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Solotech Provides New Scoreboard at Olympic Stadium in Montreal

DEL Scoreboard at the Olympic Stadium

Solotech Provides New Scoreboard at Olympic Stadium in Montreal

MONTREAL, Canada – Solotech provided the new scoreboard for Olympic Park stadium here. The new scoreboard features a 16mm pixel pitch LED display measuring 33.4 by 9.4 meters (WxH) – 3,380 square feet in all. The new screen, one of the largest in Canada, replaces two smaller screens installed in 1992. Along with the scoreboard, Solotech supplied and installed an electrical distribution system, a fiber video distribution system, image processors and a sports scoring system.

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TDC at Visions of Vienna with Sydney Symphony Orchestra (c) TDC

Visions of Austria Projected Onto Opera House “Sails” near Sydney Harbor

SYDNEY, Australia – Technical Direction Company (TDC) did its part to bring together the similar-sounding (but wildly differing) nations of Austria and Australia with Visions of Vienna – a large-format projection of imagery from Vienna on the “sails” of the iconic Sydney Opera House. The multi-media artistic project was a collaboration between the Vienna Tourist Board and the Sydney Symphony Orchestra.

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Paige Faure in the National Tour of Rogers+Hammersteins Cinderella photo by Carol Rosegg

LDs Taking Broadway’s “Cinderella” On Tour Get Assist from FocusTrack

NEW YORK – Following a successful run on Broadway, a touring version of Rodgers+Hammerstein’s Cinderella is hitting the road. LD Kenneth Posner and associate lighting designer John Viesta made some changes to the New York design for the road, switching the side ladder moving lights from Martin MAC 2000s to Vari*Lite VL3500s and replacing the overhead VL2500 Wash lights with LED par cans. They got an assist with that transition from FocusTrack.

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4x4 PRO

WorldStage Gears Up for 4K Clients with d3 Technologies Media Servers, Barco E2 System

NEW YORK – WorldStage continues to expand its equipment inventory with the purchase of several new d3 Technologies media servers. The company now has d3 4×4 PRO servers and d3 4×2 PRO servers to supplement their existing d3 4U v2.5 units. Along with these recent acquisitions, WorldStage has been gearing up to support clients’ 4K needs with a Barco E2 presentation system.

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E3 Elation Educational Experience

Elation Sponsors One-Day Entertainment Electrics Course Led by Richard Cadena

LOS ANGELES – Elation is offering a course in entertainment electrics led by Richard Cadena. Part of the company’s Elation Educational Experience (E3) program, the course will cover basic and advanced topics relating to entertainment stage lighting and video electrics, power distribution and control systems. It will be held March 24 at the Elation’s Los Angeles-area headquarters.

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NBC Comcast uses Kinetic lighting Nexus 4x4 LED Panels

LD James Schipper Uses Nexus 4x4s for NBC Comcast Conference After Party

GLENDALE, CA – For an after-party accompanying a recent NBC Comcast conference on the future of television titled “What’s Next,” James Schipper of Kinetic Lighting wanted something special to draw attention to the stage.  Schipper got the look he was seeking with a massive diagonally slanted overhang array of high-output Nexus 4×4 LED panels from Chauvet Professional.

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XXL Roof, PROmontaje

PROmontaje Adds to Prolyte Offerings with Massive New Roof Structure

CARACAS, Venezuela – Operating in the Latin American market, the Venezuelan based PROmontaje needed a solution to host large outdoor events and concerts. PROmontaje owns a large event site, just outside Caracas, which they plan to use for a range of outdoor concerts and sports events. PROmontaje is the main provider of technical resources for events in Venezuela, and dedicated to supplying the best possible technical resources for the production of sporting events, shows and corporate events.

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XL Video Supports Basement Jaxx Visuals for O2 Arena Show

LONDON – Continuing their long-term working relationship, XL Video supplied video solutions including LED screens and camera system for the final show of Basement Jaxx’s recent UK tour, supporting the band’s latest album, Junto. Working with Tour and Production Manager, Tommy Winstone, XL Video Project Manager, Connie Glover specified the package for the massive show at London’s O2 Arena.

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Vaddio ClearVIEW HD-20SE

Vaddio ClearVIEW HD-20SE

Vaddio’s ClearVIEW HD-20SE, now shipping, features an advanced Image Signal Processor (ISP) and encompasses the innovation of the HD-18, the low-light capability of the HD019 and the Full HD performance of the HD-29 ClearVIEW Camera line. With these advanced features, the ClearVIEW HD-20SE camera will replace the HD-18, HD-19 and HD-20 ClearVIEW cameras.

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tvONE Voyager Fiber Optic Signal Router

tvOne’s flexible Voyager VG-Matrix 160 Switch is a fiber optic signal router with KVM. It can be configured as an input or output and is expandable beyond 2,000 ports. It will be displayed at tvONE’s booth (1-M45) from Feb. 10-12 during ISE at Amsterdam RAI in the Netherlands.

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