Super Bowl Halftime Show coverage
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Super Bowl Halftime Show coverage
Super Bowl Halftime Show – February 2014 PRESS REVIEW – REVUE DE PRESSE YAHOO NEWS Feb 03 2014 | By Tina Robinson How Montreal-based PixMob turned the Super Bowl audience into art Seriously, how cool would it be to take part in the first-ever human video canvas? According to PixMob chief executive David Parent, all those who attended the game made history, as they were all part of creating the biggest LED screen ever. http://ca.news.yahoo.com/blogs/daily-buzz/montreal-based-pixmob-turned-super-bowlaudience-art-195448318.html TORONTO STAR Feb 02 2014 | by Lisa Wright Super Bowl XLVIII halftime show lit up courtesy of Canadian tuques Montreal tech firm PixMob made a huge splash at Super Bowl with its interactive light show. http://www.thestar.com/business/2014/02/02/super_bowl_xlviii_halftime_show_lit_up_courtesy_ of_canadian_tuques.html GLOBAL NEWS Feb 02 2014 | by John R, Kennedy People as pixels at Super Bowl halftime show the work of Canadian company An estimated 80,000 football fans wearing hats with embedded LED displays and a field covered with 500 LED panels transformed New Jersey’s MetLife Stadium into a massive light show. http://globalnews.ca/news/1123994/people-as-pixels-at-super-bowl-halftime-show-the-work-ofcanadian-company/ THE HUFFINGTON POST CANADA Feb 03 2014| PixMob's LED Tuques Light Up Super Bowl Halftime Show Montreal’s PixMob supplied 80,000 Super Bowl fans with tuques embedded with LED lights, turning the crowd itself into giant screens — a flash mob of pixels, hence PixMob. http://www.huffingtonpost.ca/2014/02/03/pixmob-super-bowl_n_4717496.html BRUNCH NEWS, HUFFINGTON POST CANADA Feb 03 2014 PixMob's LED Tuques Light Up Super Bowl Halftime Show Montreal’s PixMob supplied 80,000 Super Bowl fans with tuques embedded with LED lights, turning the crowd itself into giant screens — a flash mob of pixels, hence PixMob. http://www.brunchnews.com/huffington-post-canada/business/pixmob-s-led-tuques-light-upsuper-bowl-halftime-show-622849 MONTREAL GAZETTE Feb 03 2014 | by Jamie O’Meara Montreal firm PixMob turns Super Bowl crowd into human pixels Enter Montreal-based multimedia company PixMob, whose patented interactive, wireless LED technology — in this case, 80,000 remote controlled, light-emitting items that were distributed to spectators pregame — is designed to excite the senses with an eye toward encouraging active audience participation. It’s what PixMob envisions as the next level of immersive entertainment technology, which on Sunday meant turning a stadium full of painted football fans into enlightened, as it were, human pixels as part of a larger, panoramic picture. http://www.montrealgazette.com/sports/football/superbowl/Montreal+firm+PixMob+turns+Super+Bowl+crowd/9460693/story.html CBS SPORTS Feb 02 2014 | By Denny Burkholder NFL to turn fans' heads into giant video screen at Super Bowl halftime During the show you'll be part of the largest video screen in history watched by hundreds of millions of people! http://www.cbssports.com/nfl/eye-on-football/24428085/nfl-to-turn-fans-heads-into-giant-videoscreen-for-super-bowl-halftime-show BBC NEWS Feb 13 2014 | By Jane Wakefield LED Hats Canadian firm Pixmob has come up with a new way of making wearable technology cool and giving mass audience events the wow factor. […] During the halftime break the effect was quite literally a flash mob of pixels in which the audience became the light show. http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/technology-26048116 NORTH JERSEY Feb 02 2014 | By Jim Beckerman Pop star Bruno Mars pumps up the halftime show with help from Red Hot Chili Peppers When Mars strutted onstage to begin the first lines of “Locked Out of Heaven,” the crowds at MetLife stadium merged pixels to become