TMB News

Los Angeles, CA – In the world of media servers, 2008 is the Year of the Hippo.  At InfoComm 2008 in Las Vegas, TMB and Green Hippo will celebrate the overwhelming and positive response Hippotizer V3 has enjoyed since its North American launch last fall.  The industry’s most prominent productions, in a wide array of disciplines – Concerts, Broadway, Opera, Television, Worship, Corporate and more – are now specifying the Hippotizer, moving it into the leading position in the world of projection, display, visual effects and video playback.  Following is a small selection of Hippo’s many recent US productions and suppliers:

• Hannah Montana (Nocturne)
• Bruce Springsteen (Pete’s Big TV)
• Bon Jovi (Ed & Ted’s Excellent Lighting)
• Matchbox 20 (Creative Technology)
• Foo Fighters (XL Touring Video)
• Tim McGraw (Nocturne)
  
  
• The Little Mermaid on Broadway (PRG)
• Young Frankenstein on Broadway (Scharff Weisberg)
• Blue Man Group, Japan (Scharff Weisberg)

• Frobisher, Calgary Opera (Mode Studios)
• The Ring Cycle, Los Angeles Opera (CW Productions)

• Dancing with the Stars, ABC TV (VX Inc)
• The Today Show NBC TV (PRG)
• NFL Kickoff 2007 (Ed and Ted’s Excellent Lighting)
• World Wrestling Entertainment (Bandit Lites)
• WWE Royal Rumble Special (Bandit Lites)
• TV Land Awards 2008, Los Angeles (VX, Inc.)
  
  
• Sprint Indirect Solution Fair, Nashville (Digital Stage Chicago)
• Wendy’s International Sales Meeting, Orlando (Digital Stage Chicago)
• HP Technology Forum & Expo 2008, Mandalay Bay, Las Vegas (Staging Solutions)

In addition, Hippo V3 was selected to be a featured product on the Video Equipment Rental (VER) Roadshow, a nationwide training tour visiting over 20 North American cities featuring in-depth training in market-leading video and lighting equipment.

This year TMB launched the Hippo School™ program, offering full-day intensive hands-on Hippotizer training throughout North America.  Hippo School workshops are designed with the intention of educating attendees in the ways of Hippo, giving them everything required to set up and program a show.  Having generated great interest among companies and designers within A/V, Lighting and Production, the feedback has been extremely positive.  Classes are being scheduled for the entire year.  Go to www.tmbraining.com/hipposchool for the current schedule.

Green Hippo listened to the professionals, laced their input with innovative software, added a pinch of user-friendly technology, and duly evolved Media Server à la Hippo, an intuitive tool for a new generation of production designers.  Its enduring strength continues to be derived from responding to customers’ needs.  In the words of Jason Rudolph, video programmer for the Hannah Montana tour, “I really like the system, and the quick feedback and solutions from both Green Hippo and TMB really sells it for me.  Any issue that comes up is addressed quickly and thoroughly.”

Again, come and see the Hippotizer in action at InfoComm, booth C4819. 

TMB is the exclusive distributor for Green Hippo in The Americas. For more information about Hippotizer, visit the TMB Hippotizer web page at www.tmb.com/products/hippotizer.