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NAB Show Welcomes Broadcast World to Vegas Th e NAB Show returned to the Las Vegas Convention Center from April 7-12, 2018. Encompassing what organizers call The M.E.T. Effect, the convergence of media, entertainment, and technology, the show welcomed around 103,000 attendees and more than 1,800 exhibi- tors from areas of the global broadcast industry. Among the hundreds of educational sessions was a main stage session featuring key people from Lucasfilm’s VFX and animation studio, Industrial Light & Magic, who discussed the visual effects in Star Wars: The Last Jedi. The Futures Park had demonstrations of high-tech media developments in progress, prototypes, and products not yet available for sale, from academic, government, and commer- cial research laboratories in the United States and around the world. On the show floor, the Immersive Storytelling Pavilion displayed the most advanced companies paving the way for the creation and commercialization of immersive content. For more information, go to www.nabshow.com. Mega-Stage Contributors Acquiring the Company Quebec-based staging sales and rental company Mega-Stage has been sold to five former employ- ees and renamed Mega. Majority shareholder and new CEO Stephane Vezina spent nearly 30 years with the company. The other new shareholders are Benoit Langlois, Alexandre Robichaud, David Lussier, and Jean-Philippe Provost. Mega will now focus on renting staging equipment in Quebec and Ontario, while former Mega-Stage President Stephane Berger will now focus on Deck TO/GO, his staging manufacturing and rental company. For more information, contact Mega: 514-838-3440, [email protected], www.megainc.ca. (L-R) MEGA CO-OWNERS BENOIT LANGLOIS, ALEXANDRE ROBICHAUD, STEPHANE VEZINA, JEAN-PHILIPPE PROVOST & DAVID LUSSIER … Thinkwell Group and Réalisa- tions-Montréal have announced a strategic partnership, which allows Réal- isations-Montréal to further develop its creative laboratory for both multimedia content and interactive and video map- ping technologies for projects initiated by both companies. It will also provide Thinkwell with a direct point of access to the research and technology initiatives driven by Réalisations-Montréal. www.realisations.net. Summer 2018 | 13