Avolites Media’s Ai V8 includes new features including Autoblend, Surface Modelling and a 50 percent increase in video throughput, among other enhancements. The new technology will be featured at Integrated Systems Europe (ISE) in Amsterdam along with Avolites’ other control consoles and servers. The exhibition takes place in Amsterdam’s RAI and runs from Feb. 10-12, 2015.
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GLASGOW, Scotland – Blackburn, U.K.-based lighting and visuals rental company HSL supplied lighting plus all necessary trussing and rigging for 21 pantomimes across the U.K. during the 2014/15 festive season for panto producer Qdos.
BERLIN, Germany – Once again Robe fixtures played a major role in lighting the massive New Year’s Eve celebrations in front of the iconic Brandenburg Gate in Berlin, Germany, closing a year that celebrated 25 years since the momentous ‘fall’ of the Berlin Wall in November, and that looked forward to 2015 with lots of positive energy and great hopes and ambitions.
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LOS ANGELES – The Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences’ new multimedia exhibition, Hollywood Costume, is lit with more than two dozen L-Series LED Fresnels. Working with costume designer and exhibition curator Deborah Nadoolman, the ARRI gear was specified by LD Trevor Stirlin Burk.
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ATLANTA, GA – NanoLumens promoted Almir DeCarvalho to VP, Strategic Accounts, across all vertical markets. Prior to his recent promotion, DeCarvalho served as vice president of International Sales.
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MOSCOW – LD Andrejs Dubkovs included Clay Paky’s Sharpy and Sharpy Wash 330 fixtures in the lighting rig for rock band DDT. Dubkovs, of show design house Lumen Art Divison, credited the fixtures for their power, reliability and ability to fit within the tour’s budget. Novosibirsk-based Elkraft supplied the Italian-made fixtures for the Russian leg of the tour.
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GRANITE BAY, CA – Bayside Church has upgraded its AV system with a complement of equipment from Luminex Network Intelligence that includes two GigaCore 12 managed Gigabit Ethernet switches, an 8-port Ethernet-to-DMX node and three DMX 10-port hubs. Sacramento-based integrator Dave’s World Lighting & Scenic Designs chose the gear, sourced via from BP Productions in West Sacramento.
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EMERYVILLE, CA – Advanced Systems Group (ASG), a data, video, audio and film integration company, added Tim Gross to its technical team in early November. Gross is responsible for maintaining IT systems for a number of ASG’s clients.
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LONDON – A combination of geometrically and historically inspired projections make for a striking backdrop for Rodrigo y Gabriela’s latest tour, in support of new album 9 Dead Alive. The Mexican acoustic guitar duo’s multimedia designer, Krisjanis Berzins (pictured here) operates the show using Ai Version 8 – Bondi, running from a Software License Key.
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LONDON – The very last music show to be staged at the Earls Court concert and exhibition venue – which is being demolished – was Bombay Bicycle Club. The show got support from XL Video and featured special guest Dave Gilmour. The concert also marked the final show of the band’s world tour in support of their So Long See You Tomorrow album.
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AMSTERDAM – Green Hippo will feature Hippotizer media servers and its AViary Video Tools at Integrated Systems Europe (ISE), set for the RAI in Amsterdam from Feb. 10-12, 2015.
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WESTLAKE VILLAGE, CA — Parnelli Awards video editor/director Jerry Cobb lost his battle with stomach cancer on Jan. 13, 2015. He was 64. Since 2010, Cobb co-created the videos for the Parnelli Awards. Working with producer/writer Kevin Mitchell, his documentaries on the lifetime honorees were always a show highlight.
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