FRANKFURT, Germany – Philips has secured yet another successful year at Frankfurt’s Prolight + Sound trade show. The company teamed up with its European partners to launch a wide range of industry-anticipated new products from its entertainment lighting brands, including the Vari-Lite VL4000 BeamWash, Strand Lighting 500ML console and an array of innovative Showline luminaires.
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MILAN, Italy — Realtime Environment Systems Ltd (RES) has completed an 18-month project, working in collaboration with media agency Innovision and content creators Immersive, to design, install and pixel map 1000s of LEDs for two of four giant metal LED sculptures created for Expo Milano 2015.
Read More »BALTIMORE, MD — Along with its state of emergency due to civil unrest, the city of Baltimore instituted a mandatory curfew from 10 p.m. to 5 a.m. from April 26 to May 5, and that’s led to numerous canceled live entertainment events. Some theatrical productions are still being staged, albeit with earlier curtain times.
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LONDON – The new Al Jazeera broadcast studio in London features a special version of Robe’s Robin LEDWash 800 PureWhite SW fixtures.
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Two open house events for a “first look” at products unveiled at ProLight + Sound have been announced for Los Angeles & Miami.
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Mike Griffith and Mark Veldey establish Entertainment Advisors, LLC, founded April 28, 2015.
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NEW YORK CITY – The American Theatre Wing recently announced names of special award winners at the 2015 Tony Awards, the hosts of the ceremony, and the nominees of competitive categories.
Read More »LINCOLN, MA – Lenore Travis, who in the 1970s worked for Tom Field and Associates (TFA) and also Mike Brown Grandstands (today Brown United), died April 26 in a tractor accident on her farm in Lincoln, Mass. She was 67. She shared that farm with her husband George Travis, 2013 Parnelli Lifetime Achievement Honoree and Bruce Springsteen’s longtime production manager.
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AUSTIN, TX – Lighting director Steve Fallon used 30 High End Systems Shapeshifter C1 fixtures supplied by VER for TV’s Nashville.
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SAN DIEGO, CA – For the 42,823 fans attending the season-opening home game for the San Diego Padres at Petco Park on April 11, Pro Systems designed a post-game laser lightshow with some punchy effects provided by 12 Rogue RH1 Hybrid fixtures from Chauvet Professional. The visual celebration followed the Padres’ 10-2 victory over the World Series-champion San Francisco Giants.
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FRANKFURT, Germany – Robert Juliat featured three new products at ProLight + Sound 2015: the asymmetrical LED cyclorama light, DALIS; the Roxie LED followspot; and the Merlin 2500W HMI touring spot.
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NASHVILLE, TN – For Sam Hunt’s recent Lipstick Graffiti tour with lighting provided by Bandit Lites, designer Mark Steinwachs worked with production manager Bob Harmon and manager Brad Belanger to create powerful lighting looks using only one or two colors per song. Programming was provided by John Lucksinger. Bandit VP Mike Golden worked with Steinwachs and Bandit’s director of technical services Jake Tickle on the rig, which includes GLP X4S, Elation Cuepix Blinders, Chauvet Colordash Accents and Bandit GRN Washes.
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