FRANKFURT — CT (Creative Technology) noted that its new CT Glux Carbon 10 LED System has already been deployed at a number of major events in Europe, including the Audi booth at the Frankfurt IAA car show and at two major concert events in The Netherlands, both at the Arnhem GelreDome — a concert for Dutch duo Nick & Simon and another concert event, Symphonica in Rosso, which featured singer Dutch songstress Anouk. Smaller systems have also been deployed on TV series in the UK and Germany and on The Arctic Monkey’s tour. The product will also be used at the Dubai Airshow set for later this month.
PITTSBURGH —NEP’s Screenworks division wrapped up an almost five-month-long project during which it provided custom video display services for the Dave Matthews Band Summer 2013 Tour. The project included a curved LED wall measuring 22 feet tall and 62 feet wide.
For Dave Matthews Band 2013 summer tour, NEP Screenworks designed, built, installed and operated a custom video display that wrapped and curved the entire upstage of the band. The video display was 22 feet tall and 62 feet wide, had a 120 degree curve and used customized curve mounting and mechanism. Driving the video wall as a Hippotizer HD with custom content and I-mag provided by Filament Productions.
MIAMI — Video mapping, projection and LED screens used for the Billboard Latin Music Awards here earlier this year were handled by two Avolites Media Ai Infinity 8 Servers and one Ai T8 server. The event was broadcast to 30 million viewers. Avolites Media Developer Ciaran Abrams worked closely with US-based lighting design and media presentation company DMDS7UDIOS on the 2013 Awards, held April 25 at the 7,972-seat BankUnited Center.
ARGYLE, TX — GoVision has added 5mm Indoor LED panels to its rental inventory. The new panels promise to be well suited to applications requiring high quality video seen from as little as three feet away without a loss of clarity. The panels are also designed to be light in weight, a boon for venues lacking traditional rigging acoutrement. They will also be available at a competitive price.
LONDON – Unity – A Concert for Stephen Lawrence, staged at the O2 Arena to mark the 20th anniversary of the teen’s death in what has been deemed to be a racially motivated hate crime, featured performances by Rita Ora, Jessie J, Emeli Sande, Beverley Knight, Tinie Tempah and Plan B, among others. Hosted by Nick Grimshaw and Reggie Yates, the event was produced by AEG Live and featured video support from XL Video.