what has been billed as “the largest ever LED screen.” http://www.northjersey.com/arts_entertainment/Pop_sensation_Bruno_Mars_pumps_it_up_with __help_from_Red_Hot_Chili_Peppers.html MIAMI HERALD Feb 03 2014 | By Kari Plog Lights, lasers and LEDs highlight halftime show with Bruno Mars The LEDs constantly changed colors, creating seamless aerial designs for spectators. http://www.miamiherald.com/2014/02/03/3909750/lights-lasers-and-leds-highlight.html OTTAWA CITIZEN Feb 03 2014 | Source Montreal Gazette Montreal firm PixMob turns Super Bowl crowd into human pixels Enter Montreal-based multimedia company PixMob, whose patented interactive, wireless LED technology — in this case, 80,000 remote controlled, light-emitting items that were distributed to spectators pregame — is designed to excite the senses with an eye toward encouraging active audience participation. http://www.ottawacitizen.com/sports/football/superbowl/Montreal+firm+PixMob+turns+Super+Bowl+crowd/9460693/story.html THE NEW YORK EGOTIST Feb 04 2014 | Staff ThinkBreatheLive Transforms Super Bowl Halftime Crowd into Panoramic Concert Screen Super Bowl attendees wore specially designed hats equipped with LED technology provided by Montreal-based company PixMob. The hats were remotely controlled to collectively form a massive LED screen on which TBL’s media was projected. http://www.thenyegotist.com/news/local/2014/february/4/thinkbreathelive-transforms-superbowl-halftime-crowd-panoramic-concert-s POST MAGAZINE Feb 04 2014 | Staff SUPER BOWL: ThinkBreatheLive helps create dynamic halftime show Touchdown Entertainment engaged New York-based creative shop ThinkBreatheLive to produce digital environments for the Super Bowl halftime show, including a dynamic LED experience that turned the stadium into an immersive panoramic concert screen. http://www.postmagazine.com/Press-Center/Daily-News/2014/SUPER-BOWLThinkBreatheLive-helps-create-dynamic.aspx THE CREATORS PROJECT Feb 3 2014 | By Zach Sokol Watch The Super Bowl Audience Become The Largest Human Light Canvas Ever Last night's Super Bowl was the third worst blowout in the NFL's history. It was so crippling to watch (or amazing, based on where you're from), that the safe-yetspectacular halftime show by Bruno "Good Guy" Mars was a illuminated refresher from the brutality. http://thecreatorsproject.vice.com/blog/watch-the-super-bowl-audience-become-the-largesthuman-light-canvas-ever WIRED Feb 03 2014 | By Lyz Stinson How 80,000 People Became a Human Video Screen at the Super Bowl The entire stadium essentially turned into a massive human video screen. Using infrared technology and embedded LEDs, every person in the audience became a single pixel in a stadium-sized screen that shimmered and blinked behind Bruno Mars and the Red Hot Chili Peppers. It was a fantastic, if subtle, effect that prompted a little head-scratching. http://www.wired.com/design/2014/02/super-bowl-audience-became-human-videoscreen/ LIVE DESIGN ONLINE Feb 03 2014 | By Ellen Lampert-Greaux PixMob Brings LED Technology To The Super Bowl XLVIII Halftime Show It’s what PixMob envisions as the next level of immersive entertainment technology, which on Sunday meant turning a stadium full of painted football fans into enlightened, as it were, human pixels as part of a larger, panoramic picture. http://livedesignonline.com/news/pixmob-brings-led-technology-super-bowl-xlviii-halftime-show LIVE DESIGN ONLINE Feb 04 2014 | By Jackson Gallagher Super Bowl XLVIII 2014 Halftime Show Lighting 80,000 PixMob hats with embedded LEDs 500 PixMob field panel http://livedesignonline.com/super-bowl-xlviii-2014-halftime-show/super-bowl-xlviii-2014-halftimeshow-lighting LIVE DESIGN ONLINE Feb 05 2014 | By Jackson Gallagher How 82,529 Hats Became a Video Screen For Super Bowl XLVIII Most fans didn’t realize that they would soon be a part of the largest human video screen