MUMBAI, India — For a production of Disney’s musical theater extravaganza Beauty and the Beast, which premiered in India on Oct. 21, the production includes Christie Roadster HD20K-J 3DLP projectors to project brilliant and realistic images on the elaborately decorated stage sets.
ST. LOUIS, MO – Christie’S 4K 3DLP projectors were chosen for a large-scale, immersive projection mapping attraction within the historic Grand Hall in St. Louis Union Station. The building, first opened in 1894, now features a new hotel, as well as bars, restaurants and shops, and continues drawing people downtown thanks to Lodging Hospitality Management (LHM), which bought the building several years ago.
NEW CASTLE, DE – Video equipment rental company Pete’s Big TVs has added new technology to its rental stock, including the digiLED LightSlice. The LightSlice will be on display at LDI at digiLED USA’s booth #872 at the Las Vegas Convention Center. Pete’s Big TVs’ Peter Daniel and Anne Johnston will welcome attendees there on Friday, Oct. 23.
Pete’s Big TVs’ owner Peter Daniel said, “We make it our mission to offer more creative, innovative solutions for your concert tour, corporate event, theatrical show, television broadcast or whatever your needs may be.”
WAYNE, NJ – New Zealand-based company ShotOver reports that many of its customers using its stabilization camera systems for high velocity cinematography are also using Fujinon lenses, including the Premier PL mount 18-85mm zoom lens, PL mount 14.5-45mm zoom, PL 85-300mm Cabrio, 19-90mm Cabrio, 25-300mm Cabrio, and HA42x9.7 Premier Series ENG style lens.
LAS VEGAS — Red Rock Resort installed three NanoLumens 2.5mm NanoSlim Engage LED diplays in its Race & Sports Book area, adding up to 1,730 square feet of high-res visuals.
ORLANDO, FL – Rental and staging company Kobryn Communications (KCI) creates durable flypack road systems for live events throughout North America. Already a FOR-A user who owns the HVS-390HS switcher, KCI recently selected FOR-A’s HVS-2000 as its video switcher of choice for a 3G-compliant flypack. The HVS-2000-equipped system was first put through its paces during a production in August, and KCI has been relying on the unit for productions ever since.
DUBAI, U.A.E. – Protec relied once again on d3 Technologies and its software suite to handle the video elements, this time for the opening ceremony of the Nad Al Sheba (NAS) Sports Tournament 2015.
SAN FRANCISCO – For the annual Intel Developer Forum (IDF 2015), WorldStage worked with John Halloran Associates (JHA), providing extensive AV support for the IDF’s keynote and Mega Sessions in the West Hall of the Moscone Center.
BEIJING – Projector manufacturer Digital Projection China will present a special event featuring AV Stumpfl technologies at the Crowne Plaza Beijing Sun Palace on Oct. 21. Featured products will include AV Stumpfl’s FHD Player, Wings Engine Stage media servers (pictured here) and Avio control software.
BLACKBURN, U.K. – Lighting and visuals rental company HSL announced a working partnership with live event video designers and specialists, Video Illusions. Based in Canterbury, Kent, Video Illusions was formed in 2006 by brothers Dave and Nick Whiteoak. Pictured here, from left, are Nick Whiteoak, Andy Hurst, Sunon Stuart and Dave Whiteoak.
Martin’s P3-PC System Controller can now be seamlessly integrated with Green Hippo’s Hippotizer media servers, according to Harman. The move will let users install the P3-PC software directly onto any Green Hippo media server running the Hippotizer V4 software, effectively enabling the media server to output the Martin P3 protocol.
POTTSTOWN, PA — Although the decision on “LED vs. Projection” for corporate events has always been influenced by what video gear is available, and at what cost, a proliferation of lower-cost, higher-resolution LED video options may be shifting the debate somewhat. While acknowledging that his company “mainly focuses on LED displays,” and that he “may be biased towards LED,” Upstage Video owner Doug Murray invited two other rental and staging industry professionals, Scott Williams from Quince Imaging and Brian Brooks from MB Video Productions, for their potentially contrasting views.