LINCOLN, IL – Lincoln College’s Lincoln Heritage Museum underwent a comprehensive upgrade with AV support from Alcorn McBride. Eidson Studios handled the AV design and installation, working with Taylor Studios, the exhibit design, fabrication and lighting firm for the entire project.
BILLERICA, MA – massAV, a live event AV staging and production company based here, recently purchased a new FiberPlex Technologies optical snake. With FiberPlex’s WDM-8 active wave division multiplexer, massAV can multiplex eight discrete signals at 3 Gb/s each for transporting video, audio, lighting and control feeds onto one fiber pair.
CLEVELAND — Cleveland’s International Exposition Center, also known as the I-X Center, has contracted with NanoLumens to provide NanoWrap and fixed NanoSlim indoor LED signage. Karen Robinson, NanoLumens executive vice president of business development, made the announcement. The installation of the 22 indoor LED displays, ranging from a 30’ x 17’ flat screen to 8’ x 8’ wrap screens, is set to be complete by April 1, 2014.
At 12Kgs per square metre, Glux’s new high definition LED screen modules are one of the lightest screens currently on the market. This latest purchase allows S+H to keep pace with the increasing demand for LED screens.
BIRMINGHAM, U.K. — For the Live Action Arena portion of the 2014 Autosport International exhibition at Birmingham’s National Exhibition Centre, XL Video returned with the 90-meter-wide projection that debuted with the January 2013 event. The moving backgrounds were made up from a six-way blend of six stacks of two Barco projectors — six Barco HDF-W26s with six Barco FLM HD20s as hot backups.
NASHVILLE — Christian rock band Skillet has a busy tour schedule, with as many as 150 performances a year. Scotty Rock, production manager for the band, credited ease of deployment as a key benefit for the band’s video setup, which includes PixelFLEX LED Curtains. The curtain panels also pack up quickly and easily.
NEW YORK — Event organizers PPW are bringing Super Bowl XLVIII fever from New Jersey’s Meadowlands to downtown Manhattan on the evenings just prior to the Big Game on Feb. 2. The section of Broadway running from 34th to 47th streets, which includes Times Square, has been designated Super Bowl Boulevard. Moment Factory is providing an assist with large-format projection on the façade of Macy’s flagship retail location. Their eight-minute shows, pictured here in rehearsals, will be seen every half hour from 5:30 to 9:30 p.m. between Jan. 29 and Feb. 1.
SYDNEY — Technical Direction Company (TDC) supplied all video technology elements for the 27th ARIA Awards, which was held Dec. 1 at the Event Centre at The Star in Sydney.
GOA, India — The Lusophony Games, which run from Jan. 18-29, 2014, featured an opening ceremony with projection-mapped visuals from 40 Christie Roadster S+20K, Roadster S+22K-J and Roadster HD20K-J 3-chip DLP projectors. The Games, staged once every three or four years and centered on completion among populations or countries with a link to Portugal, were previously held in Macao, China (2006) and Lisbon, Portugal (2009).
