Projection Connection News

FORT MYERS, FL –New Hope Presbyterian Church (EPC) exists to teach and live the Gospel of Christ and be His Kingdom presence to one another throughout the community. With the recent completion of their new sanctuary, worshippers enjoy a beautiful, inspiring environment. To better ensure their services are engaging and meaningful to all who attend, church management elected to install projection equipment to better convey their message. After careful evaluation, projectors from Rancho Santa Margarita, CA-based Eiki International, Inc. were deployed.

LONDON – Justin Bieber’s Purpose world tour, which concluded with a show in London’s Hyde Park last month after successfully completing more than 150 shows since the tour’s launch in March 2016, relied upon d3 4x4pro media servers for the production’s extensive and elaborate video looks. The visual design team included Michael Figge, who worked with creative director Nick DeMoura and tour director Chris Gratton to enhance the look of the long run of arena and stadium shows.

LAS VEGAS — When UFC mixed martial arts organization designed its new, global corporate campus in Las Vegas, they wanted every inch of the campus, which includes its state-of-the-art UFC Performance Institute, to amplify the global brand’s image as a world-class organization. One of the most critical notable components of the facility is the NanoLumens 2.5mm ENGAGE Series™ LED display in the main lobby, that gives visitors an initial glimpse of the corporate campus’s grandeur.

WINTER PARK, FL — Calvary Orlando—an Assembly of God Pentacostal Church in Winter Park, FL—has long been an active and engaging house of worship, with a lively main sanctuary that can comfortably seat 5,600 people. In an effort to further enhance the worship experience for congregants, Calvary Orlando has amplified its audio-visual strategy with live video, graphics, lyrics and other media assets powered by Renewed Vision.

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CHICAGO, IL — ABCOMRENTS, the leading provider of IT & Digital Signage Solutions, has expanded their inventory once again! This time, the company has added the latest Absen LED tile: the indoor 2.6mm X2v from Absen’s Mobile Indoor/Outdoor Xv-series. ABCOMRENTS purchased 4,000 of the X2v tiles, with 2,000 available by August, the balance due in by September.  They are available for both rental and resale. Designed specifically for the rental & staging industry, Absen’s Xv-series sets a new standard for modular LED tiles. The unique 500×562 pixel size and 2.6mm pitch means each tile provides true HD clarity allowing for native 16:9 content design and application.

AMHERST, NEW YORK — Returning from its first transatlantic tour in the UK and Ireland, Stampede, the world’s leading value-added distributor of ProAV solutions, is kicking off its Second Half 2017 North American Big Book of AV Tour & Conference Series in Columbus, Ohio on September 14th. The day-long conference will be held at The Westin Columbus from 10:00 AM-2:00 PM, and registration is now open here.

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LONDON– Lititz, Pennsylvania-based Control Freak Systems LLC (CFS) is first in US to debut d3 gx range of media servers. A d3 Rental Partner, CFS has been at the forefront of entertainment technology for more than a decade.  It provides clients with cutting-edge hardware and custom software solutions for fully integrated control of video, lighting, motion and live audio. CFS has become the niche integrator and intellectual powerhouse, with a reputation built on providing reliable solutions for never before seen challenges.

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LAS VEGAS – “Penn & Teller: Fool Us” returns to The CW in July to intrigue TV audiences with season four of the magic competition in which guests attempt to baffle Penn & Teller with tricks they can’t figure out.  WorldStage showed off its broadcast television chops by providing LED and projection support for the hit show at the Penn & Teller Theater in the Rio Hotel & Casino, Las Vegas. Bob Magee, senior account manager at WorldStage, has been involved with “Penn & Teller: Fool Us” since season three.  While the set remains largely the same for the new season, “we increased the efficiency of the install and strike and updated the LED technology,” he reports.

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TELLURIDE, CO – The Ride Festival returned to Telluride, Colorado for the 6th year in a row featuring musical performances from Beck, Ben Harper & The Innocent Criminals, The John Butler Trio, Kaleo, Rival Sons and many more at the unique event held at over 8750’ above sea level. Upstage Video provided the LED Screens, and an HD camera package for the event. VP of Concert Touring Mark Haney, worked closely with the festival’s producers, and production staff to meet their needs, and to enhance the patrons’ experience at the two-day event.

PITTSBURGH, — NEP Group, Inc. (‘NEP’), the global industry-leading provider of outsourced broadcast and live event production solutions, announced today that they have acquired Bexel Global Broadcast Solutions (“Bexel”), a subsidiary of Vitec Group plc. Headquartered in Pittsburgh with offices in 21 countries, NEP’s addition of Bexel strengthens its position as the worldwide broadcast services leader, and expands their ability to provide a comprehensive, one-stop set of solutions to broadcast clients in virtually every region and territory around the globe.

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WAYNE, N.J.,– As part of the company’s overall education initiative, the Optical Devices Division of FUJIFILM is currently conducting “Lunch & Learn Lenses” events in cities across North and South America. Each “Lunch & Learn Lenses” is an informal discussion over lunch with representatives from FUJIFILM that provides attendees with an opportunity to give insight into what future lens innovations they’d like to see.

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TUSTIN – It may have been a hot summer evening in Los Angeles but a winter-is-coming theme marked the gala seventh-season premiere of “Game of Thrones” at the Walt Disney Concert Hall.  The after-party, staged on the roof level of Classic Parking across the street, overlooked the hall where projection designer Bart Kresa mapped the upper planes of the building with stunning scenes and imagery from HBO’s hit series.  WorldStage provided Kresa with Panasonic laser projectors and video engineering support for the head-turning imagery.