Archive for January 29th, 2012

A.C Entertainment Technologies (AC-ET) Ltd’s Video and Lighting divisions are holding an exclusive 2012 UK open days in conjunction with Green Hippo and PixelRange on 28th February in the South and on 1st March in the North of England.

The simple, powerful and flexible control of video sources on to multi-screen and other display surfaces has become an essential element of any creative production.

The open days will give attendees the chance to discover for themselves why the award-winning Hippotizer range is arguably the industry’s leading real-time video playback solution.

Catch a demo of the latest Hippotizer v3 software, which continues to set the benchmark for versatile media control with features such as UberPan for controlling multiple Hippotizers as a single canvas, and VideoMapper for fitting and shaping content across different scenic elements with stunning results.

Creative productions are also increasingly demanding the greater level of artistic control and energy efficiency afforded by LED-based lighting solutions.

The open days will give attendees the chance to discover for themselves why PixelRange are one of the industry’s most innovative providers of LED-based batten and Par lighting solutions.

Catch a demo of the versatile SmartLine intelligent RGBW LED battens range, which in addition to providing a powerful light source, is an ideal display surface for pixel mapping video content onto.

The LED line-up also includes the QPar high output RGBW fixture and PixelSmart Par, which combines a vast RGBW colour palette with warm white LEDs for a brilliantly bright white.

AC-ET – the exclusive UK and Ireland distributor for Green Hippo and master European distributor for PixelRange – will host the two open days at its state-of-the-art demo facilities in High Wycombe and Leeds.

Geared for all types of user, the events will include separate introductory and advanced training sessions, lunch and refreshments, and a prize draw to win various branded swag and other goodies!

For further details and to register your interest, please visit http://www.ac-et.com/events/convergence-open-days.asp

For more press information on A.C. Entertainment Technologies, please contact Louise Stickland on +44 7831 329888 or +44 1865 202679 or EMail; louise@loosplat.com.

For more information from AC-ET direct, please contact:
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South of France based broadcast, video and AV rental services specialist Forcast, headed by Stephane Pilloud has acquired Action Monaco from the Avesco Group – in a planned expansion that will see both companies join forces and continue operating in their existing highly successful formats.

The strategic merger sees Forcast become the largest AV rental / broadcast and video facilities service operation in France outside of Paris, and the biggest such independently owned company in the country.

Forcast has steadily built its reputation for supplying the highest quality, state-of-the art video equipment and crew, plus imaginative turnkey solutions to the busy live and corporate events market in the region – which also extends into Spain and Italy – over the last 10 years.

Its work embraces all sectors of their industry including sporting fixtures, special events, festivals of all types – music, arts, culture, etc., together with corporate shows and presentations. It is also involved in AV and broadcast systems design, specification and implementation, with recent high profile venue projects including the new Olympic Nice Stadium and the Grimaldi Forum conference and congress centre in Monaco.

Says Pilloud, “An absolute ideal opportunity presented itself with Action Monaco, and I saw a chance to integrate both businesses into a single streamlined operation, taking advantage of a great synergy that will continue to provide the service and standards that everyone expects”.

With Action’s main office in Monaco and Forcast’s three facilities along the Cote D’Azur, all easily accessible to main intercontinental highways, Forcast and Action Monaco can easily combine both equipment and resources to cost-effectively service projects from Barcelona to Milan as well as further afield in Europe.

The Forcast / Action merger fuses the latest technologies with a wealth of experience, knowledge and dynamic thinking in the fields of modern video production.

All related equipment can be supplied to a diversity of clients and projects, from full HD camera and OB systems to varying PPUs; from a wide selection of LED screens and surfaces to projection systems of all sizes together with multiple screen control and screen management options. Full editing suites and content creation facilities are also available, either for pre-production or on site.

Pilloud will be joined at Action Monaco by Monaco based independent AV producer and industry maverick Andrew Van Hoffelen, who will help co-ordinate the day-to-day running of the company, focusing on large events and business development.

Van Hoffelen comments, “Over the past twenty five years I’ve worked to improve the service and standards of the TV, video and staging facilities available on the Cote d’Azur. Stephane has always been an enthusiastic partner in this mission and I’m really excited to join the Forcast / Action Monaco team at this juncture.

“Forcast already has an amazing reputation and respect for excellence in its work. Stephane has always instigated ‘international’ rather than ‘local’ working practices and we are dedicated to providing global clients with exactly the same technical facilities, and service that they would expect ‘at home’. This far exceeds a standard ‘Local rental operation’ and it is great to get the opportunity of moving this ethos and the whole operation forward”.

The live events market in the south-west of Europe and particularly along the coast, is currently steadily busy, with much of the business initiated in the USA, UK, and other parts of northern Europe.

Factors becoming important in it’s servicing include the requirement for more eco-friendly and sustainable technical solutions that don’t involve trucking equipment over such long distances. The Forcast / Action Monaco merger puts the companies in an ideal position to fulfil this criteria.

Forcast also works closely with specialist partners in lighting and audio to enable the provision complete, cost-effective full technical production packages.

For more press info. on Forcast or Action Monaco, please contact Louise Stickland on +44 (0)1865 202679/+44 (0)7831 329888 or Email ‘louise@loosplat.com’.