ever created. http://livedesignonline.com/super-bowl-xlviii-2014-halftime-show/how-82529-hats-becamevideo-screen-super-bowl-xlviii PROJECTIONS, LIGHTS AND STAGING NEWS Feb 03 2014 | By Frank Hammel PixMob LED Headgear Used for Super Bowl Visual Effects Pepsi invited Bruno Mars to perform onstage while 500 field performers and 80,000 live spectators were incorporated into the show through a debut presentation of PixMob VIDEO technology. http://www.plsn.com/news/21-news/12708-pixmob-headgear-used-for-super-bowl-visual-effects-.html LED INSIDE Feb 06 2014 | Philips Lumec Digital Lighting Makes a Splash at the Super Bowl For the halftime show the intention was to turn the 80,000 roaring football fans into illuminated human pixels so that the entire stadium would become a gigantic human video screen that shimmered, blinked and pulsed behind Bruno Mars and the Red Hot Chili Peppers. http://www.ledinside.com/press/2014/2/digital_lighting_makes_a_splash_at_the_super_bowl AV INTERACTIVE Feb 03 2014 | by administrator Video: PixMob turns 80,000 people into pixels at Super Bowl PixMob unveiled what they describe as the first ever human video canvas for the Pepsi Super Bowl Halftime show at the MetLife Stadium on Sunday, February 2nd, 2014. Pepsi invited Bruno Mars to perform onstage while 500 field performers and 80,000 live spectators were incorporated into the show through a debut presentation of PixMob VIDEO technology. http://www.avinteractive.com/news/lighting/53865/pixmob-turns-80000-people-pixels-super-bowl-2 DIGITAL AMBIANCE Feb 04 2014 | By Mariko Superbowl 2014: Fans Become a Large Video Screen While many of you may be over Super Bowl coverage, it’s hard to ignore the innovative halftime show this year. Perhaps to beat out Coca-Cola’s controversial ad, Pepsi decided to create the largest human light canvas ever. http://www.digitalambiance.co/blog/superbowl-2014-fans-become-a-large-video-screen/ BIZ BASH Feb 03 2014 | By Clair Hoffman Event Producers Give the Super Bowl Halftime Show a "B+" Something new, though: It looks like they pixel-mapped every seat and were able to do custom graphics in the crowd. http://www.bizbash.com/event-producers-give-the-super-bowl-halftime-show-a-b/newyork/story/27825?mkt_tok=3RkMMJWWfF9wsRohv63NZKXonjHpfsX57e4vWKK2lMI/0ER3fOvr PUfGjI4HRMdhI+SLDwEYGJlv6SgFQ7nHMaRo1LgOWhU=#sthash.QJ9DFNTS.ia6f6Ltk.dpbs TECHNOCULAR Feb 06 2014 | Source Betakit Montreal’s PixMob lit up Super Bowl XL VIII Five hundred people were on the field and 80,000 fans in the stands and PixMob used each and everyone of them to make the “first ever human video canvas” and themed after “Ancient Art of Fire Rituals http://www.technocular.com/tech-news/montreals-pixmob-lit-up-super-bowl-xlviii/ SLASH GEAR Feb 03 2014 | By Brittany Hillen PixMob details turning 80,000 Super Bowl fans into massive video display Those who watched the Super Bowl yesterday likely marveled at the bright lights flashing from the stands during the half time show, something that was both a wonderful backdrop for the blow-out event and a bit puzzling for those watching at home. As it turned out, those who attended were given special hats before the show, each equipped with technology to collectively pull off the theatrics. http://www.slashgear.com/pixmob-details-turning-80000-super-bowl-fans-into-massive-videodisplay-03315592/ UPDATED NEWS Feb 03 2014 | Source Wired How 80,000 People Became A Human Video Screen The entire stadium essentially turned into a massive human video screen. Using infrared technology and embedded LEDs, every person in the audience became a single pixel in a stadium-sized screen that shimmered and blinked behind Bruno Mars and the Red Hot Chili Peppers. http://www.updatednews.ca/2014/02/03/how-80000-people-became-a-human-video-screen/ NEWS SINGTAO Feb 03 2014 | Source The Star “該公司PixMob (「像素黨」)執行總監David