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Canada Wild Productions’ ‘Uninterrupted’ celebrates British Columbia’s annual salmon migration as part of Canada 150 celebrations.Applied Electronics and Christie brought the annual salmon run to Vancouver’s Cambie Street Bridge in a striking projection mapping display for Canada’s 150th birthday celebrations. With content provided by Canada Wild Productions and using eight Christie 3DLP® projectors, the attraction, titled ‘Uninterrupted,’ opened June 28, 2017 and ran into early Fall 2017. The cinematic spectacle celebrated
British Columbia’s annual salmon run, which sees millions of salmon migrate from the Pacific Ocean to their spawning grounds.However, unlike many projection-mapping projects that use tailor-made, computer generated content, the Cambie Street Bridge project would show the natural world without creating the fish digitally and controlling their movement.
READ the full project profile for details on the technologies implemented and more photos.
Applied Electronics Upgrades Medtronic of Canada Boardrooms for Improved CollaborationMedtronic’s new headquarters was designed according to Leadership in Energy Efficiency & Design (LEED) principles to provide an energy efficient work space using innovative, state of the art technology to reduce their impact on the environment.Applied Electronics designed and upgraded the existing analog audio/video system to the latest digital and video conferencing technology in their Executive Boardroom and two meeting rooms at the Brampton head office and regional office in Pointe-Claire, QC.
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Applied Electronics Transforms Vancouver’s Cambie StreetBridge into Virtual Ocean with Christie Projection Mapping for Canada Wild Productions’ ‘Uninterrupted’
Shared Services Canada (SSC) is responsible for delivering mandated email, data centre and network services to partner organizations in a consolidated and standardized manner to support the delivery of Government of Canada programs and services. SSC also provides certain optional technology-related services to government organizations on a cost-recovery basis. As part of SSC’s mandate expanded with the addition of the consolidation of government-wide procurement of software and hardware for workplace technology devices.Appplied Electronics designed and integrated a brand new conferencing system in an existing boardroom at SSC’s
office in Québec, which now enables improved collaboration among local and remote team members. The new audio visual system includes a Polycom RealPresence HD Codec with Polycom EagleEye digital conferencing cameras, a NEC 90” LED panel display, two NEC 50” LED LCD display monitors, and an Extron control system.Applied Electronics also upgraded a boardroom at the SSC head office in Ottawa, Ontario, with a new display system including a Sharp 60” AQUOS interactive LED panel display with HDMI and USB extender to laptop location in the boardroom.
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Applied Electronics Designs and Integrates New Conferencing Systems into Boardrooms in Multiple Offices for Shared Services Canada
Multi-Health Systems Inc. (MHS) provides Psychological Assessments and Services and a leading publisher of scientifically validated assessments for more than 30 years.Applied Electronics designed and integrated a new audio visual system in MHS’ training facility at their Canadian head office in North York, Ontario. The educational theatre boasts two 119” (diagonal) 16:9 Draper Access FIT E electric projection screens, two Panasonic WUXGA 1920 x 1080 resolution LCD projectors, and a SMART kapp iQ + Pro one-touch access interactive whiteboard to capture notes and ideas in real time to any connected laptop, tablet, smartphone, or other SMART boards. The Polycom RealPresence Group 700 HD
video conferencing system with a Polycom EagleEye IV camera and Polycom Group Lync Interop enable users to remotely join a presentation and participate in a training session. The audio system includes a Toa multi-channel amplifier, JBL Control 70V ceiling speakers and Sennheiser G3 wireless bodypack transmitter for the presenter. All room automation and control is achieved with a Crestron control system with a 8.7” wall mounted touchpanel. A complete, high-definition presentation control and signal routing solution for classrooms, boardrooms, lecture halls, and videoconference rooms, the Crestron 3-Series DigitalMedia presentation system 300 integrates the control system,
multi-format matrix switcher, mic mixer, audio DSP, amplifier, and DigitalMedia distribution center all into a single 3-space rackmount package.The executive boardroom boasts a Polycom unified conference station for Microsoft Lync, which delivers a unique HD voice and video collaboration experience in Skype for Business environments, and offers an 360-degree “round-table” video collaboration experience with Microsoft Lync. The room’s audio visual system also includes a NEC 65” FHD LED LCD panel display, a SMART kapp iQ + Pro one-touch access interactive whiteboard, a Crestron DigitalMedia presentation system, an Extron HDMI distribution amplifier, Clear One ceiling microphone arrays, JBL ceiling speakers, and a Biamp Tesira FORTE T1 DSP fixed I/O server.
