BLACKPOOL, UK – Astera named Stardream as the exclusive distributor of its wireless, app-controlled LED event lights in the U.K. Stardream, based in Blackpool, will support the brand in England, Scotland, Wales, and Northern Ireland.
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MEXICO CITY – Lighting and video rental company LED Project, headed up by Sergio Serrano (pictured here) and Jesus Guerro, has been growing and expanding its inventory of Robe fixtures since their first Robe purchase in 2013. Serrano also serves as production manager for a popular band, Café Tacuba, and as a show producer for Radio station MVS, staging around 100 events a year.
MELBOURNE, Australia – Lexair Entertainment, exclusive distributor of High End Systems products in Australia, noted how Craig Boyes of bdesign has been using Shapeshifter C2 LED fixtures with a Road Hog 4 console for control. The Shapeshifters pictured here are lighting Transit Dance Company’s recent performance titled Every Inch of Me.
Read More »CULVER CITY, CA – FujiFilm’s 4K Day, staged at the Digital Motion Picture Center (DMPC) in Culver City, CA on Aug. 13, drew a capacity crowd, with attendees eager to discover what makes a 4K lens truly 4K.
BUENOS AIRES – Christie noted that Village Cinemas, one of Argentina’s leading film theater chains, has completed its digitalization with the Christie Solaria Series. In the final phase of its digital roll out, Village Cinemas installed 38 Christie CP2220 projectors, making the majority of Village Cinemas’ 79 screens Christie installations.
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RIVERHEAD, NY — The FOLD (Freak Out Let’s Dance) festival, staged on the eastern end of Long Island, NY on Aug. 4-5, 2015, featured Nile Rodgers and Chic, Pharrell Williams, Beck, Duran Duran, Chaka Kahn, Q-Tip and Keith Urban, among others. ProShow provided Chauvet Professional fixtures for the event.
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UK – Clay Paky Mythos, Sharpy, Alpha Spot HPE 300 and Sharpy Wash 330 fixtures are performing crucial lighting roles during season two filming of music show Sky Arts Sessions, allowing Sky TV lighting designer Richard Bowles to create fresh and dynamic looks for the varying acts in each episode.
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SECAUCUS, NJ – Rose Brand recently added Brandi Vold to the company’s sales team. Vold has more than 14 years of sales and management experience in a variety of fields. Prior to joining the Rose Brand team, Vold worked in product development for an Atlanta-based company.
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CALGARY, Alberta, Canada – For the 100-foot long mobile platform with truss used for the annual Calgary Stampede’s nightly Grandstand Show, which ran July 3-12, 2015, Pierre Marleau of Orange Frog Productions deployed 95 Clay Paky Sharpys. Orange Frog’s Barry Armstrong programmed the lighting rig using two grandMA2 light consoles with four NPUs.
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SAN FRANCISCO – This year’s Outside Lands Music Festival enlisted Radio Frequency Identification (RFID) specialist, Intellitix to enhance the festival experience for fans and help take its Wine Lands area 100 percent cashless.
Read More »Forbidden Technologies plc, maker of market-leading professional video editing software Forscene, developed and released a new end-to-end virtualized workflow for the post-production and distribution of video content. The hardware-independent solution is enabled by Forscene’s integration with the Microsoft Azure cloud computing platform. The Forscene team will demonstrate the solution for the first time at IBC2015.
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AMSTERDAM – Prolyte distributor Controllux teamed with ProLyft product manager Michiel van der Zijde on a custom hoist and control solution for Amsterdam’s venerable Concertgebouw venue. Along with the need to install the rigging in the loft above the plastered ceiling, challenges included the need to conduct the work during the nighttime hours.
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