DUBAI, UAE – Protec supplied HQ Creative with lighting, video, and rigging for the opening ceremony of the 2015 Nad Al Sheba Sports Tournament, held at NAS Sports Complex on June 21. The lighting aspect of the event was created using 24 Clay Paky Mythos and 14 Clay Paky A.leda B-Eye K10, working together alongside the Sharpy, Sharpy Wash 330, and Super Sharpy fixtures.
Read More »ATLANTA — With an objective of reaching emerging software engineers and a thriving metro population of over five and a half million people, global design software developer Nemetschek Vectorworks, Inc. opened the doors of its Atlanta office. The main goal of this office is to employ software engineers who will further develop the Vectorworks product line, serving the AEC, landscape and entertainment design industries.
Read More »Broadcast Pix will demonstrate Roadie, its new mobile integrated production switcher, at IBC2015 (Stand 7.B21), which runs Sept. 11-15 at Amsterdam RAI. Introduced earlier this year, Roadie features Broadcast Pix’s patented Fluent Control toolset, as well as built-in HD streaming and recording, to deliver a complete end-to-end production workflow.
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COLORADO SPRINGS, Co. – Focus on the Family, one of the largest Christian ministries in the U.S., put out a request for bid to upgrade the lighting system in its Chapelteria, a 750-seat large multi-functional conference and event space at its headquarter campus in Colorado Springs. Focus on the Family’s AV team had a set of lighting products in mind and worked with Ben Gleason of LVW Electronics, the local systems solutions provider that won the contract, to ensure their needs were met.
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UK – Last month, the brand-new musical Mrs. Henderson Presents received its world premiere at the Theatre Royal Bath and has just completed what was an incredibly successful run. Based on the hit 2005 film that starred Judi Dench and Bob Hoskins, it tells the story of eccentric widow Laura Henderson who, unsure how to spend her inherited fortune, buys the decaying Windmill Theatre. After introducing nude female dance acts, it suddenly becomes the most popular venue in all of London.
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FOR-A announced that its newest video production switcher, the HVS-2000, recently began shipping and is being delivered to a diverse customer roster.
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UK – The Barn on the Farm is one of the growing number of independent events that now populate the UK summer festival calendar. Since 2010, the event has grown year on year and now presents a broad spectrum of up and coming artists on multiple stages with pro-audio systems and professional lighting rigs. Lighting designer, Bryan Leitch was approached to submit design proposals for all three stages.
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Rail-Pipe HC, the 6-channel constant voltage dimmer & intelligent power supply from Artistic Licence, has undergone a significant upgrade. The product now features a choice of four dimming personalities, ensuring that optimal performance can be achieved with any fixture.
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Laserworld is following up on its CS-1000RGB with their new CS-1000RGB MKII. The Laserworld CS-1000RGB MKII power ranges from 800 – 1000mW, with >200mW/650nm red, >70mW/532nm green and >530mW/445nm blue.
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CALGARY, Alberta, Canada – For the Calgary Stampede’s nightly Grandstand Show, which ran July 3-12, 2015, Pierre Marleau of Orange Frog Productions deployed Robe BMFL Spots and Blades.
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AZERBAIJAN – Audiences were left enthralled and entranced by two dazzling Opening and Closing Ceremonies staged in the National Stadium in Baku, Azerbaijan, for the first European Games … which saw Belgian based engineering specialist WIcreations involved in making some key elements of these innovative and beautiful shows come alive.
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