Parent表示” http://news.singtao.ca/vancouver/2014-02-03/canada1391423341d4902717.html BPA NEWS Feb 06 2014 | By Mariko エ ン タ テ イ ン メ ン ト の お 手 本 ? ス ー パ ー ボ ウ ル は 観 客 LEDビ ー ニ ー 帽 を 舞 台 背 景 の ド ッ トに http://bpa-japan.org/blog/pixmob/ VIVA BONAO Feb 15 2014 | By Administrator La Moda Es Cada Vez Más Inteligente La firma canadiense PixMob aportó en los últimos tiempos una nueva forma de “vestir” tecnología con estilo y de ofrecer a una multitud un elemento para celebrar en masa. Este año en el Superbowl, la final del fútbol americano en Estados Unidos, la firma le entregó a los 80.000 espectadores un sombrero con tecnología LED. http://vivabonao.com/?p=2769 CREATIVE COW Feb 04 2014 | Staff ThinkBreatheLive Transforms Super Bowl XLVIII Halftime Crowd into Panoramic Concert Screen Featuring Bruno Mars Live Super Bowl XLVIII – the most-watched TV event in U.S. history – introduced a new twist: attendees wore specially designed hats equipped with LED technology provided by Montreal-based company PixMob. The hats were remotely controlled to collectively form a massive LED screen on which TBL’s media was projected. http://news.creativecow.net/story/874384 BETAKIT Feb 06 2014 | By Ian Hardy Montreal’s PixMob lit up Super Bowl XL VIII Five hundred people were on the field and 80,000 fans in the stands and PixMob used each and everyone of them to make the “first ever human video canvas” and themed after “Ancient Art of Fire Rituals.” http://www.betakit.com/montreals-pixmob-lit-up-super-bowl-xlviii/ BLOG PHILIPS - LUMEC Feb 04 2014 | By Monique Cousineau Digital Lighting Makes a Splash at the Super Bowl As for the much anticipated halftime show featuring Bruno Mars, another Montrealbased multimedia company,PixMob who patent interactive, wireless LED technology created a human video screen for the halftime show. http://www.lumec.com/blog/index.php/2014/02/04/digital-lighting-makes-a-splash-at-the-superbowl/ COMPUTER GRAPHICS WORLD Feb 05 2014 | Staff ThinkBreatheLive Transforms Super Bowl XLVIII Half-time Crowd into Panoramic Concert Screen Super Bowl XLVIII - the most-watched TV event in U.S. history - introduced a new twist: attendees wore specially designed hats equipped with LED technology provided by Montreal-based company PixMob. http://www.cgw.com/Press-Center/Web-Exclusives/2014/ThinkBreatheLive-Transforms-SuperBowl-XLVIII-Ha.aspx LIVE PRODUCTION Feb 09 2014 | Staff wysiwyg Wins Big at Super Bowl XLVIII The 130 linear yard design (119 meters) included almost 1000 fixtures, 2000 feet (609 meters) of LED tape, a moving drum set, 4 on-stage lifts, video and 80,000 PixMob hats for the audience. http://www.live-production.tv/news/shows/wysiwyg-wins-big-super-bowl-xlviii.html UBERGIZMO Feb 14 2014 | By Edwin Kee LED Hats Targets Chic Fashion Crowd PixMob of Canada could kick off a new phenomenon when it comes to addressing fashion in a crowded area such as at stadiums or concerts. http://www.ubergizmo.com/2014/02/led-hats-targets-chic-fashion-crowd/ CNN Feb 16 2014 | By Lamipl PixMob More than a million people have experienced firsthand the magical and illuminated phenomenon of Pixmob in various events all around the world. http://ireport.cnn.com/docs/DOC1086373?ref=feeds/latest&utm_source=twitterfeed&utm_medium=twitter LIGHTING AND SOUND AMERICA Feb 21 2014 | wysiwyg Wins Big at Super Bowl XLVIII The 80,000 PixMob hats in the audience were used to show video effects using people as individual pixels http://www.lightingandsoundamerica.com/news/story.asp?ID=-F1OPZU INSTALLATION Feb 10 2014 | By Paddy Baker CAST Software scores at Super Bowl The 80,000 PixMob hats in the audience were used to show video effects using people as individual pixels. http://www.installation-international.com/cast-software-scores-super-bowl/ CONNECT 2 Media and entertainment Feb 10 2014 | By Staff ThinkBreatheLive Transforms Super Bowl Crowd into Panoramic Screen The