AMSTERDAM – tvOne has added the 1/2 RU CORIOmaster micro to its CORIOmaster video processing product range. The company is exhibiting at ISE in Amsterdam (stand 5-S60). Other featured CORIOmaster systems include CORIOmaster (4RU) and CORIOmaster mini (1RU) video processors.
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LONDON, UK –Any major refurbishments on cruise liners are best done when the ship is in dry dock to minimize passenger disturbance. However, when Fred Olsen decided to upgrade the stage lighting in the Neptune Lounge on board MS Braemar a more unconventional option was taken. Hastings UK-based EW Production Services Ltd. was able to make the upgrade during a fully booked cruise to minimize costs and expedite the process (dry dock opportunities are often 2-3 years apart).
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AMSTERDAM – d3 Technologies will be at Integrated System Europe (ISE), in RAI Amsterdam on 7-10 February 2017. The team will be showcasing how their global networks are using d3 for a dynamic range of projects. From some of the largest and most complicated of shows, events and installations, down to smaller productions such as theatre, architainment and fixed installations, the d3 solution has brought a new way of working, allowing users to design, sequence and control their project with flexibility, reliability and power.
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Modulo Pi, a France-based provider of video control and media server solutions, is featuring a range of new products at ISE (Integrated Systems Europe. 7-10 February, 2017, RAI Amsterdam, Netherlands), on Booth K130, Hall 14. The show will mark the official launch of Modulo Pi’s latest advanced video solution, Modulo Kinetic.
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LOS ANGELES – The Black Light King is a successful black light artist based in Los Angeles who creates spectacular black light art and installations that are visual treats. Black art only pops when exposed to UV light so when creating his art he often turns to Antari UV lights to reveal the glow effect that makes black light art so unique. The contemporary artist has been working in this medium for over 15 years and often has his art highlighted at electronic music festivals and underground warehouse art shows in the Los Angeles area.
NEW YORK CITY – For the past 17 years, LD Paul Miller has directed the lighting of the “New Year’s Eve Celebration From Times Square.” Over the last four years, Christie Lites has been right there beside him, supplying the latest in lighting equipment and 24/7 support. It’s a live, six-hour gig for the production team, which must wrangle with winter weather, the ticking of the clock to the midnight hour, and the knowledge that billions worldwide are watching.
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NEW YORK — Every evening, the 10-story-high, block-long façade of Saks Fifth Avenue lit up at 10-minute intervals from 4:35 to 11:35 p.m. with a 2.5-minute holiday light show designed by Chris Werner Design (CWD). Crowd-counters estimate that more than 500,000 passersby got a chance to see the 2016 show, titled “Land of 1000 Delights,” which ran from Nov. 21, 2016 to early January, 2017.
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LONDON – For his Dec. 2 sold-out homecoming show at London’s Alexandra Palace, Skepta, a.k.a. Joseph Junior Adenuga, brought his brand of grime music – think U.K. Hip-Hop – to a crowd of 10,000. VER provide a video and lighting assist that included a 23-by-seven-meter upstage LED wall made from 600+ LED tiles.
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LIVERPOOL, U.K. – Adlib named Tony Griffiths head of special projects. With an industry career dating back 27 years, Griffiths has worked with some well-known names in the UK, including AS Green, Harkness Hall (now Harkness Screens and Hall Stage), PCM … and most recently fabric specialist J&C Joel, where he was a director for eight of his 12 years there.
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Blizzard Lighting’s Drop™ power drop boxes are designed to give users safe and reliable power connections quickly and easily. These stage power drop boxes come in the choice of either Drop™ PC (powerCON™ compatibility), or Drop™ TRUE (powerCON™ TRUE1 compatibility.) Each model provides In/Out power thru connections on either end, plus a total of 4x 20A Edison power outlets (two per side.)
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WASHINGTON, DC – FPA (Field Protection Agency recently wrapped up its biggest project to date covering the National Mall for the 2017 Presidential Inauguration using their signature product GroundShieldz. FPA headquartered in Boston, MA with a satellite office in Nashville, TN is an industry leader in turf protection. FPA deployed nearly 750,000 sq. ft. of drivable and pedestrian flooring over the course of their setup, making this one of the largest flooring projects ever in Washington, DC. Utilizing sixty-four workers FPA was able to lay GroundShieldz down at a rate of 90,000 sq. ft. every four hours.
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UAE – Nearly 200 Robe fixtures were used by award-winning lighting and show designer Terry Miranda of Lighthouse Productions to light a special production of musical “Fakhrak Ya Watan” (The Pride of a Nation) for the 2016 Ras al-Khaimah National Day Celebrations on the eve of the United Arab Emirates 2016 National Day event. Ras al-Khaimah (RAK) is one of the seven Emirates making up the UAE.