NEWS ARCHIVE
  • 07/01/2009 - Spring/Summer 2009
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  • 08/19/2008 - Summer 2008
  • 03/19/2008 - Winter/Spring 2008
  • 09/19/2007 - TRIO VIDEO FAX CHECK – 25th Anniversary
  • 05/22/2007 - Trio Video Celebrates Its 25th Anniversary...and the Roll-Out of Its Newest HD Unit, Rhythm
  • 11/15/06 - Trio Video Fax Check – Summer/Fall 2006
  • 07/14/06 - Trio Video Fax Check – Spring/Summer 2006
  • 10/21/05 - Trio Video Fax Check – Fall 2005
  • 06/03/05 - Trio Video Fax Check – Issue 1
  • 12/04/04 - Trio Continues Hi-Def Fleet Expansion with Introduction of Phoenix
  • 12/31/03 - Trio's Hi-Def Tango Goes Online
  • 11/07/03 - Trio Goes Hi-Def
  • 09/29/01 - GVG Kalypso Production Switcher Installed On Trio's X2 Mobile Unit
  • 12/20/00 - Keske Joins Trio as Production Manager
  • 03/31/00 - Trio's X2 Expando Unit Completes Digital Conversion in Record Time
  • 03/31/00 - T53 Becomes Newest Addition to Trio Fleet
  • 03/24/99 - Trio Upgrades and Reconfigures Videotape Operations of Entire Fleet
  • 06/11/98 - Trio's Award Winning New 52-Foot Expando Unit on the Road
  • 10/30/97 - O'Brien Joins Trio as Director of Production and Marketing
  • 01/29/97 - Trio's T48 Handled Pool Feed for Presidential Inauguration
  • 12/28/95 - Trio Buys 20 Sony Chip Cameras
  • 10/27/95 - Trio's T48X Serves as "A" Truck for Atlanta World Series
  • 12/01/93 - Trio Builds 48-Foot Expanded Truck
  • 10/08/93 - Trio and WGN-TV Sign Multi-Year Contract
  • 12/04/92 - Trio Introduces New T-48 Unit


SUMMER 2008

Pardon us as we catch our breath! Not only did we just wrap our annual participation in the HD coverage of the Chicago Marathon, but we’ve been enjoying an action-packed summer thanks to both our Central Division MLB Champion Chicago Cubs and White Sox. Along with our traditional coverage of all five major North American music festivals, we’ve also collaborated on The Ellen DeGeneres Show, The Brian Regan Comedy Central Special, John Mellencamp on the CBS Early Show, Harley Davidson’s 105th Anniversary Celebration/MDA Telethon as well as the unprecedented three-broadcast-network event, Stand Up To Cancer. Here are just some of the details:

A Marathon Undertaking
Trio Video’s Phoenix provided start to finish coverage of Bank of America’s 31st Annual Chicago Marathon with over 25 camera/video feeds from the neighborhoods and parks of the Windy City. Deserving a gold medal for excellence is the entire WMAQ/NBC 5 Chicago production team. The field featured 33,033 runners with $100,000 prizes going to each of the winners. This premiere running event was also webcast worldwide via UniversalSports.com which has already covered more than 1,000 live events including 50 world championships, 180 World Cup events and 50 Grand Prix events each year.

Baseball’s Triple Play
All three of Trio Video’s HD mobile units (Tango, Phoenix, and Rhythm) provided engineering support and equipment for over 300 nationwide & local broadcasts of our Chicago Cubs and White Sox for Comcast SportNet Chicago, WGN TV Sports, and the FOX TV MLB Game of the Week. Trio was proud and pleased to be a part of all of these productions as both teams enjoyed first place status throughout virtually the entire season.

Our Summer of Music
Once again, Trio trucks and crew supplied their expertise to five of North Americas’ most prominent multiday/multistage music festivals including:

  • Coachella Music and Arts Festival – Indio, California
    - produced by AEG/Goldenvoice & Springboard Productions.
  • Bonnaroo Music & Arts Festival - Manchester, Tennessee
    - produced by Superfly/AC Entertainment & Third Wave Productions.
  • Lollapalooza Music Festival - Chicago, Illinois
    - produced by C3 Presents & Giant Pictures.
  • Outside Lands Festival - San Francisco, California
    - produced by Superfly/Another Planet/Star Hill & Third Wave Productions.
  • Austin City Limits Music Festival - Austin, Texas
    - produced by C3 Presents & Giant Pictures.

This considerable entertainment content was fed to a variety of webcast/broadcast outlets including website AT&T Blueroom.com, Fuse Network Television, and XM Satellite Radio.

Laughter Is The Best Medicine
Our production & engineering teams love comedy. Using HD mobile unit, Rhythm, the folks at Dakota Films/LA successfully produced Brian Regan’s The Epitome of Hyperbole'. Shot in HD at Denver’s historic Paramount Theatre, this special, to be released on HD/DVD, is airing on Comedy Central. And when Telepictures Productions brought popular daytime strip, The Ellen Show starring Ellen DeGeneres, to our home town, her production team tapped Trio Video to supply mobile units, Tango and Beta, for their broadcast and support needs. Thanks to Dakota Films and Telepictures for adding some comedy & humor to our busy schedule.

Rock And Roll Classics
It was dawn on a gorgeous summer day when John Mellencamp performed a full slate of songs for The Early Show on CBS. Coordinated by WBBM/CBS2, Trio Video was more than happy to supply equipment and engineering support for the on-location celebration at Chicago’s Daley Plaza. To add to this summer’s fun, Trio Video was also on-hand at Harley Davidson’s 105th Anniversary Celebration in Milwaukee, featuring performances by Sugarland & Kid Rock. The concerts, produced by Spike Jones Jr., aired nationwide on the Jerry Lewis Muscular Dystrophy Telethon, which raised a record $65 million dollars.

$100 Million For Cancer
In early July, Laura Ziskin Productions & Seligman Entertainment enlisted Trio Video’s help to produce/videotape the opening show sequence for Stand Up To Cancer. The historic September 5th fundraising special aired on NBC, ABC, & CBS simultaneously and each devoted one full hour of commercial-free “prime time” to raise funds for the fight against cancer. The opening sequence, with the help of game day fans, was produced at US Cellular Field, the home of the Chicago White Sox and seen in over 170 countries. Trio staff and crew were thrilled to help on this historic occasion.

Speaking of Historic
For the first time in Chicago, all 82 Blackhawks games will be on television this year. Trio Video will be supplying the HD trucks/engineering support for this historic coverage of all of the home games at the United Center for Comcast SportNet Chicago and WGN TV Sports… plus a full season of visiting team telecasts. Look out hockey fans - here come the Hawks!

All in all, thanks to our many great clients, not a bad few months for us here at Trio. Thanks for taking a few minutes out of your busy day to let us check in and keep you in “The Loop.” And as always, we’re happy to assist you with any of your upcoming projects and only a phone call or email away.