LINCOLNWOOD, IL – RGB Lighting welcomes new member to their team, Alex Aguilar. Alex will be working in the rental division as a Rental Coordinator.… Read More »RGB Lights Names Alex Aguilar Rental Coordinator
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Coolux GmbH recently released the Widget Designer Remote App, which is available to download for free at the iTunes AppStore. The coolux Widget Designer Remote is a universal app that runs natively on both the iPhone/iPod Touch and the iPad. This app gives makes it possible for users to remote control their Widget Designer show control interface.
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DUBAI, UAE – Al Laith Event Services constructed three massive mobile scenic horses' heads, which were an integral part of the closing parade of the 2011 Dubai World Cup horseracing event at Meydan Racecourse, Dubai. Working for the show's producers and designers M-IS, Al Laith was commissioned to engineer and develop the superstructures and movement systems for the 3 heads. Each measured 20 metres high, 19 metres long and were 3 metres wide.
Read More »LEEDS, U.K. – Women in Stage Entertainment (WiSE), established to promote gender equality and equitable working practices in the entertainment technology and backstage and design disciplines, has its own booth at PLASA focus, set for April 19-20.
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LAS VEGAS – The design team for Roger Waters' The Wall Live tour meticulously replicated the touring set used by Pink Floyd in 1980. But the 30+-year-old set design gets a significant visual update from an arsenal of 21st century projection and lighting gear.
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VIENNA – The final show for the third season of Austria's version of the Next Topmodel TV show, produced at the Millenium Event Center in Vienna, made use of coolux Pandoras Box technology and Panasonic projectors. Four fashion model finalists were judged during the show, with a variety of accompanying visual content projected onto the studio set pieces. Six Pandoras Box Server PRO and one Pandoras Box Player PRO used for edge-blending, with a Compulite Vector used for lighting control.
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ANAHEIM, CA – For Intel's recent International Sales & Marketing Conference (ISMC) at the Anaheim Convention Center, Pedersen Media Group tapped WorldStage companies Video Applications Inc. (VAI) and Scharff Weisberg for AV support. Close to 4,000 Intel sales and marketing staff from around the world attended the annual four-day event.
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LONDON – Philips Entertainment Lighting promoted Amber Tomlin to the position of key account manager for the U.K. For the past five years Tomlin has been the company's demonstration and training manager for Philips Strand Lighting's range of Palette consoles.
Read More »BOSTON – Boston Light & Sound, which supports numerous film festivals including The Doha Tribeca Film Festival, The Turner Classic Movies Film Festival and The Traverse City Film Festival, had "been looking for a device that could be encoded for screen washes, sponsor tags and trailers" for years, according to company president Chapin Cutler, who also serves as technical director of the Sundance Film Festival.
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No, it's not a flightcase for an iPhone; e-CASE is 5 Star Cases' new (and free) iPhone, iPod Touch and iPad app.
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ZAVENTEM, Belgium – ADB Lighting Technologies has appointed Electrosonic SA as their new distributor for South Africa. ADB's sales manager for Africa, Dirk van Nieuwenhuysen, visited South Africa in early January this year for discussions with Electrosonic, and signed a contract following a tour of clients and facilities.
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NEW YORK – The ninth annual TV Land Awards 2011, taped at Jacob Javits Center April 10 for 90-minute telecast on the TV Land network April 17, relied upon Pete's Big TVs for projections linked to the careers of the event's honorees.
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