MANCHESTER UK – Lighting from Manchester were delighted to return to the picturesque town of Ramsbottom in the Metropolitan Borough of Bury, Greater Manchester, UK, a deep valley steeped in history nestling amidst the stunning scenery of the west Pennine moors – for the annual Ramsbottom Festival.
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PHILADELPHIA — On his last stop in the U.S. before heading back to Rome, Pope Francis visited Philadelphia Sept. 26-27. DWP Live was there with video crew and gear to transform the look of the Philadelphia Museum of Art with a large-format projection.
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TORONTO – Chroma-Q named John Fuller Global Brand Manager. Fuller, a 30-year industry veteran, has served as principal of Denver, Colorado-based Mountain Light Company for the past 10 years. There, he was directly involved with corporate events, lighting rentals and special projects using LED lighting.
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LONDON – For Ed Sheeran’s “X Tour,” lighting and production designer Mark Cunniffe and production manager Chris Marsh are presenting visuals enhanced with d3 and Demolition, a real-time effects generator, exclusively available on the d3 platform.
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NILES, IL — Joseph Electronics (JE) announced that CSP Mobile Productions has deployed a set of DFT-12-JR fiber transport modules to handle HD video transport for Fox Sports’ college football broadcasts. The units let CSP make more efficient use of fiber during the broadcasts.
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SUN VALLEY, CA – GLP is reporting significant demand for its GLP’s impression X4 L, crediting the the pixel mapping capabilities and color saturation of the fixture’s 37 RGBW LEDs and the unit’s new 7° to 50° zoom for turning designers’ heads.
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LONDON – Triple E’s ModTruss is being deployed as the ‘universal building system’ for the Theatres Trust stage, the Technical Theatre Awards/USITT stand and the Technical Theatre Awards stage at PLASA this year.
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NASHVILLE – Bandit Lites recently added to its rental inventory with a significant purchase of gear including Robe 1200 LEDWash, Robe BMFL, GLP X4, GLP X4s, GLP X4 Bar 10, Clay Paky B-Eye K20, Aryton Magicdot-R, Aryton Cosmopix-R, Chauvet Rogue R2 Beam, Chauvet Rogue RH1 Hybrid, Elation Cuepix Panel, Philips Showline Nitro, Tyler GT Truss, Tyler GT Corners and other Tyler parts. The gear was quickly put to use for a variety of show, including the Grateful Dead, pictured here.
ENCINITAS, CA – To support the live production and live streaming needs of the 11th annual Switchfoot Bro-Am fundraiser at Moonlight Beach, Austin, TX-based TourGigs used Blackmagic products, including ATEM 1 M/E Production Studio 4K switchers. TourGigs worked with broadcast journalism students from nearby Carlsbad High School to run the production of the event, which drew a crowd of 20,000 attendees and was streamed to 75,000 more viewers.
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LAS VEGAS – Toronto-based North American entertainment technologies reseller, A.C. Lighting Inc., has announced that it will be providing factory certified Jands Vista and ArKaos product training sessions at LDI 2015 – in conjunction with the manufacturers themselves – after they proved very popular at last year’s event.
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