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Profile: Roland Jones, Vue Cinemas

Paul Milligan, July 25, 2011

Jones started as a consultant with Andersen Consulting and later moved into the media and entertainment industry working with broadcasters and computer games publishers. He is currently the IT director at Vue Entertainment, which owns the Vue Cinemas chain. He is a voting member at the British Academy of Film and Television Arts (BAFTA).

AV consultants roundtable: Time to learn a new language

Paul Milligan, June 3, 2011

In the first of this year’s Roundtable events, we turned to AV consultants for the first time and discussed the issues affecting their business. Not surprisingly the topic of AV/IT integration dominated matters, as Paul Milligan reports.

Profile: Sarah Lukins, Westfield

Paul Milligan, May 25, 2011

Sarah Lukins is the head of digital marketing at Westfield. In what are exciting times for the company, it is due to open Stratford City centre in September this year, adjacent to the 2012 Olympic Games park. What are your main responsibilities? Westfield has seven shopping centres in the UK, with the Westfield London shopping [...]

Tech Briefing: Projection Systems

Peter Lloyd, March 1, 2011

Using multiple screens and sources in a projection installation requires the images to be electronically processed and managed. Peter Lloyd explains the basics of the technology.

Profile: Dominic Edwards, Commerzbank

Paul Milligan, November 9, 2010

Despite the James Bond appearance Dominic Edwards does not work as a suave spy, but in the world of investment banking. The shot was taken during our recent awards evening. An AV Awards judge Dominic also sits on the management committee of the AV User Group.

Digital is the new best thing

admin, September 3, 2010

In a recent blog on avinteractive.co.uk, Paradigm and InfoComm’s Greg Jeffries comments: ‘Digital signage has been the great white hope for a long time. The first time I thought it was going to make me a millionaire was in the 1740s (or thereabouts), when we made rear projection boxes fitted with random access 35mm slide projectors …