio frequency controlled motor with Projecta's proprietary front projection screen surfaces.

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Research carried out by the not-for-profit Forum of Private Business (FPB) also found that business owners expect their efforts will pay off. More than half (56%) of those surveyed expect to increase their turnover in 2010 and 44% believe their business will grow.

The findings are the first of the FPB's new 'economy watch' panel - a body of more than 350 members who are sharing their experiences as the economy heads away from recession. The panel is designed to provide an accurate and timely reflection of what small businesses are experiencing on

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It has been confirmed that Joe Graziano will fulfil the new role of market development manager - MicroTiles. He has been closely aligned to the launch preparations for MicroTiles, preparing the EMEA market prior to the recent ISE2010 launch platform. His new role will position him as product champion, enabling him to support the regional sales team across EMEA as well as find and close business directly, says the company.

Graziano states: "I am thrilled with the new role and the amazing opportunity I have to be involved with such a special product as MicroTiles. I am eager to get in amongst the EMEA base and all our partners to help them make the most of their business opportun

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Urano Films, a multimedia and audiovisual production company from Catalonia, was commissioned to create the visual content for the centre and the overall integration of the audiovisual equipment, while Charmex, a partner of Christie, supplied the equipment itself. The centrepiece of the museum is a small film theatre screening a short educational 3D film on the life of bees. The theatre is equipped with a passive 3D system with two Christie LX450 projectors.

As well as the film theatre, the museum also has another two aud

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The first in a range of models being developed by InnovaLED ApS, a new European company formed by seasoned industry professionals, the LED module is a 25mm pitch panel that offers a bright (3200 nits) output and a seamless image at approximately 20m.

Featuring a rugged design and auto-locking system that makes it very fast and easy to rig, the InnovaLED screen is one of the first truly 'one man configurable' video systems, says the company.

InnovaLED Aps managing director, Jan Thoegersen, comments, "InnovaLED ApS is very proud to become a part of the A.C. Video product portfolio. It is our belief that A.C.'s position in the market, expertise and customer relationships makes them the obvious choice as a distribut

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MediaMaster 1.2 is the latest update to ArKaos' professional tool for creative projection and LED use within video design. It was created specifically with the show and lighting market in mind, as a cost-effective software solution for all video performances and installations with multi-media requirements.

This new version of MediaMaster makes use of ArKaos' latest generation of real time video technology to deliver improved performance on any MAC or PC on which it is installed, including standard laptops. MediaMaster 1.2 is capable of playing up to eight simultaneous layers of HD video, without dropping frames, when running on an octo-core server.

A major addition to this new release is the ability to both mix the audio track from movies and to control

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The special video layout was made possible by a new component of the Green Hippo Hippotizer HD media server, called VideoMapper. Similar to Hippotizer's PixelMapper for DMX fixtures, VideoMapper provides a simple solution for the mapping of multiple LED video displays, tiles or strips, taking into account their physical arrangement and the physical spaces between them. VideoMapper supports resolutions up to 8192 x 8192 and frees the designer from the constraints of modern video processor hardware, allowing complete artistic freedom with ev

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The edgy new opera for young people was the latest initiative from Glyndebourne Education. It placed youth and the community centre stage in a new commission from Glyndebourne's first composer-in-residence, Julian Philips, and award-winning author, Nicky Singer. A cast of 100 young people joined Glyndebourne's professional team of singers, musicians and artists to perform the opera on three nights last week on the main stage at the famous Sussex, UK, Opera House.

It was the first time that a Catalyst system has been used at Glyndebourne, and for SNP Productions Simon Pugsley, the show represented a 'full circle' moment in his career .... harking back to 1994 when he received his