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Diamond View’s new virtual production studio in Tampa, Vū, was featured on the Today Show on Saturday. The segment featured the creative technology behind this year’s Super Bowl commercials in the age of COVID-19. You can watch the full segment here.  

Duke Energy has named Melissa Seixas as president of Duke Energy Florida, effective February 16. Seixas was previously vice president of government and community relations for Duke Energy Florida. She succeeds Catherine Stempien, who is leaving at the end of February for a position outside of the company, according to a statement on the Duke

Bayshore Solutions, a digital marketing and web development agency with offices in Tampa and Denver, merged with Spinutech, effective January 1. Spinutech, located in Chicago, Des Moines and Cedar Falls, Iowa, is a web design and marketing agency. The combined agencies will do business as Spinutech and will be able to offer clients a broader

By Felipe Reisch  Only a few days remain before the greatest sporting event in the world, a date marked on every private jet provider’s calendar thanks to an increase in demand and last-minute flights to the venue. Will this year be any different due to the outbreak? Super Bowl LV will be like no other.

Tampa-born, and raised, Lauren Mayhew has been in the entertainment industry since she was a child. She’s appeared on PBS, a soap opera and most recently voiced a character on a new Hulu show. In 2020, the entertainment industry took a major hit. Shows were postponed, projects were shut down and live entertainment was all

The Hillsborough County Commission is launching an anti-human trafficking campaign, created by FKQ Advertising + Marketing in Clearwater, called Don’t Buy It, Tampa Bay. The campaign is in partnership with the Super Bowl but is also a sustaining program that includes awareness efforts that will continue after the big game is over. The timing is

Palazzo Pizza, a new concept, is preparing to open its doors on January 28 at 1818 W. Platt St., Tampa. The concept was developed by Volpe Hospitality Group after being inspired by the travels, and network, of Jason Fox over the last 20 years. Fox’s hospitality career started in Tampa under the guidance of nightlife

One of the best new attractions in the United States is right here in the Tampa Bay area. The St. Petersburg Pier was ranked no. 2 in USA Today’s 10 Best Readers’ Choice awards for best new attractions in 2020. The U.S. Olympic & Paralympic Museum, in Colorado Springs, took the top spot. The top

Rolling Stones frontman Mick Jagger and his girlfriend Melanie Hamrick, a former ballet dancer with American Ballet Theatre, have purchased a home in The Lake Club in Lakewood Ranch for $1,980,000. The Mark Rutenburg estate is situated on a .35-acre peninsula surrounded by lake views. The couple chose to home to be close to Hamrick’s

ServisFirst Bank Tampa Bay President, Gwynn Davey, was elected as president of the board for Voices for Children of Tampa Bay. Davey has served on the Voices for Children board for the past year and a half and will begin her two-year term at the start of the new year. Voices for Children’s mission is

Diamond View, a five-time Emmy award-winning video agency in Tampa, announced the launch of Vū, a 10,000 square foot virtual production studio home to one of the world’s largest LED Volumes. Vū features extended reality (XR) technology that was recently popularized by Lucasfilm’s in the Star Wars series The Mandalorian, as well as advanced in-panel

The Collection, a 10-story contemporary building from MK Equity Corporation and DSDG Architects, located at 1335 Second Street in downtown Sarasota, has begun site demolition. The Collection will offer 12 residences, including five full-floor penthouses. Prices start in the mid-$1 millions. Other notable features of the building include an amenity level with a lap pool,