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Applied Electronics Mobilizes Multi-Health Systems’ Training and Collaboration with Video Conferencing
The National Film Board of Canada is Canada’s public film and digital media producer and distributor.Prior to its digitization project to improve its archiving infrastructure, preserve and protect all of the NFB’s analog footage from decay, the NFB had been creating dual copies on LTO tapes in their tape library. However to meet one of their heritage preservation goals – which was to maintain two copies of every media asset on two very different storage technologies with long life expectancies, in two completely different locations – the NFB purchased a Spectra Logic TFinity tape library.
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Applied Electronics Secures National Film Board of Canada’s Media Assets with Spectra TFinity Tape Library
Applied Electronics supplied and integrated Avid graphics solutions for Global News to transform the look and feel of news delivered across its platforms. The system enables the news leader to captivate viewers with more dynamic and immersive coverage through state-of-the-art graphics and virtual reality (VR) while benefitting from more distributed cost-effective and agile production.
To maintain its reputation for high-quality coverage and cutting-edge production, Global News wanted to make its storytelling more visual and compelling. With 15 TV stations throughout Canada across multiple time zones, it needed simple-to-use solutions that could also function in a virtualized environment with hardware centralized in one city, and presenters in another.
Global News selected Avid’s comprehensive tools and workflow solutions for graphics creation for its four main production centers, as well as nine other remote broadcast locations. Powered by the MediaCentral® Platform, the industry’s most open, tightly integrated and efficient platform designed for media, the new workflow includes Avid’s Maestro™ graphics suite, 4Designer 2D/3D authoring software and ProSet™ virtual studio. As well as delivering a fast-turnaround workflow, the system functions as a large distributed model and virtualizes nearly all of the news produced by Global News.
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Mobilimage, a leading provider of on-location services for telecasting and recording entertainment, sporting and cultural events in North America, worked closely with Applied Electronics, a Grass Valley reseller and integrator, to select and install the new IP solution for its Mi3 HD OB van.“We’ve been considering our options for moving to an IP workflow, and the Grass Valley solution really meets all our needs, giving us the right equipment to operate our mobile production business more efficiently,” said Benoit Chartrand, director of engineering, Mobilimage. “This will greatly enhance the connectivity for our truck, and we can scale the technology as our needs change.”
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Mobilimage Adds IP Live Production Capabilities with Canada’s First Installation of GV Node & GV Convergent
The City of Winnipeg’s new Transportation Management Centre, equipped with a Barco collaborative visualization platform, now experiences significantly improved situational awareness, which has lead to smoother travel for its residents and visitors.
Applied Electronics upgraded the City’s traffic operations centre with a new traffic incident management system. A new Signal Management System and Video Management System (VMS) outfitted with 70 traffic cameras help technical staff verify traffic situations at key locations and remotely adjust traffic signals – in minutes instead of days. A plethora of data sources and information is seamlessly integrated onto a TransForm N-driven Barco IVD-5521 LCD video wall and shared with other main displays and operator screens thanks to the Control Room Management Software Suite.
Applied Electronics Upgrades City of Winnipeg’s Transportation Management Centre with Large Collaborative Visualization Platform
Global News Chooses Avid Graphics and Virtual Reality Solutions to Enrich its Storytelling
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DANIEL THIBODEAU Technical Supervisor, MontrealDaniel comes to Applied Electronics’ technical team
in Montreal with a diverse portfolio of experience. His in-depth technical knowledge and supervisory skills will ensure success in his new role.
RAINER BEYLEVELDT Project Manager, VancouverRainer has extensive experience in network
infrastructure & design and excellent project management skills. We look forward to Rainer’s success on our Project Management team.
Celebrating MilestonesDAVE MCGINN • Retires After 43 Years
in News & Broadcast Media IndustryDave’s 30-year professional career in television news included 7- and 14-year stints at CJOH Ottawa and two years at CKWS Kingston. He was a Station Manager at APTN and oversaw the studio build at their new Winnipeg Broadcast Centre in 2000.
