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Reuters Digital Forest Goes Live in New York
by Basic Monkey|04 October 2010|Corporate Events
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...
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Thomson Reuters Digital Forest, London
by Basic Monkey|19 September 2010|Corporate Events
Today is the start of the new teaser campaign for Thomson Reuters' new Eikon financial product. This 'digital forest' which has been in planning for over a year now is the precursor to more in depth promotion to come. In...
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Thomson Reuters Eikon Launch Preparations pt2
by Basic Monkey|24 August 2010|Corporate Events
So, we still can't give too much away at this stage, but for the past 2 days James has been in York again to build part 2 of the Eikon launch. This will be a feat of engineering on Stage...
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The Doves @ Green Man Festival
by Basic Monkey|20 August 2010|Live Music
Following on from the success in Edinburgh, The Doves asked Basic Monkey to provide a Catalyst media server for their show at The Green Man Festival in South Wales. Arriving on site to find 'video world' in a pop-up tent...
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The Doves @ The Edinburgh Picture House
by Basic Monkey|08 August 2010|Live Music
Tonight saw James in Edinburgh at very late notice to provide the Doves with our Catalyst media server for their show. Mark Wynne-Edwards is the Doves lighting designer, using his own Jands Vista T2 console which works easily with Catalyst....
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Thomson Reuters Eikon Launch Preparations pt1
by Basic Monkey|03 August 2010|Corporate Events
For the past two days James has been in York at Stage One to build one part of the exciting launch for Thompson Reuters' new 'Eikon' product. We'd love to show you some cool photos and tell you all about...
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Global Gathering 2010
by Basic Monkey|01 August 2010|Live Music
For the past few days, James has been at Global Gathering in Stratford-upon-Avon working for XL Video who are providing video kit and support across the site. XL provided a variety of screens and projection across the site; F-30 for...
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James Leaving on Faithless European Tour
by Basic Monkey|22 April 2010|Live Music
This afternoon James set off to Macedonia for the first leg of the Faithless European tour. For the first leg, the rig will be a festival style, floor based LED system using GLP Impressions, ColorBlock DB4s and Palcos. Moving lights...
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Gadget Show Live @ The NEC
by Basic Monkey|11 April 2010|Corporate Events, Television
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,...
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Faithless European Summer Tour
by Basic Monkey|31 March 2010|Live Music
James has been invited by Andy Hurst to act as video technician for Faithless' summer arenas and festivals tour. The tour will involve several UK and European venue shows, along with the usual suspects of summer festivals. Equipment will be...
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