joint effort marked consecutive Super Bowl appearances for TBL and introduced a new twist: attendees wore specially designed hats equipped with LED technology provided by Montreal-based company PixMob. The hats were remotely controlled to collectively form a massive LED screen on which TBL’s media was projected. http://www.c2meworld.com/creation/thinkbreathelive-transforms-super-bowl-halftime-crowd-intopanoramic-concert-screen/ CREATIVE PLANET NETWORK Feb 25 2014 | By Staff ThinkBreatheLive Transforms Super Bowl Audience The creative agency conceived and executed a dynamic LED experience that turned the entire stadium into an immersive, panoramic concert screen. People in the stands wore specially designed hats equipped with LED technology provided by Montrealbased PixMob. http://www.creativeplanetnetwork.com/dv/news/thinkbreathelive-transforms-super-bowlaudience/65605 Before the Super Bowl : EXAMINER.COM Jan 31 2014 | By Heather Tooley Super Bowl halftime: Bruno Mars, Red Hot Chili Peppers and biggest LED screen Everyone will get a wool hat with a built in LED screen in their warming package under their seat cushion. We’re asking for audience participation. People, please don’t leave your seat http://www.examiner.com/article/super-bowl-halftime-bruno-mars-red-hot-chili-peppers-andbiggest-led-screen NEW YORK POST Jan 30 2014 | By Kirsten Fleming Why this year’s halftime show will be first of its kind Super Bowl attendees will get a wool hat with a built in LED screen in their warming packages, to collectively create the largest LED screen ever during Bruno Mars' Halftime Show. http://nypost.com/2014/01/30/bruno-mars-halftime-setup-will-be-first-of-its-kind/ SPORT INTERACTION NEWS Feb 01 2014 | By Ellen Delaney Human LED Screen Among Spectacles Planned for Super Bowl Halftime Show Ricky Kirshner of Touchdown revealed some of the plans for the show. “We are essentially creating the largest ever LED screen in the stadium,” he said. “Everyone will get a wool hat with a built in LED screen in their warming package under their seat cushion. We’re asking for audience participation. People, please don’t leave your seat.” The plan is to use the screen-hats to create an 800,000 pixel screen on the heads of 82,500 football fans. “It will take up the entire stadium,” Kirshner promises. “It’s the first time we’ve done anything like this.” http://news.sportsinteraction.com/entertainment/human-led-screen-among-spectacles-plannedfor-super-bowl-halftime-show-97362/ Francophone Press: L’ACTUALITE Feb 02 2014 | by Guillaume Roy Le genie Quebecois au Coeur du Super Bowl L’entreprise montréalaise PixMob a frappé un grand coup au Super Bowl en transformant la foule du MetLife Stadium de New York en un immense écran d’animation vidéo durant le spectacle de la mi-temps. Le secret derrière cette prouesse se trouve dans les 80 000 tuques remises aux spectateurs à l’entrée, chacune étant équipée de diodes électroluminescentes (LED) que PixMob, jusqu’à récemment connue sous le nom d’Eski, peut commander à distance par des faisceaux infrarouges. http://www.lactualite.com/lactualite-affaires/le-genie-quebecois-au-coeur-du-superbowl/?utm_source=twitterfeed THE HUFFINGTON POST QUEBEC Feb 02 2014 | by Patrick Bellerose PixMob: une firme québécoise illumine la foule au spectacle de la mi-temps au Super Bowl Le public du stade MetLife a ainsi été transformé en une toile de 80 000 pixels durant la prestation. PixMob qualifie sa réalisation de première mondiale. Des chapeaux munis de lumières LED ont été remis à chacun des 80 000 spectateurs à l'entrée du stade, créant un immense canevas dans les estrades. http://quebec.huffingtonpost.ca/2014/02/02/pixmob-spectacle-mi-temps-super-bowl2014_n_4714284.html LES DEBROUILLARDS Feb 03 2014 |By Guillaume Roy Un Super Bowl techno C’est une première mondiale, réalisée par l’entreprise PixMob de Montréal. Lors