NASHVILLE, TN – When Scott Scovill of Moo TV was deciding which manufacturer's LED panels to use to create the video screen for Brad Paisley's 2010 Summer Tour, he turned to the artist to help make the final call.
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DOHA, Qatar – QMDI Event Organizer hired Creative Communication Group to produce the light and sound for the third Senior Convocation of Education City, an initiative sponsored by the Qatar Foundation for Education, Science and Community Development.
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FREDERICKSBURG, TX – The National Museum of the Pacific War recently opened the 33,000-square-foot George H.W. Bush Gallery with 40 multimedia exhibits. AV integrator Bowen Technovation opted for a Medialon AV control solution.
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ST. PAUL, MN – In an effort to provide high resolution visuals for the benefit if its students, Northwestern College has opted to upgrade its AV system with Christie LW400 and LX400 LCD projectors.
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DORTMUND, Germany – On April 30 at the Westfalenhalle music and sports complex, "Mayday" has less to do with an emergency distress signal than with a big annual indoor celebration of electronic music. This year, EBS Lights of Limburg, Germany used more than 150 Martin moving heads and more than 300 fixtures in all for the 23,000 revelers who came to hear 50 top national and international acts perform near four large dance zones.
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MELBOURNE, Australia – For The Logies, an annual Australian TV industry awards program, LD Rohan Thornton and fellow crew members used an LSC Clarity lighting and control system along with nine media servers from both Green Hippo and Pandoras Box to control a key visual element – 33 video screens in the Melbourne Crown Towers' Palladium Ballroom.
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DALLAS – Philips Vari-Lite's VL550 Wash and Vl1100 ERS luminaries, which update the VL500 Wash and VL1000 ERS luminaire models, are now shipping. Along with design enhancements for quieter and smoother operation, each series now offers a 315W ceramic discharge lamp model.
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JOHANNESBURG – Robe CitySkape Xtreme LED fixtures were used to illuminate what's been officially declared by Guinness World Records as the world's biggest soccer ball.
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BALTIMORE, MD – Event Tech named Kacey Coffin Fisher director of business development, a newly-created position. She comes to Event Tech after serving 10 years as owner and president of Fisher Theatrical, a Hanover, MD-based theatrical installation company.
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AARHUS, Denmark – Martin Professional named Jessica Allan as new Business Area Manager – Touring & Production for Martin's Danish-based EMEA sales organization, which expands her focus from the U.K. to LDs and key customers throughout Europe.
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BROOKINGS, SD – Special Event Production (SEP), a Daktronics rental partner and communication technology provider for the event industry, has added two trailer-mounted video displays to their fleet. The trailers, equipped with Daktronics DVX LED video displays, have been used for several events already.
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