SGM G-4 Wash with Motorized Barn Doors
SGM’s new G-4 Wash LED Fresnel has motorized barn doors that can be operated remotely via DMX. The fixture is designed for use on concert stages, in theaters and for TV and film production.
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Blackmagic Design Teranex AV Used on Train’s “Play That Song” Summer Tour
LAS VEGAS – Blackmagic Design noted that its Teranex AV was used for signal conversions on American pop rock band Train’s “Play That Song” summer tour. The tour began in May in Las Vegas and ran through mid-July before heading to Europe and the UK, wrapping up Oct. 25 in Northern Ireland.
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Stanford Athletics’ Home of Champions Opens with PixelFLEX Visuals
STANFORD, CA – Experiential design firm Advent created an interactive and engaging visual experience for the new home of Stanford Athletics using FLEXLite NXG 3.9mm LED video wall. Dubbed “Home of Champions,” the new 18,000-square-foot facility opened to the public on Sept. 23, 2017.
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Library Of Congress Glows Bright White with Chauvet Professional
WASHINGTON, DC – Critics have rightly hailed the US Library of Congress’ Great Hall as a monumental triumph of architecture. Effortlessly balancing form and function within its spacious confines, the two-story room alternately awes and inspires with its towering Corinthian columns, Romanesque arches, double staircase and a gold-ornamented ceiling that exudes the unbridled optimism of its 19th century designers.
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In Memoriam: Jeff Schock, 64
SOUTHOLD, NY – Longtime Billy Joel crew member Jeff Schock died suddenly Wednesday, November 15, of a heart attack. He was 64.
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Robe for Rolling Stones No Filter
PARIS – Thirty-Six Robe BMFL Spots were workhorse moving lights on the recent Rolling Stones ‘No Filter’ European tour, part of a spectacular and epic lighting design created by Patrick Woodroffe. Patrick and associate designer Terry Cook of Woodroffe Bassett design (WBD) worked closely with stage architects Stufish on developing the show’s overall aesthetic.
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U2 Rocks Trafalgar Square, Honored at EMA’s at Wembley, with Production Assist from Stageco
LONDON – U2 give special performance on Nov. 11 at Trafalgar Square in London. The free show for 7,000 fans took place on the eve of London’s first opportunity to host the MTV European Music Awards for 21 years. Stageco supported both the Trafalgar Square concert and the 24th annual MTV EMA’s at SSE Arena, Wembley, where the Irish four-piece were honored with the coveted Global Icon award.
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Claypaky leads at 2017 Asian Indoor and Martial Arts Games
ASHGABAT, Turkmenistan – LD Durham Marenghi used more than 800 Claypaky fixtures to deliver the two large-scale lighting designs for the opening and closing ceremonies on Sept. 17 and 27 for the 2017 Asian Indoor and Martial Arts Games (AIMAG), produced by Balich Worldwide Shows, held this year at the Olympic Stadium in Ashgabat, Turkmenistan.
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Having fixtures all facing the same direction is key – not just for pan and tilt movement, but also for the default direction that color… Read More »The Other Left
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Chauvet Professional Maverick MK Pyxis Earns PLSN Gold Star Award for Best New Effects Light
LAS VEGAS – Chauvet Professional’s design team felt that they broke new ground earlier this fall when they introduced the multi-functional Maverick MK Pyxis, a new eye candy effect that can do double and triple duty as a wash or beam. Now they have a shiny new accolade to support this belief, as they earned the first-ever PLSN Gold Star Product Award for Best New Effects Light at this year’s LDI Show.
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Zenith Lighting Names Ben Coker Technical Manager
ORLANDO, FL – Zenith Lighting named LD Ben Coker technical manager. Coker, LD for Porter Robinson and others, has extensive experience in stage and event lighting, having worked his way up as a stagehand, shop laborer, master electrician and LD.
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For-A to Showcase New AV Gear at Government Video Expo
WASHINGTON, DC – For-A noted that it will highlight portable video switcher, video server, ClassX character generator and LTO video archiving recorder solutions at the 22nd annual Government Video Expo. FOR-A will exhibit in Booth 530 at the upcoming show, which takes place Nov. 29-30 at the Walter E. Washington Convention Center in Washington, D.C.
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