Marcus Theatres, one of the top cinema chains in the United States, is dedicated to providing the ultimate cinema experience to moviegoers. The company’s patented UltraScreen® movie screen is more than three stories tall, with five times the square footage area of a typical screen. Marcus Theatres is equally committed to cinema sound, using HARMAN’s JBL ScreenArray® 5742 4-way and 5732 3-way ultra-high-power loudspeaker systems, and Crown I-Tech HD Series power amplifiers in its UltraScreen 3D and 2D theaters.

“The quality of the audio is as important as the image in providing moviegoers with a memorable cinema experience,� said Mark Collins, Director of Projection Technology for Marcus Theatres. “When customers go to the movies, they expect to be ‘wowed’ and enjoy powerful, immersive sound they can’t hear anywhere else. The JBL ScreenArray loudspeakers and Crown I-Tech HD amps have more then met our expectations, and the sound we’re getting more

T-VIPS TVG450 JPEG2000 Video Gateway transmits the world’s first live 3D opera transmission over fibre in Stockholm

Oslo, Norway – T-VIPS, a global leader in professional video contribution and distribution solutions, announced that its TVG450 JPEG2000 Video Gateway helped make possible the live 3D transmission of Gounod’s Faust from Stockholm’s Folkoperan opera house to the city’s Filmhuset digital cinema. The event was produced by Public Live AB, and T-VIPS’ transport solution was chosen by technology provider TwentyFourSeven. Prominent guests at the live 3D opera premiere, included Sweden’s Minister of Culture Lena Adelsohn Liljeroth and the Mayor of Stockholm, Sten Nordin. By employing new 3D technologies the cinema audience experienced a richer performance – almost as though they were present in the opera house.

Public Live AB wanted to make sure that the picture quality was at its very best. The more

Boasting a new HARMAN JBL VerTec® line array system to complement its acoustically-engineered wooden interior and impressive metal and glass exterior, California State University’s newly constructed Valley Performing Arts Center recently commissioned an equipment package for its Great Hall that was sold and installed by Los Angeles-based Pro Sound and Video. The $125 million facility’s 30,000 square feet of glass is matched by 30,000 feet of interior acoustical panels, 568 miles of internal wiring, a moveable orchestra platform and 622 floor diffusers used for soundless air conditioning.

The Valley Performing Arts Center includes the 1,700-seat Great Hall and a 178-seat experimental theater along with rehearsal space, classrooms and other areas. The Center presents a diverse range of performing arts programming, including symphonic orchestras, dance, opera, theater, jazz and pop music, as well as film screenings and lectures. The Great Hall has already hosted a variety of entertainers including Shawn more

Two experienced and respected Belgian sound engineers are currently taking their first ride on Soundcraft’s Vi platform and loving every minute of it.

Which is just as well, since the band Ozark Henry (which is also the stage name of founder Piet Goddaer) will be touring arenas up to 6,000 capacity in Germany and Benelux through the spring and early summer before playing a major part in Europe’s burgeoning festival scene — and finally continuing through 30-40 Benelux theatre dates in the Autumn.

Handling the FOH mix is Tom Janssen, who also happens to be the in-house head technician at Brussels’ popular circuit venue, Ancienne Belgique, while monitor man Marcel Cortleven has worked for many of the country’s leading bands.

It was Stef De Pooter, Audio XL Belgium’s general manager, who made the breakthrough. He knew that both engineers had worked extensively in other digital environments but more

DiGiCo announces the adoption of Audinate’s Dante™ digital networking solution and the launch of two new Dante implemented products at this year’s Prolight+Sound.

“The first, an eight channel I/O module for the SD-Rack, is something we believe the industry would expect from DiGiCo,� explains managing director James Gordon. “The module allows our users to drop audio on and off a Dante network for connection to system control, amplifiers and general audio networks.

“The second is a little more unexpected and comes from our Solutions Division in the shape of Dante DMI (DiGiCo Multichannel Interface) card.�

The Dante DMI card can be added to either a D-Rack or SD-Rack and allows the user to connect the I/O rack, via CAT5, to a standard PC or MAC.

Audinate is leading the way networks are connected by transporting high-quality media over standard IT networks. Its more

SUNNYVALE, Calif. and CROWTHORNE, U.K. — March 29, 2011 — Atlona Technologies(R), a leading provider of cutting-edge digital connectivity solutions, today announced that the company has reached a distribution agreement with True Colours Distribution, the technical solution division of the Midwich Group. Under the agreement, True Colours will market and distribute all three of Atlona’s product lines in the U.K. and throughout Europe. more

Enlarged team to make its debut at PALME tradeshow in Dubai.

Global projection and display leader, projectiondesign® is putting the emphasis firmly on regional support as it returns to the PALME show in Dubai with a diverse range of visual display solutions. The company’s existing local team of Regional Director Ingar Sundholm and Tim Wood, Regional Manager, will be joined by two newly appointed field application engineers, as projectiondesign reaffirms its commitment to supporting its partners’ project design and maintenance on the ground internationally.

The two new faces to be seen at PALME are Alexis Michel Sakallis, who joins as Field Applications Engineer for the Middle East, Africa and India, and Hashem Aletaha, who will be the company’s Field Applications Engineer for the entire regions of the Middle East, Africa and India as well as Regional Management for Iran. Both posts have been newly created as projectiondesign seeks more

The latest version of the PVPProHD-IW can extract left and right projector images from all mandatory HDMI 1.4 3D formats, while alignment of pre-separated left and right eye content provided over DVI or HDSDI from media servers is also supported.

See Calibre at NAB, Booth # N3512, 11-14 April, Las Vegas Convention Center

Being shown for the first time at NAB 2011 is the latest version of Calibre UK’s PVProHD-IW Image Warping video processor/scaler – a product destined to improve the technical and commercial prospects for dual-projector passive 3D in cinema, themed attraction, and post- production more

See Calibre at NAB, Booth # N3512, 11-14 April, Las Vegas Convention Center.

Peter Bellis, Calibre UK and Mr George Theodoropoulos, Owner and Director at Audigys

Established and dedicated distribution partner set to grow develop Greece’s broadcast video display market.

As part of a global programme to provide image processing, switching and scaling to some of the world’s most famous projects, the latest distributor of the Calibre VideoExcel broadcast ranges to be announced by Calibre UK is Audigys.

Established in 2005, Audigys is located in Athens, Greece and has been running since 2005. With a focus on supplying the broadcast community, the company provides high-level design, integrated solutions to the broadcasting, conference, and public address systems throughout Greece and Cyprus. The company more

Tripp Lite and Almo Professional A/V: New Partnership Brings Advanced Power Protection to a Broad Base of A/V Professionals

Tripp Lite Pure Sine Wave Double-Conversion A/V UPS Systems Now Available Through Almo Professional A/V

Chicago, IL—-March 29, 2011—-Tripp Lite, a world-leading manufacturer of power protection equipment, is pleased to announce that Almo Professional A/V will now
distribute its Pure Sine Wave A/V UPS Systems. The products are currently available and will be shown during Almo’s E4 AV Tour, which takes place in San Francisco on April 6 then continues to Dallas on April 21.

“Tripp Lite is proud that Almo Professional A/V has selected our Pure Sine Wave A/V UPS Systems,� said Dennis Mariasis, Tripp Lite A/V Brand Manager. “A/V installations require advanced, reliable power protection. This new relationship with Almo will make Tripp Lite’s A/V power protection solution available to a broad more