XL Video Supplies Equipment for The X Factor Live 2015 U.K. Tour
XL Video supplies video production equipment for the U.K.’s X Factor Live 2015 Tour.
XL Video Supports Olivier Awards for Fifth Year in a Row
LONDON – Working with the Society of London Theatre, XL Video supported the Olivier Awards 2015 with MasterCard with the supply of video screens, media servers and control systems in two London locations, and once again sponsored the award for Best Set Design. This is the fifth consecutive year XL Video has been involved in the video production for the awards.
Harrods’ Faberge Eggs Get Projection Mapped with d3 Technologies
LONDON – Harrods department store and Russian art jeweler Faberge celebrated Easter with a 21st century twist on Faberge’s iconic Easter eggs: a larger-than-life interactive projection-mapped egg on display in the store’s holiday windows. Projection Artworks used d3 Technologies’ 4x4pro media server to map the egg with video imagery.
Large-Format Projection with Christie Projectors Promotes Transformers Movie
BOGOTÁ, Colombia – To tie in with the premiere of Transformers: Age of Extinction in Colombia, the rental-staging company Big Video used eight Christie 3DLP projectors for a projection-mapped display that lit up a 65-by-20-meter portion of the façade of the Calima shopping mall in Bogotá..
PRG Nocturne Adds 58 Fujinon Lenses to Inventory
WAYNE, NJ – As part of the company’s overall expansion of video touring production services, Production Resource Group LLC (PRG) recently purchased 58 additional Fujinon lenses for use on its newly acquired Grass Valley LDX80 Première cameras.
XL Video Supports Teenage Cancer Trust 15th Anniversary Shows
LONDON — XL Video supported Teenage Cancer Trust’s annual run of live shows at London’s Royal Albert Hall for the third consecutive year. For this 15th anniversary XL Video supplied LED screens, live cameras and HD recordings for the seven shows in late March 2015.
Wanda Movie Park and Han Show Theater In China Install Christie Projectors
WUHAN, China – Wanda Movie Park and Han Show Theater, twin attractions are developed by Chinese conglomerate Wanda Group, recently installed close to 160 Christie 1-chip and 3-chip DLP® projectors with resolutions of up to 4K. The attractions have been open to the public since Dec. 2014.
Dubai’s HbMPSG Features Projection Tracking via d3, BlackTrax Technologies
DUBAI, UAE – Production Technology LLC (Protec) put d3 Technologies’ 4x4pro media servers to work on the Hamdan bin Mohammed Programme for Smart Government awards (HbMPSG) at the World Trade Centre Arena in Dubai. Protec chose d3 media servers with CAST BlackTrax realtime motion tracking to deliver the complex projection mapping element of the event.
Panama City’s Biomuseo Gets AV Support from Electrosonic
PANAMA CITY, Panama – Electrosonic has designed, fabricated and installed audio-visual systems in one of the most unique museums in the world, the Biomuseo in Panama City, Panama. Situated on the Amador Causeway, at the entrance to the Panama Canal in Latin America’s only Frank Gehry-designed building, the Biomuseo will offer eight permanent art and science galleries on the origin of the isthmus and its impact on the planet’s biodiversity.
Quince Imaging Uses Avolites Ai for Market America World Conference in Miami
MIAMI, FL – Market America touched down in Miami’s American Airlines Arena for their World Conference, with Quince Imaging specifying Avolites’ Ai media server for the event’s video needs.
Projection Mapped Whale Shark in China Gets Support from Christie and Wincomn
BEIJING, China – Christie and its Chinese partner, Wincomn Technology, joined forces for a permanent projection mapping display on a large whale shark sculpture, which is part of a large-scale show titled Glamorous Sky Over Hengqin. The spectacle features dramatic lighting, audio, video, pyro and stunt performances at Chimelong Ocean Kingdom.
CPL Goes Wide for Inteva Productions
TELFORD, U.K. – Specialist widescreen projection was one of several video elements supplied by west Midlands based Central Presentations Ltd. (CPL) to show producers Inteva Productions for an annual sales conference staged at Telford International Centre, Telford, UK.