Registration has opened for this year's Media Production & Technology Show (MPTS). MPTS, which will take place at Olympia London's Grand Hall from 15-16 May, invites professionals from across Europe to explore the latest technologies and hottest trends in production, audio, remote production, lighting, sports broadcasting and virtual production. Last…
ViewSonic has teamed up with a UK-based education trust to provide a solution for enhancing classroom engagement and device management at a secondary school. The Academy Enterprise Trust (AET) oversees 57 schools, including New Rickstones Academy in Essex, and has implemented various interactive display solutions across its sites. Although the…
Gamesys London, a leading international online gaming operator which is now a Bally's Corporation Company, wished to modernise and collaborate in its office space. The plans for the new office included 30 meeting rooms and two all-hands meeting rooms, as well as corporate messaging throughout the building. Everything had to…
Madison Square Garden Entertainment (MSG) has abandoned plans to build a Las Vegas-style Sphere venue in east London. The US company has withdrawn its plans as it did not want to participate in a process that was a “political football between rival parties”. In December, the housing secretary, Michael Gove,…
Hive has appointed Nigel Sadler as sales director. He will be responsible for setting up worldwide distribution channels and routes to market for Hive's growing portfolio of media playback solutions, as well as offering guidance on projects and serving as a bridge between the R&D, support and sales teams. Sadler…
An immersive Elvis Presley concert experience will open in London in November. Elvis Evolution will use AI and holographic projection to bring the 'king of rock ’n’ roll' to life from thousands of his personal photos and home-video footage. The show is the brainchild of UK-based immersive entertainment company Layered…
Kinly has promoted Simon Watson as head of innovation for its global operations. He joined the business as an integration engineer in 2007, since when he has earned a series of promotions, culminating in his most recent role as cloud and video services lead for the UK and Ireland. In…
Take one artiste, one hyper-cardioid wireless mic and 35 years of comedy history and you have Eddie Izzard’s Remix Tour Live. Then add a disparate collection of venues – ranging in capacity from 2,200 to 840, some with tiered balconies and some with no flying facilities – and sound effects…
Outernet London's The Butterfly Trail will now continue "for the foreseeable future" in an expansion of its run. The mixed reality (MR) experience, which has been created by Pixel Artworks, has attracted thousands of visitors since launching on 5 September. Visitors to the free experience in the Now Building are…
More than a million tickets were sold for the Abba Voyage hologram show in the first year, making it London's sixth-most-visited paid attraction in 2022, according to a new report. The analysis, carried out by strategists Sound Diplomacy and social value consultancy RealWorth, found that the series of concerts at…
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