du spectacle de la mi-temps du Super Bowl, la foule a été transformée en écran géant! http://www.lesdebrouillards.com/client/page_article.asp?page=7104 LA PRESSE Feb 03 2014 | By Emilie Côté Montréal a encore brillé au spectacle de la mi-temps du Super Bowl, hier soir, grâce à la technologie de la boîte PixMob. Chaque spectateur devient un acteur à part entière du spectacle.» «PixMob a dévoilé le premier écran vidéo humain http://www.lapresse.ca/arts/musique/201402/02/01-4734918-bruno-mars-au-super-bowlexcellent-showman.php RADIO NRJ Feb 03 2014 | By Bell Media Le Superbowl et le Québec Une entreprise québécoise s'est illustrée pendant le spectacle de la mi-temps. PixMob a distribué 80 000 tuques avec des ampoules DEL contrôlées à distance. http://valdor.radionrj.ca/info-nrj/blogentry.aspx?BlogEntryID=10637701 GRAFIKA Feb 03 2014 | By Anne Marie Poulin L'exploit de Pixmob au Super Bowl L'entreprise québécoise Pixmob, spécialisée en expérience immersive de foule, a réalisé un coup majeur en illuminant la foule lors de la mi-temps du Super Bowl, créant un écran vidéo humain http://grafika.com/article/43454 INFO PRESSE Feb 04 2014 | By Anne-Marie Poulin L'exploit de Pixmob au Super Bowl L'entreprise québécoise Pixmob, spécialisée en expérience immersive de foule, a réalisé un coup majeur en illuminant la foule lors de la mi-temps du Super Bowl, créant un écran vidéo humain http://www2.infopresse.com/blogs/actualites/archive/2014/02/04/article43440.aspx#.UvD1kM0IY68.twitter TIME TO THINK Feb 12 2014 | By Clement Gracyk A la découverte de PixMob La société a été créée en 2006, et est en train de passer reine dans la catégorie nouvelle technologie pour le spectacle. http://timetothink.fr/a-la-decouverte-de-pixmob/ LE JOURNAL DE SAINT HUBERT Feb 11 2014 | By Carl Gourgue-Perreault Une Hubertine a participé à l’organisation du spectacle de Bruno Mars Les téléspectateurs québécois qui étaient rivés devant leurs écrans durant le spectacle de Bruno Mars lors du XLVIIIe Super Bowl, le 2 février, étaient loin de savoir que les effets visuels projetés sur la foule du MetLife Stadium étaient l’œuvre d’une entreprise montréalaise, dont fait partie une jeune femme de Saint-Hubert. http://www.lejournaldesainthubert.ca/2014/02/11/une-hubertine-a-participe-a-lorganisation-duspectacle-de-bruno-mars TV Interviews: City TV Breakfast Television http://www.btmontreal.ca/videos/3145431630001/ Global News http://globalnews.ca/video/1124912/local-company-scores-at-the-super-bowl CTV News http://montreal.ctvnews.ca/video?playlistId=1.1668426 http://montreal.ctvnews.ca/video?clipId=286243 Discovery Channel: Daily News http://watch.discoverychannel.ca/#clip1067155 Radio Canada : Nouvelles http://ici.radio-canada.ca/nouvelles/arts_et_spectacles/2014/02/12/010-pixmob-superbowlsotchi.shtml La Presse http://www.lapresse.ca/videos/arts/201402/04/46-1-la-foule-du-super-bowl-transformee-enpixels.php/2d96fffcd6444462b7842f6f388f5c32 The Loop.ca http://video.theloop.ca/showbiz/celebs/watch/pixmob-at-the-superbowl/3148078591001/#.UvK15WJ5Png V Télé – Le Journal Techno http://divertissement.vtele.ca/videos/le-journal-techno/journal-techno-integrale-du-14-fevrier2014-les-createurs-de-pixmob_70274_70270.php TVA – Salut Bonjour http://tva.canoe.ca/emissions/salutbonjour/chroniques/sb/entrevue/208936/jean-olivierdalphond-directeur-commercial-de-pixmob Radio Interviews: CBC Daybreak Montreal http://www.cbc.ca/player/AudioMobile/Daybreak%20Montreal/ID/2434597599/?cmp=rss Radio Canada Info http://ici.radio-canada.ca/emissions/medium_large/2013-2014/archives.asp?date=2014-02-03 CHOM 977 http://www.chom.com/blog/terry-dimonte/2014/2/3/montreal-company-behind-superbowl-light- show/print CJAD 800 AM https://soundcloud.com/cjad800/super-bowl-montreal-companys The Beat 92.5 http://www.925thebeat.ca/player/audio/drivetime-vinny-and-shaun-chat-with-the-montrea209417.mp3