Tonight was the 2010 Wella International Trend Vision Awards show at Halle Freyssinet, Paris which saw competitors and guests from all over the world show off and discuss the big new hairstyles and colours for the next 12 months. The event was produced by Jack Morton Worldwide who brought together a huge number of suppliers to create a very successful show. The event ...

For the past two days, James has been down at Cofton Park in Longbridge to rig LED screens for the Papal visit this weekend. With some serious stage work, a huge crowd area and lots of LED screen from XL Video, this looks to be a major event. The crowd space had 20x PA towers and 6x screens to cater for it! The screens consist of 3x Mitsubishi ...

Today James was at the NEC to install lighting for the recording of the British Association of Mixed Marshal Arts contest for Bravo TV. As part of a crew of 4 under Gavin Tomkins, James rigged the ‘box truss’ over the ring with a multitude of parcans mixed with a few moving lights. Of course these all needed focusing once the rig was in the air so it was ...

This week James has been at the NEC in Birmingham for the Gadget Show Live with our own Catalyst and Jands Vista combination. XL Video are providing two Chromatek 6mm screens which are integrated into the wings of the set, into which will be fed a combination of live video, directed by Kevin Watts, and VT playback originating from Catalyst. In ...