A speedway track in the US has installed 2,135 sq metres of digiLED's Vision Ultra panels. Texas Motor Speedway’s (TMS) Big Hoss TV, which replaced a screen erected in 2014, stands 11 storeys high and comprises more than 8.2 million pixels. The display area is the equivalent of 4,331 42”…
Manchester-based sound design specialists and audiologists tube uk are supplying audio systems to eight popular Christmas trails throughout the UK and one in Germany this season – totalling 168 individual sound systems and 1,681 loudspeakers! Working closely with the production team from Culture Creative, a worldwide leader in creating trail…
How do you do AV technology procurement at an epic scale? What approach do you take with the world's largest and most impressive deployments of the technology solutions you have commissioned? The answer, if you are the Sphere in Las Vegas, is to take equity in two of your major suppliers.…
The Sphere in Las Vegas has already made $75m in just over two months from its two marquee shows: the U2 residency U2: UV Achtung Baby Live at Sphere and the original Darren Aronofsky film Postcards From Earth. That's according to a securities filing by Sphere Entertainment, which said the…
ACT Entertainment has acquired the video processing, signal distribution and media playback solutions company tvONE, The acquisition is a first foray into video equipment for ACT Entertainment which has completed multiple acquisitions since 2017, bringing RapcoHorizon, AC Power Distribution and other brands under the ACT banner. tvONE is headquartered in…
Rock band KISS have unveiled 'immortal' digital avatars which will carry on their performances when band members are no longer able to tour. The avatars made their debut, performing the encore to the final show in a four-year End of the Road tour. This show took place at Madison Square Garden…
Peerless-AV has played a vital role at a new Virtual Production Lab at Sony's Digital Media Production Center in Los Angeles, California. The immersive training and education facility offers production managers and cinematographers the opportunity to test drive Sony’s line of professional cinema equipment, including the flagship VENICE 2 Cinema…
U2's opening show at the Sphere in Las Vegas has become "the fastest grossing residency" ever recorded in the city. That's according to Billboard magazine, which says the initial run of 17 shows generated nearly $110m in ticket sales. Each show generated $6.5m on average, selling about 16,500 tickets. Other…
Christmas has come early to the Sphere in Las Vegas, with a dancing show that will run throughout the holiday season on its programmable LED exterior known as the Exosphere. The exterior screen will show the Radio City Rockettes, who star in a Christmas show that runs annually at Radio…
Justin Kennington, who was responsible for the conception of the SDVoE Alliance, has resigned from his role as president, and welcomed Stephane Tremblay who takes over the role. In 2016, Kennington conceived and founded the SDVoE Alliance to drive a standards-based approach to audiovisual technology. Tremblay, a familiar face to…
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