Dave joined Applied Electronics in 2002 as a Sales Consultant specializing in News products, In 2004, he accepted a full time role on the sales team as a Broadcast Sales Representative to manage key accounts and help grow sales in Ontario, Manitoba and the Maritime provinces.
“Dave’s industry knowledge, experience, passion, and dedication to his craft is second to none,” says Jim Goessinger, VP of Broadcast & Data Systems Division. “After 13 years of loyal service to Applied Electronics, we will surely miss Dave and wish him all the best of retirement life.”
RUSSELL THACKER National Service Manager, MississaugaRussell brings to Applied Electronics a vast
background in Operations, Leadership, Business Development, Relationship Management and Sales/Support contract oversight. Russell will work closely with all teams to ensure that we are delivering excellent service to our clients and for our vendors.
DAN LAMB Installation Technician, CalgaryDan has joined our Calgary technical team as Installation Technician. Dan
brings extensive experience in AV installations and we look forward to his expertise and contributions.
Outstanding Achievements
DENIS GAGNE Retires After 11 Years of Loyal Service to Applied ElectronicsDenis joined Applied Electronics in 2006, fulfilling a highly demanded role as I.T. Technologist in the I.T. department. He provided help desk support to all six Applied Electronics’ regional offices and meets the software and hardware technical requirements that are necessary for the daily operations of each employee.
“Denis has been a valued member of our IT team,” says Phil Savage, IT Manager / CAD Manager. “He has provided excellent support to our employees at every regional office, and it has been a pleasure working with Denis.”New Members of the Applied Team
Take Your Kids to Work Day took place at Applied Electronics on
November 1, 2017. We welcomed three Grade 9 students, Ray Jiang, Aidan Moulton and Sebastian Drygas, at our Mississauga head office. They spent the day learning about the world of work and received some technical training at a Cable CAT 5 crimping station with our Technicians.
TONY MARTIN Technial Lead, AV, MississaugaTony brings 15 years of experience in the AV residential and
commercial world., and will be a instrumental on our Mississauga Technical team.
JAMIE ROBERTSON Logistics Coordinator, OttawaJamie has accepted a new role as Logistic Coordinator in our Ottawa office. Jamie joined Applied Electronics in 2016
as an Installation Technician and now has accepted the new challenge of streamlining our warehouse and logistics work flow. We wish him the best in his new role.
CONRAD POIRIER Installation Technician, MontrealConrad comes to us with over 12 years of experience as an installation technician
and is a welcomed addition to our Montreal technical team.
MATHEW STILL Project Manager, CalgaryMathew is the newest addition to Calgary technical team. Mathew
is a seasoned Project Manager in the Oil & Gas industry, working on Network, Telecom, and A/V infrastructure projects.
DANNY HAYES System Design, MontrealDanny comes to us with a strong technical background and over 20 years in audio
and video design. His experience and skill set is a welcomed addition to our design team in Montreal.
KIM SCIBERRAS • Promoted to Service Support Supervisor, MississaugaKim has been an instrumental part of the success of the Applied Service Department over the last 23 years. In her new role Kim is responsible for
overseeing and maintaining the processes, workflow and day-to-day Service Support tasks to ensure the department’s continued growth in revenue and customer satisfaction. Congratulations to Kim on her new role.
Roosvelt Lamour and his wife welcomed their second daughter, Zharya, on September 11, 2017. Both mom and baby are doing well and happy to be home. Congratulations to the happy family. Roosvelt is a Service Technician on our Montreal technical team.
DEVYN BRICK • Promoted to Technical Lead, VancouverDevyn joined our Edmonton team in 2011 as an Installation Technician and, with his passion for technology and determination to grow, has progressed to leading several complex and diverse
projects. Congratulations to Devyn on his role and his transfer to the Vancouver office.
Applied Family Additions
Congratulations to Saeid Karimi and his family on their new son. Adib arrived on October 4, 2017, weighing in at 3.08 kg (6.79 lbs). Mother and baby are well. Saeid is a Project Manager with our Broadcast Systems Group in our Mississauga office.
MING LAU, CPA Senior Accountant, MississaugaMing brings experience in service and production
accounting. Ming will be preparing our monthly statements, working with CSR’s on project revenue recognition and analysis, and will be performing analysis on all expense and sales transactions.