Projection Connection News

GLENDALE, AZ – To accompany performances by Katy Perry, Missy Elliott and Lenny Kravitz at the 2015 Super Bowl Halftime Show,  lighting director Jason Rudolph used eight d3 Technologies 4x4pro media servers to map the projection surface on the football field with content from 80 Barco projectors. The d3 servers also sent four feeds to control the LED stage. (A rendering of the imagery seen by a record-breaking TV viewing audience is pictured here.)

PHOENIX – Creative BackStage recently added Absen A6t 6.25mm LED video screen to its inventory of gear. The screens were first deployed at the annual Alice Cooper Christmas Pudding concert in December 2014, pictured here. Since then, the new 6mm LED screen product has been used at Circle K New Year’s Eve Block Party in Tempe, AZ, pictured below. They were also deployed at Birds Nest at the Phoenix Open in Scottsdale, AZ and at a few private fund raiser events.

HERDECKE, Germany – publitec, an AV distributor and events technology company, is also a Christie partner and recently added 40 new Christie Boxer 4K30 projectors to its rental range. Pictured here are Klaus Hilles, Christie Regional Director, with Andreas Flemming, CEO of publitec.

LONDON – XL Video supplied LED and video screens for an hour-long special celebrated Bruce Forsyth’s long career in show business called Bruce’s Hall of Fame. Produced by Hat Trick Productions, the show was recorded Nov. 1, 2014 at the London Palladium and aired on BBC1 on Dec. 27, 2014.

TAMPA – The Florida Aquarium turned once again to Electrosonic for an AV assist, this time for their new Carol J. and Barney Barnett Learning Center. Electrosonic provided video, audio and control equipment along with integration support.

COLUMBUS, OH – Lyon Video recently purchased six XA99x8.4 ultra-wide field production lenses, adding to the mobile production company’s Grass Valley LDX80 Worldcam cameras on its Lyon 14 mobile unit.

LEEK, The Netherlands – Experience the new website from Prolyte Group Prolyte is proud to announce the launch of its new website. Setting out to create a modern, full functional online platform to offer not only product information, but also inspiration and technical support, Prolyte aimed to reach out to its users by offering diverse yet relevant information for product as well as technical aspects.

MONTREAL, Canada – Solotech provided the new scoreboard for Olympic Park stadium here. The new scoreboard features a 16mm pixel pitch LED display measuring 33.4 by 9.4 meters (WxH) – 3,380 square feet in all. The new screen, one of the largest in Canada, replaces two smaller screens installed in 1992. Along with the scoreboard, Solotech supplied and installed an electrical distribution system, a fiber video distribution system, image processors and a sports scoring system.

SYDNEY, Australia – Technical Direction Company (TDC) did its part to bring together the similar-sounding (but wildly differing) nations of Austria and Australia with Visions of Vienna – a large-format projection of imagery from Vienna on the “sails” of the iconic Sydney Opera House. The multi-media artistic project was a collaboration between the Vienna Tourist Board and the Sydney Symphony Orchestra.

NEW YORK – WorldStage continues to expand its equipment inventory with the purchase of several new d3 Technologies media servers. The company now has d3 4×4 PRO servers and d3 4×2 PRO servers to supplement their existing d3 4U v2.5 units. Along with these recent acquisitions, WorldStage has been gearing up to support clients’ 4K needs with a Barco E2 presentation system.