Registration has opened for the Media Production & Technology Show (MPTS), which is being held at Olympia London on 10-11 May for the first time in its sixth year. The show for the media and broadcast industries aims to build on its most successful year – a record 300-plus exhibitors…
White Light has achieved B Corporation (B Corp) certification, joining a socially and environmentally conscious movement of more than 6,000 companies worldwide. This news comes just a few months after the UK-based company gained ISO14001 accreditation – the international standard for environmental management systems. B Corp’s ethos is to transform…
This year's London New Year's Eve celebrations took place with the support of 400 UAVs from live drone show specialist Celestial. The show drew a crowd of around 100,000 who lined the banks of the river Thames to see the drone display and around 12,000 fireworks. The display included images…
Saturn Visual Solutions has recruited seven staff in the past nine months to meet rising demand for digital signage services. Following a rebranding exercise and the lifting of the Covid-19 restrictions, the Manchester-based digital signage consultancy has increased its revenue past pre-lockdown levels. Last year, Saturn hired a graphic designer,…
A production of Dolly Parton's Smoky Mountain Christmas Carol at the Queen Elizabeth Hall in London's Southbank Centre is making good use of d&B Soundscape technology. This is a show that takes the tale by Charles Dickens and transplants it to 1930s Tennessee. Sound designer Richard Brooker has previously dabbled…
Zytronic has provided the touchscreen for ticket vending machines (TVMs) that are being rolled out at stations across the UK’s rail network. The kiosks were initially installed and trialled at Gatwick Airport by Govia Thameslink Railway, which was looking for a TVM design with a large, full-screen interface. The TVMs…
The world’s most famous out-of-home landmarks, Times Square and Piccadilly Lights, have been transformed into live stages for augmented-reality performances by the virtual band Gorillaz. Fans were invited to gather in New York on 17 December and in London on 18 December as the band, featuring virtual characters, performed their…
Double Take Projections is lighting up Edinburgh, Scotland this festive season. The company is curating a projection mapping installation for the eight-storey Johnnie Walker visitor centre on Princes Street that runs from sunset every night throughout December. A giant advent calendar is among the images being projected on to the…
On Thursday 3rd November Diversified opened its doors to the much-anticipated Microsoft Solutions Centre located at its head office in Surrey. Multiple key enterprise clients, new and existing, were welcomed into the new space before Darren Pitt, Vice President Sales & Marketing, Diversified EMEA kicked off the day with an…
IVC Audio Visual has completed phase two of the digital transformation of the Harlequins Stoop Stadium in West London with the launch of multiple IPTV and digital signage solutions. The new fan village includes a revised entrance fitted with a large high brightness display to showcase important messages and help…
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