View of Skyfest 2011 Mainstage

Production AV chosen to supply site-wide Video

Working for The Rouge Partnership, Production AV supplied video solutions to Sky’s internal staff events held in London and Edinburgh. The two day events saw artists such as Tinie Tempah, Calvin Harris, Texas, Eliza Doolittle and Zane Lowe performing for the crowds, alongside performances from various artists and acts from Sky’s own rosta, offering something for everybody.

Outside Lighthouse R7 LED Screen at Skyfest 2011 provided by Production AV

LED Solution

Production AV supplied Lighthouse R7 screens to the main stage and outside the Kayam tented structure to enable the guests to sit outside and enjoy the sunshine while watching the acts. Alongside the LED screens, a full studio camera system was supplied to perform the IMAG tasks and allow for ISO recordings of each channel, enabling Sky to archive and edit the footage for internal uses. The 4 camera package included 30′ jib, tracking dolly and 70x long lens options to give a wide variety of shots and movement for the mix.

Various plasma screens we deployed around the venue to enable the VIP guest and those at the bar to keep an eye on the action as it happened.

It was a pleasure to be involved with the events, and Production AV very much hope to return in 2012 to work on these events again.

Production AV's Exhibition Stand at the Event Production Show 2011

Our prime location by the main entrance meant that we could effectively show case the Christie Digital MicroTiles on the stand as an introduction to our wide range of Audio Visual Hire services and experience in Live events, Conferences and Exhibitions.

We’ll be in touch in the very near future with all of you who expressed an interest in our services. In the mean time, feel free to have a look round the website.

We will be showing some new and creative solutions at the event to give an opportunity for you to see some of the new AV technologies and services available from Production AV in 2011.

Visit www.eventproductionshow.co.uk to register for this event – we look forward to meeting you at the show…

We are were pleased to be involved in this arena event, working as part of a wider production team to deliver a fist class production and we look forward to the next event later this year.

From arenas to a small meeting room or exhibition stand – contact Production AV to provide your next audio visual solution ….

We utilised our experience in fibre optic and copper DVI transmission, as well as minimum latency processing to provide solutions that got the best from all the content, and where appropriate made the systems easy to use and manage.  Production AV supplied 19 venues throughout the weekend, with technical cover to ensure the smooth running of the programme where necessary, as well as an on-call support service to the un-crewed venues where technical support wasn’t required on a full time basis.

It was a pleasure to work with the festival management team and we hope to be working together again next year.

Production AV can provide video solutions for your next festival … contact us to discuss your plans …

The MicroTiles offer a unique product for exhibition designers and live event producers, enabling you to create bespoke displays in new shapes that give stunning resolution and close up detail with a very wide colour gamut that can give the precise colour that is required by the client’s brand guidelines. It’s ability to be built into stripes or blocks enables digital signage to go beyond the traditional flat screen display helping to engage with increasingly saturated viewers.

Each 16″ wide by 12″ high module is only 10″ deep, and requires 2″ of cooling space to the rear. The native display resolution is a 720×540 pixels, so it is possible to create above HD resolution displays of multiple shapes, enabling your client to get face to face with the image and not loose image quality. Production AV have taken a quantity of MicroTiles, ECU’s, rigging hardware and ancillary items into stock, along with Onelan NTB5505 Digital Signage player for demo and rental use as well as Apple Mac Mini computers for playing back content on discrete MicroTiles Displays.

For more information on the MicroTiles please have a look at the MicroTiles website. Production AV is also now a Christie Digital Partner, which enables collaboration with Christie, as well as access to extensive facilities of the EMEA regional HQ in Wokingham.

If you have a project in mind for the MicroTiles, then please do get in touch with us either by Local Rate telephone on 0845 37 000 24 or by email to info@productionav.co.uk We are able to offer both rental and sales solutions for fixed installation, Digital Signage and Architectural environments.

March 11th saw the annual BBC Global Reith Awards being held in the BAFTA’s Princess Anne Theatre in Central London. Production:av were contracting to help glue the event together for the main screen behind presenters George Alagiah and Annie Lennox.

BBC Global

BBC Global is the umbrella name for the worldwide services that are part of the BBC. Awards were handed out across over 10 catagories to winners from around the globe in recognition of their work in bringing impartial news and services to the public, in innovative and traditional ways.

Held in the BAFTA’s Princess Anne Theatre, the awards ceremony utilised the in house equipment provided by BAFTA, as well as external contractors such as Production:av to ensure the event went without a hitch.

Production:av – Digital Glue

Production:av were contracted to ensure that the range of sources to be displayed could be mixed and laid out on screen as wished, and the differing formats seamlessly mixed. Broadcast cameras, Keynote Presentations had to be scaled and mixed, maintaining their integrity before being fed to the in house Barco Digital Cinema projector at Full HD resolution.

Production:av also provided and operator to set up and control the system for the event, as well as running the Graphics sources to ensure that the correct keynote slides were shown at the right time.

The clients experience of dealing with Production:av was described by Richard Jack the producer:

Throughout the whole process you

have been really helpful: going way beyond what was expected to help us produce the high

standard we needed for the show. Your knowledge of the products was impressive; your

operational skills were first rate; your professionalism was much appreciated. But above all,

the ‘can-do’ attitude of production:av was refreshing.

I do hope we can work together again.

We hope to work again soon with Richard and his team, and really enjoyed the experience.

Matrox MXO2 LE Professional HDMI, SDI, and analog I/O for MacBook Pro and Mac Pro

Available for Hire immediately, Production:av has the ideal Digital and Analogue Input and Output device for the capturing video straight to the timeline in Final Cut. The Matrox MXO2 LE enables the capture of video and audio directly to the computer, from HD/SD-SDI, YUV, Y/C and CV, cross convert it and provide simultaneous output to the computer and on the MXO2′s outputs for monitoring.

Hire Prices:

• £100/day
• £300/Week

All prices exclude VAT. Please contact Production:av on 0845 37 000 24 for more information or a quotation.

• 2.8GHz Processor
• 4 GB Ram
• 500GB HDD
• 1920×1200 native resolution on NVIDIA GeForce 9400M Graphics Card
• 2560 x 1600 on NVIDIA GeForce 9600M GT Graphics Card
• USB2.0, Firewire 800, Express 34, Gigabit Network, Audio Ports
• Mini Display Port (Adaptors to VGA and DVI Supplied)

Now availalbe for hire from Production:av Ltd is the 17" Macbook Pro.

The Macbook Pro’s come loaded with the following Software:

• Apple OSX 10.6
• Keynote 09
• Final Cut Studio
• Windows 7 on VMWare Fusion
• Powerpoint
• Microsoft Office

The Macbook Pro is perfect for delivering HD to our HD screens and switching systems. Coupled with the Matrox MXO2 LE it is ideal for capturing Full HD content from our AV-HS400 vision mixer, and editing it with the content from the Sony PMW-EX3 cameras.

Hire Prices:

• £200/Day
• £600/Week

Contact our hire desk for a specific quote on 0845 37 000 24, or info@productionav.co.uk