Meraas approached the Float4 studio to create a digital feature for City Walk. The scope grew to encompass an outdoor digital experience that includes more than 30 LED installations, nearly 30 projectors, and a water fountain show that uses water screens. In total there are over 100 million pixels covering a…
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Inauguration in Saudi Arabia relies on Protec production expertise
Attended by King Salman bin Abdulaziz Al Saud, the Custodian of the Two Holy Mosques and a number of government dignitaries, these celebrated new infrastructure projects by the Sadara Chemical Company (Sadara) and the Saudi Aramco Total Refining and Petrochemical Co (Satorp). SADARA and SATORP are among the largest facilities…
Protec rises to Sheikh Zayed Heritage Festival challenge
The event, which was held at the Al Wathba race track, celebrates UAE’s cultural inheritance as well as the diversity of other cultures around the world. The festival offered a variety of educational platforms, interactive performances, fountain shows, a tribal parade and a dazzling fireworks display each night. Protec were engaged…
Avolites are the Pride of the Nation in Arab emirate
Avolites media servers have been used to power 18 million pixels of custom video and graphics content at a National Celebration Day in the Middle East. The servers were used at the FakhrakYaWatan “Pride of the Nation” show in Ras Al Khaimah, one of the seven emirates that make up…
Avocor appoints head of operations for EMEA
Till has a broad spectrum of skills developed over his 20-year career within the audio visual industry, working for AV brand leaders such as InFocus & leading OEM suppliers in a variety of roles including sales, marketing, business development, product marketing and general management. With his extensive international background, having…
PRG provides technology for United Arab Emirates National Day
The event, at the request of the Crown Prince’s Court, celebrated 45 years since the unification of the United Arab Emirates, and took place in the presence of a selected crowd of dignitaries. Tom van Hemelryck, vp global sports and special events, was contacted by Balich Worldwide Shows to provide…
Protec creates opening spectacular for Dubai Canal
With such a prestigious opening spectacular nothing can be left to chance, highlights Paul Flint, head of production international team for Prodea. “The delivery of this event by Protec did exactly that; their attention to detail was superb," he said. With over three kilometres of canal side to cover, the provision…
Sennheiser ensures Les Misérables success at Dubai Opera
Commenting on the production’s decision to tour with an extensive kit of Sennheiser microphones, headsets, transmitters, and antennas instead of using the incumbent audio solution at Dubai Opera, Shelly Lee, associate sound designer for Les Miserables said, “Musicals of this calibre would tour with the majority of the equipment required…
Tempest assists Dubai hotel illumination
The manufacturer of projector enclosures supplied Cyclone 8500 enclosures, Cyclovator Tilt Kits and the world’s first installation of its innovative AC Assist technology to protect 14 Barco HDQ-2K40 projectors from the searing Dubai heat. The system has allowed the 300 metre high building to become a jaw-dropping canvas for a…
ShowLED’s LED screen on Burj Khalifa shines bright
ShowLED Hybrid Pixels cover a full façade of the iconic Burj Khalifa building in Dubai. With 33,000 m² surface and the highest LED at 750m well above sea level, visitors of Downtown Dubai witnessed the largest LED display ever constructed, both in surface area as in height. A record-breaking effort…