This morning the “LED Room” part of the Thomson Reuters Eikon campaign went live at Grand Central Terminal, New York. The room is part of the three stage campaign for their new financial services product which was introduced with the “Digital Forest” outside the New York Stock Exchange and it’s opening precedes the live launch ...

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This morning, after a year of preparation and a successful launch in London, the Thomson Reuters Digital Forest campaign goes live in New York outside the famous stock exchange building. Backed by a huge Thomson Reuters banner, replacing the usual stars and stripes, the ‘trees’ (which are in a different formation to London) continue the brand’s ...

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Today I had the pleasure of visiting XL Video’s very smart and comprehensive “LED LAB” in New York. The purpose of the operation is to show event and concert designers what technology is available to them in the world of creative video. In the showroom, which is high up in an office building in midtown New York is a huge variety of LED displays from ...

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So, just arrived in New York to prepare for the USA leg of the Tompson Reuters Eikon launch. In NYC there will be two venues for the teaser campaign, these will be revealed very soon… can’t give the game away can ...

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So, after arriving late at night on our Boeing Business Jet (specially chartered for the band and crew), we headed over to site to check out the stage and technicals. Seeing as there is only about an hour of darkness at this time of year, we could see the magnificence of the courtyard the show was in as soon as we arrived at 2am. Surrounded by ...

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When you get used to tour buses, busy airports and crowded planes; any change is welcome. As a last minute addition to the tour, Faithless were asked to travel to St. Petersburg in Russia to perform at a VIP concert as part of a big financial event. To make the trip work, the event organisers chartered a Boeing Business Jet from Royal Jet to fly ...

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Well, it’s warm and sandy. The venue is an exhibition centre/festival site in the desert surrounding Riyadh, the route to the venue from the hotel varies every day and each has a huge number of new sights for a westerner like myself. Derelict amusement parks, go-kart tracks, vast camel trading areas and the Riyadh Aviation Club which consists of 4 tents by the ...

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Jonathan Bond of Vision Mill has invited James through XL Video to act as projectionist for an event at The King Abdullah University of Science & Technology in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia. The event involves large format projection using Barco FLM HD-20s onto a building, driven by Barco Encore. New territory again for Basic ...

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Basic Monkey’s first venture outside of Europe has just come to an end, a very exciting 11 days in Seoul, Korea leading to a very successful event. Following on from the Milan Fashion Week Launch, Jack Morton Worldwide were asked to travel to Seoul with the same team that created the holographic experience in Milan. Lighting, sound, set, staging and side screen ...

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