ORLANDO – APG Rentals has added high resolution 2.9mm, 1.9mm, and 1.5mm LED displays to its portfolio. APG Rentals will showcase the new line-up at ExhibitorLive 2017 in Booth #654 at the Mandalay Bay Convention Center in Las Vegas, Nevada from March 13th – 15th.
BARCELONA, Spain — Held Feb. 27-March 2 at the Fira Gran Via in Barcelona, the GSMA’s Mobile World Congress got a visual assist from CT’s Mick Jones and Nick Whitehead, who provided a broad array of AV support to meet the needs of the venue and its brand support agency, Line Up.
EAST AMERICAN FORK, UT — Cornerstone AV purchased FLEXCurtain HD 6.35mm LED video panels from Nashville-based PixelFLEX to meet the needs of current and future clients. Cornerstone’s Chad Fraughton detailed how the AV company was able to use it for a rebranding event involving Vivint Corporation and the NBA arena in Salt Lake City where a small room was wrapped with the product to create an immersive visual environment. Other events making use of the product include the one pictured here, for Pluralsight, an online education company.
tvONE screen is installed in University of Warwick[/caption]
UK – tvONE’s CORIOmaster mini video wall processor drives a spectacular 16K video wall in the foyer of the Oculus, a new £19 million flagship building at the University of Warwick in the UK. Entering The Oculus, visitors are greeted by a stunning four-screen 16K resolution video wall with a range of art displays, timetables of upcoming activity in the building and live-streams of lectures and other events in the main lecture theatres as well as acting as the ‘building dashboard’.
Broadcast Pix adds Facebook Live support[/caption]
CHELMSFORD, MASS.– Broadcast Pix™ today announced its integrated production switchers now offer native support for Facebook Live. Available this spring, the upgrade will be included in all new switchers and as a free upgrade for switchers currently under warranty.
AMHERST, NEW YORK, — Seven information rich presentations covering laser projectors, Drone Video Systems, video walls, wireless collaboration, IoT security, and digital audio networking will highlight the Stampede Big Book of AV Tour & Conference Series when it stops in Denver, Colorado on March 16, 2017. The daylong event will take place at the Sheraton Denver Tech Center and feature two exclusive seminar presentations on network fundamentals for professional audio integrators presented by Yamaha Commercial Installation Solutions. Registration for the event is now open here.
Advanced designed and installed an LCD videowall in Humberview Volkswagen dealership[/caption]
ORLANDO, FLORIDA, — Providing DSE Show attendees with an in-depth look into the wide range of digital displays available to them, Advanced, a leading integrator of videowalls and high-end technologies and previous APEX Gold Award winner, today announced that it will offer complimentary, behind-the-scenes VIP tours of the newest digital signage technologies at DSE 2017. Each tour, which will be customized to an attendee’s needs and interests, will include behind-the-scenes visits to leading display manufacturers’ booths such as LG, Planar/Leyard, and more. Interested DSE 2017 attendees can sign up now here.
AMSTERDAM – The must-attend industry event – ISE 2017 recently took place in Amsterdam. To meet the requirement of diversified applications of fine pitch LED display, Macroblock iexhibited “Simple, Smart, Superior” by demonstrating the latest Hawkeye solutions in two specific applications. For rental use, we provide an innovative brightness adjustment module with user-friendly interface that allows users to easily adjust brightness without sacrificing grayscale and white balance.
George Spiro Dibie ASC (left) and James Mathers Digital Cinema Society Founder (right)[/caption]
BURBANK, CA. – It was all about the Light at the 2017 Digital Cinema Society’s Cinema Lighting Expo, which took place at the IATSE Grip’s Local 80 stage in Burbank on March 4th. The annual event included a full day of presentations from some of the Industry’s most prominent Cinematographers along with a host of vendors showing off their latest technology.
LOS ANGELES — No firm tour dates have been set, but Eyellusion, the company working with Wendy Rio, the widow of rocker Ronnie James Dio, who died in 2010, is now planning what might be the first live rock show built around a “virtual” performance by a deceased frontman.
ABU DHABI, UAE – The United Arab Emirates (UAE) celebrated 45 years of unification with a National Day that featured a huge multi-surface video projection in Abu Dhabi. The event, staged Dec. 2 at the request of the Crown Prince’s court, was held for an invited crowd of dignitaries. Balich Worldwide Shows contacted Tom van Hemelryk, VP Global Sports and Special Events at PRG, to provide both the technical expertise and technology for this video mapping production, which was fed by eight d3 4x4pro media servers.
Panasonic enlists the help Painting with Light[/caption]
AMSTERDAM – International creative design practice Painting with Light was commissioned by Panasonic to produce a high-impact multimedia live show for their stand at the 2017 ISE (Integrated Systems Europe) expo at Amsterdam RAI. Painting with Light’s creative director Luc Peumans initiated the idea of simultaneous tracking and projecting onto multiple objects. It was a mission for which no-one could calculate a potential success rate in the confined and frenetic space of an exhibition booth.