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All Access Staging & Productions to Support Ice-America Portable Rink Venture

TORRANCE, CA — All Access Staging & Productions announced its involvement with Ice-America, a new venture in rental ice skating rinks, which can be used on land and water for winter festivals and other events. Ice-America, formed through a partnership between Ice-World International and On Axis Productions, notes that its rinks require less energy than alternatives, and says the glycol-boilers that evaporate ice quickly also help trim labor expenses.

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Pala Phenomenon with Clay Paky lighting fixtures

Pala Phenomenon Complex Lit with Clay Paky Fixtures

FONTANETO D’AGOGNA, Italy — Denis Biaggi, LD for Pala Phenomenon, a new multi-purpose entertainment center, needed versatile fixtures for the 150-square-meter stage, which features live music five nights per week along with various dining and catering options and a swimming pool that gets covered with clear plastic so it can be used as a dance floor in the colder months.

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AVT Event Technologies and Encore Productions Using CAST Software’s Vivien

TORONTO — AVT Event Technologies and Encore Productions announced that CAST Software Ltd.’s Vivien will be serving as their company-wide standard software solution for conceiving, designing, selling, managing, and producing events. AVT Event Technologies and Encore Productions are divisions of Dallas based Freeman. Freeman’s Canadian division, AVW-TELAV, rolled out the Vivien Standard mid-2010. AVT and Encore will begin their rollout of the Vivien Standard effective immediately. CAST will also supply training and tech support.

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Tropicana Las Vegas large-scale projection

Tropicana Las Vegas Projection Created with Hippotizer Gear

LAS VEGAS — It’s not easy to stand out in the night skyline of Las Vegas, but the Tropicana is turning heads nightly with an ongoing 3D video projection on the exterior of the building. The projection was designed and installed by LD Systems of Houston using Hippotizer media servers, Barco 20K projectors and 3D media content provided by Texas Video & Post, with 2D content by SKG Advertising of Las Vegas.

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Christie Featured 30 Products in 12 Zones at InfoComm

ORLANDO, FL — Highlighting visual technologies that ranged from projection mapping, 4K, 3D and impact walls, Christie set a company record for InfoComm exhibit floor space this year. Products featured at the booth and InfoComm’s 3D Pavilion included projectors, displays, video processors, yoke systems and software solutions, targeting entertainment, government and academic uses.

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Barco HDX-W12

Barco HDX-W12

Barco’s HDX-W12 has the same on-board image processing, servicing and preview mode features as the W14, but offers 12,000 lumens and a xenon lamp life of 2,500 hours. (Barco’s HDX-W14 projector, launched earlier this year, also features Barco’s ImagePRO signal processor.)

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Mayday photo by Ralph Larmann

Mayday 2011 Adds LED Flash with GLP Fixtures

DORTMUND, Germany — Held since 1997 at Dortmund’s Westfalenhallen, and marking 20 years since it was founded in 1991, the indoor rave, Mayday, drew crowds to its “Arena” section in hall 1 for trance and softer music, while its “Empire” section in hall 3 attracted fans of harder-driving techno and electro music. Both areas were lit with LED fixtures from GLP.

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Vaddio ClearVIEW HD-19 PTZ Camera with SmartSHOT Technology

Vaddio ClearVIEW HD-19 PTZ Camera with SmartSHOT Technology

Vaddio added the ClearVIEW HD-19 high definition PTZ camera with SmartSHOT technology to its ClearVIEW line of cameras. Equipped with a 19x optical zoom lens, it is built around a 1.3 megapixel, 1/3-Type Sony Exmor high-speed, low-noise CMOS image sensor. Integrated SmartSHOT technology with AIP (Adjustable Image Processing) allows for greater user control over DSP functions, helping them enhance color and sharpness in changing lighting conditions and adjusting the DSP to suit the venue. The camera also offers image stabilization and iris/shutter control for outdoor events.

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