DETROIT – As part of the renovation of its amphitheater, Fiat-Chrysler used a Vista Systems URS-1608 Universal Routing Switcher to support video feeds. Sources were a variety of graphics computers, two laptops running Playback Pro, and a switched HDSDI program feed. Chuck Laszyca, Chief Technical Officer at TVS Communications Solutions explains that, “since all the feeds were to discrete displays it was the perfect application for the URS. Four outputs with transitions fed the Crestron DM system that provided four unique signals going out to all these rooms. The remaining four outputs were used as a combination of “Source” and “Confidence” monitoring.”
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Entec is supplying lighting and sound for Ian Anderson’s current UK concert tour. Anderson, best known as lead singer, flautist and acoustic guitarist for rock band Jethro Tull is enjoying performing material from his latest album, Homo Erraticus. The show is divided into two halves. The first is a performance of Homo Erraticus in its entirety, and the second is a selection of greatest hits from the Jethro Tull era so two completely different approaches are needed to lighting the show.
Read More »MATTHEWS, N.C. – Elevation Church added Clay Paky A.leda B-EYE K20 LED-based moving lights to the extensive roster of AV equipment it used for a series of Easter worship experiences this year. The Easter worship experience featured seven different elements: four worship songs, an opener, a closer and sermon, each of which were programmed to have a different look. LD Andy Bentley and a team of Elevation volunteers mounted the B-EYEs on the upstage truss; in addition, nine Clay Paky Alpha Spot HPE 1500s were positioned on the deck upstage.
Read More »Cristiano Giavedoni and Amedeo Guizzi have launched BLUMANO Ltd., providing consulting about lifting and load-bearing equipment for stages and other areas of entertainment industry production. Services offered include system integration of structures and machinery, structural calculations; site installation consultancy and project management; and safety assessments and engineering approvals.
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LONDON – Built with bigger, more complex and content-heavy shows in mind, d3 Technologies says its new server, the d3 4x4pro, can replace four standard media servers. Next to DXV, d3 now also supports HAP and the high-fidelity HAP-Q content. It can play 32 layers of HD (DXV/HAP) with canvas sizes up to 16K pixels across, or up to eight layers of lossless QuickTime animation, and with its twin 10Gbit/sec ethernet connections, it can transfer huge files in minutes rather than hours.
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LAS VEGAS – With the introduction of Christie Brio Team at InfoComm 2014, Christie continues to expand its Brio family of presentation and collaboration solutions. Designed for smaller meeting spaces in corporate, academic and government facilities, Christie Brio Team allows users to wirelessly connect up to five computers, smart phones and tablets to share information securely on a larger display while streaming audio through a meeting room’s sound system.
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COPENHAGEN, Denmark — Tiësto recently headlined the EDM Copenhagen electronic festival presented by Arive on the terrace of the Stay Apartment Hotel here May 31. Production manager/show designer Christian Byriel worked with LD Christian Vigsø on the project, and they included SGM’s G-Spot to light the headliner.
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