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Alford Media Services Adds Eight Luminex GigaCore 16Xt Switches

Alford Media Services Adds Eight Luminex GigaCore 16Xt Switches

COPPELL, TX – Alford Media Services, Inc. has added eight Luminex GigaCore 16Xt switches to its inventory.  The systems are currently used to manage two Yamaha CL5 console packages and the Dante protocol for projects on the road. Video Village inputs and outputs are tied in with another pair of cat5 connections to the backstage GigaCore switches. The system manages Yamaha Rio Ri8-D and Ro8-D input and output boxes in the FOH rack; a Rio 3224 I/O box and Ri8-D input box in the backstage rack; and a Rio 1608-D I/O box in the Video Village rack.

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From left, Clay Paky's Giovanni Zucchinali, Durham Marenghi, Paula Constable and Clay Paky's Massimo Bolandrina

Clay Paky Lighting Designer Sessions at Mediatech Africa 2015 Drew Capacity Crowds

JOHANNESBURG, South Africa – Clay Paky noted that the Lighting Designer sessions it sponsored at the biennial Mediatech Africa 2015, held in July, were well attended. Presented by multi award winning theatre and opera designer Paule Constable and large-scale arena spectacular lighting designer Durham Marenghi, both sessions were quickly over subscribed from the moment they were announced and two further sessions were scheduled to absorb the overflow. Pictured here, from left, are Clay Paky’s Giovanni Zucchinali, Durham Marenghi, Paula Constable and Clay Paky’s Massimo Bolandrina.

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Christie Captiva Series laser projectors are well suited for short throw applications.

Christie Captiva Series Laser Phosphor Projectors

Christie is expanding its influential 1DLP laser phosphor projector lineup with today’s official launch of the Christie Captiva Series. Previewed at Campus Technology 2015 and at InfoComm 2015 where it earned a Best of Show award, the super-quiet Christie Captiva Series provides 20,000 hours of high performance lamp-free operation with the ability to achieve full brightness within seconds with the capacity to move instantaneously into standby mode with no cool down period.

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New Jvc Sr-Hd2700 Blu-Ray Recorder Adds Live HDMI Recording, Simultaneous Disc/HDD Recording

WAYNE, NJ – JVC Professional Video, a division of JVCKENWOOD USA Corporation, today announced the SR-HD2700, its most advanced professional Blu-ray/hard disc drive combo deck, with the ability to record a live HDMI signal from a video camera or DSLR without HDCP encryption. Also new for the SR-HD2700 is the ability to record to the upgraded 1TB internal hard drive and an optical disc simultaneously, which provides redundancy and eliminates the need to copy video files to another disc after recording. 

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Hernando County Upgrades Studio, Remote Shoots with Broadcast Pix

BILLERICA, Ma – In 1998, Hernando County Government Broadcasting was established in Brooksville, Fla., with two VHS recorders and one camera on the wall of the Boards Meeting Room in the government center. Led since its inception by Rick Foti, video production manager, the quality of its productions has improved significantly over the years. Recently, the station’s production values took another major step forward with the purchase of two Broadcast Pix™ Mica™ integrated production switchers. 

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Robbie Williams tour visuals make use of d3 Technologies

Robbie Williams’s “Let Me Entertain You 2015 Tour” Takes d3 Around the World

LONDON – Once again British singer/songwriter Robbie Williams circles the globe on his eleventh and latest world tour. Williams’s “Let Me Entertain You 2015 Tour,” which wrapped dates in Eastern Europe in August, continues with the Australian leg of the tour begins in October. The d3 creative software suite and servers were deployed for use all over the world.

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