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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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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Basic Monkey will be providing James and our new updated Catalyst system to XL Video for this years Wella ITVA Awards in Paris in November. The show has previously been done using Encore and playback systems, however this year the 5 projection screen setup (including one 2 way edge blended screen) lends itself to Catalyst. The show will be run on 3x XL Video systems ...

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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 a prominent position, at the entrance to Canary Wharf underground station and at the foot of the iconic ...

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Tonight marked a new high for Basic Monkey and for James at the Fira Barcelona. Using a huge amount of technology and an even bigger amount of time, effort and late nights, Jack Morton Worldwide have put on a truly immersive and spectacular launch for Samsung’s new phone, the ‘Wave’. The vision from the team Jack Morton Worldwide was to create a 360 ...

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Today I’m in Barcelona at the Fira Gran Via, meeting with the team from Jack Morton Worldwide and Cheil (Samsung’s marketing agency) to discuss plans for the grand unveiling of their new phone here in February. I can’t divulge too much as the details of the phone and launch are highly confidential, but it’s safe to say that this event will ...

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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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Following on from the Samsung ‘Corby’ launch in Milan, Jack Morton Worldwide and the team are invited by Samsung to repeat the show in Seoul, Korea. XL Video will be providing projection, video control and Catalyst along with James as Catalyst operator. Unfortunately Jonathan Bond isn’t available for the event however with a week on site before ...

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This week James was in Milan to operate Catalyst for Samsung’s new touch screen phone’s European launch. The phone, named “Corby” in Europe and “Genio Touch” in the UK is being pitched with the line “What colour is your life?”. Jack Morton Worldwide produced the show with XL Video providing projection, Barco Encore, ...

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