Network Houston

Network Houston’s recent event was an efficacious gathering held in the beautiful meeting room overlooking the cortyard pool at the Metropole on Richmond Avenue.  Hosted by Keena & Company, who offices at the Metropole, the event was attended by 20 successful business representatives coordinated by Dave Bamberg and Keena Collins. Jim Benton of Houston served tasty hors d’oeuvres and summer specialty drinks. Brad Page, of Bishop’s Office Needs, won the drawing and took home a beautiful large white orchard  (after brief care instructions from the experts).  Mitchell and Craig Loper of Keena & Company documented the event, shooting video clips with HDSLR cameras, FloLight 1024 Microbeam LED light panels and a Kessler Pocket Dolly.  These lightweight tools provide excellent opportunities for B2B communication through webinars and social media. Mitchell manages Keena & Company’s website and blog and is posting some of the event here for your enjoyment.


Network Houston from Keena & Company on Vimeo.

SHSU's Studio C gets a facelift!

For more than 6 months the Keena & Company has been working closely with Sam Houston State University upgrading their TV broadcast studios in the Dan Rather Communications Building.

After weeks of preparation and coordination from suppliers from coast to coast, Craig and Mitchell Loper are in full swing at Sam Houston replacing all tungsten studio lighting with new hi-tech, eco friendly High Powered LED MicroBeam-1024 lighting panels from FloLight.

This is the first of two studios that we are upgrading at SHSU, and will soon showcase today’s most current technology for both lighting and HD video production. Just a few studios around the world have converted to all LED lighting, but this will soon be the new standard for TV broadcast.

LED lighting is about 20x more efficient than conventional lighting. With lamp savings alone, the lights will pay for themselves! This new technology also uses less than 1/10 the amount of energy of traditional tungsten units and generates very little heat. Traditional tungsten lamps generate 90% of their energy use in the form of heat and only 10% of the used energy goes to light.

This is an exciting venture for Sam Houston and Keena & Company to design the studio lighting with this new technology and to provide a learning environment for current and future students at SAM that will be a showcase in the industry both now and for years to come. Currently we are lighting a green screen and two anchor positions for various shows SAM produces for cable TV and web. 

Prepping for Sam Houston

Welding adapters to retrofit hangers to new lights

1/2"-1/4" adapter "Tini-turnaround"