JOHANNESBURG – The Closing Ceremony for the FIFA 2010 World cup at Soccer City stadium, Soweto, Johannesburg, featured the first large-scale video projections to be integrated into a live show in South Africa.
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BIRMGINGHAM, U.K. – When Paul Duffy and his then-partner set up Pacific Sound & Light at Rich Bitch Studios in Birmingham, the idea was to gain a slice of the impending new millennium celebration business.
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HIGHLAND HEIGHTS, KY – General Cable named Joe Zajac manager, market development, professional broadcast & commercial AV products. In this key role, Zajac will lead the market and business development efforts for Gepco and Sheer Wire products.
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GELSENKIRCHEN, Germany – Belgian band Front 242 recently headlined the Blackfield Festival in as part of their current European tour. LD Kris Noerens chose Clarity as his console of choice for this gig.
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LONDON – Lighting designer Martin Dudley used Robe's ROBIN 300E Beams and ColorSpot 700E ATs to light UK indie rockers Supergrass as they played a series of farewell gigs. The band is ending a 17-year career.
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LONDON – As an alternative to the noise and fumes generated by diesel, White Light opted to use two HyLight hydrogen fuel cells for the opening of the Natural History Museum's Darwin Centre Gardens.
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LONDON – The Scissor Sisters are touring with louvered looks for a "peek-a-boo" effect. Lite Alternative's Paul Normandale is including six floor-mounted impression LED heads in the motion-controlled set.
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MILAN, Italy – Brilliant Stages' new stage set for the stadium venues on Muse's The Resistance world tour, based on the design concepts of Oli Metcalfe and Es Devin, consists of a 62-meter-long video header, a suspended ceiling grid, a diamond-shaped stage flanked by projection screens, drum riser fascias and on- and off-stage rear fascias, a tracking B stage with inset revolving scissor lift and tech bunkers and screamers.
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LAS VEGAS – Guitar Center Professional (GC Pro) named Doug Simpson to head a new sales initiative geared toward providing the Las Vegas hotel/hospitality market with access to all of GC Pro's services. GC Pro Director Rick Plushner made the announcement.
Read More »RICHMOND, VA – The Whitlock Group named John Bailey director of systems integration.
Read More »CLEVELAND-GE Lighting has hired Jaime A. Irick to lead GE Lighting Solutions as its president and CEO, reporting to Michael Petras, president and CEO of GE Lighting. The company also announced that Brian Sroub has been named to the newly created global role of chief marketing officer for GE Lighting, also reporting to Petras.
Read More »ARGYLE, TX – GoVision L.P. named Adam Vahl video technician and Kim Hinnrichs office manager.
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