VESTAL, NY – FOR-A, which recently became the exclusive U.S. distributor for ClassX graphics solutions, noted that WICZ-TV, based in Vestal, NY, near Binghamton, NY, has become its first ClassX graphics solutions customer.
ST. LOUIS, MO – Scottrade Center, home of the St. Louis Blues hockey team, upgraded its broadcast setup within the arena’s video control room with Grass Valley gear prior to the recently concluded 2016-2017 hockey season.
ORLANDO – At InfoComm Booth #3601, Barco is presenting four new LED display products, with a 6.1-million pixel wall featuring four pixel pitches animated with moving imagery. Pictured here is the company’s new X-Series product, which comes with pixel pitch options of 1.29, 1.58, 2.5 and 4mm.
SINGAPORE – Christie is showcasing its MicroTiles along with its Mystique projection-mapping capabilities at Asian Attractions Expo 2017, taking place at Marina Bay Sands in Singapore from June 14-16, 2017. The company’s MicroTiles are also featured at other exhibitors’ booths at the show, including the Falcon Treehouse and TEA booths.
KORTRIJK, Belgium – Barco is noting significant demand for its UDX projectors among rental companies. embraced by the rental community. The prospect of working with 4K laser phosphor projectors is proving attractive, particularly as the projector was developed with key players from the market itself.
SYDNEY – The past year has been busy for leading visual solution experts, Technical Direction Company (TDC). The company has completed work for the ‘King Roger’ opera, ‘White Night Melbourne’ 2017 and received a Live Design Excellence nomination for their work on Vivid Sydney 2016. TDC has offices in Sydney and Melbourne, and has long been a d3 rental partner. Last year they also officially became a d3 Studio, building their creative space with a 180º curved projection-mapped wall and a d3 4x4pro living in the space. Here is a few highlights from what they have been working on in the last year.
LONDON, UK,– Victoria House in London’s Holborn was home to the 2017 NEC Solutions Showcase and Green Hippo’s UK team played a key role in delivering one of NEC’s sweetest exhibits to 1,500 trade visitors. A Hippotizer Boreal Media Server created a ‘virtual sweet shop’ set-up, using a total of 11 screens, three Datapath X4 video splitters, and playing back 4K video. The resulting display immediately grabbed the attention, and show visitors immediately grabbed some time with Green Hippo’s on-hand team of technical experts.
ZURICH, Switzerland – Blackmagic Design noted that the managers of Samsung Hall, a new live performance venue in Zurich, Switzerland, have opted for an AV solution that includes the use of an optical fiber backbone, live production hardware and digital film cameras including the URSA Mini 4.6K from Blackmagic Design.
Cam Carrithers mixing on the Roland VR-50HD Multi-Format AV Mixer at the Fletcher Hall Stage[/caption]
LOS ANGELES, CA,— “Moogfest celebrates the innovative collision that Bob Moog discovered long, long ago when he invented the Moog synthesizer, where art, technology, science – that creative spirit in all forms – come together.” In that one sentence, KamranV, managing partner and CTO of Moogfest, encapsulates the event. “Moogfest started in 2004 in New York City,” he elaborates, “and eventually travelled to where the Moog factory is in Asheville. Now we’re in our home here in Durham, NC. It’s about 40,000 people over the weekend from 44 different states and 22 different countries. And it grows every year. It’s really fantastic.”
BOSTON – Axle Video (InfoComm booth 1781) noted that its media management software was used by video director Jay Cooper for Kenny Chesney’s 2016 tour.
LOS ANGELES – Green Hippo’s HippoSchool continues its current series of US training sessions, exclusively run by Hippotizer Product Specialists. Leading the way in the design and manufacture of products for real-time video playback and 3D Mapping, the tailor-made HippoSchool training programs enable users to get the most from their Hippotizer Media Server.
ORLANDO – At Barco’s InfoComm 2017 booth #3601 from June 14-16, the company will showcase new visual solutions including DLP laser phosphor projectors, LED displays, ultra-thin, flexible digital media canvases and more. The company’s UDX-4K32 projector is pictured here.