CT’s director of special projects, Scott Burges reckons “the 20k projectors are a lot smaller and lightweight and use less power, saving over four tonnes of carbon compared with similar projectors.” In addition, 59 Productions used 20 Catalyst media servers to handle creative content at the opening ceremony, in concert…
Live Events
Adlib goes on a Sea Odyssey in Liverpool
It was seen by more than 500,000 people in & around Liverpool. Adlib was contracted by Liverpool City Council’s events department, Liverpool Vision to provide PA systems in three key gathering points for the promenade performance. Adlib also installed a sound system on the Brocklebank Band Boat which accompanied the…
Men in Black III German Premiere breaks 3D screening world record on Sony 4K projectors
The event saw the film screened at more than four times the resolution of traditional 2K digital cinema projection systems, and with 6,819 viewers, it became the largest 3D movie screening ever completed, making Sony Pictures a Guinness World Records holder . The set-up comprised an array of four Sony…
Al Laith Event Services builds open air theatre for Doha Tribeca Film Festival
The temporary structure featured 14 steel arches, the largest at 85 metres wide and 26m high. It had an overall weight loading capacity of approximately 100 tonnes. In addition to the seating tribunes (also supplied by Al Laith), it also housed the 23 metre wide screen, a full orchestra stage,…
CT Dubai delivers energy awards
CT delivered HD graphic content for the awards presentation with a full 1080i HD video shown on a 14m-wide projection screen. Three pairs of Barco FLM HD 20K DLP projectors were placed back-stage in the main auditorium and blended via a Vista Spyder system, which was used to add picture-in-picture…
Jack Morton creates pan-African event
The launch programme consisted of three events, each in turn targeted specifically at employees, press and VIPs on the 31st July and the 1st August. Each of the country events ran simultaneously but were also linked live via satellite. This event was a communications first for the continent and reflected…