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Spyders, J3 Productions Visually Energize Election Coverage

ABC Election Night 2012

Spyders, J3 Productions Visually Energize Election Coverage

NEW YORK –  For Election Night 2012 TV coverage, ABC brought in Vista Systems’ Spyders for easy image delivery to a set designed for hosts Diane Sawyer and George Stephanopoulos. John Mims of J3 Productions in Austin, TX, chose the Spyder platform to manage digital video signal distribution and pixel mapping for the background video displays seen on the ABC set in Times Square. Mims selected two Spyder X20 1608 systems running in a parallel configuration to handle Election Night tasks.

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BBC One

XL Events Supplies BBC Holiday Projection

LONDON – When BBC One’s The One Show was chosen to launch the BBC One Christmas line-up, they commissioned arts and technology collective, seeper, to produce a large scale projection onto the front of the BBC. The projection displayed a specially-produced promo film of the BBC’s upcoming Christmas shows on to the building in Wood Lane, West London. To satisfy the requirement for a high lux output, XL Events specified the newest Barco projectors.

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Projection Studio Enchants the Parks

LONDON – Projection artist Ross Ashton returned to Gateshead’s Saltwell Park for the Enchanted Parks 2012 event. His large format show “Glass House,” was a multimedia experience celebrating the work of Victorian stained glass artist, William Wailes. Ashton commissioned a photographer to visit all the churches in the area which still have intact Wailes stained glass windows, including St Nicholas’ Cathedral, Newcastle and others, which he used as original materials for his PIGI artwork.

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Zeus Media Server from Elation Professional

Zeus Media Server from Elation Professional

Elation’s Zeus Media Server is designed to serve as a full-scale media server with two full HD outputs and an Arkaos Media Master Pro 3.0 engine that lets users program and play visuals from any DMX lighting desk, MIDI controller or as a stand-alone unit. Along with Arkaos’ Kling-Net protocol, which automatically configures and distributes real-time video data to remote display devices by pixel and lets users achieve perfect time synchronization with many types of display devices, the Zeus Media Server does away with the expensive hardware converters previously required to send video data.

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BCPA

Jason Reberski Steers BCPA from Tungsten to GLP LEDs

BLOOMINGTON, IL – The Bloomington Center for the Performing Arts (BCPA) in Illinois recently carried out a technical upgrade that has seen a number of GLP’s impression Spot One and Volkslicht Zoom LED fixtures replacing traditional tungsten heads. Jason Reberski of JR Lighting Design supplied the fixtures. He recommended the Volkslichts as he uses them in his own production rental inventory.

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Red XMas Party

Red Xmas Party in Slovenia Lit with Robe Fixtures

LJUBLJANA, Slovenia – Slovenia welcomed the 2012 festive season in style at the Red XMas Party, one of the country’s largest and hottest dance events, at the Arena Stozice in Ljubljana. Event Lighting supplied the lighting rig, which featured 70 Robe moving lights at its core. The design was based on a plot by Van Buuren’s LD André Beekmans, and operated by Michael Seeverens, both from Netherlands-based The Art Of Light.

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Shania Twain Stagehand Accident Highlights Need for Safety Vigilance

LAS VEGAS — Dim lighting conditions and backstage hazards have always been a dangerous mix. A fresh reminder came Nov. 19, when Matthew Moore, 35, suffered a broken arm along with head and neck injuries after falling into the 20-by-20-foot, two-story loading pit, used in preparation for Shania Twain’s Still the One series of shows at Caesars Palace Colosseum, which opened Dec. 1.

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Indiana State Fair Roof Collapse Victims Receive $6M More from State

INDIANAPOLIS — The state of Indiana distributed an additional $6 million in payments to victims affected by the collapse of the roof structure in high winds at the Indiana State Fair on Aug. 13, 2011. The additional funds brings the total paid by the state in the aftermath of the collapse to $11 million. Indianapolis’ General Assembly approved the additional funding, which goes beyond  the state’s $5 million limit in tort claims cases.

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IATSE Local 500, Kravis Center Announce Agreement

WEST PALM BEACH, FL — IATSE Local 500, and the Kravis Center have reached an agreement ending a 12-year labor dispute between the parties. The agreement provides for a new five-year labor contract, the withdrawal of all pending unfair labor practice charges, and a resolution of the back pay elements of the case.

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